Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 457 Pei Mingli returns and makes a lot of profit!

"Hu County?"

Feng Baojun looked at the map in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Naturally, he would not suspect that Su Chen was deceiving him, nor did he believe that Dai Zhou would trip up Su Chen in such a matter.

after all.

We are still in the honeymoon period, so there is no need to do such a reckless thing.

However, as marked on the map, the area around Chang'an City has been divided up almost completely. Even if they could barely make room for a piece of land to build a research base around Chang'an City, a large tool like a train would naturally require a lot of space.

In addition, the laying of railway tracks will need to pass through the area, which will naturally affect other people's land. This is something that is difficult to avoid.

Su Chen said slowly: "In my opinion, the public still does not understand the power of trains, nor do they know the true purpose of trains. Therefore, even if His Majesty comes forward and allocates the surrounding land to you, there will be many obstacles."

"It would be better to make the product in Huxian first. When the train is completed, when it roars from Huxian to Chang'an, it will surely change the minds of countless people."

"When the time comes, it will be much more convenient if we want them to allocate a portion of their land for laying railroad tracks or other purposes."

Feng Baojun nodded thoughtfully.

A semi-finished product may have a certain impact on others, but it is not strong. However, if it is a complete product...

That's different.

Just as Su Chen said, when the train roared into Chang'an City, the scene was exciting just by thinking about it.

Feng Baojun: "Your Majesty is right."

Su Chen smiled and nodded, "If that's the case, then you can arrange for someone to go to Hu County to check and determine the research address of the train, which will then make it easier to transfer things over."

Feng Baojun smiled and said, "I understand."

Su Chen stood up and said, "Now that the site selection issue has been resolved, I will go back first."

Feng Baojun stood up immediately after, "I'll see you off, Your Majesty."

After sending Su Chen away, Feng Baojun waved his fist vigorously.

That's it.

The next step is to arrange personnel to go there and determine the specific location.

"Someone is coming."

"grown ups?"

"You two come with me to Hu County."

……

Outside Chang'an City.

A caravan came in the wind, covered in dust.

"You're back."

Pei Mingli adjusted the felt hat on his head and looked at the people coming in and out of the Chang'an city gate. A hint of emotion appeared on his dark face.

The journey to Persia is long, but fortunately they have many guards by their side. In addition, places like the Western Regions and Persia are either the territories of the Tang Dynasty or friendly neighbors.

This journey was relatively safe.

As for those that were unsafe, most of them were killed by muskets.

"Passing by..."

"I am Pei Mingli, and I have been ordered to go to Persia for business. Now I have returned safely!"

There is naturally no such thing as a mistake.

Even if there was, he didn't know where it was lost.

Now that he has arrived in Chang'an, he naturally no longer needs a pass to prove his identity.

"Pei Mingli?"

"So it was Lord Pei in person. I am so sorry for my disrespect."

The city gate commander immediately let them go.

Others may not remember, but he remembers who Pei Mingli belongs to.

"Thank you."

Pei Mingli smiled, thanked them, and led everyone into the city.

along the way.

Many passers-by were particularly curious about the caravan led by Pei Mingli.

It’s not because of their strange clothes, but because their caravan, each carriage is loaded with goods!
Although these goods were covered with tarpaulin, a glance was enough to show how many things were underneath.

I don’t know where this caravan came from, but it’s so rich.

"Sir, are we going to the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Let's go to the Ministry of Revenue first."

Pei Mingli pondered, nodded and said, "We went to Persia to do business under the order of His Majesty and the arrangement of Lord Dai. Now that we have returned, we should report to the Ministry of Revenue."

When the convoy arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, some officials of the Ministry did not recognize Pei Mingli.

"you are?"

"Master Zhang, long time no see."

"Pei, Pei Mingli?"

Zhang Mingcheng said in astonishment, "You're back?"

Pei Mingli smiled and said, "Yes, I'm finally back."

"Great."

Zhang Mingcheng grabbed Pei Mingli's arm with a smile on his face, "You've been gone for almost two or three months. I didn't expect you to come back so soon."

“Who makes our goods more popular?”

Pei Mingli laughed and said, "Master Zhang, you don't know that when I took these goods to Persia and the Arab Empire, they were in short supply."

"But within just a few days, all the goods we brought were sold out."

"Good good."

Zhang Mingcheng nodded repeatedly: "It's good to be welcomed. Come on, I'll take you to see the Shangshu Lord."

Pei Mingli pointed to the goods behind him and said, "Master Zhang, you should arrange these things first."

"It's just some cargo."

"No, no, no, Master Zhang has misunderstood."

Pei Mingli smiled and shook his head, then brought Zhang Mingcheng to a carriage. After lifting the tarpaulin, Pei Mingli casually opened a box on it.

The glittering gold coins were a bit dazzling in the sun.

Zhang Mingcheng's eyes widened instantly, and his breathing became a little faster. Pei Mingli closed the lid and smiled, "Master Zhang, do you understand now?"

Gulu.

Zhang Mingcheng swallowed his saliva, looked at the carriages brought by Pei Mingli, and whispered: "Could it be that the ones on these carriages..."

“Yes, all of them!”

hiss!
Zhang Mingcheng gasped.

"Somebody come!"

"Send all these boxes to the national treasury and have them counted and recorded one by one. No one can be missed!"

"Yes!"

The convoy was taken away.

Zhang Mingcheng smiled and said, "Master Pei, follow me."

"Thank you."

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Pei Mingli followed Zhang Mingcheng to Dai Zhou's office.

"Is Lord Dai here?"

"Zhang Mingcheng? Come in."

Dai Zhou's voice came from the room, and Zhang Mingcheng and the other man followed him in.

"I have seen Master Shangshu."

"you……"

"Don't you remember me, Lord Shangshu?"

"Pei Mingli!"

Dai Zhou was so surprised that he stood up from his chair, looked Pei Mingli up and down, and patted Pei Mingli's shoulder vigorously, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Pei Mingli: "Your Excellency is too kind."

Dai Zhou shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Going to Persia to do business is not only a long journey, but also very risky. You are not only able to go there with the goods, but also return safely. This really shocks me!"

"My Lord, this is a happy occasion."

"Yes, it's a happy event, a huge happy event!"

Dai Zhou laughed, "It's hard for you. Looking at your appearance, I know that you haven't had enough to eat or wear warmly during this journey."

"Haha, that's not the case."

Pei Mingli shook his head. "It is my duty to share your worries and do things for your majesty."

Zhang Mingcheng said softly: "Sir, Lord Pei brought at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver this time."

Dai Zhou's pupils shrank. "There are so many?"

Pei Mingli: "When I came here, I counted the money and it was about 479,520 taels of silver."

"In addition to this silver, there are also some items unique to the Persian Empire."

"Of course, on the way back, we spent some money on food and horses, but it was no more than 10,000 taels of silver..."

Dai Zhou interrupted Pei Mingli and said seriously, "Even if it's 50,000 taels of silver or 100,000 taels of silver, what's the difference?"

"If you hadn't been so fearless, how could you have brought back so much silver?"

"Somebody come!"

Dai Zhou turned his head and shouted outside, "Quickly prepare some hot water and food to fill his stomach."

"Yes!"

Dai Zhou smiled and patted Pei Mingli on the shoulder, "Go and have a good rest first. I will personally welcome you later!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Pei Mingli thanked him.

Dai Zhou waved his hand and said, "Go and rest first. I will tell His Majesty the good news you brought!"

"Yes, I am resigning!"

After Pei Mingli left, Dai Zhou couldn't help but ask, "Did you really bring so much silver?"

Zhang Mingcheng: "Your Excellency, Lord Pei just opened the box, and I saw it with my own eyes. It was a box of gold coins!"

"Where's the silver?"

"I have already ordered them to be sent to the national treasury and have them all recorded."

Zhang Mingcheng smiled and said, "We have a lot of people assigned to go there. It will take at most an hour to complete the inventory."

"Okay, follow me over there and take a look."

"My lord please!"

……

An hour later.

Dai Zhou came to the palace with a smile on his face and met Li Chengqian in the imperial study.

"Lord Dai, why are you entering the palace at this time? Is there something urgent?"

"Your Majesty, Pei Mingli is back!"

"Pei Mingli?"

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then said with a happy face, "Okay, okay, it's good that you're back."

In their plan, Pei Mingli is an extremely important part!
Now that Pei Mingli is back and Japan has become the Protectorate of East Japan, the next trade plan can be implemented.

"Yes, I congratulate your majesty!"

"Congratulations?"

"Exactly."

Dai Zhou said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you may not know that Pei Mingli brought back more than 470,000 silver coins and many unique products from the Arab Empire and Persia!"

"If those goods were sold, I estimate that they could be exchanged for at least 50,000 taels of silver!"

"That is to say..."

Li Chengqian was shocked. "He brought back nearly 600,000 yuan in profit this time?"

Dai Zhou waved his hand modestly, "Your Majesty, the profit of more than 500,000 taels of silver is less than 600,000."

hiss!
Even though he had seen how quickly Su Chen made money, Li Chengqian was still shocked by this amount.

Just by going to Persia, he made so much money!
It’s far more profitable than Su Chen’s business!

No wonder Su Chen mentioned many times that he wanted to travel west to do business and go out to sea to do business. So that's it!
"I will reward him well!"

(End of this chapter)