In the spring rain, the shop business in many alleys of Yuyang County’s East Street seemed a bit deserted.
An Zhilu, wearing a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat, walked into a shop called Leng Xiangju and was led by a friend to an elegant room on the second floor.
Yang Can was sitting quietly inside and looking through some account books.
An Zhilu hung up the bamboo hat and straw raincoat outside the door of Yashi Room. After sitting down opposite Yang Can, she couldn't help asking: "Is this shop yours?"
"yes."
Yang Can smiled slightly and looked at An Zhilu, "You grew up in the market since you were young, so you know very well, marching and fighting are the most profitable. In fact, the reason why our Yang family still has this lineage and can still accumulate some power and raise some dead soldiers is not unrelated to the fact that the two emperors of the Yang family like to waste extravagance."
An Zhilu was a little puzzled and said, "How can you benefit from extravagance and waste?"
Yang Can smiled and said, "In the last decades of the Great Sui Dynasty, the emperor liked to burn incense whenever there was any important festival. In this cold fragrance, every piece of agarwood was very expensive. Even the dignitaries and wealthy merchants in Yuyang County and Youzhou City used at most half a pound per pound a year, and they used some powder or cut a small piece to incense. But the methods of our Emperors of the Great Sui Dynasty were very scary, and they scared the historians. Even the historians spent a lot of writing and writing. Look at the current historical books clearly record that during the New Year in the Sui Dynasty, dozens of flaming mountains were set up in the palace square, and each pile of volcano was several carts of agarwood and fried incense. More than two hundred carts of agarwood and more than two hundred stone carts of agarwood were burned in one night."
An Zhilu's face changed slightly when she heard it, and she said, "If it weren't for what you said in person, if I had heard such a statement in normal times, I would have thought it was purely boasting."
Yang Can also sighed very much and said, "Even in the eyes of our descendants of the Yang family, this move is extremely extravagant. Not to mention burning more than 200 cars in one night, I might as well tell you that now, not to mention other big cities in the Tang Dynasty, even in Chang'an and Luoyang, the stores that operate agarwood and the warehouses in the total inventory, they will not be able to collect two hundred cars in a while."
An Zhilu was speechless.
From An Gui's letter, he already knew the luxury of Chang'an, but the luxury of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty still exceeded his imagination.
Yang Can continued slowly, "Even if you only sell these agarwood and other spices every year and pay the military money, Li probably won't be able to easily seize the country from Yang. These purely burned money can be bought by many people. But sometimes it is so ridiculous. Our emperor burns agarwood, and the fragrance rushes to the city, and it also makes the agarwood famous. Moreover, he consumes too much good agarwood every year, which makes the agarwood more and more scarce and precious. When our Yang lost the country, everyone stares at gold, silver and treasures, but most people in the world are not as good as our Yang people. Our lineage is able to survive by relying on several warehouses piled with rotten wood that have not been noticed in a certain port."
An Zhilu understood it, and he looked at Yang Can and said, "Although your Emperor Yang of the Great Sui Dynasty was extremely luxurious, it seemed like he had burned the country by himself, his preferences left a few priceless warehouses somewhere. The rotten woods you mentioned were actually priceless agarwood spices. It was because he had burned them to the point that these spices were also amazingly valuable. When you plan to do things, you will have a certain amount of capital."
Yang Can nodded and said, "Since the Sui Dynasty, the top-quality agarwood produced overseas has become rare. Whenever we use money, we supply a small amount of top-quality agarwood to many big cities in the Tang Dynasty. Over the years, the price of top-quality agarwood has only risen but not fall."
An Zhilu smiled bitterly.
He lived a life of having a bronze scattered and a few bronze flowers since he was young. It was hard for him to imagine a life of living a life of strands of gold and silver.
He took a deep breath, looked at Yang Can and asked, "I heard about the creation of the evil magic array in Chang'an Shengshen. What should be your work to lead Princess Jing to the room of Liu's colored agarwood shop?"
Yang Can said calmly, "There are probably most likely ours to produce that kind of agarwood on the market. It is not difficult for us to do some tricks in it. The more expensive things are in the world, the less people in the world will come into contact with, and the more difficult it will be to understand."
An Zhilu hesitated for a moment, then asked, "But as far as I know, you consumed two magical objects and created an evil emperor, but still failed to kill Princess Jing. Such a layout ended in a complete failure. So do you still have the confidence to push me to rise here?"
"You have learned the news, so you have some confidence?" Yang Can smiled, "No wonder I always go to find you, but today you come to me."
An Zhilu frowned slightly, and said, "I came to you this time to find you. In fact, I didn't have confidence in you. In fact, there are two places that I haven't figured out. The first is that as you said, fighting is the most expensive. In fact, relying on the wealthy businessmen in Youzhou and the clan investment, no matter how hard it is, I can't beat the Li family. But now I understand that you have a way of wealth in your hand. If I'm not wrong, over the years, your lineage has not only relied on the warehouses of agarwood left by the Sui Dynasty, but you were originally experts in this business. Since most of these top-quality agarwood comes from overseas, and overseas is a place that the Tang Dynasty cannot control, so you have taken over all the overseas business in your own hands, right?"
"Your guess is not bad." Yang Can didn't hide it and smiled faintly, "The overseas companies that specialize in such businesses are basically under our jurisdiction."
"Then I can understand the money consumption in this war. No wonder you can easily win over the bandits and form a coalition force with a little effort." An Zhilu looked at Yang Can and continued, "But there is another place. I always feel that even if we don't lack money in war, the army can form a confrontation with the Li army. However, when we launched an army in Youzhou, our practice area is far less than Chang'an. You are not even useful in creating evil formations like this. After a long period of stalemate, we will definitely lose in this way."
"I understand what you mean." Yang Can laughed again and said, "You want to ask me, even if the army can be better than the army controlled by the Li family, how can the practitioners control them? In fact, even if they can kill Princess Jing, there is no way to do this."
An Zhilu's face suddenly looked a little ugly, "There's no way?"
Yang Can said calmly, "You are well-informed. You may soon know that Chang'an Dao Sect will hold a ritual for the world, and Gu Shiwu will become the leader of the Dao Sect. And you will find that we originally wanted to promote the dispute between the left-wing Taoist and the Dao Sect to restrain the practitioners of the Dao Sect and many sword sects, but Gu Shiwu is now promoted to Dao Sect and he will be able to solve this problem soon. When you see this, you will lose confidence. Because you will feel that Gu Shiwu can quickly mobilize the practitioners of many sects. At that time, Fufeng, Nanzhao may suffer first."
An Zhilu looked at Yang Can's face and felt a little calmer, "Do you already have other concerns?"
"In fact, no matter how you design or buy it, there is any exquisite idea. In the situation where Li's family has already won the hearts of the people and most ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty think that life can continue, the number of practitioners who serve Li's family is ultimately overwhelming. "Yang Can said: "In our calculations, we have never thought of taking advantage of the number of practitioners. In fact, we have calculated countless methods to promote a great fortune like you to raise a army and eventually succeed. There is actually only one way."
An Zhilu's heart was a little trembling and said, "What method?"
Yang Can said, "The people of the Tang Dynasty call the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty the Holy Emperor. Only by making the Emperor lose the saint and making the people doubt him can the Li family lose the hearts of the people."
An Zhilu's eyes shimmered slightly, "The only way is to plot against the emperor?"
Yang Can said: "The emperor has not appeared at any grand event in the Tang Dynasty for a long time. This time, there are three rebellions in various parts of the Tang Dynasty. In order to facilitate the army to set off and prevent the cultivation world from causing chaos, the emperor will preside over the opening of the Taoist sect. This is a good opportunity for us. It can even be said that if this plan is not successful, then it is meaningless for you to raise an army, but if this plan is successful, you have the real capital to compete with the Li family for the country. If you can send troops to Chang'an in the end, there is a legitimate reason."
An Zhilu felt infinite emotion in her heart when she heard it, and couldn't help but say, "It turns out that there are so many tricks here."
Yang Can couldn't help but smile and said, "Didn't you learn quickly too?"
An Zhilu said seriously, "I have seen too little since I was a child, and I have even short-sighted eyes."
Yang Can said calmly, "Since you have solved your confusion in your heart, you have figured out what kind of path you are going to take. When encountering some things next, don't be confused anymore. This is a big event in the battle for the country, and you will definitely be buried in millions of corpses and blood flowing into a river. To achieve such a big event, you must be ruthless. Brothers, fathers and brothers can kill them, let alone others. If one day I will become an obstacle to your sitting on the dragon throne, you can even kill me."
An Zhilu shook her head, "If I can really do that, then I will let Master, sit on the dragon throne."
Chapter completed!