Section 897 Chartering (1) [Asking for a Monthly Pass]

Weiyang Palace wants the Empress Dowager of the East Palace to dare not interfere in politics?

Then why did the East Palace not dare to interfere in politics?

Of course, it's going to make a big basket.

Or even a big scandal!

On this ground, the East Palace will no longer dare to interfere in state affairs!

Just like back then, Emperor Taizong forced Zhi Hou Bo Zhao to death.

Since then, the entire Taizong Dynasty, all the relatives, have all become good children, everyone is silent, trembling, and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Even, when the current Empress Dowager found her long-lost brother, she could only watch the nobles and ministers pointing fingers at the Dou brothers under the banner of education.

Dou Changjun can't be a marquis until he dies.

Taizong then became the son of heaven who spoke his word and had a constitution in his mouth.

If it weren't for the fact that he was planted on Xin Hengping in his later years, he would almost be a saint without stains.

When today's son is known as 'Taizong's designated heir to the next generation', can An Neng not learn his grandfather's old skills?

As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Ang already knew what he should do.

He looked at the King of Jiangdu in front of him.

King Jiangdu wants to be King Zhao?

That's where he can take advantage and break through!

"The king doesn't need to be worried...... Yuan Ang said with a smile: "Your Majesty treats the king today, like the first emperor to the king of Liang, like the country's Zuoye!" And the husband is benevolent and filial, and the whole world knows that perhaps, His Majesty has been uncertain for a long time, but he is specially waiting for the king to make meritorious deeds and stay for the king......"

Yuan Anke doesn't care whether what he said is true or not.

Now he just needs to fool the young Jiangdu King in front of him.

When Liu Yan heard this, he seemed to be moved by Yuan An's remarks, and he said overjoyedly: "If it is true of the public's words, the widow can win the king Zhao Kingdom, and there will be heavy thanks!" ”

But then, he was depressed again.

This feat, it's not easy to stand!

Especially his Jiangdu country, which is located in the lower reaches of the river.

Originally, there were small people like Dongou around who could be adjusted and taught.

But now Dongou has become Donghai County.

It is said that in a few years, it will become a fief of Tokai-kun.

Now, of course, this Donghai County is still a vassal attached to the Jiangdu Kingdom.

The officials, gentry and even landlords within its territory all migrated from the Jiangdu.

It is precisely because of Donghai County that Jiangdu can achieve the great achievement of eliminating beggars: back then, Zhang Shizhi was the prime minister of Jiangdu State, and after the typhoon, he ordered the ban on beggars.

The reason is that 'Tianxingjian is a gentleman who strives for self-improvement'.

A group of beggars has hands and feet, but they do not work.

It's simply a violation of the teachings of the previous kings, and it can't live up to the ancestral gods.

A makeover is a must!

How to transform?

Of course, they found one by one, grabbed one by one, and then used leather whips and swords to go to Donghai County to reclaim land and build workshops.

And the emerging landlord class in Jiangdu State raised all four limbs in favor of this.

They have long been hungry for cheap labor.

So, with their cooperation, the entire Jiang is now not to mention a beggar.

There are very few jobless displaced people.

The local rangers either went north to Huaihua, or were so frightened that they fled to Qilu.

In today's Tokai County, the main people who develop the area are tenant farmers of the landlords and beggars and rangers who are forced to work by the government.

Because of this incident, coupled with the proper handling of the typhoon disaster that year.

Zhang Shizhi won the support of all the people in Jiangdu.

Although he has now died of illness, his ancestral halls and sacrifices have spread all over Wu.

And for Liu Yan, Dongou has become Donghai County.

This meant that he had lost a place that he could easily conquer and gain merit.

The remaining Minyue and Nanyue are a bit large and difficult to mouth.

What's more, they are also very well-behaved now.

Don't you see the ships on the Guangling River now?

Either they went south to South Vietnam, or they went to Minyue.

Chinese rice, cloth, iron, silk, and tea were imported into Minyue and Nanyue, solving many of their problems.

Sugarcane sugar, ivory, spices and pearls from South Vietnam and Minyue continue to flow through Changsha and Jiangdu to the hinterland of China.

Now, Minyue and South Vietnam have given up minting their own coins and instead used the five-baht coins minted in Chang'an as currency.

This also meant that South Vietnam and Minyue de facto began to accept Chinese rule economically.

Now South Vietnam, even the movement of troops, has begun to pass through Changsha and report to Chang'an.

It seems that the south will not be able to fight.

Thinking about these things, Liu Yan couldn't help but feel sullen.

Fortunately, he didn't just expand his territory to win the favor of his emperor's brother.

"Taifu knows, what is the matter with the widow going out on patrol today?" Liu Yan said with his head held high triumphantly.

"It must be the Guangling Shipyard ......," Yuan Ang said in his heart.

Who doesn't know that this king is going to run to the riverside shipyard hundreds of miles outside Guangling City every once in a while?

That shipyard was originally a large shipyard built by Liu Bi, the king of Wu, during the old Wu period.

At its peak, 3,000 shipwrights worked in it every year.

Many warships were produced, including giant ships.

After the fall of Liu Bi, the Han army moved south, and the shipyard was taken over by the Han army.

Subsequently, the king of Jiangdu went to Guangling, and the first thing he did after coming to Guangling City and taking the throne was to inspect the shipyard.

Since then, this shipyard has become the most mysterious place in Jiangdu.

Many people have only heard of it, but have never seen it with their own eyes.

Yuan Ang has been in Guangling City for several months.

However, I have never seen the shipyard with my own eyes.

Because, the area has become a military exclusion zone.

The Han army set up checkpoints around the shipyard to prohibit all idle people from approaching.

Even he, the prince of Jiangdu, once drove there privately, but was stopped at the door.

The tempers of the eight masters of Han Junqiu have always been very irritable.

There are no orders and official documents, let alone two thousand stones.

The prime minister also has to eat deflated outside the door.

However, Yuan Ang is Yuan Ang in the end.

Confidants are all over the world, and friends are all over the world, this is not bragging.

Although he can't get in, he has many connections and channels to know what this shipyard is doing.

Based on a lot of news, Yuan Ang knew that in this shipyard, there were the best shipwrights in the entire Han family.

The well-known shipwrights in the kingdoms of Chu, Old Wu, Qilu and other kingdoms were almost all concentrated here.

More than 5,000 shipwrights and workers worked around the clock to build and design ships.

But what does the ship built by this shipyard look like?

Yuan Ang tried a lot of relationships, but he didn't find out.

It is only known that General Lou Chuan personally came here last summer to inspect the new warship, and then, relying on the new warship produced here, he crossed the ocean and found the Uno Islands.

"It's the 'Jiangdu Shipyard' that both the widow and His Majesty remember every day!" Liu Yan said triumphantly to Yuan An: "This shipyard is the first shipyard in the world, gathering the most famous craftsmen from all over the world, and it costs tens of millions of dollars every year!" Today is the day the shipyard's new whaling ship is launched......"

"Don't be scared when the time comes...... Taifu," Liu Yan said with pride on his face.

Although, he said, 'The widow is not a ...... who came to be a shipwright'.

But in fact, he cares more about the progress of the shipyard than anyone else.

Last year, the Fubune was launched, which he witnessed firsthand.

Today, the whaling ship was launched, and he was going to brush his face as usual.

……………………………………

Yuan Ang soon knew what Liu Yan meant, 'Don't be scared when the time comes'.

At this moment, Yuan Ang was stunned as he looked at the giant ship that slowly slid from the dock into the river.

This is a giant ship full of artistic sense.

It is about ten zhang long, about three zhang high, standing in the river water, like a hill.

Huge mast, towering into the sky.

From a distance, Yuan Ang could feel the strength and invincibility of this giant ship.

Use it to go whaling?

How big should this whale be?

Yuan Ang has never seen a whale.

But as far as he knows, such a huge ship, I'm afraid that the Kunpeng mentioned by Zhuangzi can also be caught.

But here's the problem......

"This giant ship, just for the materials, I'm afraid it's worth millions of timber...... Yuan Ang thought in his heart: "If you count the other labor and maintenance, I'm afraid."

Twenty million can't stop ......"

"If such a giant ship is built, who will use it?" Yuan Ang muttered.

"I can afford to use it......" Liu Yan looked at this giant ship, as if looking at his own child, he lifted the ribbon and introduced to Yuan An: "Taifu, this ship is made of giant trees over 300 years old in the deep mountains as bones, and birch wood as boards, and the wood alone is worth tens of millions!" ”

"Counting labor and other objects, it is worth more than 30 million!"

Liu Yan stepped out of the king's chariot, surrounded by shipyard craftsmen and officials, and walked to the giant ship, and then boarded the deck, Yuan Ang followed closely behind.

As soon as he got on the deck, Yuan Ang felt a little unable to sit still.

Because, on the deck of this giant ship, there is actually a huge bed crossbow!

This kind of sharp weapon used by the Han army to defend the city was placed on this so-called 'whaling ship', Yuan Ang couldn't imagine, whether this was a civilian ship or a military warship?

What's more......

Thirty million to build one such giant ship.

Can the cost be recovered?

Million!

It is equivalent to a one-year-old land tax in some economically underdeveloped places!

is the marquis of the Han family, and the annual tax income is only 12 million.

Known as the richest in the world, the Pingyang Hou family, the richest of the Han family, has a tax income of only 30 million a year!

A giant ship like this costs 30 million!

Ten ships is 30,000!

Who can afford it?

I'm afraid that even the Son of Heaven can't afford it!

"Set sail, hang the sign of Longji, and wait for Longshu to come and pick up the boat!" However, after inspecting the structure of the ship, Liu Yan gave orders to the left and right.

This frightened Yuan Ang again.

Rumbling? Chen Huan?

The famous gentleman and the second ancestor?

He's coming to pick up the boat?

"It seems that I have a bad idea, and I don't have the intention of calming my relatives today...... Yuan Ang thought in his heart: "Thirty million boats, just give them, not only do they not sanction their relatives, but on the contrary, they are indulging their relatives!" ”

Yes, the 30 million militaristic heavy weapons were taken as toys by a gentleman!

Back then, in order to curry favor with Daji, I am afraid that the king had never been such a loser, and the so-called Youwang, the princes of the Beacon Fire Opera, were also greatly inferior!

Million!

When Taizong, he once wanted to build a pavilion for himself to enjoy, but when he heard the offer, he actually asked for 100 gold.

So he sighed: The property of the ten families of the people in the hundred gold, I serve the palace of the first emperor, and I am often afraid of it, why do I want to do it?

So, I stopped repairing it immediately.

Taizong himself, thrifty clothes and food, so far the clothes enshrined in his temple are the same as ordinary people's ordinary clothes, and there are very few places to use silk, only the set of clothes of the Son of Heaven is used in silk.

The concubines he loved and pampered were not dragged to the ground, and the curtains were not embroidered.

The tomb where the mausoleum is located has no precious metal vessels such as gold, silver and copper, all of which are pottery, and they can't even afford a tomb.

As a result, it went to his grandson, and the 30 million ships were used as toys for the queen's younger brother......

Taizong's lifetime consumption combined, can there be 30 million?

Yuan Ang thought about it, there should be none!

However, after thinking about it, Yuan Ang felt that it was wrong.

In terms of frugality, he is indeed inferior to his grandfather.

But it's not a king who spends a lot of money on his own enjoyment.

Although it is often said that I don't get tired of eating, I don't get tired of it, I pursue the best taste, and I like to eat food in the palace.

However, the food he ate was grown by his eunuchs and attendants.

Today's concubines, the most favored righteous lady, I heard that they also raise silkworms and weave cloth by themselves.

Queen Chen Ajiao is the most spoiled, but she just doesn't have to raise silkworms by herself.

In the four years since he ascended the throne, the world's water conservancy projects have been paved with desks of the Shaofu and the Da Nong Yamen.

However, the palace rooms of Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace are one and have not been repaired much.

Legend has it that Imami even ordered last year to take out half of the degree from Weiyang Palace and send it to Wuyuan and Taixue......

Such a king would use tens of millions of things as toys?

Is this probably impossible?

But Yuan An's impression of Brother Chen Huan is really bad!

These two scourges, when they were in Chang'an, took people's money and didn't do things for others, and they lost the faces of their relatives and princes!

If it weren't for that, how could he have let them go to Anton?

Sure enough, Yuan Ang then heard Liu Yan say: "Can the money from Longxi be sent?" ”

"Returning to the king, I have sent the deposit of 3,000 gold and the tax of 1,000 gold to His Majesty Chang'an a month ago...... "An official seal said: "This is a reply letter from Chang'an......"

Liu Yan took it, looked at it, nodded, and said with satisfaction: "It's so good, wait for Long to pick up the boat!" ”

Then, he walked to Yuan An, who was already confused, and said proudly: "Taifu, although the cost of this ship is high, it has been rented by Longwu before it leaves the shipyard!" ”

"Rent?" Yuan Ang didn't know why, and asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Liu Yan laughed, this so-called lease is his proud work.

Although he had the emperor's brother to help him improve it, this idea and brain hole were opened by him.

At this moment, in front of Yuan An, of course, he couldn't wait to tell Yuan Ang about this perfect idea, and then spread it to the world through Yuan An's mouth to create a reputation for him. (To be continued.) )