Zhang Yu gave Mi Zhu too many surprises.

When he saw the busy port, he knew how far this Jiangdong would develop in the future.

In addition, Zhang Yu also took him to the shipyard.

Tens of thousands of workers in a shipyard are divided into different areas to work, which shocked Mi Zhu beyond measure.

Large ships are being built on the slipway, and more than a dozen large ships are being built at the same time.

"Brother Zhang, how much does this cost?" Mi Zhu was shocked not by how big the ship was, but by how much money it would cost.

"It costs millions of dollars to build a ship, and tens of millions of dollars to build these dozen ships."

Zhang Yu said it very easily, but Mi Zhu was dumbfounded.

It's not that I don't know, Zhang Yu actually threw more than a billion dollars on the ship.

This is more than Mi Zhu's entire net worth.

How could Mi Zhu not be shocked.

Mi Zhu thought, what if the money was used to develop the army?

Zhang Yu's military strength is probably already terrifying.

The armed forces must have their own laws of development, and it is useless to have a large number of troops.

It is necessary to train enough backbones so that such an army can be combat-effective.

This time, Mi Zhu was completely convinced and decided to follow Zhang Yu.

After reading this, Zhang Yu took Mi Zhu to some workshops to have a look.

When Mi Zhu saw Zhang Yu's assembly line for processing military equipment, he was shocked again.

Mi Zhu doesn't know how many times he has been shocked.

At this time, he realized that Zhang Yu's strength was completely beyond everyone's imagination.

After walking around, many of Mi Zhu's concepts have been subverted.

When Mi Zhu came back, he said a question.

"Brother Zhang, you have such strength, wouldn't it be better if you helped Your Majesty unify the world." Mi Zhu said.

Helping Liu Xie unify the world is just a vague statement, everyone knows that all the princes today want to be independent, and Zhang Yu is no exception.

"There is still a shortage of basic talents, a shortage of administrative talents, and the backbone of the army is also insufficient, and the development of blind internal friction will not be faster, I have a broad space, and I only need to slowly encroach on it, and in the future, no one can match it." Zhang Yu said a vague but ambitious achievable strategy.

Mi Zhu was dumbfounded, Zhang Yu's approach was right.

If you go all out to expand your forces to fight for the Central Plains, you will only get more land, and what Zhang Yu lacks most is land.

Therefore, slowly lay a solid foundation, and no one can match it in the future.

When they went back, it was already a few days later, Yangzhou was not very far from Xuzhou, and the fast horses would soon be able to go back and forth.

At this time, Tao Qian's letter had arrived.

Tao Qian agreed to Zhang Yu's request.

can exempt tens of millions of dollars, which is a very cost-effective thing in Tao Qian's opinion.

"Haha, Tao Qian's thinking is too simple."

How could Zhang Yu suffer, many of his industrial products can quickly occupy Xuzhou and turn Xuzhou into his own market.

He had already made Zhang Zhao ready before, and he expected Tao Qian to agree.

Tao Qian also thought that with Liu Bei here, he could develop the military, and when he became strong, he would overthrow everything.

But Tao Qian didn't have that time, he was about to hang up.

Even if he lives, Xuzhou is destined to fail to develop.

Not to mention Cao Cao, not long ago, Yuan Shu also killed him and occupied Huainan and part of Yangzhou.

These, Zhang Yu and Yuan Shu became neighbors.

Xuzhou is simply surrounded by several big princes in the middle, waiting to be carved up at any time.

And Zhang Yu's first move was to sell salt on a large scale.

Zhang Yu's sale of salt is not a small amount.

He is now hoarding a large amount of salt, once it is sold, it will definitely make people panic, and even defeat all the salt merchants in Xuzhou.

After Tao Qian agreed, Zhang Yu began to formulate a contract.

The contract was very simple, Zhang Yu organized several firms to do business in Xuzhou, and Xuzhou must protect the fairness of these firms.

The so-called fairness means that the government must not interfere, and of course, Tao Qian also stipulates some things that cannot be done.

And Zhang Yu usually does not pay taxes, and fixes how much tax he pays to Xuzhou every month, and the profits and losses during the period are counted as his own, and he signs a ten-year contract.

After signing the contract, Zhang Yu began to execute.

At this time, Mi Zhu had not yet returned to Xuzhou.

"Brother Zhang, what are you doing here, are you crazy about transporting such a large amount of table salt?" Mi Zhu came to find Zhang Yu and saw that Zhang Yu had ordered a massive amount of salt to be transported to Xuzhou.

"It's not crazy, Xuzhou is so big and has such a population, and these salts are estimated to only be enough for a few days in Xuzhou." Zhang Yu said calmly.

Mi Zhu felt that Zhang Yu was crazy, a state, tens of millions of people for a few days, what a huge amount.

But Zhang Yu was very calm.

Zhang Yu said again: "In the future, Xuzhou only needs one salt merchant." ”

Yes, Zhang Yu hit Xuzhou with a large amount of high-quality salt, and all the salt merchants in Xuzhou were crushed at once.

Zhang Yu's salt has no impurities and is of high quality, and Cai Mao quickly controlled the market in Xuzhou through the salt provided by Zhang Yu and defeated all the salt merchants in Xuzhou.

This time, Zhang Yu set a low-price sale.

The quality is good, the price is low, under such an impact, it is no wonder that the local salt merchants in Xuzhou do not collapse.

Zhang Yu dried salt by the sea all the year round, and hoarded a lot of salt, and they couldn't digest it themselves, so they sold it to other places.

In order to save some money, Tao Qian may have lost more.

However, it will take some time to completely defeat the salt merchants in Xuzhou, and at this time, Zhang Yu has to discuss other things with Mi Zhu.

Zhang Yu took out a few gold coins and silver coins, handed them to Mi Zhu and said, "What do you think of these gold coins and silver coins?" ”

Mi Zhu took a few gold coins and silver coins in Zhang Yu's hand and looked at them carefully.

"It's beautifully made, and several gold coins are almost identical to silver coins, and they are highly collectible." Mi Zhu commented.

Zhang Yu didn't speak, but shook his head.

Mi Zhu was puzzled and asked: "Brother Zhang, these gold coins and silver coins are indeed very good, I weigh them, the weight is very sufficient, and the fineness is almost the same, it is not easy to mint such a coin, and the lines are obvious, the design is exquisite, and it does have a high collection value." ”

"Maybe it will have a high collection value in hundreds or even thousands of years, but there is not much collection value at present, only use value." Zhang Yu said.

If these gold and silver coins can be put into the 21st century, they may indeed fetch sky-high prices, but it is unlikely that they will have much collectible value at present.

Mi Zhu looked puzzled, but Zhang Yu said: "At present, there are hundreds of thousands of gold coins and millions of silver coins, how much collection value do you think?" ”

Mi Zhu had a long mouth, he thought it was carefully cast by some fine craftsman, but Zhang Yu told him that he still had more of this kind of coin.

However, Mi Zhu quickly reacted and stammered: "Brother Zhang, this is going to be used as a coin?" ”

You must know that gold and silver were also valuable items in this era, but they were all calculated according to catties and taels, and it was the first time that they were minted into coins.

(End of chapter)