033 New Plan 2
Li You went on to say: "This matter is not in a hurry. It will be decided next year at the earliest. Among our current people, I have picked two people out. One is Chen Fan's younger brother, Chen Yu, and the other is you. Hong Ming, his younger brother, will be fourteen years old next year, and they will be able to learn to do things slowly."
"Young Master, who will take them?" Hong Wu asked again.
"Of course it's me."
"Ah! Young Master, are you going to Lingnan in person?"
After Hong Wu was surprised, Su Yang also asked: "Young Master, if Lingnan wants to gain a foothold, it is not a day's work. I don't know Young Master, how do you consider this matter?"
Li You nodded and said to Hong Wu: "Yes, it's not a day's work. My estimate is three years. After these three years, Chen Yu and Hong Ming should also learn how to take care of them. Don't worry. Now that they are allowed to do it, they will definitely do it. When I talk about this today, I also want you to be prepared. In the next few months, you will slowly hand over the things you are holding to the shopkeeper, Hongwu, everywhere. Next year, you will also go to Lingnan with me. If you say that you can’t do something in the future, it will be handed over to you.” ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
"Good young master, the young one took note."
The roast chicken and lamb shanks were served, and a few people began to eat. Li You also sighed slightly and said to himself: "It would be better if there is chili noodles."
Although he said quietly, Su Yang on the side heard it. For him, all the words and deeds of his young master need to be paid attention to, and he also asked: "Young master, what is the chili noodles you just mentioned? "
Li You shook his head and said, "Nonsense, just nonsense."
After speaking, Li You also frowned, and suddenly thought of pepper. This thing is very in demand now, and it is too expensive to die. One or two is five hundred dollars, and it is basically sold out by the royal family and major families. , Resulting in an ridiculously high private price, and this thing is also produced in Lingnan.
And when I think of pepper, Li You has to think of someone else again. This is after the Anshi Rebellion, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Zai, who was a son of a poor family. He was very proficient in Taoism since he was a child, and passed himself step by step. His efforts became prime minister. However, after Yuan Zai put all his political opponents to the ground, he became greedy and still dominates the DPRK. For a while, it can be said to be infinite glory.
Yuan Zai built many mansions privately and married dozens of wives. Since his salary was not enough for his expenses, he finally had to embark on the road of selling officials. As long as you have money, you can buy official posts, and Yuan Zai relies on this to receive a lot of ill-gotten wealth. And because of his monopoly, many people feel complacent, so they need to do what they want. New Bayi Chinese website debut
Yuan Zai has a hobby, that is, he likes to eat pepper, so in order to please him, those hundred officials who cheat him not only give him gold and silver beauties, but also give him pepper. Even during the Daizong period, the output of pepper was very small, and pepper was grown only in a few places in the Lingnan Land.
The officials who favored him did not hesitate to send people to Linyi, which is later generations of Vietnam, to buy, and this operation is a bit more difficult. It not only requires long-distance transportation, but also needs to buy troops stationed on the border, which is like a later generation of drugs smuggling. When trucks of pepper were transported to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yuan Zai was very happy. He also vacated three rooms as warehouses for storing pepper.
Later, he became more and more angry about accepting bribes and gradually fell out of favor. Under the unremitting impeachment of the censors, he finally fell. When the Tang Dynasty Sect sent people to the Yuanzai mansion to check how much money he had received, he found that his family had nothing to do with him. In addition to the numerous gold and silver jewelry, there are eight hundred stones of pepper. In terms of the weight unit of later generations, this is more than fifty tons. Not to mention pepper, even if it is rice, this amount is scary enough.
Zong of the Tang Dynasty wanted to avoid one of his deaths, but after learning that Yao Shijiao was found, he immediately copied Yuan Zai’s mansion and also gave Yuan Zai and his wife and children to death. No one was spared. After all, the pepper at that time The price is still high, not cheaper than it is now, and the amount of pepper in Yuan Zai's home is really beyond the emperor's tolerance.
Thinking of the only prime minister in history who died because of pepper, Li You laughed again.
"Young Master, what are you..." Su Yang didn't understand Li You, so he asked smoothly.
"Su Yang, I just suddenly thought of another good thing, pepper. If it is planted in large quantities, the profit will never be small."
Su Yang knows the value of pepper, because it is rarely seen in Yangzhou City now. Once you see it, you will be taken away with a lot of money. If you say that this pepper makes money, this is for sure, but This planting is not something that can be done just thinking about it. It also requires someone to manage it, as well as professional talents.
Su Yang went on to say: "Young Master, I'm afraid I have to find some talents who can plant, otherwise, if there is a mistake, it will be labor trouble."
"You don't have to worry about it. It turns out that pepper and sugar cane are all produced in Lingnan. We will find people wherever we are. After all, money can easily do this. Okay, let's not talk about this. Let's eat it. ."
As soon as Li You finished speaking, Xu Ying asked, "Brother You, this roasted meat with fennel added is really delicious, can I bring some back to my father and brother?"
Li You looked at this innocent and cute girl, and smiled, and said, "Okay, I will let the dog take you back later and let him bring a leg of lamb. If you find it delicious, eat more."
This time everyone ate and drank, and shared a lot of money. They were all happy. Under the leadership of Gouzi and Chen Wei, they all ran to Li You to toast their young master. Li You knew There must be such a thing, so Hong Wu and Su Yang were asked to prepare fruit wine for him. If you really drink white wine, you probably won't remember it at noon tomorrow.
After everyone had toasted the wine, they went back to their original place and continued to eat and drink, but Su Yang said to Li You: "The young master really has the foresight, and I admire him."
"Stop flattering and eat yours."
When the food was almost complete, Hong Wucai asked Li You again: "Young Master, there are few people in Lingnan nowadays. If we build a manor, can we find all these people?"
"You, we don’t need to find many locals. We can find people from the south of the Yangtze River. After all, some of the people who can’t survive can also buy some slaves. As long as they have a stable life, this person will go there, ours. The manor is enough for one or two thousand people. This number is not small, but it is not too large. It is not difficult."
After Li You finished speaking, Hong Wu can be regarded as having a heart. He really didn’t think of this just now. Now Li Youyi said that he knew that a low-ranking citizen plus slaves, let alone two thousand people, as long as they have money, Thousands of people can do this. (End of this chapter)