Become a feudal king from today

"Five million and four hundred thousand taels of silver!"

After successfully obtaining the monopoly rights, Zhao Xu sent away three merchants.

At this time, Yang He raised his fingers and was so excited that he didn't know how to count.

"Look at you, you're such a loser. What's this little money worth?" Zhao Xu said.

According to his understanding, each of the eight powerful families is as rich as the country.

Shen Yan, known as the richest businessman in Ningzhou, is said to have a fortune of tens of millions of taels.

And this person is just a relative of the Xie family.

For a relative to be like this shows the strength of the Xie family.

In contemporary history, there are many such ancient wealthy people.

Just like the eight major Shanxi merchants in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, each of them had a fortune of tens of millions of taels of silver.

Therefore, the little money he saved is really nothing.

Furthermore, people have accumulated wealth for more than ten years or decades, and the powerful families have accumulated wealth since the founding of the country until now.

It is unrealistic to want to transcend immediately.

However, he is confident that with the expansion of the business territory of the merchant house and the increase in the types of goods in the palace, it will not take long for his wealth to surpass theirs.

"It's not that Xianguan is hopeless. This is the first time Xianguan has seen so much money." Yang He was still sighing and sighing.

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. You will see much more wealth than this in the future."

Yang He nodded, his eyes full of yearning, and he said: "I believe in Your Highness. I will follow Your Highness. I will find it more interesting every day."

The two chatted for a while, and Zhao Xu asked Yang He to find Xie Hua and the others.

If you come from afar, you should be entertained if you are cooperating in business.

Yang He left.

Zhao Xu called Xu Lie and headed to the Bingzhan Division under the protection of his guards.

Now that powerful merchants can't help but participate in his business territory, it is even more necessary to produce higher-end goods that can be used for liquor and perfume, that is - glass.

Not only can this glass provide the palace with the most high-end packaging at the moment, it is also an expensive commodity in itself.

The goods packaged in glass will be even more expensive.

However, he will not be dissatisfied with having more money.

To the north is Beidi and to the west is Xiliang.

This is the center of two storms.

The real war has yet to come. Once the situation deteriorates sharply, he will definitely face continuous wars.

And war is fought for money.

He could not imagine that one day his soldiers would be guarding artillery on the battlefield, but they would not even have money to make ammunition.

Therefore, he now needs to accumulate money and then exchange it for a large amount of supplies to prepare for emergencies.

Arrive at the Bingzhan Division.

Zhao Xu did not mention the glass, but went to the cannon-making workshop first.

This is the yard designated by Wang Ying after the Bingzhan Division mastered the cannon-making technology.

"How many artillery pieces have been built now?" Zhao Xu asked.

Commerce and trade were the source of income for the fiefdom, and the military division was the cornerstone of the fiefdom's security.

Therefore, he has always attached great importance to the Department of War and War.

The Department of Military Affairs was also directly subordinate to the palace and under his personal jurisdiction.

"Back to Your Highness, eighty cannons have been built to defend the city." Wang Ying said: "The cost of one cannon is about two thousand taels of silver."

"Continue to build. Each bastion will need a hundred cannons, and each county will need fifty cannons. Yancheng will still need 200 cannons to defend the city." Zhao Xu said.

He didn't ask for it randomly.

It is based on the current situation in Yanzhou.

First of all, if Beidi comes to attack, whether Yanguan can be defended is a question.

If Yanguan City is destroyed, he will have to face the Beidi people alone.

At that time, the only people who could protect the city were the royal soldiers and artillery.

The second is the problem of the Yuan family.

If one day the Yuan family is determined to eradicate themselves and a large army comes to attack, he does not want to lose any city.

At that time, the role of placing artillery in each city was reflected.

Of course, if none of these situations arise, the artillery will not be wasted.

It is entirely possible to install these artillery pieces on battleships.

"Your Highness, this can get more than two million taels of silver." Wang Ying reminded.

In addition to being in charge of the manufacture of artillery, he was also in charge of the accounts of the War Department.

Ever since the cannon was built, the money had gone out like water, and he himself was afraid.

"When have I ever lacked the money of your military department? Just make it." Zhao Xu secretly wiped his sweat.

Fortunately, the powerful merchants came with money, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to support himself.

Seeing Zhao Xu's indifferent expression, Wang Ying immediately felt reassured and stopped talking.

Of course he hopes that the Bingzhan Division will not be short of money.

In this way, the Bingzhan Division can go all out to produce.

"Has the field artillery been built?" Zhao Xu continued to ask.

"Back to Your Highness, not yet, but the iron molds for the field guns have been completed today and can be produced immediately." Wang Ying said, "According to His Highness, the shells used by these two types of field guns weigh eight kilograms and four kilograms. "

Zhao Xu nodded. These are two field guns with different calibers.

Compared with the 24-pound cannon shell of the city defense gun, it is much lighter, but the advantage lies in the light weight of the artillery.

Horse-drawn vehicles can be moved flexibly and can be moved at any time according to changes in formation.

If encountered in the wild, artillery positions can be quickly constructed.

After these field artillery are commissioned into the royal army, they will undergo corresponding training to cooperate with the soldiers in combat.

After checking the model of the field artillery, Zhao Xu asked Wang Ying to continue to focus on the production of the artillery.

At the moment, this matter is the most important, and there can be no mistakes.

As for the glass thing, he thought it would be fine to let Wang Chong do it.

So he waved to Wang Chong who was following Wang Ying.

Wang Chong suddenly became happy and ran over, not forgetting to give Wang Ying a proud look on the way.

The two of them have been secretly competing with each other.

Wang Ying felt that although his son Wang Chong knew all kinds of skills, he was too bold.

For example, the gunpowder that King Yan told him almost blew him up.

Wang Chong believed that his father was too cautious. Although he did not make mistakes, he could only follow the steps.

"Your Highness, the young one is here." Wang Chong was cheerful when he came to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't call yourself a little kid. We did a good job with the gunpowder and cannonballs last time. In this case, I'll give it to you, the ninth-grade Sicao, the youngest in the War Department."

Wang Chong almost jumped up with joy when he heard this. He hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Highness. I will work hard and serve Your Highness."

Although the Sicao is only an official in the Department of War and War who manages the affairs of a specific workshop, for example, there is a Sicao who oversees cannon making, and there is also a specific Sicao who oversees iron and steel making.

But he was still overjoyed, because this proved his ability to his father.

A smile appeared on Wang Ying's lips, but he immediately restrained it before Wang Chong looked at him, still looking cold.

Wang Chong curled his lips when he saw it.

Zhao Xu's eyes turned to the father and son, and he shook his head helplessly.

Pulling Wang Chong to the yamen of the Military Department, Zhao Xu said to Wang Chong: "I have something to tell you. Just like the gunpowder matter, this matter is very important and should be completed as soon as possible."

Wang Chong nodded and looked serious.

At this time, Zhao Xu asked someone to take a pen and paper and start writing on it.