I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 154 Li Heng’s naval general?
In the past few months, Jiangzhou Papermaking Institute has exported 200 million pieces of paper to Soochow, exchanging nearly [-] shi of grain.

According to the principle of shareholding ratio in Article [-] of the "Dahan Trading Company Management Regulations", Li Fu was able to obtain [-] shi of grain.

It only lasted three months, averaging [-] dan per month.

Is this much?

This is a fucking money grab!

The Sangong of the Han Dynasty claimed to have an annual salary of 4000 shi, but in fact, what he got in the end was only more than [-] shi.

Sangong is already the most noble among all officials.

Let's look at Li Fu who follows Li Heng and can earn [-] stones a month.

Of course, this is a secret.

Smart people all know that you can make a fortune by keeping silent.

After Li Fu sold a large amount of goods for the first time, he sat at home and smiled from ear to ear. He repeatedly told his family to keep a low profile.

But a few days later, Li Heng publicly reported it to the court.

In the main hall where Liu Chan and ministers discussed politics, Li Heng reported the income of Jiangzhou Paper Trading Co., Ltd. accurately, even down to single digits.

All the officials present were dumbfounded.

After that, the incident spread quickly and became the focus of heated discussion in the Han Dynasty.

However, the situation in Guanzhong has become tense again recently, so the heat of this matter has been temporarily suppressed.

But this does not mean that it is over. After all, the interests are already there, and the news quickly spreads to various counties.

Only then did people suddenly wake up. The Taifu Temple that they had dismissed before could actually help everyone make money?

"Do you want to meet Mr. Lang?" Lu Zhi asked, "Several of them are from Linjiang County, including people from the Yan, Gan, Wen, Yang, and Du families."

The so-called Yan, Gan, Wen, Yang, and Du families are not very big families, they are just five families in Linjiang County.

Seeing that Li Heng seemed unmoved, Lu Zhi emphasized: "Linjiang County is on the Yangtze River. If we can negotiate with them, their people are very suitable for forming a navy. I know one of them, he is quite capable of forming a navy." The talent is here this time too.”

"Then let's meet." Li Heng put down the account in his hand and stood up. "The Prime Minister has written to me. We can't delay the plan for Jingzhou any longer."

"Yes, the official thinks so too. Sun Wu's recent behavior is really abnormal."

Li Heng walked towards the room, suddenly stopped and asked, "By the way, how is the Dahan Newspaper Agency doing?"

"The government office has been sorted out, but the printing that Lang Jun said cannot be done in a short time. Xue Liang is still rushing to work, but some officials who copied it by hand have found it."

"That's good, hurry up."

"Why did Mr. Lang buy this newspaper?"

"Of course I want to show the dignitaries in the capital how much money Taifu Temple makes."

"Mr. Lang is putting himself in danger again."

"Interests will attract bad wolves, but they will also attract smart collaborators."

After speaking, Li Heng went back to his room to change clothes.

At noon, Li Heng met with people from the Yan, Gan, Wen, Yang, and Du families by name.

"Your Majesty, Yang Zong, is here to see Li Shangshu."

"Please refer to Li Shangshu for Yan's writing."

"I'd like to see Li Shangshu again."

"Your Majesty, Du Rong, is here to see Li Shangshu."

"See Li Shangshu below."

The five people in front of me are all young people, well-dressed and well-spoken.

"Everyone sit down and talk."

"Thank you Li Shangshu."

The five of them took their seats, and Li Heng said straight to the point: "Please tell me your reasons for coming."

Wen Song was the first to say: "I want to know about the "Management Rules of Dahan Trading Company". The Wen family has a small fortune in Linjiang County and hopes to make some contributions to the court, so I came here to visit Li Shangshu."

"papermaking?"

"Yes."

Li Heng smiled and said, "I'm not going to hide anything from you, I can make paper, but I have to hand it over to someone." "Helping someone?" The five of them looked at each other in confusion.

"There is no wealth that falls from the sky in this world. The Prime Minister is on the Northern Expedition. The royal army has already settled in Guanzhong. However, food is still in short supply on the front line. The court is in urgent need of manpower to transport food. I believe you all know this?"

The five nodded.

Of course they don't know, but everyone knows about the imperial court's Northern Expedition and the good news from Guanzhong last year.

Since there is good news, the front line is progressing smoothly, and the logistics continues to increase food, it makes sense.

"So Li Shangshu wants us to provide manpower?" Yang Zong stood up and bowed and asked.

"It's not that you provide manpower, but that you hand over the people and let the imperial court take charge of them."

"I'm afraid..." Wen Song was stunned for a moment and blurted out.

"Don't you want to?" Li Heng waved his hand and said, "I won't force others. If you don't want to, you can go back."

"If we hand it over, who will plant our fertile land?"

"You both want good farmland and papermaking. Don't you know you can't have both?"

Yang Zong asked: "How many people does Li Shangshu need?"

"5000 people."

As soon as Li Heng said these words, the five people were shocked.

"Li Shangshu, although our family is not small, if we hand over 5000 people, we can't do it even if we spend everything."

"Yes, Li Shangshu, this is really embarrassing." Gan Hui said, "We really want to serve the imperial court."

"If you don't have the strength, just go back and farm hard." Li Heng waved his hand, "Send off the guests!"

Lu Zhi suddenly said from the side: "Li Shangshu, I have a suggestion. What do you think?"

"What proposal?"

Lu Zhi said: "There are five of them, and each family will contribute 1000 people, and they will be awarded a share according to the shareholding system."

When Gan heard this, he immediately said: "That's okay."

"Aren't you outnumbered?"

Wen Song immediately said: "1000 people can take it out."

"After taking it out, will there be people farming?"

"Yes, young and strong people can use it, and some women can use it to farm the land."

When Li Heng heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

Ji Han still had few people and little land. Even if all these aristocratic families were drained, there would still be few people.

We still have to speed up our pursuit of Jingzhou.

He calculated in his mind that if another 5000 people were added, the number of Jiangzhou Navy would reach 8000.

But this is still far from enough.

Yan Zhu and Du Rong also expressed their opinions, saying that 1000 people was still acceptable.

Li Heng pretended to hesitate for a moment before saying, "That's not a bad idea."

When everyone saw Li Heng relenting, they quickly said: "Our kindness to Li Shangshu will be borne in mind."

Li Heng smiled and said, "Then Shiying will arrange this matter?"

Lu Zhi said: "Here."

After saying that, Li Heng left.

He didn't really leave, but came to the back.

Not long after, Lu Zhi brought a young man to the back and saw Li Heng.

"My name is Yang Zong, whose courtesy name is Wenhui. See also Li Shangshu."

"No need to be polite." Li Heng stood up and smiled.

Lu Zhi introduced on the side: "Lang Jun, Wen Hui was born when the official was traveling to Jiangzhou. He is proficient in the nature of water and the method of water warfare."

Li Heng suddenly became excited and asked, "How to fight a water battle?"

(End of this chapter)