"Duke Chang of Yuan, Xu You was the mastermind who planned to assassinate the late emperor, but now he is an open-minded official in Jizhou. Your Majesty doesn't care?" In the stairs of the world, Ye Zhao and Zhong Yao sat opposite each other in a spacious and comfortable accord.

Xu You has been making a lot of noises all over the world these days. Ye Zhao is not unaware of it. But with his current status and status, it seems a bit of a loss when he gets involved with Xu You.

When soldiers are fighting against soldiers, generals are fighting against generals, there is no reason for him to be the lord of a state to make things difficult for a job. If it were Yuan Shao, Ye Zhao would have stood up long ago.

Zhong Yao shook his head and did not answer the words. Now the court is weak and no princes want to offend him. Ye Zhao is provoking the court to deal with Xu You, but this will inevitably lead to evil Yuan Shao.

But his eyes were looking at the hall and talking, and he smiled at Zhang Ren, who was so angry that his face turned red, and he said to Ye Zhao: "Shu is indeed a brilliant person, I don't know if this person is..."

"A newly accepted student from Chengdu Academy is poor, but he is quite talented." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"I'm afraid that in a few years, there will be one more general under Ye Hou's command!" Zhong Yao said with a smile.

"To be able to obtain Yuan Changgong's words is also a fate for this son." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Zhong Yao is a famous scholar in the world and is famous all over the world. With Zhong Yao's words, it is very helpful to Zhang Ren's reputation, so Ye Zhao said this.

"When I came down, I saw that there were many workshops and pastures around Shu, besides the fields, but I don't know what it is for?" Zhong Yao did not continue to say more about this matter, just to follow the flow of favors. He had something to ask for, so it was impossible for him to come to Ye Zhao to sing the opposite tune with Ye Zhao at this time.

"Yuan Chang Gong should know that some equipment and objects are created. Zhao has many strange and erotic techniques, and this thing is also beneficial to the people. This is effective, but most of the workshops are opened by the people, not Zhao's industries." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

It is indeed a private establishment. Ye Zhao is planning to promote the manure that has been successfully tried in Hanzhong to Chengdu in the next time. According to the three-fold increase in Hanzhong's production, if the manure can be successfully promoted in Chengdu/du, the grain production of Shu County alone can be comparable to the grain production of the entire Yizhou in the past.

In addition to the improvement of farming tools, the people need to invest a lot of money to renew the agricultural tools, which requires a lot of capital investment. However, even if the Ye Zhao family is big and the previous development of Hanzhong and the preparation for the attack on Shuzhong, it has been almost exhausted. Therefore, Ye Zhao delegated the improvement plan for farm tools to the people. The government provided technology and merchants were responsible for making and selling them. In addition to taxes, the property obtained had to be paid 10% more tax to the government.

However, Ye Zhao estimated that in a few years, the income in this area would be greatly reduced. First, the market is saturated, and secondly, these things do not have much technical content and are easy to imitate. Just like when he processed Hu beds, there are now such workshops everywhere in the Central Plains. The Hu beds made by him are no worse than those made by Ye Zhao's workshops at the time, and they are even better than those produced by Ye Zhao.

Facts have proved that once you have sufficient benefits, no matter what era the power that merchants can burst out can be terrifying.

This time when the princes' envoys came, these improved agricultural tools would definitely be outflowed, but it doesn't matter. As long as the manure ratio is firmly grasped, the princes would not be able to improve grain production in a short time if they wanted to improve agricultural tools. Even if they found the clues, it would not be easy to study the perfect proportion of manure.

Ye Zhao had experience in his previous life. He knew the general materials and secretly recruited people to conduct research. It took him ten years to find the best ratio. If the princes of the Central Plains wanted to study this thing, it would be great if they could study it themselves in twenty years.

"Mr. Ye has always been amazing!" Zhong Yao said with a smile. Although Ye Zhao did not say it clearly, Zhong Yao was not a fool. If there was no sufficient benefit, even if Ye Zhao gave it to him, how could the private vendors actively cooperate? Even if there was a forced order from the government, most of the private vendors would have to deal with it. It seems that they had to investigate it if they found an opportunity. He asked Ye Zhao to do something that could make so many people flock to him.

"If you don't say this, Wang Yun and my personal trainer are not good. Lu Bu regards me as his enemy. Now that the court is short of food, he doesn't look for Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Gaolu, but comes to me, which makes Zhao quite curious." Ye Zhao looked at Zhong Yao and said with a smile.

"I was far away in the Bohai Sea, and even if I had the will, I was powerless. As for the road... I don't support Your Majesty very much now." Zhong Yao smiled bitterly. If the princes of the Central Plains were willing to support the court all the way, Wang Yun would not be able to come to Ye Zhao, it would be helpless. This is still many ministers and ministers are willing to suspend their salaries, but it is not a long-term solution. The operational expenses of the court were actually saved from the salaries of civil and military officials. What's the point?

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Han Fu, Tao Qian, all the princes were asked for, but either because the journey was long and the road was not smooth, or because the emperor was in a bad position and had no jade seal. In short, it was just two words, not given.

In fact, even if the emperor really holds the imperial seal, these princes will obediently pay tribute?

But Zhong Yao really doesn't know how to tell Ye Zhao about these difficulties. He is here to ask for good things, but not here to sell miserable things.

"Now that the Sichuan city has decided to do it, and I can't take out too much rice for the time being." Ye Zhao groped out his fingers and looked at Zhong Yao and smiled: "But it is rare for Yuan Changgong to come here, and Zhao couldn't let Yuan Changgong return empty-handed, so..."

After thinking about it, Ye Zhao said directly: "There are still some surplus grains in Hanzhong, about 100,000 shi, which can be regarded as tribute this year. When Yuan Changgong leaves, he can take it away directly. Starting next year, when Yizhou valley is ripe, this marquis can promise Yuan Changgong to pay 200,000 shi of grains and grass to the court every year. However, accordingly, I hope that the court can allow the caravans sent below to go to legally transit and trade."

If manure and new tools are successfully promoted, the grain production in the entire Yizhou can double. Yizhou is originally the country of Tianfu, and the grain production will double. 200,000 stones of grain and grass per year are really nothing to Ye Zhao, but using this to exchange for the right to trade is a big profit for Ye Zhao.

Of course, what Ye Zhao wanted was not the approval of Wang Yun and Lu Bu. These two men had been in Chang'an for a short time. Now more than 100,000 Qiang and Hu soldiers in Xiliang were scattered around. Wang Yun and Lu Bu did not want to take back these troops, but instead thought about disposing of the old generals of Dong Zhuo, which was like digging their own graves.

What Ye Zhao really wanted was the right to trade in the hands of old generals such as Dong Zhuo such as Li Jue and Guo Si to go to the Western Regions. As long as Li Jue and Guo Si succeeded in counterattacking Chang'an as in history, Wang Yun and Lu Bu's regimes were not there, but ministers such as Zhong Yao and Guo Si could not expel them.

No matter what the two of them were, Ye Zhao wanted to keep this trade route, but he only wanted the right to trade, and there was a toll of 200,000 stones of grain and grass every year. I think these Xiliang generals would not refuse.

As for the 100,000 stones now, it is to give Zhong Yao a face and make friends. With Ye Zhao's current status, even if Zhong Yao is a famous scholar in the world, Ye Zhao can still make friends.

Zhong Yao didn't have hope at first, but he didn't expect Ye Zhao to be so happy. He had 200,000 s of food and grass every year. Although it was not enough to maintain the operation of the court, it was at least a good start. He immediately smiled and said, "It is said that only in times of trouble can one see the sincerity. The ancients did not deceive me! Ye Hou was really a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty!"

As for the right to trade, Zhong Yao could still agree to this small matter on behalf of Wang Yun.

The atmosphere became much warmer for a while. This was the first prince who was willing to pay tribute to the court. Although 200,000 stones of grain and grass were nothing if the world was not in chaos, the grain and grass tribute in Yizhou could definitely double every year. However, the situation was different after all. When the princes were unwilling to pay tribute to the court again, it was really commendable that Ye Zhao was willing to give 200,000 stones of grain and grass every year.

"Mr. Yuan Chang's words are so serious. Zhao has come to this point today, which is not due to his original intention." Ye Zhao picked up the wine cup, took a sip, glanced at Xu You, who was already blushing with the scholar in Shu below, and was about to roll up his sleeves and fight, and laughed: "But this is not bad now. You can still do your part to the court, which can be regarded as a repayment for the favor of the late emperor."

Zhong Yao's face looked slightly shy. Most of the reasons Ye Zhao has come to this day are forced by Yuan Wei and others, which makes Ye Zhao untenable in the scholars. Among them, most of them, who have a good relationship with Ye Zhao, have a tacit attitude.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that the times created heroes. If Yuan Wei was still alive, I knew what he did back then and created a hero today. I wonder how I would feel.

Taking a deep breath, Zhong Yao waved to a follower behind him, took an edict from his personal hand, and handed it to Ye Zhaoxiao and said, "The gift you brought by Yao has been sent to the General Cavalry Mansion. There is also a gift prepared by His Majesty for Ye Hou. Please accept it with a smile."

"Oh?" Ye Zhao's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, and he took the edict and opened it.

"Your Majesty is intent." Looking at the content of the edict, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Please tell Your Majesty on behalf of Zhao that your promise today will never change as long as your Majesty is still the lord of this great Han Dynasty! This is Zhao's promise!"

The edict was an edict to formally appoint Ye Zhao as the governor of Yizhou. Other official positions remained unchanged. Ye Zhao was originally planning to announce that the world would take over the governor of Yizhou after the wedding. Now it seems that there is no need to do anything else. In addition, there is an edict to formally appoint Cai Yan as Ye Zhao’s wife, which also represents the court’s recognition of the position of flat wife that Ye Zhao mentioned.

To a certain extent, Liu Xie was slapping himself, but Ye Zhao estimated that this was Wang Yun's intention. If he wanted to consolidate the government now, he naturally needed the support of the princes. What he considered more was the stability of his own power. As for the face of the Han Dynasty... Wang Yun has reached this position now, he may not really take it into consideration. At most, it is just a fig leaf. The difference is that he can get the recognition of scholars. This is an advantage that He Jin and Dong Zhuo have never had, but the best time has passed. Now this advantage does not help him much.
Chapter completed!