"Hexi Corridor? Has the Song Dynasty begun to plot against the Hexi Corridor and intend to restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties?"

Sun Yue smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Li was joking. The Southern Tang Dynasty was on the side, and there were also the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun like thorns. My Song Dynasty is actually far from completing national unification. It is too early to say the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties at this time."

Li Guangyan nodded when he heard this. If Sun Yue really said something crazy during the meal, he would have to examine the so-called prodigy carefully. The long Hexi Corridor made Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang want to die. If the Song Dynasty was thinking about this place now, it would not have done this unless it was crazy and he would not have done this.

"That brother means..."

"It's not that the Song Dynasty is going to plot against the Hexi Corridor. I mean, myself, or to be precise, our Sun family has some plans for the Hexi Corridor."

"Oh? How do you explain this?"

"Brother Li may not know that in addition to my father and son who were a little officials in the court, our family is also the richest man in the entire Song Dynasty. Fenglelou, the largest restaurant in Kaifeng City, belongs to our family. At the same time, it is the dominant player in the high-end brewing industry. It sells tens of thousands of kilograms of wine every month. In addition, we have a large sugarcane farm in Huainan and a construction team with thousands of people in the country. It can be said that the profit of our family alone is at least equivalent to the sum of all the taxes of the five states in Dingnan. Of course, most of this money has been spent, but not much is really used on our family."

Li Guangyan was really shocked when he heard that he had heard that the Sun Yue family was rich, but he never thought that their family would be so prosperous! The profit of a year was equivalent to the total taxes of the five states in Dingnan?

Well, Dangxiang people were quite poor, and they didn’t collect as much tax as they did in the Central Plains, but that was so scary, okay, doesn’t this mean that Sun Yue is much richer than him?

This is because Sun Chunming is sensible. He did not save or consume high money from his money. Instead, he quickly invested in real estate and made money. Most of them even invested in real estate that shared the worries of the country, such as his explosives research. Otherwise, even if Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Guangmei stood behind their family, they might have been slaughtered.

"Then you mean..."

"Simply put, I came to send money to the Dangxiang people. My father wanted to join forces with the wealthy merchants of the Song Dynasty to do a business with the entire Dangxiang. The scale of the business? So, ten times the total tax of the five states at this time."

"What...what business is so big?"

"Hexi Corridor, Silk Road, because of this road in the Tang Dynasty, we can only connect all countries. Now the Song Dynasty is not able to develop on its own. We can do this job ourselves. On the other side of the corridor, there are soft and comfortable Persian carpets, precious and shining gems, and more importantly, there are countless horses! My Song Dynasty has silk, porcelain, and tea, but there are no horses! If the Tubo, Uighurs, Dangxiang, and our Song Dynasty merchants can join forces to form a caravan to guide the Hexi Corridor and sell the goods directly to the Gaochang Uighurs, I promise that the Song Dynasty will have whatever the tribes want!

This is a bit crazy, but this is the norm in the Song Dynasty. It may not be obvious at this time. But let's put it this way, the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty was actually so rich that it was scary. In comparison, 70% of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty was in the court, and only 30% were among the people. However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen had to raise one million taels and almost had to urinate blood. In the Northern Song Dynasty, if one counted one million taels, it was only one million taels. In Kaifeng alone, there were "there were dozens of people with millions of dollars in family income!"

During the Han Dynasty, in order to seal the wolf's servants in the Hexi Corridor, the Huns were driven out. During the Tang Dynasty, because the national strength was too strong, the entire Turks could directly call him father, and the Song Dynasty... Then spend money to buy it.

If dynasties are compared to superheroes, then the Han Dynasty is Captain America, his bravery and domineeringness is a symbol of the nation. The Tang Dynasty is Thor, his strength is extremely strong and a god-like existence, while the Song Dynasty is Iron Man.

If this guy hadn't been rich, he would have died dozens of times long ago.

As long as you have money, what can’t be solved? Sun Yue believes that having money can make ghosts fuel.

"You want to buy horses through the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions? This... is a bit whimsical. You should know that the current Hexi Corridor is not controlled by a certain ethnic group. It has our Party, some Tubo, and various Uighurs that I can't make a fuss. One of these tribes disagrees, and the trade route is nonsense."

"Wouldn't you make a fortune with money? Brother should know that the Song Dynasty's goods are in short supply in the Western Regions. An ordinary white porcelain bottle can be exchanged for a piece of gold of equal size in the Western Regions and even further away. The profit is more than a few hundred times? In the past, the profit was completely monopolized by the Han people in the Han Dynasty. Now the Song Dynasty does not have the strength, so everyone can make a profit together. Which tribe does not lack iron and which ethnic group does not lack tea? I plan to develop the five states of the Dianjian into a large ethnic exchange market, connecting the Hexi Corridor in the West and the Song Dynasty in the East. As long as we are united, the profits in this are enough to make everyone in the Dangxiang live a good life and no longer have to worry about being hungry."

"It is impossible. Human greed is endless. You can't cover everything. If only the Song Dynasty and Dangxiang are involved, there may be some discussions on this matter, but with the Tubo and Uighurs, it is a fool, and wealth is moving. As long as any tribe can't help but plunder the commercial road, this line will be destroyed. If you kill someone, you will throw it away. Not to mention revenge, it will be difficult to find who did it. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, he could directly send troops to destroy the country because of Kucha. Why should the Song Dynasty dominate such a commercial road now?"

Sun Yue nodded and said, "It is indeed impossible for the Song Dynasty to send troops directly, but Dangxiang can do it. Now Tubo is divided into pieces. Just the three departments in the Hexi Corridor cannot make any trouble. Dangxiang is actually at least in the northwest and is already the largest force, so I want to ask Dangxiang to come and take care of this path for us. No, it is for us to keep this path for everyone to make money together."

"Dangxiang guards the Hexi Corridor for the Song Dynasty? Is this..."

"Of course it is impossible to ask Dangxiang people for help in vain. In addition to the visible wealth income brought by this trade route, we can also exchange it for another thing. With this thing and this trade route, Dangxiang people may have to fight more, but I am sure that the living standards of Dangxiang people can be improved at least ten times! These are just ordinary people, you nobles, from now on, can you live a life like the wealthy family in the Song Dynasty. Let's talk about this tea. This should be the best tea you can produce, brother. When this matter is done, you will give it to you for free, and you won't even want to drink it."

"Oh? What's so good?"
Chapter completed!