Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 142 Winning Over and Losing Miserably

On the afternoon of February 3013nd, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, in the Xiande Hall of the Cangyu City Imperial Palace, Su Yi curled his lips and said to Wang Chengliang and Zhang Qihui: "Liu Yongcheng, the Navy Minister of the Ziyue Empire, just sent me a telegram. He did disclose the situation of our independent fleet to the four fleet commanders of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire. It seems that the reason why the strength of our independent fleet was exposed should be the four fleet commanders. "

Zhang Qihui nodded and said: "The news should have been revealed from the four fleet commanders of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire. After all, in our independent fleet, those who know the specific data are loyal to the commander. No need to investigate further, who revealed it?"

Su Yi hesitated and said: "After all, the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire will be reorganized soon. At present, the four fleet commanders of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire have all chosen to serve in the garrison fleet. The strength of the future Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the reorganized Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire will always surface, otherwise I wouldn’t have told Liu Yongcheng.”

Wang Chengliang then said to Su Yi: "Commander, since the enthronement ceremony is scheduled for July [-]st, then the subordinates and Qihui are going to return to the fleet first, and return to Cangyu City in June."

Su Yi nodded and said, "That's fine, the two of you just took advantage of these few months to form the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the new Ziyue Empire."

Wang Chengliang and Zhang Qihui had just left the Hall of Virtue, and Xu Haoming entered the Hall of Virtue again.

After Xu Haoming saw Su Yi, he immediately said with a happy face: "Commander, since we released 6000 million tons of rice, 500 million tons of flour and [-] million tons of canned meat to each province at one time, Now the grain prices in various provinces have begun to fall sharply, and many merchants who took the opportunity to hoard grain can no longer hold on, and have also started to sell grain at lower prices."

There will inevitably be some chaos when the dynasty changes. In the various provinces of the original Cangyu Empire, there have been many grain merchants and rich merchants hoarding grain. Food prices have skyrocketed, and many ordinary people cannot even afford food.

Faced with this situation, Su Yi did not choose to use force to seize the grain hoarded by those grain merchants and rich merchants, but directly took out 6000 million tons of rice, 500 million tons of flour and 1000 billion cans of meat Canned food, using all the transportation capacity, transported it to various towns in various provinces as soon as possible, and sold it to the common people at a low price. 1000 billion canned meat is [-] million tons.

Even if the population of the original Cangyu Empire reached 18 billion, the rice, flour and canned meat that Su Yi brought out were enough to feed [-] billion people for seven to eight months, which caused food prices to drop rapidly. Many grain merchants, wealthy merchants, and nobles who hoarded grain lost a lot of money.

Su Yi smiled slightly, "After all, we just captured the entire Cangyu Empire, it's better to be stable, and we can also earn a little pocket money."

Xu Haoming said excitedly: "Marshal, this is not just pocket money. According to the uniform price we give, every catty of rice and flour costs two cents, and a can of meat costs two cents. 6000 million tons of rice and 500 million tons of flour can be sold for 70 billion silver dollars, and 200 million tons of canned meat can be sold for 100 billion silver dollars. Only those sold now have given us the financial resources of the Tang Empire. , an increase of more than 270 billion silver dollars, if all of them are sold, it will be 350 billion silver dollars, not to mention that in order to suppress those profiteers hoarding grain, we have sold a lot of rice at high prices, and the final income may exceed [-] billion silver dollars!"

The smile on Su Yi's face became brighter, "Not bad, it seems that this business can continue."

"Marshal, there is no problem with the supply of goods, right?"

"Although it is impossible to produce so much at once, it is absolutely no problem to provide another 900 million tons of rice, 900 million tons of flour and 390 billion cans of meat every month, and maybe we can provide more in the future. More."

Now Su Yi can buy 2000 million tons of rice, 2000 million tons of flour, and 400 billion cans of meat from the system mall every month. Apart from keeping a part for the army and increasing reserves, Su Yi can take most of the rest Come out and sell.

"Ahem--Master, at present, the rice, flour and canned meat in various places are enough to sell for a long time. If the market continues to hit the market like this, it will hurt the farmers." Xu Haoming heard that Su Yi's monthly Being able to sell 900 million tons of rice, 900 million tons of flour, and 390 billion cans of canned meat for sale, Xu Haoming was terrified, but Xu Haoming consciously did not ask about the origin of these rice, flour, and canned meat.

Su Yi nodded and said: "As you said, you can't hit the market too much, so let's do some research after selling out the previous 6000 million tons of rice, 500 million tons of flour and 1000 billion cans of meat. !"

Then Su Yi said to Xu Haoming: "Since we have money now, let's build those factories as soon as possible, and strive to build the Tang Empire into a powerful industrialized country as soon as possible."

Xu Haoming patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Commander. With the large amount of machinery and equipment you provided, as long as the funds and personnel are in place, thousands of new factories can be built soon."

In Huzhou City, the provincial capital of the former Ruyang Province of the Cangyu Empire, in a magnificent courtyard, Liu Jue, the former hereditary Duke of the Cangyu Empire, yelled at his eldest son Liu Kan angrily: "You rebellious son, how dare you recite the truth?" Let me hoard food and drive up food prices, do you want to kill our family? Although our Liu family's hereditary title is still there, it is no longer what it used to be. Our Liu family's two hereditary provinces and hundreds of thousands of troops, They have already been handed over to the Su family army. Once the Su family army wants to clean up our Liu family because of you hoarding food and driving up food prices, our Liu family doesn't even have the ability to resist at all, and because of this matter, the Su family army will clean it up , and no one will stand up and speak for our Liu family!"

Liu Kan, who was kneeling on the ground, had a face full of shame at this moment, but standing beside Liu Kan, the other sons of Liu Jue, although all of them were expressionless, could see gloating in their eyes.

As the first heir of the next hereditary duke, Liu Kan usually suppresses his younger brothers who are eligible to inherit.

"Father, it's all because the son was blinded by hatred and interests for a while. The son originally wanted to cause some trouble for that Su Yi and earn a little money. He didn't think too much about the consequences. Please punish him."

Duke Liu Jue looked at his elder son who was kneeling on the ground, and sighed helplessly. Duke Liu Jue understood his elder son Liu Kan's hatred of Su Yi very well. After all, Liu Kan would inherit the title of hereditary Duke in the future, but When Liu Kan became a hereditary duke, the Liu family had already lost the hereditary fiefs of Ruyang and Zeshan provinces, as well as all the troops of the Liu family, leaving only the false name of a hereditary duke.

Duke Liu Jue said in a deep voice: "Get up! You have to remember this lesson. Fortunately, Su Yi did not use force to solve the crisis of rising food prices across the country. Otherwise, our Liu family will be killed by you." Already!"

Although the Duke Liu Jue had already asked Liu Kan to stand up, Liu Kan did not stand up immediately, but said with a trembling voice: "Father, I didn't expect that Su Yi would raise so much rice, flour and canned meat this time to calm down. For food prices, I...I...I lost a lot this time."

Duke Liu Jue frowned, and suddenly felt very bad in his heart. You must know that since the territory and the army were handed over to the Su Family Army, Duke Liu Jue basically didn't take care of things. Almost all the businesses of the Duke's Mansion were handed over to the eldest son Liu Kan.

Today, the eldest son Liu Kan took the initiative to come to the Duke Liu Jue to admit his mistake, and the Duke Liu Jue learned that his eldest son had secretly participated in hoarding grain and driving up grain prices behind his back.

"How much did you pay?" Duke Liu Jue asked in a deep voice.

Liu Kan said tremblingly: "Father, at present, probably... probably lost... [-] million silver dollars."

When Duke Liu Jue heard this, he stepped forward angrily, and kicked his eldest son Liu Kan, "You prodigal son, even if our Liu family has a golden mountain, it is not enough for such a prodigal like you! so much?"

After Liu Kan was kicked down, he quickly got up again and continued to kneel on the ground, then said in a mournful voice, "Father, in order to stockpile a large amount of food, I ordered people to collect food in Ruyang Province, Zeshan Province and several surrounding provinces. , wantonly purchased all kinds of grains, such as rice, and I had someone buy almost 200 million tons, because the timing of the purchase was a bit late, and the price was a little higher, with an average of about [-] cents per catty of rice, but at the end of the Su Jiajun’s move At this stage, the price of rice has risen to [-] cents per catty."

After a pause, Liu Kan continued: "If there is no Su Jiajun selling grain, I will definitely make a lot of money this time. Unfortunately, after the Su Jiajun selling grain, the price of rice quickly dropped to two cents per catty. I lost more than 3 million silver dollars, and several kinds of grains were affected by the price drop of rice, and the price also plummeted in the end. All in all, this time I lost a total of about [-] million silver dollars, please punish my father, woo—"

In the end, Liu Kan, who was already in his 30s, couldn't help crying bitterly. This time, for the Liu family, it was absolutely traumatic.

Although Su Yi promised at the beginning that the hereditary nobles could keep the family's own property, the Su family's army must have the final say on the determination of the family's property. In the end, the Liu family, which owned two provinces and hundreds of thousands of troops, only kept about 12 yuan. million silver dollars.

This time, in order to hoard food, Liu Kan mortgaged many high-quality properties to the bank. Because he lost too much money, it was impossible to redeem many mortgaged properties of the Liu family.

Duke Liu Jue seemed to have aged a lot suddenly, "Liu Kan, you don't have to take care of the family business anymore."

(End of this chapter)