Bianliang is a super city with a population of one million and an inland city, which is very important. If you rely solely on the power of cattle, horses and animals, you can't provide so many mouths in any case.

In order to meet the needs of the capital, the rulers of the Song Dynasty established four major canals, including the Bian River, Cai River, Wuzhang River and Jinshui River. These four rivers connect all directions, communicate with other natural water systems, and continuously transport the material resources needed by the capital to ensure the normal operation of the world's largest prosperous city.

Among the four canals, the Bian River is the most important. It communicates with the Jianghuai River and transports grain and products from the southeast into Beijing, accounting for half of all financial resources. It can be said that the Bian River maintains the operation of the Song Empire. If it is a little troublesome, it will harm the world. Therefore, the Song Dynasty spends huge amounts of money every year to manage the Bian River, which is a headache.

But this time, the Bian River brought great good news.

The canal ship loaded with 1 million jin of Yunnan copper sailed into the capital. Wang Ning'an and Cao Qi came to wait early. In addition to them, there were many officials, civilians, even prominent people and royal relatives in the court, all of them came to watch the fun.

When the ship was parked and the springboard was set up, a strong man came down from the boat with a basket on his back, and moved the copper ingots weighing dozens of kilograms, and piled them on the docks in a shady manner.

Without much effort, copper piled up into a hill, emitting a faint golden light under the sunlight, making people jealous and warm.

Fortunately, Kaifeng Prefecture sent enough personnel to maintain order, otherwise there would be chaos.

Among the crowd watching the fun were Pan Su, Shi Tao and Hu Yanda. They stretched their necks and looked at the large copper ingots, their eyes shone brightly and laughed loudly.

It's worth it, it's true!

This copper alone proves that investing in Lingnan is nothing wrong!

They couldn't help but look at the others, especially Gao Shilin, with a smug smile on their faces. How about it, are you stupid? You can't bear to give up a little money, and you still want to get rich? Go dreaming!

Pan Su pulled the two of them and deliberately walked past Gao Shilin with pride.

"Brother Gao, I'm sorry, we're going to have a drink, how about it, are you going?"

Go, go fuck you!

Gao Shilin was about to explode. He only had one thought left in his mind, and he made them happen again!

Originally, everyone thought that Lingnan was so far away and the climate was harsh. It would take at least a few years to develop results. Many people valued Zhao Zongjing's potential before they could praise their stinky feet. Unexpectedly, Wang Ning'an opened his mouth and was scared away.

But in a blink of an eye, the copper was brought to the capital!

Now, even if you don’t look at Zhao Zongjing, all parties will rush to the point of being sharpened just for commercial interests.

Gao Shilin had already discovered that the Liu family, Wang family, Zhang family, Cui family, Liu family, Li family, and Yuan family, who were originally standing with him, were all loosened at this moment, and they all looked at the piles of copper mountains, and long saliva flowed out. Some people even regretted it. They had a pair of white eyes, but they did not find the commercial value of Lingnan.

Just thinking about the matter of fighting for the throne is really short-sighted. Damn, damn!

The saint was in full swing in the spring and autumn, and it was too early to think about currying favor with the new king. Besides, no matter who becomes the emperor, he has to live. How can such a good way to make money be spared?

These people are thinking about going to find Wang Ning'an as soon as possible and having a good talk. The value of this Lord Wang is not just a shortcut to curry favor with Zhao Zongjing! His own strength cannot be underestimated and it is worthy of cooperation!

Seeing these people eager to try, Gao Shilin felt even more frightened.

...

A few days ago, they collectively visited Wang Ning'an and wanted to please Zhao Zongjing. Gao Shilin was not worried at that time. After all, it was normal for each family to please both sides and place bets on both sides.

But the problem is that the interests of Lingnan are now revealed. These people have really colluded with Wang Ning'an and are getting closer and closer. Who dares to guarantee that they will not completely turn to Zhao Zongjing?

If the entire general supports Zhao Zongjing, then my brother-in-law's great cause of fighting for the throne will be in trouble.

Gao Shilin thought for a long time, turned his head and headed straight for the Runan Prince's Mansion. He wanted to go and inform the news as soon as possible.

Compared to the faction of the children of the generals, the old man seemed very simple and very happy. This was Zeng Gongliang, who had just been transferred to the capital and served as the envoy of the Three Divisions.

This old man is not simple. He has been an official for nearly 30 years, has outstanding political achievements and is quite prestigious. When he was in the Qingli New Policy, he was also a firm supporter.

It’s just that Zeng Gongliang is different from others. He not only has a mouth, but also has practical actions.

Zeng Gongliang once compiled "The General Essence of Wu Jing". Speaking of this book, it can be called the Great Song version of the military encyclopedia.

There are 40 volumes in total, divided into two parts. In the first volume, Zeng Gongliang pointed out keenly that in order to prevent the warlord structure and the presence of vassal states, the Song Dynasty carried out a series of power collection actions, but the result was overcorrect, which made the soldiers not know the generals and the generals not know the soldiers, resulting in failure and retreating step by step.

He also advocated strict training and advocated that military personnel should use them according to their strengths and weaknesses.

In the second volume, he even included various weapons and tactics, accompanied by illustrations, which were very exquisite and detailed.

There is a martial arts school under the Six Arts School, among which "The General Essence of Wu Jing" was placed first by Wang Ning'an, and its importance even exceeded that of "The Art of War".

Wang Ning'an believes that although it is indispensable to plan and plan, the real key to winning is strength! There are two specific points: one is the quality of soldiers and the other is the quality of weapons.

These two articles are discussed in detail in "The General Essence of Wu Jing". Wang Ning'an once spared no expense to send 1,000 sets to each member of the martial arts academy, and regarded them as the standard.

Sad to be honest, "The General Yao of Wu Jing" has been out for six or seven years, but with the failure of the Qingli New Deal, no one among the civil servants supported the promotion, and the military generals were even more rude, and no one was willing to work hard to learn.

Wang Ning'an became the first person to promote "Wu Jing Zongyao". Although he met Zeng Gongliang for the first time, the two had been intimate for a long time, and it can be said that they hit it off at first sight.

Zeng Gongliang was different from those elegant and elegant scholars and officials who were unparalleled and elegant. His old man looked ordinary and approachable. He was one of the few practical factions in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. He led the people to deal with floods in his early years, and later studied military tactics and had profound attainments.

Zeng Gongliang held Wang Ning'an's hand and laughed, "I heard from the drunkard. I really didn't expect that I worked hard to write the book, but the flowers bloomed in the wall outside the wall, which made Lord Xiao Wang carry forward it."

Wang Ning'an exaggeratedly: "Sir, you won't ask me for copyright fees, are you?"

Zeng Gongliang was stunned and said randomly: "How can I not do it?"

The old man pointed to the pile of copper mountains and smiled and said, "From now on, 10 million kilograms of copper a year, not a small amount of it!"

Wang Ning'an slapped his chest and smiled and said, "What's this? The old man needs it, 30 million or 50 million a year, and it's no problem."

Zeng Gongliang said with a straight face: "What do I want? It's like greed and abuse of power. It's the Song Dynasty needs it. This money shortage is so annoying."

Zeng Gongliang was filled with emotion. He took over as the envoy of the Three Divisions, and minting coins was one of his responsible tasks.

In the past few years, in order to deal with the Li Yuanhao's rebellion, the imperial court issued a lot of iron coins. At the beginning, iron coins could maintain the same price as copper coins. However, in recent years, iron coins have collapsed and there was a serious shortage of copper coins on the market. In some places, bartering even occurred, which was very inconvenient.

Yunnan copper is coming, it can be said that it is raining in time, and the old man's heart falls into his stomach.

He surrounded Tongshan for a long time and nodded frequently. The coppers included brass and white copper. Although the quality was different and there were a little more impurities, there was no problem in making copper coins.

...

Zeng Gongliang was very satisfied, but there was one person who was so angry that he was the uncle Cao Qi.

He took advantage of Zeng Gongliang's sight of Tong and pulled Wang Ning'an into the empty cabin, furious as if thunderous.

"I said Erlang, we brothers, you can't cheat me! I obviously sent someone to a great deal of effort to get it from Dali, how did it become your credit? Of course, it's okay if you grab the credit, but you can't hand over all the copper to the court! What should I do?"

Wang Ning'an bared his shining white teeth and laughed: "Uncle Guo, you are a little enlightened at least. It's not easy for your brother-in-law to contribute a little copper? It's only 250,000 jin and 1 million jin. For you, a drop in the ox and a spoonful of the sea!"

Cao Qi was so angry that he kept spinning around, "I'm not talking about money, it's this matter! Do you understand?"

"I understand, what you are talking about is not money, what you are talking about is money!"

Cao Qi was choked and almost fell down.

Wang Ning'an said helplessly: "I said uncle, when did I treat you badly for money?"

Cao Qi suddenly woke up, he jumped three feet high and excitedly said, "Erlang, tell me the truth, where are you going to make money?"

"That's right!" Wang Ning'an smiled and said, "My uncle, listen to me and say it slowly."

...

Wang Ning'an really did not intend to make money through copper mines. Copper is an absolute strategic resource. It has always been controlled by the court. He intervened casually and made profits. What did the court think? What did the big boss Zhao Zhen think?

Besides, making money by smelting copper is too little, it’s so pitiful!

If you want to make money, you can make money that others can't do.

With the development of copper from Dali and Jiaozhi, the number of goods going to Lingnan must increase exponentially. At this time, if you can master a fleet, sell the goods from the Song Dynasty to Jiaozhi and Dali, then transport the local products back, and transport copper ingots by the way, how much profit is there?

And so many businessmen are heading south, do they need security protection? Do they need financial services?

The maritime fleet, security company, and ticket money house... This is Wang Ning'an's wishful thinking.

"Uncle Guo, let the Jiaozhi people dig copper and let the merchants of the Song Dynasty smelify copper. After all, they are all working for us and making money for us!"

Wang Ning'an's fingers were raised on the table, very rhythmic, "The profits of manufacturing are only one-third at most, and the remaining two-thirds are the service industry! We must seize the commanding heights of the industry and cannot be a hard-working old man!"

Cao Qi woke up as if he was dreaming, "Erlang, you are amazing, but the problem is that the fleet and money house have to invest a lot of capital, right?"

"Yes, that's why I need to collect the deposit." Wang Ning'an said lightly, but Cao Qi's face collapsed instantly.

OK!

You guy is too shameless!

Receive money from others, build a fleet money shop, and then make money from others!

Why did you take all the good things?

Haven’t those people become fools who have been sold by you and counted money for you?

Wang Ning'an smiled gently, "Why, uncle is feeling distressed?"

"I'm afraid of thunder. God will slash you and cause me to be implicated!" Cao Qi said angrily.
Chapter completed!