The Northern Empire also has its own trade with the other three empires, but the trade volume is too small. The trade volume is only tens of thousands of tons per year at most. This is nothing. This is nothing compared to the trade volume between several regions on the earth.

The trade is very different. Not to mention that this place is thousands of times the size of the earth, and the population is hundreds of times. The trade volume should be much larger than that of the earth. But now there is not, not even a fraction.

No.

Some things from the Northern Empire are very popular in the Southern Empire, and the profits can definitely be doubled by more than ten times or even hundreds or thousands of times. This is all possible. Li Cong is using airships to carry out such transportation now, but from now on

In the long run, the sea route is better. Land transportation has to stop because of the existence of the Warcraft Mountains. Even if Li Cong is the emperor of the Warcraft Mountains, he cannot forcefully carve out a road from the Warcraft Mountains. This is absolutely impossible.

possible thing.

"I have already considered all the things your Majesty said. This is a route map made by my men on the sea. Please take a look at it." Li Cong took out a navigation chart and said, this planet is different from the one on the earth.

The ocean is also very different. It can be said that there is not much wind on the ocean on this planet. Without power, it is absolutely impossible to sail, from the southernmost port of the Northern Empire to the northernmost part of the Southern Empire.

The port is about 35,000 kilometers away, the closest port to the Western Empire is 19,000 kilometers, and the closest port to the Eastern Empire is 220,000 kilometers away. The port in the Southern Empire is not a place suitable for large-scale transactions. If you want to trade with the Southern Empire, Li Cong sees it.

It is nearly 80,000 kilometers from the nearest place on the sea. This is definitely not a short distance. Even according to the current fastest speed of the modified ship, it is not a short distance. The maximum speed of the modified ship can reach 110km per hour.

hours, which is 2,500km per day, and it takes more than a month to sail 80,000km. A lot of supplies and other things are needed on the sea, so if you want to do business in the Southern Empire, the fleet must be large, otherwise it will not be able to reach

The person in the middle seat didn’t even have anything to eat, and he was still doing shitty business.

Of course, Li Cong would not tell these guys that his fleet can reach the Southern Empire in a month. In that case, how should those high freight charges be calculated? Is it possible to charge sky-high prices by himself? Then not

It's possible, so you have to carefully set the price too high. Those shipping kings on the earth are very profitable, and you have to learn from them, otherwise you will really be

A fool who doesn't do that thing himself.

"It seems that you have done a lot of research on this matter. Our empire encourages similar things. But let me say something ugly earlier. The three seaports you promised on the map all require you to come to them all.

It was built, but the imperial court will not give you money to pull it out." The emperor has no confidence in this. It is true that no one has done this before, but what was their result? All the cars were destroyed and people died.

Yes, there are many such things, and no one will do them. Most people don't even get their lives back.

Li Cong smiled and nodded. Everything the government does is not invested and requires other people to pay for it. What about himself? I will give you a piece of land that is not used very much. This is yours. Of course, the emperor also

You are not as smart as those officials on the earth in later generations. Those people told you how many years you have the right to use these lands. Here, the land given to you will always be yours, and now in the heart of the old emperor

I'm still very happy. This Li Cong is a fool. This has drawn three circles for Li Cong. Although there is a lot of cultivated land in it, it is only 60% at most, and the remaining %

Forty are some mountains and beaches, etc. The money is collected according to the area of ​​cultivated land, which is a full three billion acres of land. Haha, this has reached the tax revenue of more than a dozen provinces, which is nearly 10% more every year.

Five billion dollars, damn, why don't we do this kind of business? No one wants the land left there, and the people in the coastal areas are not very obedient. The government often doesn't do it.

Listen. If something happens, just get on the ship and go overseas. There are many islands overseas. These three areas are all on the eastern coast of the Northern Empire. The emperor is very generous. These places are directly

Everything has been given to the little princess. The place will always belong to you two. As long as you start paying taxes, it will be fine. In the past, these places could earn 300 million silver a year, which was good. But now? It has expanded by nearly 200 million yuan.

Times, this emperor is also happy for his actions, damn, with more than 4 billion silver a year, he can form two main battle legions, and he doesn't need to manage so many things up and down.

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"Don't worry, Your Majesty, what I promised will be fine. In addition to the tax revenue from those three regions, if the imperial fleet is established in the future, His Majesty the Emperor will still receive at least one billion in tax revenue every year." Li Cong

He said with a smile that he was going to throw the emperor out of this trap step by step. One billion in tax revenue is the tax revenue of two provinces. The emperor would not be too much. The point is that these things will happen every year.

Yes, this is not a one-and-done deal. Just by talking to Li Cong for a while, he can increase the empire's income by 6 billion silver. He can be an emperor, but the emperor is still smart. He saw

One glance at Li Cong, and he felt that this matter couldn't be so cheap.

"Well, I remember that you also have a pearl fishing business in the east. I can't just take advantage of you for this money. After all, we are all members of the same family. This way, there is no need for taxes on the pearl fishing side.

Now, we can collect it from this trade fleet in the future." The emperor said generously, which can be regarded as an explanation to Li Cong. The old emperor had a very good abacus, how could he go about this pearl fishing business on his own?

After receiving the money, will they tell themselves what they have dug up but not what they have dug up? That is impossible. Only they themselves know whether those things are there or not, and we don’t know anything.

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty." Li Cong said with a smile, this emperor is really a fool, his own pearl fishing business? He is not pearl fishing, his is pearl cultivation, he is cultivating pearls, on the earth

The technology of cultivating pearls is already very good. It is basically impossible to tell whether the pearls produced are natural or domestic. I now earn more than 100 billion every year from this, but I have never said it out loud.

Okay, now you say you won’t charge money for this, then our jewelry store will open and increase. Then you will feel distressed. According to the jewelry industry’s tax rate of 20 to 1, it will cost at least tens of billions or even more every year in the future.

It's more taxes. The old emperor will probably cry to death by then. However, these discussions will be signed in the form of a contract by the Imperial Household Department later. The emperor is afraid that Li Cong will not pay taxes for him in the future, so he must

Do these things better, otherwise he will be afraid of not giving them.

"Your Majesty, actually I have another thing to talk to you about this time. I wonder if you have time now?" Li Cong said with a smile, and the emperor nodded with interest.

In the long run, I can increase tax revenue by 6 billion silver every year. How can I not have time for such a good deal? There are plenty of them.

"It's like this. I may need to take some action in the frozen forest in the northern part of the empire in the near future. I will ask my people to seal off the frozen forest and find an organization that conflicts with me. I wonder if His Majesty the Emperor can

Do you support my approach?" Li Cong said, what he said was already very direct, but the old emperor was shocked, damn, blockade the frozen forest, you dare to say this, you are really brave.

, No one dared to say this before, what is wrong with you kid? The frozen forest should be blocked if you want to, but the old emperor will not consider that now,

What he thinks about is where he can get what benefits.

"It seems that that person has a big conflict with his son-in-law. Well, the Storm Legion in the northern part of our empire can dispatch 700,000 cavalry for you. Why don't you ask them to come over and help you. They don't

If you can't do things, it's no problem to blockade them. In the past, they often operated in the frozen forest, so it should be no problem to teach them." The old emperor's words surprised Li Cong, this old guy has never been

He often takes advantage, but when does he take the initiative to help himself? Is there something wrong? Li Cong also felt a little guilty in his heart. Does this old guy also know about the Thunder Gate? Probably not.

, The emperor represents the highest interests of the empire. If the emperor knew, he would definitely do that immediately. He would definitely not wait.

"Of course I'd like to thank my father for this. I just sent out the imperial army to handle some personal matters for myself. Isn't this a bit of a bad influence? Those censors in the imperial court are not just idlers." Li Cong was a little bit.

He said with embarrassment, in fact, these two people understand the censors. When they need to deal with someone, these censors are their guns. If you don't need to use them, then it doesn't matter, just do what you should do.

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"What your son-in-law said is right. I also thought of it. In fact, the Imperial Storm Legion has not gone out to train for a long time. I am afraid that their combat effectiveness will also decline to a certain extent. This is good.

Why don't you let the northern army go to the frozen forest to do some zip-lining? This good son-in-law doesn't need a few bucks. All you have to do is pay for it. During the time they are stationed in the army, you can pay for their military expenses.

"The old emperor said brazenly, Li Conggang wanted to put forward some objections, my dear, this old man actually said that he was sleepy, damn, he was very energetic just now, now he will be sleepy? This sleep

He came a little too fast, how could he fall asleep so quickly? Although Li Cong was dissatisfied in his heart, the emperor said that in this age of supremacy of monarchy, what can he say, other than to go back honestly?

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The empire's legions are like this. A legion without a title is an ordinary legion. Only the emperor's personal soldiers will have their own title. This is the case with the Storm Legion. The entire Storm Legion is made up of people who have never achieved military exploits. They are here

When the beast tide broke out in the Frozen Forest, they blocked the advance of the beast tide in the Frozen Forest and protected many people. Of course, they could stop it, but the Southern Army could not. There is a reason for this. Their combat power is strong.

Yes, the other one is because the monsters in the frozen forest are not very powerful, which is also a very important reason.

There are nearly fifteen divisions under the Storm Legion, and each division has nearly half a million people. Damn it, the military supplies for seven million people belong to me? But this matter can also be thought of from the other side.

That means that for the time being, I can lead the Storm Legion. Of course, it is limited to outside the national borders. Once inside, I have no control. In addition to the more than 7 million regular troops, the Storm Legion also has tens of millions of servants.

You must know that the people who can enter the Storm Legion are selected from tens of thousands of people. Although it cannot be said that all the people inside are at the warrior level, when they work together, almost every one of them can reach the combat effectiveness of a third-level warrior.

There are millions of level three warriors, no wonder they are so powerful.

When Li Cong returned home, documents from the Imperial Household Department also came over. Tian Congdian, the Minister of Household Affairs, was happily drinking fine tea at Li Cong's place. He was also related to Li Cong.

The cousin of the little princess's mother is this guy's wife. If we call them uncle by relatives, they both know that there are so many household officials here and it is not the time to talk about relatives.

He is the Lord of the Central Hall, and the other one is naturally the one before the Lord and after the Lord. He will never talk about uncle, Xiao Cao, etc., that would be inappropriate.

After signing some official documents, the head eunuch of Qinzheng Palace taught Li Cong the tiger talisman that symbolized power. This thing was the token of the Storm Legion that Li Cong was going to. Although there was a document signed by the emperor, there was no such thing.

If it is, it is still useless. Now the official documents have been exported from the Ministry of War. It takes several places to match up before we can say that this matter is completely possible. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible. The transfer of a legion can be done.

It's not that simple.

Li Cong was also shocked when he saw it. Damn, what is going on? Is there something wrong with the empire? Is there something wrong with the emperor? The document says that he is commanding the entire Storm Legion as the count of the empire.

The legion and its tens of millions of servants, when necessary, he can even mobilize millions of local troops from more than a dozen northern provinces. From this news, Li Cong can tell that the emperor is definitely not that supportive of him.

It's easy. He must also know some news about the Thunder Gate. Li Cong thought about whether he should tell the emperor of the Western Empire about this. After all, the Western Empire also has part of the territory that borders the Northern Empire, and there is also a province.

It is on the border with the Frozen Forest. If there is another main battle legion over there, the Thunder Sect will probably not be able to do anything except come out to fight with him.

It's just that Li Cong quickly suppressed his idea. It was still a very good idea, but if they really cooperated with him, the emperors of the two empires would think a lot more. They could easily

They believe in themselves, but they will never believe in the emperor of their neighboring country. This is not in line with their ideas at all. This is definitely impossible and cannot be done.

This is not for nothing. Damn it, the Storm Legion spends at least 17.5 billion of the empire's silver every year. Forget it, I can bear this for the sake of the Thunder Gate. It turns out that this is a big hole dug by the emperor. This way

It also saved Li Cong a lot of time. It turned out that Li Cong wanted to rely on his own strength to seal the frozen forest. In that case, he might have spent more money. This small amount of money was still important to Li Cong.

They can afford it, but they don’t know how long they will be blocked. Li Cong never thought that such a large organization could be solved in a short time. This is a bit illogical. They will definitely waste a long time.

Time, if the time is short, it can be said to be sustainable. If it is long, there will be so much every year, and I will not be able to support it.

"Haha, Your Majesty is really generous this time. I keep the money bag for His Majesty every year. Every year, His Majesty either increases expenditure here or there. This year, hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent. Very soon.

I rarely see that your majesty can increase the revenue of the national treasury, but the lord has contributed a share." What Tian Congdian said was true to his heart. Li Cong actually gave 20 billion silver to Li Cong.

I also thought about bleeding, but I never thought I would bleed so much. This bleeding is a bit big. (To be continued...)
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