The beginning is the emperor

Chapter 16 Trade with Neighboring Counties
"That's right, it's really rare to directly lower taxes right after taking the throne."

"But why didn't His Majesty pardon the world?"

"You're stupid. Most of those imprisoned are just idlers and sneaky people. Letting them out will definitely affect us."

"Yeah, I thought so too."

The common people's chats are often based on where they go, but soon they changed the topic and talked about miscellaneous things, such as their cows are about to give birth to calves, and several countries next door have been invaded by bandits. Yes, the price of cloth has risen again recently.

Most of them were news from the market, and the servant beside the middle-aged man shook his head: "The emperor has just ascended the throne, sir."

The middle-aged man said: "This is the best. The young emperor has lofty aspirations and is generally determined to forge ahead. Let's stay here for a while."

The servant had no choice but to respond: "Yes."

"Go and buy a farmhouse first, and then buy an acre of land."

……

Day three.

After adapting in the first two game days, Nintendo is now gradually on the right track, becoming more and more emperor-like.

When he opened his eyes, he saw several palace maids waiting on him as usual. After putting on all the dragon robes and other things, he was ready to go to court.

Ren Tian is in high spirits, the government is the top priority, and there are too many things in the early stage, after a few imperial decrees, the energy will be exhausted, so the important things must be done first.

When they came to the main hall, many courtiers were already waiting there, and when they saw Ren Tian sitting down, they all knelt down in unison.

"Long live, long live, my emperor."

"Everyone loves to be flat."

Going to court was actually not easy at all in ancient times. Going to court was at five o'clock, and in modern time it was five to seven o'clock, which meant that ministers and emperors would get up at four o'clock. After washing and dressing, they arrived The main hall is five o'clock on time.

Waking up so early for many years still has a great impact on sleep.

Of course, this is a game after all, and this is simply ignored.

Ren Tian sat on the dragon chair, looking down at the ministers below. There are many more ministers today, and it is no longer the empty feeling before. In addition to Dazai Situ, Sikong and Sikou, there are also those who were transferred by himself yesterday local officials.

There were about a dozen people who filled in some vacancies in the imperial court. Basically, they were all courtiers and officials, and they were all low-level officials responsible for carrying out specific affairs.

To put it simply, these officials were added to Dazai Situ Sikong to help improve administrative efficiency.

Originally, Ren Tian also wanted to confer titles to specific official positions, but the problem is that the Sangong Jiuqing system is not allowed at all now.

He checked and found out that the requirement was that the country must first be raised to the level of a principality before the system of three princes and nine princes could be opened. Ren Tian's current country level was a small princely state. To move up, he needed to go through medium-sized princely states and large princely states. It was still a long way to go. Gotta go.

After taking a look at those officials, they were much younger than the old ministers of Dazai Yan Yang.

Looking at the ministers below, Ren Tian was quietly waiting for them to start playing.

After a while, no one seemed to speak.

Ren Tianyi raised his eyebrows: "My dear friends, there is nothing to do in court this morning?"

Dazai Yan Yang came out: "Qizou Your Majesty, I have something to say. Yesterday afternoon, our trade contract with the neighboring county expired. May I ask Your Majesty if you want to continue to sign the trade agreement? If so, you need to send envoys to the neighboring county. Meet the mayor."

"Oh?"

Ren Tian was a little curious: "Trade with neighboring counties? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Soon, under Yan Yang's explanation, Ren Tian finally figured it out, and while listening to Yan Yang's explanation, Ren Tian even opened the map.

To put it simply, there are a total of seven counties in Linchuan County. Ren Tian's Xinguo occupies the two leftmost counties in Linchuan County, and the adjacent county on the right is almost equivalent to a county under the independent responsibility of the NPC. Xinguo is There is a trade relationship with this county.

The new country uses grain in exchange for the other party's money.

The market price is 1 tael of silver and 1 stone, and the other party is using almost exactly this price.

Ren Tianrao asked with interest: "What's going on in this neighboring county?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, when Gao Zu ruled Linchuan County, it was only because of lack of strength in the back that he had to give up the rest of the county. This Mi County is the only one among them."

Ren Tian's eyes lit up: "Since Mi County belonged to Xinguo before, is there any way for me to take it back?"

Exploiting the territory is the dream hidden in every player's heart.

"Your Majesty, at this stage, it's difficult. Let's not say that the army of the new country is backward, with very few soldiers and weak combat effectiveness. The counties of Mi County, Tuan County, and Ning County are almost the same as us. More importantly, these few In the county town, the hearts of the people are not toward Xinguo."

Ren Tian frowned: "It's unreasonable. After I strengthen my army, I must take Mi County back."

"Your Majesty, there is no conflict between Mi County and our new country. If we resort to force rashly, I am afraid it will be easy for the world to prove it."

"We'll talk about this later. What's your suggestion for this deal?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, although Mi County bears the word "米", it is actually quite short of food. It has been relying on our new country's food. Your Majesty can choose not to sell it, or take the opportunity to sell it at a high price. There will be damage."

Ren Tian raised his eyebrows: "Why is there any damage? I protect the interests of my country. What's the problem?"

In history, those politicians in the West were full of benevolence, righteousness and morality behind closed doors, and all kinds of bad tricks to other countries, but this is the standard politician. Only politicians who work for the interests of the people of their own countries are good politicians. The emperor who seeks happiness for the people is a good emperor.

He pondered for a while, and it happened that he was also short of money. In a short period of time, Xinguo's monthly expenditure was already exaggerated, and the need for money was still great.

"Who wants to go to Mi County? The trade between our country and Mi County can be carried out as usual, but in terms of price, I need to go up a bit, but it can't exceed the range of Mi County."

Ren Tian looked at the entire court.

The people around did not speak, and at this moment, a courtier came out.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to be an envoy."

Ren Tian took a look at the message of this courtier.

Name: Yuan Lang

Category: civil servants

Position: Zuo Shi

Comprehensive internal affairs ability: 66
Government affairs: 70
Nongsang: 60
Water conservancy: 62
Business: 72
Diplomacy: 67
Loyalty: 70
Skills: none

This Yuan Lang is an official who was promoted from a local official before. He was a county magistrate before, and his position is not low now. The left and right divisions are almost behind Situ Sikong, Sima and others.

Ren Tian looked at the rest of the courtiers again. Basically, their commercial attributes and diplomatic attributes are almost the same. It seems that only this Yuan Lang is the highest, with 72 points in business and 67 points in diplomacy.

"Precise play."

(End of this chapter)