Become a feudal king from today

Zhang Mansion, Yan County.

Zhang Qian looked shocked after hearing the news returned by his servant.

"Did he really turn water into ice?"

"Master, it's absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes. Within a quarter of an hour after he entered the house, he brought out a basin of ice cubes." The young servant still couldn't believe it.

Zhang Qian was stunned and forgot that he was still holding a teacup in his hand.

He didn't come back to his senses until the tea cup tilted and the tea burned his hands.

Then, he jumped up from the chair like a spring, "Let's go to Prince Yan's Mansion."

As the largest wealthy family in Yan County, Zhang Qian is certainly not a fool for being able to make the family business passed down from his ancestors so big.

The price of ice is the same as gold.

In Jiangnan, the most prosperous place in Dasong, this is exactly what is lacking.

If there is an endless supply of ice, then there is an endless supply of silver.

He hated Prince Yan's Mansion in his heart, and he was even more disgusted when Zhang Han was arrested. After all, Zhang Han had many secret transactions with his Zhang family.

If King Yan touched Zhang Han, it would be like hitting him in the face, so just now he was thinking about how to kill King Yan's palace.

But now he decided to take it easy for now.

What's more, the Dong family, Yang family, and Lu family sent either the head of the family or the eldest son.

These three families have always been in harmony with themselves, and they have always been at odds with each other.

Naturally, he couldn't let them take advantage of this good thing, otherwise his position as the number one wealthy family in Yan County would not be secure.

By then, they will also have to give up their positions as important officials in Yan County.

Therefore, even if he is pretending today, he must pretend to be affectionate to Prince Yan's Mansion. As for how to deal with Prince Yan's Mansion in the future, he must first obtain the ice-making technique.

"Master, do you want to call the Huang family and the Du family?" the servant asked.

"Why bother shouting? They must be faster than us." Zhang Qian walked away.

When they arrived at Prince Yan's Mansion, sure enough, Huang Yu, the head of the Huang family, and Du Ming, the head of the Du family, were both there.

As for the Dong family, Lu family, and Yang family, not only the eldest son was here, but the head of the family also came.

"Hey, isn't Zhang Yuanwai feeling unwell?" Liu Fu looked up and saw Zhang Qian coming, and deliberately made a sarcastic comment.

Zhang Qian was extremely angry. He had never been humiliated by a servant before, but even though he was annoyed, he still had a smile on his face. "I felt a little unwell in the morning, but I felt better in the afternoon and came here. After all, who dares to do so under the orders of King Yan?" Disobey.”

He looked at Huang Yu and Du Ming. The two old guys shook their heads at him at the same time. It was obvious that they had also been ridiculed by Liu Fu.

So I thought to myself, for the sake of the ice-making technique, I will let you, Prince Yan's Mansion, be proud for a few days, and I will make you cry later.

Liu Fu sneered in his heart. He saw the viciousness flashing through Zhang Qian's eyes.

But he is not a coward, otherwise he would not risk his life to save King Yan.

Turning around, he came to Zhao Xu and said, "Your Highness, the thirty-eight heads of the prestigious and wealthy families in Yan County are here."

Zhao Xu nodded.

Just now he didn't reply to the person who asked how much silver the ice-making skill was worth, just to wait for everyone to arrive.

And he did not refuse the Zhang family who had a bad attitude towards the palace.

Emperor Zhao Heng sent him to Yanjun, which was actually not much different from exile.

He was not given generous amounts of money like other princes, and he also had many arrangements in the fief.

Therefore, he can only rely on himself to earn money and food to build his own business.

He knew that the Zhang family had a bad attitude toward him, but there was no need for him to be at odds with Yinzi.

After all, if he refuses the participation of the Zhang family, he will not be able to take out the people's money that the Zhang family has plundered. The Zhang family will definitely do everything possible to obstruct it, and even try to steal the ice-making method.

The method of making ice is very simple and easy to leak, so the gain outweighs the loss.

After thinking about this, he said: "In the past three years, I have been crazy and stupid, and I have not met you all since I came to Yan County. But last night, I met an expert in my dream. He not only woke me up, He also taught me many skills, and this ice-making technique is one of them.”

The ancients were very superstitious because of their lack of scientific literacy.

When contemporary history books record the birth of an emperor, they will record some visions of heaven and earth, with the purpose of making people believe that the emperor is the chosen one.

It's the same in this world, so he said it deliberately to make it unclear to them what was true and what was false, and to shock them.

Let them be wary when targeting Prince Yan's Mansion.

Sure enough, as soon as he said these words, everyone immediately started talking, and many people looked surprised.

He continued, "Of course, I did not ask you to come here to talk about this matter, but for the art of making ice. Now I can tell you how much money this ice-making method can sell for."

When it came to the important part, everyone pricked up their ears.

Zhao Xu said slowly: "One million taels."

"One million taels!" Everyone gasped.

"Your Highness, this... this is too expensive. We don't have that much even if we look at all our family assets." A wealthy family shouted.

"Yes, even if you learn the art of making ice, it will take several years to earn back." Someone else said.

Zhao Xu had long expected this would happen.

One million taels is indeed a large amount.

After all, Dasong's annual tax income is said to be only 60 to 70 million taels.

However, taxes are taxes, and he knows very well that most of Dasong's wealth belongs to these wealthy families.

After all, they exploited the people to the extreme and gathered social wealth into one body.

It can be said that each of them is equivalent to contemporary billionaires, billionaires, and tens of billions.

Even richer than them, because the land and trade in Yan County are almost monopolized by these thirty-eight companies.

Yanjun is equivalent to a contemporary prefecture-level city.

Imagine a situation where land, minerals, transportation, and various commercial operations in a contemporary prefecture-level city are monopolized by thirty-eight companies.

In addition, they control Yan County's officialdom and basically don't pay taxes, so they are definitely a rich man.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for him to ask for this price.

Just to get back the wealth belonging to Yan County from them.

"In Jinling City, one kilogram of ice sells for one penny. In one summer, it is common to consume hundreds of thousands of kilograms of ice. Looking at the entire Jiangnan, it is more than millions of kilograms. If you are lucky, you can make it back in two or three years." Zhao Xu said lightly. .

In Dasong, one tael of silver can buy one stone of rice, which is about one hundred and twenty kilograms.

If compared with contemporary rice prices, one tael of silver is equivalent to more than three hundred yuan.

One penny is only about 30 yuan, and ice is not very expensive, so there is definitely a market for it.

Zhao Xu settled the accounts so clearly that the voices of the wealthy clans became quieter.

However, even though their family has a lot of property, they cannot afford to spend so much cash at once.

Because most of their assets exist in the form of food, cloth, land, minerals, etc.

Even so, using so much property to start this business would involve taking a lot of risks.

They were still very unhappy.

Zhao Xu has been observing the expressions of the wealthy people.

He had expected this, so he said: "I understand that it is not easy for one family to give out a million taels, so I have called thirty-eight of your families to make a fortune together."

"Your Highness, please make it clear?" Dong Yuan, the head of the Dong family, handed over his hand.