Chastity Layman

Feng An, King of Lingnan, is Qin Lang's son and daughter, but in Chang'an, thousands of miles away from Lingnan, a transaction involving Lingnan was quietly completed.

Feng An and countless handsome chieftains from Sanguang were betrayed.

The leader of this transaction is Qin Lang, and the transaction is the share of coastal trade, involving Hebei, Shandong, Huainan, Jiangnandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Sanguang. In this transaction, everything was taken care of. The Jiangnan gentry lost more, but still kept some shares.

But the southern barbarians in Sanguang, Fujian, didn't even know about this transaction, and then they were betrayed.

Their interests were divided by Qin Lang among the Guanlong Group, the Shandong gentry, and the Jiangnan gentry. Of course, the Military Merit Group, which originally dominated maritime trade, also gave up a lot.

But originally Haimao was a cooperation between the military upstart group represented by Qin Lang and the local tycoons such as Lingnan Feng An, but now Qin Lang abandoned them.

In front of the menacing Guanlong Group and the Shandong gentry who were waiting for an opportunity, Qin Lang did not choose to fight. He chose to make a concession, share some interests, cooperate together, and then give his old friends, the southern gentry, to him. Kicked out.

In the future, sea trade, especially spices, will have nothing to do with the local kings in the south.

The lesser of two evils, Qin Lang can't give up his own interests, so he can only kick Feng An and the others out of the game. Of course, this also means driving tigers to devour wolves and attracting tigers to fight.

If the Guanlong Group and the Shandong gentry want to get this income with peace of mind, they have to face the counterattack of the local tyrants in Lingnan. They cannot give up the benefits so easily. Looking for opportunities on the one hand, after all, the spice ships have to pass through their territory, so they have plenty of opportunities.

The biggest possibility is that these Lingnan tycoons have turned from open trade to smuggling of spices by sea.

Qin Lang was looking forward to whether the northern river-crossing dragon swallowed the Lingnan tiger, or the Lingnan land sent snakes to kill the northern river-crossing dragon. For Qin Lang, who has already taken root in Annan, he doesn't want to see the local powerful forces such as Fa Feng An, Tan Dian, and Ning Xuan continue to maintain.

Their hundreds of years of foundation are too strong and pose a great threat to the Qin family going south, so cooperation must be weakened. The important thing is balance, a balance that can benefit the Qin family.

Of course, this new balance is definitely beneficial to the rule of the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court has stabilized in Lingnan, and only the imperial fiefdoms like Wu'an Prefecture can stand firm. This is a combination of glory and loss.

Qin Lang was worshiped by the emperor as an envoy to watch customs, and he patrolled the coastal states and counties of the province.

The emperor also appointed several customs envoys for the same observation, such as appointing Li Jing as Guanzhong customs envoy, Changsun Wuji as Longyou customs envoy, Qin Qiong as Jiannan customs envoy, and Yang Gongren as Henan customs envoy... ·

Basically, they are the prime ministers who have become officials, or the current prime ministers who are sent as envoys. They have extremely high authority and can accept appointments, evaluate and promote officials from various places, visit people's conditions, inspect administrative, taxation, judicial and military affairs, and other aspects.

Each custom envoy is assigned a team from the six ministries of the three provinces and Yushitai and other yamen, which is actually a central inspection and investigation team.

In addition to administration, justice, taxation and military affairs, Qin Lang will also be responsible for adding seaports, building a new city ship department, and setting up a navy. The tasks are even heavier.

Chengqian really wanted to go out with Qin Lang for a while, but unfortunately he was the crown prince, Li Shimin would not let him leave Beijing easily, he grew up so big, he had never even been to Yongzhou Mansion, Luoyang, the farthest Just go to Lishan Palace, Qizhou Jiucheng Palace hasn't been there yet.

"Going out is not for fun, the journey is tiring, and there is nothing to look forward to." Qin Lang comforted him.

"I want to see the sea, to find the sperm whales that the teacher said, to the South China Sea to see flying fish, to see seagulls..."

"There are future opportunities, so wait!"

"Now I feel that the East Palace is a big prison, and Yu Zhining and the others are the prisons. They recite scriptures to me every day, and they are so annoying to death."

"Has Mrs. Pei offended His Highness recently?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

"Mrs. Pei is pregnant." He told Qin Lang.

"real?"

"The queen mother has taken her to the Lizheng Hall of the Taiji Palace, and now I can't even see anyone."

Qin Lang didn't expect that people would be killed anyway, "Don't worry, since the empress is taking people into the palace and not just giving them white silk or a glass of poisoned wine, you don't have to worry, this is your first marriage after all. A child. But didn't I remind His Highness, remember to use contraception? That sheep intestine condom is not easy to use?"

"The troublesome thing is dead, and every time I wear it, I don't feel comfortable at all. I haven't worn it for a long time, and I always put it outside."

"Your Highness, it's not safe outside the body, it's easy to get tricked."

Cheng Qian didn't expect this to happen, he always thought that if he wasn't in it, there would never be any, "I followed the safe period you taught me, teacher, and it turned out to be not safe."

"This is not entirely accurate. The days will change, but if you are pregnant, you will be pregnant. What is your majesty's attitude?"

"Your Majesty didn't say much, he just said that when I'm young, I shouldn't indulge myself."

Qin Lang didn't expect Li Shimin to be quite open and reasonable.

"Since Mrs. Pei has entered the palace to protect her pregnancy, His Highness will bear with it for the time being. His Majesty is probably watching you, so don't rush to find another one."

Cheng Qian sighed helplessly.

A young man who knows the taste by eating marrow, how can he leave Pei Shi now, without Pei Shi, he feels that the whole person has no taste. "Sanlang, is Xinxin still with you, is the service okay?"

Qin Lang looked at Cheng Qian who suddenly asked such a question, and couldn't help frowning, maybe he made up his mind about Xin Xin again, originally he didn't intend to bring Xin Xin with him, but now Qin Lang felt that he had to change his mind.

"It's very satisfying, I like it very much, and it's very comfortable to serve."

"Sanlang, this, this, how do you feel about splitting peaches?"

Qin Lang frowned.

"Your Highness, there are still differences between men and women. You majestic crown prince, it's better not to think about such difficult things. Take advantage of this free time to calm down and read books or practice martial arts."

Cheng Qian said, "I just feel like I can't find any goals every day, I don't know what to do, I'm very lost."

Qin Lang didn't know what to say, no matter how confused you are, don't think about engaging in PY transactions.

"If your Highness is willing to put your heart into it, are you afraid that you won't have a goal? Isn't Your Highness still a Yongzhou Shepherd? You should be serious about being a Yongzhou Shepherd, take care of the affairs of the Yongzhou Mansion, and make some achievements. Let's not talk about it, this Chang'an Is the law and order of the city, the business management and urban planning of Chang'an City in place? Are those guys in Chang'an City who like to be shirtless and tattooed in winter finished cleaning up?"

"There is also the previous subsistence allowance plan for the disabled, orphans and widows, has it been implemented?"

"Is there a backlog of cases in Yongzhou Prefecture, are there any grievances from the people, and have the prisoners in Yongzhou Prison been reviewed? It's almost Chinese New Year, should there be a clean-up in Chang'an City? Should the streets be repaired and filled up?" one time?"

"Your Highness, there are still many things to do, how can you feel lost and aimless?"

Cheng Qian did not expect to be told by Qin Lang, "These are not done by the people below."

"Start with small things and do it yourself. You can't leave everything to the people below, otherwise you won't be able to figure it out. If the Yongzhou Mansion is not in order and you can't figure it out, how will His Highness take over the entire Tang Dynasty in the future? Can't do anything Leave things to the subordinates, let alone listen to the subordinates in everything, otherwise you will be deceived and you will not know."

"There is still so much money in the treasury of the East Palace. Your Highness can also think about how to spend it when you are free, and how to spend it. And the spent is effective and put to practical use. Your Highness is thinking about how to make money, and His Highness is thinking about how Spend the money well."

"Sanlang remind me!" Cheng Qian originally thought that spending money should be an easy thing, but since Qin Lang said so, he felt that the money might not be easy to spend.

"Your Highness, the money must be spent on the real thing, and the good steel must be used wisely. The key point is not to use the money for extravagance. The money can be used to generate interest and interest. It's so simple, these things that make money are not what His Highness should consider, what His Highness should consider is how to make the money more valuable, such as subsidizing more scholars, using some money to collect some ancient books for restoration and compilation, or to publish Some money is used to print and transcribe the works of some literati.”

"For another example, set up some awards to encourage craftsmen to improve some production techniques, such as the improvement of farm tools, or water conservancy technology, etc. These are all techniques that are beneficial to the country. Another example is to draw money to set up in Chang'an Lifang or Jingji County Some elementary schools for enlightenment, or help the common people establish some agricultural cooperatives, provide you with some seeds, farming cattle, farm tools for rent, or guidance on farming techniques, etc..."

"There are many things that can be done to benefit the country and the people, and there are even more places where money can be spent. Your Highness just needs to think about it."

Cheng Qian said, "It's really all spending money that only goes out but doesn't come in."

"Your Highness is not a businessman, so you don't have to think about making money all the time. As I said, it's a minister who makes money. Your Highness just needs to think about how to spend money in a valuable way."

If you have money, you can't think about buying all kinds of spices and silk, famous horses and good cars, otherwise no amount of money will be enough to spend. A piece of ambergris costs tens of thousands of dollars, and a handful of pepper is worth a cow.

Money spent on these things will not get any good reviews, but if these things are used to build elementary schools, open affordable drug stores, run nursing homes, or build cooperatives, agricultural technology stations, etc., they will definitely get a lot of praise.

"Of course, it's not that there are projects that can make money. For example, His Highness can set up a breeding cooperative or something. Donggong pays for the purchase of cattle and sheep, etc., and then signs a contract with the people to raise them, pay them or pay them. It is to repay the principal with interest at that time, or to share the money from the sale."

"Or His Royal Highness can spend money to purchase looms and spinning wheels, and then provide them to common people and women, and provide materials for their families to process. One loom per person, a thousand families, equals a thousand looms. If it is 10,000 People, that is 10,000 looms, and the accumulation of small amount makes a lot. If there are 10,000 looms, the silk cloth that can be spun in a month is very considerable, and there is also a lot of profit in it. win-win·······"

Qin Lang can easily find out more than a dozen such cooperation models, which are nothing more than one party providing capital and orders, and the other party providing manpower.

Chengqian originally felt that once Qin Lang left and the Pei family was admitted to the palace again, he would feel very uncomfortable, and was so bored that he wanted to find Xinxin to try the feeling of Fentao. Now that Qin Lang pointed it out, he suddenly felt that he had found it again. A golden road!