Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 6

[Chapter 6]

Zhang’s Mansion in Yan County.

After Zhang Qian listened to the news delivered by the servant, he showed a shocked expression.

“Did he really turn water into ice?”

“Sir, it’s true. I saw it with my own eyes. It took him less than a quarter of an hour to bring out a basin of ice cubes after he entered the house.” can’t believe it.

Zhang Qian was stunned, forgetting that he was still holding a teacup in his hand.

He didn’t come back to himself until the teacup was tilted and the tea scalded his hands.

Then, he jumped up from the chair like a spring, “Let’s go to Yan Wang Mansion.”

As the number one wealthy family in Yan County, Zhang Qian is not a fool to make such a big family business passed down from his ancestors.

Ice is the same price as gold.

In Jiangnan, the most affluent place in Dasong, this is exactly what is lacking.

If there is a steady stream of ice, it will be a steady stream of silver.

He hated Prince Yan’s Mansion in his heart, Zhang Han was arrested, and he hated it even more, after all, Zhang Han had a lot of secret deals with his Zhang family.

If King Yan moved Zhang Han, it would be equivalent to slapping him in the face, so just now he was thinking about how to kill King Yan’s mansion.

But now he decided to take a break for now.

What’s more, the Dong family, the Yang family, and the Lu family sent either the head of the family or the eldest son.

These three families have always been in harmony with themselves, and they have been obedient and contradictory.

Naturally, he couldn’t let them take this good thing, otherwise he would not be able to sit firmly as the No. 1 wealthy family in Yan County.

At that time, the positions of important officials in Yan County will have to be given up by several of them.

Therefore, even if he is pretending today, he still has to pretend to be affectionate to Prince Yan’s mansion. As for how to deal with Prince Yan’s mansion in the future, he will have to get the ice-making technique first.

“Master, do you want to call the Huang family and the Du family?” the servant asked.

“Still shouting? They must run faster than us.” Zhang Qian walked away.

When they came to Yanwang Mansion, Huang Yu, the Patriarch of the Huang Family, and Du Ming, the Patriarch of the Du Family, were indeed there.

As for the Dong family, the Lu family, and the Yang family, not only the eldest son was there, but the head of the family also rushed over.

“Hey, isn’t Yuanwai Zhang unwell?” Liu Fu raised his eyes and saw Zhang Qian coming, and made a sarcastic sarcasm on purpose.

Zhang Qian was extremely angry. He had never been humiliated by a servant, but even though he was annoyed, he smiled, “I felt a little unwell in the morning, but I came here when I got better in the afternoon. After all, it is the order of King Yan. No.”

He looked at Huang Yu and Du Ming, and the two old guys shook their heads at him at the same time, obviously they were also ridiculed by Liu Fu.

So I secretly thought in my heart, for the sake of ice making, I will let you Yan Wangfu be proud for a few days, and then I will make you cry later.

Liu Fu sneered in his heart, he saw the flash of viciousness in Zhang Qian’s eyes.

But he is not a coward, otherwise he would not risk his life to save King Yan.

Turning around, he came in front of Zhao Xu and said, “Your Highness, the heads of the thirty-eight noble families in Yan County have arrived.”

Zhao Xu nodded.

Just now he did not reply to the person who asked how much the ice-making technique is worth, just to wait for everyone to arrive.

And he didn’t refuse the Zhang family who had a bad attitude towards the palace.

Emperor Zhao Heng sent him to Yan County, which was actually not much different from exile.

He didn’t give rich money like other princes at all, and there were many arrangements in the fiefdom.

Therefore, he can only rely on himself to earn money and food to build his own foundation.

He knew that the Zhang family treated him badly, but there was no need for him to have trouble with Yinzi.

After all, if he refused the Zhang family’s participation, he would not be able to take out the people’s fat that the Zhang family had looted, and the Zhang family would definitely do everything possible to obstruct it, and even try to steal the method of making ice.

The method of making ice is very simple, and it is easy to leak, so the gain outweighs the loss.

After thinking through this verse, he said: “For three years, I have been crazy and foolish, and I haven’t met you all since I came to Yan County. But last night, I ran into an expert in my dream. He not only woke me up, He also taught me a lot of skills, and this ice-making technique is one of them.”

Because of the lack of scientific literacy, the ancients were very superstitious.

When contemporary history books record the birth of emperors, they will always write some visions of heaven and earth, the purpose is to make people believe that the emperor is the chosen one.

It’s the same in this world, so he said that on purpose, just to make them unclear about the real and the fake, and also to frighten them.

Let them be afraid when targeting Yan Wangfu.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, everyone immediately discussed, and many people showed surprised expressions.

He continued, “Of course, this king did not ask you to come here to talk about this matter, but for the ice-making technique. Now I can say how much money this ice-making method sells for.

” Everyone pricked up their ears.

Zhao Xu said slowly: “One million taels.”

“One million taels!” Everyone gasped.

“Your Highness, this… this is too expensive, and we don’t even have that much when we find out all our family assets.” A wealthy family shouted.

“Yes, even if you learn the art of making ice, it will take you a few years to earn back.” Another person said.

Zhao Xu had expected this situation a long time ago.

One million taels is indeed not a small amount.

After all, it is said that Da Song’s annual tax income is only 60 to 70 million taels.

However, taxes are taxes, and he knows very well that most of Da Song’s wealth belongs to these powerful families.

After all, they extremely squeezed the people and gathered the wealth of the society.

It can be said that all of them are equivalent to contemporary billionaires, billionaires, and tens of billionaires.

They are even richer than them, because the land in Yan County is almost monopolized by these thirty-eight companies.

Yan County is equivalent to a contemporary prefecture-level city.

Imagine a situation where land, minerals, transportation, and various commercial operations in a contemporary prefecture-level city are monopolized by thirty-eight companies.

Coupled with the fact that they control the officialdom in Yan County and basically do not pay taxes, they are definitely rich.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for him to ask for this price.

Just to get back the wealth belonging to Yan County from them.

“In Jinling City, a catty of ice sells for one renminbi. In a summer, it is common to consume hundreds of thousands of catties of ice. Looking at the entire Jiangnan, it is more than a few million catties. If you are lucky, you can earn it back in two or three years.” Zhao Xu said lightly. .

In Dasong, one tael of silver can buy one stone of rice, which is about one hundred and twenty catties.

If you compare it with the contemporary rice price, one tael of silver is equivalent to more than three hundred yuan.

It is only about thirty yuan a penny, and ice is not very expensive, so there is definitely a market.

Zhao Xu made the calculations so clear that the voices of the nobles became quieter.

However, although they have a lot of property, they don’t have the ability to take out so much cash at once.

Because most of their assets exist in the form of food, cloth, land, minerals, etc.

Even so, it takes a lot of risk to use so much property to fight for this business.

They were still very unhappy.

Zhao Xu has been observing the expressions of the rich people.

He had already expected this, so he said: “This king understands that it is not easy for a family to spend a million taels, so he called your thirty-eight families to make a fortune together.”

“Your Highness, please express it?” The head of the family, Dong Yuan, bowed his hand.

(end of this chapter)