Mao Geng didn't know that Qu Lai San was still alive, and he didn't know that this guy followed Chen Liang to Chameng. How could he know that this guy would go west and pursue his dreams! If Mao Geng knew the intention of Qu Lai San, the dangerous element, he would naturally try to stop it, but Chen Liang concealed this matter from Mao Geng, and Mao Geng knew nothing about it.

Mao Geng just thought it would be good to let Chinese businessmen build an extra commercial port overseas, but it would be great if they could further seek an enclave to build a commercial port.

After pressing this matter, Jiang Kui and Jinding went to Annan and moored at a new port in Halong Bay. Then Jiang Kui and his party landed here and headed to Shenglong (now Hanoi), the capital of Annan.

The name of Annan Kingdom was given by Emperor Xiaozong of Song in the first year of Chunxi (1175). In April of this year, King Li Yingzong of Annan died. Li Gaozong, who was only two years old, ascended the throne. Su Xiancheng, the minister of the regent, was loyal. Su Xiancheng yearned for the culture of the Celestial Dynasty, built Confucius Temples, respected Confucianism, and had the momentum to build Annan into a small China. However, in just five years of regent, Su Xiancheng passed away, and the political affairs of Annan Kingdom became worse and worse since then.

Li Gaozong Li Longhan grew older. As the seventh king of the Li Dynasty, Li Longhan gradually grew up to be a model of a prodigal family. In history, he was unscrupulous in governing the country, believing in slander, fond of hunting, and overhauling palaces. Li Longhan's life achievement was to basically destroy the family business of Li Dynasty ancestors in his hands. As soon as Li Longhan died, Li Huizong, who ascended the throne, became a puppet of the Chen family. Li Huizong was confused and scattered on the throne of King Annan for fourteen years. In 1224, he witnessed the demise of the Li Dynasty with his own eyes, and the Chen Dynasty replaced it. The next year, Li Huizong, who was devoted to the Buddha, was killed in the Zhenjiao Temple, and the Li family was buried alive. All the people with the Li surname in Annan were forced to be changed to the Ruan family, and even the Li Dynasty was changed to the Ruan Dynasty. Tracing the roots, all this was given by Li Gaozong Li Longhan.

By the way, Li Longhan was already seventeen years old this year. Although he was still the queen mother assisting the government, Li Longhan, who was getting older, has shown some potential for a loser. Hunting is no longer a problem. At the same time, like all the rich N generations, he is slowly showing extraordinary big things in squandering. Unfortunately, he cannot make a complete decision when encountering major events, but Li Longhan has already made up his mind that once the power is obtained, he will build a brand new luxury palace as soon as possible.

Jiang Kui arrived at Shenglong under such a background.

Although Jiang Kui was not considered a great scholar in the Song Dynasty, he became an unquestionable top scholar when he arrived in Annan. As soon as Jiang Kui arrived, he was immediately enthusiastically sought after by the monarchs and ministers of Annan.

Li Longhan's respect for Confucianism is just an appearance, but his true love for singing and dancing. Li Longhan was impressed by Jiang Kui's music and music, especially the "Red Lotus Fragrance and Jade Mask Autumn" that Jiang Kui played for Li Qingzhao's "One Clip of Plum" which made Li Longhan, the 17-year-old young king, fascinated.

Jiang Kui never expected that after coming to Annan, he suddenly became very popular and was treated unparalleled.

The language in Chameng was not well understood, but Annan was popular in Chinese. Many customs seemed to be like the Song Dynasty. Jiang Kui found the feeling of being admired by thousands of people here. It was because Chen Liang was more popular in Chameng. However, when he arrived in Annan, Jiang Kui's musical advantages were fully reflected. If he had something to do, he would have to be even more important. Even Li Longhan highly praised Jiang Kui's musical lyrics, and the people below naturally praised them very much.

Looking at the entire Annan, who could write a good lyric like "Yangzhou Slow", let alone a song by himself. After Jiang Kui, who was not officially welcomed by the Song Dynasty, arrived in Annan, his fortune changed suddenly. He was suddenly a super scholar and a peerless talent, and was enthusiastically sought after by thousands of people, including Li Longhan, the leader of Annan.

However, Li Longhan's troubles also came immediately, that is, the neighboring country Chameng is building a beautiful new palace. The overseas edition of the "New News" has been published in succession, reporting on the future luxury of the new palace in Chameng as best as possible, which aroused Li Longhan's desire to compete and made Li Longhan feel like he was slapped in the face by Chameng.

Li Longhan was already dissatisfied with the old palace. Even if there was no such thing as Champa, Li Longhan would definitely want to build a new palace when he took power in two years. However, the new palace in Champa suddenly became the best. Li Longhan envy, jealousy and hatred came to his heart. Li Longhan believed that Annan was the only one of the three kingdoms, and how could Champa beautified in the majesty of the palace?

Once upon a time, Annan led his troops to attack Cham City. Twenty years ago, Cham City had to surrender Annan as its boss. However, time had changed. Cham City occupied Angkor ten years ago and plundered a lot. I guess Cham City was a palace built with real wax.

Everyone has the desire to compare, especially the N generation. It is not only the rich generation, but also the human nature. Just like later generations, competing to build the world's tallest building, it is also the cause of the desire to compare. If you build the tallest building, I will build a higher building to cover you, so the height of the building has reached a new high.

At this moment, Li Longhan was crazy about the new palace in Chameng that was about to surpass the Annan Palace. However, there were naturally some people who thought about Li Xiaowang, so Annan speculators began to operate the construction of the new palace. However, at this time, the power was in the hands of the empress dowager. Building the palace was not a small amount of money. The empress dowager did not let go, and the money was not settled for a while. Without money, no matter how Li Longhan did, the new palace could not be built.

Jiang Kui quickly learned about this trend. Like the Song Dynasty, Annan could not hide any secrets. Annan's enthusiastic people made a test, but Jiang Kui was not sensitive to this and did not regard this trend as a business opportunity.

The scenery of Halong Bay is really beautiful. There are more than 2,000 large and small islands here, each showing its majestic nature on the blue sea, which is so powerful that it can be called a fairyland on earth. Jiang Kui decided to live in Halong Bay. According to Mao Geng's vague description, it seems that the place where coal is hidden. Of course, in addition to this place, Jinding did not forget to send people to search elsewhere.

Forty years ago, a new business port was built in Halong Bay. Merchants from various countries traveled to and from this port, making Halong Bay increasingly prosperous. But there is also one disadvantage, that is, pirates often appear among these countless islands. Among the pirates, there are pirates in Annan, pirates in the Song Dynasty, and even pirates who collaborated with the Annan people. The Annan officials have never been able to wipe out the pirates in the archipelago.

On this day, a group of pirates from the Song Dynasty sent representatives to find Jiang Kui. Jiang Kui looked down on the pirates and pushed them to the Golden Ding with one push.

However, it turned out that Lin Gui occupied an island as a pirate in the Song Dynasty. The gang of pirates he was led had plundered a lot of money over the years. Lin Gui wanted to stop when he saw it, and then washed his hands from the mountain. However, Lin Gui was worried that he would be liquidated by the Annan government after he got ashore. He heard that Jiang Kui was praised by the monarchs of Annan in Annan, so he wanted to follow Jiang Kui's path and wash his hands and go ashore to become a serious Song merchant. Given that he did not know the foundation, Jinding Ding was unable to make up his mind whether to help these pirates.

If Jiang Kui's fortune was really good, at this moment, a group of Jinding masters who were looking for coal fields nearby encountered the fortune and actually dug out the best coal from a mountain bun without growing trees. I originally thought that digging coal was a needle in a haystack, but things were so surprisingly smooth. I can only say that my luck was amazing.

The crowd was overjoyed, but how to maximize the interests of the coalfield in Annan was really a big problem. The very direct way is to spend money to buy land, but if you buy land, how many acres should you buy? Even if you buy land, the minerals are not as good as others. After a little understanding, the Annan government also has another way to manage minerals, so buying land may not work, so what should I do!

Jiang Kui remembered that Chen Liang had talked about countermeasures, but unfortunately he was absent-minded at the time, but the countermeasures were in the bag, so he could open them and think about them carefully.

But Jiang Kui and Jinding opened the brocade bag and thought about it carefully, but they still couldn't figure it out. The two had to find Mao Geng's disciple Yang Zhe to make a decision. Yang Zhe was originally sent by Mao Geng to assist Jiang Kui. After reading the brocade bag, they pondered for a moment and said:

"Mr. once said that it is not easy to ask the government to take out money, but the government has a lot of resources and can always find resources to exchange interests. Most of these islands are homeless lands, and the coalfields have been deserted to this day. As long as the King Annan promises to take half of the money and borrow some land from us as a concession, we can build a new palace for him."

Mao Geng's strategy was of course a copy of the governments in later generations. Later generations of governments borrowed debts from the private sector or paid contractors, and often used land to pay for it.

"Why do you have to be a concession?" Jiang Kui was still a little puzzled. This concept was too far beyond his knowledge.

"The concession is just a saying. To put it bluntly, the reason why we want to rent the concession instead of simply buying land is because after the concession pays the rent, it is the kingdom of **, for example, there is no need to pay taxes, etc. As long as the concession does not exceed the concession period, the concession can be regarded as the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Anyway, Annan cannot interfere in all the affairs of the concession."

When the golden tripod stood up, he said:

"Yes, this 'concession' is very good, but since you want to build a concession, of course you have to choose the territory of the coalfield. What's the use of that island!"

Jiang Kui guessed that Li Longhan would not be able to pay half of the money, so he said:

"In fact, Annan can pay 30% is enough to satisfy."

Yang Zhe thought for a while and said with a smile:

"Sales 20% will be enough! Since Lin Gui wants to be a serious Song Dynasty maritime businessman, that achievement will fall on Lin Gui."

Chen Liang's bottom line of West China Construction Company is 30% of the cash payment, and if it is less than 30% of the West China Construction Company, it will be a copy, so 30% must not be missing. As for the profit sharing on this basis, it is Mao Geng, "Taisong Hai Trade" and "West China Construction Company" to calculate the details. In short, the three companies have much more to say.

The cost of building a palace in Chameng is 200,000 taels of silver. If Annan wants to build a palace in Chameng, it will cost at least 300,000 taels of silver. 30% is 90,000 taels, and 20% is only 60,000 taels, and 60,000 taels of silver. Li Longhan must be able to take it out.

"Wouldn't you really want to build one or two islands for Lin Gui as a concession!" Jiang Kui actually wanted to have a picturesque island.

"Although it's cheap, there are some useful things for Lin Gui, a person familiar with Halong Bay here." The golden tripod is more practical.

"That's right! At least he has to listen to us." Jiang Kui felt that Lin Gui didn't seem so hateful at this moment.

The three of them had a conclusion and then formulated a negotiation plan. Yang Zhe suggested that Feige send a letter to Mr. Mao before throwing the plan to Annan official, and Mr. Mao might be able to give better opinions.

Mao Geng did give his own opinions, but the content actually did not change much, and he just beautified the concession.

As a result, the notorious "concession" in history has transformed into a new policy for Annan to attract investment in Mao Geng's plan. The slogan is: "The window of Annan, a century-old concession, do business with confidence and prosper."

This slogan is full of positive energy. When Li Longhan learned about Jiang Kui's proposal, he suddenly felt that Jiang Kui was thinking too well for Annan. For example, the "partial payment for the palace construction" was very suitable for him. Well, paying 25% is not a problem. In addition, if Xialong Bay attracts a huge merchant in the Song Dynasty to operate, it is hard to say who borrows who will lay eggs! Well, "develop Halong Bay and build a small China" is a very good idea.

Li Longhan instructed his men to do such a meaningful thing quickly.
Chapter completed!