In fact, these people may not understand Li Zhao's thoughts, nor may they not know the principle of nip in the bud.
Just living in this world, it is inevitable to be fettered by other things.
Li Zhao asked again: "If this time I summon you all to discuss important matters, and you all have this attitude, then I will not be afraid to say ugly things first."
"This project involves the pattern and changes in the next few decades. If we do a good job in the river area here, we will only be the ones to directly benefit in the future."
"We may be heavily in debt in the early stage, but we will definitely be the richest in the later stage. I just want to ask, do you want to continue to be poor? Or do you want to be rich?"
After Li Zhao finished speaking, at least half of the people looked at him with twinkling eyes.
Obviously, they were moved.
Li Zhao said that if you make money, you will definitely make money.
Only those who have been in it understand this difficult dilemma.
Li Zhao also understands their concerns. He is from God's perspective, so he knows very well that as long as these are done well, he will definitely make money in the future.
But the problem is, these people don’t know.
Business in this era was not as developed as in the later era, and it was impossible to tell the truth about Li Zhao's plan.
For this group of people, it is undoubtedly a risk, and they are risking their wealth and lives.
Ding Guomin looked at Li Zhao. He actually had his own opinions, and he didn't have as many constraints as these people, so he dared to think and act.
But he couldn't convince others either.
"I am not afraid to tell you that even if there is no severe drought or insect infestation this year, these projects will benefit the country and the people." Li Zhao motioned to Li Bin to take out the map, and the eyes of everyone in the room lit up.
This was their first time seeing such a unique and diverse map.
Especially when attached to a wooden board, you can see it very clearly.
"This is Jiaozhou, and this is Kyoto." Li Zhao continued: "Jiaozhou is the choke point of the world. It should be the most prosperous and lively place, second only to Kyoto, and a harmonious place. But what about now?"
"Businessmen all over the world would rather take a detour than settle in Jiaozhou. They would rather waste doubled transportation costs than come to Jiaozhou. Don't you have some responsibility?"
"If I can improve the environment here, if I can dredge the rivers here, and greatly reduce their transportation costs, if there is the wealth they desire here, everyone...are you afraid that you will not get back the money you spent?"
Such an important geographical location, but because of the aristocratic families in Jiaozhou, it has become a vicious place where no one cares.
Even the governor has been dead for three full terms, which shows how stinky this place is.
This is obviously a treasure land, it just needs a little polishing to turn it into rough jade.
But these people just don’t understand.
No, maybe they don't understand, but they do it on purpose.
There may be more and deeper interest entanglements.
Li Zhao suddenly felt that what he thought was too simple. Maybe... some people didn't want to, but just didn't want to.
Maybe... they are more profitable.
Li Zhao suddenly sneered, his eyes looking like knives.
I didn't expect that a project that benefits the country and the people would encounter such a big obstacle.
It seems that I didn't cheat them hard enough.
Li Zhao would not use the knife directly, that would be too mean and inferior.
"Your Highness, you mean that overall the benefits of this water conservancy project outweigh the disadvantages?"
"That's right!"
"But if it is true as His Highness said, would all the merchants in the world still be willing to take a detour?" asked the magistrate of Qinghe County.
Everyone in the room stared at him, as if they were also waiting for an answer.
Li Zhao sneered: "I have said before that Jiaozhou is my Jiaozhou!"
"Since I can kill one Du family, I can kill the second and the third!"
"I don't know if you believe it or not?"
Seeing the cold look in Li Zhao's eyes, all the veterans present shivered.
Li Zhaozhen went crazy, and few people could stop him.
Everyone has also studied Li Zhao. It was only the first time that Li Zhao took the initiative to use the knife. The rest of the time, he did nothing and disintegrated all the Du family's moves.
Now the whole Du family is greatly frustrated. Even the Minister of Industry is idle at home.
If he really did it, he would probably be the kind of person who moisturizes things quietly, right?
For Li Zhao, playing with soft knives is the most appropriate.
He didn't need to take action to kill several big families.
The reason why he didn't move was that it was not yet mature.
If this project cannot be negotiated today, it is because the benefits are not in place.
In the same way, if he wants to kill a family, as long as the interests are in place, there is no such thing as a firm ally.
How to weigh the trade-offs is actually in Li Zhao's mind.
"Since you have come all the way here, you must have a taste of the specialties here." Li Zhaodao: "At this time tomorrow, I hope you can give me an answer."
As soon as Li Zhao left, the scene suddenly became noisy.
"Is King You using his power to suppress others?"
"Hmph, it's not like we can make the decision on this kind of thing."
"Actually, what King You said makes sense. Maybe... this is our opportunity."
"What opportunity?"
"Most of the opportunities are actually not with us. In that case, why not follow King You to the end?"
"What's the benefit of walking away?"
"Have you forgotten the threshing machine, windmill, and curved plow? How do you know that King You's decision this time is wrong? If there is no benefit to following him, why do the Xue family, Shen family, and Tang family have to stay here shamelessly? ?”
"Hey, hey, hey, let's just discuss it. It's too much to say that we are shameless." Tang Junfeng and the others were not happy.
"Magistrate Qiu, let's go and have a chat next door?" Xue Jingwen and other aristocratic families stood up one after another.
Lanling County is the county next door to Qingyun County and the most direct beneficiary county.
"Can this county join?" Ding Guomin stood up and asked.
As soon as Ding Guomin finished speaking, countless eyes looked at him.
To a certain extent, they are more familiar with Ding Guomin than Li Zhao, because Li Zhao is really far away from them.
While Li Zhao was making drastic reforms, Ding Guomin was not idle either.
Just because Li Zhao was in front, many people were unaware of Ding Guomin's presence.
But since everyone is a minister of the same court, these county magistrates and township heads are naturally not looking at Li Zhao but Ding Guomin.
Being able to endure it for so long and turn the Qingyun County government into an iron barrel shows that Ding Guomin is capable.
Since Li Zhao came, he has been keeping a low profile. The eight major families in Qingyun County have followed him as their leader, and Qingyun County has been quietly ahead of everyone.
They had already got tools such as threshing machines, windmills, and curved shaft plows in place while others were still waiting in line.
What does this mean?
This shows that the Ding county magistrate recognized Li Zhao to some extent.
Today, Qingyun County has vast hectares of fertile land and abundant grain harvests. He does whatever Li Zhao does. Even the chiefs of major townships in Qingyun County obey his orders without a word.
As soon as he stood up, all the big and small aristocratic families and squires in Qingyun County followed him. Although they still didn't know why Xue Jingwen and the others were looking for Qiu Yunsheng, Magistrate Qiu, they could probably guess something.
At this time, Ding Guomin also stood up. What does this mean?
This shows that Ding Guomin recognized Li Zhao's plan, even if it cost people and money.
More importantly, the squires in Qingyun County are on the same page as him.
This is absolute trust.
Qiu Yunsheng glanced at them, then solemnly clasped his fists and said, "Please!"
