The Human Emperor

“Uncle, Zhao Di is fine, but I've thought about it. ”

Wang Conflict suddenly said, just a word, immediately interrupted Wang Qi's words. Sitting on the master's chair, Wang Zheng's expression solidified and the whole person was stunned.

“… I have also been thinking about the issue of land sealing for a long time. Zhao Di is nice, but for me. There's another place that suits me better. ”

Wang Chung gently blew the bubble on the tea noodle and sipped the tea. The waves of expression did not alarm him.

“Have you got an idea? ”

Wang opened his eyes and his mind was completely unresponsive. It has to be admitted that Wang Chong's words were completely unexpected:

“Where do you want Fengyi and where will it be better than Zhao Di? ”

“Wounded! ”

Wang punched out a finger, on Wang's spread out layout, Xi westward, a blind position lit a bit. Seeing the position of Wang punch point, the smile on Wang's face converged for a moment, and it was difficult to keep calm.

“Go, are you kidding me? ”

Wang Zheng's eyelids jumped continuously. The first reaction was that Wang Chung was joking, or he heard it wrong, or Wang Chung lit the wrong place on the layout, but when he saw Wang Chung's face was serious, it was not a joke at all, and suddenly the color of the gods grew a lot.

“Shoo, Fengyi's business is no small matter. Do you have any idea how many of the world's people, His Majesty, are envying us? Once the Holy King opens his mouth, this is a big thing that hasn't happened in decades. The whole Datang can be picked up anywhere except for Master Jing, if you want. It's a great grace. ”

Wang has always attached great importance and trust to his nephew. To some extent, he even valued his son more than he did. Others say Wang Chong is the Kirinzi of the Wang clan, the first of the younger members of the Wang clan, not his own son Wang Li. Wang Li will not be unhappy, but will be proud and proud of it.

But this time it was completely different.

“Wounded, do you know what that place is? ‘The world is rich, there's nowhere to go’, there's nothing better than choosing Fengyi. Moreover, … although the temperatures caused some conflict between you and Goshuhan in the incident, the matter of Fengyi was the will of His Majesty, and even Goshuhan dared not have a fingertip. If this is done, it will be of great benefit to you and to our royal family. But what do you think you want to do with the poor ridge and the barren land around the wilderness? ”

Wang Zheng spoke so heavily that he straightened his body and looked at his nephew with such seriousness.

Wang Zheng has no impression of this place. But Wang Chong picked the location on the map, but Wang Zheng knew. If Wang Chong's place was a little better, no matter where, Wang Zheng wouldn't be like this. But Wang Chong preferred the barren land on the western road. This is a complete waste of what the court intended to give Wang Chong and Wang Fengyi.

“Oh, uncle, I know you're having a hard time right now. But I did it for my own good. ”

Wang Chung laughed. He picked up the tea cup he had placed on the table in front of him and sipped gently. His face was calm and comfortable. There was no sense of tension at all.

“Why is that? ”

Perhaps influenced by Wang's attitude, Wang took a deep breath and slowed down somewhat.

“Oh, uncle, the wounds are indeed poor, not a place of wealth. But look closely, where is this place? ”

Wang Chung said that his fingers were gently drawn on the layout. The first eye Wang Qiang had not yet seen it, but the second eye suddenly jumped and immediately realized what it was, trying to probe:

“You mean the Silk Road? ”

“Nice! Silk Road! ”

Wang chuckled, not far from his chosen "Wounds”, a road winds through, it is the well-known and familiar West Silk Road of today's exotic nations, including Datang.

“Are you trying to do an article on this road? ”

Wang Zheng looked at Wang Zheng in front of him and looked at him with a thoughtful look, and his face gradually became less serious than before. The western “Silk Road” is also the famous Golden Road of the world, on which not many East-West business tours travel, silk, spices, jewellery, jade utensils, porcelain, camels, tea…, Hu Shang and Western businessmen who come to Datang will almost all pass.

The huge price gap between East and West has generated huge profits. This led to the emergence of a large number of businessmen on the road.

Every one of the Hu people who came to Datang to do business was rich in oil, pearls, onions, jade utensils… all of which were like Tuvalu to them.

Everything they buy and sell is a lot of things, and all they earn is wealth that many people will never imagine, and even the world's great family will want to sigh, and it will be difficult. In terms of importance, this western route is well deserved as number one, far above the famous “Tea Horse Road” in the southwest.

To some extent, the riches of the Great Tang today make this and the silk roads through which countries maintain trade a great deal of credit.

“Uncle, Zhao Di is fine, but after all, it is dead water. Revenue is another 200,000, but the Silk Road is different in the west. Whether it's the Han Dynasty, the Front Dynasty, or the Ben Dynasty, the first thing you do after you settle down in the world is to open up this silk road to East-West communication. The importance that the Empire attaches to this trade route is conceivable. ”

Wang Chung looked confident.

“Uncle, you know how wealthy Hu Shang is in the capital. Those western food dealers, spice dealers, jewellery dealers who come to Datang not far from home every year carry tremendous wealth. Uncle, have you ever wondered how huge the wealth that circulates in this trade lane every day is with so many businessmen? ”

“This…”

Wang was silent for a moment. It is clearer than Wang Chong how much importance the Great Tang dynasty attaches to this western road. Not because of anything else, but because it is entirely the will of the Holy King.

In the Great Tang of the Middle East, inside and outside the court, no one has dared to question the decision of the Holy King.

This is also why this trade path has always been unobstructed.

Moreover, one thing Wang Zheng is right, this western road is indeed extremely rich, and the wealth flowing up there every day is difficult to calculate, let alone others, even the household of the court responsible for finance.

“So what you're saying is that you want to take advantage of this trade route? ”

“Mmm!”

Wang shook his head nodded heavily, his eyes were deep and his expression revealed a thoughtful and far-reaching look.

“But it doesn't work. The East-West trade, which is a unique business, is not something anyone else can interfere with. Back in the day, the Silk Road was opened, surrounding the family of this business road. There were not a few noble relatives, even the royal princes wanted to get involved. But then it was quickly discovered that we didn't understand the language of the western realm, the big food and the strip, and the Chinese didn't hesitate to learn the language of Yidi. Plus, the big food and the strip were 10,000 miles apart, and the journey was too far away, and the road was difficult, and the environment was unfamiliar, so basically no one could join in. The great families of the Beijing master, the great nobility, also tried several failures before giving up their minds completely. ”

“Go, I'm not trying to deny you. You have a good idea. But the actual operation is not very feasible. ”

At the end of the day, Wang shook his head and looked at Wang Chong, revealing a slight apprehension. Wang Chong can think of using the Silk Road of the West, and wants to admire its ambitions, which is worth recognizing.

Nevertheless, he clearly sees it all too simply.

If you can divide a cup freely, Datang has been in power for so many years, so many royal princesses have already divided their profits, how can it be the royal family's turn?

In the Southwest War, Wang Chong did show good warfare talent. However, after all, the military and commercial lanes are different. Even Wang Chong can't seem to be proficient at the same time.

“Oh, uncle, you misunderstood. ”

Wang Chung laughed backwards.

“I'm not trying to get into the silk, spice, jewellery business, into the big food, into the sale. The road to the west, more than 10,000 miles, can only do business once or twice a year, the capital turnaround time is too long. ”

“Reversal of funds? ”

Wang's eyes swept through a strange look, but soon came back to taste. He was used to his nephew's "remarkable words”. The phrase "who laughs at the end, who laughs the best” is already well known in the Beijing master.

“What do you want to do if you don't get involved in this business? ”

Wang Zheng is really a little confused this time. Silk, jewellery, spices are the most profitable things on the Western route... If you don't get into this, why make money?

This nephew, Wang Zheng, is completely blind to his thoughts.

“Ha ha, of course it's building a pool there, making profits for those businessmen! ”

Wang chuckled, half-handed cup of tea, bang, tea splashed all over the Great Tang, representing the place on Silk Road. This was a surprise, Wang looked at the cup on the Datang version and couldn't speak at once.

“Uncle! ”

Wang Chung pushed away the chair and stood up:

“The western road is lucrative, but the road is far away, the so-called night dreams are many, because of this reason, bandits on the western road, combined with the complex terrain, the court has repeatedly forbidden and repeatedly forbidden to return without success. ”

“And because of Hyderabad Ore, I ordered Li Jiye to destroy the Black Dragon gang, the biggest bandit on the Silk Road. But the Black Dragon Gang is just one of them. Before that, there were the Peilong Gang, the Black Flame Gang... and there will be other gangs in the future. As long as it is profitable, the situation will continue. ”

“Imagine if there was a pool on the way west, all business travellers would be protected and supplied here. So do they want to come? And every business brigade in the West, every single one of them, hundreds of people, even thousands of people, is a huge cost for every day they stay. If they could buy and sell here for free, would anyone be willing to do it? Western businessmen are quite generous in this regard. ”

“And once these people get together, they'll charge rent taxes. What do you think would happen to a city like that? After all, this is a unique business! ”

Wang chuckled back and looked back at his uncle Wang.