Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 196 The Emperor is the Big Winner (5)
Gu Qingmei was a little surprised, and looked at him with incredible eyes, "It seems that your business can't make so much money, right?"

Murong Yu glanced at the fourth prince lightly, gritted his teeth and said, "It was left to me when my grandmother passed away a few years ago. The fourth prince and I got 300 million yuan each, and my father and concubine Chun only got 100 million yuan each." , She spent her whole life saving it. But..."

His voice immediately became extremely cold, "This money can't be moved, and it will be of great use!"

The fourth concubine didn't know about this at all, her eyes widened in surprise when she heard the words, but she didn't say anything.

Lu Qingmei twitched the corners of her lips and said, "I didn't intend to touch your money at all, 50 taels is enough!"

Murong Yu said bitterly: "What is 50 taels enough for?"

"Enough to buy off the border guards!" Gu Qingmei said. "Buy a large piece of land at the border! The border has been fighting for years, and there must be a lot of unowned wasteland, and the price is definitely much cheaper than that near Yucheng. The land near Yucheng is five yuan per mu. On the border, I think you can buy an acre for only two or three dollars and one tael of silver."

"Are you crazy?" Murong Yu felt that her proposal was simply too weird. There were years of wars at the border, so even if they bought land, how would they grow it?Moreover, the city wall has not been built, and the Tartars will attack at any time.

"Even if you don't plant those lands, you have to buy them while it's cheap, and buy [-] mu first."

Murong Yu couldn't keep up with her thoughts, and kept gloomy. Just about to interrupt her, the fourth prince said: "Cousin, don't worry, I don't think sister Qingmei will come up with random ideas."

As he said that, he gave Gu Qingmei a trusting look.

Gu Qingmei smiled at him, thanked him for his trust, and then continued: "I know that after buying the land, you need to pay the land tax to the government, but now that we have the shield of building a city wall to protect the country, you can go and ask the emperor for help." According to the decree, let the emperor exempt the land tax. In this way, it will not cost much at all, and it will be about tens of thousands of taels."

"The construction of the city wall to protect the country cannot be done at once, so we can only start from the place where there is a garrison. Where there is a garrison, there are soldiers. Although you can't mobilize those soldiers at will, you can borrow troops from the local garrison For example, in a place where there are 1000 garrisons, you ask them to borrow 1000 people at a time and let them farm the land. Then you ask them to borrow 1000 people to do corvee. The corvee will be rotated every month, and then another month in the second month. [-] people. You give some benefits to those guards, and then give some hard money to each of the borrowed soldiers for a month."

"If there is a war, these people wear armor and become soldiers. You first set up the fortifications, and then slowly recruit corvees. From now on, by this time next year, you can build a city wall of several miles. With the city walls of these several miles as a barrier, all the scattered villagers and refugees gathered around, let them farm the land if they are willing to farm, let them work as corvees if they are willing to work as corvees, and cook for women and children. Remember , Those lands must not be left unused, and they must be planted with crops. No matter what time it is, food is the most important thing for the people. As long as there is land, there will be no worries about food. Where there is food, there will be people.”

When Murong Yu heard this, he couldn't help looking at her with surprised eyes, as if he was looking at a visitor from outside the sky.

The fourth prince and the fourth concubine sat together, turned their faces to look at the fourth concubine, and said with a smile: "No wonder you regard her as your sweetheart, this girl's head really grew out of nowhere, she has so many minds that are frightening!"

The fourth concubine said: "I don't know what's going on, but I just chatted with her casually, and fell in love with her."

Although Murong Yu also had some approval for her idea, he still asked, "Then what is the business you are talking about?"

"Where there are people, there must be food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Those people are going to serve as corvees, not soldiers. There is no reason why we should be responsible for everything. We also take care of food, give them uniforms, and pay them monthly. If their wives and children want to buy some linen to make clothes or something, we can’t give it away for free. Of course, we have to open a shop to earn their money. If they are tired after a day’s work and want to drink shochu , of course you have to spend money to buy it.”

The fourth prince suddenly laughed loudly, "Sister Qingmei is such a good idea, the wages given to them must be returned in the end!"

Gu Qingmei waved her hand, "Fourth Prince, don't rush to praise me. This is just a way to save money, not a way to make money. We also need to spend money to sell things. Those who really make money don't come here anymore. It’s still on the land. Especially in the mountains, you need to buy more!”

The fourth prince asked puzzledly: "Mountain land is not easy to plant, why buy it?"

"But there are trees on the mountain, and the wood is money. There are stones on the mountain, which can be used to build the city wall to protect the country. And what we want to buy is not the land, but the mine in the mountain!" Gu Qingmei revealed the answer.

"I don't believe that there are not many mountains in the border gates thousands of miles away, and I don't believe that there are not even a few mines in the border gates thousands of miles away. Wherever mineral deposits are found, they must be bought in the name of the fourth prince. , but we must explain clearly to the emperor, and then ask the emperor for the right to mine, the emperor knows that we are building a city wall to protect the country, so he will definitely turn a blind eye."

As Gu Qingmei said, she glanced at the fourth prince lightly, and said softly: "As long as the fourth prince can help Young Master Murong complete this errand, in the eyes of the emperor, he will naturally have a different status."

She is not a fool. In this world, a prince who does not want to be an emperor is not a good prince.

The fourth prince's expression was indifferent, as if he didn't respond to her words.

The fourth concubine lowered her head slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.

Only Murong Yu stared at her with burning eyes, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of gloom, "What about after that year? What will we do after one year? You said you only take 50 taels, and the 50 taels will always be spent." Time."

The corner of Gu Qingmei's lips curled into a sneer, "With all these businesses, can't we raise funds to build the city wall to protect the country? Besides, can't you build a few safe spots in a year?"

"With a safe point, you can find farmers to plant the land. The grain and vegetables grown by the farmers can be supplied to the corvee workers. If there is any surplus, they can be exchanged for silver. Women can weave cloth. Let's open a cloth shop and bring The cloth is collected and then sold to earn the difference.”

"You can also open a money bank. As long as this virtuous circle can be formed, it will be profitable after five years. At that time, we will have people, land, and mines. If you still can't make money, you can just cut your belly! Okay, Even so, if your money is still not enough, as I said just now, I earn money to supplement you. Even if the money I earn is still not enough, I don’t believe that there were no bandits and horse thieves in the Suye Dynasty. However, the emperor gave you three thousand iron armored soldiers. Your grandfather is in charge of the military department, and the soldiers allocated to you must be elite soldiers at that time. Could it be that the three thousand iron armored soldiers can't take down a few bandit dens? Presumably the gold in the bandit dens There will be no shortage of silver treasures."

(End of this chapter)