The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 150 The Greatness of the World

When Di Renjie heard what Li Yuanfang said, he fell into deep thought. In the past, to solve cases, he often struggled with wits and courage with those behind-the-scenes gangsters.

Unexpectedly, this time Ying Wang Yuanqi actually confessed that he is the suzerain of the Iron Hands Group, and he did order people to rob people overseas to mine gold and silver.

According to common sense, he can of course mobilize the army of Jiangnan Road to wipe out the Iron Hands, but it is really difficult to deal with this prince who has made great contributions to the court.

In terms of people's livelihood alone, King Ying's contribution to Yangzhou and even the entire Jiangnan Road is indelible, but he did violate the taboo of being a minister, secretly supporting killers to run private forces.

After some weighing, Di Renjie decided to meet with 'Yuan Qi' first, since he wanted to meet with himself, he must have something to say.

So, on the second day, he took Li Yuanfang, Di Chun and others to rush to Yangzhou.

After arriving in Yangzhou, Di Renjie quietly came to the imperial ship.Regardless of taking a break, he immediately changed into an official robe and rushed to Yangzhou Taishou's Mansion with a guard of honor.

Li Han and the others immediately came out to greet them when they learned about it, placed them in the posthouse, and then cleaned up the dust and so on, needless to say.

Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang, Zeng Tai and others also enjoyed the baptism of Jiangnan cuisine. Compared with Liangzhou, Jiangnan's products are too rich.

After drinking and eating, Di Renjie met with Li Han alone in the study, and learned a lot about Jiangnan Road from him.

Generally speaking, among the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty, Jiangnan Road has the best momentum of development. Both in terms of economic scale and population, it is likely to catch up with Hedong Road and Guannei Road.

Of course, corruption and other chaotic phenomena also appeared in the process of development, especially some people with strong backgrounds, and Li Han was helpless.

But he compiled and recorded the crimes of those people in a book, and even the chain of evidence is complete, and now they are all in the hands of Di Renjie.

Di Renjie praised Li Han greatly, especially the various deeds he heard from the people showed that this former doctor of the Ministry of Water was a capable minister and official.

With this material, he can save a lot of time and energy, and he can rectify the officials in Jiangnan Province and promote the royal way of Her Majesty the Queen.

Of course, what he is most concerned about and looking forward to most is the meeting with Ying Wang Yuanqi.

He didn't sleep well all night, but Di Renjie felt refreshed when he got back into the cage in the early morning.As agreed, he ordered Li Yuanfang to perform an imperial guard of honor and visit Prince Ying's mansion openly and aboveboard.

As soon as the imperial guard of honor arrived at the palace, he saw the middle door of the palace opened to welcome the imperial envoy with extremely high etiquette.

As soon as Di Renjie got off the sedan chair, he saw a middle-aged fat man with a calm demeanor in a python robe coming to greet him. This was the first time he saw Yuan Qi, but he already knew the secret from Li Yuanfang.

The two went through a set of official etiquette procedures, and then they came to the living room of the palace at the invitation of Du Yu.

After serving the tea, Di Renjie tasted the tea and found that the tea in the Wangfu seemed to be different from the tea that was popular in the Tang Dynasty. There were no spices in it, it was just clear tea, but after tasting it carefully, it was fragrant and had a special taste.

"My lord's tea is unique." Di Renjie said with a smile on his face.

"Tea is just a small way, and it cannot enter the elder's eyes." Du Yu said.

"What is the great way in the eyes of the lord?" Di Renjie had something in his words.

"I'm an ordinary person, and the way of thinking in my eyes is only gold and silver. It's not like the old man who has the world in his heart." Du Yu said.

"Gold and silver? I don't think the prince is that vulgar." Di Renjie said.

"Maybe, it's just that my purpose in Datang is really only common things such as gold and silver, and I don't have any ambitions." Du Yu said.

"However, the prince still supports a large-scale killer organization like the Iron Hands, which can always explain something." Di Renjie said.

Du Yu shook his head and said, "Master Ge would venture to ask a question, how big is the world in your eyes?"

Di Renjie was taken aback, and then said: "This world is very big. There are not only Tang, Tule, Tubo overseas, but also countries like Wa. Although I haven't been there, I have heard about it."

Du Yu smiled and said: "The elder Ge has a wide range of knowledge and knowledge, but he is inevitably limited to the times. I wonder if you dare to come to the study with me?"

"Why not, the prince kindly invites me not to go, doesn't it mean that I don't know what to do." Di Renjie said very calmly with a smile on his face.

Du Yu led the way and brought Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang to the study.

As soon as they entered the room, the two saw a huge map hanging on the east wall of the study.

"This is...?" Di Renjie was a little shocked.

"Look, Mr. Ge, this is the map of the whole world." Du Yu said.

"My lord, where is my Great Tang?" Li Yuanfang asked.

Du Yu smiled and pointed to him, which clearly marked the territory of Datang.

"What? I only have such a small territory in Tang Dynasty?" Li Yuanfang said with some surprise.

"That's true. Don't look at the vast territory of the Ten Realms under the Tang Dynasty, but it's really not that big compared to the whole world." Du Yu said.

"May I ask where the prince got this map?" Di Renjie asked.

Du Yu pointed to the sky mysteriously, but did not reveal his true origin.

Seeing this, Di Renjie didn't ask questions, but looked at the map that shattered his worldview very seriously, trying to write it down with his photographic memory.

Seeing this, Du Yu smiled and said, "Elder Ge doesn't need to waste his energy and force to memorize. If you want, I have plenty of maps like this here."

"The old minister had the cheek to ask for one." Di Renjie said.

"Elder Ge, don't worry, I will give you a gift when the time comes. Let's talk about that, now Elder Ge believes that I don't have any ambitions for Datang?" Du Yu said.

"It seems that the prince really does not intend to rule in the Tang Dynasty, and the prince of the large overseas territories can naturally choose one place to dominate." Di Renjie said.

Du Yu nodded and said: "This is the reason why I didn't disband the Iron Hands Group after I took over Yuan Qi's identity. Please look at it, Mr. Ge, this is the mine managed by the Iron Hands Group in the country of Japan. Up to now, I have brought mines to the king every year. The benefits are more than 10 taels of silver, and there is a gold-rich mine on the island that also belongs to the Wa Kingdom, which is also occupied by the Iron Hands and can produce nearly 3000 taels of gold every year, and..."

Di Renjie looked at him pointing to the circles drawn on the map, but what he heard was gold and silver and other precious minerals that could be used as currency.

"My lord, is overseas really so rich?" For the first time, Di Renjie felt that it was too small for the Tang Dynasty to only occupy the Central Plains.

"That's true. Take this continent as an example. There are high-quality iron ores on it. Even if only one piece of it is mined, it is enough for ten years in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, this continent is still unclaimed land. Maybe only some savages are there. Where can we survive, there are probably not many people." Du Yu said, pointing to the future Australia.

"Why didn't the prince send someone to occupy it?" Di Renjie asked.

"It's just that there is enough energy to spare. In the first year of Shenlong, His Majesty's statistics, I have 615 million households in Datang, about 3714 million people. How many people are distributed to Yangzhou, and how many people are willing to go overseas with the Tie Shou Tuan. You know the old man Am I helpless?" Du Yu let out a long sigh.

"The old minister seems to understand why the lord has presented his majesty with blessings." Di Renjie said.

"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Ge Lao's eyes." Du Yu laughed.

"Unfortunately, although our Great Tang Dynasty is strong, it is not easy to use weapons lightly. If the prince hadn't offered blessings to feed more people these years, I am afraid that several wars would drag down the treasury." Di Renjie sighed a little.

"Mr. Ge's words are wrong. War does bring disasters, but at the same time it can also bring benefits to the people of Tang Dynasty. It's just that the court didn't find the right way." Du Yu said.

"What's your opinion, my lord?" Di Renjie asked.

"I don't dare to claim high opinions in front of Mr. Ge. I just want to say a little bit of my personal opinion. Mr. Ge should know that the biggest problem of my Han Dynasty is land annexation. Some wealthy people become propertyless refugees, if the weather is good, it’s fine, but once some disasters immediately turn from natural disasters to man-made disasters, I don’t know if I’m right?” Du Yu asked.

"That's true. Don't say history is that this dynasty has already shown such shortcomings, but they can't be eradicated." Di Renjie said.

"We have to start from two aspects. One is to make internal reforms to curb land mergers, and the other is to actively develop land so that the people of Tang Dynasty will not lack land." Du Yu said.

"I wonder if the prince can explain in detail?" Di Renjie asked.

(End of this chapter)