Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 47

[Chapter 47 Land]

“His Royal Highness, Yuan Li has returned to Fan Yang.” The

next morning, the concierge.

Zhao Xu was distressed and wanted to accompany Yuan Li to eat, drink and have fun, feeling uncomfortable.

Liu Fu’s words made him instantly relaxed.

“This Yuan Li didn’t even say hello, he came and left as soon as he said, he really regarded Yan County as his Yuan family’s.” Liu Fu couldn’t be more angry.

The situation in Yan County was originally good.

With Yuan Li doing this, the Zhang family’s originally clamped tail will be raised again.

“In the final analysis, it depends on who has the biggest fist in Da Song. We are weak now, so we are naturally looked down upon by others.” Zhao Xu felt that it was pointless to be angry.   Glancing

at Liu Fu, he continued: “Don’t worry about this anymore. What the palace has to do now is to capture the hearts of the people in Yan County. How is the land division now?”

Many people have no land to cultivate, and the news that His Highness only accepts low rents has spread to other counties, and now there are many refugees from other counties coming over, and the land is even less.” Liu Fuzheng was worried about this matter.

Yan County has a small population, so it was hard to attract some people with its good reputation.

It would be a pity if these people left because they had no land to cultivate.

Zhao Xu paced out of the gatehouse.

What Liu Fu can see, he can naturally see.

In his view, the most important thing in a fief is of course the population.

Having a population equals having a labor force.

Only with the labor force can we create wealth and provide the army with a steady stream of soldiers.

That’s why he couldn’t wait to buy the dental shop and make himself a slave trader, trafficking people from all over Dasong to Yanzhou.

“This king has a solution now, but I don’t know if it will work or not.” Zhao Xu mused.

This is what he had thought of long ago.

Just because of lack of strength, this method cannot be implemented.

But now is the time.

“Your Highness still has the most ideas in Yan County.” Liu Fujian laughed.

Every time he felt that there was no way ahead, King Yan would always surprise him.

“I just don’t know if the powerful families will be tricked, so you go and invite all the wealthy families in Yancheng first.” Zhao Xu ordered.

Liu Fu responded and went away.

Not long.

The nobles came to the palace one after another.

He dare not neglect King Yan’s order now, someone’s head is still hanging on the city gate.

“What do you want me to do, Your Highness?” Dong Yuan spoke first.

When he got the letter, he came here, without even telling his son Dong An, and clearly competed with his son to show his face in front of Zhao Xu.

It wasn’t that he was guarding against his son, it was really the business that King Yan casually left behind that made Dong’s family rich.

The son is going to overwhelm the father.

Except for the Dong family, the Yang family, and the Lu family all came.

Lu Chang’s father was more airy than ever.

The son entered the palace of the prince to join the army, and even served as a captain, with a bright face.

Except for these few wealthy families with slightly larger families, there are some small wealthy families.

What about the Liu family, the Chen family, etc., Zhao Xu also remembers these days.

What surprised him was that the Zhang family didn’t come this time.

There were also a few wealthy families who were close to the Zhang family, and they didn’t come either.

Zhao Xu sneered.

Yuan Li’s arrival in Yanjun made some people more courageous.

But just right.

Because what he did today will affect Yan County in the future.

“Everyone, please sit down.” Zhao Xu asked everyone to sit down.

His eyes swept over everyone one by one, and he said: “A few days ago, because of the ice making, my king asked you to set up a business firm, and you will jointly operate it and share the profits in the future.”

Everyone nodded, and someone said: “Thinking about it, it should have been sold in Jinling for a while now.”

“Someone will come back next month, and the account and silver will be shipped back at that time.”

“…”

Thinking that the silver will be distributed soon, all the wealthy people are excited. .

Zhao Xu nodded.

After receiving the share from the Huang and Du families, the Wangfu almost accounted for 60% of the current Chamber of Commerce’s dividends.

He is the happiest.

But today’s focus is not on this.

He changed the subject and said, “It’s just that everyone must understand that the ice-making technique is extremely easy to leak. This king is worried that once leaked, the profits of the chamber of commerce will become thinner and thinner.”

Everyone was worried when they heard the words.

Although they had sworn, there was no guarantee that others would not rob them outside.

After all, there are many dignitaries in the south, many of whom are more noble than King Yan.

But since King Yan raised this matter, he must have something to say.

So they waited for King Yan’s next words.

“So, out of the consideration of protecting the interests of everyone, this king has decided to include the wine from the palace in the Chamber of Commerce and give priority to supply.”

Zhao Xu’s words made the heartbeat of the rich family suddenly quicken.

Now who doesn’t know that Wangfu fine wine is a business that can make a profit without losing money.

And it won’t be as troublesome as selling ice, and it can only be sold in summer.

“Your Highness, this… is this true?” A little rich man was about to faint from happiness.

Zhao Xu nodded.

But of course he couldn’t give it away for nothing, so he said: “However, you need to exchange something…”

“Please tell me, Your Highness, what do you need?” Youhao said.

The huge profits brought by wine are foreseeable, as long as they can get a share of the wine, they are willing to bear it.

“Your land.” Zhao Xu no longer concealed his purpose.

Unlike the Huang and Du families, these wealthy families all support themselves.

It is not appropriate to seize their land as they did to the Huang and Du families.

So, he decided to take part of his business interests.

In doing this, he has another purpose besides mastering more land.

That is to build an interest group around him.

In this way, he can get more support.

“Land?” The

rich people look at me and I look at you.

They could all feel King Yan’s attachment to the land.

Over the years, they have occupied a large amount of land among the people.

Some land is even still vacant.

Now that King Yan is in charge of Yan County, it is very simple for him to want these lands.

After all, the examples of the Du and Huang families are right in front of us.

Now, it seems that there is nothing wrong with King Yan’s exchange of interests, it is much better than investigating their past evil deeds and seizing them.

At that moment, a timid wealthy family said, “Your Highness, our Chen family has 20,000 mu of land, and only 500 mu of land is reserved for our family members to cultivate. We are willing to hand over the rest.

” Your six taels of silver will be deducted from the profit from selling wine.” Zhao Xu laughed.

The wealthy family surnamed Chen said pleasantly: “Then our Chen family can get a few percent of the profit from selling wine.”

Zhao Xu is not a fool.

With the current sales volume of Wangfu’s fine wines, a few million taels a year is not a problem. In the future, as the reputation spreads, the income will increase.

He can’t give them much.

So he decided to only take out a small part of the bonus from selling wine, and let these wealthy families divide according to the amount of land they took out.

So he said: “This king only takes out 20% of the profit, and each of you will divide the 20% according to the amount of land you handed over.”

“Twenty percent…” the wealthy families whispered.

“It is said that during this period of time, the palace sold 60,000 jars of wine, which cost 900,000 taels. After deducting the capital, it would be 500,000 to 600,000 taels. After this year, there are three to four million taels of silver. Twenty percent would cost five to six hundred thousand taels, if it was more…”

“This wine has money every year, but our land doesn’t have good harvests every year.”

“We’re making money.”

“… ”

After discussing for a while, the wealthy clan seemed to have reached an agreement.

Stand up together, “Your Highness, we are willing to hand over the land in exchange for a share.”

(End of this chapter)