What is the best business in the world? If you don't understand, please refer to Guan Salt. Just one item allowed the Zhou Dynasty to last for hundreds of years. It can be seen that monopoly business is the best business.

Therefore, Ling Xin'an held this meeting with such great fanfare to announce topics such as ports, just to attract the attention of the court. Naturally, some civil and military officials will think carefully about it. If it falls in the eyes of some political opponents, no matter whether it is good or bad, it is impeachment.

The result that Ling Xin'an wanted was for this proposal to be aborted. At this point, there was only one Jiangzhou Port in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. So in the conceivable future, Jiangzhou Port will be the only largest and busiest port in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

There is no such thing as a port.

The officials who could think of this point all remained silent. The Emperor of Zhou naturally wanted to get it, but seeing Ling Xin'an so arrogantly asking him to borrow a donkey to go downhill, the Emperor of Zhou was still unhappy.

After going to court today, the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty did not go back to his bedroom, but came to the highest altar in the palace. Snowflakes were flying in the sky, and the entire Jinling was covered in silver, quiet and peaceful. Looking at everything in sight, the anger in his heart gradually began.

Calm down.

I don't know why, but the little guy's increasingly bold behavior has always made him feel unhappy, but everything is really for the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Nearly fifty years later, the Great Zhou Dynasty finally recovered nineteen states. The people of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty were praising their wisdom and greatness, and most of the depression that they had suppressed for decades finally revealed most of it.

The cool snowflakes fell on his face, and the Emperor Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did that kid do it on purpose?"

Eunuch Zhao is still like this, bowing his head and being humble, with a soft voice: "Your Majesty, he is still young, and he still doesn't understand some things!"

"When did you speak for him?"

"Your Majesty, I think this child is quite cute. As a child, he likes to do things according to his own personality."

"Huh!" Emperor Zhou waved his sleeves and turned around and walked down the stage.

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Today's Ling Mansion is very lively. The president of the Shigu Chamber of Commerce, who came to visit, is standing in front of Ling Xin'an with a happy face, and the gratitude in his heart is beyond words.

"Everyone, I said at the beginning that this matter should be kept confidential and should not be spread out. Now it seems that you have done a good job."

"Thank you Lord Ling for your advice. That's why I came here to raise funds for the imperial court for post-war reconstruction."

"Then Ling, thank you bosses for your kindness!"

"How dare you!"

Soon, in one day, the Ling Mansion received 30 million taels of donations, and Ling Xin'an immediately reported it to the court, euphemistically calling it post-war reconstruction, hoping to do some modest contribution to the states. This was the good intention of the merchants.

The Emperor of Zhou Dynasty looked at Ling Xin'an's secret fold with no expression on his face, but he let out a loud hum.

Queen Dazhou looked at Mi Zhe and said, "You are hundreds of years old, and you are still arguing with a child. What are you arguing about?"

The Emperor of Zhou Dynasty said: "He can't send it over? Why should I send someone to get it? My imperial guards are used for running errands?"

Queen Zhou sneered and said: "Who asked you to do these shady things, so you can only do this."

The Emperor of Zhou Dynasty was choked and speechless. Thinking that this was indeed the case, he snorted: "There are these 30 million taels, and the 60 million taels we mentioned before for fundraising. I believe he is a ghost. The ten million taels are also from the Chamber of Commerce."

Did they fund it?"

The Empress of Zhou Dynasty turned her beautiful eyes and smiled quietly, while Eunuch Zhao was half-smiling.

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He squinted his eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep again.

Emperor Zhou suddenly felt a little pain in his chest.

The Imperial Guards visited Jiangzhou Mansion again, but did not arouse the slightest interest from the people of Jiangzhou City. The Imperial Guards received the money, ate and drank in Ling Mansion, then left and disappeared into the wind and snow.

At this time, Ling Xin'an received a letter from Jiang Hui, asking him to go there.

Avoiding everyone, when Ling Xin'an rushed to the shipyard, looking at the majestic and imposing battleships, Ling Xin'an was completely stunned.

Jiang Hui and the others looked at Ling Xin'an with pride. They put a lot of effort into this ship, overcame many difficulties, and finally built it before the end of the year.

"Thank you all!" Ling Xin'an bowed deeply. He sincerely thanked these people.

This time, Jiang Hui and others did not refuse, because this was what they deserved.

"My lord, luckily you have lived up to your fate!" Jiang Hui said with a smile.

"Thank you, Uncle Jiang." Ling Xin'an looked at the battleship in front of her, and the excitement in her heart was self-evident. Standing in front of it, Ling Xin'an felt small, with its dark surface, towering main mast, huge canvas mast, and the bottom of the ship.

Made of stainless steel, perfectly made according to the design drawings.

"Uncle Jiang, can you go up?"

"Sir, of course you can, but before going into the water, please give me a name," Jiang Hui said.

"Jiangzhou!" Ling Xin'an blurted out without thinking at all.

"Okay, from now on he will be Jiangzhou!"

As he finished speaking, a piece of canvas slowly fell down, and someone immediately began to trace the three characters "Jiangzhou" on the hull.

Walking on the ship, feeling the huge confidence and sense of security that the Jiangzhou gave people, Ling Xin'an walked up to the helmsman and stroked it and couldn't put it down. This novel shipbuilding method was something Jiang Hui had never seen before. When he saw the design drawings,

At the time, I felt astonished, but after understanding it carefully, I admired Ling Xin'an from the bottom of my heart.

"When can we go into the water?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"Sir, you can do it at any time, but it is winter now, and the Yangtze River may freeze. If it is placed in the ice and snow, it will be easily exposed. It is recommended that it will be more suitable in the spring after the ice and snow melt." Jiang Hui said.

"Okay, no problem. After those guys come back for spring, let them go to sea." Ling Xin'an said.

Jiang Hai smiled and said: "Sir, they may not be able to return before the end of the year. The lower reaches of the Yangtze River have already frozen!"

Ling Xin'an said: "Don't worry, they will definitely come back before the end of the year."

"Everyone, the end of the year is coming. The Jiangzhou has been successfully completed. Let's take a break at the end of this year."

Jiang Hui nodded and said: "Thank you, sir. Even if you don't tell me, I still have to have a good rest. This year has been really hard."

Everyone nodded, and Ling Xin'an was moved: "Everyone, if you need anything, please send someone to inform the Ling Mansion in the next few days, and the Ling Mansion will prepare it for you."

Jiang Haidao: "Sir, there is no need to prepare anything for us. What you have given us is already a lot. Ordinary people can't spend it all in a lifetime!"

Ling Xin'an said: "Ling is afraid that the gift is not enough!"

"Sir, why are you so worried? The Zhou Dynasty regained the lost territory of the nineteen states and caught the five barbarians by surprise. By this time next year, they should not dare to do it again!"

Ling Xin'an nodded: "Indeed, I expected it to be good. There will be peace for at least two years."

Jiang Hui said: "In the past two years, sir, don't worry, I will give you at least five warships. When the time comes, you will have these five ships on the seaside and the Yangtze River, and you will be able to ride at your will."

Ling Xin'an smiled and said, "Thank you very much.

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Uncle Jiang."

After bidding farewell to everyone, Ling Xin'an returned to Ling Mansion, feeling happy that he could complete the battleship before the end of the year. This was of great significance to him.

As the end of the year draws closer, the Ling Mansion is extremely busy. This year, the Ling Mansion in Jinling did not send anyone to send gifts. On the contrary, Ling Xin'an took the initiative to send batch after batch of valuable gifts, including food, clothing, and gifts.

Now everyone in the Jinling Ling Mansion knows that their third young master has his own Ling Mansion in the Jiangzhou Prefecture, which is not only big but also as wealthy as the country.

From time to time, the capital heard about what the third young master did in Jiangzhou City, which could easily cause controversy in the whole court. Sometimes Master Ling came back with a smile on his face, and sometimes he came back sighing. As a servant, they didn't know, but in Ling Mansion, Ling

The third young master of the family is the person who is mentioned the most, and no matter what he does, it seems to spread throughout the capital.

So when the gifts from the Ling Mansion in Jiangzhou City were delivered to the Ling Mansion in the capital, everyone gathered around to see what precious things there were.

So they saw pieces of novel and beautiful clothes being distributed to everyone, including the old master, the old lady, the master, the madam, the young master and the ladies. Each piece had their names written on it, and each person had two or three pieces.

When the fifth lady actually had five pieces, everyone was very envious.

As expected, the third young master still loved the fifth young lady the most.

Then there were all kinds of delicacies and exquisite gifts. The delicacies were naturally handed over to Butler Yang. When he took out a bag with peppers written on it, he couldn't help but open it. There was a note on it, which recorded how to eat it.

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In Ling Mansion in Jiangzhou City, everyone was ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Looking at the chopped chili peppers on the plate, Ling Xin'an closed her eyes and thoroughly enjoyed the spiciness.

Just the day before yesterday, Wang Dagou, Wang Wu and others finally came to Ling Mansion with a small basket of chili peppers and said happily that the chili peppers were finally ripe.

Ling Xin'an looked at their excited and flushed faces and smiled: "It's great!"

"Sir, it's so great!" As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had slipped his words, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Ling Xin'an didn't care: "Have you left enough seeds?"

"My lord, that's enough!"

"Okay, after spring, plant as much as you can for me, but you are not allowed to sell it on the market!"

"Yes, sir!"

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Xia Xiaoyu, Lingshuang, and everyone were equally hot and blushed and sweated. Even in the cold winter, such hot chili peppers were still unbearable for them, but they were very enjoyable.

The two brothers, Goldman Sachs and Gao Jie, burst into tears, their lips were red. They looked at the chili peppers on their plates, gritted their teeth, picked up a piece of beef and poured it into the hot pot. According to Master Ling's instructions, take out the eight breaths and put them on the hot pot.

I ate the dipping sauce with tears in my eyes.

"Sir, this is more comfortable than practicing martial arts!" Zhong Wuyan muttered.

"Those idiots in the kitchen didn't know how to keep warm when the temperature dropped. The good pepper seedlings were all frozen to death. Damn it!" Ling Shuang cursed, her face also turned red from the heat.

"I really want to see if Mr. Duan and the others are so hot that they have tears and runny noses. They have to be grateful and thank you!" Zhong Wuyan picked up a piece of fish and dipped it in the sauce directly and brought it to his mouth.

Ling Xin'an smiled and said: "This is how you eat hot pot. Eat a lot of meat and drink a lot of wine. If you don't feel good about it, then it's not called hot pot."

"Sir, what you say makes sense. Please give me another dozen of these hotpots!" Goldman said, blinking his eyes blurred with tears.

Everyone laughed...

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