Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 353

[Chapter 353 Really Fat]

“Let them wait.” Zhao Xu said to Feng’er.

The arrival of these two families was also within his expectation.

Although he doesn’t like Dou and Xiao’s family, he still has to do business.

Moreover, both the Dou family and the Xiao family are guarding a pass.

He didn’t want these two passes to be breached by Xiliang.

Otherwise, Da Song would get into a mess and affect his business.

After all, he still needs to absorb the original capital from Da Song to realize the industrial revolution in the four counties. For this reason, he bought the artillery as soon as he bought it. Anyway, it is the lowest-grade white iron gun, and it will not affect anything.

“Nephew, you don’t have to accompany me. Just go and get busy. Last time I came here in a hurry and left in a hurry. This time I’ll just spend two days in Yancheng.” King Chun rolled his eyes.

He is a sensible person, and he told Zhao Xu what he wanted to say.

There is no need to stay here and delay Zhao Xu’s business.

“That’s good, I’ll hold a banquet for Uncle Huang tonight.” Zhao Xu nodded and sent King Chun to the gate of the palace.

“See His Highness King Chun.” As soon as King Chun went out, the two young men saluted him.

King Chun looked surprised, “Dou Kuang, Xiao Qian, the Dou family, the Xiao family let you two come this time, it is really sincere, you are busy, I go to hang around.”

After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

Dou Kuang and Xiao Qian smiled awkwardly.

At this time, the two hurriedly saluted Zhao Xu again, “See Your Highness King Yan. It’s been a long time since you saw him. Your Highness has become more and more handsome.”

“So it’s the sons of the Dou family and the Xiao family, please come in.” Zhao Xu said.

In his mind, the important children of the eight major families basically have impressions.

He naturally recognized Dou Kuang and Xiao Qian. When they were in the capital, they often met each other, but they always ignored him.

Arriving at the reception hall with the two of them, after some greetings, Zhao Xu got straight to the point.

“The two of you are here for artillery, right?” Zhao Xu said.

“Your Highness is really clever, that’s exactly what it is.” Dou Kuang’s smile was almost flattering.

Although he was slapped by his father, he was still sent to Yanzhou to be responsible for the purchase of artillery.

Originally, he should have come a long time ago, but it was delayed because of the affairs of the Ma family.

This time the Dou family and the Xiao family are facing the problem of defensive barriers at the same time.

So they came to Yanzhou to buy artillery together.

Even if you have artillery, you may not be able to hold the pass.

But it’s much better than nothing.

Xiao Qian also said at this time: “Now Jianguan and Wuguan may be attacked by aliens at any time, I hope His Highness will be sympathetic.”

Zhao Xu secretly smiled.

The Dou family and the Xiao family now treat him with such a low profile, they are afraid that they are guilty, and they are afraid that he will reject him outright.

But he will not refuse, he will only cheat them on the price.

So he said: “There is no one who is sympathetic or not. We are both great praises. This is just a matter of little effort, but you should also know the price of this cannon?”

Dou Kuang asked the Han family and Xie family before he came. One thousand taels.

Nodding his head, he said, “It’s said to be 8,000 taels a piece.”

“That’s right, it’s the price, and I have to ship it back by myself,” Zhao Xu said.

Although they knew that the price was too high, they had nothing to do, after all, several other companies had already paid deposits.

Dou Kuang and Xiao Qian said at the same time: “Your Highness, each of our families needs three hundred guns.”

Zhao Xu nodded, except for Liang’s family, the other families wanted about the same number of cannons.

After all, the Liang family wanted to move some of the artillery onto the ship.

“Since this is the case, it is also an old rule to pay the deposit first.” Speaking of this, the business has been negotiated.

Zhao Xu chatted awkwardly with the two for a while.   Finally, he noticed a bruise

on Dou Kuang’s face, so he said, “Master Dou, your face?

”

But there was a flash of hatred.

After deciding on the cannon, Zhao Xu didn’t want to keep them, but let them spend two days in Yancheng as a courtesy.

But the two declined, saying they were going back to return to their orders.

The two left, and Zhao Xu went to the study.

After thinking about it, he summed up the number of artillery pieces purchased from him by the clan and the imperial court, which was about 3,000 pieces.

The value of so many cannons is more than 20 million taels, but the cost is only about 1.5 million taels. He is making a lot of money.

And this does not include other things purchased by the imperial court.

Overall, this wave of arms trade will bring him 24 million taels of profit.

And this is only the current number, the Wang family and the Fan family have not come yet, but they will come anyway.

If the musket he made can get their approval again, he can make another fortune by then.

“The money is enough for the infrastructure of the four counties.” Zhao Xu said in a deep voice.

Infrastructure is the supporting facilities for industrial and agricultural development.

It is equivalent to that he sprinkled money to the people and let the people participate in the construction of various facilities.

In this way, the people have benefited from the infrastructure and their pockets are bulging.

He benefited from the completeness of roads, bridges, water conservancy, and mining facilities, laying the foundation for industrial development.

In fact, he has been thinking about this big infrastructure, but he is troubled by the lack of money.

Now with the huge profits from the arms trade, he can fully support his ambitions.

After the summer harvest, it is time to sow the seeds, and then the people will be free, and then the big infrastructure will begin.

Thinking of this, he planned the facilities that needed to be built in his mind.

At this time, Feng’er reported that Liu Fu had come.

Patting his head, he remembered that today he was going to inspect Xiashou with Liu Fu.

This is what he proposed.

Just like fighting in the army and sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, he felt the need to personally inspect the farming.

One is to show his emphasis on farming, and the other is mainly for officials to see.

Let them not put on the posture of officials and lords, but be close to the people, so as to save them from ignorance of the five grains.

After leaving the palace, Liu Fu was already waiting outside.

After getting on the horse, he and Liu Fu headed out of the city, accompanied by officials in charge of agriculture and students from the school.

This time they came to Pumice Village.

Because it is the closest to Yancheng, this place has become a place similar to a model village in contemporary times.

After arriving, Zhao Xu found that the people were harvesting wheat in the fields.

In Yanzhou, wheat is grown in the east and rice is grown in the summer, and they are harvested twice a year.

At this moment, the wheat in the field is golden yellow, which is very gratifying.

The only thing that makes Zhao Xu dissatisfied is that the wheat is a bit sparse and the grains are not very full.

And this is why one mu of land can only harvest two hundred catties.

But he knew that there was no way to do it. There were no high-yielding seeds in this era.

Only rely on fertilizers and some reasonable farming methods to increase production.

“Look, Your Highness, the people are very motivated, and none of them is lazy. This scene, I have never seen before.” Liu Fu said with a smile.

“That’s natural. The fields are yours, and the food is yours. Can you not be active?” Zhao Xu said.

Liu Fu nodded with a smile, “After harvesting this season, the common people will have surplus grain, and the surplus can be sold, and the next season’s rice can be sold for another season. This year will be easier.”

(End of this chapter)