I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 144 Li Heng: Your Majesty, just think those people are farting!
In mid-February, Jiankang Palace was built.

Sun Quan looked at the man in front of him carefully, and then asked Zhuge Rong: "Can he really make paper?"

"Your Majesty, he is Dan Cheng's house slave and often goes to the papermaking factory."

Sun Quan nodded, looked at the person in front of him and asked, "What's your name?"

"The villain's name is Zhang San."

"Were you involved in papermaking?"

"The villain doesn't have it, but the villain has seen it a few times."

"How many times have you seen it before you know it?" Sun Quan frowned, obviously not believing what this person said.

"Making paper is not difficult."

"Isn't it difficult?" Sun Quan was even more certain that this man was a liar. "If making paper is not difficult, why have I, Da Wu, failed to succeed after trying so many times?"

"Because something went wrong with soaking and beating the bamboo."

Upon hearing this professional terminology, Sun Quan was stunned again, then his tone changed and he asked: "Are you really able to make paper?"

"If you haven't seen it, you can't think of it, but if you have seen it, it's easy."

"Okay, I will give you a general as a captain, and you can make paper. If you can't make it, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, little man!"

"From now on, don't call me Zhang San, call me Zhang Jun."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your name!"

"Come here, take Zhang Qing down and have a good rest."

After Zhang Jun left, Sun Quan asked Zhuge Rong: "I received your letter last month, saying that it failed. Why have you found it again now?"

"This person just happened to go back to his hometown for business. When he learned that Tan Cheng was arrested, he fled overnight to Jiangzhou. He found our merchant ship and was caught by my men. I only learned last month that he had already been arrested at that time. I wrote a letter of restoration to His Majesty."

Sun Quan nodded, smiled and said, "It seems God is blessing me, Da Wu!"

"With papermaking technology, we don't need to buy paper from Yizhou, we can even sell paper to Cao Wei!"

Sun Quan laughed: "Yes, Shu and Wei are fighting in Guanzhong and consuming each other. We sell paper to Cao Wei to strengthen ourselves and wait for the opportunity."

"By the way, Your Majesty, there is another thing that I brought back from Yizhou."

"What?"

"Bring me in with you."

Not long after, Zhuge Rong brought the blue and white porcelain.

"This is?" Sun Quan was confused, "Such exquisite porcelain is really rare."

"This is blue and white porcelain."

"Produced in Yizhou?"

"That's right, produced in Yizhou."

"how much is it?"

"A hundred stones each."

Sun Quan clicked his tongue and marveled: "It's really puzzling that there are so many treasures in Yizhou."

"It was still made by that Li Heng."

"Why is it him again!"

“I don’t know where this person came from, but he creates some shocking things!”

"It seems that many people in our court have to pay for it again." Sun Quan said with emotion, "Fortunately, I have got the papermaking technology, otherwise the money and food will be taken away by Zhuge Liang!"

In Sun Quan's opinion, one hundred stones was nothing, it was cheaper than paper.

Paper is a high-frequency consumable, and you must buy it again when you use it up.

This blue and white porcelain is different. It's just a decoration at most. The rich and powerful like it and won't buy too much.

"Then Li Heng told me that to buy this blue and white porcelain, you must use Shu money."

"Must we use Shu money?" Sun Quan jumped and asked, "Where is the paper?"

When he asked, he realized that he had obtained the papermaking skill.

"The paper is not needed at the moment."

"We don't need paper?" Sun Quan wondered, "If we use paper, it would be more beneficial than this blue and white porcelain." "I don't understand very well either."

Sun Quan said seriously: "It is strictly forbidden to buy this kind of blue and white porcelain. I will never use Shu money!"

"I'm afraid it's difficult to prohibit it." Zhuge Rong said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. After all, blue and white porcelain is limited. Even if Shu money is collected locally, it will not be too much and it will not have an impact on our court."

Sun Quan's brows furrowed tightly. Thinking of Shu money, Sun Quan jumped with hatred.

"What's going on with these Yizhou people? Why do they always like to use this trick!" Sun Quan walked back and forth, his tone full of complaints, "Zhuge Kongming used Shu brocade to do this, but now Li Heng does it with blue and white porcelain?"

"This is still a trail after all, which also illustrates the fierceness of the battlefield in Guanzhong today." Zhuge Rong said with a smile, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry."

"Use it!" Sun Quan waved his hand impatiently, "How long can Zhuge Liang be proud of it!"

February 25, Chengdu.

On this day, the Han Dynasty court issued a shocking decree: the world is tax-free for three years!
What we are talking about here is the world, not the counties of Yizhou.

Obviously, it also includes the territories where Cao Wei and Sun Wu are located.

Anyway, I unilaterally announced that everyone should stop paying taxes for three years.

The entire decree was quickly sent to the county offices, causing a great sensation.

On the same day, Chengdu rushed to tell each other.

"Is this Li Jian crazy?" In the evening, Yin Mo went to Qiao Zhou's home. He reprimanded Li Heng in front of Qiao Zhou, "Isn't this stupid?"

"Why are you anxious? If he continues like this, sooner or later he will be angry."

"But the treasury will lose three years!"

Qiao Zhou said: "It's best for you and me to avoid it for now."

"I don't agree!"

"If you don't accept it, you have to avoid it first." Qiao Zhou looked gloomy. "Let him do it. The more he does, the more mistakes he will make! Let him search the house! Let him get tax exemption! Let him toss. Sooner or later, one day, Everyone in the civil and military dynasties is against him, and then it will be his death!"

Yin Mo said: "But he also set up a money bank and started minting money on a large scale."

"What did you say?"

"I heard that Li Jian started minting coins on a large scale!"

This time Qiao Zhou's expression completely changed.

"Coin money?"

"Correct!"

"This treacherous minister has brought disaster to the country and the people!" Qiao Zhou was furious. "Does he know the consequences of randomly minting currency? This is clearly Wang Mang's move!"

"What should we do now?"

"Change, I want to go to the palace to meet the saint! Also, spread the word about this and call on the ministers to go to the palace together!"

In the evening, Li Heng was sitting there settling accounts. If he minted ten thousand five-baht coins every day, as long as there were enough copper mines, he could buy the entire Cao Wei!
oops!It feels so damn good to have money!

"Mr. Li!" Ma Yong hurried in, "Yin Mo, the old guy, went to Qiao Zhou's home, and then Qiao Zhou changed his clothes and entered the palace."

"Oh."

"Qiao Zhou also said that if you mint coins arbitrarily, the country of Han Dynasty will soon be wiped out by you!"

"Does he think he can do it again?"

This man!
If you don't do it, you won't die.

But some people just start to do it when they have a little something in their stomach.

"Would you like to come into the palace as well?"

"No need, Qiao Zhou is a clown, and he is not qualified to let me appear in person again and again."

In the next few days, layers of memorials began to pile up on Liu Chan's desk.

On the fifth day of March, the spring was just right. Liu Chan summoned Li Heng into the palace. The two were in the back garden, and Huang Hao on one side was having a barbecue.

Liu Chan pointed to a pile of memorials and said: "They are all for impeaching you. I am afraid this money will arouse public anger."

"What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"I definitely support you." Liu Chan patted his chest.

So Li Heng walked over, picked up the memorial, and threw one letter after another into the fire: "Your Majesty, just think that these people are farting. After two months, I will ask someone to take the money to Wuchang to buy food."

(End of this chapter)