Chapter 189
The merchants have always been well-versed. Li Yuanying did not hide what he did in Zheng County from their ears. Even if he didn't mention that far, the largest harbor on Henan Road was built under their noses.
In addition to the dividends that have not been received yet, those who hold the Oriental Pearl No. 1 coupon are also qualified to book a new type of sea ship in advance. If Li Yuanying had not said that he had tried the voyage for one year in order to be cautious, they would have done it long ago. After all, although they didn't know what they had brought back from outside, Li Yuanying spent a lot of money to repair and expand the official road to Chang'an without blinking, and would have known that there would be a lot of money!
Those who are more informed have known why a group of new faces that have recently poured into Henan Road came: I heard that there is a "Treasure Island" on the other side. After Li Yuanying's fleet passed, he transported a ship of gold and silver directly back!
This statement is really attractive, not to mention that it only takes three or five days to sail, and it is not far away, so it doesn’t matter to try it. Moreover, King Teng is honest. They want to book a sea boat. King Teng also persuades them that there are risks in sailing at sea and that overseas trade will make profits and losses, so everyone should act cautiously.
If Li Yuanying encouraged them to go to sea, they would hesitate, fearing this and that. Now Li Yuanying clearly told them the danger, but they were determined to go: Who knows whether Li Yuanying was afraid that they would steal the overseas treasure land they owned so that they would not let them go? They had to try it first, a boat, a boat, and a boat of people would not cost much!
As the year approaches, everyone's money and people are ready.
At this critical moment, Li Yuanying proposed a new plan. Everyone felt that "this guy is here to kill us again", but they were very honest in their actions and actively wrote down the amount they used to vote.
Some people in the same county added up the total number and found that the money paid by each family was enough to build the roads in the county! But the manpower may not be enough, and if each county started construction at the same time, it would definitely not be able to repair it. No wonder Li Yuanying had to pick out three counties first.
No matter how well Li Yuanying said it, it is always distressing to take out so much money. People in the county and township sat together and felt that they had cut more meat in the past two years than they had in the past ten years, but they were willing to pay for the money, and they were even curious about what new name Li Yuanying would come up with next time.
Someone stroked his beard and said, "His Royal Highness Teng is acting differently than others."
Others nodded in agreement.
Many of the things Li Yuanying did seemed to be fun, but if he looked back carefully, every step he took would be of great use. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or intention.
Anyway, Li Yuanying has not suffered any loss after coming to Tengzhou for so long.
Last year, Li Yuanying was arrested by His Majesty Li Er. They were also worried that Tengzhou would change and whether the money they invested into the harbor would be wasted. As a result, after the New Year, Li Yuanying not only came back with a cart of treasures, but then gifts from all parties followed. His Majesty Li Er also specially gave Li Yuanying three coins to allow him to cast his own money.
So, you have a future with Li Yuanying!
Everyone in Tengzhou recognized this idea and after finding out about other people's bids, they all added 10% schemingly, which was very generous and generous.
People from the neighboring states heard about the new situation in Tengzhou. Some people were envious, while others felt that the powerful and wealthy families in Tengzhou were all crazy. Didn’t they just cast a few coins printed from their hometowns? Didn’t they just print a few thin stamps? What’s so strange about it? Look at them so hard that they were so busy taking out the money!
Not long after, someone came to Tengzhou to lobby Li Yuanying: You see that neighboring states are not far away, and there are also good mountains and rivers. Why don’t neighboring states also be included in the candidate range? This year, you can join again next year. In this year, you can come here to visit us and experience it. We provide free food, accommodation, and free chat and play.
Li Yuanying did not agree immediately, but said that he would ask his elder brother for advice first. Even in the neighboring state, he could not go out casually. Otherwise, his elder brother would arrest him back to the capital and scold him? Of course, if you were on the route to the harbor, you could consider resting in your place for two days. After all, it was so hard to travel, so it was normal to stop and rest.
The two sides initially reached an agreement that the powerful and wealthy families in Tengzhou will no longer do it. The competition within their state is already so fierce. How can they join those strong guys outside? For a time, the county and neighboring county are in a state of competing with each other. The way to compete is that everyone further increases their bids on the bidding documents for votes for Qianfan.
This matter was stunned.
Isn’t it just a pattern on the money? Is it necessary to spend so much money? All the money these people paid can buy all the thousands of “Tengzhou money” home, right?
Such strange things are naturally passed down by word of mouth, and they are all the way back to Chang'an as the merchants run.
At this time, His Majesty Li Er had already received a letter from Li Yuanying. Li Yuanying seemed to be ruthless and cursed for several pages. Finally, he said with pride, "Chengqian said he wanted to support me. Although you are not good to me, you have given birth to a good son who is good to me! If he hadn't encouraged me and said he would scold me if he wanted to scold me, I wouldn't have thought that I could write a letter to scold you."
His Majesty Li Er was quite happy to see Li Yuanying’s letter, but when he saw this, his nose was crooked and he called Li Chengqian to the front and scolded him.
Only then did Li Chengqian realize that his youngest uncle sold him. He asked Li Yuanying to scold Duke Xunguo. Li Yuanying actually said that he asked him to scold His Majesty Li Er!
With such a young uncle, what can Li Chengqian do? He can only come forward and apologize for explanation: "My son is referring to Duke Xunguo, but I didn't expect that Uncle Yao understood it wrong." He was not impatient to live, so how could he encourage Li Yuanying to write a letter to scold His Majesty Li Er?
His Majesty Li Er also knew that Li Yuanying's words were unreliable, so he didn't really put his hat on Li Chengqian, and just asked Li Chengqian to pay attention to the news in Luoyang.
Li Yuanying said that he sent Dai Ting to Luoyang, but there was no movement at this moment. His Majesty Li Er thought that something big was going to happen.
When Li Chengqian heard His Majesty Li Er ask him to stare, he immediately realized that His Majesty Li Er was inclined toward Li Yuanying. He was very calm and said that he would follow up. After being driven away by His Majesty Li Er, he immediately sent all the newspapers in Luoyang for him to see, and then he found a few people who often traveled to Luoyang to speak in the East Palace, and acted very neatly.
In fact, His Majesty Li Er not only asked Li Chengqian to pay attention to this matter, but after sending Li Chengqian away, he also called someone else to report the recent situation in Luoyang in time.
Luoyang is the gateway to Chang'an. If Dai Ting treats Luoyang as Goryeo and Japan to stir up the situation, he will never let such a person stay with Li Yuanying again.
His Majesty Li Er opened Li Yuanying's letter again, read the two paragraphs that Li Yuanying mentioned Dai Ting again, threw away the letter, leaned on the pole and rubbed the forehead.
This kid will surrender not only because Cheng Qian supports him, but also because he wants to protect Dai Ting.
His younger brother looked careless, but he was actually very smart. He even said, "I sent Daiting there" and promised to never disturb Luoyang, but can this kid really restrain the hawk under his command?
No news came from Luoyang, but the strange news from Tengzhou came first.
When they heard the people of Tengzhou rush to pay for the bridge and pave the road, Changsun Wuji and others looked dull and no longer felt strange about such "experience". After all, Li Yuanying had already searched a few years ago to get a Cuiwei Palace, and now they are still in Cuiwei Palace to escape the summer heat!
Li Yuanying's "Tengzhou money" total was only 9,000 pieces, which also made Changsun Wuji and others relieved. Even if this little money flowed into the hands of the people, it would not cause any trouble. Moreover, judging from this momentum, ordinary people are afraid that they can't buy it even if they want to buy it, and they are reluctant to use it outside!
Since Li Yuanying was so conscientious, Changsun Wuji calmed down and generously went to His Excellency Li Yuanying to praise him, saying that he could come up with this method and was really smart and agile, and it would be worthy of His Excellency Li Er to take him by his side to teach him carefully for so many years.
His Majesty Li Er met Changsun Wuji a young man and knew Changsun Wuji's temper very well. His uncle has always been very particular about being kind to others. Before, he felt that Li Yuanying was threatening Changsun Wuji, so he came to persuade him. Now he felt that Li Yuanying was not threatening, so he praised Li Yuanying again, and said that he had taught him well!
However, I have to say that Changsun Wuji scratched the itchy part of His Majesty Li Er, and he couldn't help but talk to Changsun Wuji about Li Yuanying's letter: "This kid doesn't think so. Recently, he wrote me a letter, saying that I don't love him anymore and it's not good to him!"
Changsun Wuji: "..."
Come on, here it comes again.
Changsun Wuji pinched his nose and spoke. His Majesty Li Er indeed showed Li Yuanying's letter to him, saying that this kid was simply disrespectful and lawless.
If Changsun Wuji responded to the words "Yes, right, right" at this time, that would be too stupid, Your Majesty Li Er would definitely turn against him. So Changsun Wuji said tactfully: "If you hadn't regarded Your Majesty as your brother who loved him the most from the bottom of your heart, how could Your Highness Teng dare to talk to Your Majesty like this?"
His Majesty Li Er was satisfied and said helplessly: "I really can't do anything to him."
Changsun Wuji stood up and left.
When Changsun Wuji went out, he met Fang Xuanling. Seeing his dirty face, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask him: "What's wrong? But what's the difficult thing?"
Changsun Wuji shook his head: "It's okay," he said quietly, "It's His Highness Teng who wrote to His Majesty."
Fang Xuanling was silent for a moment. After looking at the memorial in his hand, he felt that the matter inside was not that urgent.
He turned around decisively and walked back with Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji asked: "Didn't you ask to see Your Majesty if you have something to do?"
Fang Xuanling said: "None now."
Changsun Wuji: "..."
These two brothers are really. When they are bad, they make people worried, and when they are good, they make people worry.
Compared to the peace in Chang'an, Luoyang has not been very peaceful recently.
This injustice is not for the people of Luoyang, but for the Duke of Xunguo Zhang Liang.
The people live a busy day, and even feel that there are much more merchants coming and going than before. They can see a lot of fresh performances every day and buy all kinds of goods from all over the world every day.
It is undercurrent everywhere in places that ordinary people cannot detect.
Some of the adopted sons under Duke Xunguo Zhang Liang were in the army, while others were in business to support Duke Xunguo's Mansion. Recently, these people found that the industry business they operated had plummeted. The reason was that either the competitors had a new recipe or the competitors had cut prices heavily, attracting all the customers. They could not compare to people with Xinqiao, and they could not compare to people in price wars, but wouldn't they fall a thousand times?
If this injustice is just about money, then another thing is about life: as long as the person from the Duke of Xunguo's house goes out, including Duke of Xunguo himself, he will encounter some minor accidents, such as the flower pot suddenly hitting in front of him while walking on the road, the horizontal tree on the toilet suddenly breaks, and the hunting dog being fed suddenly foams at his mouth and poisons in front of him.
Once, it can be said to be a coincidence. It would be a bit scary when it comes to this day. The people in Duke Xunguo's mansion didn't dare to go out for a while.
Duke Xunguo was furious and asked someone to go and investigate thoroughly, but he didn't find out the reason. The people below came to the same conclusion: this is all accident!
A bullshit accident!
Duke Xunguo has been going smoothly all the way and has never been so cowardly. I heard from people that the industries below were suppressed and could not be managed quickly. I was even more sure that someone was targeting him. He did not make enemies with others. Recently, there was only one person who had a grudge against him: Li Yuanying.
Recently, Li always cried in front of him, saying that her younger brother was gone and the Li family was defeated. When he followed His Majesty Li Er to conquer the world, Li Yuanying was not born yet. Why could he enjoy wealth and honor and be born superior to them? Is it because he could be reincarnated?
Duke Xunguo originally thought that Li's younger brother was reckless, but after Li cried and complained every day, he felt a little unwilling to do so. How could Li Yuanying be above their heads without achieving his achievements?
These things must have been Li Yuanying's work recently. Maybe His Majesty Li Er let him go openly and pushed him secretly! Hou Junji is right, His Majesty Li Er may not be able to tolerate these meritorious ministers!
The Duke Xunguo's eyes were deep.
He did not act rashly, nor did he go to Li again. Instead, he summoned the warlocks he loved to talk about the world, as if nothing had happened.
These sorcerers are familiar with Duke Xunguo, and they get along very casually with Duke Xunguo, and chat while drinking. One of them was drunk and took out a secret picture to Duke Xunguo to calculate the future trend. After the calculation, he looked shocked and surprised.
Duke Xunguo said strangely: "What's wrong?"
The sorcerer said: "The surname of the Duke of the Kingdom is as powerful as a dragon!"
What this means is that the future world should have the surname Zhang!
Duke Xunguo was in a state of excitement, but he did not show it on his face, just asking people not to spread this. This is a death sentence for beheading!
After seeing off the sorcerers, Duke Xun laughed and a bit of evil light appeared in his gloomy eyes.
The one with the surname Li also took the world from the Yang family. Why can't the world's surname be Zhang?
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