"There is a gold mine!" This is good news, and it is indeed good news for Yangzhou, because gold has rarely depreciated since ancient times. Basically, gold mines have been excavated in places where people have been popular.

For example, Liu Mang himself controls two or three gold mines, but the exposed gold outside of the two or three gold mines is hard to collect, so he can only climb into the mine, collect gold mountains and purify it.

The current level is not yet at that level.

Now I have received the news that there is actually gold mines in Funan and Linyi, which is definitely mouth-watering.

If other princes knew about it, they would definitely send troops immediately. Having a gold mine means a lot of gold, which means he can recruit soldiers and horses.

"No!" Liu Mang forced his greed. Gold is good, so it depends on where it is placed. If it does not change into a dead object, then what is the difference between gold and ordinary stones?

What Liu Mang needed was gold circulation, and now it is obvious that this kind of circulation style is.

The merchants in Yangzhou sold the goods to Southeast Asia and exchanged them for gold from the people there. Although the gold has not been fully mined there, I believe that gold will soon be regarded as the main heavy metal currency.

Then he will inevitably join a country with a gold standard. These golds are constantly being sold to this country for goods. The gold in this country will only become less and less, and things are rarer. Without gold, they will not be able to exchange goods. If they want goods, they will naturally find ways to get gold.

Then, let those merchants buy local land, build factories, use the gold earned from them, and then drink them for ore raw materials. If this continues, Funan and Linyi will only rely more and more on the Han Dynasty, and will eventually be either submerged in history or become the Han Dynasty's dependence.

If we send troops to the two countries now, not to mention how many troops Liu Mang can draw out. Even if there are, how many years will it take to fight? Once the war begins, the trade routes between the two countries will inevitably be blocked.

At that time, will the businessmen who support Yangzhou have been ruined?

Only when capital invasion can it be silent, isn’t it just some porcelain and cloth? It’s free labor, so why not help them transport gold out of the gold mine?

"Transfer my sage to ask Zizhong to feast the merchants who went out to sea on behalf of me and the Ministry of Revenue!" Liu Mang left such an order and left.

As the saying goes, the leader moves his mouth and the masses runs and breaks his legs. It’s true that Mi Zhu bought and moved without stopping after receiving Liu Mang’s order.

This banquet naturally cannot make people with pediatrics. Those who come are all big merchants. Even if they are just short-lived when they go out to sea, once they come back, they will make a complete fortune.

In addition, he knew that his lord Liu Mang attached great importance to this banquet, so Mi Zhu went to prepare early.

From top to bottom, not only those businessmen who went out to sea, but also those big businessmen who had not left the sea in Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jiangdong, Yuzhou, and Yuzhou.

Because the benefits here are too great, even many gentry members in Jingzhou sent people to come.

This time everyone's purpose is the same. That is, when will they go to sea for the second time?

"The winds and waves are too high above the sea. I know that you are afraid that the wind and waves will overturn the goods. There is no need to worry. Whenever you want to go to sea, you will go to sea. As long as you have a ship, as long as you have a ship, my Ministry of Revenue will naturally ask someone to describe it. Let the craftsmen describe the navigation route and give it to you so that you can go to Southeast Asia with convenience." Mi Zhu's words had just come to the ground.

Everyone there cheered. The sea is still a pure land. There are no pirates, and no warships from various countries have robbed.

In this way, the entire route is safe, even many times better than the original Silk Road. The original Silk Road not only had to worry about the desert, but also about the deduction or war between the countries that were coming and going. Once a greedy nobleman or war broke out, then even the people and the goods disappeared.

The sea is different. As long as you don’t encounter storms, your ship can travel to Funan and Linyi without any obstacles, without worrying about the war and deduction along the way.

"But don't be too happy too early. All ships going to sea must be registered with Lord Sun Wen's Maritime Bureau before they can go to sea!" After opening the Maritime Silk Road, Liu Mang not only seeks benefits for those merchants, but also for himself.

That is tariffs. As long as it is a ship that goes to sea, taxes must be paid. According to the size of the ship, of course, if you bring back a ship of food and grass from Funan and Linyi, then taxes can also be exempted.

If he didn't register, wouldn't all this Liu Mang do be wasted?

That's how Liu Mang got tens of thousands of gold after drawing one ten times.

"My Lord! I have something to ask for advice!" A businessman from Xuzhou who had never left the sea asked him. He had never left the sea, so he had the most questions.

"But it's a verbal word." Mi Zhu is very generous. Who made Han Wang Liu Mang become the boss? But Mi Zhu is not a loss. This time they went overseas, their Mi family made a big profit. Once they went overseas, they were comparable to the income of Mi family for several years.

"Mr. Mi, what if we were waiting to go out to sea and be detained by the other party in Linhu, Funan, and the ship was detained!" A businessman asked many of the merchants that had been asking.

They all want to transport the goods to Funan and Linyi through the sea. If they travel thousands of miles to Linyi in Funan and are robbed by the people of Linyi in the port, they will not cry to death.

"You don't need to ask me about this matter, you have to ask Lord Sun Wen!" Mi Zhu said with a smile. His Ministry of Revenue is only responsible for tax revenue, and adjustments are all matters of the Maritime Office.

Everyone turned their attention to Sun Wen over there.

How could Sun Yat-sen be watched in such a public eye? So he still had a little shyness on his face.

"Everyone, but please rest assured that as long as you don't burn, kill, loot in Linyi, Funan, then all your rights and interests will be protected!" Sun Wen said to the merchants below.

"If someone is planning to make a mistake in Linyi, Funan!" Some businessmen are still worried. Going to sea is not a trivial matter. If someone is not careful, he will be gone, so he must ask carefully.

"If someone is planning to make a mistake in Linyi, Funan, then my Han Navy will be your strongest shield!" Sun Wen said very passionately.

The purpose of the Maritime Administration is to adjust the conflicts between merchants going out to sea and discuss with some coastal countries. If the Maritime Administration cannot negotiate, there is no need to discuss it. This is not something that can be explained clearly in conversation. Just prepare to fight.

Sun Yat-sen's assertion could not reassure these businessmen, but the great man's navy made these businessmen smile happily.

The Junquan-class warship is really powerful.

It was very home-friendly during the day.

On the second day, the major captains in Yangzhou were completely overwhelmed by these merchants.

Liu Mangyuan first modified the warship Garen ship, which was traversing the rivers, and became those cargo ships that transported goods.

But these ships are limited after all. Liu Mang rented out a batch of ships before, and the ones that he rented out were still to whom. Even some of them were bought by those who went out to sea. Liu Mang couldn't be so sad about the hearts of these people who had been with him for the first time.

Whether it is new to join or some people who have gone out of the sea before, they all want to get more sea boats, because more sea boats mean more money is made.

No one will dislike the amount of gold.

So the shipyards were completely crushed.

"Children, we have known each other since we were young. I have bought all these ten sea boats! What, don't sell them? You said that everyone has given them? Friendship is not enough, right? That's it, I won't make you embarrassed. Give me half, half is not enough! What, half is not enough, those three are OK, and three are OK? Do you really have a friendship? Break up friendship." These merchants were all tough in the front, but they looked like grandson behind them.

In the end, the so-called child owner's childhood friend got a sea boat, which was still a small sea boat. However, this was also the result of begging grandpa and grandma.

These scenes happened everywhere in Yangzhou, and orders from major shipyards in Yangzhou have been scheduled to go three years later.

Those shipyards are really making money.

Not only Yangzhou, but also Jiaozhou, the merchants in Jingzhou can no longer sit still. The most important thing is Yanzhou. The Zhang family is a stepping stone. They even got back 10,000 yuan after going out to the sea, which was a little cost.

It was a huge profit. The Zhang family was uneasy, especially Liu Mang gave several sea ships to the Zhang family. The Zhang family suddenly felt alive. They wanted to make a lot of money. Don’t say that the Zhang family really had some skills. After finding some personal connections, they bought four sea ships, plus the previous six, and formed a small fleet.

This time, the Zhang family will not be as confused as before, but will put their money into this trip to sea, with a total of 5,000 gold. Even so, the head of the Zhang family didn't feel enough and wanted to add more, but there was no chance.

There are naturally no airtight walls in the world. The period when the Zhang family made a lot of money also spread in Yanzhou.

Those gentry members in Yanzhou originally thought it was just a rumor, but later they gradually discovered that this was a fact and they couldn't sit still.

Who doesn’t want to make money anymore? Such a profitable deal.

The gentry in Yanzhou also began to contact the Yangzhou Maritime Mansion. They wanted to get guidance from the Maritime Mansion. It was not that they did not have a port, but that their port was too far away. Moreover, they had not yet gone to the sea chart in Southeast Asia. The sea was vast and full of water. A little deviation could go out to hundreds of miles. They would accidentally merge with the sea.

This chart is crucial, and it is also necessary to pass through the Yangzhou coastline to go to the southeast.

If you don’t say hello, isn’t this asking the Yangzhou Navy to detain you?

I originally thought it would be very difficult, after all, Yangzhou and Yanzhou are likely to fight, and the Zhang family is because they have kindness to Yangzhou, but unexpectedly, Yangzhou Maritime Mansion agreed easily.

The only condition is that taxes are also required, and the two parties use Jiaozi Jinlubu as the currency for transactions.

If Xun Yu is still there, it may be stopped, but now Xun Yu is still fighting with his brother Xun Cen in Liaodong, how can he come back?

It was easily passed, and even there were new gentry members of Cao Cao's lineage mixed in it, for the sake of absolute benefits, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Even if you deduct 10% of those tax burdens, you can get nine times the gains. Why did Cao Cao stop him? Liu Mang wants money, and Cao Cao also wants money.

Liu Mang looked at the things that the Yanzhou gentry came to sign in, and couldn't help but laugh, making Xu Shu next to him very surprised.

Finally, Xu Shu couldn't help but post a message, "Master, why are you laughing?" Xu Shu asked Liu Mang over there. At first, Xu Shu disagreed with letting Yanzhou merchants join the ranks of going to sea, because why should such a profitable transaction be given to others, let alone, this other person is still the enemy of the future.

But Liu Mang agreed, and asked Yanzhou to join the Maritime Silk Road. In fact, Liu Mang knew that even if Liu Mang did not agree, the Yanzhou gentry would also try to go to sea in different ways, because who didn't know the huge benefits.

For these businessmen, forty percent profits can risk their lives. This profit of hundreds of percent is simply not even asking for parents. It is better to be evacuated than to block them. Why not do it if they have a condition like them? "Yuan Zhi, you don't understand!" Liu Mang said to Xu Shu there with a smile. Xu Shu was a top-notch player in governing the local area, marching and fighting, but in the struggle of capital, Xu Shu was a layman, and even Liu Mang himself was a half-baked man, but this half-baked man had more than two thousand years of experience.

The Maritime Silk Road is indeed very profitable and profitable, but Cao Cao didn't know that if he fully promoted Jin Lubu, then Cao Cao would work for him Liu Mang for nothing.

Once he joined Jin Lubu, the money he got from going to sea was all white paper. Although he could exchange gold in Yangzhou, who would exchange it for you except Yangzhou? If Yangzhou went to war with Yanzhou, then the gold and Lubu in the hands of the geniuses in Yanzhou would be piles of waste paper. It would be impossible for him to send someone from Yangzhou to exchange it for you in Yanzhou.

That's why I said that Cao Cao was working for him Liu Mang! (To be continued.)

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