Chapter 731 Free Trade Zone
Qingzhou
When Wu Ren set foot on the land of Qingzhou again, he was in a trance for a moment.
At that time, the governor was plotted against and hunted by Xie Zhan in Qingzhou, and their Pingzhou forces were forced to withdraw from Qingzhou. Unexpectedly, only half a year later, Qingzhou became the territory of their Pingzhou forces?
Beside him, Young Master Ji and Gu Huaisheng were also very emotional.
Tao Xun, on the other hand, looked very excited. The Tao family was considered a local tyrant in Qingzhou.
This time he finally returned home in glory.
When he insisted on choosing Pingzhou, many people in his family were not optimistic about it, and some uncles even expressed their intention to split up the family and sever ties with his family.
Now that Pingzhou has won, they have nothing to say, right? Even because of him, the Tao family didn't suffer too much hardship or injustice during Pingzhou's attack on Qingzhou.
"Let's go and get to work!" Wu Ren was the first to get off the boat, and the others followed closely behind.
This time, the governor sent Zhang Xian to be the governor of Qingzhou, and sent them all out, and also asked the Pei family of Hedong to come along. It is obvious that this three-state free trade zone is very important.
In fact, not only did Pingzhou send so many important personnel, but Dali also sent Wang Yun, Zheng Lingfeng and others to Xuzhou, and the Xianbei also sent the brothers Tuoba Jin, Tuoba and Tuoba Yu.
The three parties are well aware that the Qing, Xu and Yan free trade zones will be the battleground for the next three parties.
At the same time, Song Mo's carriage returned to Chang'an after stopping and starting several times.
But as soon as he returned to the Dali court, countless old ministers suggested that the emperor move the capital.
At present, the Xianbei are stationed to the north of Chang'an, and the Pingzhou army is stationed in Hedong to the east. It is like having two knives hanging over your head. It is too dangerous because you don't know when they will attack.
When Song Mo regained consciousness, he rejected the advice of his old ministers and insisted on not moving the capital!
Moving the capital would mean that he, as the emperor, was incompetent, and he couldn't afford to lose face!
As long as the capital was not moved, Dali would still be the same Dali, instead of being forced to move the capital by a female traitor like Lu Songli when Dali was passed into his hands.
Anyway, Dali, Pingzhou and Xianbei have just signed a five-year peace treaty, so there will be no war in the next period of time.
As for whether Pingzhou or Xianbei would invade Chang'an in the future, who cares? He was dying anyway.
Song Mo made this decision very willfully.
The old ministers had no way to deal with the emperor who kept falling asleep, so they had to ask the Empress Dowager for help, hoping that she could persuade the emperor or come up with some advice.
The Empress Dowager had a very difficult life in recent years. Although her status in Dali was second only to the emperor, the existence of Lu Songli often made her very angry and unable to sleep or eat.
Moreover, the more powerful Lu Songli's power became, the more she felt like she was being stabbed in the back and the more she lost face.
She was also unwilling to move the capital as proposed by the ministers. If the capital was moved, wouldn't it mean that Dali was afraid of Pingzhou?
The attitude of the grandfather and grandson made several old ministers who tried their best to persuade them walk away. It is really hard to teach a fool like a pig.
Emperor, you say you're in such a state, yet you don't even think about your descendants? Do you still care about your posthumous reputation? Is your posthumous reputation more important than the inheritance of your kingdom?
When they reach Chang'an, Song Mo, you'll just die, what will happen to them? The Empress Dowager won't think about it. At this time, can't you take on some responsibility, or even a little blame?
Moving the capital is not only to protect these ministers, but also to protect the lives of the Song royal family.
There is no hope for these grandparents and grandchildren.
So selfish.
Seeing that the two refused to listen to their repeated warnings, the veteran officials kept silent, but they continued to make small moves behind the scenes. It wasn't their fault, really. Who was it that Song Mo and the Grand Empress Dowager didn't take action? When danger strikes, if those above don't consider the people below, it's inevitable that those below will find a way out themselves.
Qingzhou
With the support of Zhang Xian, Gao Jinghe, a master craftsman from the Pingzhou Civil Engineering Workshop, carried out rational planning and construction of Qingzhou.
The key planning area is where Qingzhou borders Yanzhou and Xuzhou.
The free trade zone formed by the merger of three states blooms from the middle and radiates outward, and the central area is the most important.
Also, because Qingzhou and Xuzhou are close to the sea, if this free trade zone can be developed and managed well, these two states will become very valuable.
Therefore, Lu Songli planned to manage Qingzhou well.
While Wu Ren and others cooperated with Zhang Xian to carry out the construction of Qingzhou market in full swing, Dali and Xianbei just renovated the shops in the market of Yanxu and Xuzhou in the center of the free trade zone and started opening them after only two or three months.
But Wu Ren and his companions soon discovered that in addition to the original businesses of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the new major industries run by Dali and Xianbei were casinos and brothels!
This move stunned everyone in Pingzhou.
Wu Ren frowned, "No, what do Dali and Xianbei want to do?"
Gu Huaisheng said, "Of course, they are doing what they have wanted to do for a long time."
Young Master Ji sneered, "Okay, okay, that's how you want to play it, right? Shopkeeper Wu, Boss Gu, we must tell the governor about this!"
The letters from Wu Ren and others were quickly delivered to Lu Songli.
Lu Songli was not surprised at all by what Dali and Xianbei did.
It is always easier to destroy than to build.
It is not easy to make people move forward, but isn’t it also not easy to make people fall?
"Every customer who goes into the casino and spends money can get cash back? Do they want all the people to become addicted to gambling? This is too despicable and shameless!" Lu Desheng said angrily.
"This is probably the main reason why Dali and Xianbei are trying so hard to promote the three-state free trade zone," Guo Chong pointed out.
Dong Jichuan and others also reacted.
"Are they planning to reap the wealth of ordinary people, and even the wealth of Pingzhou, by this means before the Lunar New Year?"
"That's probably what it means."
"So what should we do? It's going to be hard to get this banned, right?"
"Yeah." Lu Songli nodded.
Many people have the mentality of taking advantage of small opportunities and overestimate themselves. They always think that if they play a game and get some cash back, they won’t be addicted to it.
But Lu Songli thinks that one should not get close to dangerous things, otherwise one will become unfortunate.
Lu Desheng regretted, "If only during the initial peace talks, they had stipulated that casinos and entertainment venues were not allowed to operate in the free trade zone."
"Dad, don't worry, it's okay, I'm here. It's not a big deal." Lu Songli comforted her old father.
It's not that she didn't think of this, but she did it on purpose, just to see where the bottom line of Dali and Xianbei was.
Again, those who are the first to break the rules and cross the moral wall and the boundaries of the rules always think that they are strong and that breaking the rules and boundaries is breaking the constraints on them. Little do they know that these moral rules and laws are actually protecting them, the weak.
It would be fine for her if Dali and Xianbei didn't do this, but since they took action first, don't blame her for being rude.
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