Back in his backyard, Gu Qing took out the map and looked at the river above and drew several paths. The development of those rivers can maximize the speed of transportation.

"What are these guys outside arguing?" Li Zhi poked his head and looked at the front yard, "What's wrong with these people?"

Gu Qing focused on looking at the map and asked, "What do you think of His Highness King Jin?"

"What's the matter?" Li Zhi looked at Gu Qing's map, "Your lines are quite unique."

Gu Qing spoke with a black thread on his head and said, "Your Highness King Jin should go and read the book."

After taking a look again, Li Zhi asked in confusion, "Do you want to learn from the former Sui Dynasty to open up the canal? Gu Qing, I tell you, you are now the prime minister. When the father was building a harbor, he was helping you. Fortunately, there was no storm. If you dig the canal again, it would cost the people and cause money. Be careful to rebel against you."

"If someone rebels against me, will His Highness King Jin help me?" Gu Qing touched his chin and looked at the rivers carefully.

"Help you? I think beautifully." Li Zhi turned around and left.

"Human hearts are indeed sinister." Gu Qing sat upright and outlined the waterway based on several important canals in later generations. Jiangnan can be the source of waterways. From Haikou to the inland, it can extend to the inland through the Yangtze River. There are three general routes, with the waterway in Jiangdong as the fork in the intersection, divided into three, going north to Youzhou, south to Lingnan, and in the middle, you can even go directly to Chang'an, or even into Shu.

The Grand Canal dug by Yang Guang had a great impact on future generations. I have to say that this is a good thing, but when the wrong opportunity was used, Yang Guang played himself into a dead end.

"It's been more than an hour since the head of the family." Fan Jian came to report in a low voice.

"Have them for half an hour." Gu Qing took a sip of hot tea and said, "If they can't wait, they can leave. If they want to continue with me, stay. Not all businesses can be negotiated in one go."

Fan Jian nodded.

"I have drunk six cups of tea and went to the toilet three times! Why can't Gu Qing come yet?" Some businessman couldn't wait.

"We have been doing business for so many years, aren't we so patient?"

"I have to say that the Gu family's tea is really good." Someone said, "Another cup?"

"Damn it!" Slammed the table angrily...

...

Half an hour later, someone really couldn't wait anymore. Just as he was about to get up and leave, Gu Qing walked into the front yard, "Everyone, there are a lot of things on hand, so you have been waiting for a long time."

They were relieved when they saw Gu Qing coming out.

"Is this big brother leaving?" Gu Qing asked as he looked at him.

"No, I want to go to the toilet." The other party smiled.

"So that's the case." Gu Qing still sat down, "I thought I could see you off?"

Everyone smiled bitterly again. It was not easy to do business well and make money in the future. It was too difficult to do so many twists and turns in business with Mr. Gu.

"Then I'll talk about business." Gu Qing spread out a huge map, "About 40% of the money of the members, you can actually use it for him. You can't pay it, but I have a condition."

When all the merchants saw the map, they frowned, "The map of Marquis Gu is very detailed, and the mountains, rivers and rivers are all in it."

Gu Qing nodded slowly and said, "This is not the point."

"No, I have to say that there is no picture in Guanzhong that can do it like this now." Someone said again.

"If I hadn't traveled all over the mountains, rivers, I wouldn't have drawn such details."

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"Okay, OK." Gu Qing interrupted them, "The point is really not this picture."

"Dare you dare to ask Mr. Gu, can I buy this picture?" a businessman said.

A smile appeared on his face that was originally distressed, Gu Qing said curiously, "How much are you planning to pay?"

"This..." Everyone hesitated.

"Hey hey, don't change the topic, let's talk about business." Gu Qing put away his thoughts of making money, "Say it again, the focus is not on the picture, but on the business."

"Yes, yes." Everyone nodded.

Looking at the waterway marked on the map, Gu Qing said, "I want to open up waterways, build rivers, and open up three waterways that can connect the north and south of the Central Plains, and start the development with Jiangdong as the source."

"Exploring waterways is the condition of Mr. Gu." These merchants can get through at once. "The manpower and material resources are very expensive to explore waterways. Moreover, many rivers have been cut off or silt is congested, which may take several years. And if the construction starts too much, there will be a sound coming to the court."

"Of course I understand this." Gu Qing nodded.

"I wonder if Marquis Gu can change his conditions. We all know Yang Guang's misfortune back then."

"That's the condition." Gu Qing said, "Unlike Yang Guang's approach back then, we can proceed step by step. From a young age, I will give this deadline of ten years."

"Ten years." The merchants said one after another, "As long as we complete it within ten years, can we wait for the maritime traders do not have to pay?"

"That's right." Gu Qing added again, "But I want to add one thing. If you force the recruitment of civilians, don't blame me for being rude."

"Of course not. If today is peaceful, let alone forcing the civilians to conquer the people, it would be a little difficult for us to say that Marquis Gu would build a waterway."

"Then it." Gu Qing continued, "You can hire people to build waterways by yourself, but you can't recruit people. Build waterways from small to large. It has been abundant in ten years. Although the business of the Tang Dynasty has been stable, it has not improved much. The liquidity of goods is too poor. For example, you may make a lot of money once a year in the silk in Jiangnan, but this money is given by your fixed merchants. But if you can buy and sell silk a few more silk a year, and the speed of goods flows faster and the speed of money flows faster, the faster the working capital you get."

"Liquid capital." These merchants heard such a description for the first time.

"Sometimes you will definitely encounter this situation. After a transaction is made, it will take one or two months to receive the money. But if you can receive the money in just ten days, you can do other things immediately with the money. Often, you will not get the money until the next season when you sell the silk and want to do another business, you will not have enough money to make it rich, so you may miss the opportunity to let others take the lead."

"In the same example, the benefits of doing one business a year are very different from the benefits of doing three businesses a year." Gu Qing said with a smile, "Are you moved?"

"But I don't have the working capital that Mr. Gu mentioned."

Gu Qing sat down decadently and forgot that they were all very rich businessmen.
Chapter completed!