Iron Dynasty

In the chamber of commerce, the merchants blushed with excitement because of Xiao Ming's words.

When the map unfolded in front of them, they stood up one by one, their eyes greedily watching the vast land of Youzhou.

Everyone, according to the rules set by this king and you, now you can get three times the value of the pasture in Youzhou. Such a high-quality horse breeding land is the first in Dayu country.

Xiao Ming said while pointing at the map.

A group of businessmen nodded. After entering the chamber of commerce, they had already learned that the reward they got was pasture, and on the pasture they could only engage in grazing.

They were not disappointed by this, on the contrary, they were looking forward to it, because even if they did not manage the pasture themselves, they could sell the pasture to others.

Raising horses is a very lucrative business, and a large number of merchants will rush to do it.

Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness is really gold.

Cao Zhengyang had a happy expression on his face, his eyes were already patrolling the pasture in Youzhou, and he already had his own horse breeding plan.

Yes, His Highness's words really make me admire. If this is King Yong, he must have regretted it at this time.

No, not to mention King Yong, a few of these other vassal kings treat our merchants as human beings.

Only His Highness values ​​us businessmen so much. We must do our bit for His Highness.

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After Cao Zhengyang, the merchants flattered Xiao Ming one after another.

Xiao Ming smiled, but he didn't care about the flattery of the merchants. The merchants pursued interests, and now they benefited from them, they naturally showed their loyalty one by one.

If he didn't give them benefits this time, he would be scolding his mother behind his back at this time, but although he understood the nature of businessmen, in order to use this capital monster to carry Qingzhou forward, he still had to be good at using it.

So he said: Thank you for your praise. This king is just fulfilling his promise. Now everyone should choose the pasture you need. Of course, if you dislike your small pasture, this king can sell some of your pasture.

Hearing this, the merchants were even more excited. Some merchants who paid less were worried that the grassland they could get was a bit small. Now this problem is solved at once.

They no longer hesitated and started to circle on the huge Youzhou map with pens one by one.

After a while, one hundred and three squares appeared on the map.

At this time, Xiao Ming glanced at the map. The locations of these pastures were mainly concentrated around Cangzhou and Youzhou, and some were also near Shanhaiguan.

These merchants are very shrewd, the closer they get to the city, the safer their pastures will be.

Looking at the square area on the map, Xiao Ming asked Li Kaiyuan to start measuring with a ruler.

This map was drawn according to the scale. The merchants had already understood it before, but now Xiao Ming asked Li Kaiyuan to write down all the sizes drawn by the merchants and replace them with the actual size.

Then, according to the actual amount of businessmen supporting the Northern Expedition, they will give back more and less than make up for it.

Soon, Li Kaiyuan handed over the data to Xiao Ming.

Cao Zhengyang, your Cao family's taste is really great. If you draw such a large area, you need to make up a lot of money. Xiao Ming said after seeing Cao Zhengyang's data.

In terms of data, Cao Zhengyang has drawn a grassland that is sixty miles long and wide, and his 100,000 taels of silver are at most enough for a pasture that is ten miles long and wide.

His Royal Highness, what can you do with the ten-mile-long grassland? Since you raise horses, the more the better, our Cao family also wants to provide His Highness with a steady stream of war horses, cattle and sheep in the future. Cao Zhengyang smiled.

Xiao Ming sneered in his heart, this Cao family has amazing financial resources.

Since Cao Zhengyang settled in Qingzhou, the Cao family has shown its rich financial resources everywhere in Qingzhou. He can at least be sure that he really does not have the wealth of this Cao family.

And it's not even a little bit worse.

He suddenly remembered Shen Wansan of the Ming Dynasty. When Zhu Yuanzhang built the Nanjing city wall, Shen Wansan was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang because he showed his wealth everywhere.

If this is a different person, I am afraid that the Cao family's idea will be attacked at this time. This sheep is too fat, no wonder the King of Chu has sharpened his sword.

Although Xiao Ming is also somewhat envious of the Cao family's strong financial resources, his main plan now is to attract capital to help Qingzhou become rich.

And the capital beast of the Cao family came at just the right time, so not only could he not scare the Cao family away, but he had to lock it up in Qingzhou step by step to lay eggs for himself.

So he smiled and said: Okay, this king really didn't see your Cao family wrong, so, this king will give you a pasture that is a hundred miles long and wide, but this king wants to cooperate with you with the rest of the pasture, which means that the pasture will be in the future. The profit of this king will be divided into 40%, what do you think?

Cao Zhengyang was stunned for a moment, but when he reacted, he smiled and said, Your Highness, Cao is asking for nothing. With His Highness's support, our Cao family can manage this pasture with peace of mind.

Xiao Ming nodded and said to Li Kaiyuan: Negotiate this matter with the Cao family and settle this matter.

Li Kaiyuan understood and nodded with a smile. How could Xiao Ming, who is such a big hand in the Cao family, feel at ease? At this time, creating a cooperation also means monitoring the Cao family.

After all, war horses are a very serious issue. Everyone in the south knows that there is a shortage of horses. A batch of war horses transported from the grasslands to the fief of the King of Chu is enough to triple the price.

Such huge profits are enough to make many smugglers take risks. Therefore, Xiao Ming naturally wants to control the output of war horses. After all, this is a strategic resource.

In addition to his own ten kilometers long and wide area, Cao Zhengyang paid another 1.5 million taels of silver to buy the remaining fifty kilometers of grassland.

Then Xiao Ming looked at other people's data, but what made Xiao Ming puzzled was that in the end, the grass field was basically controlled by three people.

Because some businessmen got their own small grassland and sold them directly to Ding Wu, Cao Zhengyang and Dai Zixing.

The overall result is that Cao Zhengyang won the large grassland in Cangzhou, Ding Wu won the large grassland in Youzhou, and Dai Zixing won the grassland in Shanhaiguan, forming a three-legged situation.

I have to say that this ending made Xiao Ming very depressed. The game of big fish eating small fish was playing out in front of him.

But there is no way. The ultimate goal of capital is to monopolize, but he will not give them this opportunity, because the biggest grassland is still Xiao Ming's own.

This pasture is controlled by the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce.

In order to prevent the capital from becoming bigger in the future, he will not give up the state-owned capital.

After dividing the pasture, he earned two million taels of silver from Cao Zhengyang, Ding Wu, and Dai Zixing to purchase the pasture. Overall, he was very satisfied with the result. This Northern Expedition was a big profit.