Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 575 Qu Tuquan’s Visit

Yu Xiuer was really angry this time, no matter how hard Sun Xiangfu coaxed her, she finally finished the work and was able to rest, but she didn't let Sun Xiangfu go to her bed. Continue to sleep hard in the study.

Early the next morning, Sun Xiangfu met Qu Tuquan, the legendary commander of secret guards, in his study. He was the youngest son of Jiang Guogong Qu Tutong. Loyalty to inherit the family, very much trusted by Li Shimin.

It's a pity that when Sun Xiangfu made his fortune in the imperial court, the old man was already seriously ill in bed and died not long after. Sun Xiangfu had only met a few times from a distance and was not familiar with him.

When Qu Tutong died, he was already 72 years old. As a young son, he was naturally not young. He looked in his thirties, at least comparable to Li Shimin. As for his appearance, it was very characteristic of an intelligence officer. feature.

"Regarding the case of Wang Hao's murder, if Commander Qu Tu has anything to ask, just ask! I will know everything."

Although the secret guards had a number of the emperor's retainers, they did not have a detailed classification of ranks. Li Shimin would usually be assigned various temporary official positions by Li Shimin due to the needs of investigating cases. He should also carry the title of a county magistrate, or an official position at the level of the governor of the state, but there is none. On the surface, he is just a captain of Guoyi of Qianniuwei, but anyone who knows his status as the commander of the secret guard Everyone looked at him at the level of a prince, even Sun Xiangfu did not dare to trust him, because he might be Li Shimin's confidant who was more trusted by Li Shimin than the palace guard general.

"Hehe, Young Master Sun, don't be nervous. The reason why I didn't come yesterday was because I had investigated everything that should be investigated. The reason I came today is because I have presented the results of the investigation to His Majesty, and I have come to chat with you. Wang Hao's death has nothing to do with it."

When Sun Xiangfu heard the words, he said in surprise, "Really? Then I don't know, what is the result of the investigation led by Qu Tu?"

Qu Tuquan replied with a smile, "Wang Hao's death has nothing to do with Master Sun. Your intelligence, eyes, eyes, and guards are all still alive. Moreover, even if you want to kill Wang Hao, you will not use it." This is the most unacceptable method for His Majesty, so your suspicion has been ruled out. Yesterday I confiscated all the weapons and equipment from your guards, and I brought them directly to the mansion and returned them to you. Please don't take offense. .”

"No, no, you are also responsible, so if you have anything to talk about, just talk! Don't be so polite. Earlier, I was also a royal retainer!"

The relationship between Li Shimin and Sun Xiangfu is not so cold that if you want to ask a question, you need someone else to pass it on for you. Qu Tuquan is also worried that Sun Xiangfu is arrogant, so he is ready to use Li Shimin to suppress him when necessary. However, now Sun Xiangfu is showing a surprisingly cooperative attitude, which makes him a bit of a villain.

"That's it. I want to know how you will use the wealth accumulated under your name in the future?" Qu Tuquan said while taking out a booklet from his pocket, and placed it in front of Sun Xiangfu. Said on the desk.

Sun Xiangfu picked it up and looked at it, and his face suddenly became very exciting. This should be regarded as the internal information of the secret guard. The key is, if it weren't for the booklet provided by Qu Tuquan, Sun Xiangfu himself would not have known that his name was in the booklet. There are so many industries, and so much money is made, just glanced at the content above, and Sun Xiangfu knew that all the things recorded in it had something to say and existed in reality.

Generally speaking, the property under Sun Xiangfu's name is divided into five parts. The first part is also the most profitable one. Of course, it is the collective property of Xingfu Village. The factory is open, and the pure profit alone can earn several million guan every year. Sun Xiangfu shares half of it, which is at least 200 million guan.

The second largest sector is Weinan New City, which is a super large real estate project. Not to mention the profit from the sale of commercial housing, the rent of shops, factories, warehouses and other properties in the entire city is properly over one million every year Actually, in addition, the income from providing life services for the city is also quite a lot. Adding to the burial, there are still two or three million yuan. With Sun Xiangfu's shares in this project, the net profit obtained is not a million yuan, but several million yuan. Among them, the appreciation and profit cannot be calculated, because, as the population becomes denser and the commerce becomes more developed, the prices of properties and shops here will increase exponentially.

Of course, this is not a big deal in Sun Xiangfu's industry, and the Wangjianglou Hotel, which has more than [-] large branches across the country, and the bean paste workshop invested by the original shareholders are all under the name of Sun Xiangfu. The third largest industry segment.

The annual net profit of this industry is at least 500 million yuan. I have to ask more than 20 stores, and only one bean paste workshop. Why is there such a high profit?

This depends on how big the scale of the industry after grouping is.

Wangjianglou is definitely more than just a restaurant. Each of its branches has supporting farms and breeding farms, and its production added value is very high.

For example, the breeding industry in Chang'an has almost monopolized the entire chicken, duck, pig, and fish seedling market. As long as the common people raise these things, they will basically go to the farms under Wangjiang Tower to buy seedlings, while Henan Road and Hedong Road are all The seedlings are provided by the breeding farm in Luoyangxi Village, and they will even sell the young of these poultry and livestock to Huainan, Jiangnan, along the canals, and farther along the Yangtze River Basin in most parts of the country, making huge profits. That was easy.

And the bean paste workshop is the absolute leader brand in the seasoning industry of Datang, and even the leader brand in the international seasoning market. Now, even people in the Western Regions and Indians have begun to eat a large number of various soybeans produced in Datang. Soy sauce seasoning, and because of this, the Dujiang Sauce Workshop opened in Yangzhou, almost gathered the soybean output of the entire Huainan area in its arms, bought soybeans at low prices, made delicious seasoning sauces, and sold them at high prices. Or export, profit, naturally not a small amount.

Sun Xiangfu personally holds a relatively large share in this industry. Based on the current transaction volume, the annual income may be more than 200 million yuan.

The fourth largest sector is the Northland industry. As the largest owner of Shanyang and the sole shareholder of the most profitable industries in the North such as perfume, wool spinning, leather, and real estate, Sun Xiangfu's annual net income in the Northland is at least more than 300 yuan. Wan Guan, this is the reason why Tang Fengyi, the big steward in charge of the northern industry of the Sun Mansion, handed him a fake account book that Qu Tuquan couldn't figure out at all. In fact, Sun Xiangfu's annual profit in the entire Northland may It reached 500 million guan, which can be roughly calculated from the amount of goods traded in Shanyang by Hu merchants in the Western Regions every year.

As for the fifth largest sector, it is the many industries in Lingnan that cooperate with Feng An, as well as the overseas trade sector. On average, at least 200 million coins per year, and maybe even 400 million coins, because Feng Ang himself can't figure out the value of many things.

As for industries that are not very profitable, such as the Yangtze River Waterway Transshipment Company, Qu Tuquan didn't even bother to make statistics.

Seeing Sun Xiangfu flipping through the brochure with great interest, Qu Tuquan coughed and interrupted him, and said, "Many industries under your name bring you tens of millions of income every year, even more than the imperial court's tax revenue." Not bad, although His Majesty didn't care about this matter, but as His Majesty's subject, I have to think about it for the stable inheritance of the Tang Dynasty.

A person like you who is rich, powerful, and has a precedent of raising private soldiers is more dangerous than someone like Wang Hao. "

Every point Qu Tu's interpretation is real, and Sun Xiangfu does not deny it. Even raising private soldiers does exist. Earlier, Zhao Long's 800 people were Sun Xiangfu's private armed forces. It has also expanded to 3000 people. Although they selflessly dedicated to the court during the Battle of Goguryeo, this is always an unruly thing. If the ministers of the court do this, after the promise, the world will I don't know how many people became kings and how many people became emperors.

Li Shimin hadn't bothered with Sun Xiangfu before because he knew exactly what Sun Xiangfu used these people for, but if he had no objections in his heart, that might not be the case.

Li Shimin, who was born in the rebel faction, is more sensitive to any courtier who holds private soldiers, especially this courtier is a very popular and famous courtier. If it is true that Sun Xiangfu rebelled after a hundred years, maybe the people will lean towards that side Woolen cloth!

Therefore, what Qu Tuquan said was actually what Li Shimin wanted to say, but it was difficult for him to say it. This was to use Qu Tuquan's mouth to beat Sun Xiangfu.

"Well, Commander Qu Tu, although the industry under my name makes money, my investment is also large. In the past few years, I have invested millions of dollars in each of Datang's major projects. It’s all spent to drive people’s livelihood…”

"However, the money you invested will earn you more money in the future."

"Well, I will invest the money I earn again."

"But if you invest again, you will still earn more and more money!"

All right!Talking about economics with a person who doesn't understand economics is really tiring. If Sun Xiangfu told him that the country was built through rounds of investments like his, he would definitely not understand for a while.

Because, now he just saw that Sun Xiangfu invested in order to make money.

Sun Xiangfu originally wanted to tell Qu Tuquan in a simpler way that after a hundred years, these properties would definitely be donated to the country and the people, but he swallowed the words, fearing that after he finished speaking, Qu Tuquan would Quan will be looking forward to his own death.

After thinking for a while, Sun Xiangfu still decided to explain clearly to him, saying, "Commander Qu Tu, we should look at it in another way. In the past, there was no one in Tang Dynasty who could make money like me, but everyone The jingle of poverty, ordinary people don't even talk about doing business and doing their own business, even if they want to find a job that sells their physical strength and a monthly salary of [-] yuan, it is even more difficult.

But it’s different now, they can easily find a profitable job, create tax revenue for His Majesty and the country, not only benefit the people, but also the court, so, these things I do are actually beneficial to the country The development of China is a good thing to promote.

In addition, the imperial court is in charge of the bank, which is called the financial system in my family. Taking measures on the bank can easily imprison the wealth of these people, just like the method I used to deal with the powerful local families in Shannan Road. As long as the financial system of the bank is under the control of the imperial court, the imperial court is not afraid of anyone who is too rich , there will be problems. "

Hearing this, Qu Tuquan, who was not considered stupid, understood a little bit, nodded, and said, "This question is also considered reasonable, so I have another question for you, do you insist on killing your majesty?" Wang Hao, you want to prevent the country from expanding outwards. This is not the way of a minister. Besides, didn’t you advocate promoting the way of national integration to develop outwards? If you include the territory and population of those barbarians Wouldn't it be better to promote your proposition under my Great Tang rule!"

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu shook his head with a smile and said, "Your Majesty and everyone have seen the development of Shanyang and Dingxiang City, and thought that the world is like this. This is an unrealistic assumption. A true nation Integration is not such a simple matter. Our Tang Dynasty is now using more than 1000 million Han people to integrate more than 1000 million people of other ethnic groups. This has reached a limit. The impact of national culture has already been great, but if we take our population of more than 1000 million to integrate the hundreds of millions of people in the entire Eurasian continent, there can only be one situation, that is, we ourselves will be integrated and digested by others.

Let's take a look at the existing borders of my Tang Dynasty. What kind of culture are the rest of the countries?
They are all religions and cultures that dominate politics. Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism control the regimes of their countries, and our culture is relatively weak, and it is only in our own country, and we can barely play around. Outside, it won't work.

It needs to become stronger and harmonious before it has the strength to go out, and at that time, it is the time for us to continue to expand outward and integrate other nations. "

After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, Qu Tuquan remained silent for a long time. Regarding his question, Sun Xiangfu's explanation seemed very reasonable.

The main body of Han Chinese culture is Confucianism, but this set of things is hardly aggressive to the outside world. It is definitely not as powerful as Western religions when it spreads. The common people, but this Allah, that God's belief in the Western religion, eventually, let the Tang mainland, also reduced to the battlefield of religious wars.

(End of this chapter)