Datang Nongwang

Chapter 758
Li Chongyuan did not forget the previous agreement.

It's just that things happened for a reason, and time was running out, so Li Chongyuan was forced to do nothing.

He once said that he would take Wang Ting to the opposite side of the ocean, but things turned out as they are now. Wang Ting blamed him for Li Chongyuan, which is understandable.

At least, Li Chongyuan can understand.

In addition to being able to understand, Li Chongyuan didn't want to turn his back on the Wang family.

After all, I am no longer young, and I am no longer as hotheaded as before, fighting against the aristocratic family.

After so many years, Li Chongyuan has already understood that he alone cannot fight against the family, and he still has to fight against a big family like the Wang family.

Moreover.

Fighting against the Wang family is not just a Wang family, but all the aristocratic families.

If the Wang family's family is touched, it will definitely affect the whole body.

At that time, Li Chongyuan could have imagined that all the aristocratic families would unite against Li Chongyuan.

If it really came to this point, Li Chongyuan probably would have difficulty moving an inch.

to this end.

As soon as Li Chongyuan saw Wang Ting's arrival, he began to laugh apologetically.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Chongyuan wanted to do this.

In addition, Li Chongyuan had already broken his promise.

If you are wrong, you are wrong, and if you admit it, it is fine.

Fortunately, Wang Ting did not part ways with Li Chongyuan because of Li Chongyuan's breach of promise, nor did he even wave his sleeves to leave.

This is to give a buffer step.

As soon as Wang Ting's words fell behind, Li Chongyuan immediately apologized and smiled again: "Brother Ting, I am really to blame for this matter. It is my fault that I left too urgently at that time. I didn't send someone to Lingnan to inform you. But then again, you have been in Lingnan What to do? I'm quite curious about this."

Before leaving Datang to go across the sea, Wang Ting once said that he would go to Lingnan to help Li Chongyuan get people.

But go back and forth, no one is seen, even his royal court has disappeared, there is no movement at all.

Moreover, Li Chongyuan never asked his people how his royal court was doing. Anyway, everyone had nothing serious, so they didn't ask.

of course.

Li Chongyuan also knew.

The goldfish he bred in Li Zhuang, Wang Ting takes a lot of them every year.

Where it was sold, Li Chongyuan didn't know and didn't ask.

As long as he has money to make, Li Chongyuan will generally not bother with these matters.

But Li Chongyuan can also guess a little bit. He guessed that Wang Ting must have gone to find a place to breed goldfish. As for whether it is or not, Li Chongyuan can be 90.00% sure.

Over the years, Li Zhuang has been breeding goldfish.

Whether it is a big belly or San Dezi, they have always acted according to Li Chongyuan's plan and are busy breeding all kinds of goldfish.

After several years, although Li Chongyuan doesn't know what's going on now, judging from the past situation, the amount of goldfish he has cultivated must have reached an order of magnitude.

originally.

Today Li Chongyuan plans to go to Lizhuang. After sorting out the various seeds, he will take a good look at Lizhuang.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ting came to the door before he left the house.

"To tell you the truth, I have also set up a small shipyard in Lingnan, and I have people help build ships. In recent years, the shipping industry in Lingnan has developed rapidly, and the ship merchants are making a lot of money. I am also jealous. So I built a small shipyard and thought about giving it a try." Wang Ting replied with embarrassment on his face when he saw Li Chongyuan asked about his incident in Lingnan.

When Li Chongyuan heard this, an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he immediately asked: "Oh? So, brother Ting, you must have made a lot of money, right? There are people in your Wang family who want to develop in the shipping industry. It must be a big hit. Brother Ting, tell me how profitable shipbuilding in Lingnan is."

"Ah!!! King Li, if you don't ask me, I will tell you. Don't look at my Wang's family, but it's not as simple as you said in this Lingnan land. Geng Guogong in Lingnan, you should also come here." I know who he is. If he wants to do something on his territory, he has to open up various channels, not to mention the money, and the Feng family will also have to intervene. Over the past few years, let alone making money, there is no compensation. It is already good to go in. But the shipyard has already entered, and it is difficult for me to get out, because I am afraid that in the end, the shipyard will eventually belong to the Feng family." When Wang Ting mentioned this, his face immediately became more sad.

Li Chongyuan picked up the tea and took a sip.

What Wang Ting said, Li Chongyuan can understand and understand.

The Feng family belongs to Wang in Lingnan.

Even the imperial court was a little jealous of the Feng family. It was impossible for the royal court to build ships in Lingnan in the way it used to.

after all.

Although the Wang family has connections in Lingnan, the Wang family does not have so many connections.

There is a saying that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake.

The Feng family has operated in Lingnan for several generations, and their relationship is intricate, and they are the kings of Lingnan.

At that time, Feng An was ordered to go to Chang'an to report on his duties. Li Shimin wanted to detain Feng An in Chang'an, but he did not expect that there would be a rebellion.

Whether Dong Liao is really rebellious remains to be verified.

But Li Chongyuan was very skeptical that the Dong Liao's rebellion might have been caused by Feng An.

His purpose is to take this opportunity to return to Lingnan and continue to be his Lingnan king.

and.

In order to appease Feng An and the Feng family, Li Shimin even rewarded a huge amount of property and appointed his brother and son as the governor.

so visible.

Li Shimin also didn't want to really use the army to Pinglingnan.

Back in the day, all kinds of memorials reported that Feng An was plotting rebellion. Li Shimin really wanted to send troops to Lingnan to crusade on a large scale.

But under Wei Zheng's persuasion, he finally ordered to withdraw the troops, and that's all.

of course.

At that time, with the strength of the imperial court, it was impossible to know the result if they wanted to conquer.

After all, the Central Plains had just been pacified at that time, and the south of the Five Ridges was far away, the terrain was dangerous, and there was miasma, so it really couldn't stand a big war.

If Li Shimin really sent troops to conquer at that time, no one would know the consequences.

But it was because of Wei Zheng's advice that there was no war at all, and after more than ten years, it was completely peaceful.

Now, when Wang Ting talked about some things in Lingnan, Li Chongyuan understood very well in his heart, and then he put down his teacup and said, "Brother Ting, with the power of your Wang family, are you still afraid that his Feng family will fail? Besides, his Feng family It's just occupying the Lingnan area, wouldn't you let you join Feng An?"

"Li Junwang, you have never been to Lingnan, and you don't know some things in Lingnan. It is easy to join him with Feng An, but in the future, my Wang family will be difficult to move in Lingnan. And you don't know, Li Junwang, he Feng An In addition to occupying the profits of the various shipyards, the family also occupied all the docks and raised a large number of pirates on the sea. If you walk on land, you will be interrogated and pay the entry fee to the city. If you go by water, if you don’t pay for the waterway, this A group of pirates will appear when you enter and leave the waterways in Lingnan to rob. So, these things are not as simple as you think." Wang Ting said politely.

Li Chongyuan was shocked when Wang Ting's words came out.

Li Chongyuan really didn't expect that the Feng family would dare to do such things, and dare to raise pirates.

but.

After thinking about it, Li Chongyuan understood.

Datang's three major shipping bases.

The biggest is Guangzhou Bay in the south of Lingnan.

When the Qi family in Jimo collapsed, no one would occupy Bohai, but Lingnan would not dare to occupy it.

As for Yangzhou, it was originally the shipping base of the imperial court, and no one dared to occupy it.

But Li Chongyuan did not expect that the Feng family raised a large number of pirates, which was beyond Li Chongyuan's expectation.

What Li Chongyuan understood was because in the Ming Dynasty, there was a "king of the sea" Zheng Zhilong who was both an official, a businessman and a thief, who was Zheng Chenggong's father.

Zheng Zhilong was the commander-in-chief of Fujian at that time, and he had an official position.

He also traded and raised soldiers.

Taking soldiers as robbers, he claims to have [-] subordinates.

Controlling the coast of Fujian, Liuqiu Island, and the waters of the country of Wa.

At present, the Feng family's sphere of influence is in Lingnan.

The Lingnan sea area is vast, and if the Feng family wants to keep controlling Lingnan, they will definitely have some crooked ideas.

If you want to control Lingnan, you must need a huge amount of money.

It makes sense to raise a group of pirates.

but.

When Li Chongyuan heard the news, another idea immediately came to Li Chongyuan's mind.

Whether this idea is feasible or not, he will have to wait until he returns to Xisha Island to discuss with his two aunts to see if it is feasible.

Li Chongyuan showed a look of surprise and continued to ask: "Is what you just said true? Why haven't I heard about this?"

"There are not many people who know about this matter, and I still sent a lot of people to find out about this matter. Otherwise, I would not be beaten to death by the Feng family. Back then, I went to Lingnan Selling goldfish" Wang Ting was very worried, and under Li Chongyuan's questioning, he began to talk to Li Chongyuan about some things about him in Lingnan.

At the same time, he also shared some of his private thoughts.

He ran to Lingnan by himself, originally to sell goldfish.

After the goldfish were sold out, he went to Xisha Island and saw that Li Chongyuan's boat was so huge. He wanted to get a boat from Li Chongyuan, but in the end Li Chongyuan didn't agree.

If you want to get Li Chongyuan's boat, you have to exchange it with a boat craftsman.

For this reason, Wang Ting has been running around the south of the Five Ridges all these years, looking for a shipbuilder for Li Chongyuan.

After many inquiries, he finally found some craftsmen and so on.

At that time, Wang Ting thought about whether he could build a shipyard based on the Lingnan shipyard base so as to imitate Li Chongyuan's paddle steamer.

In this way, there is no need to work for Li Chongyuan, and he will not get the slightest benefit.

But because he wanted to build a ship, he was targeted by the Feng family.

In short.

It was simple to say, but the process made Wang Ting know that it was extremely dangerous.

After Wang Ting's words ended, Li Chongyuan sneered.

'It's ridiculous to want to imitate your own paddle steamer. '

In fact, Li Chongyuan also knew that Wang Ting must have selfish motives.

Just like the matter of the goldfish, Li Chongyuan guessed it pretty well.

Let's imitate a paddle steamer, Li Chongyuan never thought that his royal court would do this, but someone must be imitating it.

My own paddle steamer, whoever wants to imitate it, can imitate it.

Unless the blueprints are given away, or the court's blueprints are leaked, otherwise, even if you spend countless money, you may not be able to imitate the paddle steamer.

When Wang Ting said this, Li Chongyuan's heart tightened.

'It seems that the blueprint of the paddle steamer must be watched carefully, and Li Shimin must be told to let people see the blueprint of the paddle steamer, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous. '

Together with this thought, Li Chongyuan thought of his core motivation again, and suddenly, thinking of going to Li Shimin to talk to him, he suddenly stopped.

The paddle steamer has no core power, so it is just a paddle steamer, not Li Chongyuan's kind of paddle steamer.

The speed is still the same as before, not fast, but not slow.

With the core power, it is called a real paddle steamer.

The power part of the ships and blueprints that Li Chongyuan dedicated to the imperial court was not the core power that Murphy improved.

The two chatted slowly.

As it approached noon, the words came back to the topic, "Jun Wang Li, this time you returned to Beijing, did you bring back the seeds you mentioned?"

As soon as Wang Ting got to the point, his eyes lit up green.

"That's natural. I, Li Chongyuan, can do anything I want to do. Since you are here, brother Ting, I will go to Lizhuang with me later, and I will have a good discussion with you on the way." Li Chongyuan looked at the time. It's early, I haven't done what I have to do today.

The two left the family, got into the carriage, and headed for Lizhuang.

on the carriage.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Li Chongyuan asked Wang Ting in a low voice: "Brother Ting, do you have anything to do with Danzhou?"

"No, so far away, although my Wang family sent people there, they all gathered back. What's the matter? Li Junwang, why do you ask Danzhou?" Wang Ting didn't know.

Li Chongyuan sighed helplessly and said: "This time I came back from overseas, although I brought a lot of seeds, but there is no land to plant. Therefore, I want to build a large farm in Danzhou to cultivate those crops .Since Brother Ting has no way out there, I can only find a way by myself."

"King Li, since it's about crop seeds, leave it to me. Although I have no way out in Danzhou, my royal family has left some people there in Zhenzhou. King Li, you just now How much land do you need for a large-scale farm?" Wang Ting immediately rushed to the question when he heard about overseas crop breeding.

When Li Chongyuan heard this, he was secretly happy.

Just now, when Li Chongyuan asked this question, he just wanted to see how wide the Wang family's career is.

Li Chongyuan originally wanted to buy some land in Danzhou and Zhenzhou to cultivate the crops he brought back.

It would be even more convenient if Wang Ting joined in.

At the same time, this can be regarded as Li Chongyuan's remedy for his dishonesty.

Li Chongyuan, who was overjoyed, said with a smile: "Brother Ting, you should take care of the land issue. I will go there to see in person at the beginning of next year. If the land issue can be resolved, then the crops will be cultivated once the trial cultivation is successful. , Your court brother’s name must be on the happy news I submit to the imperial court.”

Li Chongyuan wanted to share a piece of the royal pie.

no way.

Li Chongyuan didn't want to have a bad reputation of breaking promises and breaking promises, and he didn't want to have a deadlock with the Wang family.

Pulling Wang Ting with him, in addition to solving a lot of things for me, it can save me a lot of trouble.

To buy a large amount of land in Zhenzhou, Li Chongyuan may not be able to complete these things, but Li Chongyuan believes that Wang Ting will definitely be able to handle them.

(End of this chapter)