The Three Kingdoms

Everyone is not a fool, Sun Quan will definitely not be at this time if he wants to reminisce about the old days, and there must be something to look for them at this time.

"Hehe, everyone is wondering why I summoned you here!"

Sun Quan said with a smile: "I don't want to go around in circles with you, two words, borrow money!"

Sun Quan also didn't want to borrow money so blatantly, because doing so somewhat broke the rules of the mall.

But now that the people of Great Wu are rich and the country is poor, and the national treasury has reached the bottom of the rice vat, Beidi is in a hurry, and he can only brush off this handsome face.

"Your Majesty speaks in person, so the amount must be quite large?"

The chairman of the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce turned serious.

"indeed!"

Sun Quan nodded and said, "I don't need to call you all for a small number, I just said it straight, Bingzhou is going to fight, and now the treasury is all on top of the Western Expeditionary Army, so I can only ask for your help!"

"Your Majesty is polite!"

The president of the Wujun Chamber of Commerce thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said, "I don't care about the turnover of the court, and we should help out. My Wujun Chamber of Commerce is willing to contribute 300 million silver dollars!"

300 million silver dollars, according to the previous calculation, a total of [-] million yuan.

"My Lujiang Chamber of Commerce is also willing to contribute 300 million silver dollars!"

"My Kuaiji Chamber of Commerce is not so rich and powerful, and I am willing to contribute 200 million silver dollars!"

"..."

Everyone spoke one after another, one by one scrambling, the level of enthusiasm was somewhat beyond Sun Quan's expectation.

Sun Quan couldn't help sighing in his heart: Maybe he underestimated the position of his face in the heart of the businessman.To be continued.

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[Text 8Chapter 16 The fate of Sun Ce? ]

Three days later, the Royal Study Room.

Household Minister Zhou Yu stood in front of the imperial case with some excitement, looked at the numbers on the treasury account book in his hand, and grinned so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes.

Looking at the bright numbers above, he put aside his usual cautious etiquette, and couldn't help but tease Sun Quan: "Haha, Your Majesty, it seems that I have underestimated your handsome face, If there is a problem with the national treasury next time, you will be asked to buy face!"

Sun Quan's act of using his face to borrow money this time was too successful.

In just three days, Sun Quan borrowed a total of 5000 million silver dollars from the Twelve Chambers of Commerce, half of which was cash and half in material goods, 5000 million silver dollars, or 50 billion dollars.

In the Great Wu Dynasty, I am afraid that only Sun Quan's face can do it in a short period of time.

Even if he, Zhou Yu, the Minister of the Household Department, came forward to borrow money in the name of the court, I am afraid it would not be so smooth. Whether it is Mi Zhu of the Economic and Commercial Department or Su Shuang of the Great Wu Bank, they are not such a big threat to the society in the business world.

In today's Great Wu, Sun Quan is the only one who can make these businessmen willingly buy it.

"roll!"

Hearing this, Sun Quan couldn't help touching his handsome face, and said angrily, "Is it easy for me, now I've sold my face, luckily they are still willing to buy it.

If they don't want to, I will lose face, but I have already made an agreement with them, the money is borrowed! "

In fact, Sun Quan himself was a little surprised by the success of the loan this time.

He underestimated his weight in the heart of the businessman. Although there was some element of imperial prestige in it, it was more thanksgiving, the gratitude of the businessman, that made things go smoothly.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we officials are not bandits, we still understand the reason why we have excuses!"

Zhou Yu nodded, after the Great Wu's new law comes out, it will deal with personal property.There is great protection, he is clear about this.

"Your Majesty, I have asked the Great Wu Bank to make a plan. This money will be repaid in five years. Of course, this cannot be regarded as a national debt. This money is borrowed, not loaned. Borrowing without interest!"

Zhou Yu explained in detail: "There is no interest for businessmen. It is indeed a bit unfair, but I will ask the business department to try to give some compensation in terms of policies!"

5000 million silver dollars, if the interest is counted, it will take five years, it is too scary, the Ministry of Households can save a little, I believe this group of merchants have no opinion.

"very good!"

Sun Quan nodded in satisfaction, and he reminded: "Zhou Yu, you remember, the important thing is not to pay back the money. It's in the Economic and Commercial Department. A dozen of them dare to lend the money, and they won't be in a hurry to take it back. go.

And the business department controls the lifeline of the merchants. In fact, they are willing to lend money to me. One is really grateful to me, and the other is that he wants to establish a good relationship with the court. At least the business department should not give them trouble. "

"I have a discussion with Mi Zhu!" Zhou Yu nodded. Now merchants are booming and all kinds of goods are in circulation.The power of the business department has also increased a lot, controlling the lifeline of many businessmen.

"I heard that there seem to be a lot more caravans going to the South China Sea and Guishuang recently!" Sun Quan said suddenly.

After Da Wu arrived in Yizhou, he had already developed this piece of sea, but the effect has not been very good.After all, the sea is rough.

Now that iron-clad warships have become popular, the greatly increased safety at sea has actually stimulated many offshore development projects.

"In tax terms, yes!"

Zhou Yu nodded: "The Australian mainland in the South China Sea has entered the stage of large-scale development. Last year, a dozen small merchants in Jiaozhou, Guangzhou and Kuaiji formed a caravan to go to sea. It was time to make a lot of money when they returned, which triggered many Merchant wave!"

"You have to keep an eye on this aspect!"

Sun Quan squinted his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Our court is proposing that merchants develop. Only circulation can develop the economy and improve the living standards of the common people. However, on the issue of taxation, courts must not overlap. Now many people see the merchants making a lot of money, and they have a crooked heart. After the taxation of the center, the local government is peeling off a layer of skin, which will dampen their enthusiasm for the merchants."

"indeed!"

Zhou Yu smiled wryly, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Although we say that there are signs of peace and prosperity in our Dawu territory, there are actually many dirty things down there.

It's a pity that last year's attendance check of the Ministry of Officials was not done thoroughly, and even the plan with Yushitai was stopped, and many fish that slipped through the net were missed, and there was still some confusion in local management. "

"What does Yushitai say?" Sun Quan asked with cold eyes.

The official word is two words, and the law is spoken. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam must be crooked. If the officials can't do a good job, can the people below be expected to live well?

Zhou Yu's eyes moved slightly, his expression was solemn, and he replied: "Some time ago, Yushitai won the county magistrates in the six or seven coastal areas because of the collection of taxes. Now the Department of Economics and Commerce is vigorously developing the maritime economy. A lot of gold diggers came out.

However, the taxation is a bit messy. When the tax laws and regulations issued by the central government are implemented by the people below, they will increase a lot of weight, causing many businessmen to be dissatisfied and sued the Yushitai. , in February of the first year, the entire Great Wu Dynasty was shaken! "

"I'm quite clear about this, hey, after all, our Great Wu has too little background, and these years have been full of expanding the territory, and there are some loopholes in internal management!"

Sun Quan sighed helplessly.

A dynasty needs time to settle down, and it also needs time to get rid of the old shadow and develop a new order.

The Great Wu Dynasty, which has only a few years of history, has improved a lot in terms of the central system after undergoing reforms, but it is difficult to fully implement the central policy.

After all, the territory of the Great Wu Dynasty today is too large, and there are flaws in the management, which is normal. This needs to be corrected slowly. Sun Quan also knows that there is no rush.