I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 131 Li Heng: Am I just a profiteer?
Jiangzhou?

Li Heng quickly took the letter.

It was the letter written by Li Fu, the governor of Jiangzhou.

The content of the letter is very simple: I, Li Fu, promise you!
A big stone suddenly fell in Li Heng's heart.

Li Fu is from Yizhou. Li Fu and his father Li Quan are very famous. Li Fu has a high prestige among the Yizhou sect.

Now he's taking a stand.

This at least shows that the Yizhou faction is not monolithic!
Li Fu's surrender not only allowed him to quickly establish a trade point in Jiangzhou, but more importantly, it could serve as a political benchmark.

Let all the local Yizhou families open their eyes and see the benefits of hanging out with me, Li Heng.

Of course, this matter cannot be rushed.

Because the growth of interests itself takes time, and convincing people's hearts takes even more time.

What's more, there have been rumors everywhere recently that Wei State is massively increasing its troops in Guanzhong, and there are rumors that the Han Dynasty will also continue to increase its troops in Guanzhong.

The local aristocratic families in Yizhou are opposed to the matter of increasing troops from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Heng was recommended by Zhuge Liangming again. He is now operating internally. The reason is known to all the dogs on the streets of Chengdu.

"Write a letter to Dong Ziling and ask him to quickly negotiate with Governor Li." Li Heng walked out quickly while getting dressed, "We are going to start working!"

"Also, did Sun Wu send someone here?"

Zhao Xiang was stunned for a moment and replied: "It's true. The one who arrived yesterday evening was Zhuge Rong himself."

"Let him come to see me. By the way, has the mutual trade in Longxi Free Trade Zone begun?"

"It has already begun."

Li Heng asked again: "Is there any news from Liangzhou?"

"Cao Shuang served as the governor of Liangzhou."

Li Heng immediately stopped and looked at Zhao Xiang: "Cao Shuang?"

"Yes, he is the son of Cao Zhen, and he has a very high status in the Wei court. This time he led the troops there in person. I also found out that the Qiang and Di in Liangzhou had raised an army before, but they were suppressed by the Wei army."

"Have the Qiang and Di rebelled?"

"Part of it is reversed."

Li Heng thought deeply and sent Cao Shuang to Liangzhou. It seemed that Cao Rui wanted to ignore Sima Yi for a while.

I just don’t know if history will continue in its original direction.

Li Heng turned around and walked forward.

Zhuge Rong lived in the inn. He was studying when Zhang Fang came in.

"Did you find out?"

"Inquiries have been made, and Dan Lun has been arrested."

"Caught?"

"What happened half a month ago, I heard that I was caught smuggling paper."

"How could he be so careless!" Zhuge Rong frowned slightly, "Where is his own papermaking factory?"

"It has been confiscated."

"Where are those craftsmen?"

"Sent to the papermaking factory of Taifu Temple."

"Where's Tan Cheng?"

"Deposed and arrested."

"He is the young master!" Zhuge Rong was shocked.

"He was indeed arrested!"

Zhuge Rong couldn't help but trembled in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't become an official in Shu.

In fact, there are still great differences in the ways of governing the country among the three countries.

Ji Han governed the country according to Legalism and did not avoid the powerful.

Of course, Zhuge Liang advocates severe punishment for superiors and tolerance for inferiors.

Sun Quan was just the opposite. Sun Quan advocated tolerance for superiors and severe punishment for subordinates.

Regarding this point, Lu Xun had expressed different opinions to Sun Quan many times. Lu Xun believed that the lower levels should be gentler and the upper levels should be strictly restrained.

In fact, he understood the truth, Sun Quan just couldn't do it.

Jiangdong is where the aristocratic family is the most powerful, and Sun Quan does not have Zhuge Liang's ability and courage, so he cannot suppress the aristocratic family.

"Are there any other officials making paper?"

"I went to inquire about it, but they were all very tight-lipped," Zhang Feng said, "but I found out that a new Taifu Temple was built in the Kingdom of Shu. There is a Nashang Division under the Taifu Temple, and the Nashang Division accepts foreign merchants. "

"Nashang?"

"He's a paper merchant." "What does this mean?"

"Taifu Temple hopes that people from the public will join in and hand over papermaking to the public."

Zhuge Rong suddenly stood up and said, "Seriously?"

"Exactly!"

Zhuge Rong was a little confused. Taifu Temple actually dared to give papermaking technology to the people?
"I heard that you can only get it with the approval of the merchant department."

Around noon, Li Heng met Zhuge Rong.

Zhuge Rong looks thin and energetic, especially with his eyes shining with wisdom.

"Li Gong, I have long admired your name!" Zhuge Rong said with a smile.

"If you are ashamed of yourself, please take a seat."

After Zhuge Rong sat down, he said: "The last paper was all used up. I originally went to Ba County to get it, but I thought I came twice and didn't see Li Gong's true appearance. I felt regretful, so I went to Shu County specially to come here. call."

"Don't dare." Li Heng quickly pretended to be polite.

Zhuge Rong also smiled, as if he and Li Heng had known each other for a long time.

"This time, we want to buy 200 million pieces of paper. I wonder if Mr. Li has so much paper?"

"I have a constant supply of paper here. I'm just worried that my uncle won't have enough food to exchange for it."

"There is enough food, but it takes time to transport it."

200 million pieces can get nearly [-] shi of food.

"It doesn't matter, I can give you three months to adjust your luck."

"Then thank you Mr. Li."

At this time, Li Heng waved his hand, and Xue Liang walked in from the outside, holding a blue and white porcelain vase in his hand.

Xue Liang placed the blue and white porcelain in front of Zhuge Rong.

Zhuge Rong's eyes suddenly lit up and he said doubtfully: "There is such a beautiful thing."

"This thing is called blue and white porcelain. What do you think, uncle?"

Zhuge Rong was completely attracted by the beauty of blue and white porcelain, and he looked back and forth fascinated.

"Okay! Okay!" Zhuge Rong sighed.

"Give it to your uncle."

"Give it to me?"

"That's right, for you."

The surprise on Zhuge Rong's face slowly disappeared, and then he smiled and said: "Why did Mr. Li give me this thing? Is there something wrong?"

"There is indeed something."

"Please also speak frankly, Mr. Li."

"Let you take it back and show it to Wuchang. It's a natural treasure in Yizhou."

Zhuge Rong understood immediately and laughed and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Li, for the gift! Thank you very much!"

"you are welcome."

"I just don't know what the price of this blue and white porcelain would be if it were to be sold?"

"It's not particularly expensive, a hundred stones each."

Zhuge Rong was surprised that it was so cheap.

"However, if it is sold, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult."

"Why?"

"Because this thing can only be purchased with a hundred dollars."

"Same as Shu Brocade?"

"Yes."

"Oh..." Zhuge Rong nodded.

"You don't have much money in your hands, but Cao Wei has a lot. They plan to buy some back recently."

"They're interested in this too?"

"I've fallen in love with it. To be honest with my uncle, we have already started making it."

"How much did it cost them?"

"The value is one hundred stones."

Zhuge Rong began to make calculations in his mind.

Cao Wei bought a large amount of this blue and white porcelain. If Wu State did not have it, Cao Wei could sell it to Wu State at a high price at the border between the two countries.

(End of this chapter)