Chapter 97 Let the Feng family go to reclaim the south
After confirming the identity of Champa Dao, Li Zhiyun naturally wanted to reward him based on his merits.
The first hero is naturally Feng Zhidai.
"Feng Qing."
Hearing the prince's call, Feng Zhidai hurriedly walked out of the crowd and bowed.
"The minister is here."
"You deserve the greatest credit for this thing appearing in the Tang Dynasty. Whatever you want, as long as I can do it, I will definitely satisfy you."
Although His Highness the Crown Prince opened his mouth to make wishes, Feng Zhidao was very smart and would not ask for this or that.
As a minister, you need to know something.
"I am extremely happy to be able to do something for our court, but I really don't dare to take credit for it."
Li Zhiyun chuckled and said to the ministers: "My dear friends, have you seen that Duke Geng is very good at managing his family?"
Pei Ju agreed: "It all depends on His Highness's merit."
Hearing this, everyone looked at Pei Ju with contempt. This compliment was really disgusting.
"Yes, what Prime Minister Pei said is true. Without His Majesty's kindness, how could the son of Geng Gong offer food? This is God bless the Tang Dynasty, and God bless Your Highness." One person started to speak.
Then, all the ministers praised Li Zhiyun for his good governance. As for the biggest contributor, Feng Zhidao was pushed aside.
Feng Zhidai:???
Isn’t this right? My credit is gone?
Fortunately, Li Zhiyun did not forget him. After dealing with the ministers, Li Zhiyun took advantage of the lunch break to summon Feng Zhidao privately.
"Feng Qing, I have always been rewarded for my merits. I will not turn a blind eye to your great achievements this time."
Hearing this, Feng Zhidao was moved. After all, the prince was still interesting enough.
At this time, Li Zhen walked up to Feng Zhidai and gave him a jade plaque.
Feng Zhidai didn't quite understand and asked doubtfully: "Your Highness, what is this?"
No way, the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty would just give him a worthless jade pendant?
Li Zhiyun chuckled and said, "Does Feng Qing know Tang Xiang?"
Feng Zhidai's eyes lit up and he said: "I know that this thing is indispensable for cleansing and bathing!"
As soon as he came to Chang'an, he fell in love with Tang Xiang and this magical soap. He couldn't help it, that damn place in Lingnan was so hot, there were so many mosquitoes, and he smelled bad all year round. He bought soap once in Chang'an and took a bath.
I removed the oil and have completely fallen in love with this product ever since.
"The jade token in your hand is the certificate for getting Tang Xiang. With this item, you can get the goods from the Tang Xiang workshop and sell them in the Lingnan states. Remember, you and your family can only sell in the Lingnan area. If
It is illegal to smuggle this thing." Li Zhiyun quickly put down the bowl and reminded him calmly.
Hearing this, Feng Zhidai was overjoyed.
This is the prince giving him money!
He was almost moved to tears.
You know, the Lingnan states, let alone compared with Chang'an, even compared with the big cities in Jingzhou and other places, they are all very different.
Therefore, Lingnan is very poor now, so poor that there are few literate Han people, and they are all cave savages.
Feng Zhidai, who grew up in Lingnan, felt more and more like a country boy after seeing the prosperity of Chang'an. He even felt that it was useless for his family to guard that three-thirds of an acre. It was extremely hot over there in his hometown.
There aren't many people around, and there aren't many delicious food. It's better to just go to Beijing and enjoy the scenery.
There are no Lingnan states as beautiful as Chang'an, where the moon is round and the girls are graceful.
Although he carries the mark of proton on his body, this does not prevent him from living in Chang'an.
But the consumption in Changan is not low.
A normal visit to Pingkangfang would cost him more than half a month's savings.
Now that we have the opportunity to specialize in Tang Xiang in Lingnan, the future income will not be...
So beautiful.
It was so beautiful that he was carried away with it.
Li Zhiyun couldn't help but cough, interrupting Feng Zhiding's beautiful fantasy.
"I have lost my position. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"It doesn't matter."
Feng Zhidao said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I know the seriousness and will definitely not break the law."
Li Zhiyun nodded and continued: "I know that the people in the Lingnan states are poor, so if you purchase Tang Xiang, you can exchange it for sugar cane of equal value."
At this time, the word "sugar cane" already appeared in "Qi Min Yao Shu".
Feng Zhidai was stunned.
Li Zhiyun asked: "What's wrong? Do you think it's inappropriate?"
"No, no..." Feng Zhidai couldn't help but said with tears: "Your Highness is considerate of the people of Lingnan, I can't thank you enough!"
He bowed deeply.
This is the true prince, this is the benevolent prince!
In this world, the prince really deserves to sit here.
Feng Zhidai really didn't expect that the prince would treat him and the people of Lingnan so kindly.
Sugar cane, dogs won’t eat that stuff!
The prince asked him to exchange sugar cane for Tang incense. How generous and generous this was!
Therefore, he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, that sugar cane is really not worth a lot of money, and it is not worthy of being exchanged for Tang Xiang."
On the contrary, he felt a little embarrassed.
There is no way, sugar cane is basically eaten by savages in Lingnan. Even in Chang'an, few people like to eat it.
What a slut!
Li Zhiyun liked Feng Zhidai's sensibleness very much, but he had his own plans.
Of course sugar cane is not valuable, but if you use this thing to make sugar, it will be very valuable!
Where in the Tang Dynasty did sugar cane grow?
No need to ask, it must be the south, Lingnan area.
From the beginning to the end, Li Zhiyun never thought about planting sugar cane on a large scale. The reason is very simple. The south has not been developed yet, and the food depends entirely on the land harvest in the north. He has a bad brain and will plant sugar cane instead of food.
Besides, the climatic conditions of the northern land are not suitable for large-scale cultivation of sugar cane.
But he also wanted to make money from sugar cane.
What to do?
Then we can only trouble the barbarian brothers in Lingnan to work hard and open up wasteland in advance to plant sugar cane.
He believed that with Feng Ang here, as long as he could benefit from Tang Xiang, he would definitely help Li Zhiyun urge the southern barbarians to develop the southern land.
Let them plant sugar cane now, and after more than ten years, Li Zhiyun will ask them to plant grain instead.
Perfect!
"Ahem." Li Zhiyun said kindly: "Feng Qing, don't you understand? What I value is not those sugar canes, but your Feng family and your father's loyalty."
Feng Zhidai understood.
Your Highness, you are trying to win over your father and ask him to be a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty.
But instead of being disgusted, he was very happy.
It is a blessing to have such a kind-hearted Crown Prince.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will convey your words to my father word for word. On behalf of my father, I would like to assure Your Highness that the Lingnan states are an indivisible and sacred land of the Tang Dynasty, and the Feng family is one of them."
, I swear allegiance to His Highness to the death."
Li Zhiyun rolled his eyes secretly, do you want you to guarantee this?
If it is not possible to take action now, Li Zhiyun will definitely take action in Lingnan.
"It's good if you understand, go ahead."
Feng Zhidai bowed again and said, "I'm going to retire."
With excitement, Feng Zhidai carefully held the jade pendant and left.
Li Zhen couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, the Feng family has deep roots in Lingnan. Do we really want to treat them so kindly?"
In fact, regarding the Lingnan states, the imperial officials' idea was to regain power. That is, move the Feng family to Chang'an and send officials there to naturalize the local people.
But the problem is, who is willing to go to that hellish place and suffer!
Therefore, most people like to talk, but few are really willing to go to Lingnan. More importantly, the courtiers actually regard Lingnan as a place of exile.
Therefore, everyone felt that it was inappropriate for Feng An to continue to be in charge of Lingnan, but no one was willing to volunteer to replace Feng An.
Of course, this is also related to the court's current strategy.
Before killing the Turks, everything else can be slowed down first.
As long as Feng An is obedient, everything will be easy to talk about.
Li Zhiyun said indifferently: "Gu gave them a chance. Now it depends on whether Feng An is willing to seize the opportunity."
This is a signal from Li Zhiyun to Feng Ang.
If you hang out with your buddies, you will have meat to eat.
If you don't hang out with your buddies, I'll kill you sooner or later.
As for how Feng An wanted to force the barbarians to open up wasteland and plant sugar cane, and how to exploit those ignorant barbarians.
Li Zhiyun didn't know, and he didn't want to know.
Anyway, the exploiter was Feng Ang, not Li Zhiyun. The one who took the blame in the history books was Feng Ang, and it had nothing to do with Li Zhiyun.
When many acres of sugar cane cultivation are opened in the south, Datang should be able to take charge of the south by then.