ATPnovel Chapter 2303 There is a great opportunity here
Chapter 2303 There is a great opportunity here
Although Li Shen is not a politician and does not understand politics, he is at least not a fool.
He knows who can be moved and who cannot be moved.
Although he liked to act recklessly and do whatever he wanted in recent years, he relied on the fact that his father was the emperor.
But he also knew how to avoid danger and seek good fortune.
When his father's nephew Zhao Jie colluded with others to deceive Crown Prince Li Chengqian, Li Shen just beat him up.
Yang Yuzhi, who was also his father's nephew, had an affair with his aunt and almost killed himself at the instigation of Li Zhi. Li Shen just set up a trap and beat him up.
And there was that little thief Li Zhi. Li Shen hated him to the core, but he couldn't just kill him.
Li Shen has understood a truth over the years: as long as you live in this world, there will always be some rules and regulations that force you to follow.
This is true for both the supreme emperor and ordinary people.
Since ancient times, there has never been a truly free person. Everyone lives within the rules of heaven and earth.
The true freedom does not refer to the body, but to the soul and mind.
The bigger your thoughts are, the bigger the world is.
Regarding this incident, Li Shen's main purpose was actually to get his money back. As for who condoned the barbarian soldiers' plundering, Li Shen didn't care.
There has been such a tradition since ancient times, and Yanqi is not from the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shen will only care about you when you become a Tang person in the future. He has no obligation to do so now. Those who are not of our race must have different hearts.
These three people are, one is the uncle, one is the royal son-in-law, and the other is a founding hero.
No matter what crime has been committed, it is not Li Shen's turn to take action.
"Then Your Highness, are we just going to wait for news?" After hearing Li Shen's words, Wang Xuance understood what Li Shen meant.
He was really afraid that Li Shen would kill a few generals in a fit of rage. That would be a big deal.
It seems that Prince Ji has made a lot of progress over the years and no longer does things without considering the consequences like before.
"Of course I can't just sit there and wait. I've finally come here, so I have to go around and take a look.
And get in touch with other nobles." Li Shen had already thought about what he wanted to do.
"Your Highness, do you want to incorporate Yanqi into the Tang Dynasty?" Wang Xuance asked.
"Well, I have this idea. Yanqi is a good place. Look at it, it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
More importantly, there is a great opportunity here." Li Shen nodded.
"Great opportunity?" Wang Xuance was a little confused after hearing this. What great opportunity could there be here?
"There are endless business opportunities here, Xuan Ce. Imagine if we built a city here to serve as a transit point between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty.
The money we earn in a year is much more than that in Qinghai Province.
This is the only way to the southern line of the Western Regions, and many merchants will settle in Yanqi.
If this place could be developed into an industrial park, a large city integrating business, entertainment and leisure.
You will definitely make a lot of money.
Merchants who want to go to the Western Regions or Chang'an no longer need to go to Chang'an City to purchase goods, which greatly saves merchants' time."
Li Shen told everyone his plan.
Free trade zone plus a brothel, this is the way Li Shen thought of to make money.
"Your Highness, isn't this place too far? It's more than ten thousand miles away from Chang'an City.
It would be difficult to manage, just like Xizhou. If it weren't so far away, we wouldn't have allowed Wang Wencheng to do evil for so many years.
This place is much farther than Xizhou. I’m afraid that by then…”
Wang Xuance hesitated to speak, fearing that trouble would arise here. Wang Wencheng's situation was extremely dangerous.
If he hadn't been lucky enough to find out who was behind the scenes and get the evidence, Prince Ji would probably have been punished.
Prince Ji’s Mansion cannot afford to be attacked a second time.
"Well, what you said is indeed correct, but this does not conflict with the annexation of Yanqi. Even if I don't build a city, I can still plant here.
This place has plenty of water, so growing anything is no problem. I also want to build a fruit research base here."
He just didn't believe that he couldn't produce sweet watermelons by hybridizing.
"But isn't the prince growing fruits in Xizhou?" Wang Xuance reminded.
“That’s how much we planted, but it’s not enough for everyone in the world to eat.
And this time, I need to cultivate seeds. Don’t you think the current fruits are not sweet enough?”
Li Shen asked back.
"This...I think it's very good." Wang Xuance really wanted to say that it was sweet enough.
It was much sweeter than what he had eaten before.
But he didn't know that Li Shen had eaten sweeter fruits.
"It's not enough. It doesn't suit my taste." Li Shen shook his head.
"Your Highness, I still feel that this place is too far away and difficult to manage. Even if we want to establish a research institute, I think it would be best to be located near Chang'an City."
Wang Xuance was still a little worried.
“You don’t understand, here the sunshine lasts longer, so the fruit will be sweeter.
As long as we work tirelessly, continuing to breed, plant, and select the sweetest ones, we will be able to select even sweeter ones in a few decades."
Li Shen also heard from the Internet that fruits become sweeter after being exposed to the sun for a long time, but he didn't know the specific reason.
Wang Xuance wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Li Shen:
“Alright, no need to say any more, I have made my decision and will not change it.
Moreover, if the steam engine developed by the research institute is successful in the future, we will have a powerful weapon. By then, we can travel 800 miles a day and reach here in more than ten days.
Whether it's transporting supplies, goods, food, or troops, they can all be delivered directly here."
Li Shen thought of the steam engine he had been developing for more than ten years. He believed that with the accumulation of more than ten years, it should be able to be produced soon.
The next step is the internal combustion engine. Of course, the industrial technology required for the internal combustion engine is much higher.
Therefore, the development of the industrial revolution is inseparable from the industrial foundation. This is a barrier that is difficult to break by Li Shen alone.
Li Shen only knew that since they were in ancient times, they had to use ancient ways of playing, and it was not necessary to make things so modern.
I'm not a god, I can't know everything.
As for whether they would fall behind in the future or whether history would repeat itself, Li Shen couldn't think that far ahead, and he wouldn't live that long.
He can only buy more time for future generations.
In the following days, Li Shen would wander around the city every day, and then go outside the city to take a walk and see the beautiful grassland and the beautiful scenery.
The wind blew the grass low and the cattle and sheep were visible, and then I shot them a few times with a bow and arrow.
Anyway, these cattle and sheep were raised by nobles, and they wouldn't dare to say anything if I shot them to death.
Otherwise, they would entertain the nobles and brainwash them, telling them how great Chang'an was and how respected it was to be a noble in the Tang Dynasty.
More importantly, Li Shen promised that if anyone was willing to go to the Tang Dynasty, Li Shen could guarantee to ask Tian Khan for the title for them.
This is very attractive.
(What's the pain in the wind and rain...
Buttock pain)