Chapter 512 Fertile China
Shua... Everyone looked at Zhang Quan. Faced with such a bad situation, can Zhang Quan really give advice?
Zhang Quan calmly said, "I have three strategies.
The best policy, please send someone to announce that we are willing to take in all the people of Cai Guo, resettle them, and let the past go.
The people of Cai Guo are just desperate and crazy; if they are given hope, they will surely settle down. After experiencing this accident, many geniuses will inevitably appear among the people of Cai Guo. In order to appease the complaints of the people of Chen State, we can appropriately impose a three-year retention tax on the people of Cai State.
But this will bring us face to face with Shang Kingdom and Tang Kingdom.
The middle policy is to tell the people in the remaining areas of the country, all soldiers, businessmen, etc., to allow everyone to go to capture slaves, and all the wealth seized during this period will belong to individuals.
Induce everyone to fight with permanent benefits.
In this way, this chaos will inevitably be prevented. We can even exchange Cai's slaves for Shang's resources.
However, this move may cause some families to be too inflated, and even cause robbery and indulgence of evil.
The worst strategy is to build countless defense lines, fortify layer by layer, and clear the field with strong walls. Especially in the key defenses of natural moats such as abysses, mountains, and rivers. And buy arms from Shang Kingdom.
This move will inevitably lead to fierce conflicts, and the casualties will be incalculable. A large number of deaths will hurt the world! "
With Zhang Quan taking the lead, the remaining officials suddenly became "smart", and various suggestions came out, many of which were remarkable.
Prince Chen, who was sitting next to his father, saw the expressions of all the officials, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. The crown prince saw it very clearly. Just now these ministers were not really helpless, but they dared not "be the first bird" and were afraid of making mistakes.
As a result, Zhang Quan, a "foolish boy", took the lead, and these ministers became "smart" one after another.
Soon various opinions appeared, and finally concluded into a practical and perfect solution: it is necessary to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and to fortify at every level. Secondly, His Majesty the Emperor should also express his condolences to the rioters, and at the same time encourage Chen Guo to go up and down to "pick up" some slaves and wealth.
These are all comprehensive and supplemented by Zhang Quan's opinions; but the ministers also have new opinions, that is-differentiation.
There are more than 50 million rioters, and it is impossible to be united. It can be divided, and various rewards can be used to cause civil strife among the rioters.
For example, if you kill one rioter, you can redeem your crime; if you kill two refugees, you can get the right to live in Chen; if you kill three or more, you can count as military merit...
For example, if you lead ten people to surrender, all of them will be innocent, and the leader can get certain rewards. If you lead a hundred people to surrender, you can reward military merit...
In addition, there is to ask Shang Kingdom for help. According to the opinions of the ministers, the Shang Kingdom should not come to support; but with this excuse, we Chen Guo can openly accept all the population of Cai Guo, and it is not easy for the Shang Kingdom to ask questions in the later stage!
In fact, asking for help from the Kingdom of Shang was to shut the mouth of the Kingdom of Shang.
After negotiating the conditions, large and small, Chen Guo immediately began to operate. Speaking of which, Chen State is not such a fatuous country as Cai State; especially the rise of Shang Kingdom, the demise of Qi State, etc., have greatly stimulated Chen State.
In particular, Li Yulong's move to completely slaughter Cai Guo deeply stimulated Chen Guo. Therefore, Chen Guo is acting very quickly at the moment.
It's just that Zhang Yuan, Zhang Quan and his son are only "consultants in industry and commerce" for the time being, and they don't even have formal official positions.
He didn't want to see the old housekeeper winking at the door just after returning home. After many trials and tribulations, the old housekeeper still followed, which is also touching.
The old butler winked, and Zhang Yuan understood without speaking or through sound transmission with his spiritual sense—someone is coming, quietly, a stranger, but it should be more important and the matter is not visible.
A wink and a few movements are enough to convey this information.
Zhang Yuan and Zhang Quan entered the gate calmly, and walked into the hall as usual; but they did not stop when they entered the hall, but went straight into the back hall; after passing the back hall, they entered an inconspicuous wing room, and then they saw Lord.
Along the way, Zhang Yuan continued to investigate, just to make sure that no one was following, and no one was ambushing around. On the one hand, it is to check the people of Chen Guo, and on the other hand, it is also to be vigilant against strangers who have not met.
After entering the wing room, I found a seemingly ordinary person sitting quietly; the tea on the table was already cold.
Zhang Yuan and the other party looked at each other for a long time, and it was Zhang Yuan who spoke first: "What's the matter, fellow Taoist?"
"You are Zhang Yuan?"
"yes!"
"Hello, my name is Xiang Bowen. I think you must have heard of my name!"
To Bowen? Zhang Yuan looked at the person in front of him in surprise. How could Zhang Yuan not know Xiang Bowen's name?
When Xiang Bowen first started making gunpowder, Cai Guo still kept it a bit secret, but with Huang Fu's monopoly, many people were forced to leave the court, and this matter could not be kept secret.
Especially later Cai Guo wanted to compete with the Shang Kingdom for arms, etc., and this matter was made public!
Only then did everyone know that apart from the Kingdom of Shang, the Kingdom of Cai also had such a thing as 'gunpowder'. In short, it can be said that the appearance of Xiang Bowen interrupted the monopoly of gunpowder by the Kingdom of Shang (then Anyang) and contributed to the peace in the east of Yingzhou.
Well, the actual situation is that Li Xian, a bastard profiteer, is indeed a "bastard". After knowing that gunpowder cannot be kept secret, Li Xian spread the formula of gunpowder everywhere; as a result, Yingzhou Dongfang became even more chaotic! In just a few years, arms have completely changed the pattern of warfare.
But no matter what, Xiang Bowen's name is still remembered by many people.
Zhang Yuan looked at the person in front of him for a long time, and finally nodded slowly, "I believe fellow Taoist is Xiang Bowen. But I don't know if you are looking for Zhang today?"
Xiang Bowen cut straight to the point, "I can't stay in the East anymore. I want to develop in the West, or even another divine continent. But after all, I am alone and alone. After thinking about it for a long time, I think of you and Zhang Quan.
I am familiar with gunpowder and munitions; and you are familiar with the political, industrial and commercial affairs of the Shang Kingdom.
If possible, I would like to be a companion with Zhang Daoyou, and go to the west to forge ahead together! "
Zhang Yuan's first reaction was to refuse - you're out of your mind! But in just a moment, with a single thought, Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes and started to think carefully!
Yes, at this moment, Zhang Yuan has considered a lot.
In any case, Zhang Yuan's family first betrayed the Great Xia Kingdom, and later, after Xiao Liming seized power, they defected to the Xiao Kingdom; not long ago, they betrayed the Xiao Kingdom and took refuge in the Chen Kingdom.
No matter what the reasons are, Zhang Guang actually betrayed him three times! With such a "rich" experience, the Zhang family is already a street rat in the east of Yingzhou, not to mention developing, and even surviving is very difficult! No country, organization (sect, etc.) likes such a rebellious boy!
Similarly, even if the Zhang family is in business, it is difficult to get the recognition and trust of the businessmen!
In a word, the Zhang family has no future for development in the east of Yingzhou!
What's more, there is a "Yuan family" behind him chasing and demanding his life!
If the Yuan family hadn't considered the Shang Kingdom's problems, killing the Zhang family would be a one-sentence matter!
With such considerations in mind, Zhang Yuan pondered for a while, and finally said simply: "I want to hear the plan of the fellow daoist!"
"Okay, simply! He is a person who does great things!" Xiang Bowen gave Zhang Yuan a high evaluation. His fingers dipped in the tea and began to draw on the table, "In the westernmost part of Yingzhou, there is also a country that pays more attention to commerce. Of course, it just pays more attention, not to the level of the Shang Kingdom.
But in general, it is also a country that pays more attention to business. This country, called "Liang Guo", is a country with a width of eight thousand miles and is very rich.
Liang Guo is close to the "Wanzhu Sea"; further west of Liang Guo is the legendary "Fat Land Shenzhou" among the nine great Shenzhous, which is eight million miles wide.
Starting from Liang State to Feitu Shenzhou, the shortest distance is about 1.1 million miles, and it takes several years or even decades to go back and forth.
But there are no dragons in Wanzhuhai, and there are no particularly powerful monsters; even if there are monsters, they will be hunted and killed by the masters of Fertile China.
And in Wanzhu Sea, there are countless islands dotted around, large and small, where you can rest your feet; some islands are tens of thousands of miles in size. "
Every time Xiang Bowen said something, Zhang Yuan's eyes became brighter; in the end, it was really brighter than a light bulb!
A country that is close to the sea and pays more attention to industry and commerce;
A sea without dragons and monsters; a sea full of islands where you can rest at any time;
Close to Fertility China, one of the legendary Nine Great Chinas!
This is really a good place! A unique setting! Here, the environment is better than Shang Kingdom 1
Without telling Bowen the following, Zhang Yuan can already see his future glory. It is entirely possible to copy the development model of the Shang Kingdom and create another Shang Kingdom... No, create another 'Shang Empire'.
Of course, as a cultivator, one is essentially pursuing ascension; but if one really wants to build a "merchant empire", the luck gathered will be enough for countless people to ascend!
But Zhang Yuan was Zhang Yuan after all, and he didn't agree straight away, but asked for many details. The two talked about it the next day, and Zhang Yuan finally made up his mind...Let's go! Of course, the two were not familiar with each other during this period, so it was inevitable to swear and so on.
As for family members, those who are willing to follow will follow, and those who are not willing to follow can be dismissed with some spare money.
This time, Zhang Yuan made a formal farewell to Emperor Chen, who didn't care at all and let him go. Because some of Zhang Yuan's strategies, concepts, etc. have long been handed over to Chen Guo; in other words, Zhang Yuan is now a useless person.
It was too late for Emperor Chen to be happy that such a useless person, a rebellious boy, knew to take the initiative to resign.
As for the family members, Zhang Yuan was also very helpless; when he heard that Zhang Yuan was going to give up the comfortable life he had so hard to get, and had to travel hundreds of thousands of miles to find an unknown result, most of the family members finally dispersed. Mainly some concubines, maids and so on.
Zhang Yuan sighed, but looking at the people still following me, Zhang Yuan smiled again, "As long as there are people following me, I, Zhang Yuan, will not give up fighting! Just because of your trust!"
There was also a little crazy light in Zhang Quan's eyes.
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