Chapter Four Hundred and Seventy Second Business War Plan

Zhang Yu gave Mi Zhu too many surprises.

When he saw the busy port, he knew how far this Jiangdong would develop in the future.

In addition, Zhang Yu took him to the shipyard.

There are tens of thousands of workers working in different areas in a shipyard, which shocked Mi Zhu even more.

Large ships are being built on the berth, and more than a dozen large ships are being built at the same time.

"Brother Zhang, how much does it cost?" What shocked Mi Zhu was not how big the boat was, but how much money it cost.

"It costs millions of dollars to build a ship, but these dozen or so ships cost tens of millions."

Zhang Yu said it easily, but Mi Zhu was dumbfounded.

Not unaware, Zhang Yu actually spent billions of dollars on the boat.

This is more than Mi Zhu's entire net worth.

How could Mi Zhu not be shocked by this.

Mi Zhu thought, what would happen if the money was used to develop the army?

Zhang Yu's military strength is probably already frighteningly large.

The army must have its own laws of development, and it is useless to simply have a large number.

Only by training enough backbones can such an army be effective.

Now Mi Zhu was completely convinced, and decided to follow Zhang Yu.

After reading this, Zhang Yu took Mi Zhu to some workshops to see.

Mi Zhu was shocked again when he saw the assembly line where Zhang Yu and the others processed military equipment.

Mi Zhu had been shocked countless times.

Only then did he discover that Zhang Yu's strength was completely beyond everyone's imagination.

After walking around for a while, many of Mi Zhu's ideas were subverted.

When Mi Zhu came back, he asked a question.

"Brother Zhang, you have such strength, wouldn't it be better if you help His Majesty unify the world." Mi Zhu said. .

Helping Liu Xie unify the world is just a vague statement. Everyone knows that all the princes today want to stand on their own, and Zhang Yu is no exception.

"There is still a shortage of basic talents, a shortage of administrative talents, and a shortage of backbones in the army. Blind internal friction will not develop faster. I have a vast space, and I just need to slowly erode it. In the future, no one can match it." Zhang Zhang Yu articulated a strategy that was vague but ambitious and achievable.

Mi Zhu was speechless, what Zhang Yu did was right.

If we try our best to expand our forces to compete for the Central Plains, we will only acquire more land, and the most important thing Zhang Yu lacks is land.

Therefore, gradually solidify the foundation, and no one can match it in the future.

When they went back, it was already a few days later, Yangzhou was not very far from Xuzhou, and they could go back and forth quickly on a fast horse.

At this time, Tao Qian's letter had arrived.

Tao Qian agreed to Zhang Yu's request.

To be able to exempt tens of millions of money is a very cost-effective thing in Tao Qian's view.

"Haha, Tao Qian's thinking is too simple."

How could Zhang Yu suffer? Many of his industrial products can quickly occupy Xuzhou and turn Xuzhou into his own market.

He had already prepared Zhang Zhao before, and he expected Tao Qian to agree.

Tao Qian also thought that with Liu Bei around, he could develop the military, and when he became stronger, he would overthrow everything.

But Tao Qian didn't have that time, he was about to die.

Even if he is alive, Xuzhou is doomed not to develop.

Not to mention Cao Cao, Yuan Shu also killed him not long ago, occupying Huainan and a part of Yangzhou.

These, Zhang Yu and Yuan Shu became neighbors.

Xuzhou is simply surrounded by several big princes, waiting to be divided up at any time.

And Zhang Yu's first move was to sell salt on a large scale.

Zhang Yu's sale of salt is not a small amount.

He has hoarded a large amount of salt now, and once it starts selling, it will definitely make people panic, and even defeat all the salt merchants in Xuzhou.

After Tao Qian agreed, Zhang Yu began to draw up the contract.

The contract is very simple. Zhang Yu organizes several firms to do business in Xuzhou, and Xuzhou must protect the fairness of these firms.

The so-called fairness means that the government must not interfere. Of course, Tao Qian also stipulated some things that cannot be done.

Zhang Yu usually does not pay taxes, and pays a fixed amount of tax to Xuzhou every month, and the profit and loss during the period are his own, and the contract is ten years after signing.

After signing the contract, Zhang Yu began to execute it.

At this time, Mi Zhu had not returned to Xuzhou.

"Brother Zhang, what are you doing? Are you crazy to transport such a large amount of salt?" Mi Zhu came to look for Zhang Yu, just as he saw Zhang Yu ordering a large amount of salt to Xuzhou.

"It's not crazy. Xuzhou is so big and has such a large population. The salt is estimated to be enough for the entire Xuzhou for a few days." Zhang Yu said calmly.

Mi Zhu felt that Zhang Yu was crazy. A state with tens of millions of people used it for a few days. What a huge amount.

But Zhang Yu was very calm.

Zhang Yu added: "From now on, Xuzhou only needs one salt merchant."

Yes, Zhang Yu used a large amount of high-quality salt to attack Xuzhou, and wiped out all the salt merchants in Xuzhou at once.

Zhang Yu's table salt has no impurities and is of high quality. Cai Mao quickly controlled the Xuzhou market through the table salt provided by Zhang Yu and defeated all the salt merchants in Xuzhou.

This time Zhang Yu decided to sell at a low price.

The quality is good and the price is low. Under such an impact, it is no wonder that the local salt merchants in Xuzhou do not collapse.

Zhang Yu and the others dried salt by the sea all the year round, and they hoarded a lot of salt. They couldn't digest it by themselves, so they sold it to other places.

In order to save some money, Tao Qian probably lost more.

However, it will take some time to fully defeat the salt merchants in Xuzhou, and at this time Zhang Yu has to discuss other matters with Mi Zhu.

Zhang Yu took out some gold and silver coins, handed them to Mi Zhu and said, "What do you think of these gold and silver coins?"

Mi Zhu took a few gold and silver coins from Zhang Yu's hand and looked at them carefully.

"The production is beautiful, and the gold coins are almost the same as the silver coins, which are of high collection value." Mi Zhu commented.

Zhang Yu didn't speak, but shook his head.

Mi Zhu was puzzled, and asked: "Brother Zhang, these gold and silver coins are indeed very good. I weighed them and found that they are very heavy and almost the same in color. It is not easy to cast such coins, and the lines are obvious and the design is exquisite. It has a high collection value."

"Perhaps hundreds or even thousands of years later, it will have a high collection value, but at present there is not much collection value, only use value." Zhang Yu said.

If these gold coins and silver coins can be placed in the 21st century, it is indeed possible to fetch sky-high prices, but it is impossible to have much collection value at present.

Mi Zhu looked puzzled, but Zhang Yu said, "Currently there are hundreds of thousands of gold coins of this kind, and millions of silver coins. How much do you think is worth collecting?"

Mi Zhu opened his mouth wide. He thought it was made by a skilled craftsman, but Zhang Yu told him that he would buy more of this kind of coin.

But Mi Zhu came to his senses quickly, and stammered, "Brother Zhang, is this going to be used as a coin?"

You must know that gold and silver are also valuables in this era, but they are all calculated according to the catty, and it is the first time that they have been cast into coins. The strongest system to dominate the Three Kingdoms