"The black soil of Goguryeo is extremely fertile, and you can produce oil and water even if you grab a handful of it." Li Yunze introduced seriously.
"Such a wealthy place, as long as it is arranged properly, it is not difficult to feed tens of millions of people, how can it be used as a feudal state." Li Er thought for a while, frowning slightly.
"But it's cold in the north..."
"We have cotton-padded clothes and quilts." Li Yunze immediately stated his position
"There are a lot of coal and iron mines in Goguryeo. The coal is mined to make briquette stoves. The house is very warm in winter." biqμgètν.net Limited by industrial production capacity, Li Er is not interested in other minerals except gold and silver. Too much importance because the demand is not high.
Of course, if the Tang Dynasty had the industrial strength of later generations of China, it would really be necessary to investigate the islands to see if there were any minerals.
However, the fertile land was enough to impress Li Er. In the agricultural age, nothing was more important than fertile soil.
"I originally wanted Ke'er to go to Goguryeo..." Li Er muttered a few words, looking a little regretful.
Although he decided to establish a virtuous man, he still had a bottom line deep in his heart, that is, the heir must be the legitimate son of Queen Changsun.
Li Ke, the king of Shu, was very good in terms of ability and character, but it was a pity that his mother was Yang Guang's daughter.
The identity of the former princess almost destined Li Ke to have no chance of inheriting the throne. But it was precisely because of this that Li Er felt guilty and wanted to compensate.
"There is a lot of fertile land in this world." Li Yunze drew a map with his finger, extending towards the northwest.
"There is a piece of black land here similar to Goguryeo. It is very fertile and can be used as a granary."
"How far?"
"It's five thousand miles away from Suiye in the Western Region."
"Five thousand miles?!" Li Er was stunned. It's already five thousand miles from Chang'an City to Suiye City in the Western Region. It's still five thousand miles from Suiye to that black soil granary. Isn't that a thousand miles away!
Li Er immediately began to frown again when he thought of his beloved Li Ke traveling thousands of miles away. If we really leave, we will never see each other again for almost the rest of our lives.
Looking at Li Er with a sad face, Li Yunze couldn't help but laugh.
"Your Majesty may have forgotten about the railway."
"Huh?" Li Er was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized. By walking or riding a caravan, the long road is naturally out of reach, and it is also very dangerous on the road.
But if there is a railway, not to mention anything else, you can travel at least a hundred miles in an hour, and it will not stop day and night.
It's a thousand miles in one day, and a distance of ten thousand miles is only a matter of ten days. If we were in Datang, ten days might not be enough to go to Luoyang City.
After understanding this, Li Er immediately relaxed.
"It's okay to say that. If you take the train, you can arrive there in more than half a month at most. It's not a big deal."
"It's a matter of course." Li Yunze said seriously.
"The most important thing is to build a railway that is thousands of miles long. As of now, the railway to Lanzhou has not been built yet." Li Er was speechless for a moment.
The two railways that have been repaired only add up to two thousand miles. This took several years and countless manpower and materials.
He has cultivated thousands of miles... From Li Er to the civil and military officials of the court, they all went to Pingkangfang to sell themselves, but they couldn't make money.
Thinking of this, Li Er's mind moved slightly.
"Over there at the stock market..."
"It's not time yet." Li Yunze knew that Li Er was eager for quick success again.
"It's not time to wield the sickle yet. Didn't Baiqisi say that those wealthy families still have a lot of savings that they haven't spent yet?" Li Er asked unwillingly.
"Is there no other way?"
"Yes." Li Yunze nodded and said
"The Changwei Railway can take action."
"Okay." Li Er applauded with a high-five.
"Bring out more and find a way to repair the road to Lanzhou as soon as possible before continuing to the west."
"I won't come forward in this matter." Li Yunze has already paved the way and is too lazy to stand out as a villain.
"Du Gong stepped forward to operate it. This is his responsibility."
"Good." Li Er hid in the side hall of Daming Palace, looking at the map and sand table, imagining that his sons would be entrusted to all parts of the world, and he was busy working on the map to open up new territories.
Li Yunze returned to Lijiazhuang and was busy communicating with Li Lizhi in depth. The matter of defrauding the powerful family will naturally fall on Du Ruhui.
Just like Li Yunze said, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who manages the money bag, so of course he is the one who takes charge of the money fraud.
After receiving the notice, Du Ruhui cursed and threw all the offending things in his mind at me, but he could only summon the representatives of the wealthy families in Beijing, headed by Wu Xing Qi Wang, for a meeting.
Right here in the main hall of the household department, a group of representatives of wealthy families looked at Du Ruhui in surprise, not knowing what they were calling him and others to come to discuss.
Originally, Du Ruhui invited Duan Lun, Minister of Industry, to support the scene, or to bear the infamy together. After all, the funds to build the railway came from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it was the Ministry of Works, which could be considered a relevant department, that supervised the work.
But Duan Lun was a shrewd man, and directly said that he was bored playing with stone lions when he was at home, and injured his foot and could not come back.
Using this excuse, Du Ruhui wanted to say, 'Why don't I smash you to death, you old cunning guy!' 'There is no other way but to do it on his own.
"Everyone." After the greetings, Du Ruhui finally got down to business.
"There are some obstacles on the railway from Chang'an to Shu." Everyone's expressions suddenly changed. They invested millions of dollars in this railway!
"Dare you ask Mr. Du?" The patriarch of the Fan Yang Lu family had the most respectable position at this time, so he was the one who came forward to inquire.
"What happened?"
"The road to Shu is difficult to travel. Not only is it difficult to transport construction materials, but the civilians are also making noises." Du Ruhui covered his forehead with a look of embarrassment.
"Furthermore, materials transported often fall off the cliff, and the losses are considerable." Everyone looked at each other, and the patriarch of the Fanyang Lu family asked again.
"What exactly does Du Gong mean?"
"It means the budget has exceeded the standard." Du Ruhui simply spread his hands.
"The goods you invested before are no longer enough." As soon as these words came out, there was finally an uproar.
Some of the younger ones were so angry that they immediately stood up and shouted
"We all paid for it with real money. When I made the deposit, it was written clearly. What does it mean if there is not enough money? Do you want me to wait and continue to pay?"
"That's it." Du Ruhui took out the text that he had previously discussed with the investment consortium and found a line of small words in a book that was more than a hundred pages thick and filled with countless articles.
"Everyone, please take a look." He pointed out this line to everyone
"...In the event of force majeure, the consequences shall be borne by the investor..."
"We know this." The patriarch of the Fanyang Lu clan also shouted angrily.
"But the so-called force majeure, wasn't it agreed that it would be war, fire, fire, meteorites falling from the sky, etc.?"
"You still haven't seen it clearly." Du Ruhui pointed at the last line of writing.
"... All rights of interpretation belong to the trading company... This sentence means that the trading company has the final say on what is force majeure."
"What is the right of interpretation?" Everyone gathered around and looked at the copy carefully. There really was such a sentence.
"What on earth does this mean!"
"That is to say, the troubles encountered now are force majeure." Du Ruhui also simply showed his cards.
"Let's put it this way, if you can invest more, the railway can continue to be built. If you don't invest, then I don't know when it will be repaired." After all, I still want wealth, and everyone understands. .
But when he understood, he became even angrier, accusing Du Ruhui repeatedly of not keeping his words, how could he go back on what he had agreed to do.
They had previously agreed to invest three thousand and one miles per mile, and now they have to invest more. The court has no credibility at all!
"This matter has nothing to do with the imperial court." Du Ruhui wiped his face and immediately turned cold.
"This is an agreement between you and the trading company. The trading company is doing the work, and the court is just supervising." Li Yunze had long known that there would be such disputes when cutting leeks, so he had already made the construction trading company an outsourcing and investment entity. Businessmen cooperate.
The imperial court was jumping up and down in this process as if it was in charge of everything, but in fact, when it came down to the black and white words on the paper, everything was owned by the construction company.
This is really an eye-opener for everyone. Working on such a big project has nothing to do with the court?
In the face of everyone's angry spit, Du Ruhui, who looked as usual, held a tea bowl and slowly drank tea, all in front of everyone that he was performing ventriloquism.
But as the words became more and more unpleasant, and as the saliva continued to spray into the tea bowl, even Du Ruhui couldn't help but get angry.
He placed the tea bowl heavily on the table and scolded him with a cold face.
"It's useless to say anything now! You can either invest more and continue to build the railway. Or you can just give up. This railway will have nothing to do with you in the future."
"Why?! We have invested millions of dollars!"
"That's right! With so much wealth, you can already make a lot of money by investing in the stock market."
"That's right, so much wealth is gone, I can't accept it~~~" A large group of people chattered to vent their anger, but unfortunately Du Ruhui remained unmoved, repeating the same sentence over and over again.
“Either invest more or give up.”
"Du Gong." The head of the Fan Yang Lu family said bitterly
"I can't wait any longer. Return the property to us. It's better for us to invest in the stock market than to invest in railways."
"Yes, refund the money!"
"Refund?" Du Ruhui immediately sneered.
"The goods you invested have been replaced by labor and equipment and the rails have been laid in Lizhou. Where is the money left to return?"
"If you want money, you can hire people to dismantle the repaired rails. In my head, if you dismantle the rails, the construction company will not accept them. They can only melt them and sell them. "Datang's iron output soared rapidly, and an important impact was the plummeting price of iron.
Not to mention how much labor and transportation capacity is required to dismantle those rails, even if they are dismantled, if the construction company does not accept them, how much money can be made from selling the scrap iron.
Not to mention that even melting those rails would cost a lot of money. At the very least, the fuel cost would be astronomical.
After a meaningless quarrel, the representatives of the wealthy families who gradually calmed down began to discuss with each other.
Finally, the head of the Fanyang Lu family came forward to inquire.
"Du Gong, how much does it cost to invest?" Du Ruhui showed a smile on his face and raised his hand to make a gesture.
"Six hundred thousand guan is enough." This is what Li Yunze told him. Don't start talking loudly at the beginning, start with less.
When the accumulated investment has reached a certain level and the Guandong Rich Family Group is reluctant to give up, then they can make a bold offer.
This kind of business practice is commonplace.
