"The second uncle might as well tell the king of Yuanyang that he wants to recover the title deed, yes, 200,000 taels of silver, and the nephew will return the title deed. …… 150,000 is the principal, and the other 50,000 is to make up for the loss of the nephew. As long as he agrees, his nephew can return the title deed at any time. ”

"......" Zhao Yuanyan glanced at Zhao Hongrun a few times, frowned and said, "However, you will choose another piece of land to build a river port, right?" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Hongrun grinned, and said with a mocking look on his face: "My nephew will not only choose another piece of land to build a river port, but also choose a piece of land far away from the Yuanyang Kingdom......" Speaking of this, he raised his head and glanced at Zhao Yuanxi, and said lightly: "If you can't invest a huge amount of money, Bolangsha is just a barren land, just like this stone in your hand, Second Uncle." Only by investing huge manpower and material resources can we ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Hongrun took out another thing from his arms, put it in the palm of his second uncle Zhao Yuanyan's flat hand, and immediately said: "Only then can it turn waste into treasure and become a valuable thing." ”

"......" Zhao Yuan silently looked at a new small item in his palm.

It was a small, delicate stone puppet.

Comparing an ordinary stone that can be seen everywhere in his hand, and another stone puppet with exquisite carving and polishing, Zhao Yuanyan turned his head to look at Zhao Hongrun.

He realized that in this matter, there were quite a few people who made a mistake similar to him.

That is to misestimate the value of Bolangsa, to be precise, it is not taking into account the premise of the appreciation of Bolangsa's land.

It is undeniable that anyone with some insight knows that once the Bolangsha River Port is completed, this once barren land will become a golden mountain. However, how many people have delved into it in order to achieve this purpose. Zhao Hongrun and the smelting bureau he is in charge of, how much manpower and material resources will be invested in the early stage?

"......" Zhao Yuanyan felt a burning feeling of shame on his face.

Because he remembered Zhao Hongrun's analogy: a well digger named the Smelting Bureau has not yet started digging a well, and there is a group of people around him, holding a kettle and waiting to grab water to drink, which is indeed ridiculous!

"Don't be a fool for your little nephew, second uncle."

looked up at Zhao Yuanyan. Zhao Hongrun said in a low voice: "It is my Smelting Bureau that is preparing to build a river port, and I can cancel it at any time, and once it is canceled, Bolangsha is just a wasteland, what use can it be?" ”

Zhao Yuanyan frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Do you think that without you, no one can build a river port in Bolangsha?" ”

Zhao Hongrun grinned: "There is no need to mention the Yuanyang King line, that one." Without this manpower and material resources, as for the imperial court...... Hey! If the imperial court really planned to build a port in Bolangsha, the little nephew couldn't ask for it. …… There are many ways to make money in this world, and the little nephew is not bad at this one! Speaking of this, he shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity that the imperial court may not have the courage of the little nephew, and will build a river port in Bolangsha at all costs...... Who knows how much manpower and material resources would have been needed to build a river port in the barren swamps of Bolangsha? ”

"......" Zhao Yuanyan was silent.

After all, Zhao Hongrun was right. It seems that this kind of thing with a huge investment in the early stage and no return in a short period of time would not have the courage of the imperial court if it were not imminent. They will think: Anyway, there is Xiangfu Port, and it is enough to transport back and forth, as for Bolangsha, although it will be a treasure land after the river port is built, but for now, let's put it first.

This "put it first" is very likely to be more than ten years, decades or even hundreds of years.

And at this time. Zhao Hongrun finished the last sentence.

“…… Not to mention that this matter must also rely on the craftsmanship of our smelting bureau. If our Smelting Bureau does not cooperate, it will be in vain to have empty manpower and material resources. ”

In fact, when saying this, don't look at Zhao Hongrun's impassioned speech, as if he was disdainful of Bolangsha, but in fact. He was very weak at the moment.

After all, in his blueprint, Bolangsa is the best location for the construction of a river port that cannot be replaced.

Although the Huangchi County on the other side of the Guandu River is also geographically advantageous in the land opposite the Guandu River across the Guandu River from Bolangsha, it is a pity that it will be seriously affected by the flood impact when the big river (Yellow River) floods.

In addition, the geographical location of the rest of the Guandu River is not ideal, and it has long been abandoned by Zhao Hongrun.

Because of this, although Zhao Hongrun said that he didn't care, in fact, he was very nervous in his heart, for fear that his second uncle Zhao Yuanyan would say something like "Since this is the case, return Bolangsha to the Yuanyang King family".

Fortunately, Zhao Yuanyan looked at him with a pensive expression and did not say that sentence.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun felt a little more confident in his heart, and even his tone of voice couldn't help but be a little tougher.

"The second uncle might as well reply to the king of Yuanyang, if he insists on recovering Bolangsha, then he will simply break up, and he will pay an extra 50,000 silver to the little nephew as compensation for the loss, and the little nephew will choose another location to build the river port; Otherwise, don't be greedy......" After a pause, Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly and added: "If the Bolangsha area prospers, Yuanyang will definitely benefit. That share is more valuable than the wasteland he is losing now. ”

『……』

Zhao Yuanyan stared at Zhao Hongrun expressionlessly, and didn't say anything more, after all, all the words were blocked by Zhao Hongrun.

Although he could see that although this nephew kept saying that he didn't care about Bolangsha, he still hoped to hold this land firmly in his hands, so what was the point?

Debunking the matter?

After all, with this nephew's previous character, I am afraid that the matter of Yu Bolangsha's construction of the river port may really be broken up, and at that time, not only will the Yuanyang King's family not be grateful to him for recovering Bolangsha for them, but it will also make him offend the nephew in front of him, and the former brother standing behind this son, the current Great Wei Tianzi.

If someone in the court learns the ins and outs of this matter, I am afraid that there will be some resistance to his sect.

This is a typical thankless task.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanyan pondered for a while, and finally decided to let Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, make his own choice.

"You go back first." He said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he was talking about moving the second uncle in front of him.

As long as this second uncle does not stand on the side of Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, then this matter will be much easier to solve.

Zhao Hongrun bet that as long as Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, could see the value of Bolangsha in the future, he would never refuse this great temptation and push out the port that could have been located in the Yuanyang fiefdom.

As for how to be sure whether Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, can see the value of Bolangsha in the future. Just looking at the fact that he hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to the Zongfu, hoping to trade Bolangsha back, it is enough to prove it.

On the same day, Zhao Yuanyan really wrote a letter in his own hand according to what Zhao Hongrun said, wrote his conversation with Zhao Hongrun in the letter, and sent someone to send it to the main city of Yuanyang Kingdom immediately.

And this letter is probably nothing more than the two choices proposed by Zhao Hongrun: either take 200,000 taels to redeem Bolangsha, and he will choose another place to build a river port; Either. Yuan Yangguo honestly admitted this incident.

I have to say that when Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, saw this letter, he was very dissatisfied in his heart.

In fact, the ransom of 200,000 taels of silver is actually irrelevant, the key lies in the second half: if the Yuan Yang Kingdom chooses to take back Bolangsha, then Zhao Hongrun will give up building a river port in this place.

This is where Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, really makes trouble.

As Zhao Hongrun guessed, in fact. Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, also saw the value of Bolangsha in the future, therefore. When he learned that his son Zhao Chengxiu had sold this piece of land to Zhao Hongrun for a mere 150,000 taels, he slapped his son in anger and immediately sent a letter to the Zongfu, hoping to recover this immeasurable loss.

But unfortunately, as he had predicted earlier, the meat that was eaten in the mouth by others. How can there be a reason to spit it out easily?

Su Wang Hongrun, the young nephew, in turn, gave him a problem.

He sat at the table in the room, frowning at an ordinary stone that had been sent with the letter, and a delicately carved and polished stone puppet.

Of course, he could understand the true meaning of this little object.

In fact. Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, also understands this truth: if you don't invest a lot of manpower and material resources in Bolangsha, it will be nothing more than a barren swamp that is inaccessible.

But he still felt unwilling, because if it weren't for his son Zhao Chengxiu's self-righteousness and self-assertion, he would have been able to get more.

"Bring the prince to this king!" Zhao Wenkai endured his anger and ordered the people in the mansion to be humane.

Not long after, his son Zhao Chengxiu came to the house tremblingly, although it was two days later, but it was vaguely seen that his face was still a little swollen, so it is not difficult to guess what kind of force the slap that Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, gave his son at that time.

"Father......" Zhao Chengxiu called cautiously.

"Smack-"

With a crisp sound, a reddened palm print suddenly appeared on Zhao Chengxiu's left face, but he didn't dare to move.

"There is not enough success, and there are more failures!" I saw Zhao Wenkai glance at him coldly, and reprimanded him in a low tone mixed with thick anger: "Rebel, do you know how much low-hanging fruit my Yuan Yang has lost because of you?!" ”

Zhao Chengxiu trembled with fright, and only after half a sound did he whisper: "Wouldn't it be good if the father took back Bolangsha...... It's not much different from before. ”

『……』

Zhao Wenkai turned his head and glanced at Zhao Chengxiu, his eyes full of incredible disappointment.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to reprimand his son again, but in the end, he just shook his head.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "Bolangsha, just give it to Zhao Hongrun, and this matter will end here." ”

"Father?" Zhao Chengxiu raised his head in astonishment and said in disbelief: "That...... Didn't our Yuan Yang suffer a big loss? ”

It's okay not to mention this sentence, but as soon as he mentioned it, Zhao Wenkai was full of fire, got up and slapped his son again, and scolded angrily: "You still dare to mention it?!" …… Get out! ”

Zhao Chengxiu stared at his father blankly for a while, turned his head and left the house with a pale face.

After returning to his house, the more Zhao Chengxiu thought about it, the more angry he became, and in a fit of anger, he smashed all the objects in the house that could be broken.

"Zhao Hongrun!"

He gritted his teeth and muttered Zhao Hongrun's name.

As Zhao Hongrun once expected, the attitude of Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, is unknown for the time being, but his son Zhao Chengxiu has obviously regarded him as a mortal enemy.

Seeing Zhao Chengxiu sitting at the table with a pale face and pondering something, I believe that he must be thinking about how to take revenge on this matter in order to vent the anger in his heart. (To be continued.) )