Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 511 I am not a merchant!

"You guys did a great job!"

Liu Changgao sat on the top seat, and everyone in Shihuo Mansion stood on his left and right, with their heads bowed.

Liu Chang is still in a very good mood. He is very satisfied with the performance of Shihuo Mansion during this period of time, especially Prince Liu An, who finally did not disappoint Father and completely recovered the things he had entrusted to him. Gentlemen, try your best to revitalize the business of the Han Dynasty. Those merchants are increasing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In most areas of the Central Plains, business is booming rapidly. It has been suppressed for a long time, restricted, and businesses that cannot see rain and dew have gained a little bit. After the watering, it began to germinate and bear fruit at an alarming rate.

Even the development of agriculture, which was once at an impasse, began to move forward slowly under the frequent activities of merchants. These merchants sell everything, farm tools, cattle and sheep, and cloth. In addition to selling, they will also take the initiative to buy. This has solved the troubles for many common people, and at the same time, it has added extra income to them, and even to a certain extent, it has also balanced the uneven development of various parts of Dahan.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, there is no shortage of cattle. Some families even have two or three cattle. There is little cultivated land but many cattle. However, in other places, such as the Yan Kingdom, the land is vast. The people in the whole district share one or two cattle. Even many children have never seen a cattle. They all rely on manpower to cultivate. A heavy plow for advancing on hard ground.

Merchants bought a large number of farming cattle in Tang State, and then brought them to Yan State for sale. Some people had no money, but Yan State also had its own special products, such as dates, scorpion horns, swallow stones, platinum, etc., and they sold their special products At that time, several families joined forces to buy farm cattle. In addition to the common people, the Temple of Yan State was also willing to buy these farm cattle. The merchants made money, and the supplies were successfully circulated. The people and the temple were very happy.

No matter what the ministers of the temple say, the princes and kings are still very happy.

Especially the princes and kings in these remote areas, the merchants have solved their problem of insufficient domestic supplies very well.

Liu Chang is very happy. So far, the path he has chosen has been successful.

"Your Majesty, this is all due to the achievements of the ministers. Your majesty has the eyes to know the talents. All the talents selected are talented. I don't have much talent. With their help, I have achieved some results. Please reward me with your majesty." them!"

Liu An came out and spoke seriously.

Liu Chang smiled, this Zhuzi has more and more his original demeanor, and he is the same, all the credit is given to his subordinates, he never covets any false fame, yes, like a father!
And everyone who heard the prince's words also hurriedly got up, "Your Majesty! This is all the prince's merit! We follow the prince, obey his orders, and make weak contributions, which are not enough to be rewarded!"

"Okay, okay, don't be humble, you all have rewards!"

"Lu! Reward each of them with a hundred gold!"

Lu Lu was shocked and counted the people present. Although his heart ached, he still nodded in agreement.

Everyone hurriedly thanked the emperor, Liu Chang motioned for Liu An to stay, and the rest could continue to work on their own. After the others left, Liu An walked to Liu Chang's side, freed from the restraint just now, and let out a sigh of relief , proudly asked: "Father, how is it? Didn't I disappoint you? Did I still do it?"

"How can you let me down? What can't you do? You can even openly have a private meeting with someone in Changxin Hall, what else can't you do?"

Liu An was still nodding his head happily at first, but when he heard the end, his face suddenly turned pale, he hesitated, and immediately shouted: "Father! This must be someone spreading rumors to hurt me! I have read all kinds of classics. The most important thing is to keep the etiquette! How can you do such a thing?!"

Liu An's righteous words made Lu Lu shake his head straight at the sight, it's over, the prince grows more and more like His Majesty.

"Father, just tell me, who is spreading rumors behind my back to hurt me?! I will definitely not let him go!"

"Nai Gong saw it with his own eyes!"

At that moment, Liu An was like a little rooster whose neck had been strangled, unable to make a sound, faltering.

"Don't worry, as long as you do your best, I won't tell your grandma and aunt about this matter. If you can't handle it well, I will let Lu Jia publish this matter in the newspaper!"

"Father! I am your own son!"

Liu An couldn't help muttering in a low voice when he saw his father's complacent look, and Lu Lu couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, there are so many people in this food and goods mansion, and it's a bit too much to reward everyone with a hundred gold? This used to be the treatment only given to those ministers who made great contributions.”

"No problem, you just give it!"

"Oh, if you continue to reward me like this, I will go bankrupt sooner or later."

Liu An was shocked and stared at Lu Lu beside him, "Uncle?? You paid for this reward??"

Liu Chang said unhappily: "Nonsense, isn't this reward given by the servants? When I was young, my father was like this. He asked the servants to reward. Why don't you even know the functions of the officials?"

Liu An murmured blankly: "The servant is only carrying out the reward, not paying for it himself."

"If they don't take it out, should I take it out? There's no such reason!"

Well, coauthor you are still nothing.

Liu Changyu said earnestly; "An, you have done a good job in managing merchants in China, and now the foreign trade is missing. There is no battle report from the Western Regions, but based on my understanding of the teacher, at this moment the Han army You should have fought against the Xiongnu. With the gunpowder I sent, you can almost get in touch with the country of Shendu. Now you arrange the merchants and go directly to Xiting country. When the merchants arrive, the poisonous people should also It’s just around Xiting Kingdom”

"Father, what is the appropriate size for this first merchant?"

"Only 6000 people."

"only!!"

"Remember to go back to the palace at night, your mother has something to look for you."

"only!"

Only then did Liu Chang take Lu Lu away from here, sitting in the car, Lu Lu couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, what about my opening a factory in Xiting?"

"Don't be in a hurry. It's not time yet."

"By the way, Lu, I thought of another way to make money. Shall I tell you about it?"

"Huh? Your Majesty, please tell me."

"Look, now that business activities are so frequent everywhere, what's the biggest problem?"

"Is it His Majesty's tax??"

"Ok??"

"Ahem, I'm stupid, I really don't know."

Liu Chang then said: "It's currency. Every time merchants go to other places, they have to bring a lot of currency. These currencies are heavy and inconvenient to carry. I thought about using more convenient currency instead, but Qu Ni Hou said no. After thinking about it, if you set up money houses in some major cities and allow deposits and withdrawals in different places, merchants in Chang'an can deposit money in Chang'an and then withdraw money in Handan. Wouldn't that be very convenient? gone?"

"Every time you deposit, you can also draw a certain percentage from it, and you will not lose money"

"Besides, you have a lot of money, and you can withstand it. As long as others show the deposit certificate, you can withdraw money everywhere. In this way, business will definitely be more prosperous!"

"Even if you only need a small percentage every time, there are more people who can deposit, and the money you earn is astronomical. Moreover, you don't have to do much, just put some principal in various places. , you can collect money continuously.”

"You have prestige and status, and the rest of the people are not afraid that you will swallow their money. This is great profit!"

Liu Chang excitedly drew a big cake for Lu Lu, as if as long as he did so, the money would flow into his pocket continuously.

Lu Lu is already used to it anyway, and every time His Majesty tells himself this way, the many fields he is involved in are basically proposed by His Majesty, and he doesn't know how his Majesty came to have so many strange things. Ideas, anyway, these ideas are various and unheard of. Before you actually do it, you will never know whether your Majesty's idea will make you a big profit or a big loss.

"How is it? What do you think? Is it feasible?"

"If it is feasible, I can order the temple to give you some help."

Liu Chang said enthusiastically.

But Lu Lu said suspiciously: "Your Majesty, I discovered something."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Look, you said at first that you want me to try to get all the carriages under my name, rent them out to others, and let them transport goods and people in carriages, and then I will collect the rent. Your Majesty's proposal is really good, and I have earned a lot of money." No, I have arranged everything. Just when everything was going smoothly, Temple established its own car dealership with a dedicated driver. My car dealership business in various places was impacted by Temple, and the model was copied. my achievements"

"Later you asked me to open restaurants, and I opened Wudinglou, which were set up in various places and made a lot of money. Immediately, temples also began to set up large restaurants, even with names similar to mine, called Dingshilou, all kinds of restaurants. The pattern is still applied to me."

"Also, you asked me to open a factory. My factory has just settled many things, and then the temple began to set up factories on a large scale."

"Are you using me as a stepping stone?? As long as I lose money in business, the temple will not do it. As long as I succeed, the temple will imitate it immediately. If I set up a bank today, if it fails, your majesty will all I don't know, if it is successful, will the temple set up a large-scale bank the next day?"

Hearing Lu Lu's question, Mr. Liu was taken aback, "Why do you think so? Could it be that I will do something to compete with the people and Chehou?"

"Your Majesty wants to threaten even his own son, what else can't be done?"

"Hahaha, what are you afraid of? Anyway, you have earned money. If I didn't give you advice, would you have the family business you have today? Besides, the tree attracts the wind. I am helping you and sharing some of the burden for you. Stress, you know?"

"That's really thanks to Your Majesty."

Lu Lu was just joking, of course he knew that His Majesty was using himself as an experiment, throwing stones to ask the way to see if he could succeed, no matter whether he succeeded or not, Lu Lu was willing to make this stone, among those sages back then, only himself He is the most incompetent one, Xiao Yan has become the prime minister of the country, Dian Kingdom has surrendered, Xia Houzao and the others have even become captains, even Zhou Shengzhi is a serious general of Louchuan at the moment.

Of course, in terms of status, he, the chief servant, and the "number one dog leg" around the emperor are not much weaker than them, but in terms of achievements, they are completely incomparable. They are all governing the country, crusade against foreign enemies, and doing their own thing. Inaction.

Although Lu Lu didn't say much about this matter, in his heart, he also longed to do something, and also wanted to dedicate his strength to His Majesty. He also longed to have a place in the great achievements of the sages. , instead of simply staying by Liu Chang's side, being a messenger and errand runner.

And his only advantage is that his family has a lot of money, and his father, mother, and elder brother have all passed away. As he inherited the title, he can completely squander the family property as much as he wants, and no one will control him.

The original car dealership, restaurant, and factory building were also the ones that he dedicated to Liu Chang after summing up a lot of experience. He didn't care about losses or profits. The way to make money.

As a close servant, he is the most aware of the pressure on His Majesty.

There are too many things that His Majesty wants to do. His Majesty's ambitions make this country a little unbearable. It can be seen that the pressure on the medical treasury is getting bigger and bigger every year. Although he complains about the heavy tax every time, he has never under-reported his family property, and he can pay more than a lot.

Although I can't keep up with His Majesty's ambitions, I am willing to clear up some fog for him.

"Your Majesty, how can I prevent others from forging credentials and stealing money from the bank?"

"I can't help you here, you can go to Chen Tao, maybe they can help you."

Lu Lu nodded thoughtfully.

Soon, they returned to the palace. Just as they walked into Houde Hall, they heard the sound of conversation coming from inside. Liu Chang walked in in surprise, just in time to see Cao Ku talking loudly to Cao Shu , Cao Shu looked helpless.

"You want to sharpen your child, I agree, but tempering cannot be abuse. The child is only 15 years old, and it is still the prince's business. What if he does something wrong? How will he be the emperor in the future? This will affect his prestige. Isn't it a heavy blow?"

"This is your biological son. He will go to farm for a while, go to the battlefield for a while, and become an official for a while!"

Cao Ku obviously came to the palace to vent his anger on Youzi.

Facing her brother's reprimand, Cao Shu was quite helpless and didn't know how to explain it.

"Hahaha, brother-in-law is here! Why don't you say anything?"

Liu Chang opened his mouth and interrupted Cao Ku's reprimand. He sat beside the two of them with a smile. But he sat facing the reluctant Cao Ku.

"I've heard about the Shihuo Mansion. In ten days or so, you can take the merchants to the poison!"

Cao Ku had already made preparations, so it was no surprise, but his face was still unhappy.

Liu Chang explained: "You, you were deceived by that Shuzi An!"

"I gave him a lot of money and land, including talents. He just pretended to be poor on purpose to deceive you. How can you accuse Shu?"

"However, there is still something wrong!"

"He will be the emperor in the future. If he makes a mistake now, there is still a chance to make up for it. If he makes a mistake in the future and you and I are not here, then something bad will happen."

Cao Ku didn't say any more, and soon, Cao Shu sent someone to bring food. Liu Chang and Cao Ku were eating and drinking at the same time.

"When you go to Shendu this time, you must remember that you must maintain the majesty of a big man, and you don't have to be too polite to those people. Most of these barbarians are bullying and fearing hard. If you treat each other with courtesy, they will think you are easy to bully. You have to put on the posture of a big Han Chehou, let their princes salute you, let them stand and listen to your words, so that they will respect you. Be as rude as possible."

Cao Ku was dumbfounded, "Diplomatic relations with a country are courtesy, I've never heard of people being rude to others. How decent is that?"

"Look, I knew you couldn't learn it, so I am going to let Xiting Kingdom send Xiahouzao to escort you there. In terms of rudeness, Xiahouzao is definitely an expert in this field. Since he became a captain, he has always Almost called Marquis Ruyin to give birth to Marquis Xia. If this man follows you, he will succeed!"

"Then what if it provoked a war?"

"Hahaha, war? They can't even beat the Huns, and dare to provoke the big man? If the big man didn't intervene, Ji Porridge would have wiped them all out!! These dogs don't have the guts!"

"Then what if they are against us in a fit of anger?"

"You don't have to worry, if that's the case, I will definitely avenge you!"

Cao Ku is still a little entangled. Diplomacy is carried out through deliberate humiliation like this. Since ancient times, it seems that there are only Qin and Chu. The Han is a state of benevolence and righteousness. How could he meet such an emperor?

"But I don't know how to be rude"

"It's very simple, if they don't give a big gift, you can just spit in their face."

Cao Ku was silent for a long time, and then asked again: "Your Majesty, this minister?"

"It's okay if you can't do it, just don't stop Xia Houzao from spitting on someone's face."

Cao Ku didn't know why His Majesty was so obsessed with spitting on the faces of foreigners, but he didn't care, what His Majesty said was whatever he wanted, and he couldn't say anything about him. Be more reliable.

"I am going to use all my assets to set up seven banks. They are located in the seven major cities of Dahan. I have already sent someone to invite Chen Tao, and he will come soon. You need to prepare a little and have a good banquet."

Lu Lu told his wife, his wife was stunned, "All the property??? How can you take such a risk? If something happens, then we have no money to turn around, and all properties will be destroyed."

Hearing what his wife said, Lu Lu was furious.

He waved his hand violently, and there was a sound of tearing his sleeves, and he held his head high.

"so what?!"

"I am not a merchant!"

"It's the great Han Jiancheng Hou!"

(End of this chapter)