The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 447 All interpretation rights belong to this trading company

"The land of Goguryeo's black soil is extremely fertile, and you can squeeze out oil and water if you grab it."

Li Yunze introduced earnestly, "In such a wealthy place, as long as it is arranged properly, it is not difficult to feed tens of millions of people. How can it be used as a feudal state?"

Frowning slightly, Li Er thought for a while, "It's cold in the north."

"We have cotton-padded clothes and quilts." Li Yunze immediately stated, "There are also a lot of coal and iron mines in Goguryeo. The coal is dug out to make briquette stoves, and the house is very warm in winter."

Limited by industrial production capacity, Li Er did not place too much emphasis on minerals other than gold and silver, because the demand was not large.

Of course, if Datang had the industrial strength of the later generations of Huaxia, then even the islands where no birds lived would have to investigate to see if there were any minerals.

However, the fertile land is enough to impress Li Er.

In the agricultural age, nothing is more important than fertile soil.

"I wanted Ke'er to go to Goguryeo"

Li Er muttered a few words, looking a little regretful.

Although he decided to be a virtuous person, he still had a bottom line deep in his heart, that is, the heir must be the son of Empress Changsun.

Shu Wang Li Ke is very good in both ability and character, but it is a pity that his mother is Yang Guang's daughter.

The status of the princess of the former dynasty almost doomed Li Ke to have no chance of inheriting the great rule.But it was precisely because of this that Li Erxin felt guilty and wanted to make compensation.

"There are plenty of fertile soils in this world."

Li Yunze drew a map with his fingers, and it continued to extend toward the northwest. "There is a piece of black land similar to Goguryeo, which is very fertile and can be used as a granary."

"How far?"

"Starting from Suiye in the Western Regions, it's five thousand miles away."

"Five thousand miles?!" Li Er was stunned.

It takes five thousand miles to start from Chang'an City to Suiye City in the Western Regions, and another five thousand miles to Suiye to go to that black soil granary. Isn't that thousands of miles away!

Thinking of his beloved Li Ke going thousands of miles away, Li Er immediately began to frown again.

If this really leaves, it will be almost impossible to see each other again for the rest of my life.

Looking at Li Er's sad face, Li Yunze couldn't help laughing, "Could it be that Your Majesty has forgotten about the railway."

"Ok?"

Li Er was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized.

By walking or riding a caravan or something, the long road of thousands of miles is naturally unreachable, and the road is also very dangerous.

But if there is a railway, not much else to say, at least one hour can run a hundred miles, and it doesn't stop day and night.

One day is thousands of miles, and the distance of thousands of miles is only a matter of ten days.

If it were in Datang, ten days might not be enough to go to Luoyang City.

After thinking about this, Li Er immediately relaxed, "It doesn't matter if you say it this way. If you take the train, you can get there in half a month at most, so it's not a big deal."

"It's a matter." Li Yunze said seriously, "The most important thing is to build a railway that is thousands of miles long. At present, the one that reaches Lanzhou has not been repaired yet."

Li Er was speechless immediately.

The two railways that have been repaired add up to two thousand miles.

It took several years for this, and countless labor, materials and goods were consumed.

Those who cultivated tens of thousands of miles, from him, Li Er, to the Chinese and military officials in the court, all went to Pingkangfang to sell their bodies and couldn't make up the money.

Thinking of this, Li Er's mind moved slightly, "The stock market."

"Not yet."

Li Yunze knew that Li Er was going to be eager for quick success again. "It's not time to swing the scythe yet. Didn't Bai Qisi say that those wealthy families still have a lot of savings that they haven't sold yet."

Li Er asked unwillingly, "Is there any other way?"

"Have."

Li Yunze nodded and said, "We can do something on the Changwei Railway."

"Okay." Li Er clapped his hands and applauded, "Get some more, first find a way to repair the road to Lanzhou as soon as possible, and then continue to repair to the west."

"I won't come forward in this matter." Li Yunze has already paved the way, and he is too lazy to be the villain himself. "Du Gong stepped forward to operate, this is his duty."

"good."

Li Er hid in the side hall of the Daming Palace, staring at the map and the sand table, imagining that his sons would be entrusted to various parts of the world, busy with the map and opening up borders.

Li Yunze returned to Lijiazhuang and was busy communicating with Li Lizhi in depth.

Naturally, the affairs of the powerful family can only fall on Du Ruhui's head.

Just like what Li Yunze said, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs who manages the money bag, so of course he is the one to take the lead in cheating money.

After receiving the notice, Du Ruhui threw all the insults and offenses to me, but he could only call the representatives of the powerful local tyrants headed by Wu surname Qiwang in Beijing for a meeting.

Right here in the main hall of the household department, a group of representatives of local tyrants looked at Du Ruhui with a little surprise, not knowing what to call themselves and others to discuss.

Originally, Du Ruhui also invited Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, to support the scene, or to bear the infamy together.

After all, the Ministry of Households paid for the construction of the railway, but it was the Ministry of Industry who oversaw the work, which was considered a relevant department.

But Duan Lun is a shrewd one. He directly stated that when he was at home, he was idle and bored playing with stone lions, and he injured his foot and couldn't come.

This excuse was used, and Du Ruhui really wanted to say, 'Why don't you smash to death you old slicker! '

No way, he can only go up by himself.

"Everyone." After exchanging pleasantries, Du Ruhui finally spoke up about the business, "There are some obstacles on the railway from Chang'an to Sichuan."

Everyone's expression changed immediately.

They have invested millions of dollars in this railway!

"Dare to ask Du Gong." The patriarch of Fan Yang's Lu family is the most respected at this time, and he will come forward to ask, "What happened?"

"The road to Shu is difficult, not to mention the difficulty in transporting construction materials, and the peasants are also clamoring." Du Ruhui covered his forehead, making a look of embarrassment, "Moreover, the transported materials often fell off the cliffs, and the losses were not small. "

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and the patriarch of Fan Yang and the Lu clan asked again, "What is the meaning of Duke Du?"

"It means that the budget has exceeded the standard." Du Ruhui spread his hands flatly, "The goods you invested in before are not enough."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at last.

Feeling younger, he immediately got up and shouted, "I paid real money for everything, and it was clearly written when I made the deposit. What do you mean if it is not enough? Do you want me to wait and continue to pay?" ?”

"exactly."

Du Ruhui took out the text that had been discussed with the investment consortium before, and found a line of small characters in the book that was more than a hundred pages thick and filled with countless articles.

"Everyone, please read." He pointed out this line of words to everyone. "If there is force majeure, the consequences should be borne by the investor."

"I'll find out about this later." The patriarch of the Fan Yang Lu clan also shouted angrily, "But the so-called force majeure, didn't we say that it was military disasters, meteorites, etc.?"

"You still don't see clearly."

Du Ruhui's finger pointed to the last line of writing ". All interpretation rights belong to the trading company. This sentence means that what matters are force majeure is decided by the trading company."

"What's the right to explain everything?" Everyone simply gathered around and looked at the copy carefully, and there was really such a sentence, "What exactly does this mean!"

"That is to say, the troubles encountered now are force majeure."

Du Ruhui also simply showed his cards. "Let's put it this way, if you can invest more, then the railway can continue to be built. If you don't invest, then you don't know when it will be repaired."

After all, I still want money and goods, and everyone understands it.

But when he understood it, he became even angrier, and repeatedly accused Du Ruhui of not being counted, how could he go back on what he had agreed to.

It was agreed before that one mile, three thousand and one consistent, and now there is additional investment, the court has no credibility at all!

"This matter has nothing to do with the court."

Du Ruhui wiped his face, and immediately turned cold, "This is an agreement between you and the trading company, and the working company is also working, and the court is just supervising it."

Li Yunze had known for a long time that there would be such disputes when harvesting leeks, so he used the construction company as the main outsourcer to cooperate with investors early on.

The imperial court jumped up and down in it as if it took care of everything, but in fact it fell on the black and white words, and everything was the responsibility of the construction company.

This really opened everyone's horizons. Cooperating with such a large project has nothing to do with the court?

Faced with the angry slobber of the crowd, Du Ruhui, who looked normal, drank tea slowly from the teacup, pretending that everyone was performing ventriloquism.

But as the words became more and more unpleasant, and as the saliva continued to be sprayed into the tea bowl, even Du Ruhui couldn't help being angry.

He put the tea bowl heavily on the Hu table, and scolded coldly, "It's useless to say anything now! You have to invest more and continue to build the railway. Or just give up. This railway has nothing to do with you in the future."

"Why?! We cast millions of shots!"

"That's right! With so much wealth, I've already made a lot of money by investing in the stock market."

"That's right, so many goods will be gone if they say they're gone, I'm not convinced~~~"

A large group of people chirped to vent their anger, but unfortunately Du Ruhui was unmoved, and repeated the same sentence "Either invest more, or give up directly."

"Du Gong." Fan Yang Lu's patriarch said bitterly, "I'm not going to do it anymore, return the goods to me. It's better for us to invest in the stock market than to invest in any railway."

"Yes, refund the money!"

"Refund?" Du Ruhui immediately sneered, "All the goods you invested have been replaced by manpower and equipment rails, and they have all been laid in Lizhou. Where is the money to be refunded?"

"If you want money, you can. You can spend your own money and hire someone to tear down the repaired rails. In other words, the construction company won't accept the rails you demolished. You can only melt them down and sell the iron. "

Datang's iron production soared sharply, and an important impact was the sharp drop in iron prices.

Not to mention how much manpower and transport capacity is needed to dismantle those rails, even if they are dismantled, if the construction company does not accept it, how much money can be sold for scrap iron.

Not to mention that even if those rails are fused, it will require a lot of expenses, at least the fuel cost is a sky-high price.

After some meaningless quarrels, the representatives of the local tyrants who gradually calmed down began to discuss with each other.

In the end, the Patriarch of the Lu family of Fan Yang stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Du, how much do you need to invest?"

A smile appeared on Du Ruhui's face, and he raised his hand and gestured, "60 guan is enough."

This is the method Li Yunze told him, don't be a lion at the beginning, start with less.

When the accumulated investment has reached a certain level, making the Kanto Tuhao Family Group reluctant to give up, no matter how good the price is.

This kind of business practice is commonplace.

(End of this chapter)