Film and TV: Starting from the marriage with Zhao Linger

"Miss Li, Miss Yan, the prince has already gone to Longmen Pass early in the morning.

You two can move freely in Fengtian City. If you have any problems, you can seek help from Governor Wang. His voice in Liaodong is second only to that of the prince!"

Looking at the eunuch chief steward with a smile in front of them, if it weren't for the sword-asking contest at the Golden Summit last night, the two would never have thought that he would be the famous magic sword master in the martial arts world.

Moreover, the entire Prince of Yan's Mansion, together with Yuwen Chengdu, is supported by two peerless masters.

"Manager Cao, I wonder if there are any restrictions on buying and selling black soil?"

"Restrictions? The prince did not restrict the transaction or area of ​​black soil.

As long as it is not large-scale, intentional illegal stockpiling, the prince will not interfere in normal business transactions or land transfers.

After all, the goal of the Millennium Family was to get involved in Liaodong, and they used some shady means. "

"Thank you, Manager Cao, for the reminder."

Yan Shisan Niang breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that her worries were unnecessary.

After all, the threat posed by the farmers is almost undetectable compared to the aristocratic families, and there is no comparison at all.

Chapter 44: Income from the Prince of Yan's Mansion

"Greetings, His Royal Highness Prince Yan!"

Inside Longmen Pass, Li Shouxi's return excited everyone.

As a general who was invincible in every battle, Li Shouxi always rushed to the front line with Yuwen Chengdu and Li Shentong in every clash with the barbarians. His strength was unquestionable.

Therefore, most of the generals on the border are not only obsessed with interests, but also admire his absolute fighting power.

In addition to the Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill passed down by Li Shouxi, many powerful frontier warriors were trained.

These are Li Shouxi's trump cards to control the border.

"Generals, you are all in armor, no need to be polite!"

Li Shouxi looked at the soldiers and nodded, with an inexplicable sense of friendliness in his eyes.

This time he came to Longmen Pass:

The first is to investigate the defense of Longmen Pass and confirm the stability of the border; the second is to arrange defense to prevent the risk of border leakage.

His marriage with Zhao Linger is not just a grand event in Prince Yan's Palace, but he also has to go to Chang'an to report it.

Therefore, Li Shouxi will set off for Chang'an again after a while. During this time, he needs to arrange a new defense layout for Longmen Pass.

Perhaps during this period of time, the barbarian spies have already glimpsed the border defense map of Longmen Pass.

After rearrangement, it can have the effect of surprising the opponent.

In particular, Li Shouxi did not trust that the thousand-year-old family would tolerate this.

"My little prince meets the Duke of Zhenguo!"

Li Shouxi arrived at the central army camp opposite the Prince of Yan's Palace inside Longmen Pass. At this time, the old general Su Dingshan, who was already in his sixties and had white hair and beard, had stood up to greet him and led Li Shouxi into the hall.

In the hall, the second-rank border general Qin Shan, the third-rank Yunhui general Luo Hao and other neutral generals were all present.

The moment he saw Li Shouxi, he immediately saluted.

These generals had a good impression of Li Shouxi. Although they seemed to be in cahoots with him in smuggling, they also strictly controlled the smuggling business in the border areas and firmly controlled the smuggling routes.

If others want to join, they must pass Li Shouxi's review.

This way, the flow of contraband into Beiyuan can be controlled.

Even in recent years, by controlling the smuggling routes, Li Shouxi has captured many barbarian spies.

"Your Highness Prince Yan's visit to Daliang this time is to strengthen the prestige of our Tang Dynasty and deter all directions!"

Su Dingshan is a low-key person, and he knows that Li Shouxi is very likely to sit on the throne in the future, so he does not want to make enemies with Li Shouxi.

Therefore, Su Dingshan turned a blind eye to Li Shouxi's affairs.

"You are joking, Duke Zhenguo. My father ordered me to go to Daliang. When I come back this time, there will be several more marriages."

After that, Li Shouxi asked someone to bring in the specialties from outside and chuckled:

"This is a specialty that I brought from Daliang. Please share it with the old Duke and the generals. It is a token of my appreciation."

"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Yan!"

Su Dingshan did not refuse, they were just some local specialties.

What's more, some time ago, other generals gathered in the Prince of Yan's Mansion and gained great benefits, which made Qin Shan and others jealous.

Moreover, the food and treatment in the army are all obtained by Li Shouxi from Beiyuan.

They just need to keep silent and avoid making enemies.

“The old Duke also knows that this time the little prince’s marriage with other countries needs to be reported to the royal family, or the wedding can be held in Chang’an.

This time, the little prince came here to discuss the border defense arrangements with the old duke. The little prince is worried that someone will secretly communicate with the barbarians and stab the little prince in the back. "

"Your Majesty is saying..."

Su Dingshan was shocked when he heard this, but then he realized that Li Shouxi's worries were unfounded.

Having survived in the treacherous officialdom for such a long time and remained strong, Su Dingshan naturally has rich experience.

It’s okay if nothing happens, but if something happens, it will be a big deal and we must be prepared.

"Indeed, we must be on guard against others!"

Immediately, Su Dingshan and Li Shouxi rearranged the defense.

Especially in dangerous places, Li Shouxi arranged his trusted troops to garrison and equipped them with some special weapons.

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"This is the black soil? There's nothing special about it?"

Li Hanyi, the Saint Aunt and others came to the suburbs. Looking at the black soil in front of them that was called a treasure, they were puzzled as to why such a land would attract a thousand-year-old family to take action?

Zhao Linger, on the other hand, was not worldly. Although she had heard various information about the black soil along the way, she was merely curious.

“As the ancients said: Food is the first necessity of the people.

The more fertile the land, the more it would attract warring states in ancient times, because the more grain the land produced, the more people it could feed.

And this black soil is the most fertile land. For example:

The grain yield of fields in other places is between one and two dan; and Jiangnan is known as the land of fish and rice, and the yield of good fields per mu is only between two and three dan. But this black soil, under normal circumstances, produces more than three dan per mu, and the quality of rice is also the best.

In other words, the same area of ​​black soil produces at least one-third more rice than Jiangnan, and all of it is the best quality rice.”

Li Hanyi seemed to understand what she said, but the Saint Aunt didn't care at all.

Because the southern Xinjiang area has three harvests a year, one harvest is not enough, and three harvests are not enough? Therefore, there is no food shortage problem in southern Xinjiang, unless there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster.

"Forget it, you are all full men who don't know the hunger of hungry men!

To put it more intuitively, as long as these black soils remain, Liaodong will be able to surpass Jiangnan in tax revenue within ten years.

The tax law implemented by the King of Yan in Liaodong is the per-acre tax, that is, the grain tax is collected according to the number of acres of land, and there is no head tax or other miscellaneous taxes. Therefore, the place you see in ten years will be more prosperous than Jiangnan, and the people will be the richest place. "

When it comes to food, the girls have no idea.

But when they heard the picture of Liaodong catching up with Jiangnan and the people becoming prosperous, they realized the importance of black soil.

Even though Nanzhao had three harvests a year, it was still far less wealthy than the south of the Yangtze River.

Through investigations over this period of time, Yan Shisan Niang has already realized the value of these black soils.

Unfortunately, the power of the farmers in the Tang Dynasty was too weak.

Even if they were all gathered in Liaodong, they would not have much power, not to mention Li Shouxi's control over the black soil.

“The King of Yan was granted a fief of 10,000 households and nominally about one million acres of black soil.

If the land had a good harvest every year, that is, three to five dan of grain, if the tax on one dan was collected, it would be equal to one million dan. And if one dan of high-quality rice was five hundred coins, it would be equal to five hundred thousand taels of silver.

But the black land actually controlled by the Prince of Yan's Mansion is definitely more than that. According to my investigations during this period, the black land under the name of the Prince of Yan's Mansion is about 10 million mu, and it is directly under the name of the Prince of Yan's Mansion, not a fiefdom. Therefore, the annual income of the Prince of Yan's Mansion is at least 10 million taels of silver! ! "

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After hearing what Yan Shisanniang had calculated, even Li Hanyi and the others, who had no idea about money, couldn't help but gasp.

No wonder Li Shouxi is so wealthy. I didn’t expect that the direct income of Prince Yan’s Mansion is over 10 million taels every year.

Chapter 45: Night Watchman in Liaodong

"And this is just the apparent income!"

"On the surface?"

Li Hanyi and others looked at Yan Shisanniang. As the most beautiful woman in Fanlou, her means of collecting intelligence were naturally incomparable to theirs.

Moreover, Yan Shisanniang is a ninth-rank martial artist, so there must be a powerful force behind her, and the information is even more detailed!

“Not to mention the overt business of the three major workshops, the gold alone is worth at least 10 million taels every year.

Another major industry under the name of the Prince of Yan's Mansion is smuggling. Our Prince of Yan controls the checkpoints between the Central Plains and the Northern Plains barbarians, and has also taken control of Liaodong's most profitable business.

Through smuggling, the Prince of Yan's Mansion could obtain a large number of fat cattle and sheep from the northern plains, supplying meat to 300,000 soldiers on the border to win over the hearts of the army.

Of this huge pie of tens of millions of gold, Prince Yan's Mansion took 50%, which was then distributed among the generals in the army to win over the generals in the border troops.

The other 50% comes from the Liaodong gentry and their related networks!

In this way, the Prince of Yan's Mansion has firmly grasped the entire Liaodong region in its own hands. The method is so clever that it is shocking. "

Upon hearing this, the Saint Aunt and the Grandma felt a tightness in their hearts.

Originally, it was thought that Li Shouxi was a wise prince who was both civil and military, but the Li Shouxi described by Yan Shisan Niang was like a template of a super villain.

Even worshiping the moon is inferior to it.

Zhao Linger was a little confused and felt that her fiancé was very capable.

“But don’t worry, although His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan has complicated thoughts, he still has a bottom line.

As I just said, the land tax, the education in Liaodong, the resettlement of the exiled people... all of these can be called a wise king. Otherwise, do you think those in the temple don't know about the smuggling business in Liaodong? These are all tacitly accepted.

Compared to any of your Nanzhao kings, this one is the true emperor on earth!

Therefore, although His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan is not in Chang'an, many officials in Chang'an support His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan."

While Yan Shisan Niang was talking about the information, she was thinking about how to buy enough black soil from Li Shouxi.

He knew that there was much more black soil than what was being reclaimed in Liaodong.

But without Li Shouxi's order, these uncultivated black lands could not be traded casually.

Just like those scenes where people sell themselves to bury their fathers, why don’t they just find a place to bury them directly?

Because most of the land under their feet belongs to someone else.

The original deeds of those uncultivated black lands are in the hands of the Prince of Yan's Mansion.

Moreover, by reclaiming wasteland, their farmers can better study the black soil. Therefore, Yan Shisan Niang thought about it and finally decided to sell herself to work.

With her abilities, she didn't believe that Li Shouxi couldn't see her value, which was definitely not comparable to thousands of hectares of black soil.

Moreover, if one wants to survive in Liaodong, the best way is to become a disciple of the King of Yan.

Especially external forces like farmers.

"Sister Yan, do you mean that Prince Yan's Mansion is very rich?"

"It's not very rich, but rich enough to rival a country!"

Li Hanyi suddenly interjected that even if Xueyue City was autonomous, it was still dwarfed by the power of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan.

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"Your Highness!"

Li Shouxi looked at his confidants below as the seven-story palace was completely repaired.

Before leaving Liaodong, Li Shouxi summoned the five major forces under his command:

Li Shentong is in charge of three thousand black armored cavalry, Yuwen Chengdu leads six thousand palace guards, Cao Shaoqing controls the mysterious dark guards, Wang Meng governs the Liaodong counties, and there is an intelligence organization hidden in the dark - the night watchmen!