Ji Tang

Chapter 572
"Then where do you want to go?"

Li Shimin was also in trouble at this time. Ji Song's ability could be used wherever he went, but this was where he was in trouble.

You said go to a wealthy place, which seems a bit wasteful.

If you go to a poor place, what is the difference between this and hairdressing?
Not to mention the nobles from various families who have good relations with the Ji family, even the many civil servants headed by Li Gang would probably be able to spray him to death!
Okay, Ji Song has not done enough for Tang Dynasty and your Li family?
You just let him go to that place?Are you still shameless?
The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he simply stopped thinking about it and asked directly.

Ji Song was also troubled. It seemed that he was overthinking this matter.

With my current status, where I want to go is really not something I can decide right away.

"What do you think of Xuanzhou in Jiangnan Province, Your Majesty?"

After thinking about it, Ji Song could only think of Jiangnan Road.

"Xuanzhou?"

Xuanzhou has a vast area under its jurisdiction, including Xuancheng, Jingxian, Sui'an, Ningguo, Lishui, Liyang, Dangtu, Nanling, Qingyang, Taiping, Jingde, Zhide and Shidai, a total of [-] counties. Its administrative divisions The scope is roughly equivalent to most of today's southern Anhui and southern Jiangsu.

While its territory was vast, it also had a large population, but it suffered a huge blow during the war period in the late Sui Dynasty.

But Ji Song knew that in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Xuanzhou would become one of the three most prosperous cities in Jiangnan.

The reason why he chose this place is that it has huge development potential.

In later generations, this was also the first pilot site for transporting grain from the south to the north. It also had the convenience of water transportation, which was enough to supply Henan, Shandong, and Hebei.

Xuanzhou even has advantages in copper and iron, and its reserves are also very huge.

There is enough land to produce food and raw materials to develop primary industry. As long as it develops step by step and with his forward-looking vision, Xuanzhou will only become more prosperous than it later became.

Even Ma'anshan, the steel capital of later generations, is now under the rule of Xuanzhou. Can Ji Song not be greedy for such favorable conditions?
When you come to this world, what better way to reflect your own value than to create a prosperous place?

Xuanzhou, he went to settle it.

When Li Shimin heard Ji Song talk about Xuanzhou, he immediately refused, but suddenly thought that Ji Song would never make a mistake, and he must have his own plan.

"Tell me, why do you want to go to Xuanzhou?"

When Ji Song heard this, he did not answer directly, but smiled and said: "If you believe me and let me go to Xuanzhou, I can guarantee that Xuanzhou will become another Mingzhou or Dengzhou in the Tang Dynasty, or even worse."

"really?"

Li Shimin sat up directly and said solemnly.

I don't blame her for making such a fuss, I really can't believe it.

Not to mention Dengzhou, it means that after several years of continuous development, the tax revenue of the state has exceeded the combined total of Chang'an and Chang'an counties. Now someone told him that such a tax-rich place can have another one?
If anyone else said that, he would never take it seriously.

But the person who said this now was Ji Song, so he couldn't help but not believe it.

Regardless of whether it is Mingzhou or Dengzhou, although Ji Song has been there only once last time, he has never been there before.

But as long as you have a little understanding, you will know that these two places are inextricably related to Ji Song.

The first builder of Mingzhou Port was his father-in-law Xie Lian, and Dengzhou Port was his capable subordinate.

Ji Song played a crucial role in the development of these two places, which is why he chose these people.

"With a three-year contract, I can guarantee that the taxes paid by Xuanzhou will not be lower than those of Dengzhou now."

"Agreed?"

"A word is settled!"

"Snapped!"

The two high-fived each other and the matter was settled. "Where do you start next?"

Although he was sure, he was still unsure and a little curious.

Ji Song smiled and said: "Walk transportation."

"Water transport?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the Grand Canal dug by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

"Your Majesty should have thought of transporting grain from the south to the north. Compared with the uncertainty and risks of sea transportation, water transportation is much safer."

"At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal to facilitate the transportation of grain and grass during the expedition to Goguryeo, but he did not know that it would be most appropriate to use it for people's livelihood."

"First, as people's livelihoods in various places in the south of the Yangtze River recover, the food supply in the water towns will greatly increase. In the past, due to the inconvenience of transshipment, the gain outweighed the loss when transporting food from the south of the Yangtze River to the north."

"But things are different now. With the Grand Canal, not only can food be transported to the north quickly, but it can also feed tens of thousands of people. This will be a huge opportunity for the people along the canal."

"Second, compared to land transportation, water transportation not only does not require so many people, but the quantity carried is also very different, and the loss is almost negligible."

"Third, transporting grain is only one of them. Your Majesty, please think about it. If merchants are allowed to trade in such a river of wealth, as long as we set up checkpoints, even taxes will be collected."

Seeing Li Shimin who was stunned, Ji Song smiled brightly.

I wonder where this is going?
This is something that has been proven feasible in history. I am just following the example, and it is basically easy to catch it.

What he cares about is that Xuanzhou has all the conditions to establish industry, with transportation routes extending in all directions, convenient transportation methods, rich minerals, and numerous human resources.

As long as I completely integrate these, let alone surpass Mingzhou or Dengzhou.

Even if you read it several times, there is nothing surprising.

"Good good!"

Li Shimin laughed loudly, he had no reason to be unhappy.

How many people died when the Grand Canal was being dug, and the Sui Dynasty was in chaos as a result.

But who would have thought that the excavation of the Grand Canal would have such a profound impact on people's livelihood, as if it was prepared for the Tang Dynasty.

"I believe in you, just go ahead and do it!"

Ji Song has left, but Li Shimin still can't recover from the prospect Ji Song just said for a long time.

"Why is Your Majesty so happy?"

The eldest grandson came to the main hall with soup and saw what the emperor was thinking about, but the way he was thinking and laughing made the eldest grandson laugh a little.

"what?"

Seeing Empress Shi, Li Shimin came back to his senses and said excitedly: "You didn't expect that Yang Guang built the Grand Canal back then."

He told his eldest grandson the various benefits of the Grand Canal, not just repeating Ji Song's words. What he saw with his eyes was far more than what Ji Song said.

In addition to those, the role of communicating between the North and the South cannot be denied.

Whether it is distance or communication between the north and the south, it plays a decisive role. This is something that an emperor should consider.

Ji Song couldn't notice it. This was a matter of status and height. Ji Song couldn't be blamed.

But is this really the case?

Of course Ji Song knows these, but can he tell them all?
You Ji Song has fucking thought of all this, what do you want the emperor to think?
So, when you should hide your clumsiness, hide your clumsiness. If you have thought of everything, what do you need your superiors to do?
(End of this chapter)