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Chapter 341 Cornucopia

Xiao Yaxuan talked about it after Song Wen and Wang Hua parted ways the year before last, most of these things Wang Hua knew.But Wang Hua was not in a hurry, he listened carefully.

Then when it comes to last year, this is the focus of Wang Hua's listening.

In fact, Xiao Yaxuan and Song Wen had already received Wang Hua's arrangement and were preparing, but they didn't know the exact target at that time, but under the arrangement of the two of them, they secretly hid a large number of weapons.Some weapons that are prohibited for private use, such as Mo Dao and strong crossbow, have also been secretly embezzled from the cooperation with the Wei family.

At that time, Li Xian was under a lot of pressure, it can be said that he was in a precarious situation.Therefore, in the cooperation between the Wei family and the Wang family, the Wang family still holds the initiative.This is also the reason why Xiao Yaxuan and the others were able to conceal part of the weapons privately and report them as violent waste.

Weapons are not a problem.

After receiving Wang Hua's order, the main difficulty was people.How to transfer people from the Tang Dynasty, there is a way, transfer to the cooperative fleet, and use the power of the Wei family, but that will not work. In the future, one or two people will disappear.

This is one of the famous families in the Tang Dynasty, full of talents, it is not easy to fool around.

So much effort was spent.In fact, it is easy to handle overseas, no matter in the Wa country, there are many people living there, the sea power is weak, if you see something wrong, go back to the ship immediately, the power is weak, and immediately take the slaves.Therefore, the first batch of more than 5000 slaves was captured without much trouble.

After arriving in Xiaoliuqiu, it was not too difficult. A large number of technicians were brought over. The wood was available locally, as well as lacquer trees. Now there are a large number of slaves, and the cost of shipbuilding has been reduced infinitely.But at the beginning, there was a shortage of boat nails.

But this problem followed the discovery of iron ore on Oceania that Wang Hua said, and sent the Tang people to take the lead, and Zhang Sanlong presided over it. After the smelting began, the problem of weapons and ship nails was also resolved.

This plan has been explained in detail by Wang Hua. This is a process of cyclic growth, that is to say, only by leaving the Tang Dynasty aside can it be kept low-key and mysterious.

Of course, at the beginning, the financial resources of the Wang family were very limited. Not to mention the financial support obtained by cooperating with Li Xuejun's father's family, the transfer of personnel and materials also brought convenience. This is also a short period of time. A big reason to be prepared.

Now the speed of shipbuilding on Xiaoliuqiu Island is getting faster and faster, which has exceeded the growth rate needed by the Wang family.

Then they went to Oceania. After many voyages, the Wang family also accumulated a large number of skilled sailors. Similarly, the first voyage did not encounter much trouble. There was only one big storm that blew away three ships. There were actually two ships that found them.

I also found the target smoothly, after all, Oceania is too big.

He started planting grain according to Wang Hua's arrangement, and when he arrived in Oceania, it was just the opposite. It was summer, and because of the hot weather, he successfully grabbed a season of late rice.

This is also an important point, no matter where you go, what you eat is the most important thing.

Others started looking for gem deposits, mining gems, and finding coral.As Wang Hua said, there are countless coral reefs on the east coast of Oceania, which made them dumbfounded.There is also the search for iron ore, coal, and gold and silver.

The first few were found according to the range drawn by Wang Hua, but only one gold and silver mine was found, but the gold sand content here is very large, which is also good news.

At the same time, because they had weapons, food, and ships, they went back again, and captured nearly [-] Japanese prisoners this time.

Hearing this, Wang Hua wiped cold sweat on his head. If they acted like this, I am afraid that the country of Wa is now in a state of war.

The most important thing is what Wang Hua said, appointing a group of Japanese as one of the leaders and giving them good treatment. Once these Japanese gain power, their cruelty is beyond recognition. These Japanese leaders contributed a lot.

Speaking of this, Xiao Yaxuan said: "Erlang, as you said, the Japanese are a perverted nation."

"Brother, don't take advantage of it and act like a good boy," Li Hong said dissatisfied.

Wang Hua didn't make a sound, Xiao Yaxuan just recognized the side of the Japanese, but he didn't know that once the Japanese became stronger, it would not be as simple as becoming abnormal.

I also went back to Guangzhou on the way, but at that time I just went to Oceania not long ago, so I didn’t gain much. I didn’t bring back the income and used it for expenses, especially buying seeds.Speaking of handing over a ledger.

Wang Hua put it on the table without looking at it, and asked him to continue talking.

Xiao Yaxuan continued, not only that, but because there are aborigines in the local area, with the cooperation of these Japanese people, more than 1 aborigine slaves were captured again.

After Wang Hua heard it, he became interested, and he asked, "Can you explain it in detail?"

Xiao Yaxuan then talked about the situation of some indigenous people, not many, one tribe after another, the language is not easy to communicate, they are very backward, and they still wear leaves.As he spoke, he learned to say a few words, and his appearance was also different. Some had red skin, and a few were not much different from the Central Plains people, and very few had black skin, like Kunlun slaves.

Wang Hua nodded. There are very few records about primitive people in Oceania, and they should exist in the form of primitive society.

Although they may be very agile physically, but their intelligence is low, their weapons are outdated, and their way of life is outdated. When they collide with the people brought by Xiao Yaxuan and the others, the final result is self-evident.

Therefore, there is a lot of labor, and now nearly [-] square meters of land have been reclaimed.Of course, this is just sorting out, such as delineating dikes and clearing weeds.Because of manpower problems, most of the land has not been planted with crops.After returning this time, Xiao Yaxuan brought a large amount of corals and gems, as well as a small amount of gold, sea pearls, and a large amount of tortoiseshell, but not many spices were found.But bring back a lot of iron ore.

Because there are too many goods brought back, they are stored in Guangzhou Port together, and they dare not sell them all at once, fearing that the quantity will be too large and affect the market.

Wang Hua nodded, this idea is correct.

However, it is estimated that it is possible to make a profit of between 50 and 70 guan after it is sold.

Hearing this, Li Hong's eyes widened. This number is astonishing.

Xiao Yaxuan patted her on the shoulder and said: "Sister, if you see those gems and corals are like stones, it's not surprising that they are packed in whole boats. The main ones are corals."

Wang Hua just smiled and didn't speak. Although he brought a large amount of goods, how many slaves were operating and some slaves died because of this, Xiao Yaxuan didn't mention it.But Wang Hua didn't mention it, even Xiao Yaxuan didn't say it, he also knew the process, mining coral would kill people, but farming would also kill people, the risks at sea, diseases, local environment, repression of resistance, especially those produced in Oceania World famous poison.But are the Japanese still human?

Xiao Yaxuan also said that this time he came back, not only to get rid of the goods and send the funds to Wang Hua, but also to prepare to arrest a large number of slaves again.

This idea cannot be said to be wrong. If there are hundreds of thousands of slaves in their hands and the ships are not worried, how much income will it bring.

But Wang Hua shook his head and asked, "How many Tang people are involved now?"

Xiao Yaxuan hesitated and said: "There are more than 200 people in Xiaoliuqiu, mainly shipbuilders, and more than 1000 crew members on board. Because the ship is the foundation, the Tang Dynasty people are the most. There are also more than 500 Tang people in Oceania. A lot of painstaking efforts were secretly sent out of the Tang Dynasty."

Wang Hua said: "Let's stop here, remember, the purpose of the slaves is to reclaim this huge territory, not to let them survive on this land in the future, but to let the Tang people manage this place in the future If the ratio is out of balance, we will be in danger on this land. Now we have reached a very dangerous ratio. In the future, the main task is to start to introduce a large number of Tang people to the past. At least 5000 people can settle before we can expand the group. 1 people will settle down, and another batch will be expanded. It is also just for the Japanese to relax."

It is not difficult to relocate Tang people now. Disasters have occurred from time to time in the past few years. Many families have been displaced and sold their sons and daughters.But the main reason is the Tang Dynasty's policy of not allowing people to go abroad, and even some prefectures and counties prohibit people from crossing states and counties.Also, Wang Hua cannot make these things public.This poses a serious constraint.

"But I still don't understand why the focus is on food?"

I am used to the huge profits brought by a ship of goods, and when I look at the grain, there is no such thing as a ton. It is calculated in stone buckets, but the reason is the same. No matter how the ship is improved, it is generally around 320 tons. Supply, only carry three or four hundred tons of cargo to return.For example, the current price of rice is only [-] yuan per bucket, that is, a ton of grain is only [-] buckets, and the huge cost and tax are thrown away, and the profit is only [-] yuan, which is considered good.This is still in the case of using a large number of slaves.So he was more in favor of growing cotton.

Wang Hua focused on mining and agriculture. He could understand that gems and corals were all luxuries, not consumables. Once bought back, they could be stored for hundreds or thousands of years.Once there are too many, the market price will inevitably fall.

Another point is the spices. Unfortunately, they have not found the source of a large number of spices until now.

Relatively speaking, it is more suitable to grow cotton. The source of slaves is not controlled by the imperial court anyway. Apart from the Wa Kingdom, there are other small countries that use sneak attacks, telescopes, and advanced ships at sea. The source of slaves will never be a problem.

Cotton is not easy to lose, and can be woven into cloth and transported back.When he comes back this time, he will also speak out this idea.

Wang Hua shook his head, and he said: "Look at the long term, the profit of cotton is considerable now, but if more people plant it, the price will drop day by day, plus freight tariffs, it is not competitive. But because When more people grow cotton, the price of food will inevitably rise, so I am responsible to the country.”

Food prices have risen, and the poor poor people are the ones who suffer.With the adjustment of grain in Oceania, the price cannot be controlled, at least it will play a role in adjusting the economy.But what will happen once millions of acres of land are actually reclaimed and planted with crops? .

Of course, this is a wonderful idea of ​​Wang Hua. With millions of land and tens of thousands of square kilometers, there is so much arable land in Oceania, or even more, but why so much labor?Yes, how to manage it?But if the Wang family develops to that extent in Oceania, with the almost primitive fertile land in Oceania now, the harvest will reach at least several million to tens of millions of tons of grain every year.What kind of concept would this be?If the harvest is good, it will feed half of the population of the Tang Dynasty.

Listening to Wang Hua's explanation, both Li Hong and Xiao Yaxuan's eyes lit up. This is simply a huge cornucopia.

Of course, they also know that this is just a dream, and they don't know if it will be realized one day, or even if it will be realized one day.

But Wang Hua knew that if there were no exceptions, it would be realized sooner or later.At the beginning, a small Britain insisted on using a strong colonial policy to become the world's most powerful country, and it occupied it for a long time.

But at that time, because of the large population, management becomes difficult.The question of loyalty is even more difficult. Can tens of thousands of people be loyal to him alone?But until that day, it will take a long day. Maybe on that day, he will think about it and hand it over to the court for management.

Speaking of this, he looked at Xiao Yaxuan again and said, "Anyway, I want to thank you all."

Although it was said that preparations had been made very early, and even a large amount of money had been invested in the training of disabled veterans who had been specially assigned to the Scarlet Battalion, Xiao Yaxuan and Song Wen contributed a lot.Moreover, it has only taken so long to achieve such great results. It is easy to say, but the operation in the middle is thousands of miles or even tens of thousands of miles away.

During the conversation, the goal has already been set.The long-term goal is to focus on farming and production. Anyway, there is no one to control it. If it is opened, it belongs to the Wang family. There is no tax, except for the customs duty paid for transporting the goods to the Tang Dynasty.As for the slaves, it would be nice to feed them.Only the imported Tang Dynasty people had to give them a better life, but this was not a big problem. In Oceania, except for the cronies, they were all poor people, and the requirements were not very high.In addition to farming and planting, it is mining.This kind of profit is higher than growing food, mainly because it is a bit difficult to find mineral deposits.

The short-term goal is to provide luxury goods, which is profiteering.At least in the past few years, it can bring more than 100 million yuan of income to the Wang family every year.There are also ways to immigrate in large numbers.Fluctuate the asymmetrical population proportions in Oceania.

Although it is very difficult, as Wang Hua said, if there is enough money, everything will be easy to handle.

Hearing this, both Muzili and Li Hong's eyes widened again.

Amazing income.

But then he shook his head, how much was spent, how much was spent, and the speed at which Wang Hua spent money was astonishing. The money earned over the years flowed like water.

Wang Hua didn't think so, not because he was afraid of spending money, but because he was afraid of having no money to spend. If he could spend more than 100 million yuan every year, after three years, he could control the country.If he spends 500 million yuan every year, after three years, he can subvert the country at any time.

It is useless even if Li Longji comes to power.

He is not Shen Wansan who only knows how to make money.

But his ambitions are not that big.On the whole, his attitude towards this country is responsible, even as he said, surpassing Wei Yuanzhong, what the old Wei Zhong is about is the Li family, what Wang Huazhong is about is the entire Chinese nation.The heights of the two cannot be compared.

But Wang Hua kept this idea in his heart and didn't say it out loud.Speaking out requires qualifications, not having the qualifications to say this is treason!
Li Hong was shocked, and said from the side: "Brother, Erlang is right. Now the price of rice in Luoyang has risen to [-] Wen."

In recent years, rice money has been quietly rising, mainly due to the increase in population and the increase in food demand.It is also an inevitable process to live and work in peace and contentment, and prices have also risen quietly.

But this time the price of rice in Luoyang was a bit wrong. Because of Wang Hua's siege, the price of rice once rose to nearly [-] Wen per bucket.After the crisis passed, the price of rice dropped rapidly, but it fell to around [-] Wen, started to float, and then did not fall again.

So up to now, some people still have some complaints about Wang Hua.

Wang Hua didn't care about it either, the reason was also cotton, and cotton was planted in many fields, which was the main factor.In fact, the food shortage is not that big, but it is caused by people's psychology.

Wang Hua's siege of the city happened to give a wedge to the rise in grain prices.Another reason is that during the period of Lao Wu's later years, there were many natural and man-made disasters. In some areas, the price of rice often exceeded one hundred yuan per bucket. The high price of grain made it natural for the people to get used to it.This is also a fatal factor.

It's better now. Once more people see the profit from growing cotton, many good fields will be converted to cotton, and the food crisis will be even worse.

This is why Wang Hua decided to grow food in Oceania.One is for profit and the other is for the country.

Wang Hua explained the reason, and everyone suddenly realized.If the price of rice is maintained at [-] Wen, then the profit will also be considerable.Mainly these are consumables, which one does not need to eat?
There is another reason, the money has to be used up, and all the money cannot be lost to Oceania, otherwise there will be a serious copper coin crisis in the Tang Dynasty.Wang Hua didn't say the reason.

But because of his disturbance, I don't know how many people laughed and how many people cried.

The servants brought up supper and let Xiao Yaxuan rest after eating.In order to come here ahead of time, he arrived at Guangzhou Port, took two servants, and some gifts, rode a fast horse, and rushed here day and night.He barely caught his breath.

Wang Hua also returned to the room to rest, but he breathed a sigh of relief, this time Xiao Yaxuan brought him good news.Such a huge amount of income, although part of it will be distributed, is still a huge amount.will make him do many things.

There is also the autumn harvest, that is, a summer harvest in Oceania, which will be shipped back to the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, some other goods should be brought back, which is another huge income.

However, Wang Hua also counted the expenses, the tripod of Kyushu would cost a huge sum of money, and he had to explain the origin of the money to everyone.Therefore, it cannot be produced in a hurry.This is clear money.The Taoism controlled by Mu Zili has only a prototype now, and that's it, it has brought a lot of convenience to Wang Hua.But to meet Wang Hua's needs, he needed a huge sum of money.And where Mo He is doing, he also needs money.Migrating a large number of people also requires money.

The latter is in the dark, so in the first year, you still can't save much money.In the second year, I don't know where to spend the money.

But money is better than no money.

The next day, Wang Hua woke up, but it was still raining outside.

Wang Hua frowned. This is another abnormal season, and the sky looks like Huang Meitian in the south of the Yangtze River.

After he finished washing up, Li Hong and the others also got up, but Wang Hua saw that their eyes were red and there were two dark circles under their eyes.Wang Hua asked strangely: "What did you do last night?"

Li Hong stroked her chest and said, "A lot of money."

This year's income of more than 100 million yuan has already been settled, and I dare not be excited for so much money.

But there is another reason, Xiao Yaxuan came back, and the seven-year relationship between her and Wang Hua began to come to light.

But then Wang Hua said something that made her unhappy, Wang Hua said: "You are at Princess Anle's house, please invite her here."

After Wang Hua saw her expression, he whispered a few words in her ear, and then Li Hong burst into laughter and left.

After a while, Li Bao'er arrived at Wang's house, and she also saw Xiao Yaxuan.After looking at it strangely, this time, except Wan Dahai and Baolinzhai, that is, the Wei family's fleet were arrested this time, the other Wang Hua's cronies all disappeared.Under the torture of the government, Wan Dahai couldn't stand the torture, but confessed that Wang Hua arranged it.

Later, he planned to go to the capital to interrogate Li Hong, but because Wang Hua led the army into Luoyang, Zhang Jianzhi's plan fell through.

So Wang Hua had a serious dislike for Lao Zhang.

But Lao Zhang didn't think so. He thought that he cut off Wang Hua's financial resources and also cut off Wang Hua's elbow.As for the life and death of Li Hong and the others, a servant, a maid, what do they care about?
Different ideas have different consequences.

While she was thinking wildly, Wang Hua said to her, "Zuo'er, I brought you a present."

As he spoke, he opened the wooden box Xiao Yaxuan brought over, and inside was a red coral shining with crystal clear luster.This clump of coral is crystal-clear in columnar shape, which seems to be ruby ​​jade, and there are many star-shaped small corals adsorbed on the columnar shape, just like deep red plum blossoms in full bloom.

Although the size of the coral is not that kind of extra-large type, but with this color luster and shape, it is already the best among corals!
Li Bao'er threw herself into Wang Hua's arms happily, and said, "Erlang, you are too kind to me."

In order to marry her, it's okay to go through life and death, after all, it's a matter between two people.But she let go of the dignity of a man, designed various styles of clothes, and now gave this big gift, which moved her very much.

Wang Hua stroked her hair affectionately, and then said, "Look again, this is a gift from Li Hong."

This is a blue coral with a very ordinary shape, but in the blink of an eye, Li Gu'er saw its strangeness. Because of the bad weather and the darker indoor light, this clump of coral shone faintly.Yes, it is light.

Li Gu'er stared at it for a long time, and finally determined that it was a clump of glowing coral!
For this alone, it is also a precious treasure.

But looking at Wang Hua's face, she began to become weird.

Wang Hua coughed twice, what should I do, I have to make her happy, otherwise, once she gets angry, as she said a few years ago, he doesn't want to wear this hat.He opened the third box and said, "This is from Muzili."

This is another cluster of precious and rare corals.Also, the shape is not its selling point, but the color. This is a rare jade coral.That is white coral.But the so-called white coral is mostly a kind of gray coral, while the real jade coral is a kind of pure white coral, as white as white porcelain fired in Wang's porcelain kiln, like Hetian white jade, crystal clear and transparent.Not only that, but Li Gu'er could hardly find a single white, gray or black spot on such a large clump of coral.

This is a rare gem among jade corals.

Just because of these three beads of coral, even if they are placed in the palace, they are also valuable items. If they are sold in Nanshi, they will be sold at a sky-high price.

But when she looked at Wang Hua's expression, she became more and more strange.

Wang Hua cupped his hands and said, "I'm talking about aunt, you can say something."

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