Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 424 Business Opportunities
But the answer Li Er gave was: "As long as you develop Lingnan and let the court receive a lot of taxes, then I can also let you be the Lingnan Jiedu Envoy, and you don't need any military or other merits."

Regarding this, Wei Zheng and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were silent. When it came to developing Lingnan, none of the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty dared to say that they had Wang Pingan's ability. I am afraid that even His Majesty did not have the ability to develop Lingnan.

All the ministers obediently shut up because of Li Er's words, even Wei Zheng was silenced by Li Er's words.

Wei Zheng was very curious about how Wang Ping'an would develop Lingnan. Now that he was in front of him, he asked himself, so he said, "The big event you mentioned must have something to do with Lingnan, right?"

"Clap clap..."

Wang Pingan clapped his hands and said, "Master Wei is really amazing. The boy has not said anything important yet, but Master Wei already knows it. Admiration, admiration!!!"

Wei Zheng couldn't help feeling complacent when he heard the words, and said to himself, "That's right, who is this old man, I can't even guess your little purpose, how can you be a first-rank official."

But his face was very calm, he waved his hands again and again and said: "Ping An, you are serious, you must know you, now you are a celebrity, the civil and military people of the court and the people talk about you, the old man will know if he doesn't want to know."

"Then what are they talking about about me?" Wang Pingan asked curiously.

"It's nothing more than discussing that you became a Jiedushi at a young age. You are the first in the history of the Tang Dynasty. You will definitely be recorded in the history books in the future. They are also very curious about how you will develop Lingnan." Wei Zheng paused and continued Said: "The old man is also very curious, how do you plan to develop Lingnan, you must know that there are many bandits in Lingnan, the weather is hot and humid, and there are many miasmas. I really don't know what there is to develop in Lingnan."

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "Master Wei only saw the bad side of Lingnan, but he didn't know that Lingnan is full of treasures."

"Haha... There are treasures in Lingnan? Haha... Are you trying to laugh this old man to death? Haha..." Wei Zheng laughed and said a little incoherently.

Instead, Wang Pingan kept smiling and watched Wei Zhengxiao out of breath.Heart said: "Ignorance is terrible."

Wei Zheng looked at Wang Ping'an and smiled a little embarrassedly. He felt like a child doing something wrong and being stared at by an elder. He seemed to realize that Wang Ping'an was really not joking, but that Wang Ping'an really found something in Lingnan.

He said uncertainly, "You, what did you find in Lingnan?"

Wang Pingan shook his head and said, "It's not what I found in Lingnan, but what is there in Lingnan. Like you said, the climate there is hot and humid, so there are a lot of miasma, snakes, insects, rats and ants, but there are also many fruits and medicinal materials in Lingnan." .

There are two seasons of rice in Lingnan, and it is close to the sea. There is even more seafood there. It can also establish ports for maritime trade and so on.

There are indeed places in this world where birds don’t lay eggs, but knowledgeable people know that this place is a treasured land of geomantic omen, and it produces gold. "

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up, and he said, "You mean, in our eyes, Lingnan is a place where birds don't lay eggs, but in your eyes, Lingnan is a treasure land of geomantic omen."

Wang Pingan just nodded.

"Then do you have a specific plan?" Wei Zheng asked.

"Yes, this is the plan I wrote." Wang Pingan handed a thick plan to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng took the plan and read it carefully. It didn't take long before he entered a state of ecstasy, completely forgetting that there was such a person as Wang Ping'an, because the plan was written in too much detail, and he had never seen such a detailed plan before. plan.

The basic situation of Lingnan is written in the plan, such as geographical location, environment, climate, etc.Also wrote basic data, items produced in Lingnan, workshop construction, transportation, general business, commercial development, maritime development, etc.

In his eyes, this plan can be regarded as a template for learning by the imperial court.

After reading with relish for more than an hour, he finally finished reading all the content, closed the plan, and sighed: "Detailed, detailed, really detailed, if everyone can write such a detailed plan, then the court will not So much money wasted."

"Master Wei is right. The imperial court can write such a detailed plan without developing a place, so the treasury can indeed save some money and food, and can effectively find loopholes in the construction and development of a place. There are also some Negligence." Wang Pingan said.

At this moment, Wei Zheng looked at Wang Ping'an in astonishment, and instantly remembered that Wang Ping'an was still by his side, that is to say, no matter how long he had read the plan, he had been waiting for him by his side for so long.

So he apologized and said: "I'm very sorry, it's all because I was so fascinated by watching, I even forgot that you are still waiting for Ping An."

"Master Wei is serious. If Master Wei is so fascinated, he should blame the kid for writing too well." Wang Pingan said.

"The plan is really perfect, but I don't know what your plan is for Ping An, and what do you need the household department to do?" Wei Zheng said straight to the point.

"The boy hopes that the Ministry of Household Affairs can issue a notice to tell businessmen across the country that I, Wang Pingan, will go to Lingnan to develop, and I can just disclose some of the findings in the plan." Wang Pingan said.

"Are you planning to call all businessmen from all over the country to Lingnan?" Wei Zheng said in surprise.

Wang Pingan nodded and said: "It can be said that, you can also see this as the merchants of the entire Tang Dynasty will work together to develop Lingnan, you believe that boy, those merchants are not idiots, and they will not move their entire family to Lingnan just because of the court's few words. Lingnan.

They will send their shopkeepers to bring some money or sold items to Lingnan, inspect Lingnan, and see if Lingnan is worth bringing a large amount of manpower and material resources, and what the boy has to do now is how to attract them to bring a large amount of money. The manpower and material resources come to Lingnan.

As long as half of the country's businessmen come to Lingnan, then I can guarantee that within two years, Lingnan will change a lot, and some cities will be no less than Chang'an. "

"Two years? From scratch, is it possible?" Wei Zheng doubted.

"Of course not in the whole of Lingnan, but only a few key states, such as Guangzhou, the boy will focus on the development of this state and build a port there, which can enter the sea and inland rivers." Wang Pingan said.

"The port? Are you planning to develop the sea? That's right, the main purpose of His Majesty asking you to go to Lingnan is to develop the sea. You once said that there is a lot of wealth in the sea, and there are many islands and continents. Your Majesty's ambition is not in Lingnan, but the sea. "Wei Zheng suddenly realized, and said to himself.

He looked at Wang Pingan suddenly, and asked, "Tell me honestly, is the development of the sea beneficial or harmful to Datang?"

Wang Pingan glanced at Wei Zheng, knowing that he was thinking too much, but his ultimate goal was indeed the sea, so he said lightly: "There are more advantages than disadvantages. This is for the current court. Once the conditions are ripe and the industry is integrated, Then there are only pros and no cons.”

"Where is the disadvantage?"

"Developing the sea requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but the return is more than a hundred times the investment."

"So many." Wei Zheng was quite shocked.

Wang Pingan said: "Master Wei, don't talk about the development of the sea for the time being. We don't know the situation on the sea at present. Going to the sea blindly will end badly."

Wei Zheng nodded, he also knew that Wang Ping'an would not scare people, and said: "Okay, I will do what you ask, you can go back and wait for the news."

"The kid thanked Mr. Wei first, and the kid went back to the house to wait for news."

Wang Pingan returned to Wangji Winery after leaving the Ministry of Accounts. Everything was ready, and the only thing he owed was Dongfeng. As long as Wei Zheng issued a notice from the Ministry of Accounts, all merchants in the Tang Dynasty would know about his development of Lingnan.

As long as there are businessmen with a long-term vision, they will definitely find the business opportunities here and send a lot of manpower and material resources to Lingnan. Only in this way can Lingnan be developed quickly.

The efficiency of the household department is very fast. To be precise, Wei Zheng's work efficiency is very fast. After Wang Ping'an left, he went to the palace to meet Li Er, gave Wang Ping'an's plan to Li Er, and told Li Er Wang Ping'an's request.

Li Er said lightly: "Do everything according to what Wang Pingan said." After speaking, he took Wang Ping's plan and left, leaving Wei Zheng there alone.

When he saw it, he ignored him, so he went to find Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji discussed with him very face-saving, and after learning of Wang Ping'an's request, he hurried away.

Immediately afterwards, he went to find Du Ruhui, Tang Qian and other civil servants. After hearing Wang Ping'an's request, they all began to see off the guests, leaving behind a depressed Wei Zheng.

Finally, Wei Zheng approached Li Ji and told him about Wang Ping'an and the behavior of several friends.

After listening to Li Ji, he smiled and said: "Haha. Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng, you are a fan of the authorities. They can see it more clearly than you. That boy Wang Ping'an is going to develop Lingnan, and he gave you a detailed plan. You After reading it, I think it is very good, and Lingnan can be developed into a city that does not belong to Chang'an. Do you know what this means?"

Wei Zheng was silent for a while, but still couldn't think of anything.

Seeing this, Li Ji said: "Business opportunities, they all saw the business opportunities. Wang Ping'an is telling businessmen all over the country about a huge business opportunity. What kind of place is Lingnan? You know me, and everyone in the world knows it."

Wei Zheng nodded slightly and said, "It is true that everyone knows what Lingnan is."

Li Ji said: "Since everyone knows, Lingnan has great development potential. Not only that, the person in charge of developing Lingnan is Wang Pingan, who is known as a child prodigy. Anyone who knows how to do business will not miss this opportunity to make a fortune." Chance."

Wei Zheng suddenly realized, and said: "No wonder those auxiliary machines, Keming and others saw off the guests before I finished speaking. It turns out that their purpose is this business opportunity. Wait, how can this business opportunity be missed? You What about me? I'll go home and make arrangements."

(End of this chapter)