mtlumby2d Chapter 404 Wei Caiqin gets angry.
Chapter 404 Wei Caiqin gets angry.
So generous, he asked for three thousand beauties right away!
"Hehe, three thousand beauties, of course it's good... I want it."
This time, Ye Kun did not refuse and said with a smile: "But besides beautiful women, I want something else."
The envoy breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Whatever else the King of Han wants, we can talk about it."
"Black charcoal, stone dan." Ye Kun nodded and said seriously:
"There is an endless supply of coal in the north. There are coal mines in Huainan and Huaibei. There are countless large coal mines in the Yanzhao area. It will take ten thousand years to mine all the coal. Go back and tell Xiahou Chang to exchange coal for food with me."
The coal mines in the Central Plains have also begun to be developed.
Because Xiahou Chang imitated Ye Kun in everything.
It’s just that there are some high-tech things that Xiahou Chang can’t learn!
The envoy was stunned: "Are there any large coal mines in the Yanzhao area?"
"Yes, and too many."
Ye Kun nodded, drew the approximate area of Shanxi on the map, and said with a smile: "The coal here can fill up the East China Sea."
Everyone knows about the Shanxi coal mines in later generations.
But Xiahou Chang might not know.
It’s bragging to say that we can fill up the East China Sea, but relying on the Shanxi coal mines, if all the people in the Central Plains use coal for cooking, without considering the transportation problem, it is definitely enough!
The area ruled by Xiahou Chang now has a population of only 10 million.
The envoy was very excited and said with a smile: "When I return, I will advise my lord to develop the Yanzhao coal mine."
Ye Kun nodded and said, "There is also a large iron mine in Liaodong, near Xiangping County. It is a pyrite mine with extremely high ore quality, and the output can reach half of the iron. In other words, if you dig out one pound of iron ore, you can get half a pound of iron. If you ask Xiahou Chang to dig it, he won't be able to eat it all."
The Liaodong Iron Mine later became Anshan Iron and Steel.
In Chinese history, the rise of the Jurchens had a lot to do with the pyrite here.
There are also open-pit mines here, which are easy to mine.
Unfortunately, during the Dading Kingdom period, the iron mines here had not yet been discovered or were not taken seriously.
The messenger was ecstatic and laughed, "Why is the King of Han so kind as to provide such important information?"
Ye Kun also laughed:
"This is my open plan. Let Xiahou Chang develop first, and I will attack him later. Isn't it easier? I can also provide you with cotton planting technology, cotton seeds, spinning wheels and looms. I can also teach you porcelain making technology, brown sugar technology, and sesame oil pressing technology."
Previous technological blockades were intended to monopolize industries and make money.
It is no longer necessary now. Give some of the technology to Xiahou Chang, let him develop people's livelihood and industry, and you can reap the benefits later.
Otherwise, every time he conquered a new place, Ye Kun would have to promote a series of technologies, which would be too tiring.
The messenger stopped smiling and sighed sadly: "Since this is the King of Han's conspiracy, I'm afraid my lord will not be fooled."
"The so-called open conspiracy is a plan that is open to the public and cannot be cracked." Ye Kun shrugged and ordered his men:
"Take the Central Plains delegation to visit the cotton mill. Give them samples and drawings of spinning wheels and looms, give them cotton clothing and cotton cloth samples, give them 100 kilograms of cotton, 100 kilograms of cotton seeds, and cotton planting technology, and let them take it back and do whatever they want with it.
Oh, and there are three more technologies: sugar boiling, oil pressing, and porcelain making. I will also organize them and send them to the Central Plains delegation."
The Central Plains delegation was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to accept or not.
It's not the right way to say thank you, and it's not the right way to say no.
On the one hand, the envoy sent someone back to ask Xiahou Chang for instructions, and on the other hand, he went to visit the cotton mill.
Two days later, Xiahou Chang wrote back, instructing the delegation to accept whatever Ye Kun sent, and to agree to Ye Kun's request to exchange coal for food and to agree on a reasonable price.
Ye Kun gave a price: ten kilograms of raw coal for one kilogram of millet.
The Central Plains delegation bargained and reached a verbal agreement, agreeing to exchange seven kilograms of coal for one kilogram of millet.
The trading locations were one in Nanyang and the other in Ruxukou, Chaohu.
Before the delegation left, they asked Ye Kun: "King of Han, what can you exchange for the three thousand beauties you want?"
Ye Kun glared: "The cotton planting technology, spinning and weaving loom, ventilation stove technology, oil pressing and sugar boiling technology, and porcelain technology that I gave you, aren't they worth three thousand beauties? I gave me ten thousand beauties, and you still took advantage of it."
The Central Plains delegation was speechless.
After sending off the Central Plains envoys, Zhuge Feng and others asked Ye Kun:
"My Lord, are you really not worried that Xiahou Chang will learn the oil pressing, sugar making and porcelain making techniques and affect our ability to make money?"
Ye Kun shook his head and said with a smile: "It has no impact. Our current business is not in the Central Plains, but in the Western Regions and the South. Even if Xiahou Chang learns our technology, he will have no place to make money."
The traffic in the Western Region and the traffic in the South were all controlled by Ye Kun.
No matter how many things Xiahou Chang had, he had no place to trade them, so he could only exchange them for some cattle and sheep furs with the Northern Huns.
In fact, Ye Kun’s business development has reached a bottleneck at this point.
The production of our own grain, meat, eggs, fish and shrimp has increased, so we don’t need anything from outside.
Three large oil wells have been dug near Yumen, which can produce oil stably and no longer need the oil from Kucha.
Ye Kun is not interested in Western Region jewelry, because the purpose of this thing is to play with and decorate, no different from glass!
Ye Kun only has some demand for silver and copper.
Because electricity will be vigorously developed in the future, it will be necessary to use silver or pure copper wire to make electrical wires.
Other items have no trading value because the shipping costs are too high.
What we need to do now is to cultivate our "internal strength" and improve the internal circulation of the economy.
Ten days later, the Central Plains sent the first batch of beauties, a thousand people.
They are all young girls between the ages of thirteen or fourteen and twenty.
Wei Caiqin was very annoyed and questioned Ye Kun:
"Brother Ye, you are too cruel. Do you know how miserable these 1,000 women must have felt when they left their families and hometowns to come here? How reluctant their parents and brothers must have been to let them go?"
"Caiqin, listen to me." Ye Kun held Wei Caiqin's hand and sighed:
"I know Xiahou Chang doesn't treat the people as human beings, so I accepted these three thousand women. I intend to save people, not to harm them. Don't worry, I will leave these women to you, and I won't touch any of them."
"Why are you giving it to me?" Wei Caiqin glared.
"You are the Minister of Women's Affairs Department of our Dading Country." Ye Kun laughed:
"You should treat these women well, teach them culture, and cultivate their hygienic habits. Teach them to spin cotton and weave cloth. Within three years, I will conquer the Central Plains and let these women return home. They will be our technicians and will be of great use!"
Wei Caiqin frowned: "Are you really not doing this for yourself?"
Ye Kun raised his hand and swore: "If I tell a lie, I will be punished by heaven and earth!"
Wei Caiqin then let him go and said with a smile: "Well, I will arrange these women. For those who are willing to get married, I will arrange blind dates for them. For the younger ones, they will learn culture and technology."
Xiangyang also has schools that train a group of nurses and barefoot doctors, as well as a group of cotton spinning technicians, which can easily absorb these thousands of women.
Ye Kun nodded: "Talk to Youde and arrange for a group of people to go to work."
Wei Caiqin nodded, but then asked, "By the way, Brother Ye, what kind of minister did you just say I was?"
"Minister of the National Women's Work Department."
"Then why don't I belong to the Nine Ministers?"
"Because you are a lady, you cannot receive two salaries."
Ye Kun chuckled and said, "You can attend the nine department meetings in the future and sit in on the meetings."
Wei Caiqin rolled her eyes: "I don't want a salary, I just want a proper ministerial position. Didn't you say that women can hold up half the sky? Men hold up half the sky, and women hold up half the sky too, so why aren't there female ministers?"