A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

At the beginning, he and Di Renjie went to Bizhai, and from then on, Pei Xingjian knew how powerful Gu Qing was. If ghosts and snakes dared to stir up trouble in Chang'an, he still had to ask his teacher if he was okay, it was just a trick.

"I'm going to check the situation in the barracks. It's very cold here at night."

Xue Rengui left, and Pei Xingjian drank alone. Xue Rengui was actually very talented in leading soldiers. Even Su Dingfang was very optimistic about Xue Rengui. He just thought that he was presiding over the alliance now, and he knew in his heart that he was the Minister of the Ministry of War. Now, I will enter the three provinces next. Among the three provinces today, the Shangshu Province and the Zhongshu Province are very stable. I shouldn't think about it after I enter the choice.

Most of the menxia provinces are old men. These old men often talk about government affairs in the menxia province. If they enter the menxia province, life will be difficult, and Li Chengqian also has a headache. The current menxia province has long wanted to govern.

Changan

Autumn in Chang'an is very cold, and this year's autumn is particularly cold. I am afraid that it will be freezing after winter. Fortunately, most households in Chang'an have built warm kangs in their homes. The fat monk on the balcony of the pen studio looks With the bustle of the East City, grain storage has already begun, and many households in Chang'an are already preparing for the winter.

The fat monk said to the people around him: "Take back all the people. It seems that this matter will be left alone. Li Chengqian dare not do anything."

"Yes!" The dark thread on the side replied.

"Where's the dwarf?" The fat monk said impatiently, "Is he planning to make money again?"

Of course, the dwarf is busy making money outside Chang'an. Many villages near Chang'an are farmers. Many farmers want to sell their vegetables and meat to Chang'an. There is no place to sell things at all. If you sell them to people in other villages, the price will be lower, and there are many rich and noble families in Chang'an, so you can sell them at a good price in Chang'an, and there happens to be such a guy who can help them before the market opens. Grab the position.

The dwarf looked at these farmers anxiously, feeling that the opportunity to make a fortune had come again.

Di Renjie returned to the village thinking about how to deal with the case, and wanted to ask Gu Qing what he meant. When he came to Gu's house, he saw Li Ran and Gu Qing sitting and chatting.

"Di Renjie." Seeing him hesitating outside the door, Li Zhi said, "It's cold, let's go in and have a seat."

"Why is she here?" Di Renjie wondered.

"How do I know?" Li Zhi pulled Di Renjie and said, "Come in, I want to hear what you think about something."

Gu Qing watched Di Renjie and Li Zhi enter the house, knowing that Di Renjie must have something to ask himself.

7Chapter 17 Li Ran's Business

Li Ran said in a low voice: "I bought a few mountains in the south of the Yangtze River and hired a lot of people to plant tea trees. You don't need to send people to buy tea trees in the future. You can find me in the future."

"The Li family in Zhaojun really did a great job." Gu Qing said with a sigh, "The first move was to buy a few mountains. In fact, the Niu family had already arranged a few mountains to plant tea trees for their own business needs. If the Li family wants to stand out in business, it must pursue the quality of tea."

"My tea farmers have also explored the quality of tea." Li Ran said to Gu Qing when making tea, "The tea before the rainy season is the best. When it comes to the rainy season in the south, the quality of the tea will be much worse."

Gu Qing nodded slightly, Li Ran's words were a bit like the meaning of Yuqian Longjing, drinking the tea she brewed is very good.

Li Ran continued, "Being able to take care of the three mountains is actually the financial resources that you, Gu Qing, have been taking care of all along."

"Where is it?" Gu Qing smiled flatteringly.

In fact, being able to contract the three mountains is inseparable from the financial resources of Zhao Jun and the Li family. The Li family's stoves are selling very well throughout the Central Plains, and there are minerals to support their own production and sales.

"The ore business is not easy to do." Li Ran said again, "Although our Li family in Zhao County has a lot of oil and water to eat in the coal mines, it is not inexhaustible. It will be used up one day, but Coal stoves can be built forever.”

Li Ran's visit at this juncture is almost clear. Gu Qing knows that apart from Li Ran coming back to visit his sister and brother-in-law Di Renjie, there is also Haimao. Although Li's coal mine business has always been good, there will be a day of exhaustion, not for a long time. In other words, she wants to find a way to do business for a long time after the coal mines are gone. There are also coal mines in the Central Plains, but they can't be mined like this all the time.

"Have you ever thought about digging the coal mines of the Wa Kingdom?" Gu Qing said while sipping tea, "Wa Kingdom is a piece of cake to me, and I can still talk about how much this piece of cake eats for each family, except iron, gold and silver. If you can’t touch other resources, I can still give them to you, the Li Family of Zhao County. I will still take care of you when new places are opened up in the future. When the South China Sea is also opened up, many minerals in the Central Plains can be kept. Say it again."

"I want to do the salt business, what do you think?" Li Ran said again, "I know that the salt in the Central Plains is strictly controlled, so it should be fine to use the salt from the Wa country."

"Of course it can." Gu Qing nodded and said, "But now is not the time, it's too early to talk about it a few years later, now Li Chengqian is planning to make a drastic move, and Li Chengqian will notice if he starts the salt business at this juncture."

"I didn't expect the dignified Marquis Gu to be afraid of Li Chengqian?" Li Ran smiled softly.

Gu Qing touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "How do you say that, as if I can stabilize Li Chengqian's head."

"Isn't it?"

"Actually, Li Chengqian still has a lot to offer." Gu Qing sighed helplessly, "Although I hold great power, my words and deeds are watched by too many people. How many people want to see me rebel? Salt and iron are very important. Big, it's really hard to touch, and now this opportunity is even more untouchable."

"Okay, if you say you can't touch it, I won't touch it." Li Ran said again, "It's still a matter of coal mines. I can't wait to sit and eat. You said you went to Japan or other places to dig coal mines. Why did you say that the Central Plains should keep their own mines? There are a lot of coal mines in the Central Plains, besides, going to the country of Wa to mine would be superfluous.”

"No and no." Gu Qing denied, "I don't care about this superfluous action. The coal mines will be mined one day, and they are not inexhaustible. After a hundred years, hundreds of years, look at the coal mines in the Central Plains in the long run. One day it will be exhausted, and we need to reserve more resources for future generations. My suggestion is still that of the Japanese country. We keep our own resources for our future people to use as a last resort, and first empty out the resources of other countries. .”

Li Ran looked at Gu Qing for a long time without speaking.

"What's wrong?" Gu Qing asked strangely when he saw Li Ran looking at him.

"Gu Qing, what are you planning? I found out that you seem to be afraid of something?"

Gu Qing smiled wryly and said, "Let me tell you this, for example, we have mined all the coal mines in the Wa country, but the people of the Wa country also want coal mines, right? Where are they going to find coal mines at this time?"

"We!" Li Ran said.

"That's right." Gu Qing nodded, "It doesn't matter if I have sinister intentions, we will try our best to mine all the coal mines in the country of Japan, and then we can save them. When the country of Japan needs coal mines, we can let them buy them at a high price We mined coal mines from the country of Wa. In the future, and in the future, several small countries in the South China Sea, and other places can do the same. We first plunder and sell it at a high price. The cost of our sea trade will be paid by us. It can be recovered in full, or even doubled, which is just one of the benefits of Maritime Trade, and the benefits will become more and more in the future!"

It's not that Li Ran doesn't know how to do business, but he was shocked when he heard Gu Qing's idea. Such a plundering business practice is no different from a robber, "If you do this, it is too inhumane, and many people will be behind your back." Pointing and pointing, too small and not a gentleman."

"A gentleman and a villain?" Gu Qing sneered, "Dare to ask the head of the Li family in Zhao County, do you have any grudge against money?"

"No grudges." Li Ran said immediately, "But I don't want to be infamous."

"What infamy? Do you care about infamy in the face of interests?" Gu Qing said again, "We are looking for interests, not so-called honest gentlemen. Of course, we can care about our own morality. We also need to know the words of the saints of our ancestors. These are the words of our ancestors. Inheritance, you can lead by example in the Central Plains, and you can lead by example now, everything in the future will be judged by others, anyway, I don’t care about my own reputation.”

"I have to think about it," Li Ran said.

"Actually, this is all for the future. When the Japanese country recovers, it will ask us for coal mines. Now we go to the Japanese country to mine coal mines for business." Gu Qing drank tea, "We still have to pay the Japanese workers, right? It’s all voluntary by them, even if they don’t have coal mines and come to the Central Plains to buy it, it’s still voluntary, it’s all business where it’s against the rules, and we’re not robbers.”

Li Ran held back his smile.

"What? Am I wrong?" Gu Qing said again.

"Yes, we are all for business, and it's all yours and my wish."

"That's fine." Gu Qing drank his tea calmly, "In a word, in the Wa Kingdom, our Datang will always be the right party. Don't coerce the Wa people no matter how hard the Wa people work, but let them have money."

Chapter 748 Gao Yang Doubts

"All in all, you can't treat them as livestock, but the wages are lower than those in the Central Plains." Gu Qing said again, "Don't worry about the words outside, some people eat much uglier than us."

"Huh?" Li Ran was puzzled.

Gu Qing pointed in the direction of Chang'an behind him, "Some people don't want to let go of the gold, silver, copper, and iron of the Japanese country. Every month, a cartload of cars is pulled into the Daming Palace. Even Li Chengqian himself doesn't know about this."

"How do you know?" Li Ran asked.

"Because..." Gu Qing said with a smile, "The transportation route from Wa Kingdom to Goguryeo to Shanhaiguan was given by Shangguanyi."

"I see." Li Ran nodded.

"Okay, having said all that, the East China Sea is about to sail, and the Maritime Trade Department will arrange for your Li family from Zhao County to board the boat, and I will not interfere with other matters."

"His Royal Highness King Jin..." Li Ran turned to say, "I'd better tell you, my status is not suitable for contact with the prince."