Suzhou Pier.

Zheng Hao strode off the cargo ship, and saw Li Yuanai not far away, and was flattered and stepped forward and said, "What kind of virtue is Zheng Qi? He was personally welcomed by the King of Wu?"

"Come on!" Li Yuanai signaled him to avoid the gift and said, "I am here to welcome cotton seeds. You are not that big of a face."

He said, watching the servant lift boxes of cotton seeds out of the cabin, his eyes glowing with golden light.

The purpose of destroying lewd sacrifices and promoting culture and education is to develop Jiangnan culture and win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, which belongs to the spiritual.

However, these cotton seeds are practical interests and the key to stimulating the development of Jiangnan.

Only when there is economic benefits can we pursue spiritual comfort.

If you can’t even satisfy your life, what kind of benevolence, righteousness and morality are you talking about?

Therefore, he was able to ignore everything else but the manager, but this cotton was a hundred times more concerned.

"What's wrong? Have you figured it out?"

Li Yuanai glanced at Zheng Hao, and somehow unexpected that he, the seventh son of the Zheng family, would transport cotton seeds in person.

Before going south, Li Yuanai invited Zheng Hao to go south with him to develop the economy of Jiangnan.

True huge profits are further from monopoly and open up new commercial channels.

As long as Jiangnan is successfully developed, the first batch of merchants to occupy the market will definitely be the most profitable.

He cooperated with Zheng Hao in the operation of Bashui Villa, and had a deep understanding of Zheng Hao's character, business methods, the financial resources and connections of the Zheng family. If he invested in Jiangnan, it would definitely be a win-win outcome.

But Zheng Hao declined.

The reason is nothing else, the Zheng family’s wealth is enough.

As the richest businessman in Chang'an, the Zheng family is very popular to win the world. The Zheng family will never spend all their family wealth in ten lifetimes.

The piles of wealth made Zheng Fengchi, who had been living in the shopping mall for half his life, feel the crisis.

Therefore, the Zheng family has long given up their external expansion over the years, stabilized the family's basic industry, and gave up a lot of benefits.

Although Zheng Hao could not see the development prospects of Jiangnan, he believed that Li Yuanai had the ability to revive the dead and was the first person to understand the inside story of cotton, so he naturally knew the huge profits.

The more this happens, the less Zheng Hao dares to accept it.

The wood is so beautiful that the wind in the forest will destroy it. No matter how rich their Zheng family is, they are just businessmen.

Money is the protective umbrella of their Zheng family, but once this money passes the boundary, it is a death-hunting talisman.

Li Yuanai also understood this principle, so he did not force it. Instead, he admired the decisions of the Zheng family. It was really not easy to withstand the temptation of such interests.

Zheng Hao bowed and said, "Zheng Qi is in Chang'an and is unable to provide help when His Highness needs it. I am really sorry. Over the years, my Zheng family has some connections. After choosing, Zheng Qi has chosen three of them. The head of the family has courage and has connections, which meets His Highness's requirements. If Your Highness agrees, Zheng Qi will come forward to convey His Highness's intentions on his behalf. If Your Highness has other plans, it doesn't matter, it's up to Zheng Qi to never say it."

Li Yuanai's heart is like a mirror. If he hadn't had a close relationship with him, he wouldn't have had such an unnecessary move.

"Let's just let you talk!"

It is only because of an acquaintance like Zheng Hao that Li Yuanai would take action personally, and he would not meet the rest of the merchants.

"But for them, there is no such preferential treatment to you... By the way, how many cotton seeds have you brought?"

"There are 300,000 good seeds and 300,000 bad seeds!" Zheng Hao said helplessly, "This is the most. Cotton is produced in India, but they are similar to us and do not pay attention to cotton at all. These 350,000 cotton seeds were collected through great hardships. According to what they said, there are no cotton in the wild in India now, and they have all been sent to His Highness."

A strange color flashed in Li Yuanai's eyes. It was true. Cotton was said to be a flower, but there was nothing good to look at, and it was just a little better than the wild flowers on the roadside.

There is not much ornamentality, and it is normal for Ah San to look down on it before his practicality is discovered.

Why not take a cauldron to remove the firewood?

He smiled sly and said, "After returning to Beijing, you will know the Indians and say you don't need to plant cotton in the future. Then next year you will find another group of merchants to collect cotton seeds from India at a price higher than the cotton we purchased this time."

Zheng Hao quickly reacted and said, "Your Highness is going to destroy the seeds of India."

Li Yuanai said: "I think it's just not that easy. But in this way, my Tang Dynasty can monopolize the cotton-making industry for at least 20 or 30 years."

If they blindly ask Tianzhu for cotton seeds, the number of cotton seeds will only increase.

This is called economic effect.

When there is a large demand, someone will try to farm and produce.

Now they don't want it anymore. Those merchants who intend to make money lose their buyers and naturally will not farm again.

When you buy at a high price in the second year, you will definitely get the last batch of remaining seeds.

In this way, even if cotton fabrics are leaked, Tianzhu has no ability to mass produce them.

It was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to sell cotton seeds back.

Not only Tianzhu, but within five years, Li Yuanai did not intend to spread cotton seeds, including other prefectures in the Tang Dynasty, to feed Jiangnan first and relieve economic fatigue.

"About cotton, you have to make it clear to us. We do not sell cotton, but only cotton products such as cotton coats, cotton pants, cotton gloves. All of these cotton products are made and operated by the official. They are responsible for purchasing and selling goods, and they can give them sales rights and must pay agency fees."

"this?"

Zheng Hao was stunned.

Can you do this in business?

Li Yuanai said indifferently: "Official business, monopoly. As long as you know how to do business, you will understand what it means. In the short term, cotton products can be much more valuable than salt and iron."

Cotton products naturally cannot be compared with salt and iron, but they are not popular and valuable in cotton, and their value is definitely above salt and iron.

After all, in the vast land of China, many people can produce salt and iron, but only Jiangnan produces cotton.

Zheng Hao sighed and said, "If Your Highness had been in business, my Zheng family's title would have been taken away by Your Highness."

Li Yuanai smiled and said that in terms of vision, he was not inferior to anyone.

Including the state-owned enterprises used in Jiangnan, the industry he used is one of the necessary means of reform. Only by holding the profitable industries in one's own hands can we truly take advantage of the people and use them for the people.

As for whether it will be privatized in the future, it is not under Li Yuanai's control.

Anyway, as long as he is in this position, no one is allowed to touch the cheese.

After instructing Zheng Hao to help him contact the seller, Li Yuanai called Liu Rengui to the inn and asked him to arrange for the people to grow cotton.

This is the case when growing cotton with grain, the people who are receiving the task will definitely resist it. No matter how poorly they grow grain, they can at least eat enough.

The unknown future of growing cotton can be afforded by ordinary people.

However, with Liu Rengui's ability, Li Yuanai believes that he can overcome it.

He didn't say much to him, and he directly handed over the task to him.

The cotton seeds are in place and everything is on track.
Chapter completed!