"Brother Changsun, don't think so much. The drought in Guanzhong has been alleviated and the locust plague is quickly resolved. This is actually a good thing for all of us. After all, everyone has a large amount of fertile land around Chang'an City. If the drought and locust plague continue, the losses will definitely be very heavy."

Five gatherings are in the middle, and Zheng Hai is there to comfort Changsun Chong, who is not very emotional.

Although Changsun Chong's losses were actually very small in terms of rice contract, no matter how small the losses were, coupled with the victory of the Chu Prince's Mansion, it was also very unpleasant.

"That's right, but look at the people of the Chu Palace, not only did not suffer any losses during the locust plague, but instead relied on the acquisition of locusts to solve the feed problem of chickens, ducks and geese. It is said that chickens, ducks and geese that ate locusts grow very fast, much faster than eating rice and weeds. The most important thing is that through this locust plague, the reputation of the Chu Palace in the eyes of the people has reached a new level. It will be even more difficult for us to deal with them in the future."

Changsun Chong always thought about suppressing the Chu Palace.

Nowadays, there are not many forces in the court that can directly compete with the Changsun Party.

However, outside the court, when the Changsun family faced the Chu Palace, they fought repeatedly, and the result was that Changsun Chong was satisfied.

"The situation in the Chu Prince's Mansion has been achieved. We can only wait for Li Kuan to make a mistake now. Otherwise, it should be difficult to suppress the Chu Prince's Mansion. In any case, it is also a prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the most powerful prince at present and deeply trusted by His Majesty."

Zheng Hai saw this more thoroughly than Changsun Chong.

As a great family with thousands of years of inheritance, people have a long-term and thorough vision.

In their eyes, there are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

Now, following the steps of the Chu Prince's Mansion, whether it is going to Shuozhou to plant cotton, catching whales in Dengzhou, or planting sugarcane in Lingnan, it is a business that makes money. The key is that this business can continue to be done for a long time.

Therefore, the relationship between various aristocratic families and the Chu Prince's Mansion has been eased to a certain extent.

Li Kuan also hopes to reduce the influence of the aristocratic families step by step by step by expanding the scale of primary schools, primary schools, academies and the popularity of education.

Therefore, these two years can be said to be a relatively peaceful period, and no one has put in all their efforts to deal with each other.

Of course, this does not mean that both sides are really happy and can survive happily with each other.

"What you said is right, but I'm very unwilling to accept it! All the good things are from his King of Chu's mansion. We don't have to lose any effort for the Tang Dynasty."

Changsun picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of wine.

"By the way, I'll make you happy if I say something."

Zheng Hai seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help laughing on his face.

"Oh? What a happy thing?"

Changsun Chong's attention was indeed diverted by Zheng Hai.

"Hasn't Li Kuan strongly supported Guanshishan Academy to build various research institutes? I heard that those research institutes burn more than one million chunks of money every year, which is Li Kuan's speed of making money can support Guanshishan Academy to burn money like this."

"Burn millions of chunks of money every year? Isn't this too exaggerated?"

Sure enough, Changsun Chong's face was full of surprise.

You should know that the Changsun family and the Zheng family also cooperated to build the Weishui Academy. After so many years, the Weishui Academy has not spent a million yuan.

Now Zheng Hai said that Guanshishan Academy will cost one million guan a year, and he doesn't believe it very much.

"I can't believe it? When I first heard about this news, I refused to believe it. But when I learned that the people from the Steam Engine Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy were taking the best steel to pave the road, I knew that it was really impossible for them to be a teenager to make a million guan a year.

The steel that came up with the number was used to pave the road. I heard that it has been paved for a long time now. If it succeeds in the future, they will still think of building a railway between Guanshishan Academy and the Workshop City. It is scary to think about it."

The children of Zheng Hai and other aristocratic families are the most informative.

The railway created by Li Yan cannot be built indoors.

So if you are interested, you can find out a rough idea.

"I'll go to Guanshishan Academy to take a look. If they really use stainless steel to make railways, it will be a good thing for our Changsun family."

Changsun Chong thought of his iron smelting workshop where his family was about to survive, and suddenly felt that he saw hope.

Although the iron smelting workshop in the King of Chu Mansion now has several times the production capacity of the Changsun family, no matter how large the production capacity is, they cannot resist their best steel to build the railway.

"You can't say it! This is really a good thing for you! Originally, the price of fine steel in Chang'an City has been declining in recent years. I heard that the Chu Prince's Mansion has been building iron smelting workshops near Jiangnan and North Zhendao. The steel output of Datang has increased by more than ten times, or even dozens of times, compared with more than ten years ago.

Although the demand for stainless steel is also rising sharply, the price continues to fall is inevitable. If Guanshishan Academy is really in a hurry and wants to build a railway from Chang'an City to Guanshishan Academy and then to Zuofang City, then the amount of stainless steel required is definitely beyond imagination.

Besides, once they build such a railway, will they be more bold in building a railway from Chang'an City to Luoyang, or even Chang'an City to Liangzhou? The business opportunities contained therein are endless."

After Zheng Hai said this, he was frightened by himself.

Guanshishan Academy has not announced such a plan, but according to his speculation, Guanshishan Academy may really be able to do such an incredible thing.

But Li Kuan, a guy who is not short of money, often supports the teaching of Guanshishan Academy and the whimsical ideas of the students.

"Brother Zheng, you... are you saying too exaggerating?"

Changsun Chong felt that his breathing was about to stop.

Could it be that my iron smelting workshop was suppressed and almost couldn't survive, but in the end he was revived by the power of the Chu Prince's Mansion?

This is Xiao He, failure, success, Xiao He.

"No! Brother Zheng, it's not an exaggeration at all! I will be preparing to go to the Datang Trading Center to buy a steel contract worth 10,000 yuan. I have a premonition that the price of the steel contract this year will definitely rise sharply."

These noble families have a hobby of contract trading and the Datang Stock Exchange beyond ordinary people.

Anyway, I have spare money in my hand, and looking at the rising or falling prices, my heart beats so fast.

Children from noble families who are not very short of money like this feeling of heartbeat the most.

"Really, fake? I, Aye, are already considering whether to sell the iron smelting workshop at home, and are even taking action. If the price of steel is the same as your prediction, then there is no need for our family to do this. As long as we survive this period, the sky will be wide."

Under the continuous suppression of the Chu King's Mansion, the Changsun family's iron smelting workshop has entered a loss state.

The Changsun family has begun to sell some of the workshop shares to the Gao family and other aristocratic families.

However, the iron smelting workshop is the core foundation of the Changsun family after all, and this action has just begun.

"Is this matter reliable or not? It doesn't matter if you or I don't know. Guanshishan Academy Steam Engine Research Institute is quite large. As long as you think of a solution, you can always find a few people to inquire about the news, and you will naturally know it."

Zheng Hai and Changsun said something to you, and I was discussing the trend of steel, and the feeling of loss just now was wiped out.

Both of them felt that they had found a good opportunity to pull out the wool of the Chu Prince's Mansion.

How rare this is.

Once successful, they can not only gain considerable returns, but also gain a reputation in Chang'an City.

"Langjun, a fleet of Chu Prince's Mansion returned from overseas this morning, and is now at the Weishui Wharf."

Just as Zheng Hai and Changsun Chong were having a great time discussing, a servant from the Changsun family ran in panting.

In the entire Chang'an City, there are not many families who pay more attention to the movements of the Chu Prince's Mansion than the Changsun family.

Changsun Chong also ordered that if there were any important matters related to the Chu Prince's Mansion, he needed to tell him as soon as possible.

If the people above attach so much importance to it, the people below naturally dare not be careless.

So even though Changsun Chong and Zheng Hai were having dinner outside today, the Changsun family's friend came over to report immediately after receiving the news.

"The Chu Palace has a large number of fleets overseas. Not to mention that every day there will be fleets returning to Chang'an City, and every few days, there will be fleets returning. Isn't this normal?"

Changsun Chong glared at the servant who interrupted his interest with a little dissatisfaction.

"Langjun, this time it's different! It's completely different! Gold... so much gold, the fleet of the King of Chu's mansion brought back countless gold!"

"What? Their fleet brought back a lot of gold? Could it be that they discovered a large gold mine in Australia or America?"

Before Changsun Chong could speak, Zheng Hai next to him couldn't help but interrupt.

The gold rush has quietly emerged in the Tang Dynasty.

Many noble families arranged fleets to go to sea to find gold and silver mines.

Although no one has found a gold mine that is comparable to that found by the Chu Palace in Australia and South America, it has not been found in nothing.

For example, the Zheng family found a large-scale gold mine on an island in Nanyang, but it seemed that it was not so convenient to mine.

"Two gentlemen, this time the fleet of the Chu Prince's Mansion did not return from Australia or America, but from India. I heard that they did not find any gold mine, but did not know what method they used, and earned a lot of gold from the Indians. Now the staff of the Maritime Bureau are counting the Maritime Bureau. Each box of gold is piled up with the Weishui Wharf, and the eyes are shining, and the people are blind. It is really exciting."

When the servant of Changsun's family said this, he obviously thought of the scene he had just seen, and he couldn't help but feel a fantasy expression on his face.

"The people from the Chu Prince's Mansion brought back a lot of gold from India?"

Changsun Chong confirmed again.

"Yes! I have never seen so much gold. Even the gold stored in the warehouse in our mansion is not as good as the one I saw today. No, it is less than 10% of the one I saw."

After hearing what the guy said, Changsun Chong's mood immediately rushed to the bottom like a roller coaster.

What are the returns of steel contracts and the rise in steel prices, these are still unrealized things.

But the gold from the Chu King's Mansion is shining with golden light at the Weishui Wharf.

"Brother Changsun, why don't we go to Weishui Wharf to find out how the Chu Prince's Mansion has gotten back so much gold. Maybe we can find some business opportunities from it?"

Zheng Hai also felt that the fried locusts on the table were no longer fragrant.

At this time, no one was in the mood to continue eating and drinking.

"Let's go and have a look. Maybe the people from the Chu Palace got a bunch of copper ingots, but they deliberately promoted it to everyone that it was gold."

Changsun said something he didn't even believe, and got up and walked out with Zheng Hai.

Since the people from the King of Chu’s Mansion are honestly paying the traffic tax in the Maritime Mansion, they will definitely not do the copper ingot as gold, because they are cheating themselves.

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To be continued...