When talking about Jiangnan, Feng Zhidai seemed to have a more topic and talked about the customs and customs of Lingnan and the famous mountains and rivers.

By the way, Feng Zhidai also praised his cooperation with Dayingku. Whether it is the sugar industry or the pepper base, there is also a mirror of the sea trade this year.

"It's common benefit and win-win situation, Brother Feng doesn't have to praise him like this." Xu Qilin smiled and said, "This is a certain proposition that has always been true. Brother Feng should be the one who knows the most in his heart."

Feng Zhidai nodded repeatedly and said, "That's why a certain person is very proud of Qi Lin's business. He came here this time and asked for Qi Lin."

Xu Qilin knew that he was about to get to the point, so he smiled and said, "Brother Feng doesn't have to see you. I'm too polite to say that I have something to say. If you can do it, I will never refuse."

Feng Zhidai picked up the wine glass and toasted it, saying, "I dare to ask Qi Lin, can this cotton be grown in Lingnan?"

Yes, that's great. You don't know Huang Daopo, that's the cotton spinning I learned from the Li people in Hainan and later developed it in Songjiang.

Xu Qilin looked up at Feng Zhidai, but did not answer immediately.

According to Xu Qilin's vision, cotton seeds will be planted in Hexi next year, and the number will be dozens of times higher than this year. However, it is still not enough to promote the planting nationwide, and it will be purchased in Gaochang.

In other words, it will take another season until the next year to have the conditions to export cotton seeds to other places and promote planting.

After all, even if it takes three or five years, if you want to promote it nationwide, you will face the difficulty of insufficient cotton seeds.

The huge profits of cotton are seen. The powerful and wealthy people who came to Hexi to rent land to plant them came for cotton. Xu Qilin could not satisfy them if they wanted to plant them vigorously.

Feng Zhidai suddenly asked about growing cotton in Lingnan, and Xu Qilin had to treat it with caution.

Because His Majesty Li Er has issued an edict to him that cotton seeds are not allowed to be sold and must be controlled by Dayingku. The proportion of grain and cotton planting in Hexi must also be strictly controlled.

Although cotton can make a lot of money, food is still the pillar of national stability, and Hexi still needs to supply the logistics base stationed in the Western Regions.

Therefore, Xu Qilin also issued an official document, whether it is his own land or rented, the grain and cotton ratio must be at least 64 years old.

According to the calculation of land acres and yield, the planting ratio of June 4th can not only ensure the self-sufficiency of Hexi's grain, but also transport nearly one million stones to the Western Regions, which also meets the requirements of His Majesty Li Er.

In fact, regulating the planting ratio of grain crops and cash crops is a policy that must be implemented and an important measure to ensure social stability.

It was implemented first in Hexi, and His Majesty Li Er also had the intention of conducting investigations. When it was promoted nationwide, there would be a basis.

Food in the mouth and clothing are the two cornerstones of social stability. However, food is more important than clothing.

Seeing that Xu Qilin didn't say anything, Feng Zhidai smiled, reached out to hold the pot and poured a cup for Xu Qilin, and said, "I guess the court has other plans, but it's a embarrassing Qilin."

Xu Qilin blinked his eyes, then smiled for a while and said, "To be honest, the imperial court does have plans for cotton planting. But what Brother Feng asked is not listed here. Cotton can be planted in Lingnan."

Feng Zhidai breathed a little relieved, raised his glass and said, "I wonder how many years will it take for this cotton to be planted?"

Xu Qilin scratched his head and said, "I don't know this. In my calculations, it will take at least three to five years!"

After pausing, he asked back: "The Feng family intends to plant cotton in Lingnan? With the name of Duke Geng, he will submit the report to the court!"

Feng Zhidi smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Qi Lin doesn't know that this is not the time. My father was afraid that the court would be guilty of the crime, so how dare he extend his hand to cotton again."

Xu Qilin asked in confusion: "Why is this? Brother Feng, please explain in detail."

Feng Zhidi sighed and suffocated a glass of wine before he told me the invitation to set up a Maritime Bureau in Guangzhou and was rejected three times, which made the Feng family suspicious and restless.

"The Feng family is a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty. It is also because of sincerity that his Majesty refuses to agree to it-" Feng Zhidai looked very distressed, "I don't know the pros and cons of it, so the Feng family is not at ease!"

Hey, there is something like this! It’s quite uncomfortable to not be able to give gifts. What is His Majesty Li Er who refuses gifts and is honest?

Xu Qilin twisted the wine glass and fell into deep thought.

It is normal to establish a Maritime Warehouse. The emperor did not even have this authoritarian authority, so is it considered the Tang Dynasty?

But His Majesty Li Er did not approve the report, perhaps because of the need for stability. He dispatched a large army to conquer Gaochang, so he naturally did not want anything else to happen.

In His Majesty Li Er's opinion, the conquest of Gaochang will be completed next year, and the establishment of the Maritime Warehouse Department in Guangzhou will have little impact.

But the difference in treatment made the Feng family uneasy. The more His Majesty Li Er refused, the more Old Feng thought about what was going on.

Doubt your loyalty, suspect that you are testing, and worry that your family will rebel after the report is approved, and the court is not ready to suppress it?

This situation is not surprising, it is caused by not learning Xu Qilin's perspective.

His Majesty Li Er has his own ideas, and Feng Ang also has his own thoughts. There was nothing wrong, but misunderstandings arose in random thoughts.

No one blames this. If you want to blame someone, the thought of being too complicated and the most difficult to figure out.

Xu Qilin, who is familiar with history, knows that Feng Ang is mostly loyal, and rebellion is unlikely to happen. But His Majesty Li Er doesn’t know, no matter whether you are truly loyal or false, it is safest to delay for a year.

Feng Zhidai came over from afar. Cotton was just a reason, but his real intention was to get some news from Xu Qilin. After all, although he was spending a lot of money and making good friends in the capital, he did not make any important officials.

At that time, people still had a lot of regional discrimination. The Feng family could be called the Southern Ba Tian, ​​but like the Hu people, it was called "Hu Yue", a barbaric and uncivilized bamboo name.

Even when Xu Jingzong married his daughter and joined the Feng family, he was stabbed by someone and called him greedy for the bride price of the "chief". Do you see that Nan Batian and Duke Geng are just "chief" in people's eyes.

However, Xu Qilin did not have this idea, and he was close and easy-going with Feng Zhidai. More importantly, Xu Qilin was deeply trusted by His Majesty, and he understood His Majesty’s thoughts better in some things.

After Feng Zhidai's sigh, his thoughts were recalled. Xu Qilin felt that this matter seemed to be able to be solved, but he just needed an intermediary.

Thinking of this, Xu Qilin comforted him: "Brother Feng, don't worry. There must be a solution to this matter. Your Majesty undoubtedly means the Duke, and the Duke is also loyal..."

"How to solve it, I hope Qi Lin teaches me." Feng Zhi's eyes lit up, as if he was waiting for Xu Qi Lin's words, and asked anxiously.

"This—" Xu Qilin pondered for a moment and said, "When I think twice, I will give Brother Feng a reply after I think about it carefully."

Feng Zhidi was a little disappointed, but at least he was not completely disappointed. He adjusted his emotions and drank with Xu Qilin and let go of the matter temporarily.

Anyway, I have to spend the New Year in Ganzhou before leaving, and I live in Xu Qilin's mansion, so I am afraid that I won't get the idea he has?

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The establishment of the Maritime Mansion Department in Guangzhou is equivalent to nationalizing the tariffs, which has eliminated a major investment from the Feng family.

For Feng Ang, a magistrate who is far away from the emperor, His Majesty Li Er must be the best to appease him, that is, to give Feng Ang appropriate compensation.

But this compensation is difficult to grasp. He is already a Duke and has a wealthy family. From the official rank to the reward, it makes His Majesty Li Er feel a headache, right?

Feng Zhidi mentioned cotton, but gave Xu Qilin an inspiration. Sooner or later, why not work for the Feng family for two or three years first, and the profit will be compensated for the recovery of tariffs. The best of both worlds!

Originally, Xu Qilin wanted to use the cotton textile industry as one of the pillars of export and foreign exchange earnings. The Feng family is in Guangzhou, which has unique conditions.

In other words, in addition to cotton planting, Xu Qilin will also share textile technology with the Feng family, weaving a variety of exquisite cloths, allowing the Feng family to make huge profits through maritime trade.

This input is worth the input, which seems to be a glove changing bag, but its nature is completely different.

It is natural for the Feng family to hand over the tariff power to the court. Who made you a minister of the Tang Dynasty? Wouldn't you regard the authority of the court if you don't pay it?

It is natural that the Feng family can make huge profits through cotton spinning exports. It is not stolen or robbed, and it is just operating, so it is safe to make this money.

Moreover, this cotton spinning industry is a long-term and stable input, which is different from a one-time reward, which may be more satisfying to Feng Ang.

For the court, such a disposal did not lose anything. It not only recovered tariffs, increased the fiscal revenue, but also comforted Feng Ang, which was beneficial without any expense.

Based on this idea, Xu Qilin wrote a long report overnight, and the next day he sent someone to Chang'an in an expedited manner.

Of course, Xu Qilin also told Feng Zhidai, asking him to wait for a few days. As for the details in the report, he would not inform him.

Feng Zhidai felt a little relieved, and Xu Qilin sent someone to be a guide, wandered around and enjoyed the local scenery.

Nowadays, like all parts of the Tang Dynasty, Ganzhou also implements a curfew system. However, there is no such restriction in the commercial areas outside the city.

As Ganzhou's specialties became more and more famous, it attracted more and more mainland merchants to trade. The distribution of scarce supplies such as mirrors, silk, porcelain, and tea also made Hu merchants rush to it.

Although Gaochang closed the road and was only interrupted by the North Road, the Silk Road was not completely cut off.

Merchants who walk the Western Regions can walk on the southern and middle roads, cross the steep Alkin Mountains, and cross the Lop Nur unmanned land.

With huge profits, hardships and dangers are common on the Silk Road, but the temptation of money has not reduced the risky merchants.

A mirror does not need to be transported to Europe, but only sells fifty or sixty taels of gold in Dashi, and is still a small Linglong mirror. Even in the Western Regions, the mirror can double its profits.

The biggest advantage of a mirror is its small size, and it is not a problem to carry a dozen stunning mirrors with you. This advantage, coupled with huge profits, suddenly made the mirror the biggest commercial product that Hu merchants compete for.

Xu Qilin is so evil. Just buying mirrors is not enough. We have to match them. You have to buy silk, porcelain, or tea. You have to buy enough of the specified quantity before you can sell them to you affordable mirrors.

But even so, Hu merchants are still enthusiastic. They are all short-term products, and they don’t have to worry about selling when shipped to Central Asia. They are even more crazily snatched in Europe, just to prepare more personnel and camel horses and work harder.

The active commerce has enabled the commercial area outside Ganzhou City to expand several times and is almost catching up with the area of ​​the main city.

The bustling and crowded, the restaurants and inns were crowded, and the gathering of south and north accents made Feng Zhidai stunned.

The key is that there is no curfew here, and night culture has been formed. Just like Chang'an, many wealthy families in the main city have houses here just to enjoy the night tour.

"Hehe, can you actually hear the local accent?" Feng Zhidi shook his head with emotion, but his eyes couldn't help but look at the Fengchen woman leaning against the building and selling laughter.

Wherever there is prosperity and where there are crowds of people, there will be places of love and mist. But here, there are the most guzzlies, and there are also Han girls, but there are very few.

No wonder Feng Zhidai felt strange when he heard Lingnan accent and sighed.

"That's the courtesan of Ganzhou." The guide grinned and said, "You can be good at writing and poetry, but you can't stand out in Chang'an or Jiangnan. If you compare with Hu Ji, you will be the leader."

Feng Zhidai nodded and said, "The current Ganzhou is only attractive to merchants. More geniuses will come in the future, so she will be compared."

The guide said: "It is not easy to get here to make a living, but he is also a talented person. In just two years, the money he earns will be enough for her to get into another job."

After pausing, the guide continued, "Chairman Xu promised His Majesty that he would build a Jiangnan in Jiangxi within three years. It seems that two years will be almost done."

"Xu Cheng's talent is admirable." Feng Zhidai sighed and said, "In the future, he will be named a marquis and a prime minister, and his future will be bright!"

The guide, Jishou, agreed and pointed, "That restaurant was moved from Chang'an, and the owner has a certain relationship with Xu Cheng. If Mr. Feng feels that he is not used to local food, he can go there."

Feng Zhidi raised his eyes and looked at the signboard and smiled and said, "Zuixiaolou, there are many semicolons in Chang'an, and their reputation is very high. A certain store owner and Xu Cheng are of the same clan, but he didn't expect to open the semicolon here as well."

"It's not just this one is Chang'an's semicolon." The guide said: "Mr. Feng paid attention to the signboard and knew that there were many shops quite famous in the East and West Market in Chang'an. Those who came early took up a good land; those who came late had to propose to the government to continue to expand."

"Does Xu Cheng not agree with the expansion?" Feng Zhidi asked in confusion.

The guide thought for a while and said, "Maybe there is something to do with the temporary appointment of the governor of Suzhou. If you leave all the benefits in Ganzhou, the court will not agree."

"I forgot about this." Feng Zhidi slapped his head and said, "I guess Xu Cheng has considered it or build another commercial market in Suzhou."

The guide shrugged his shoulders, not very enthusiastic about it, and said, "It was already good for two years. With Suzhou, Xu Cheng may have to go back to Beijing to report his work."
Chapter completed!