Li Dongsheng waved his hand and said: "You and I cooperate, how to talk about it!" "The Feng family has dominated Lingnan for many years and has strong strength. In ancient times, its unique geographical environment could not be entered by ordinary people, it was like an independent kingdom, and the forces of each party could not enter, which was also the reason why Li Dongsheng wanted to have a serious discussion with the Feng family.

Lingnan has a warm climate, abundant products, and the traffic is closed and isolated from the world, not to talk about anything else, it is the communication with the natives that gives Li Dongsheng a headache, this place is different from Jiangnan, the main thing is to envelop them, so that they will not give birth to a rebellious heart, so there must be benefits for them. As soon as the sword and soldiers move, the people suffer, so if you can tie them up with the economy, don't choose war.

Li Dongsheng poured another cup of tea for Feng Zhiyu, and then said: "Lingnan Wuhua Tianbao, the production is mostly rare treasures in the Central Plains, I see that there is less land that can be cultivated here, most of it is mountainous, and there is no harvest from growing food, so it is better to open a tea garden and produce tea, how about it?" ”

Feng Zhiying listened to Li Dongsheng's words, and where was he frozen: "My lord is saying that the mountains will be changed into tea gardens?" ”

"Not all mountains, it's a mountain area suitable for growing tea." Li Dongsheng said: "Those mountains are empty of wild grass, and I can arrange for someone to instruct them on how to grow tea." ”

"But those natives are not good at farming, and they are not willing to guide them to work!" Feng Zhiyu also knew the virtues of those natives.

"Let's start with the Hermes-Epitek first, and when the leaders of those natives see the benefits, then they will take the initiative to find us, and they won't be able to plant at that time!"

The Feng family is not bad for money, no matter how Feng Ang says it, he is also a hegemon, and his eyes are not just staring at money, what really makes the Feng family pay attention to Li Dongsheng at present, in just a few years, he has been promoted from a white body to a sixth grade, and then look at his age is only in his early twenties, and he will become a prime minister by virtue of his age.

Look at his political achievements again, he is outstanding in writing, he is also very familiar with government affairs, he is especially good at economic skills, and there are often unexpected moves, and the few families who follow him are making a lot of money, and now the entire Tang Dynasty, everyone is ready to slap him, except for those brainless families! actually made him an enemy because of the child's will.

Feng Zhiying heard Li Dongsheng's words, thought for a moment and asked, "If it's just tea planting, then there is no problem, is there anything else?" With such good conditions, Feng Zhiyu didn't believe that Li Dongsheng let him run so far to say these words.

Li Dongsheng laughed and said: "Brother Feng is too cautious, I, Li Dongsheng, have never been difficult to do things, I let them rush to do it!" He patted Feng Zhiyu on the shoulder and said, "When you plant tea, measure the land, Brother Feng shouldn't have any opinions, right?" ”

When Feng Zhiyu heard this, his mood was relieved, and he was mentally prepared: "No problem, no problem, the whole world is not the king's land, it should be!" ”

"That's good, I'll arrange for someone from the Tea Division to come to Lingnan in the next few days, and I hope Brother Feng will take care of it!"

After saying that, Li Dongsheng set up the banquet, there were two people at the banquet, the two of them staggered cups, drank three rounds, and served a dish, which was a very common glutinous rice ball, but a thing next to the glutinous rice balls made the well-informed Feng Zhiying also look straight: "This is sugar?" ”

Li Dongsheng nodded: "Brother Feng is right. ”

Feng Zhiyu couldn't help but stand up and look at it, and said in surprise: "Lingnan has produced sugar since ancient times, and the sugar produced in my family's fields is all yellow and bald, and the color is so white, I have never seen it." I don't know where you bought it? ”

Li Dongsheng saw Feng Zhiyu's reaction and knew that he was going to enter the sleeve, and said with a smile: "This candy was researched and played with when I was fine, and the sweetness is still the same, it's just a little better, come and taste it!." ”

Feng Zhiyu sandwiched a rice ball, dipped it in sugar, and put it in his mouth, the sweetness was the same, but the feeling was completely different.

Cane sugar in Lingnan has long been popular, but there are still too many impurities in sugar, and the color is not good-looking, and the method of using plant ash to lighten the color of sugar has not yet been discovered, that is, Li Dongsheng used it in Laizhou to make salt, and it is still in the stage of secrecy.

Feng Zhiyu's mind was smart: "I don't know what the price of this secret recipe is transferable?" ”

After speaking, when he looked up, he saw Li Dongsheng looking at him with a smile and a sneer in his eyes.

Feng Zhiyu, who was only watching, sweated on his forehead, and Li Dongsheng said softly: "This secret recipe is only given away, not sold!" ”

Feng Zhiyu was overjoyed, just about to be excited, and then surprised: "I don't know what conditions Lord Li needs to send this secret recipe?" "In the end, he is the son of a politician, he knows that there will be no pie in the sky, and there is no free lunch, Li Dongsheng is not a fool, give you such a good condition to see what you can exchange for.

Li Dongsheng said quietly: "It's very simple, that is, the safety of the tea division in Lingnan is all guaranteed by the Feng family, and the measurement of land must be fully promoted!" ”

"It's as simple as that?" Feng Zhiyu didn't believe it, he had promised it just now. Sure enough, Li Dongsheng turned around again: "In addition, open the port of Guangzhou to my friend's sailor ship to berth and replenish supplies!" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Feng Zhiyu was shocked in his heart, looking at these two sentences separately, they have no meaning, but they are a big deal when they are thought of as a big deal. When the people of the Tea Division measured the land, could they draw a map of the topography of Lingnan by the way? The ships of the Datang Navy Division anchored in Guangzhou, which means that the Navy Division understands the hydrology and can go straight to Guangzhou along the coast.

The reason why the Feng family was able to divide one side in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty was because of the unique geographical location of Lingnan! Lingnan was the land of Baiyue in ancient times, it was the place where the Baiyue people lived, and in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, it was the jurisdiction of the Nanyue Kingdom. The so-called Lingnan refers to the south of the five mountains, which are composed of five mountains: Yuecheng Ridge, Du Pang Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge and Da Yu Ridge.

The Five Ridges also refer not only to the names of the five ridges, but also to the five passages that cross the South Ridge. Even in later generations, the barrier of a mountain was like a moat, and many people in the mountain never came out in their lives, not to mention the Tang Dynasty, a feudal society with underdeveloped productive forces.

The Feng family has built passes on several key roads into Lingnan, and it has been impossible to open a single pass. That's why his family was able to cut off the land and make an independent small kingdom.

If these passages and topographic maps are all discovered by the people of the Tea Division, then there will be no secrets in Lingnan. However, Feng Zhiying looked at the white sugar on the table, which was as white as snow, and his heart was really entangled. Do you want to say yes or not? If you don't agree, then your Feng family wants to defend Lingnan according to the danger, what do you want to do? If he agreed, all the secrets of Lingnan would be exposed to Datang's eyes, and the Feng family's decades of painstaking management would all turn into flowing water.

Looking at the sugar on the table, and thinking about the consequences of agreeing to Li Dongsheng's conditions, Feng Zhiyu was in a dilemma, it was really difficult to choose!