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Chapter 431
Sure enough, it's news that I don't know good or bad. It's not that I don't know good or bad, but that it has little to do with Wang Hua.

Zhou Li used to chase to Lingnan, Zhang Jianzhi and Cui Xuanwei died of illness on the way because of their old age.Whether it was due to illness or other reasons is unknown.After chasing him to Guizhou, he met Yan Yanfan, and ordered him to be pulled back and forth on bamboo poles until his flesh was exposed, and then he was killed with a stick.Then continue to chase Jinghui and kill him.But there is still no news of Yuan Shuji.The imperial court issued another edict, abolishing Zhou Yong's power and exiled him to Dongguan County as a county lieutenant.I'm afraid that by the time this edict arrived in Lingnan, Yuan Shuji would have been killed by Zhou Li long ago.

When Wang Hua closed the letter, he thought to himself, no wonder the old Wei had weird eyes when he met him these days, and he dared to hide himself with Li Xian.

Last year, he himself made an admonition, and Li Xian also issued an edict to Zhou Yong to stop killing the five kings.Why is there still news of the death of the second king?Although Lingnan is far away from the capital, it is not so far away, at most ten thousand miles away.The imperial edict was expedited at [-] miles, not to mention [-] miles a day, at least [-] miles.It's just an ordinary document, and it only took a month to arrive in the capital.Zhang Jianzhi and others dragged their sons and daughters with them. Zhou Li used his speed to travel from Guizhou to Guangdong. How far is it?It is possible that Yan Yanfan cannot be saved in time, but at least Jing Hui can be saved.

Wang Huasi paid and understood, Li Xian might not have murdered the five kings, but Webster did not let the five kings go.Under her instruction, the released imperial envoy had to deliberately delay the itinerary on the way.Li Xian issued ten thousand imperial decrees, and even with Webster's interference, the five kings still could not escape death.Therefore, as the order of Zhongshu, Old Wei may have known about this a long time ago, but he didn't dare to say anything.

And think about the location of Zhou's "exile". Although it is in Lingnan, the best place in Guangzhou's Dudufu, Lingnan, is in the Central Plains, which is also Wangzhou.This is not in exile, but in prevaricating himself and the people who are paying attention to this matter.When the wind has passed, or his anger has subsided, and the people have forgotten about it, Webster will transfer him back.

Webster's idea, this partiality, made Wang Hua very disappointed.

Wang Hua opened the fifth letter, looked at it, and said to Li Hong: "Go and call Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Dian was not angry when he came in. After staying in Wang's house for the past few days, he had vaguely noticed that Wang Hua still had a powerful force in his hands, and even Li Hong didn't ask much about it, only Mu Zili operated it.So he didn't ask Wang Hua either.

He believes that Lu Yao knows the horsepower and sees people's hearts over time, and Wang Hua will reveal all the secrets to him sooner or later.Moreover, the stronger Wang Hua is, the better it is for himself.Otherwise, just like Jing Hui and others, Wu Sansi was knocked down all at once, so why help?
Wang Hua asked: "Who is Li Longji's concubine from the Wang family?"

Li Hong and Muzi Li were all taken aback. Now it is the period of cooperation with the Wang family. If Li Longji's princess is from the Wang family in Taiyuan, Li Longji is hostile to Wang Hua. It is possible that Wang Hua is also hostile to Li Longji now. Hostility, then the relationship is complicated.

When Zhu Tong came over, he thought that Wang Hua might ask this question, and he replied, "Little Marquis, how much do you know about the Wang family in Taiyuan? Although the Wang family ranks last among the seven surnames, the power is still far from yours. As imagined. In fact, the Taiyuan royal family is divided into two families, one is the Qixian lineage, and the other is the Taiyuan lineage. The Qixian lineage started from Wang Yun, who offered Diao Chan, and Wang Bo and Wang Ji also came from this lineage. But now The person in charge is from the Taiyuan lineage, Prime Minister Wang Gui and Queen Wang are from this lineage, and of course Miss Wang is also from this lineage. Moreover, Wang Jun, the general of your Xueziying, is also from this lineage."

Wang Hua was dizzy when he heard that, Wang Jun is from Luoyang, how could he have any relationship with the Taiyuan Wang family?And I didn't hear the slightest bit of wind.

"Young Lord, please don't doubt. The Taiyuan royal family not only has their clansmen in Taiyuan, but many clansmen are thriving outside. General Wang has been officials for several generations and has lived in office all year round. Therefore, several generations of General Wang Did not settle in Taiyuan, even General Wang himself was born in Cangzhou, and later moved to Luoyang with his father, Changan Wei Wang Xingguo. But he indeed belonged to the Taiyuan Wang family. It’s just that General Wang himself is reserved and does not show off his family background, so it is listed in the Taiyuan Wang family tree Yes, but there are very few outsiders who know about it. Because the little marquis had some conflicts with the seven surnames and ten families, and later the little marquis valued General Wang. General Wang dared not speak out about it."

Wang Hua smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, when I meet people with the surnames Wang, Zheng, Cui, Li, Lu, and Wei in the future, I must ask them clearly."

"If it's nothing to do with official business, it's best to guard against confidential and private matters," Zhu Dian was obviously happy to see Wang Hua's deflated look.He also said: "Strictly speaking, the concubine of King Linzi is from the Wang family of Qi County, but now that the two lines have merged into one, it can also be said to be from the Wang family of Taiyuan. Her grandfather is Shen Nian, the governor of Jizhou in the Liang Dynasty, and her son is Nanliang bravely identified Wang Seng. But because he has been an official for generations and moved away, he is very far away from the main line of the Wang family. Moreover, the princess and the king of Linzi have been married for several years and have no children, so only the young master and the Wang family have brought great benefits. Good thing, please don't think about it. Unless the king of Linzi is the crown prince, that's another matter."

Wang Hua smiled even more wryly, thinking, if he could do nothing, Li Longji would not only be the crown prince, but also the emperor, but this king and empress seemed to have been killed by Lao Wu's grandniece Concubine Wu Hui.

He also took Zhu Dian's words to heart, and when the truth finally came to light, he had to defend the Wang family.But in the past two or three years, even Zhu Dian may not be able to see any signs.Cooperation with the Wang family will also be safe and sound.Even in the future, when Li Longji gained power, the Wang family would also be hesitant in the face of the annual 100 million yuan in cash.

Wang Huacai published the fifth letter of belief, otherwise Zhu Dian would not be able to understand it.

The letter said that last year Hao Pengfei took away a lot of money, and after he escaped without incident, he went to Nanyang for a tour, which was probably influenced by Wang Hua's talk about exchanging food from Nanyang.I don't know where, nearly a million stones of grain were shipped.Then it is sold in Suzhou for less than [-] Wen per bucket.Therefore, the price of rice in Luoyang had a shock after Wang Hua transported a large amount of grain during this period of time, and was affected by him again, and fell to below [-] Wen.

Of course this is the case, the businessman still makes money, after all, it is food, not salt, and the tariffs in the past were not heavy.The money earned is not in profit, but in quantity.

Hao Pengfei didn't come forward directly, but entrusted several big families to do it on his behalf.If it wasn't for Wang Hua who deliberately left a few clues and didn't cut them off, he wouldn't have paid attention to this matter.

So Mu Zili didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. It seemed that Hao Pengfei was helping the country stabilize food prices, which didn't fit his style.Could it be that he also has a large piece of land in his hand, where he is growing food?

Zhu Ting thought for a while and said, "This Hao Pengfei is a talent."

Although he was not happy, Wang Hua had to admit that the playboy who was easily deceived by him had grown up in the past few years, and at least he was much better than the Wang Jian brothers.

He said to Li Hong: "You send someone to bring a letter to Xiaoliuqiu, and ask them to strengthen their patrols."

The best way is to withdraw from Taiwan.Now that the number of sailing ships has increased a lot, it is inevitable that someone will land on the island, and it is possible to discover the Wang family's shipbuilding base.But Wang Hua was reluctant. For example, if he lacked something, he could immediately buy it back from the Central Plains, and he had been operating there for a long time. He was very familiar with the aborigines and had his own production base.Especially the capture of slaves, Wang Hua prefers to capture the Japanese, and Taiwan can be used as a transit point.Now grain enters Hong Kong directly from the Yangtze River, which is an important transit point.

Wang Hua couldn't bear to give up.That can only increase the defense force.

"Also, some proper rewards can be given to some loyal slaves, so that they can see hope. But continue to maintain strict control over weapons."

This point Li Hong also understands that blindly suppressing will eventually backfire, and Oceania is still dominated by slaves.It's just that these slaves come from all directions, and they can't be twisted together, so they can't make a big trend.Otherwise, the Wang family may lose control of Oceania.Therefore, it is also very important to choose some soft policies appropriately.

But she didn't understand the following words.

Wang Hua added: "And some eliminated ships can be sold. Now that sailing is in the ascendant, they can be sold at a good price. Mr. Zhu, how much cash do you think the Taiyuan Wang family can give?"

Zhu Tong thought for a while and said: "If you take out gold, silver, copper coins, and silk together, it will be about 80 million coins, not more than 100 million coins."

The numbers are huge, but for a huge family, the money is still insignificant.No wonder outsiders commented that the Wang family began to decline.But Wang Hua didn't laugh at it, he was looking at the Wang family's connections and resources, not the Wang family's funds.He also said: "You write a letter to the head of the royal family, and tell him to prepare 50 coins and 50 shopkeepers who can operate. I will let him increase his income by at least [-] coins in half a year. Mu Zili, you also need to arrange nearly a hundred loyal subordinates, who are required to be able to write some words, calculate some accounts, be shrewd and capable, and have a strict mouth."

"Erro, what are you going to do?"

"This Hao Pengfei is playing with economic leverage, so I will play with him."

Hearing this, Zhu Dian already understood more than half of it, but he still didn't quite understand how Wang Hua operated.This seemed like an unfamiliar territory to him.But he said with some worry: "I'm afraid that they will also fall into it this time."

"Mr. Zhu, it's okay. You can tell them directly. If you agree, you will give them a fair share. If you don't agree, I have other means. And for funds, I may borrow 100 million from the emperor this time." More money to operate."

I still don't quite understand, but I know that this time Wang Hua's game is not small, not to mention how much money Taiyuan Wang's family can give, even if the current Wang family is not what outsiders think, the cash in hand is nearly 50 yuan money.A steady stream of precious stones, coral and iron ore entered the Tang Dynasty, and a batch of grain also entered the Tang Dynasty a few months later. Not a lot.

The Wang family can play as much as they like, and they will fail if they don't.This is something that benefits the country and the people, and there is no need to cover it up. Wang Hua can cooperate with many people.But the summer harvest is approaching and must be arranged immediately.

Li Hong was still in a daze, why did Li Xian agree to borrow 100 million money, it was not 100 million money, how much money did the Tang Dynasty treasury have in total?After Zhu Tong heard this number, he understood more about it and began to write letters immediately.

Wang's painting didn't end. He looked at the third letter. Handicrafts are his strong point, but industry is his weak point.Unexpectedly, I only talked about nitrate, sulfur and charcoal powder, and let my subordinates research black powder.So is it possible to make guns and cannons by drawing a blueprint?
Of course, this is YY, but if you install a trebuchet, ignite the explosives, and put it on a sea ship, it is suitable for naval warfare.He also took out a pen and paper.This is a drawing of the original human-powered converter, blast furnace, and coal coking process. Let's see if there are smart men who can research the blast furnace steelmaking technology in advance?After drawing the blueprint, Wang Hua thought of another thing for making blast furnaces, cement. This is to crush and grind limestone and clay, put them in a kiln to burn the clinker at high temperature, add an appropriate amount of gypsum and grind it finely, and then the finished product is finished. cement.It seems that there are some other mixed materials and foreign agents, the effect will be better, but Wang Hua doesn't know.

Wang Hua wrote it out again, to see if anyone under his command can study it again.

When he thought of cement, he thought of glass. Most people say that glass is burnt out of sand. This statement is wrong. Not only sand, but also quartz sand, soda ash, feldspar and limestone are fired at high temperature together to produce high-quality cement. glass.Of course, superior also refers to the comparison with the glass from Dashi in the current market.

But how to burn it, and what ratio, he also didn't know.Anyway, there are a lot of people in Oceania, and I don't know if it is 10 or 20. There are many talents arranged by Mu Zili.Let the craftsmen among them study together.

Wang Hua drew the blueprints and wrote the instructions, then dried them and handed them over to Li Hong, saying: "Send it to Oceania immediately, and tell them that the copper mine can be mined, but the copper is temporarily stored. In addition, Convert all the flying money at home into cash."

Zhu Ting was writing a letter. It was a very long letter. Wang Hua asked him to write a letter, which represented the sincerity with the Wang family.This may be a very beneficial thing for the Wang family, but Wang Hua's writing may not convince the Taiyuan Wang family. On the contrary, at least he will not harm the Taiyuan Wang family.So be sure to use the most accurate language to write out some of these vague interests.And Wang Hua didn't tell the whole story, so the letter was written very slowly.When Wang Hua mentioned the copper mine, he raised his head.

He knew that they were from overseas. If it was in the Tang Dynasty, private mining of copper mines would have beheaded.

Li Hong accepted the letter in a daze, and asked, "Why?"

The role of copper is mainly used as currency, and has no collection value.

Zhu Diandai replied: "Miss Li, think about it, how many people in the market use gold and silver to cash copper coins? What is the ratio of cashing copper coins?"

Li Hong knew a little bit about it. On the surface, one tael of gold was exchanged for eight taels of silver, and one tael of silver was equal to one dime.But in the past few months, the price of silver and gold has been rising. Of course, it doesn't matter. Gold and silver are not direct currencies, but precious metals.So no one paid attention.

"Miss Li, do you know the reason?"

Li Hong vaguely had some thoughts, but still shook her head.

"Food prices have risen, workers' wages, and other prices have also risen. But copper coins are still copper coins, which means that the price of copper coins has fallen. Some people have already melted copper and burned it into copper wares for sale. This is true in the Han Dynasty. The same thing happened in North Korea. Because it is more cost-effective to use than copper coins. In fact, the number of copper coins in circulation has begun to decrease. Looking at silk, because more people grow cotton and fewer people raise silkworms, the price of silk has also increased. There are many people who want to use cotton cloth as money to cash out, but those who trade see the price of cotton cloth falling, and they are unwilling. I don’t know what the little marquis thinks, but this situation is a bit confusing. Therefore, smart people can Using a small amount of money and food to leverage market price fluctuations and profit from it. Now releasing copper is not worth the loss.”
Having said that, Zhu Tong looked at the letter in his hand again.

In more than ten days, he coincided with Wang Hua.Although the ministers of the court think that Xia Harvest is in sight, it is not the same thing.Now farming is still labor-intensive, otherwise Wang Hua would have such a large piece of land, how much food would he have.The yield per mu has to be cultivated in rotation because the land has been cultivated many times and the fertility has been exhausted.However, with the annexation of a large number of fields, many people were not taken in by the owner, and they did not dare to take them in. Most of the annexation was not so bright, and it was not at ease to keep these hated tenant farmers by their side.So these people are homeless.Not only did it bring hidden dangers to the society, but the annexed fields became deserted because there were no households to cultivate them.It is equal to the decline of food production.If everyone was united and Wang Hua provided a large amount of grain, the problem would not be a big problem, but many grain merchants took advantage of this opportunity to hoard.Therefore, it is expected that when the summer harvest comes, that is, when grain prices fluctuate, there will be some fluctuations even in spring.

But I didn't expect that the food price in Luoyang fell instead of rising. This phenomenon is very strange.

If Wang Hua hadn't arranged for people to follow her, she might not have understood the reason.

"Not only that, because there is less copper, but the major merchants have to continue to do business. In addition to the official Feiqian, there are also Feiqian privately run by major merchants. In the end, we had to increase the circulation of Feiqian. But this money is False money, once the matter is exposed, those who hold flying money will definitely cash it out. It is possible that these firms will face bankruptcy immediately, so holding flying money now is a very dangerous thing."

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought that the country was in short supply of copper, so the imperial court issued an edict that in addition to copper coins, a certain amount of raw silk must be included in the transaction to alleviate the shortage of copper.However, if the raw silk is kept properly, it can be preserved for ten or eight years. Now that the price of raw silk is rising day by day, no matter who it is, they are unwilling to trade raw silk.Cotton sellers are unwilling to accept.But copper is already insufficient. Since Wu Zetian, the current emperors and empresses have also liked Daxing temples and built countless golden Buddhas, which further caused the shortage of copper.Some folks sell copper for copper wares. If Feiqian goes bankrupt, the buyer will not be able to get the cash and the seller will not be able to see the cash, so the transaction will inevitably fail.

What happens if there is no deal?
The products of all workshops cannot be sold in the end, and if they cannot be sold, the workshop will collapse, and even the farmers will not be able to get the utensils they want, and life will be difficult.Then when the situation developed, he fought a cold war and said, "Little Marquis, something big is going to happen."

(End of this chapter)