This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty actually looked down upon them in the past.

After all, they are just a group of grass-roots people, and I really don't see any threat.

But this time, their treatment of Murong Ge was really eye-catching. It was obvious that these guys had grown a lot over the years.

Of course, Li Er didn't feel much at all. He only cared about how Li Chengqian would handle the matter.

But at this moment, Changsun Wuji continued: "Your Majesty, along with this news comes news from Taohe County.

It is reported that Liu Shuyi blocked the border between Tang and Ming Dynasty not long ago on the grounds of military training. The specific time is unknown.

In Chang'an, His Highness the King of Shu, citing the tense situation in Taohe County, transferred Liu Shuyi to the post of governor of Shanzhou to take charge of Shanzhou's military affairs.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty envoys stationed in the East Palace, and the Queen, King Shu, King Jin and Princess Chengyang... temporarily stayed in the East Palace. "

Changsun Wuji briefed Li Er on the recent news, without hiding anything.

Everyone was silent when they heard the words, digesting the news silently in their hearts.

Li Er smiled and said nothing.

After a long while, Hou Junji said: "I'm afraid Liu Shuyi is training the army just to curb the commercial exchanges between Tang and Ming Dynasties. To be honest, the most important thing he should do now is to march westward. What's the use of training the army?"

He was extremely disdainful of this.

Regardless of who instigated the imperial court of Great Zhao, this act was a slap in the face of the Tang Dynasty.

Expelling the Tang people?

The Turks, who were extremely arrogant back then, didn't dare to do this, so what should the King of Zhao do?

"Compared to him, this guy is far behind after all." Yuchi Jingde said carelessly, "If it were him, and the Great Zhao Wangting dared to do this, he would dare to directly send troops to march westward, look at this world, Who dares to drive me out of the Tang Dynasty!"

They still admired Liu Wenjing, but if it were Liu Shuyi, sorry, he was really not on the same level.

Of course, civil servants like Chu Suiliang did not say much.

They knew Liu Shuyi's intention, and they also knew how difficult it was.

That was a battle for the right to inherit the throne, and it was not just as simple as a great Zhao Wangting. If anything went wrong, there would be a lot of people. Who would dare to take such a big risk.

Of course, this is not to say that Yuchi Jingde and others could not have thought of this, but it is just their character.

Who can use their brains when they can use their hands?

This doesn’t mean they have no brains, it’s just that if a military general uses so much brains on this kind of thing, which monarch would dare to use you?

"You guys should be more virtuous." Li Er heard this and said with a smile, "Anyway, Liu Shuyi is a junior. If they have your confidence, where will your place be in this court?

However, this actually shows that the confrontation between the two has begun. Time has passed and now it has become the world of young people.

After all, we are all getting old..."

Everyone was stunned when they heard what Li Er said.

No, this is not a cover-up, is it loud and clear?

The people can follow it but cannot know it. This sentence is actually applicable to the court. Is it really necessary to make it so clear today?

But in an instant, everyone understood that since Li Er said this, it means that everyone present is Li Er's closest ministers, which can also be said to be confidants.

Obviously, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty is now divided into several camps.

The biggest ones are these staunch royalists.

Next is Li Chengqian's princelings, but the power of Li Chengqian's princelings is basically not in Datang.

Then there is Li Ke's heirloom faction, the most active but also the weakest group of guys.

For Li Er, the purpose of his trip south is no longer a secret, and naturally he has no intention of hiding it. Now that things have happened, there is no need to be as secretive as before.

Of course, this mainly depends on his attitude.

Seeing what Li Er said, Changsun Wuji also smiled and said: "I heard someone say this before, it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk.

Speaking of which, the veteran also wants to see what the rich families in Shandong have. "

Although Changsun Wuji is now the representative of the Guanlong gentry, there is still a difference between the gentry and the gentry.

At least, the Guanlong gentry and the Shandong gentry were not in the same camp, and the two camps often fought openly and secretly in the court.

"But such an abrupt border blockade can curb the business of the Ming Dynasty, but it will also be a devastating blow to the business of the Tang Dynasty. As a result, I am afraid that the business tax of the Tang Dynasty will be greatly affected. Influence."

Ma Zhou thought about it for a long time and then said worriedly.

He is now the Minister of Household Affairs, and he is the most sensitive to the impact on commercial taxes.

In addition, now that the Tang Dynasty is sending troops to the south, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he is already under a lot of pressure. If something goes wrong again with the commercial tax, it will be difficult for him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"Of course it will have an impact." Li Er smiled when he heard this, "But I support this. Over the years, the business of the Tang Dynasty has been linked to the Ming Dynasty, which is not a healthy direction for the business of the country.

In Gao Ming's words, Datang is the largest downstream market for Ming commerce.

In other words, Ming Dynasty is the largest upstream market for our business in Datang. If we can contain Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty can also contain us. This is not a good thing.

If we can take this opportunity to revitalize Datang's own market, it would be a good thing.

Over the years, Auxiliary Machinery and Dengshan have been running Taohe County for a long time and have lost the largest upstream market in Ming Dynasty. I wonder if Taohe County can cope with it? "

With that said, Li Er looked at Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.

When the eldest Sun Wuji was in charge of Taohe County, he did indeed do some things. Not to mention anything else, he did a lot of various workshops.

In addition, after Li Chengqian even indulged Xu Jingzong and poached a large number of technical personnel from the Ming Dynasty, the workshops in Taohe County did develop rapidly in a short period of time.

To be honest, Changsun Wuji planned to use Taohe County to replace the Ming Dynasty and become the upstream market of the Tang Dynasty.

Although it has not completely replaced Daming over the years, it has indeed captured some market share from Daming. Overall, there are still some results.

At this moment, seeing Li Er asking, Changsun Wuji also looked at Chu Suiliang. After all, Chu Suiliang had stayed there longer and knew better. Chu Suiliang saw that Li Er and Changsun Wuji were both Turning his gaze on himself, he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, when I left Taohe County, there were more than 400 various workshops in Taohe County.

There are three large-scale workshops with a scale of more than 1,000 people, and more than 200 workshops with a scale of more than 100 people.

Although it cannot completely replace the Ming Dynasty, this is undoubtedly an opportunity for Taohe County. If this opportunity can be seized, Taohe County will probably explode into large-scale industrialization in a short period of time.

What Ming Dynasty said is actually true, interest is the foundation that drives everything. "

"This is the most disgusting thing about businessmen." After hearing this, Tang Jian said with great disdain, "You are also a scholar, how can you open your eyes to businessmen for this?"

"It is the nature of merchants to seek profit." Chu Suiliang did not mind, and immediately said, "This is blameless. When there is no profit to be made, the merchant is still full of energy, so his plot must be bigger.

And when merchants are chasing profits, that is actually when they do their most honest duty.

At least the merchants at this time are still within our control.

If the Duke of Ju (three sounds) does not know, you might as well look at the Jingyang merchants of the past, Huang Song and others.

Today, these people are in Chang'an, following the Ming Dynasty envoy to Beijing. These people are by no means profit-seeking people. Sometimes their way of doing business is to make money at a loss.

Presumably the Duke of Ju must know what these people are planning, right? "

Over the years, he has dealt with merchants a lot. As time went by, he gained a new understanding of merchants.

In his words, he is not afraid of merchants pursuing profits, but rather afraid of merchants not pursuing profits.

Just like guys like Huang Song.

Are they merchants?

It must be true. In the Ming Dynasty, they were still the top wealthy businessmen.

But the business these guys are doing now is no longer aimed at making profits. This is the most terrifying thing.

God, businessmen don't make profits, what are they making?

Isn’t this worth pondering? "Deng Shan is right." After hearing what he said, Li Er nodded, "It is indeed blameless for businessmen to make profits. There is nothing to say about it.

As long as they abide by the law, don't be too harsh on them. "

He very much agreed with Chu Suiliang's view that merchants should pay the most attention only when they are not aiming to make profits.

He has seen and heard of more than one such merchant.

Isn’t the former samurai Yu the best example?

The rest of the people also nodded after hearing this.

But at this moment, Ma Zhou asked: "So, this is a good thing for Taohe County?"

“Not only is it a good thing for Taohe County, but it’s also not a bad thing for the entire Tang Dynasty.

If Taohe County cannot supply many merchants, those workshops will naturally increase their efforts to expand.

And a group of businessmen find that their supply needs cannot be met. Driven by profits, will they want to settle things once and for all to avoid being choked by others in the future?

Generally speaking, the one with the greatest impact this time will definitely not be my country, Datang. "

Chu Suiliang was not siding with Li Ke, he was just stating a fact.

Moreover, wasn't what they did in Taohe County just for this kind of thing?

Now, it’s time to harvest.

Saying it now also means taking credit for yourself.

"Auxiliary machine and Dengshan have done an excellent job in this matter." Li Er nodded with great satisfaction and said with a smile, "Now, it depends on how Gao Ming responds. I just happened to take this opportunity to see how his Ming Dynasty is in crisis. How well you handled this."

To put it bluntly, the pressure now is on Daming, and he is quite relaxed.

As for the Ming Dynasty's envoy entering the East Palace, no one said much. Otherwise, it concerned the queen, and no one wanted or wanted to say much.

……

A few days ago, in Chuihe County, when Xu Jingzong heard that Liu Shuyi had blocked the border, Xu Jingzong, who had been in bed for a long time, finally became energetic!

Yes, he perked up.

This is something he has wanted to do for so many years but has not dared to do it. But guys like Liu Shuyi actually did it. How could he not be energetic?

As the county magistrate of Taohe County in the past, he was in charge of the workshop affairs. He knew very well what this meant for Taohe County.

That day, he sent someone to call the owners of some large workshops to the county governor's office.

They even invited prominent merchants from Taohe County, and the nobles were not excluded.

"You must have heard that the Tang-Ming border blockade is an unprecedented test for us." Xu Jingzong did not delay and said directly, "There are so many merchants traveling to and from Tang-Ming every day. Now, these Caravans from all over the Tang Dynasty were stranded in Taohe County. They always had to buy something to go back. Otherwise, wouldn't the journey be in vain?

That is to say, it is influenced by Changming Logistics. Otherwise, this time will be a godsend opportunity for me in Taohe County. "

Everyone naturally understands this truth.

They have been aware of the problem since hearing the border was blocked.

But even so, some businessmen still said: "But since the establishment of Changming Logistics, the size of the caravans going to and from Tangming has been much smaller, and some even only send a few guys to go there. After all, now only After signing the order, Changming Logistics will deliver the various goods they need.

Therefore, even if a large number of caravans are stranded, many people in these caravans do not have the right to make decisions. "

"That's why I said that this is an opportunity for Taohe County." Xu Jingzong said, "In the past, Changming Logistics monopolized the logistics business. Although the imperial court also developed logistics business, its market share was extremely small.

And we are unable to compete with Changming Logistics and let it become a unicorn in this industry. But this time, isn't it an opportunity for us?

Our county governor's office takes the lead, various merchants take shares, and the entire Taohe County workshop is the cornerstone. Why can't we open up the Taohe logistics market?

You just said that the many caravans currently stranded in Taohe County do not have the right to make decisions, so do they want to write and ask? It is said that shopping malls are like battlefields and opportunities are fleeting. Do you think they are nervous?

If at this time, our Taohe Logistics can provide them with express mail service and help them send letters back and obtain the letters as quickly as possible, do you think they will choose Taohe Logistics later? "

Hearing what Xu Jingzong said, everyone was a little stunned.

You really dare to think!

But if this is the case, then this is indeed a big business.

Looking at Xu Jingzong's appearance, I'm afraid he has been thinking about these things for more than a day or two.

As for why Xu Jingzong knew clearly that he blocked the border between Tang and Ming Dynasties, as the governor of Taohe County, he had never done this before.

Haha, are you kidding? He wants to make progress and get rich, but he is not stupid. He blocked the border between Tang and Ming Dynasties, and it was Li Chengqian who offended him. Unless Li Chengqian was completely done, there was no way he would do it.

If he really has to wait for Li Chengqian to make a comeback in the future, will he be in bad luck?

Besides, since Wang Renyou was married, he knew that he didn't need to do this kind of thing.

Now is the best time for him.

The two were fighting fiercely. As the governor of Taohe County, he concentrated on developing Taohe County. This was what he should do the most as a county governor.

Only solid political achievements will be his weapon to dazzle the court in the future!

As for Taohe Logistics, haha, wasn’t that just for Li Er to see?

Of course, if he really wants to do it well, that will also be his political achievement.

"Your Majesty," a group of merchants said immediately with their hands raised. Even Cui Hao in the crowd had to admit that Xu Jingzong, a merchant who fell into a money jar, was more suitable than him in terms of doing business.

Xu Jingzong was not complacent. He looked at the workshop owners and said, "Now you are under the greatest pressure. There are so many caravans from various places stranded in Taohe County, and they need so many goods. You can supply them." What?"

"There should be no problem in a short time." The workshop owners of the three major workshops discussed it for a while before saying, "Because each of our workshops had a lot of backlog of goods before, and they can supply it in a short time, but it will take a long time. , in terms of our output, it’s a bit difficult.”

"Expand production." Xu Jingzong said without any hesitation, "In the past, workshops did not dare to expand because they were worried that they would not be able to sell after production, but now this is an opportunity."

"But if the Tang-Ming border blockade is lifted in the future..." A workshop owner hesitated before saying.

"It doesn't matter whether the border blockade between Tang and Ming Dynasties will be lifted in the future." Xu Jingzong said, "As long as you can capture the caravans from various places during this period and let them choose you, even if the Tang Dynasty If the border is lifted tomorrow, how much impact will it have on you?

And, when doing business, be humble.

Whether it is to foreign caravans or to craftsmen and their workers in workshops.

It’s not without reason why they were willing to walk more than a hundred miles before choosing the Ming Dynasty. "

Xu Jingzong was also speechless.

It would be no exaggeration to say that he was responsible for the creation of the Taohe County workshop.

In order to set up industry in Taohe County, he went to the six grassland cities to recruit many craftsmen, but those people often complained to him, saying that the working environment in Taohe County was incomparable to that of the Ming Dynasty.

If it weren't for Xu Jingzong's repeated promises, all the craftsmen would probably pack up their bedrolls and run away overnight.

"That..." Speaking of this, the workshop owners of each workshop were a little embarrassed.

If you ask them to be polite to officials like Xu Jingzong, that's okay, even if they are grandsons, it's okay, but if you ask them to be polite to others, haha...

"Don't do this or that, if you can't change your bad habits, even if you have such an opportunity, you won't be able to seize it.

Don't think that now that the border is closed, those caravans have no choice and can manipulate others again.

It pushed them into a hurry. It was not like they were incapable of building workshops themselves.

I put my words here. If they are willing to invest in building a workshop in Taohe County, I will definitely support them.

Don’t think that you are the only ones in Taohe County who have mastered the technology now. Not to mention that the nobles have already begun to prepare workshops. Even without them, how could I support you back then? How could I support another group of people? come out! "

As soon as Xu Jingzong said these words, all the workshop owners were silent. They knew that this man was angry...

I fell asleep writing in the morning.