Chapter 677 City Management!

Chapter six hundred and seventy seventh

"Uncle, although Zhao Di is good, I have already thought about it."

Wang Chong suddenly opened his mouth and said, just one sentence, which immediately interrupted Wang Gen's words. Sitting on the grand teacher's chair, Wang Gen's expression froze, and he was astonished.

"... I have also thought about the fief issue for a long time. Although Zhaodi is good, for me, there is another place that is more suitable for me."

Wang Chong gently blew on the foam on the surface of the tea, sipped the tea, and said calmly.

"You already have an idea?"

Wang Gen opened his eyes, completely unable to react in his mind. I have to admit that Wang Chong's words were completely beyond his expectations:

"Where do you want to feud, which place is better than Zhao?"

"Black wound!"

Wang Chong stretched out a finger, and clicked on an inconspicuous position on the territory that Wang Gen had spread out, from Longxi to west. Seeing the location Wang Chong pointed at, the smile on Wang Gen's face suddenly faded, no matter how hard it was to keep calm.

"Chong'er, are you kidding me?"

Wang Gen's eyelids twitched, his first reaction was that Wang Chong was joking, or he heard it wrong, or Wang Chong clicked on the wrong place on the map, but seeing Wang Chong's serious face, he didn't seem to be joking at all. All of a sudden, his expression became more serious.

"Chong'er, the matter of feuding the city is not a trivial matter. Do you know how many aristocratic families, princes and dignitaries are envious of us? Once the Holy Emperor Jinkou opened, this is a major event that has not happened in decades. The entire Tang Dynasty, except for the capital, , as long as you want, you can pick anywhere. This is a great grace."

For his nephew, Wang Gen has always valued and trusted him extremely. In a way, he even valued it more than his own son. When others say that Wang Chong is the unicorn son of the Wang clan, the first member of the younger generation of the Wang clan, instead of his own son Wang Li, Wang Gen will not be unhappy, but will be proud of it .

But this time it was completely different.

"Wushang, do you know where it is? 'The world is rich and prosperous, and there is no place to go to the right'. There is no better place to choose a feudal city than Longxi. Moreover,...although during the Jiedushi incident, you and Ge Shuhan had a relationship. However, the feudal matter is His Majesty's will, and even Ge Shuhan dare not point fingers in the slightest. If this matter is settled, it will be harmful to both you and our royal family. It is a great benefit. But you want to build a fief in the barren land near the west of the moraine,

What on earth are you thinking? "

Wang Gen's words were very serious. He straightened up and looked at his nephew with an extremely serious expression.

Wang Gen didn't have much impression of the place "Wushang". But Wang Gen knew the location Wang Chong clicked on the map. If Wang Chong had chosen a slightly better place, no matter where it was, Wang Gen would not be like this. But Wang Chong chose the barren land on the westbound road. This was a complete waste of the imperial court's original intention of rewarding Wang Chong and the Wang family.

"Hehe, uncle, I know it's hard for you to accept it now. However, I have my reasons for doing so."

Hearing this, Wang Chong laughed. He picked up the teacup placed on the table in front of him, and took a sip of it.

"why?"

Perhaps influenced by Wang Gen's attitude, Wang Gen took a deep breath and relaxed his attitude somewhat.

"Hehe, uncle, Wushang is indeed poor, not a rich place. But, uncle, take a closer look, what is this place?"

As Wang Chong said, he swipe his finger lightly on the map. Wang Gen didn't see it at first glance, but suddenly his eyelids twitched at the second glance, and he immediately realized something, and tentatively said:

"You mean the Silk Road?"

"That's right! It's the Silk Road!"

Wang Chong laughed. Not far from the "Wushang" he clicked on, a road meanders through. It is the famous and familiar westbound silk in all the foreign countries, including the Tang Dynasty. the road.

"You want to make a fuss on this road?"

Wang Gen glanced at Wang Chong in front of him, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and his expression gradually became less serious than before. The westbound "Silk Road" is also the famous golden road in the world. On this road, many business travelers from the East and the West traveled on it, such as silk, spices, jewelry, jade, porcelain, camels, tea... Hu merchants and merchants from the Western Regions who did business in the Tang Dynasty almost all passed this road.

The huge price gap between the East and the West has given birth to huge profits. Therefore, a large number of wealthy businessmen have been born on this road.

Those Hu people who came to the Tang Dynasty to do business were all very rich. Pearls, agates, and jades... were like clay tiles to them.

The things they buy and sell are big items, and what they earn is unimaginable wealth for many people in their lifetimes. In terms of importance, this road to the west is well-deserved number one in the world, and its importance is far higher than the famous "Tea Horse Road" in the southwest.

To a certain extent, the reason why the Tang Dynasty has today's prosperity is due to the Silk Road, which maintains trade with other countries.

"Uncle, Zhao land is good, but it is stagnant water after all. No matter how high the income is, it is 200,000 yuan, but the Silk Road going west is different. Whether it is the Han Dynasty, the previous dynasty, or the current dynasty, it is stable in the world. The first thing to do after that is to open up the Silk Road for East-West communication. It is conceivable how much the empire attaches importance to this business route."

Wang Chong said confidently.

"Uncle, you also know how rich the Hu merchants in the capital are. Those Hu merchants from the Western Regions, the spice merchants in Dashi, and the jewelry merchants in Tiaozhi, come to Datang from thousands of miles every year. Uncle, have you ever thought about how huge the wealth that circulates on this business road every day is with so many businessmen going in and out?"

"this……"

Wang Gen fell silent all of a sudden. Wang Gen knew better than Wang Chong how much the Tang court attached importance to this westbound road. It's not because of anything else, but because it's completely ordered by the Holy Emperor.

In the Great Tang Dynasty of China, no one inside or outside the court dared to question the decision of the Holy Emperor.

This is also the reason why this commercial road has always been unimpeded.

Moreover, one thing Wang Chong said is correct, this road to the west is indeed extremely rich, and the wealth that flows on it every day is difficult for even the household department in charge of the financial affairs of the imperial court, let alone other people.

"So Chong'er, what you mean is that you want to grab benefits from this business route?"

"Um!"

Wang Chong nodded heavily, his eyes were deep, and there was a look of deep thought in his expression.

"However, this is useless at all. East-West trade, those Hu merchants are engaged in unique business, and no one else can interfere at all. In the past, when the Silk Road was opened, the aristocratic families, princes and relatives who coveted this trade route There are not a few of them, even the princes of the royal family want to get involved. However, we quickly discovered that we don’t understand the languages ​​of the Western Regions, Dashi, and Tiaozhi, and the people of Tang Dynasty don’t even bother to learn the language of Yidi. Shi and Tiaozhi are separated by thousands of miles, the journey is too far, the journey is difficult, and they are not familiar with the environment there, so basically no one can join in. Those big families and nobles in the capital also tried several times and failed. I just gave up completely."

"Chong'er, it's not that I want to deny you. Your idea is very good. But the actual operation is not feasible."

At the end, Wang Gen shook his head and looked at Wang Chong with a hint of worry. It is worthy of recognition that Wang Chong can think of using the westbound Silk Road, and wants to covet it.

However, he obviously still took all this too simply.

If you can get a share of the pie casually, after so many years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, so many princes and dignitaries in the capital have already divided up the profits, so how could it be the turn of the Wang family, and now.

In the Southwest War, Wang Chong really showed his impressive military talent. However, the way of war and the way of business are different after all, even Wang Chong, it seems impossible to be proficient in both ways at the same time.

"Hehe, uncle, you misunderstood."

Wang Chong laughed back when he heard the words.

"I don't want to get involved in the business of silk, spices, and jewelry. I want to enter the sales of food and sticks. The road to the west is more than 10,000 miles, and I can only do one or two business trips a year. It takes too long for the funds to turn around. .”

"Fund transfer?"

A look of surprise flashed across Wang Gen's eyes, but he quickly recalled it. He has long been used to his nephew's "speaking outrageously". The phrase "whoever laughs last, laughs best" has long been known in the capital.

"If you don't get involved in these businesses, what do you want to do?"

This time Wang Gen was really confused. The most profitable things on the westbound road are silk, jewelry, spices... If you don't get involved in this, why make money.

This nephew, Wang Gen couldn't understand his thoughts at all.

"Haha, of course it is to build a city there to make profits from those merchants!"

Wang Chong smiled, and the teacup in half his hand slammed, and the tea splashed everywhere, hitting the place on the map of the Tang Dynasty, which represented the Silk Road. This move was unexpected, Wang Gen stared blankly at the extra cups on the map of the Tang Dynasty, and was speechless for a while.

"Uncle!"

Wang Chong pushed away the chair and stood up:

"The westbound road is lucrative, but the journey is far away. The so-called nights are long and full of dreams. Because of this reason, bandits and bandits are rampant on the westbound road. In addition, the terrain is complicated, so the court has repeatedly prohibited it, and repeated prohibitions have failed."

"Because of the Hyderabad ore, I ordered Li Siye to wipe out the Black Dragon Gang, the biggest bandit on the Silk Road. But the Black Dragon Gang is only one of them. Before that, there were the Peilong Gang, the Black Flame Gang... and there will be other gangs in the future. .As long as there are profits, this will continue.”

"Just imagine, if there is a city on the westbound road, all the merchants can be protected and supplied here. Would they be willing to come? And each westbound merchant is a huge caravan. Hundreds of people, or even thousands of people, it is not a small cost for so many people to stay for a day. If they can buy and sell here for free, will anyone be willing to sell and operate? Westbound businessmen are in this regard But quite generous."

"And once these people gather more, then the tax will be collected. Uncle thinks, what will happen to such a city? After all, this is a unique business!"

Wang Chong looked back at his uncle Wang Gen with a smile and said.

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