"Erlang's move is really beautiful, I can't help but admire him, I am willing to be defeated! Haha..."
Jiangxia County Prince Li Daozong stroked his beautiful beard and praised with a smile.
In his opinion, Fang Jun was originally in a huge trouble. As far as he knew, on the day of the hot air balloon test, at least tens of thousands of people went to Lishan to watch, which brought great consequences to the emperor's protection work.
Trouble.
With so many people, it is inevitable that there will be people with ulterior motives hiding among them.
As long as you get a chance, you can cause some earth-shattering event...
But Fang Jun's easy move of "selling tickets" immediately minimized this risk. As long as the crowd couldn't get into chaos, few people would dare to blatantly do such treacherous things.
By the way, I made another fortune...
Hearing that Fang Jun organized a large number of people to build a viewing platform, Li Daozong had gloated over the misfortune. Although he had already seen that the Fang family was using this to control the number of people who came to watch, he never thought that this magical stroke would not only control the number of people.
The scale also limited the quality of the crowd. Those outspoken people in the market were blocked by the high ticket prices, and they also made a lot of money. The cost of building the viewing platform was repaid tenfold and a hundredfold.
This man is truly a genius in business!
The Prince of Jiangxia, who loved yellow and white things, fell in love with Fang Jun more and more, and he seemed to be a close friend.
"Your Majesty is so complimentary, I have no choice but to do so."
Fang Jun said modestly, he made an appointment with Li Daozong to come to Zuixian Tower today, not just to show off his little tricks. He took out a golden Buddha from a brocade box he carried with him and placed it on the table in front of the two of them.
This golden Buddha has a golden and purple body, a simple shape, and an obvious Tianzhu style.
"My nephew got this thing from a merchant from India. It is said that it comes from the Moko Bodhi Temple in Bodhgaya. I heard that the prince has always studied the Buddha a lot, so I borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha and gave it to the prince for viewing."
Li Daozong secretly thought, this guy is really on the road!
Giving gifts can be so fresh and refined. I have no research on Buddha. I only have research on gold and silver...
However, Buddhism was prevalent at this time, and Li Daozong had always heard about the Buddhist holy land of Bodh Gaya, and the Moko Bodhi Temple where the Buddha became a Buddha was even more popular. Although it is unlikely that this golden Buddha was really spread from the Moko Bodhi Temple
It is a sacred object, but looking at its shape, you can tell that it is not an ordinary object.
This kid is serious!
Li Daozong was not polite. He took the golden Buddha in his hand and played with it, and asked casually: "It is said that showing courtesy for nothing is a treachery or a theft. What difficulty does Erlang have to ask me for help? I have agreed in advance that if it is within my ability, I will certainly not do anything."
Secondly, if it is beyond my ability, then I will be helpless!"
Fang Jun was so angry that he cursed in his heart, so you can't wait to grab the golden Buddha in your hand? I'm afraid that no matter whether we succeed or not, this golden Buddha is not going to be returned...
Having learned a lesson from this old guy's shamelessness, Fang Jun said: "You are exaggerating, aren't you? I have to beg you to give you something good? We are not that realistic! But having said that, my nephew
If there is any difficulty, Your Majesty, you can’t just watch, right?”
Li Daozong withdrew his gaze from the golden Buddha, focused on Dao Fangjun's bright smile, nodded, and said: "Very good! You are so shameless that I have the same demeanor as I did back then! I like you more and more, boy, if it weren't for Your Majesty
I'll start first, even if I don't think so, I will have to recruit you into my family and give you a county horse..."
County horse?
Isn't that your son-in-law...
Fang Jun sweated profusely and said with a wry smile: "My lord, please don't amuse your nephew."
Your daughter is Princess Wencheng. Although she did not marry Songtsen Gampo, she is still a historical celebrity, which we cannot bear. By the way, we now have the powerful and domineering sister Wu Zetian and the representative of extramarital affairs.
The character Princess Gaoyang, if there were another sister named Princess Wencheng...
No matter how confident Fang Jun is, he also knows that if these amazing women gather together, he will definitely not be able to hold on...
How are you doing this day?
Li Daozong smiled and was about to leave: "If nothing happens, then I can leave. I took in a new concubine a few days ago. It's the time to learn about the taste..."
Fang Jun waterfall sweat...
This guy is really disrespectful!
"It's nothing serious. I just want to make a deal with the prince." Fang Jun stopped hiding it. He was really afraid that the old bastard would just take the gift and pat his butt and leave without doing anything.
"Huh? Is there such a good thing? Tell me about it." Hearing this, Li Daozong became interested.
Who in Chang'an City doesn't know that Fang Er is known as the "God of Wealth"?
This is not something that some boring person in the market just touts, this is a name that someone has truly made their own, a gold-lettered brand name!
Li Daozong loves money the most. I heard that Fang Jun wanted to do business with him. Is there any reason why he wouldn't be interested?
Fang Jun came to the point and said: "My nephew wants to build a shipyard. I wonder if the prince would be interested in investing in it?"
"Shipyard?" Li Daozong was slightly stunned.
He did understand why Fang Jun's shipyard was looking for him.
In order to pacify Xiao Xian who was entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Tang appointed Li Daozong as the general manager of the south of the Yangtze River to command the navy in the world. From his title of "King of Jiangxia County", we can see his status in the navy.
Jiangxia is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the north. Since the first year of Jianwu of the Han Dynasty, a dock was built at Baishazhou to meet the needs of establishing a naval force. When the shipbuilding industry began to rise, it has always been the choke point of the Central Plains navy.
Nowadays, most of the navy troops are the old troops of Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County.
Li Daozong said doubtfully: "If you want to build a navy and go to sea to seize a territory and dominate it, I can help you. But you are just building a shipyard, why do you need me to step in?"
As a member of the royal family, Li Daozong has many meritorious deeds and military exploits, and his status is not ordinary high. If you want to invite him to become a shareholder, the price will naturally be indispensable. Just build a shipyard, and just go to the Ministry of Industry to recruit a few professional talents.
Well, why should we pay such a great price to invite him, Li Daozong?
Fang Jun was completely impressed by the prince's careless words, and he even claimed to be the king. Is this something he could say casually?
"The shipyard that my nephew wants to build is different from the past. First of all, the shipyard must be large enough to build ten giant ships at the same time! Secondly, the shipyard is very advanced and will build a new type of ship that has never been seen in the world."
"Tell me about it?" Since Fang Jun said it was a new type of ship, Li Daozong was naturally very interested. This guy's brain was not an ordinary one, and what he figured out was truly ingenious!
Fang Jun thought for a while: "How should I put it? The speed, traveling hundreds of miles a day, and the load, at least two thousand materials!"
"hiss……"
Li Daozong took a breath: "Boy, are you bragging here just to fool me into joining?"
"Material" is the weight unit of ancient ships, which is equivalent to today's displacement. Two thousand materials in the Tang Dynasty is 1.2 million kilograms!
What a girl!
How big of a ship is that?
If he could really build such a big ship, then he really had to be Li Daozong.
To build a ship, you must first have wood, and not just any wood will do!
When building sea-going ships, the requirements for wood are even more stringent!
All the wood needed for shipbuilding, including fir, pine, cypress, teak, elm, redwood, camphor, nanmu, catalpa, catalpa, eucalyptus, cypress, etc., none of them grow in the coastal areas, and many even have to go to
It is cut down in the deep mountains and old forests in central Sichuan, and then "released" all the way down the river to the shipyards in the south of the Yangtze River!
The navy under Li Daozong's control spread all over the river, making it extremely convenient for felling, purchasing, and transporting wood.
Without the help of these naval forces, the wood alone can shut down your shipyard!?
With such a big ship, so much wood, and such a big investment, if you want to join, you have to be extremely courageous.
The risk of losing money is too great!
However, Li Daozong is not an ordinary person after all. He just weighed it in his heart and expressed his position: "In principle, I agree, but the specific details need to be discussed carefully and in depth!"
Fang Jun was overjoyed. As long as he had Li Daozong's support, this super shipyard would be half complete!
The sea-going ship he will build will require astronomical amounts of wood and shipwrights. Without the support of the navy, he will have to struggle for at least twenty more years!
The two were about to have a deep conversation when footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
The Madam of Zuixian Tower gently opened the door, glanced at Fang Jun with a smile, and then said to Li Daozong hesitantly: "Your Majesty, the girls discovered something quite strange..."