The merchants were always well-informed, and what Li Yuanying did in Hu County back then was not hidden from their ears. Even if he didn't mention things so far away, the largest seaport in Henan Province was built under their noses.
In addition to the dividends that have not yet been received, those of them who hold the Oriental Pearl No. 1 coupon are also eligible to book a new type of sea-going ship in advance. If Li Yuanying hadn't said that they would have to test the voyage for a year to be cautious, they would have started it long ago. After all, although I don't know what they brought back from outside, but Li Yuanying spent a lot of money repairing and expanding the official road leading to Chang'an without blinking an eye, so he knew that there would be a lot of money in it!
Those who are more well-informed already know why a group of new faces flooded into Henan Road recently: I heard that there is a "Treasure Island" on the other side, and Li Yuanying's fleet directly transported back a boatload of gold and silver after passing by!
This statement is really attractive, not to mention that the voyage is only three or five days away, and it is not far away, so it doesn't hurt to try it. Moreover, King Teng is sincere. They want to book a sea-going ship. King Teng also persuades them that sailing at sea is risky, and overseas trade has profits and losses. Everyone should act cautiously.
If Li Yuanying urged them to go to sea, they would be hesitant, afraid of this and that. Now that Li Yuanying clearly told them the danger, they would go firmly: who knows if Li Yuanying is afraid that they will rob him of his exclusive overseas treasure land? Why don't they go? You have to try it first, a boat and a boat of people don’t cost much!
Seeing that the year is approaching, everyone's money and people are ready.
At this juncture, Li Yuanying proposed a new plan, and everyone felt that "this guy is coming to kill us again", but they were very sincere in their actions, and actively wrote down the amount they used to vote.
Some people from the same county got together and added up the total, and found that the money paid by each family was enough to build roads in the county in all directions! The problem is that there may not be enough manpower. If all the counties start construction at the same time, they will definitely not be able to repair it. No wonder Li Yuanying has to pick out three counties first.
No matter how good Li Yuanying said, it was always distressing to spend so much money. Sitting together, the elders of a county felt that they had cut more meat in the past two years than they had in the past ten years, but they paid the money willingly, and even wondered what new project Li Yuanying would come up with next time.
Someone stroked his beard and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Teng behaves differently from others."
The others nodded in agreement.
Many things Li Yuanying did seemed to be just for fun, but if you look back carefully, every step he took was of great use, and I don't know if it was a coincidence or intentional.
Anyway, Li Yuanying hasn't suffered any disadvantages since he came to Tengzhou for so long.
Last year, Li Yuanying was arrested by His Majesty Li Er and went back. They were still worried about whether there would be changes in Tengzhou, and whether the money they invested in the harbor would be in vain. As a result, Li Yuanying not only came back with a carload of treasures, but gifts from all parties followed. His Majesty Li Er also specially gave Li Yuanying three coin furnaces to allow him to make money himself.
Therefore, following Li Yuanying has a bright future!
Everyone in Tengzhou believed in this idea, and after inquiring about other people's bids, they all thoughtfully added 10% to it, which was very generous.
People from neighboring states heard about the new developments in Tengzhou, and some felt envious, while others felt that the rich and powerful households in Tengzhou were bewildered. Isn't it just a few coins printed with their hometown? Isn't it just printing a few thin stamps? What's so strange, look at them hooking them up and taking the money out!
Not long after, someone came to Tengzhou to lobby Li Yuanying: You see that the neighboring state is not far away, and there are also good mountains and rivers. Why don't you add the neighboring state to the candidate list? If you can’t catch up this year, you can join next year. During this year, you can come to us to experience the mountains and rivers. We provide free board and lodging, and free chat and play.
Li Yuanying didn't agree immediately, but said that he had to ask his imperial brother for instructions on this matter, even if he was in a neighboring state, he couldn't go out casually, otherwise what if his imperial brother arrested him back to the capital and scolded him? Of course, if your side happens to be on the route to the harbor, you can consider resting at your place for two days. After all, the journey is so hard, it is normal to stop and rest.
The two sides reached a preliminary agreement that the rich and powerful households in Tengzhou quit. Their competition in the state is already so fierce, so why not join those powerful guys outside? For a while, the county and neighboring counties, and the prefecture and neighboring states were all in a state of competition with each other, and the way of competition was that everyone further increased their votes for Qian Fan's bid.
People were stunned to see this.
Isn't it the pattern on the money? Is it necessary to spend so much money! The money paid by these people can buy all the thousands of "Tengzhou money" back home, right
Such miracles were naturally spread by word of mouth, and spread all the way back to Chang'an with the running of merchants.
At this time, His Majesty Li Er had already received Li Yuanying's letter. Li Yuanying seemed to be suffocating, and scolded several pages eloquently, and finally said shyly, "Chengqian said he would support me. Although you are not good to me, you I gave birth to a good son who treated me well! If he hadn’t encouraged me to scold me if I wanted to, I wouldn’t have thought that I could write a letter to scold you.”
His Majesty Li Er was quite happy to see Li Yuanying's letter at first, but when he saw this, his nose was crooked, so he called Li Chengqian to him and cursed him.
Only then did Li Chengqian know that Uncle Yao had sold him out. He asked Li Yuanying to scold Duke Xun, but Li Yuanying actually said that he was the one who told Li Er Majesty to scold His Majesty Li Er!
With such an Uncle Yao, what can Li Chengqian do, he can only step forward to plead guilty and explain: "My son refers to Duke Xun, I didn't expect Uncle Yao to understand it wrong." He is not impatient, how can he encourage Li Yuanying? Write a letter to scold His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er also knew that Li Yuanying's words were unreliable, so he didn't really put the hat on Li Chengqian, but asked Li Chengqian to pay attention to the news from Luoyang.
Li Yuanying said that he sent Dai Ting to Luoyang, but there was no movement at the moment, His Majesty Li Er felt that something big was about to happen.
Li Chengqian heard that His Majesty Li Er asked him to stare at him, and immediately understood that His Majesty Li Er was biased towards Li Yuanying in his heart, and he was determined, saying that he would definitely follow up. After he was driven away by His Majesty Li Er, he immediately asked people to send all the newspapers in Luoyang for him to look at, and then found a few people who often traveled to and from Luoyang to enter the East Palace to talk, and his actions were quite neat.
In fact, His Majesty Li Er not only asked Li Chengqian to pay attention to this matter, but after dismissing Li Chengqian, he also called others to report the current situation in Luoyang in time.
Luoyang is the gateway to Chang'an, if that Dai Ting made a disturbance by treating Luoyang as a Koryo country, he would not let such a person stay by Li Yuanying's side again.
His Majesty Li Er reopened Li Yuanying's letter, reread the two paragraphs where Li Yuanying mentioned Dai Ting, threw the letter away, and rubbed his forehead against the table.
This kid is subdued not only because Cheng Qian supports him, but also because he wants to protect Dai Ting.
His younger brother looks carefree, but he is actually very smart. He also said "I sent Dai Ting there", vowing that he would never disturb Luoyang, but can this kid really restrain the eagle dog under his hands
There was no news from Luoyang, but the anecdote from Tengzhou arrived first.
When they heard that the Tengzhou people were rushing to pay for the bridge and pave the road, Changsun Wuji and others all looked dumbfounded, and they were no longer surprised by such "strange news". After all, Li Yuanying had already searched for a white wolf to set up a Cuiwei Palace a few years ago, and now they are still in Cuiwei Palace to escape the summer heat!
Li Yuanying's "Tengzhou coins" were only minted in total to 9,000 pieces, which relieved Changsun Wuji and the others. Even if this little money flowed into the hands of the common people, no trouble would arise. And looking at this momentum, ordinary people may not be able to buy it even if they want to, and even if they buy it, they are reluctant to use it outside!
Since Li Yuanying was so measured, Changsun Wuji felt relieved, and graciously praised Li Yuanying in front of His Majesty Li Er, saying that he was really clever and astute for coming up with this method, and it was not in vain for His Majesty Li Er to take him by his side and teach him so carefully for many years.
His Majesty Li Er knew Changsun Wuji as a young man, and knew Changsun Wuji's temper very well. His uncle has always been very particular about being kind to others. Earlier, he felt that Li Yuanying was a threat to Changsun Wuji, so he came to persuade him, but now he felt that Li Yuanying was not a threat, so he came to praise Li Yuanying again, saying that he taught well!
But I have to say that Changsun Wuji scratched His Majesty Li Er's itch, so he inevitably told Changsun Wuji about Li Yuanying's letter: "This kid doesn't think so, he wrote me a letter recently, every sentence is Say I don't love him anymore, it's not good for him!"
Changsun Wuji: "..."
Come on, here we go again.
Changsun Wuji pinched his nose to talk, and His Majesty Li Er really showed him Li Yuanying's letter back and forth, saying that this kid is really disrespectful and lawless.
If Changsun Wuji should say "yes, yes, yes" at this time, it would be too stupid, and His Majesty Li Er will definitely turn his face. So Changsun Wuji said very wittily: "If he didn't regard His Majesty as the elder brother who loves him the most, how could His Highness King Teng dare to talk to His Majesty like this?"
His Majesty Li Er was satisfied, and said helplessly, "There is really nothing we can do about him."
Changsun Wuji got up and left.
When Changsun Wuji went out, he met Fang Xuanling. Seeing his pale face, Fang Xuanling couldn't help asking him: "What's the matter? But what's wrong?"
Changsun Wuji shook his head: "It's okay," he said quietly, "It's His Royal Highness Prince Teng who wrote a letter to His Majesty."
Fang Xuanling was silent for a moment, looked at the notebook in his hand, and felt that the matter inside was not that urgent.
He turned around resolutely and walked back with Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji asked: "Didn't you have something to ask to see His Majesty?"
Fang Xuanling said: "Now there are no more."
Changsun Wuji: "..."
These two brothers are really, when they are not good, they make people worry, and when they get better, they also make people worry.
Compared with the tranquility here in Chang'an, Luoyang has not been very peaceful recently.
This injustice is not for the people of Luoyang, but for Zhang Liang, Duke Xun.
The common people live a lively life every day, and even feel that there are many more merchants coming and going. They can see many fresh Baixi performances and buy various goods from all over the world every day.
In places where ordinary people can't notice, there are dark turmoil everywhere.
Some of the adopted sons of Duke Xun Zhang Liang are in the army, and some are in the merchants to support Duke Xun's mansion. Recently, these people found that as long as the business they operate has plummeted, the reason is either that the competitors came up with new recipes or the competitors lowered prices aggressively, attracting all the customers. They can't compare to people in comparison with Xinqiao, and they can't compare to people in price wars, won't they just plummet
If this kind of injustice is only related to money, then another matter is related to life: as long as people from the Duke Xun's mansion go out—including Duke Xun himself, they will encounter minor accidents, such as walking on the road and spending money. The basin suddenly smashed in front of him, for example, when he was on the toilet, the cross bar suddenly broke, for example, the hound that was being fed suddenly foamed at the mouth and poisoned him in front of him.
One time can be said to be a coincidence, but it is a bit scary if it happens every day. People in Duke Xun's mansion are afraid to go out for a while.
Duke Xun was furious and ordered people to conduct a thorough investigation, but they didn't find out why. The people below all came to the same conclusion: it was all an accident!
Shit accident!
Duke Xun had a smooth journey, and he had never experienced this kind of cowardice. He heard people report that all the industries under him were suppressed and could not continue to operate, and he was even more sure that someone was targeting him. He doesn't want to make enemies very much, and there is only one person who has enemies with him recently: Li Yuanying.
Recently, Mrs. Li has been crying in front of him, saying that her younger brother is gone, and the Li family has also lost. Li Yuanying was not born when he fought with His Majesty Li Er, so why should he be able to enjoy the glory and wealth and be born higher than them? Is it because he will reincarnate!
Duke Xun originally thought Li's younger brother was reckless, but after Li cried every day, he also felt a little unwilling. Li Yuanying didn't build an inch of merit, how could he surpass them
These recent incidents must have been written by Li Yuanying, maybe His Majesty Li Er let him go, and pushed him secretly! Hou Junji was right, His Majesty Li Er may not be able to tolerate these meritorious ministers like them!
Duke Xun's eyes darkened.
He didn't act rashly, and he didn't go to Li's side again. Instead, he summoned the warlock he loved the most to talk about, as if nothing had happened.
These warlocks were acquainted with Duke Xun, and they got along quite casually with Duke Xun, chatting while drinking. One of them was drunk, and took out a secret map to calculate the future trend for Duke Xun. After the calculation, he was shocked and surprised.
Duke Xun wondered, "What's wrong?"
The sorcerer said: "The surname of the Duke of the Kingdom has the power of a dragon!"
This means that the future world should be surnamed Zhang!
Duke Xun's heart was agitated, but he didn't show it on his face, he just told people not to spread the words. This is the capital crime of beheading!
After seeing off the warlocks, Duke Xun laughed, and there was a bit of fierceness in his gloomy eyes.
The person surnamed Li also took Tianxia from the Yang family, so why can't Tianxia be named Zhang
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Little Prince: We didn't do anything, we just frightened him!