little fool's child bride

The envoy of the grassland tribe looked solemn, because he had a mission on his mission this time - to sign a peace agreement with Baiyu.He originally thought it would be easy, because it was like many times before. After fighting and consuming each other's financial and material resources, they sat down to negotiate and agreed not to start a war within a few years; but after seeing the so-called factory , "Artificial Thunder and Lightning", he realized that his abacus might be in vain.The leaders of the tribe may still think that they have taken advantage of the recent wars, and they want him to take advantage of the negotiations——

How could he have the guts!

The envoys of the grassland tribes were miserable, and the envoys of Changqing were also envious and jealous, and their moods were very complicated.In the past, although it was said that the Three Kingdoms were at the same level, Baiyu was indeed the weakest of the Three Kingdoms. After every battle and negotiation, they would eat and take from Baiyu.This time is good, but in just a few years, Bai Yu can even create lightning!No wonder everyone talks about the world of strangers, and now it seems that it is true!

All the envoys felt deep jealousy, why wasn't Xiao Xiao born in their country?Looking at the back of Xiao Xiao who was walking in front, they wished they could do something now and tie her back to their country.It's a pity that they took another look at Jiang Muyu who was beside Xiao Xiao, and they could only die.

The imperial army led by Jiang Muyu just showed them Baiyu's current military level.With the factory, the production of firearms has become much easier. Coupled with the continuous iron ore transported from Xiangcheng, the imperial army can now be said to have a blunderbuss in their hands, and they are not afraid of them doing it.Xiao Xiao had to say that the factory is really a cornucopia. With it, the production efficiency of all items has increased by more than five times!

"Actually, we are here to seek peace," the envoy of the Grassland Alliance said after being absent-mindedly visited some cultural and historical museum led by Liu Ziming, "You also know that life in our grassland is difficult..."

"Of course I know," Liu Ziming interrupted before he finished speaking, "But we Baiyu are also behind, otherwise how can anyone step on it?"

The envoy of the Grassland Alliance was stabbed like this, his face was expressionless, but he was scolding his mother in his heart.It's just that he didn't have the courage to confront Liu Ziming head-on, so he smiled awkwardly and continued, "This world is difficult, and everyone is still struggling to survive. It's all the same, all the same..."

"Baiyu shouldn't be difficult, right?" Changqing's emissary said. The thin middle-aged man's eyes were squinted, making it difficult for people to see the measurement. "I went to the city a few days ago and saw everyone was beaming. I have prepared all the necessities for the New Year and look forward to the New Year. Baiyu is well developed!"

"It's a pity that our brothers in Changqing and the Grassland Alliance are still worrying about food and clothing. I don't think the always friendly king of Baiyu will just sit idly by?"

No matter how friendly you are, there is no reason to spend your own money on others!Liu Ziming sneered, thinking that these envoys were just relying on Bai Yuxianza and were incapable of dealing with the attack from the two countries, so they threatened him openly and secretly!To put it nicely, there is no friendliness, no struggle, but I want to share a piece of it too!

But since Liu Ziming dared to put these on the table, how could he be afraid of the national threat from these two defeated generals?It can only be said that they have not yet seen clearly that what these factories bring to Baiyu is not simply to produce more objects and improve work efficiency, but the most important thing is that it is more delicate than manual operation.Take this bird gun as an example. Although the sound sounds the same, its power is more than double that of before.Not to mention that the grassland tribe and the emissaries of Changqing probably think that what is put on the table is everything. You must know that Liu Ziming has already built a military factory in a hidden place in Wangcheng...

"I don't know where the rumor came from," Liu Ziming smiled lightly, "But I do have a cooperation and would like to talk to the two envoys. If possible, it will be a good thing for mutual benefit."

After walking all morning, Xiao Xiao was sluggish, but when he finally got to the point, he became excited, because he knew that what Liu Ziming was talking about next was the train he was thinking about.Of course, there is no need to mention the domestic railway, but if you want to connect to the other two countries, you must first obtain their permission.In addition, this fee should naturally be paid by each of them, so Liu Ziming's idea was to ask the other two countries to pay more money.

It's a pity that these two envoys didn't know what a train was, and they didn't have the guts to make hundreds of millions of dollars.So they all said that they would go back and ask their king, and they would talk about the railway construction after the king agreed.

"Sure enough, I won't agree easily!" Xiao Xiao sighed, "But that's fine, let's fix the one in Xiangcheng first, so that after they see the real thing, I'm afraid they won't have any complaints even if they ask for more money."

Liu Ziming looked at Xiao Xiao who was slumped on the chair with a funny face: "We provide the technology, and they should take the money. Why do you call us asking for more? When you opened the supermarket, you didn't pay any cents!"

Xiao Xiao was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed along with Liu Ziming.In order to escape from Jiang's house, I don't know how hard it was. I climbed the wall and went out to discuss business with people. Fortunately, I met Zhao Ming and Liu Ziming.If these two people hadn't allowed him to invest in technology, he really didn't know what it would be like now.

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It's been four years...

Xiao Xiao was a little distracted, probably because the past four years had been really bumpy, so now she suddenly stabilized, and she felt like it was just another day.He seemed to still remember the first time he saw Jiang Muyu, she was thin and small, and he still despised him as a fool.Later, although he took care of Jiang Muyu out of fatherly love (?), he never thought that the two of them would develop to this point.

"The railway in Xiangcheng is not easy to build, and there are too many mountain roads," Liu Ziming's words brought back Xiao Xiao's sanity. It's really worthless..."

Liu Ziming was very distressed. According to his thinking, he definitely wanted to build Xiangcheng.Not to mention anything else, if the railway is repaired, it will be much easier to transport his iron ore and coal mines, won't it?Moreover, the largest number of people from the Western Regions entered Baiyu from Xiangcheng. If the railway is repaired, attracting these people will also be a good thing to stimulate the economy.Just like the cement road built before—how many people from the Western Regions have heard of the cement road?These guests who came all the way brought their own country's special products to sell to Baiyu, and then rushed back to their own country with Baiyu's goods, and helped them continue to promote the smooth and fast cement road.If the railway is opened, these distant guests can not only bring more fresh fruits and other goods that must be delivered in a short time, but also show off the national prestige of Baiyu again.

It would be bad for Kexiu to be in Fengcheng, because Fengcheng has no local characteristics—if the fishery is well developed, it counts.If the railway is opened, the only advantage is that people near Wangcheng can eat relatively fresh seafood, which will drive the local economy of Fengcheng.But this is not the modern age where everyone has enough to eat and pursues a high-quality life. The ancient people didn't care about seafood or not. All they wanted was to be full.The seafood delivered to Wangcheng is just for the rich to try it out. Unless the price is extremely low, who would spend a tael of money every day to buy a crab and try it?The railway costing hundreds of millions of dollars was used to transport seafood for the rich. No matter how he thought about it, Liu Ziming felt he was losing money.

"Where's the salt?" Xiao Xiao asked puzzled, "Fengcheng's salt industry should be the most developed in Baiyu, right? Why don't you transport salt?"

Liu Ziming was even more at a loss: "Sea salt is worthless, why transport salt?"

Ancient salt was indeed worthless, and the salt industry was quite developed, so there was no shortage of salt at all.What Liu Ziming wanted to transport was high-value goods, so he wished that the salt sold everywhere would be transported to Wangcheng and sold to whom?

"No, isn't salt very expensive...?" Xiao Xiao thought about the files she had read before, "Then why are there so many taxes?"

Baiyu implements a "salt and iron monopoly". Xiao Xiao understands that ironware is not allowed to be sold privately, after all, he is afraid that the people will build weapons and rebel; but this salt can only be monopolized by the government. Xiao Xiao always thinks that it is because the salt industry is underdeveloped and there is little salt. Hearing what Liu Ziming said was the complete opposite?

"Salt is a heavy tax, so naturally the tax is much higher." Liu Ziming didn't expect that Xiao Xiao didn't even know this kind of common sense. "Everyone can't do without this salt, so the salt and iron tax is actually a poll tax in disguise."

"However, in previous years, it accounted for at least [-]% of the total tax revenue. This year, it accounted for less than [-]%. It is really thanks to Xiaodi!" Liu Ziming patted Xiao Xiao on the shoulder, "Maybe it will be reduced to [-]% next year. You can reduce some salt and iron taxes..."

Xiao Xiao was not so relaxed, because he didn't expect that the salt price was expensive because it contained a lot of taxes.In fact, this kind of poll tax can only increase the gap between the rich and the poor. It may be a huge tax for the country, but it is extremely unfair to the people.Moreover, now that Liu Ziming has just taken office, the officials under him are not sure about the details for a while, so they are tense and dare not cause trouble, but after a long time, this salt business with huge profit margins will definitely be meddled by some greedy people.So Xiao Xiao said to Liu Ziming: "There are too many ways to increase taxes. Although this kind of salt tax seems to collect a lot of money, it is not beneficial to the long-term development of the country. The rich get richer and the poor get richer." Poor, sooner or later something will happen.”

Liu Ziming also knew the truth Xiao Xiao said, but in the ancient environment, the salt and iron tax was indeed the most comprehensive and effective, so he was a little bit reluctant.

"Do you remember what I said before that the railway will bring about any changes?" Xiao Xiao looked at Liu Ziming, "After the railway is opened, the connection between various places will become closer, and business activities will increase greatly. At that time, there will definitely be a large number of businessmen. Baiyu's business tax is too low..."