Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Asking this is really a little ignorant.

Li Yuanli's eyeballs rolled around.

Now, he began to consider cooperating with Wei Bingchen.

Since ancient times, there have always been only three most profitable businesses.

grain, salt, iron.

Growing grain, opening iron mines, and building saltworks were all without much difficulty.

It's just a difference in size.

The real constant difficulty lies in transportation.

In the Jiangnan area, there will never be a shortage of salt, and at most it will be more expensive.

Because it is close to the sea, it has endless resources.

Inland, especially in the area from Guanzhong to Longyou, there is a severe shortage of salt!

The problem of transportation costs is doomed that few people will transport the salt along the coast there.

There are many salt mines.

However, because the purification technology is not up to standard, the only thing that can be refined with old nose is bittern salt.

That thing, after people eat it, can be pulled to death

So far, some people living on the border, and even foreigners in the Western Regions, are still relying on 'vinegar cloth' for seasoning.

It is indeed salty enough to not kill anyone.

But in it, there is a stinky smell, which makes me feel sick even thinking about it.

For Li Yuanli, this is an opportunity!

An opportunity to carry forward his future industry!

The salt prices in the coastal areas and the area from Guanzhong to Longyou are in the sky, and the other is in the mud!

If Wei Bingchen could entrust Li Yuanli to transport the [-] ships of refined salt to the hinterland of the Central Plains for sale, the profits would be unimaginable!

Only a steady stream of business contacts is the long-term solution!

In this way, the transportation company can also escape the control of the imperial court and the winery.

Otherwise, it will be a matter of time before the shipping company sandwiched between the two behemoths is annexed!

Similarly, Dou Xiaoci is also moving his own little thoughts.

His mind was spinning fast.

Cooperating with Li Yuanli is tantamount to paying money, and getting no benefits.

The money invested in it can only make his mother look better.

If we cooperate with Wei Bingchen, the benefits brought by the [-] ships of refined salt will be more than just face

"Uncle, why don't you go to the general account office of Datang Gold Group to discuss with me? He can make the decision, and the nephew will not accompany him!"

Dou Xiaoci is about to throw Li Yuanli out.

"Slow down, slow down"

Li Yuanli tugged at the corner of the table, refusing to move.

"This king has figured it out. It is not the best choice to cooperate with Datang Gold Group. This king and Brother Wei hit it off right away, and we are about to have a good chat!"

How could Dou Xiaoci give him a chance?

Pull him out desperately.

"Give it up!"

Li Yuanli grabbed the corner of the table with one hand and his trousers with the other, and pushed Dou Xiaoci back with his left foot.

"Let me go! Go!"

Dou Xiaoci gritted his teeth and tried his best, his eyes were red.

Thirty boatloads of refined salt!

That's thirty boats of refined salt!

If Wei Bingchen tells lies, no matter whether it is Jiangnan or Hedong, he will never be confused.

"You two, be safe and don't be impatient, be safe and don't be impatient, don't hurt your peace!"

Having said that, Wei Bingchen didn't show any anxious expression on his face.

After finishing speaking, he picked up the tea instead and took a few sips slowly.

"Give me your hand!"

Li Yuanli couldn't hold back anymore, let go of the corner of the table, and punched Dou Xiaoci in the face.

Dou Xiaoci was not given for nothing.

He dodged over, raised his knee, and punched Li Yuanli's ass hard!

Li Yuanli flung himself on the table, turned over immediately, and roared through gritted teeth.

"How dare you commit the following offense!"

After finishing speaking, he punched Dou Xiaoci hard with a left uppercut.

Dongzhou Island!

Liu Bai was sitting in the tent, with a copy of the document in front of him that had just arrived.

Looking at the handwriting, Liu Bai stopped writing halfway through the reply.

He looked at Li Yuanli in the middle of the tent with a bruised nose and swollen face, and then at Dou Xiaoci who was also bruised and swollen.

heart full of helplessness

It's not because they fight, but because these two guys are really clueless.

Thirty boatloads of refined salt, is it a secret that can be told to others casually?

That fellow Wei Bingchen was obviously just looking for a reason to go to the island!

These two idiots were beaten for nothing, but they didn't know that they were being used by others.

"let's go."

Liu Bai was in no mood to reprimand them.

There have been too many messy things recently, and I don't have the energy to care about children fighting anymore.

Dou Xiaoci and Li Yuanli walked out with drooping eyebrows, and they seemed to have figured it out.

Before the two left, they gave Wei Bingchen a hard look at the same time.

Wei Bingchen didn't think much of it, he pouted his stomach and looked up at the sky with an expression of nothing to do with him.

Liu Bai rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "How is your father?"

Wei Bingchen frowned, and said, "If you go back to Patriarch Liu, Wei has already left Shangyu Wei."

Liu Bai waved his hands and said, "Stop pretending."

Split up?

There will be ghosts when the family is separated!

What the Chinese in the south of the Yangtze River lack the most is the influence of North Korea and China.

Wei Bingchen lost three fingers, made great achievements in the Western Regions, and laid a solid foundation in the military.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if the old man of the Wei family kicked his son-in-law out of the house, he would not be willing to part with Wei Bingchen!

It's nothing more than a request to carry forward the bloodline.

This kind of thing is very common in aristocratic families.

Even the Confucian family in Qufu has a bloodline in the south.

Wei Bingchen chuckled, cupped his hands, and said, "Sure enough, we can't hide it from Patriarch Liu. My father is still safe. Thank you, Patriarch Liu, for your concern. Before leaving, my father told Patriarch Liu that the thirty boatloads of refined salt must be handed over to Patriarch Liu. , the farewell that year made him think about it until now, if Patriarch Liu is free, he might as well go to Shangyu as a guest!"

Liu Bai took a deep look at him.

When the "Fighting the Landlords" was launched in Yuezhou, he once met the old man of the Wei family in the Sanquan Hall of the Wei family.

This family left a deep impression on Liu Bai.

Datang is already the last glory of the Jiangnan Chinese.

And the last glimmer of this brilliance, one is from the Lu family, and the other is from the Wei family!

Throughout the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, there were quite a few prime ministers who were born in the south of the Yangtze River, but there were only two of them from the Hua nationality in the south of the Yangtze River.

One is Wang Hongzhi's son, Wang Chen, and the other is Wei Bingchen's son, Wei Yuanzhong!

Chapter 1529 Is there money in this world that he dare not earn?

In a sense, Datang's imperial examination system did not break the monopoly of the aristocratic family on officialdom.

The people at the bottom have a channel to get promoted, but they don't have the right to choose first.

The same is Jinshi, who has a solid foundation, goes to the local area for a few years of experience, and comes back like a noble!

Without foundation, I am afraid that I will never even think about stepping into Chang'an in this life.

It is a pity that in history, from the resumption of the imperial examination in the reign of Wude until the end of the Tang Dynasty, none of the top three Jinshi, the so-called No. [-] scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua, came from ordinary people!

Some people claim to be poor students.

The word 'cold family' is not 'cold' but 'door'.

In the eyes of the aristocratic family, the children of the humble family are at least those whose ancestors have had a good time.

Ordinary people cannot enter their eyes.

No matter how well the article is written, no matter how well-written the strategy theory is, if there is no foundation, nothing will be achieved.

Zooming in a little bit, among the hundreds of years of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many ordinary people who really made it to the Jinshi list

Of course, there are also differences between big clans and big clans.

The Guanlong aristocratic group that rules the world can tolerate the nobles from the east of the river entering the court.

Because they need the prominent families from the east of the river to maintain the rule of the world.

But it is absolutely impossible to allow the Jiangnan Chinese to enter the court!

In other words, the Guanlong aristocratic group ruled the world for only two to three hundred years.

And the world further ahead, or further behind, is almost dominated by people from Jiangnan!

The defense of the Guanlong aristocratic group against the Chinese in the south of the Yangtze River is far better than that of the noble families in the east of the river!

In this context, several prime ministers who were born in the south of the Yangtze River are particularly valuable.

Just like the Li family's rebellion, it took decades and generations of preparation.

If the Jiangnan Chinese didn't prepare for decades or hundreds of years, how could they easily send their children into the court and become prime ministers under one person and above ten thousand people?

Liu Bai looked at the problem from the perspective of a bystander, so he would naturally pay more attention to the family that would become a prime minister in the future.

Therefore, he made good friends with the Wang family, and he did not hesitate to take Wang Chen, who will become the prime minister in the future, under his family.

When I was in Yuezhou, I went to Sanquantang to visit the old man of the Wei family in person, which was also the reason.

The Wang family and the Wei family are never as simple as they appear on the surface!

For the Wang family, Liu Bai no longer needs to be on guard.

The interests of the Liu family and the Wang family have already converged.

With the help of the Liu family, the Wang family doesn't need to spend decades of business to push Wang Chen up.

With Li Er's participation, Wang Hongzhi was already a sure candidate for the preparation of the three provinces!

However, Wang Hongzhi, who is only in his 30s, is still too young.