As a businessman, interests are the most important!

The seemingly practical answer made Zhang Yuan realize that this trip to Heilongjiang was in vain and it was impossible to achieve any effect. Even if he was willing to spend hundreds of millions of yuan to acquire shares of Oriental Petroleum, the other party would not give up.

Businessmen value profit!

Just take it as a reminder! Don’t blame me for being ruthless if you do this in the future. In fact, the person in front of you is a talented person.

It's a pity.

Zhang Yuan said to himself in his heart. Although it was not a bad thing, the conversation between the two people was more about dealing with it. Just as Zhu Mingzhong was about to get up and leave, he seemed to have thought of something and deliberately raised the newspaper in his hand and said.

"If I'm not mistaken, Wuwei Gong came to the Northeast for the purpose of hydropower stations. I just saw in the newspaper that the court was going to open two to three large hydropower stations in the Northeast and Southwest..."

What!

Zhang Yuan was shocked suddenly. He didn't know the news at all. It was actually a news published in the newspaper! Before that, no one told him.

The sudden news made Zhang Yuan have no time to take care of Zhu Mingzhong's departure. With a frown, he was not just considering the hydropower station, but more importantly, he wanted to know why he had not received any news before.

The plane took off again and flew towards Zhongdu.

The middle-aged man sitting next to Zhang Yuan was short but neat. He was a retired Major Jun Zhengsi. He was both his private security captain and the company's intelligence supervisor. After the plane took off, he started his hobby as if no one else was around - doing crossword puzzles in a newspaper.

Zhang Yuan looked quietly at the newspaper, watching the news that the court agreed to build a large hydropower station in the newspaper. The news was not very long. Although it was just a few hundred words, the news revealed was exactly what Zhang Yuan expected, and even the purpose of their artificial coal wasteland.

"Do you know why I didn't get any news before this?"

After putting down the newspaper, Zhang Yuan said to Lin Hu beside him.

"We always thought that everything was in our control, but now it seems that we are too confident."

"It's not self-confidence, but the court intends to do so."

Gurgling casually, Lin Hu's eyes were still on the newspaper, and his crossword game was still playing.

"Oh, is that? Why is that?"

"Because the Zhongdu nobles have always been the dominant family. Now the power shortage is the Jianghuai area, not the northeast, nor the southwest, but why did the imperial court choose these two places?"

"The northeast is the world of the heroes, and the southwest is the world of the Mu family!"

With his brows frowned, Zhang Yuan nodded.

"Building hydropower stations in these two places can basically avoid us from interfering. This will form a hydropower group dominated by the Northeast Messenger and the Mu family in the southwest. After they build large hydropower stations, they will inevitably gain considerable experience. In this way, even if the imperial court builds new hydropower stations in the Jianghuai area in the future, they will be given priority, and we will naturally be excluded..."

After pursing his lips, a look of anger flashed in Zhang Yuan's eyes, and then he snorted coldly.

"Our Shougong Fang is also a skilled person, and he actually wants to use this trick to drive away the wolf and swallow the tiger!"

Even without a specific analysis, Zhang Yuan could guess that the purpose of the cabinet was nothing more than to exclude the Northeast and Southwest hands. This trick... is not necessarily clever, but it does make people feel a little headache. After all, whether it is the Northeast or the Mu family in the Southwest, they are all people in the circle of nobles. People in this circle may not understand, but how could Zhang Yuan not know it? It is because of his understanding that he feels a headache.

"I don't think it's the meaning of the cabinet. The cabinet always argues for a few days. I think it's more like the idea of ​​the East Palace."

Lin Hu's reminder made Zhang Yuan sigh, then shook his head and said.

"This is not important, what matters is the hydropower station!"

"Mr. plans to take the hydropower station over?"

"It's not easy to deal with!"

After sighing a long time, Zhang Yuanjin looked like a headache.

"If it's other people, they will rob it, but they are all in this circle. The relationship in this circle is extremely complicated, and there has never been a "obedience or not". There is only a relationship network accumulated over the years. However, this relationship network often has their regionality, just like the Zhongdu Conglong Xunchen, the former minister of Nanjing, the King of Jin in the Northwest, and the King of Mu in the Southwest have their own circles. As for the northeast, there are also huge groups of honors in the northwest, and the scattered honors in the local area. In the past, everyone was polite to each other. Now Fang Xinru's light move makes it difficult for me to ride a tiger now!"

leaning against the back of the chair, Zhang Yuan rubbed his temples with some headaches, then shook his head and sighed.

"If we can't seize the opportunity this time and let the hydropower stations be captured on both the northeast and the southwest sides, then we are likely to be excluded, once we are excluded..."

Further down, Zhang Yuan was even unwilling to continue thinking. The inheritance of several generations of Wuwei Gong has been relied on seizing every opportunity, whether it was the steam engine or the later electric motor, whether it was coal mines, power plants or oil. In short, he knew very well what it meant to the Zhang family if he missed the opportunity.

"At that time, we are likely to be completely eliminated. According to the calculations of Qinghe Academy, the hydropower potential of places such as Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Hubei and Jiangxi. If we develop these possible hydropower resources, the average annual power generation can reach 80 billion kWh, which is equivalent to 50% of the current power generation of the Ming Dynasty, and is equivalent to a large coal field with 40 million tons of standard coal. What will happen if we miss this kind of thing?"

Then, Zhang Yuan looked around and looked at the earth through the window. In the streets bathed in the sun in a certain city below, those people were working and working hard there. They worked hard for their future. For them, the goal of working hard was nothing more than to have a shelter, when the cold is cold, when the hungry is food. That's all...

Sometimes it may be happier if you are simpler!

When Zhang Yuan sighed like this, Lin Hu looked at the employer beside him and said in a faint tone.

"If that happens, you will definitely have a conflict with them!"

“It is indeed the case,”

Zhang Yuan stared out the window and continued.

"Sometimes, conflicts are inevitable, even though we all want to avoid all this. Fifty-six years ago, my father participated in investing in local oil fields in Pingnan. Do you know about Pingnan Oil Company?"

Lin Hu nodded again. Pingnan's oil has been discovered for hundreds of years, but the amount of mining has not been large. At that time, the Zhang family was ambitious to participate in the oil industry. Although at that time, the biggest use of oil was kerosene, and there was not much demand for gasoline. However, the Zhang family's wish was interrupted by the Duke of Qian. The Mu family founded the Southwest Oil Company, which has long grown and grown. With the local output of millions of tons per year and the oil market in the southwest, it has long developed into a behemoth.

"Well, a strong dragon cannot defeat the local snake. At that time, we might be able to win the oil field, but we have to face a market that is difficult to deal with and under their control. Even if we make great efforts, even transportation will be a problem in the end. The local government will not approve us to build oil pipelines, nor will we agree to build a dedicated railway. The Mu family's influence in the southwest is far more than us, just like in the northeast, even those unworthy men, their influence in the local area is far more than us..."

Lin Hu sat silently. The things that Mr. Wuwei said were not a secret. After all, there were local forces in every place, and strong dragons could not suppress the local snake.

Just then, the flight attendant brought the tea and Zhang Yuan sipped the tea in small mouthfuls.

"So, my father decided to give up after weighing the trade-offs,"

Retracting his eyes from the window, Zhang Yuan said,

"The easiest and most direct thing to win a war is to know one and the other. First, you must know the enemy and then make corresponding plans. Back then, because you realize that your strength is not as strong as others, you will be able to give in, but all this..."

Although Zhang Yuan did not continue to say it, Lin Hu knew that he could not give in, and this also meant that the seemingly harmonious era among the ministers was destined to be gone forever. Because the benefits involved in hydropower stations are too great. Now, there are only two hydropower stations, but what about the future? In the future, there will only be more and more, and the benefits will become greater and greater.

"After returning to Zhongdu, you should focus on the southwest."

Holding the teacup, Zhang Yuan ordered in a plain tone.

"This time, no matter what, we have to take the hydropower station out of the Mu family. Also, pay attention to domestic hydropower experts. Talent is very important, so we can't let them take the lead."

"OK!"

Lin Hu thought for a while and then said.

"What about Oriental Petroleum?"

He knew that for the man, the importance of oil. In fact, what the Zhang family has grasped for so many years is nothing more than energy that thousands of households cannot do without.

"Ah, Oriental Petroleum..."

After thinking about it, Zhang Yuan grabbed the teacup tightly and his eyes turned out the window again. After a long time, he said.

"I don't care about them for the time being. Whether it is building a port or building a refinery, it will take at least a few years. We have time to slowly clean up him. The most important thing now is the hydropower station. After all, hydropower is the future of the Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!