Become a feudal king from today

"Let them wait." Zhao Xu said to Feng'er.

The arrival of these two families was also expected by him.

Although he doesn't like the Dou and Xiao families, he still has to do business as usual.

Moreover, the Dou family and the Xiao family both guard a pass.

He did not want these two passes to be breached by Xiliang.

Otherwise, Da Song will become chaotic and affect his business.

After all, he still wanted to absorb raw capital from Dasong and realize the industrial revolution in the four counties. For this reason, he bought this artillery as soon as he bought it. It was the lowest grade white iron cannon anyway, so it would not have much impact.

"My dear nephew, you don't have to accompany me. Just go and be busy. Last time you came here in a hurry and left in a hurry. This time I'm just going to visit Yancheng for two days." King Chun rolled his eyes.

He was a sensible person, and he told Zhao Xu what he wanted to say.

There is no need to stay here and delay Zhao Xu's business.

"Well, I will host a banquet for the emperor's uncle in the evening." Zhao Xu nodded and sent King Chun to the gate of the palace.

"See His Highness King Chun." As soon as King Chun went out, the two young men saluted him.

King Chun looked surprised, "Dou Kuang, Xiao Qian, the Dou family and the Xiao family are really sincere in letting you two come this time. You are busy, I will go and hang out."

After that, he turned around and left.

Dou Kuang and Xiao Qian smiled awkwardly.

At this time, the two people hurriedly saluted Zhao Xu again, "See His Highness King Yan. It's been a long time since we last met. Your Highness is becoming more and more handsome."

"It turns out they are young masters from the Dou and Xiao families, please come in." Zhao Xu said.

In his mind, he basically had an impression of the important children of the eight powerful families.

He naturally recognized Dou Kuang and Xiao Qian. They had met each other frequently when they were in the capital, but they had always ignored him.

When the two of them arrived at the living room and exchanged pleasantries, Zhao Xu got straight to the point.

"You two are here for the artillery, right?" Zhao Xu said.

"Your Highness is really clever and clever, that's right." Dou Kuang's smile was almost flattering.

Although he was slapped by his father, he was still sent to Yanzhou to be responsible for the purchase of artillery.

Originally, he should have come a long time ago, but he was delayed because of the Ma family's affairs.

This time the Dou family and the Xiao family faced the problem of defending the pass at the same time.

So they came to Yanzhou together to buy artillery.

Even with artillery, it may not be possible to hold the pass.

But it's much better than nothing.

Xiao Qian also said at this time: "Now Jianguan and Wuguan may be attacked by foreign tribes at any time. I hope your highness will be considerate."

Zhao Xu secretly laughed in his heart.

The Dou family and the Xiao family are so low-profile towards him now, and they are afraid that they are guilty and afraid that he will reject them outright.

But he won't refuse, he will only cheat them on the price.

Then he said: "There is no need to be considerate or not. We are both great singers. This is just a little effort, but you should also know the price of this artillery, right?"

Before Dou Kuang came, he asked the Han family and the Xie family about the eight thousand taels of artillery.

Nodding, he said: "It is said to be eight thousand taels per door."

"Yes, it's this price, and you have to transport it back yourself." Zhao Xu said.

Although they knew that the price was too high, they had nothing to do, after all, several other companies had already given deposits.

Dou Kuang and Xiao Qian said at the same time: "Your Highness, each of our families needs three hundred doors."

Zhao Xu nodded. Except for the Liang family, the other families wanted a similar number of artillery pieces.

After all, the Liang family wanted to move some of the artillery onto the ship.

"In this case, it's the old rule to pay the deposit first." At this point, the business was concluded.

Zhao Xu chatted awkwardly with the two for a while.

Finally, he noticed that Dou Kuang had bruises on his face, so he asked, "Mr. Dou, what's your face?"

"Oh." Dou Kuang was startled and hurriedly covered it, "I accidentally hit it."

But when he spoke, there was a flash of hatred in his eyes.

After deciding on the artillery, Zhao Xu did not keep them, but only politely allowed them to spend two days in Yancheng.

However, the two declined, saying they were going back to resume their duties.

The two left and Zhao Xu went to the study.

After thinking for a while, he totaled up the number of artillery purchased from him by the powerful clans and the imperial court, which was about three thousand.

These many artillery pieces are worth more than 20 million taels, but the cost is only about 1.5 million taels. He is making a lot of money.

And this does not include other things purchased by the imperial court.

Overall, this wave of arms trade will bring him a profit of 24 million taels of silver.

And this is only the current number. The Wang family and Fan family have not come yet, but they will come eventually.

If the muskets he makes can gain their approval again, he will be able to make another fortune.

"This amount of money is enough for major infrastructure construction in the four counties." Zhao Xu said thoughtfully.

Infrastructure is the supporting facilities for industrial and agricultural development.

It is like he sprinkled money to the people and let them participate in the construction of various facilities.

In this way, people benefit from infrastructure construction and their pockets are bulging.

He benefited from the complete roads, bridges, water conservancy, and mining facilities, laying the foundation for industrial development.

He had actually been thinking about this big infrastructure project, but was troubled by the lack of money.

Now with the huge profits from the arms trade, he can fully support his ambitions.

After the summer harvest, it’s time to sow, and then the people will be free, and then the big infrastructure construction will begin.

Thinking of this, he planned the facilities that needed to be built in his mind.

At this time Feng'er reported that Liu Fu was coming.

Patting his head, he remembered that today he and Liu Fu were going to inspect the summer harvest.

This was something he proposed on his own initiative.

Just as he shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers in the army, he felt the need to personally inspect the farming.

Firstly, it shows that he attaches great importance to farming, and secondly, it is mainly for officials to see.

Let them not act like officials, but be close to the people, so as not to know the grain.

After leaving the palace, Liu Fu was already waiting outside.

After getting on the horse, he and Liu Fu headed out of the city, accompanied by officials in charge of agriculture and students from the school.

This time they came to Pumice Village.

Because it is the closest to Yancheng, it has become a contemporary model village.

After arriving, Zhao Xu found that people were cutting wheat in the fields.

Yanzhou is a place where wheat is grown in the east and rice is grown in the summer, yielding two crops a year.

At this moment, the wheat in the field is golden and very gratifying.

The only thing that dissatisfied Zhao Xu was that the wheat was a bit sparse and the grains were not very full.

And this is why one acre of land can only yield about 200 kilograms.

But he knew there was nothing he could do about it. There were no high-yielding seeds in this era.

Only by relying on fertilizers and some reasonable farming methods can we increase yields.

"Your Highness, you see, the people are very motivated, and no one is lazy. I have never seen this scene before." Liu Fu said with a smile.

"That's natural. The fields are yours and the food is yours. How can you not be active?" Zhao Xu said.

Liu Fu smiled and nodded, "After harvesting this season, people's families will have a surplus of grain. The excess can be sold, and next season's rice can be sold for one season. This year will be easy to get through."