Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 52 Ways of Development

Li Yuanji even praised Feng Ang for being really smart. With Feng Zhixun as a middleman, everything was different. It was no longer him, the King of Qi, who had to ask Feng Ang for help. He saved his face, and at the same time Feng Ang could support him to this point.

As for Feng Ang's contribution, it all depends on whether Li Yuanji himself recognizes it. Feng Ang turned from active to passive, and all the initiative was given to Li Yuanji.

So Li Yuanji sighed that Feng Ang was a smart man. If he had directly voted for him, Feng Ang would not value him. But if he changed to this approach, how could he, Li Yuanji, not remember Feng Ang's kindness?

Moreover, something happened in the court, and Feng Ang had no direct connection with him, he was just Feng Zhixun.

After thinking this through, Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it. Since he owed Feng Ang a favor and he had already owed him, it would not matter if he owed more. He would not be worried about having too much debt anyway.

Then Li Yuanji thought that he couldn't develop in this way. It would be difficult to develop without any resources. He had to bring in resources from outside to make the development here more effective.

The first thing Li Yuanji thought of was business. He could do business with the Tang Dynasty or with other small countries. He could use business to exchange for the materials needed for current development. Haikang was located on the coast, and Feng Zhixun had acquired large ships, so he could conduct business along the coast.

Only when there is buying and selling will there be inflow. With inflow, along with the changes here, this virtuous cycle will only get better and better. At least, there will not be the problem of suddenly being unable to develop one day due to material problems.

But the next question is, what business should I start?

The first thing Li Yuanji thought of was wine, but he gave up immediately. There was a serious food shortage here, so how could he still make wine to sell?

Ten kilograms of grain for one kilogram of wine is no joke. Unless you make a very special wine and sell it as a luxury product, you can exchange one kilogram of wine for dozens or hundreds of kilograms of grain. In this case, it is not enough to just have a distiller.

What else?

fruit?

Guangxi is rich in fruits, which is indeed good. However, the fruit’s storage properties mean that it cannot withstand long periods of transportation and will all go bad on the way.

Li Yuanji thought for a while, then immersed his mind in his thoughts, clicked on the item exchange column, and looking at a craft inside, Li Yuanji suddenly smiled.

Li Yuanji was silent, and the others did not speak either. After a while, Li Yuanji came to his senses and looked at everyone.

“I know all these things. For now, don’t change them. Build houses, rebuild the roads in the city, and reclaim the wasteland. Don’t stop.

Zhijun, you should continue to work hard on fishing. This time you have a big boat and the corresponding tools, so use them well. Dahe and you can cook the fish you catch in an iron pot. Not only can you eat the meat, but you can also drink the soup.

And Shufang, you can organize some more people to go hunting and try to improve the food. You can organize more people.

Send another 3,000 people to pick up Junmai and the others, especially the craftsmen, who must be escorted here as soon as possible. Also, bring some supplies back quickly, and let Yang Jianhe lead the troops."

Li Yuanji finished speaking and then continued: "The difficulties we are facing now are only temporary. Everyone should bear with it for now. In addition, Xuan Ce, please send a letter to all states on my behalf. Now that I have arrived in Leizhou, ask them to prepare the necessary things and send them over as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji had no choice but to make such arrangements for now. As for the gifts from various states, this was his fiefdom after all, and he was the boss of Lingnan. No matter what the actual relationship was, at least on the surface, they had to prepare things for him.

Otherwise, he will have to do it himself, because his army is not just for show.

Afterwards, Li Yuanji asked everyone to go back and rest, and kept Feng Zhixun behind. Since others had put in so much effort, he had to show his appreciation.

"Zhixun, thank you for your hard work this time. Without your help, the food problem would be extremely difficult now. Please thank Mingda on my behalf. I will never forget what you have done." After hearing this, Feng Zhixun stood up and saluted to Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, this is what I should do. Your Majesty came to Lingnan to be a vassal. I and others should be your subjects and should be loyal to you. Now it is only natural that I should be loyal to you.

I am very happy to be able to help the king. I think my father would also be happy if he knew about it."

Li Yuanji laughed even more widely after hearing this. He looked like a fierce general, but he was actually very smart.

"I already know what Mingda and Zhiqian are thinking. You can contact Mingda and ask him if he has any iron or other materials. If he does, please ship some over. If he doesn't have any extra, that's fine too.

You know the situation here now. The food is fine. I have prepared a lot. I also have a lot of money, but it is all in the back. I will take it from him now on credit. When the baggage arrives, I will give him the money then."

Upon hearing this, Feng Zhixun immediately agreed respectfully.

"Yes, I will contact Duke Geng right away."

Feng Zhixun did not make decisions for Feng Ang. Feng Zhixun was very clear about his own position.

After Feng Zhixuan left, Li Yuanji began to think about how to develop this place.

After thinking for a long time, Li Yuanji realized more and more clearly that transformation was fine, but if he wanted to develop, he must strengthen external contacts. Business matters were also urgent, and it had to be a profitable business so that he could exchange it for sufficient supplies.

The next day, Li Yuanji led his men to start cutting down trees. At the end of the day, they only completed cutting down 302 trees. Some axes were broken again, but Li Yuanji did not care. After another half day, the task was finally completed.

Li Yuanji then turned his gaze to the task panel.

Congratulations to the host for completing the task and obtaining ten contribution points. The current host contribution points are a total of forty points.

New task: Transport the wood back to the city. Completing this task will earn you ten contribution points.

Li Yuanji immediately stood up and began to send more people to transport the trees back to the city. The task was completed that day and he earned another ten contribution points. The new task that followed was to chop wood, which earned him five contribution points.

In the next few days, Li Yuanji turned into a task maniac. He would complete the tasks issued by the system as soon as possible in order to earn enough contribution points.

In the past few days, the city has also gradually changed. New houses have been built one after another and are neatly arranged. Although they are not big, they are completely suitable for a family to live in.

In addition, the roads in the city have also begun to change, and stone bricks have gradually been laid, but the progress is also relatively slow.

The biggest change was in Feng Zhixun's fishing team. The one sent by Lin Quan had ten large ships and fifty small boats as before, but Lin Quan only had five large ships and dozens of small boats left.

With a boat and tools, Feng Zhixun could catch a large number of fish every day, which also alleviated a lot of food pressure.

After several days of mission mode, Li Yuanji's contribution points finally reached 100 points, and he can exchange them for the items he wants.

(End of this chapter)