Chapter 940 Ambition

The Son of Heaven is furious, and the blood is flowing like a river!

Chen Mancang, Guo Yuanyou and others were silent, for fear that they would say the wrong thing again, anger the emperor, and invite death.

Yang Yue picked up the teacup and tasted the tea patiently, deliberately making the atmosphere more solemn.

At a tea time, the businessmen in Jiangnan and Shu represented by Guo Yuanyou were like sitting on pins and needles, sweating, peeking from time to time to investigate the changes in Yang Yue's demeanor.

Drinking tea and moistening his throat, putting the teacup in the dragon case, Yang Yue slowly got up from the dragon chair, took two or three steps forward, and stood in front of the jade steps, his eyes swept over the businessman in front of him.

"Chen Mancang, Guo Yuanyou, today I suddenly summoned Er and others into the palace, and only said three things.

First, before the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry will build three commercial streets in Chang'an, Shu and Broken Leaf City for merchants doing business with Sasansan.

At that time, the goods from Jiangnan can be transported to Chang'an by water, sold to Chang'an merchants, and then purchased from them and returned to Jiangnan.

You can also travel long distances and work tirelessly to transport goods to Broken Leaf City, which takes time but earns greater profits.

The same is true of Shu and Broken Leaf City."

"Building a shopping street?"

Hearing this, everyone savored what Yang Yue said, and realized that he did not pursue everyone's crimes, but instead implemented preferential measures to businessmen.

For a while, Guo Yuanyou and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the beads of sweat from their foreheads.

The emperor ordered the Ministry of Industry to build streets for merchants alone, specializing in business, which is commendable.

In this way, in the next few years, Datang business will go to a higher level.

If they grasp the opportunity and become the trendsetters of the times, they will definitely make a lot of money.

"Your Majesty, the villain is willing to solve problems for the emperor, lead the family, recruit long-term workers, and build a commercial street in Shudi." A boss from Shudi, smelling an unusual smell from Yang Yue's words, got up and hugged his fists to ask.

"This matter, Master Pei will deal with it personally, and then King Wu will bid for it in Shudi, and the one with the highest price will get it!" Yang Yue motioned for the other party to sit down, and said unhurriedly.

"The Tang Dynasty has a vast territory, rich products, different customs in the north and south, and according to the statistics of household officials, the porcelain, silk, and tea sold by Tang merchants to the Western Regions are quite popular in the West.

However, if Datang wants to rise and become rich and strong, these are far from enough, and while operating existing goods, you can choose to manufacture new goods and strive to maximize profits.

To this end, I planned to cultivate a large number of sugarcane in the south, build sugar workshops, plant rapeseed in the north, establish an oil refinery, build a paper workshop in Luoyang, and at the same time, according to the situation of each province, build a wine mill, gold and silver products, which can be sold in various provinces of the Tang Dynasty and spread to the west along the trade routes.

You can choose to cooperate with the household department, or you can build a workshop to operate!"

Every year, porcelain, silk, tea, etc. brought a lot of taxes to the household department, which was enough to support the expansion of the Tang Dynasty, the war, and the trade with the Sassanid, but such products were stretched, and the money and grain in exchange were limited.

Yang Yue hopes to make more goods and earn a lot of gold and silver from the countries of the Western Regions.

Oil refineries, sugar mills, paper mills?

Distilleries, gold and silver products?

Hearing the string song, Chen Mancang, Li Changsheng, Guo Yuanyou and others heard the sound, and looked at Yang Yue in dismay.

After building a workshop in Dandong to promote porcelain, dyes, silk and other products, for several years, the emperor did not promote goods anymore.

Today, the sudden withdrawal of new products has shocked everyone's hearts.

Papermaking, winemaking, gold and silver products craftsmen are mature, if you seize the opportunity, you can make a lot of money, but the sugar and oil refining technology is jerky, there is no systematic method.

Although there is circulation in the market, the number is too small after all, but if the technology breaks through, it will bring huge benefits.

In addition to the excitement, everyone's faces gradually turned gloomy, oil refining, sugar technology is not mature, the emperor is ambitious, but it may not be able to produce on a large scale.

"The emperor is wise and far-sighted, and the villain is willing to cooperate with the household department to send a caravan to bring all kinds of commodities to Broken Leaf City, which can make sugar, and oil refining requires a lot of materials, and there is no mature technology.

Expanding the scope of cultivation and cultivating skilled craftsmen will not happen overnight!" Chen Mancang stepped forward and expressed his worries.

"Yes, scarcity is expensive, Chang'an, Luoyang market, rapeseed oil, sugar quantity is very small, there is no mature production technology, is it very big!" Guo Yuanyou agreed.

The industry mentioned by Yang Yue is indeed fragrant, but unfortunately the production process is too complicated, and few people have tried, and even if they try, no one has succeeded.

After all, there are no skilled craftsmen, how to make sugar, how to refine oil, how to promote it on a large scale.

"I have my own opinion on this matter!" Yang Yue bowed his head slightly and said confidently.

The craftsman is not proficient in the production process, but he has a rough understanding of the production technology, and with the skilled craftsman, many trials will definitely be successful.

Wen Ren Xiange raised his eyelids and glanced at Yang Yue, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Wen Ren supports the emperor's approach and is willing to dispatch skilled craftsmen to be at the emperor's disposal."

At that time, she took advantage of her relationship with Yang Yue to get the exclusive right to produce and operate skin care cream, and after several years of deep cultivation by the Wen family, skin care cream became the most profitable business in the family.

Oil refining, sugar making, there is no difficulty in making skin care ointment, since Yang Yue confidently put it forward, there must be a solution!

What's more, these products, are the production methods more complicated than the earth-shattering thunder?

Yang Yue is cautious, business matters are related to the future of Datang, and he can't joke at will.

Wen Renxian hopes to fight for the right to operate certain industries for the family, so that the family's prestige and wealth will continue to rise.

"It couldn't be better!" Yang Yue bowed slightly, and suddenly, his expression became serious, and he said sonorously: "At present, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty is still not strong enough, and all merchants need to share the same hatred with the imperial court to prepare for the Tang army to seize the west."

Wen Ren Xiange, Chen Mancang and other businessmen, including Wen Renyu, are clear about Yang Yue's ambitions and plans.

Now, when he suddenly heard that Yang Yue would seize the West in the future, he was both surprised and surprised, the Tang army expanded externally, and wherever the army came, merchants would follow with goods.

The future is vast and there is a lot to be done!

For a moment, everyone's faces were full of smiles, and they exchanged heads and whispered.

Chen Mancang said loudly: "Your Majesty, the villain is willing to cooperate with the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry to open up business routes for Datang."

"Your Majesty, I am willing to hear that people are also willing!" Listen to the string song to express your attitude.

Hu Dongyang, Fu Donghai, Li Changsheng and Guo Yuanyou and other businessmen have expressed their positions one after another.

"Well, that's good!"

Yang Yue nodded, very satisfied with the performance of Wenren Xiange and the others, and said in a loud voice: "The caravan carrying items to the Western Regions, breaking into the East and the South Seas, is extremely dangerous, but if the family caravan has more than 1,000 people, it can form an escort team of 500 people!"

If you encounter hardships along the way, ask for help from the Tang army, and the court will protect the interests of all merchants in the Tang Dynasty."

Allowing businessmen to support private armies, Yang Yue hopes to protect the interests of businessmen as much as possible, and most importantly, he hopes that the businessmen of Datang will have a sense of adventure and aggression.

(End of chapter)