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Chapter 429

Wang Hua didn't know that outside the Tianjin Bridge, there was a person standing in the morning wind for him.

After entering the main hall, the ministers will play, if there is something to do, they will play early, and if there is nothing to do, they will leave the court.Wang Hua also played, but he listened to Zhu Dian's opinion and said it lightly.It's a bit of a cliché.

In fact, this is also a common topic.

Escaping households increased, annexation of land was serious, and there were many phenomena of buying and selling people, which became more and more intense during Wu Zetian's time.For example, Guo Yuanzhen, the governor stationed in the Western Regions, was also a human trafficker, but Lao Wu let go of Guo Yuanzhen's charges. On the contrary, because he wrote an "Ode to the Sword", he paid more attention to it.

But Wang Hua is not the only one who knows what happened since last autumn and winter.Counting the ministers in the palace, at least half of them have heard some news more or less.But because this problem has accumulated over time, people are indifferent to it and ignore its seriousness.Even if someone realizes the seriousness, the summer grain will be harvested soon.

The planting of cotton does not delay the harvest of summer grain.After Wu Sansi's death, who will fill the new power vacuum is the most important thing.

Another point is that the culprits who caused the incidents were not ordinary people. Those who participated in these incidents were the elites of the Tang Dynasty, such as the major families, the emerging commoners, princes and ministers. Guanlong family.Now Lao Wu has returned to tradition when he is dying, let alone Li Xian and other monarchs and ministers.

If it is really going to be disclosed publicly as Wang Hua said, it will cause an uproar, and even Song Jing may retreat in the face of this subject.Or he also recognizes the crisis of the situation, but now is not the time to reveal it.Unless it develops to the situation last summer, that is to say, the heart will not die until the Yellow River, can Li Xian realize the seriousness.Saying it doesn't work now will only confuse and trouble the upper body, so it's better not to say it.

After Wang Hua finished speaking, there was silence in the hall, and no minister agreed.Wang Hua didn't remonstrate strongly either, and bowed and retreated without saying a word.

Some people were a little surprised that Wang Hua's performance was not in line with Wang Hua's usual style.

They couldn't help turning their heads to look at Wang Hua, but saw that his face was very calm, like a cloudless lake under a sunny day.

The minister who knew the development of the situation was even more puzzled.

It's not that they are disappointed with Wang Hua. With Wang Hua's "unscrupulous", they can only do what they think they want to do, and it is impossible to be afraid of the various families.Why did Wang Hua do this?
But Li Xian heaved a sigh of relief. This topic is too big. Let alone other things, more than half of the disciples of the clan have such behaviors, such as his own daughters, and Princess Taiping. .

As for the common people, it is good that he is the emperor of peace, and he will not be cruel to the common people like Yang Guang, but it is impossible to take the common people to heart.

This matter has been revealed.

Wang Hua continued as usual, and in the household department, except for those who were really sorry, he had disputes with other colleagues. At other times, he was still a good man, because except for some miscellaneous government officials who entered the household department, [-]% of the officials were older than him Big, so he is polite to everyone.Even if it is a small pen official.

This made Li Xian very happy.

At this time, the Taiyuan Wang family came.

Originally, I also knew that Wang Hua's cooperation might bring some benefits, otherwise Wang Hua would not deliberately write about it in the letter.But I only think that like the cooperation with the Wei family, if the two parties find an agent and cooperate, it is possible to bring tens of thousands of money, or even 10,000+ money, to the Wang family in a year.Of course, it is also a lot of income, but with Zhu Dian handling it, it is enough.

However, after receiving Zhu Dian's letter, the elders of the Wang family were all alarmed.

Look at the letter together and say the numbers are in a daze. 100 million money, what a concept this is, but these elders also realized that it is more than 100 million, because their own family plays a very small role in the middle.Therefore, Wang Hua still takes the majority, how much will it be, 500 million or 1000 million.What industry has this huge profit?

Unless Wang Hua occupied all the salt industry in the Tang Dynasty, that would be impossible.

If someone else said it, the elders of the Wang family would all think that Wang Hua is a lunatic.But the words that came out of Wang Hua's mouth were somewhat dubious.In the end, it was decided to let Wang Han's father come to Luoyang in person. If he was sure, he would admit the cooperation, and if he was not sure, he would come back and report.But the Wang family is already making preparations for Wang Hua to transfer the people.This is the result of dealing with Wang Hua several times, and he has to show sincerity.

Wang Han's father came to Luoyang immediately.

Wang Hua's family also entertained them carefully. Originally, Wang Yi wanted to call his in-laws, but he couldn't say "in-laws".Wang Han's father also felt very strange, and even a little unhappy.Wait until Wang Hua came back from duty in the household department.

Without waiting for Wang Hua to salute, Wang Han's father said directly: "Wang Shilang, let's talk in your study."

I'm too lazy to let Wang Hua see the ceremony. Of course, if Wang Hua married Wang Han openly, it might be a different attitude.If he hadn't seen that his daughter seemed to be getting better, he would have thought of taking her away.

Zhu Ting was beside him, seeing Wang Han's father's bad attitude, he just smiled and said nothing.

Wang Hua also smiled. If it were her own daughter, she would not be happy if she went to someone else's house to be a concubine.

He led Wang Fu and Zhu Dian to the study, and Wang Fu asked directly: "Our Wang family is very happy to cooperate with your mansion. But we must know why you are so sure to bring such huge profits ?”

"Uncle, it's like this, because we discovered a continent overseas, and the area may be a little larger than the area actually controlled by our Tang Dynasty."

At the peak of the Tang Dynasty, the area reached more than 700 million square kilometers, and even now including the dependent countries, it has nearly 600 million square kilometers.But the actual controlled area is only [-] million square kilometers, which is far less than the area of ​​Oceania.

But this does not mean anything. People in the Tang Dynasty are not very familiar with Europe, but they also know that the Tianzhu countries and Dashi are not small.

So Wang Hua continued: "It is rich in all kinds of gold, silver, copper and iron, as well as special products such as coral gems and spices. But this is not the main source of wealth. The most important thing is that it has a lot of fertile land, and the above There are only a few indigenous people who live a life of slash-and-burn farming, and they don’t even know how to farm. And the number is very small, maybe 100 million, maybe 200 million, but at most it is only 300 million people. Scattered on the mainland The Quartet exists in the form of small tribes."

The number of people Wang Hua said was quite impressive, but compared to such a large piece of land, such a small number of people scattered in all directions can almost be ignored.

Since it is the partner of cooperation, Wang Hua also has to reveal some news to reassure them.And even knowing that the sea is vast, they couldn't find this piece of land.And he has the most advanced ships and the knowledge of his previous life.Even if the Wang family or other families find it, they may not be able to gain a foothold on it.

It's just that the religion controlled by Mu Zili cannot be revealed, and even Zhu Dian cannot reveal it to him for the time being.

Wang Hua continued: "Therefore, I originally sent people to plunder a large number of slaves overseas and develop them. However, slaves are not a long-term solution, and they also come from other countries. If they are not my race, their hearts must be different. So later some poor people moved out into this continent. One is that people of the same clan help me to develop this land, and the other is to provide a way for these people to survive. But uncle, you also know that because the imperial court prohibits traffic, I can't do this openly, so the speed of moving out is very slow. Therefore, I found your residence."

"I understand. The grain you shipped back last year was produced on this continent."

"That's only part of it. After all, the number of people above is still very small. Part of it is reserved for food, and part is reserved for seeds. I originally told the court that it was not a lie to get it from overseas countries. More than half of this batch of grain , obtained by other means.”

Hearing this, Father Wang already understood what Wang Hua's main source of wealth was.

In addition to letting his family send people to this place, Wang Hua himself may also use other methods to send people.A year is 2 people, and after ten years, it will be 10 people. Coupled with the reproduction of the population, the number will increase. 20 years from now?These are poor people, and Wang Hua gave them a way to survive, and they will be loyal to the Wang family.Then Wang Hua used these tribesmen to control the local aborigines and slaves. After 20 years, the actual number of people under his control was at least more than 100 million, or even 200 million.

Then Wang Hua is like a little king.

In fact, it is far from as simple as he thought. With the increase of Wang Hua's wealth and power, the transmission speed will become faster and faster.And once there is no need to worry about food and clothing, the speed of population reproduction is beyond people's imagination.Just like China in the previous life, it has experienced many heavy losses, and life was not very good in the first few decades, but later life got better, and family planning had to be done, but how long did it take from 20 million people to more than one billion people?What's more, Oceania is still encouraging the Han people who moved out to give birth in large numbers. What kind of number will be reached in [-] years, even Wang Hua himself dare not imagine.Therefore, he thought of a reasonable national model in his mind to manage Oceania.

But so far, he really didn't want to leave the Tang Dynasty and become the king of Oceania.

The king's father was thinking about another thing, the land that he didn't have to worry about, was the fertile land that hadn't been plowed. As long as the people have enough food and clothing, they can bear hardships and stand hard work, and each person can produce fifty shi of grain a year. There is no problem. .No wonder Wang Hua had the guts to promise to send 500 million shi of grain to the court every year in the future.Not only 500 million shi of grain, but as long as the population is sufficient, even 1000 million shi of grain is not a problem.Besides, there are other special products, and this wealth cannot be calculated.

In other words, with the increase of cotton fields, Wang Hua may still control the fate of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, the first premise of this is that Wang Hua must have food, and the premise of having food is that people must migrate there.That's why Wang Hua promised to give his family great benefits.

This is also an open and honest negotiation.

Father Wang pondered for a long time, he was not afraid of danger, Wang Hua was just managing an overseas enclave, even if the court knew about it and blamed him, it would not be a serious crime.At worst, if he doesn't want to be an official, he will be a local emperor overseas, and he will still be at ease.

He was wondering where this continent was.

After a while, he said, "I promise you."

But looking at Wang Hua's eyes with mixed emotions, everyone in his family still underestimated this kid with such a huge enclave in his hands.

On the contrary, Zhu Tong's eyes were bright. He was thinking that if Wang Hua managed this area well, he could also create a prosperous dynasty.Maybe I can still be a prime minister.There is infinite YY in my heart, no, I have to have a good talk with this servant that day.

"That's good, Uncle, but there is one more condition. Because I need money for a lot of places now, the first sum of money this year will be sent to your mansion slowly, but the last batch of grain will enter the Tang Dynasty on New Year's Day. All will be transferred to your mansion immediately. But your mansion must help me move the people out first, because I want to drive out more labor and grab this year's summer grain."

"This year's summer grain?" Father Wang was a little puzzled. This year's summer grain had been sown since the end of September last year. No matter what, Wang Hua couldn't grab it.

"It's like this. Because that place is in the south of the earth, the seasons are exactly opposite to those in the Tang Dynasty. Here is spring, where is autumn."

If the people are being transported in a steady stream now, and the people in Oceania are given a bit of hard work in advance, and the winter wheat is planted, where is the right place for this group of people.Otherwise, Wang Hua's promise to Li Xian of 500 million shi of food would still be very tight.

This request is not too much, and Wang Hua has such a huge enclave, so he doesn't have to worry about the money.The prince agreed without hesitation, but he was thinking again, why is it spring in the Tang Dynasty, and where is autumn?

The meeting was successful, and Wang Hua also showed his cards, showing his sincerity.And with such a huge trump card in hand, his family had to further adjust their views on Wang Hua.Or can this kid lower his head again, give up more space, and allow his family to participate in the development of this continent?
However, Father Wang came to his senses immediately, and he still couldn't go too far, especially when dealing with someone with a somewhat extreme personality.

After leaving the study, Wang Han's father also stayed at Wang's house for dinner, but his complexion became much softer. Before leaving, he said to Wang Hua: "A certain handed over my daughter to you, I hope you treat her well."

Wang Yi was a little baffled. In his mind, Wang Han's father might come to Xingshi to question him.In fact, after entering the Wang family, this noble middle-aged man's complexion has been gloomy.But after entering the study and talking for a while, why did the attitude change?This sentence is also tantamount to tacitly acquiescing the fact that Wang Han is his son's concubine.The other party is not an ordinary family, even the Du family in Gong County can't afford it, why can they agree?

Father Wang didn't consider his thoughts, turned to Zhu Dian and said, "Mr. Zhu, take care."

Zhu Dian also waved his hand and said, "Da Lang, take care too."

With some emotion, today the agreement between the two parties is concluded, and I am no longer a member of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

But it still made Wang Hua underestimate Mu Zili's ambition.Even the Taiyuan Wang family underestimated Wang Hua, or Mu Zili's speed.After discussing the cooperation earlier, Muzili prepared [-] people later on. Muzili arranged it secretly, and used the power of religion to transfer people from all directions. He even arranged for it last winter. Yes, and with the influence of the royal family in Taiyuan, almost all the common people were arranged at the end of February.Not only that, but during these two months, Mu Zili arranged another [-] people to leave the Tang Dynasty in private.

Of course, this is the current situation. Many landlords embezzled and left the people homeless and displaced.There is also an increase in human trafficking, which no one notices.Even if it was captured by the government, these people did not know the specific inside story, so they did not alarm the court.

But Wang Hua was taken aback, and immediately told Muzili to stop.Although this number is negligible compared to the 500 million or even nearly [-] million fleeing households now, this speed is still too fast.

But after these people entered Oceania, they increased their control.It also allowed Xiao Yaxuan and the others to let go and expand the slaves, but this time, in addition to some captured slaves, there were also some indigenous people who were driven out from the mountains and forests of Oceania itself.By the end of April, the Wang family controlled a population of more than 20 in Oceania, including more than 3 Han Chinese.Both already have the weather of a small country.

Wang Hua didn't care about it himself, but the speed of expansion did make some of his "sighted people" ambitious.

In addition, Wang Hua asked Zhu Dian and Li Hong to do one thing together, which was to trade with the Turkic people in private, buy cotton cloth and other products from the Tang Dynasty, and trade with the Turkic people, mainly with his "ally" Que Teqin Trade, and get a large number of cattle, horses and sheep from Turks, which are lacking in Oceania.It turned out that a batch was also imported, but the number was small.Now that the population is large, it not only improves food, but also increases the combat effectiveness of soldiers and the efficiency of farming.Of course, because of the high cost, these animals can't satisfy the people's greed for the time being, and they are kept for farming.

One more thing, on February [-]th, when the weather was sunny and sunny, Mo Haixuan officially opened for business.

Because Wang Hua was still keeping a filial piety for the old Wu, he was very low-key, and no celebration ceremony was held.It was only in the morning when the door of Mo Haixuan was slowly opened that the common people noticed that it was opened today.

But it still caused a sensation, and many scholars rushed over together, of course most of them were good things.The price of what is available also discourages them.For example, a piece of Tianhuang seal is actually priced at [-] renminbi, and another example is a black dusty blue and white Duan inkstone that is priced at [-] renminbi. However, when the buddy puts it in the water, everyone knows its mystery. It is difficult to see the blue and white dust with the naked eye, but after entering the water, it is like a group of green floating algae shaking on the inkstone.Another example is a jasper pen holder that sells for [-] min.But everyone can see its craftsmanship in jade works, which is so exquisite that it has never been seen before.

There is also a rule in the main store that no bargaining is allowed.

Even after Song Jing went in, he saw that there were a few pieces of stationery, but when he saw the price, he shook his head, secretly scolded Wang Hua in his heart, and went back.In fact, this idea is wrong. In the early stage, Wang Hua invested nearly [-] Guan. Compared with the cost, it is reasonable to set this price.Moreover, there are not many utensils that cost more than a hundred coins, and some of them are made by Wang Hua himself.He didn't make it himself, and because of the rarity of the material, he personally guided it.If it wasn't for the opening, Wang Hua would not be willing to sell these dozens of works.

However, there are many rich masters in Luoyang, and there are still some people who are reluctant to part with one or two favorites and go back to enjoy them.

Of course, there are more small toys worth a few hundred pennies or a few pennies, so that the public can also buy them.There are also quite a few tens of dollars, but works with exquisite workmanship and materials are also valuable for collection and play. This is the most popular batch of utensils.

But on February 26, when Wang Hua was working in the household department, Li Hong stayed in Wang Hua's mansion through Li Bao'er as a guard, and asked him to go to the household department to report, explaining that the third son of Xiangwang, that is, Li Longji, was taking A group of domestic slaves smashed Mo Haixuan.

As soon as Wang Hua heard it, he became popular. Except for dozens of treasures in his own collection, all the stationery utensils manufactured during this period were concentrated in Mohaixuan. If they were all sold, the value would reach more than 7 yuan.After this smash, how much is left?

Without asking Li Longji why he smashed his house, he greeted the officials of the household department, and immediately ran out of the imperial city, crossed the Tianjin Bridge, and rode his horse and galloped all the way.

(End of this chapter)