On the tenth day of the Chinese New Year, Jiankang, Poyang Prince's Mansion, and Poyang King Xiao Fan looked at a letter and was overjoyed.

This letter has several pages of paper, with many words written, and a sketch attached, which depicts a situation near Le'an, Raozhou, and draws a range with a red pen.

Li Li said that in this range, a huge copper vein was lying quietly on the shallow ground.

This copper vein is very easy to mine and is convenient to transport, because the mining area is not far from Nanpo River and the terrain is not very undulating, so it is not too difficult to open the road and build bridges.

After nearly ten years of development, Le'an has become increasingly large in scale. A large number of young and strong men and their families have settled in the city and nearby areas, and the local area has sufficient manpower and material resources to mine the huge copper mine.

The scale of Nanpo Water shipping is not small. The smelted copper can be easily transported to Poyang and then transported to Jiankang.

In short, once the court decides, the huge copper mine in Le'an can be mined immediately. As long as the foundation is laid in the first year, the mining volume of the following year is optimistically estimated to reach half of the water copper output.

If the mining scale can be expanded as planned, the annual output of copper ore can reach the output of water copper in the third year. After that, the output will increase year by year, and within a few years, it can reach tens of millions of kilograms of copper.

This is the estimated result given by Li Li in his letter. If everything goes well, the annual output of tens of millions of kilograms of copper can be achieved within ten years.

Because the ore veins are huge, as long as the mining scale is ensured to increase year by year, the copper output will still increase year by year, and the annual output will be over 100 million jin in the end.

The current annual output of Le'an water copper is more than 2 million jin.

The annual output of copper exceeds 100 million jin, which is a dizzying number, because copper is equal to money. With an income of tens of millions of jin or even hundreds of millions of jin of copper every year, it means that the court has money, which means...

It means that the country is prosperous and strong, and the army is just around the corner. It means that unification of the world is not a dream!

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan's breathing became rapid. Although he read this letter many times, he could not hide his excitement every time he read it.

So, he has been unable to sleep all night and is very excited in the past few days.

My mind was full of thought about mining copper mines. After the court was no longer short of money, how should we rectify the administration of officials, train new troops, suppress the powerful people in various places, and work hard to govern.

He knew very well the shortcomings of the country. A large ship full of holes must be repaired to ride the wind and waves.

However, Xiao Fan is over 60 years old and may not be able to survive the Northern Expedition any day, but he still has the crown prince Xiao Si.

Even if he couldn't wait for the Northern Expedition to unify the world, he could spend several years to eliminate the bad policies. Then, the crown prince Xiao Si would complete these great achievements that countless people wanted to accomplish but could not achieve over the past few hundred years.

Xiao Fan put down the letter and looked at the sketch again, but Li Li's appearance appeared in his mind.

There is no doubt that Li Li is a pillar of talent. Whether it is fighting wars, governing local areas, or operating industries, he is a rare talent.

Therefore, Xiao Fan did not doubt the gift Li Li gave at all, nor did he doubt whether the huge copper mine with amazing reserves in the letter existed.

Li Li is a horse with a thousand miles of horse, but his background is slightly cold. If he had no Bole's appreciation, he could only be a horse that pulled a cart, and he would not be able to eat enough, let alone galloping thousands of miles.

The Bole who appreciated him was no longer in the world before the horse that was truly galloping.

Originally, this great gift was to be presented to Bole for a thousand-mile horse.

According to what Li Li said in his letter, more than ten years ago, Le'an discovered water copper, and the imperial court then refined water copper by the gallbladder method, and the output increased year by year, becoming an important source of wealth.

Li Li judged that the reason why there is "blue water" rich in "water copper" in Le'an area must be that there are rich copper ores in nearby areas. If the ore is slightly dissolved by water, water copper will appear.

With so much water copper content, you can imagine how many real copper ores are.

So Li Li sent a team to continuously explore in the Le'an area, hoping to find the real mine veins.

This search has been nearly ten years.

When the exploration team found out the ore veins, the late emperor was assassinated and the crown prince died later.

As a result, Li Li finally prepared a great gift and didn't know what to do with it.

The court's finances were in short supply. If this huge copper mine could be developed, it would be said that it would be a long drought and rain. However, the gift that Li Li took nearly ten years to prepare was given, and at least it would be rewarded with a decent return.

Among all the ministers of the regent, only Poyang King Xiao Fan, who "recorded the affairs of the Shangshu", has a close relationship with Li Li and has had "cooperation" before, so this gift was given to Xiao Fan.

As a corresponding return, Li Li hopes that he can prepare for the war in Xuzhou, expand his army, and prepare for the future Northern Expedition.

When that day came, Li Li hoped that he could be the actual commander of the Northern Expedition Army, leading the army of tigers and wolves, unify the world and leave his name in history.

As for the nameless coach, of course, it is determined by the court. The first great achievement in unification of the world is of course the nameless coach.

The implication is that Li Li expressed his attitude. If Xiao Fan or Xiao Si were the commander of the Northern Expedition in the future, he would be the front pawn of the horse.

It was a very cost-effective transaction, and Xiao Fan had no reason not to agree or doubt anything.

Li Li was born in a cold and had no foundation in the court. He was not convinced by the aristocratic clans and officials. Except for his father and son, no royal family would value Li Li.

When Li Li was in the local office, if he wanted to achieve something, he would have to support the prime minister in the court.

Who else can give the prime minister who can truly support him?

The kindness of the late emperor Li Li has been returned, so...

So when his father and son took that step, it was not something unacceptable for Li Li, otherwise he would not have given this gift.

The young emperor could not sit still, and the power would be stolen sooner or later, and those who hold power would inevitably eliminate dissidents.

Xiao Fan knew that if he could not become a person with great power, he would become a dissident who was eliminated. Therefore, whether he had thought about it at the beginning or not, in the end, there would be only one choice.

And now, who else in the court can compete with me?

Xiao Fan became more and more excited the more he thought about it. Now, he was so close to that location, but the more he was like this, the less he could not be anxious.

If you really want to sit on it, you have to find a way to solve this mess, find ways to eliminate hidden dangers, and find ways to control the place.

With that huge copper mine, all this is not a problem. With money and food, he can train his army, suppress any ill-intentioned people from the inside, and expand his territory from the outside.

"What a great gift, a great gift." Xiao Fan said to himself, put the letter away, locked it into an iron box, and put it carefully.

This news must be kept confidential now because it involves "placeholding": the position of governor of Raozhou must be changed.

Since I want to mine copper mines, the position of governor of Raozhou must be "his own people" and then lay the groundwork.

Until then, the news about Le'an Copper Mine cannot be leaked.

Xiao Fan received the letter, sat back in front of the case, and conceived his grand ambitions.

If he could live to his eighties like his uncle (Xiao Yan), then there would be at least twenty years to make a difference next.

In twenty years, he unified the Central Plains, ruled the world, and returned to the old capital Luoyang.

In the new palace, in the Tai Chi Hall, he wore a crown, faced north and south, looking down at the civil and military officials below the steps, looking at the kings of the two countries that were destroyed by Zhou and Qi, and the envoys of the various countries.

The rising sun rises in the east, illuminating the earth, and the reputation of the Emperor Daliang spreads all directions.

Thousands of years later, people can still know through historical books that it was he who ended hundreds of years of troubled times and recreated China!

The supreme glory made Xiao Fan breathe rapidly with excitement, and slowly drank a cup of tea to stabilize his thoughts.

Soon there will be followers who report that the envoy from the palace has arrived at the royal palace.

"The Chinese envoy is here? Can he reveal what is the matter?" Xiao Fan asked. It's the New Year now, and there are countless social engagements.

The follower replied: "The king, my subordinates heard the Chinese envoy's words. The day before the Lantern Festival, King Jianping would preach the Buddhist scriptures to Your Majesty, and the Queen Mother asked the king to attend."

"Talking Buddhist scriptures?" Xiao Fan thought for a while and smiled: "I understand, you can treat the envoy well, and I will go there later."

The follower left and Xiao Fan thought.

King Xiao Daqiu of Jianping was obsessed with Buddhism and had a lot of research on Buddhist scriptures. It was reasonable for him to preach to his nephew (young emperor).

However, if someone wants to do it, I don’t think I will wait too long, but I don’t know when I will choose.

The prince Xiao Si led his army to attack Xiao Bo in Guangzhou. The war went smoothly and had already entered Lingbiao before the New Year. With the assistance of the governor of Hengzhou Ouyang Fu, the troops took a boat and rushed straight to Panyu, Guangzhou.

Perhaps, Xiao Bo has taken Panyu now, and soon he will return to the court.

Xiao Fan knew that someone must have caused trouble after luring the tiger out of the mountain, so he used a trick to lure the snake out of the hole. Now, there is not much time left for the other party to take action.
Chapter completed!