Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness, Yuan Li has returned to Fan Yang. Read М"

The next morning, the concierge.

Zhao Xu was worried about having to eat, drink and have fun with Yuan Li again, and felt uncomfortable all over.

Liu Fu's words made him feel relaxed immediately.

"This Yuan Li doesn't even say hello. He comes and leaves whenever he wants. He really regards Yan County as belonging to his Yuan family." Liu Fu couldn't be more angry.

The situation in Yan County was originally very good.

When Yuan Li came to do this, the Zhang family's originally clamped tail began to rise again.

"In the final analysis, in Dasong, it still depends on who has the biggest fist. We are weak now, so we will naturally be looked down upon." Zhao Xu felt that there was no point in getting angry.

Glancing at Liu Fu, he continued: "Don't worry about this anymore. What the palace has to do now is to capture the hearts and minds of the people of Yan County. How about the land allocation now?"

"The fields of the Huang and Du families have been divided, but there are still many people who have no land to cultivate, and the fact that Your Highness only charges low rent has spread to other counties. Now many refugees from other counties have come, and the land is even more Not enough." Liu Fuzheng was worried about this.

Yan County has a small population, so it managed to attract some people with its good reputation.

It would be a pity if these people left because they had no land to cultivate.

Zhao Xu walked out of the concierge.

What Liu Fu can see, he can naturally see.

In his mind, the most important thing about a fief is, of course, its population.

Having a population means having a labor force.

Only with labor can we create wealth and provide a steady supply of soldiers for the army.

That's why he couldn't wait to buy Yahang and become a slave trader, selling people from all over Dasong to Yanzhou.

"I have a way now, but I don't know if it will work." Zhao Xu pondered.

This was a method he had long thought of.

Just because of lack of strength, this method cannot be implemented.

But now the time has come.

"His Highness has the most ideas in Yan County." Liu Fujian laughed.

Every time he felt that there was a dead end ahead, King Yan could always surprise him.

"I just don't know if the wealthy families will fall for it. In this case, you go and invite all the wealthy families in Yancheng." Zhao Xu ordered.

Liu Fu responded and went crazy.

Not long after.

The wealthy families came to the palace one after another.

He didn't dare to neglect King Yan's orders now, as someone's head was still hanging on the city gate.

"Why did your Highness ask me to wait?" Dong Yuan spoke first.

After getting the letter, he came over without even telling his son Dong An, and openly competed with his son to show his face in front of Zhao Xu.

It wasn't that he was guarding his son, but it was the business that King Yan dropped casually that made the Dong family make a lot of money.

My son is going to overwhelm me.

In addition to the Dong family, the Yang family, and the Lu family all came.

Lu Chang's father was more proud than before.

The son joined the royal family and became a captain, and his face was bright.

Apart from these slightly larger wealthy families, there are also some small wealthy families.

Zhao Xu also remembered the Liu family, Chen family, etc. these days.

What surprised him was that the Zhang family didn't come this time.

Several wealthy families who were close to the Zhang family also didn't come.

Zhao Xu sneered.

Yuan Li's visit to Yanjun made some people bolder again.

But just right.

Because what he did today will have a long-term impact on Yan County in the future.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Zhao Xu asked everyone to sit down.

His eyes swept over everyone one by one, and he said: "A few days ago, due to the ice-making incident, I asked you to set up a business. You will jointly operate it and share the profits in the future."

Everyone nodded, and someone said: "I think it has been sold in Jinling for a while now."

"Someone will come back next month, and the accounts and silver will be brought back then."

"..."

The wealthy families were all excited at the thought of being able to get their money immediately.

Zhao Xu nodded.

After collecting the share from the Huang and Du families, the palace now accounts for almost 60% of the Chamber of Commerce's dividends.

He is the happiest.

But that's not the focus today.

He changed the subject and said, "It's just that you must understand that the art of making ice is extremely easy to leak. I am worried that once it is leaked, the Chamber of Commerce's profits will become thinner and thinner."

Everyone looked worried when they heard this.

Even though they had sworn an oath, there was no guarantee that others would not take it from them outside.

After all, there are many powerful people in the south, many of whom are more noble than King Yan.

But since King Yan raised this matter, he must have something to say.

So they waited for King Yan's next words.

"Therefore, out of consideration for safeguarding your interests, I have decided to include the wine from the Prince's Palace in the Chamber of Commerce's sales and give priority to supply."

Zhao Xu's words made the wealthy family's heartbeat suddenly accelerate.

Now who doesn’t know that Wangfu Fine Wine is a business that is sure to make a profit without losing any money.

And there is no such trouble as selling ice, which can only be sold in summer.

"Your Highness, this...is this true?" A small wealthy man was so happy that he almost fainted.

Zhao Xu nodded.

But of course he couldn't give it away for free, so he said: "However, you need to exchange something for this..."

"Your Highness, please tell me, what do you need?" A wealthy family said.

The huge profits brought by wine are foreseeable, and they are willing to bear it as long as they can get a share of the wine.

"Your land." Zhao Xu no longer concealed his purpose.

Unlike the Huang and Du families, these wealthy families all support themselves.

It is not appropriate to seize their land like the way we dealt with the Huang and Du families.

Therefore, he decided to take out some of his business interests.

In doing so, he had another purpose besides mastering more land.

That is to build an interest group around him.

This way, he can gain more support.

"land?"

Rich people, you look at me and I look at you.

They can all feel King Yan's dedication to the land.

Over the years, they have occupied a large amount of land among the people.

Some of the land is even vacant.

Now that King Yan is in charge of Yan County, it is very simple for him to want these lands.

After all, the example of the Du and Huang families is right in front of us.

Now, there seems to be nothing wrong with King Yan exchanging benefits. It is much better than finding out the evil things they did before and taking them away.

At that moment, a timid wealthy man said, "Your Highness, our Chen family owns 20,000 acres of land. Only 500 acres are reserved for cultivation by our family members. We are willing to hand over the rest."

"Very good. I will give you six taels of silver for each acre of land, which will be deducted from the profit from selling wine." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

The rich man surnamed Chen said in surprise: "Then what percentage of the profit can our Chen family get from selling wine?"

Zhao Xu is not a fool.

With the current sales of Wangfu Wine, a few million taels a year is not a problem. In the future, as the reputation spreads, the income will increase.

He couldn't give them much.

So he decided to use only a small portion of the profit from selling the wine, and let these wealthy families divide it according to the amount of land they gave away.

So he said: "I will only give you 20% of the profit, and you will share the 20% according to the amount of land you handed over."

"Twenty percent..." the wealthy families whispered.

"It is said that the palace sold 60,000 jars of wine during this period, which is 900,000 taels. After deducting the capital, there are still 500,000 to 600,000 taels. After this year, there are three to four million taels of silver. If it’s 20%, it’s still five to six hundred thousand taels. If it’s more…”

"This wine makes money every year, but our land doesn't always have a good harvest."

"We make money."

"..."

After discussing for a while, the wealthy families seemed to have reached an agreement.

They stood up together and said, "Your Highness, we are willing to hand over the land in exchange for a share."