The meeting between Lan Yu, Li Jin, and Fu Youde lasted for six hours. The discussion lasted from broad daylight to midnight. In this way, Fu Youde and Lan Yu still felt that they still had unfinished business.
It's not that the two of them suddenly like to engage in government affairs, but they are intoxicated by the feeling that they can make a lot of money immediately when they are with Li Jin.
It was like brainwashing, making them want to stop. If it hadn't been too late, they would have liked to continue chatting with Li Jin for another twelve hours.
Li Jin made it clear from Annan's future plans to the specific implementation, and even how much money he would earn in the future and whose money he would earn.
Fu Youde and Lan Yu felt as if the clouds had been lifted, and they suddenly realized that they could still make money in this world.
The three of them respected Li Jin more and more at this moment. As Lan Yu said, at this moment, Li Jin was the God of Wealth in their eyes, even more spiritual than the God of Wealth.
After all, Fu Youde and Lan Yu have been praying to the God of Wealth for so many years, but they have not seen themselves getting rich. Instead, they have followed Li Jin, and their wealth has been growing day by day.
After the meeting ended, Lan Yu arranged for Li Jin and Fu Youde to move into the most luxurious mansion in Annan. As for the palace, no one dared to live in it.
After Zhu Di returned to his residence, he couldn't calm down for a long time. He lay on the bed without feeling sleepy at all. This was the first time he had heard of such a detailed industrial layout, and it was also the first time he had such a strong interest in governing the place.
He tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Fortunately, I jumped up and no longer slept. Instead, I found paper and pen, lit a candle, and wrote hard on the desk.
For a whole hour, Zhu Di did not stop writing the brush in his hand. When everything was completed, the white belly of the fish was already exposed on the horizon. Unconsciously, Zhu Di wrote down all his feelings and thoughts on the paper, finishing it in one go.
After stretching, Zhu Di gently dried the ink, put the letter into an envelope, and sent it to Hepu County as quickly as possible.
Zhu Di's letter recorded in detail the content of his conversation with Li Jin, including how to divide the spoils, as well as the money Zhu Biao received and the fact that he invested it in the Chamber of Commerce.
The most important thing is that Li Jin's plan for Annan and how to implement it were all written on it by Zhu Di. Until the end of the letter, Zhu Di also wrote down his own experience.
After doing all this, Zhu Di felt a little sleepy, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep without even taking off his clothes.
...
Hepu County.
Just when Zhu Biao was in full swing rectifying the chieftains in Hepu County, Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict suddenly came.
Zhu Biao was a little surprised. He did not expect that his father's imperial edict would be transmitted so quickly, because according to his estimation, his own memorial should have just arrived in Yingtian not long ago.
After Zhu Biao received the imperial edict, the content made Zhu Biao even more unbelievable.
"Li Jin was promoted to the Chief Envoy of Annan? Even the fourth child became the Chief Envoy of Annan?"
Zhu Biao thought that even if Zhu Yuanzhang did not convict Li Jin, he would issue an order to reprimand him. However, after waiting and waiting, what he waited for was the result of Li Jin's promotion. This made Zhu Biao suspect that there was something wrong with his ears.
The person who came to convey the order this time was Wu Feng, the commander of Jinyiwei. After hearing Zhu Biao's inquiry, he nodded hurriedly and said:
"Yes, in addition, the emperor also wants you to return to Yingtian. The queen misses you."
When Zhu Biao heard Empress Ma missing him, a touch of tenderness suddenly appeared in his eyes. However, after a moment, Zhu Biao regained his composure and said:
"Now the reform of the Southwest is at its most critical period, and I can't leave yet."
"After this matter is completed, I will return to Yingtian, where I will completely solve the chieftain's problem for the Ming Dynasty."
Seeing Zhu Biao's firm face, Wu Feng said nothing. After all, he was just passing the message on his behalf, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not make a clear request and strictly ordered Zhu Biao to return.
Zhu Biao asked Wu Feng to stay in Hepu County for two more days so that he could write a reply to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Wu Feng happened to take it with him.
Wu Feng bowed and obeyed. He also wanted to arrange Jin Yiwei's spies here as soon as possible, not to monitor Zhu Biao, but to protect Zhu Biao's safety.
If something unexpected happened to Zhu Biao here, Wu Feng couldn't imagine how furious the emperor would be.
On the same day, just when Zhu Biao was thinking about reporting to Zhu Yuanzhang on the situation in the southwest region, Zhu Di's secret message also reached Zhu Biao from Annan.
Zhu Biao was very happy to hear Zhu Di's letter and couldn't wait to open the envelope. When he saw the contents of the envelope, he frowned slightly.
Regarding the seizure in Annan, Zhu Biao was still very shocked. A total of 16 million taels of supplies were seized. If Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he would probably be so happy that he could not sleep.
However, Annan was just a small and weak country, and such a large amount of silver and materials were looted. It is enough to imagine how much damage this raid would have on Annan.
Zhu Biao did not pity the damned monarchs and ministers of Annan, he just felt that this was too cruel to the people of Annan.
Especially Li Jin's later plan to eliminate the Annan people made Zhu Biao feel a little resentful.
Zhu Biao studied with Song Lian since he was a child. He learned benevolence, righteousness and etiquette, learned the royal way, and practiced benevolence.
But these days, following Li Jin for such a long time, his knowledge is constantly being refreshed.
Li Jin told Zhu Biao that since the Han Dynasty, the Chinese dynasty has used Confucianism and Confucianism, and there is no real benevolence.
Benevolence is nothing more than calming the grievances of the people and making them abide by the so-called three cardinal principles and five constant principles. Only in this way can the stability of the country be ensured.
The royal way can be applied to one's own people, but it cannot be done to the outside world, because it will make other countries think that you are weak and can be bullied, and you will be ridiculed.
When dealing with foreigners, we should be tyrannical. If you steal one of my ships, I will destroy your country and your species. This is the ultimate purpose of this Annan operation.
With a sigh in his heart, Zhu Biao began to report Annan's harvest to Zhu Yuanzhang again.
However, in the letter, Zhu Biao did not write about the division of the spoils between Li Jin, Lan Yu and others. He simply wrote about the compensation of 10 million taels, and then gave a rough outline of Li Jin's plan for Annan. Wrote it.
It did not indicate how much money Li Jin could earn, nor did it say that Li Jin took Lan Yu Fu Youde to form a chamber of commerce again.
Until late at night, after Zhu Biao revised it, he finally finalized the final version, and then handed the memorial to Wu Feng, asking Wu Feng to replace his father.
Just when Zhu Biao planned to continue his efforts and wipe out the Southwest Chieftains in one fell swoop, a huge conspiracy began to come to Hepu County.
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Deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
A group of caravans were winding along the steep mountain road. Although there are few people in the Shiwan Mountain, the vigorous development of Hepu County has led to the construction of several roads in Guangxi.
These roads connect Nanning and Guilin straight from south to north, and are still extending northward.
It is precisely because of the opening of these roads that more and more caravans began to enter and exit Shiwanda Mountain.
In the past, most caravans only came to the depths of the mountains for half a year, because the roads here were really difficult, and just one round trip took more than a month.
If it weren't for the abundant products within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, I'm afraid there would be no caravan going there.
But things are getting better now. Thanks to the vigorous development of Hepu County, there are more and more caravans coming and going, and it has become much more convenient to go to Shiwanda Mountain. The merchants used to do it once a year, but now it has become once a month. .
Although the transportation in Shiwandashan is backward, it is the place where the natives have lived for generations, so the number of natives scattered here is not large, and even accounts for the majority.
It's just that these natives are accustomed to living in the mountains, so they don't have much contact with the outside world, and the chieftains in the mountains are veritable emperors.
The government has no control over it, and the natives are obedient. All items in the village are owned by the chieftains. Land, food, and even people are also the private property of the chieftains.
These chieftains have never seen the colorful world outside, but they are kings and hegemons in the village, but they live a happy life.
Usually there are two worlds inside and outside the mountains. The chieftains on both sides do not interact with each other or disturb each other. Both sides have a tacit understanding of automatic isolation.
The chieftain in the mountain was afraid that people outside the mountain would affect his supreme status, but the chieftain outside the mountain looked down on the chieftain in the mountain at all, and the two sides never interacted with each other.
But this time, an uninvited guest followed the caravan into the mountain and suddenly appeared in front of the chieftain of Qingxiu Mountain.
"Clan Chief Ruan, you are here to welcome me, but you are welcome from afar."
The Qingxiu Mountain Chieftain Tribe is one of the largest tribes among the 100,000-strong mountain. It has marriage alliances with most tribes in the mountain, so the strength of the Qingxiu Mountain Tribe cannot be underestimated.
Meng Xiao, the leader of the Qingxiu Mountain tribe, is also so powerful that no one dares to offend him for hundreds of miles.
But even so, Meng Xiao was still slightly shocked when he saw Ruan Xiufeng.
After all, Ruan Xiufeng's reputation is no worse than Meng Xiao's, and is even slightly better, and Ruan Xiufeng's tribe is several times more powerful than Qingxiu Mountain. Meng Xiao really can't understand that Ruan Xiufeng is not willing to go deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains to find Self, what is it for?
Ruan Xiufeng took off the cloak on his head, straightened his clothes solemnly, then bowed to Meng Xiao and said:
"I'm here to ask Chief Meng for help!"
Meng Xiao was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that a tribe as powerful as Ruan Xiufeng would ask for help from him. He hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Ruan Xiufeng up and asked urgently:
"May I ask Chief Ruan, what happened?"
Ruan Xiufeng looked around, and then whispered:
"This is not the place to talk. Please, Chief Meng, please find a quiet place. This matter is not only related to the life and death of our clan, but also a disaster that all of us chieftains will face."
Meng Xiao saw that Ruan Xiufeng was so cautious and did not dare to neglect. He hurriedly asked everyone around him to leave, and he took Ruan Xiufeng to his room.
After the two parties sat down, Meng Xiao immediately started asking Ruan Xiufeng.
But what Ruan Xiufeng said next made Meng Xiao restless and made him make a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life.
