Zheng Mingshang came to the Yue Palace, but was told that Li Tai was discussing matters with others, so he asked him to wait in the side room.
Zheng Mingshang waited patiently for Li Tai to meet. As soon as he met, Zheng Mingshang saluted Li Tai and said as soon as he opened his mouth.
"King of Yue, my Zheng family plans to buy the down trading rights in Chang'an again for a price of 100,000 yuan."
"One hundred thousand coins, aren't you afraid of losing money?" Li Tai smiled calmly when he heard Zheng Mingshang's words.
"If you can drink a sip of soup with King Yue, you won't be hungry!" Zheng Mingshang lowered his head and said a little flatteringly.
After all, Zheng Mingshang has really started working, and Zheng Fengchi even handed over the things he had in his hands to Zheng Mingshang one by one. Compared with the time, Zheng Mingshang, who had been tempered for two years, has clearly realized the huge gap between him and Li Tai.
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More importantly, Li Tai never lacks money. Although he is a rich man, he seems to be just adding icing on the cake.
To outsiders, the Zheng family is Li Tai's wallet, but in fact, the Zheng family knows that they are not close to Li Tai.
Even the relationship with the peacock is not as good as the outside world imagines, so what Zheng Mingshang can choose is to spend money.
Even though this batch of money was almost nothing after the cotton cloth appeared, I still said that it would be enough to keep the Zheng family in Li Tai's relationship, and the rest is really not important.
"It seems that you hope that I have collected your money and continue to be your political backer!" Li Tai looked at Zheng Mingshang and said, "But it's a pity that I may not be able to be your Zheng family backer in the future.
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"The more... the more king, are you going to abandon the Zheng family?" Zheng Mingshang couldn't help but look pale when he heard Li Tai's words.
"I didn't say that, but I might just block it. Then I can't protect your Zheng family in Chang'an!"
Li Tai said calmly, "So, you should take this money and continue to find a new backer!"
Hearing this, Zheng Mingshang's face turned pale and turned pale. He didn't expect Li Tai to leave Chang'an.
In Zheng Fengchi's opinion, Li Tai is likely to compete with the prince in this limelight now. If he is sealed, there will be nothing left!
But looking at Li Tai's attitude, it seemed as if he wanted to accept this matter very much, and Zheng Mingshang was shocked.
At this time, it was too late to say anything. It was absolutely impossible for a prince who was not in Chang'an to protect the Zheng family!
Zheng Mingshang couldn't help but sweat when he thought of this and said, "Do you know where you will be blocked?"
"I don't know, I'm sure there is all the Sacred Heart!" Li Tai said calmly, "I really don't know where I will be!"
Hearing this, Zheng Mingshang's face changed, and he couldn't help but think of Zheng Fengchi's words.
"The aristocratic family has the possibility of a new choice, but it is impossible for a businessman like himself to have another choice."
Since you have already boarded the King of Yue's ship, don't think that the gazebo boat can avoid danger. If you really want to jump the ship, you might just drown.
Zheng Mingshang took a few deep breaths and said, "Please ask the King of Yue to accept these 100,000 guan. The Zheng family still wants this down sale!"
"Tsk tsk!" Li Tai heard Zheng Mingshang's words and said, "Since you made this choice, I can't go too far...
Although I don’t know where I will seal it, if your Zheng family can prepare enough weavers to follow me, it will not be difficult to earn ten Zheng family’s current assets in the future!”
When Zheng Mingshang heard Li Tai's words, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a thankful look on his face, "Thank you, King Yue, to give me advice!"
To be honest, as Li Tai seemed to have developed Gao Ling in an incredible way, almost all the businessmen looked at Li Tai and looked at him with some taste of the God of Wealth.
Especially the profits that occasionally appear in Li Tai's nails are like things like down jackets. For any ordinary family, it is enough to eat them all over the mouth.
Although Zheng Mingshang didn't know where Li Tai would go in the future, since Li Tai made such a promise, he at least expressed that he regarded his Chang'an Zheng family as a person.
All I have to do is to hug Li Tai's thighs, and let's talk about the rest.
Zheng Mingshang breathed a sigh of relief and left. At this time, the peacock walked out of the room next door, with a complicated expression.
"Since the Zheng family is still willing to follow me, you don't have to stare at the Zheng family!" Li Tai said to the Peacock.
"Everything follows the king's will!" Peacock's eyes flashed when he heard Li Tai's words, but he didn't say much.
Li Tai looked at the peacock and understood that the peacock was more about holding the Zheng family because of his words, and that was the saying,
"After I was enthroned, although the Agricultural College was handed over to Lu Cai and Gao Ling was handed over to Du Chuke, the entire business system could only be handed over to you to manage.
So from today on, you will follow me first, and a lot of things need to be put into your hands...
You may not necessarily need to understand, but at least you can make the entire system run according to inertia!
These things cannot be completed simply by handing over them. In the next days, you are afraid you will be with me for a while!"
"The order of the king!" Peacock saluted Li Tai when he heard Li Tai's words, and did not make any extra moves.
When Li Tai saw this scene, he didn't say much, but Li Tai knew very well that this girl, who was three years older than him, was really working hard to live.
Many commands that seemed too much to me, but she gritted her teeth and overcome the past.
Perhaps it was because of the Zheng family's attitude that he threw him to himself like an abandoned child that made her realize, or perhaps it was because she provided her with the right platform, giving her a real room to play.
But no matter what, she is only sixteen years old now. Although the woman of this era is basically an adult at the age of twelve, she can be in the capital city at the age of 16 and rely on her own tiger skin alone.
It is indeed not easy to maintain a foothold.
"I will take it to see the coal industry first. This is the industry you need to pay the most attention to!" Li Tai said with a serious expression.
"Why? I think the king seems to attach great importance to coal!" Peacock was puzzled at Li Tai.
"Because coal combustion can drive boiling water up, and the power of boiling water up can form steam.
If the power of this steam can be converted into mechanical energy, then manpower can be saved!"
Li Tai explained: "I think you have seen it too, like various steam engines to process wheat grains.
There is great potential and there are many areas that need improvement.”
Peacock heard Li Tai's words, but had to say that even though Li Tai painted the corresponding scene, Peacock still didn't understand.
"I feel that thing is not easy to use at all. It is not as convenient as manpower, and it also consumes coal stones!"
"It is much easier to improve and constantly improve the possibility and the impossible!" Li Tai said with a smile.
"At least this thing has a direction for improvement. As long as you continue to increase and add coal, your strength will eventually become larger.
But for humans, the upper limit of manpower is there, at least it will not be stronger than livestock!”
"Although I can't understand this meaning, since the king said he should pay attention to it, I will definitely pay attention to it!" said Peacock.
"As for the second point, that is cotton!" Li Tai continued,
"Since cotton is starting to grow, you can find a way to increase the cotton planting area and increase the weaver girl who weaves cotton.
The size of cotton planting area can be increased as large as possible, and the size of Weaver Girl can be increased as much as possible.
This kind of thing is in short supply in winter!”
"Peacock understands! The dragon bird will definitely increase the yield of cotton and cotton coats!" Peacock said to Li Tai.
To be honest, compared to peacocks like coal, I don’t know much about it, so I can only follow Li Tai’s requirements step by step.
Now Li Tai talks about cotton. Because of the origin of a cloth weaving family, and the whole process of cotton becoming a cotton coat has its own efforts, Peacock's requirement for Li Tai is much easier.
"In addition, a cotton and clothing branch was opened in Luoyang, and then there were enough female workers in Luoyang.
Although it is not available in a short period of time, if the situation in Youzhou really opens up, I think there will be a shortage of manpower!" Li Tai said.
"Abide by the order!" Peacock heard Li Tai's words and quickly agreed.
"As for the third point, it is women's education!"
Li Tai looked at the peacock, but couldn't help but sigh slightly and said,
"I won't say much if you don't want to say anything extra. Just continue to collect orphans and enter the girls' school in the agricultural institution.
If some enlightened parents at home are willing to send their girls to agricultural institutions, they can get some tuition fees if they can be reduced."
To be honest, although women's education was proposed very early, it is quite difficult to develop women's education.
The current agricultural institution has established a special orphanage, which basically takes in orphanages who have been abandoned.
After all, in the feudal era, it was naturally inevitable to favor boys over girls.
Especially as Gao Ling became richer, locals could still afford to have more sons, so there were fewer boys.
But some people think that having a daughter is just an extra mouth for eating, and it is meaningless. It is better to throw it into an orphanage and let the agricultural institution raise it.
Therefore, the orphanages near Gaoling basically adopt girls.
The only thing that is, raising children in this era is not high, but it is not easy to raise them thoroughly.
"Please rest assured that King Yue, I will take good care of them!" Peacock heard Li Tai say this, his eyes became firmer, and there was a sense of responsibility on Peacock that should not have appeared.
Perhaps because he was abandoned by the Zheng family and was the eldest maid, Peacock had a strong sense of responsibility for these orphans who were abandoned by his family.
Even when Li Tai gave this matter to Peacock, he even needed to invest in the weaving industry.
These orphans are also quite intimate with peacocks. I wonder if they are people who are sad to keep warm with each other.
Maybe it was because she saw her past experience in these orphans; maybe it was because she was injured, so she wanted to hold an umbrella for others; or maybe compared to the Zheng family, these orphans made Peacock feel more belonging
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But no matter what, Peacock is very dedicated to taking care of these orphans.
For example, Li Tai's development direction for these orphans was female doctors and Weaver Girls, while Peacock also paid for some women from the Jiaofangsi to teach the outstanding women's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even had the tendency to open brothels.
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Of course, compared with the professions given by Li Tai that require hard work to continue to improve, in fact, in the feudal era, brothels were some of the ways out for girls.
However, the main development direction of this brothel is not to sell oneself, but to become a courtesan.
A profession that was quite a status for women in the Tang Dynasty, similar to a modern host.
Li Tai did not stop Peacock because such a thing could not be forbidden.
And if you take a step back, at least the brothel you open is more formal. It is not an exaggeration to go to the hospital for a check-up every quarter!
But after all, it can only be said that there are too few industries that can provide women with employment in this era.
Without entering the industrial age and without the vigorous development of the tertiary industry, there are really not many paths for women to choose in the feudal era.
"During my absence in Gaoling, you should take three things into consideration." Li Tai said seriously at the Peacock.
"Here!" Peacock nodded and agreed. Peacock knew that if Li Tai really left Chang'an, he would face a much worse environment.
After all, the big reason for being treated preferentially now is that the talent shown by Li Tai and the possibility of Li Tai's attack on the position of the prince.
But as long as Li Tai is sealed off, the situation will become completely different.
Even if Li Tai is talented, he is just a vassal king, so the situation in Chang'an City will inevitably change, and even if he wants to pull Li Tai's tiger skin, it may not be effective.
After all, in Chang'an, no one is a royal relative or a clan, and what is the tiger skin of a vassal king?
Li Tai knew that after he left, the situation Peacock would face was actually not only Peacock, but also Du Chuke, Lu Cai, and even Ma Zhou who remained in Gaoling, would probably be more or less suppressed.
If you want to compete for the throne, you will stay in Chang'an and stay by Li Shimin's side. This is the first choice.
But the reality is that if you want to use your abilities and earn your merits, you cannot stay in the vortex of Chang'an.
Because compared to revitalizing the economy locally and pragmatically pragmatically, one’s direct influence in the court is too small and its foundation is too weak.
Even guarding between open and hidden arrows may not be much stronger!
Therefore, place is your best choice. You must rely on merit and your wings and support.
Because their layout is an outflow official, these people will take even more time to grow.
In Chang'an, you can only waste time, so it is better to go outside to the vast sky and do some business before returning to Chang'an.
"Then from today on, you can arrange the things you have in your hands for the time being, and then follow me and watch me handle matters. If you encounter any problems, you can ask me." Li Tai looked at Peacock and said, "Do you understand?"