His Majesty is a sick beauty

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Yi An stood up and bowed deeply: "I think highly of myself, and I have never been convinced in my life. Now that I think about it, I have never met Your Majesty."

"Shoulder the people, look at the past and the present, speak and control the four directions, and serve with all arms and fingers." Yi An said with emotion, "This is the real scene of an emperor."

Su Xun looked at Yi An who was about to blow rainbow farts into the sky: "Young master has never been an official, but you should be cautious in your words and deeds."

Your Yi family is still an official in the Mongolian Dynasty, and your brother is still the head of the country, so you just say to the emperor of the enemy country that "the real emperor" and you don't want to live anymore?

Seeing that Su Xun remained calm and pointed out the risks he mentioned, Yi An confirmed his judgment even more.

Of course he knew that he was taking a risk. A loyal minister would not serve the second master, and a double-faced guy would not be welcomed anywhere.But just like what Su Xun said, he did not become an official, and it was Yi's choice to be loyal to Qu Zhuo, but his white body status gave him more choices.

The businessman's unique sense of smell and adventurous spirit make Yi An more impulsive and adventurous than his father and brother when doing things. He has this premonition that what he will do next will be the most important investment in his life , even enough to change Yi's fate, enough to be recorded in the annals of history!

"I haven't eaten half of the Mongolian Dynasty's salary, so how can I talk about being cautious in my words and deeds?" After making up his mind, Yi An no longer hides his clumsiness. He knows that he must offer enough price to make the emperor in front of him ignore him. The problems brought about by family background, "Besides, people who are merchants pay attention to having friends all over the world and dealing with various forces."

oh?The little emperor heard that there was something in his words, and raised his chin with interest, motioning for him to continue.

Xiao Buwen waved his hand, and the well-trained palace people left with insight and closed the door intimately.Although Yi An knew that with Xiao Buwen's style, there must be many hidden guards watching him secretly in this place that he couldn't see, but this could be regarded as an open and honest signal.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Yi is a businessman."

"So the young master wants to discuss business with me?" Su Xun said, "Then young master should know that the powerful industries in the Yu Dynasty, such as white sugar, white wine and colored glaze, are all managed by the Huang family."

More specifically, it is run by the eunuch group led by Xiao Buwen.

Yi An couldn't help but glanced at Xiao Buwen who was standing beside the little emperor, and added in his heart.

After realizing the foresight of the emperor in front of him, Yi An also had to suspect that the reason why Su Xun let the eunuchs run the trade route was because they came from humble backgrounds and had no descendants. Together, become a new behemoth like a family.What's more, it is much better to let the eunuchs pursue profit than to let them pursue power.

"Your Majesty understands that these three trade routes can be said to be making money every day. Your Majesty uses these three trade routes to collect silver from all over the world. Naturally, I dare not think about it." He wanted to use these three trade routes because he didn't want to live anymore. "What I want to talk about next is the raw materials."

Su Xun: "Ingredients?"

Yi An: "The Mongolian Dynasty is located in the south, and crops such as hemp, beans, grains, and sugar beets are plentiful and cheap. I can act as a middleman and deal with your Majesty."

Then Yuchao processed these things and sold them to Mengchao?Isn't this the dumping strategy for the colonies in the age of great voyages?

In the short term, it is a win-win situation. They have obtained cheap raw materials, and the farmers of the Mongolian Dynasty no longer need to worry that the products produced in the land cannot be sold at a price.But as long as time goes by, those who are being dumped will find that their development is limited to this cheap and intensive labor.

Can't Yi An see this?

Su Xun looked at Yi An, thinking carefully.As he said, his purpose of setting up the factory is to promote the flow of industries, so that all kinds of agricultural products can be well utilized. Obtaining cheap raw materials from the Mongolian Dynasty can indeed reduce the price of the factory products, but it will also harm the people of the country, especially The main business is the life of the farmers who cultivate the land.

Thinking of this, Su Xun shook his head and said, "Based on the current scale of Yu Chao's factory, hemp, grain and other things are already self-sufficient."

"As for the raw materials for making liquor and sugar, the two countries have long been in touch. If you can have cheaper goods, we are naturally very welcome."

Although Yi An knew that Su Xun was not a person who would be tempted by immediate benefits, he was a little disappointed to see him reject his proposal so simply.

Most of the land under Yi's control is some crops such as hemp and grain. Although there are some sugar beets, the quantity is not enough to offset the loss caused by the long-distance journey.

Su Xun: "However, if the young master really wants to cooperate, it's not impossible."

"Let me ask a question in advance, who is the young master representing for the cooperation, and how much power can the young master have?" Su Xun was very straightforward, "As far as I know, the current head of the Yi family is the young master's elder brother Yi Shu. But now he is a celebrity in the Mongolian Dynasty."

This means that Yi Shu's position is naturally opposed to him, and Su Xun wants to know how far Yi An can go for this cooperation.

"My elder brother is in the court, so naturally he must be loyal to the king, but the Yi's business name is in charge of the subordinates."

In other words, the cooperation between them can only be a purely commercial cooperation from beginning to end, and cannot touch any political issues.

Su Xun took a sip of hot milk tea and thought for a while.

"Also." Yi's firm is the most powerful and well-connected firm he knows. Based on this alone, he can't keep Yi An out. "In this case, I can give you two choices. .”

"First, cooperate to set up a factory. I provide the technology, and the young master leaves the factory, and I will share [-]% of the profits. Now the factories that can be run with the young master include paper mills and sugar factories. I also have a good recipe for drying salt. If If you can get a good salt field, you can also trade with me."

Of these three factories, the first two are actually more suitable to be set up in the Mongolian territory because of raw materials and other reasons. Although he can only share [-]% of the profits, the advantage is that he no longer needs to worry about the pollution of the paper factory, and he does not have to pay for it himself. The loss of transporting sugar-producing crops such as sugar beets is actually not much less profitable.

The latter is very helpless. There are not many places in Yu Dynasty's territory near the sea. Even if sea salt is cheaper than traditional boiled salt and requires fewer people, it will not be able to get much salt in a year. Yi An will do it.

Yi An's eyes started to light up when he heard the first two factories, and he almost jumped up excitedly when he heard the last salt making method.

You must know that salt, iron, and tea are traditional big moneymakers, and they are called "race gold". Of course, after Su Xun did not produce white sugar, colored glaze, and white wine, there were faint signs of changing the title.But even so, a business family like Yi An still prefers the first three. They think that although the latter is profitable for a while, it is short-lived after all. Only salt and iron tea can become eternal undefeated gold.

It's probably like all scholars think that taking the official path is the right way. They have super interests in these three things, and they almost become a kind of belief.

Whoever has these three items in the business road, even if the scale is still small, is qualified to be on an equal footing with some time-honored brands.

But it is precisely because of this that these three things are also firmly controlled by the royal family.For example, in the Yu Dynasty, if you want to sell these three items, you need a book specially approved by Su Xun. Every city has a fixed number of purchases every year. It is treasonous intention.

In the Mongolian Dynasty, let alone buying casually, even selling, only members of the royal family could do it.Of course, with Yi's current status, it's not a big deal to recruit a few salt farms, but his elder brother is already eye-catching enough in the court, and if he stretches his hands into the salt farms, isn't it a bit...high-profile?

"How does the new salt-making method mentioned by His Majesty compare to the usual salt-boiling method?"

"The labor required is almost ten times less." Su Xun said without exaggeration. Compared with the traditional method, which requires manpower to cook and stir the salt water, the sun-dried salt method really relies on the sun to work, "and the required There are even fewer charcoal fires, but the area is much larger.”

As for the time consumed, after the drying salt field is completed, the salt will naturally be precipitated layer by layer in the salt pool. In fact, the amount of salt obtained every day will not be much less than that of boiling salt.

So, the only downside is that it takes up more space?Yi An wasn't worried about this. The land near the salt area was almost uncultivable, and the price was quite low. Even most of the unowned land only needed to be leveled a little bit, and then some gifts to the palace would become his.

If it was true what His Majesty said, then the profits brought by this salt factory would be enough to offset the risks it would bring, not to mention that this would be a good start for him to cooperate with Yu Chao.

Thinking of this, Yi An smiled lightly: "It seems that I will be busy in the next period of time."

"Your Majesty said before that there are two choices." Yi An showed curiosity, "I wonder what the other choice is?"

Su Xun looked at Yi An and couldn't help showing his true nature of a businessman who said "I want it all". He didn't let it go, and simply said, "It's just like King Qin."

King Qin?Yi An thought for a while before pulling out the words Wan Yanhong from his mind.

It's not that he didn't do his homework in advance, this His Royal Highness King Qin can be regarded as a man of the hour, belligerent, brutal, murderous, greedy for beauty, restless in his house... These ironic words are usually associated with this man. His highnesses of different races were bound together, and every time they appeared in the discussion, they would be despised and cast aside by the crowd.He seems to be a recognized villain, a negative example that has been set up. Everyone wants to step on it to show their integrity, but because of his crazy evaluation, they only dare to act secretly.

But contrary to his bad reputation, it is the tranquility of King Qin's territory. Even though he is in the frontier and close to the alien territory, he manages it in an orderly manner.

It stands to reason that His Royal Highness King Qin has nothing to do with business, but just a year ago, he seemed to have received some kind of order to try to open up business routes with the countries of the Western Regions, and brought a lot of cheap money to the Yu Dynasty. food.

Yi An asked uncertainly: "What Your Majesty said is to open a trade route?"

"To be precise, it is a maritime merchant." Su Xun said, "I intend to rely on the two rivers and sea routes to develop commercial routes and connect the two countries."

"If you are interested in cooperating, then it will be on the sea road in Mengchao." Su Xun looked at Yi An with a smile, "It will all belong to you."

[The author has something to say: Su Xun: Qu Zhuo, if you dare to pry my factory, I will pry your brother-in-law here! 】