"It is not about that," Chang Geng said. "It's not yet time - the land confiscated along the canal can be used for settling the refugees. The best land for fish and rice will be kept for cultivation, and factories will be built elsewhere. Master Du, his trading group and the court will each distribute half of the funding. The factories will not be owned by private businessmen. They will be run by the court and under the Grand Council. In addition to the six ministries, a special department will be set up to supply Ziliujin, strictly controlling the source. On regular days, business affairs in factories will be handled by trading groups. Sixty percent of the profits obtained will be directly put into the national treasury, forty percent are for the merchants to build more factories, is it alright? This not only will settle the refugees, but also will not let the Emperor worry about Ziliujin flowing to the outside. It will also enrich the national treasury and count as a benefit for the businessmen."

Gu Yun listened and said nothing for a long time.

He understood, Chang Geng had thought it over several times, perhaps it had all been completed before he went down to Jiangbei, but if he had put it forward at that time, he would have created a large profit, all the noble families would have tried with all their might to get a piece of it. Yang Rong Gui's people even dared to steal the funds for disaster relief to add to their own pocket, let alone this.

In the end, this measure that planned to take down several birds with one stone would inevitably result in 'the treasury not having any real profit, businessmen being constrained by the many complicated layers of officials in the court, refugees being treated as livestock, only the big and small worms standing in the middle able to fill their own private pockets'.

Therefore, he intentionally intensified the contradiction between the noble families and the new officers in the court, disturbed a pool of water in Jiangbei and divided the noble families with their linked branches. He planned to sit and watch how lawless they could be, then retreat behind the scenes to avoid the front.

In the middle, there were several accidents beyond the control of humans, who knew that after having several setbacks, it actually also let him achieve all his set goals.

Chang Geng blinked his eyes. "How is it?"

Gu Yun returned to his senses and said without a proper start or finish, "If one did not know better, they would assume you were a disaster sent by heaven."

His sentence was off the wall, but Chang Geng understood it. He dragged himself beside Gu Yun, touched Gu Yun's shoulder and said, "Great Liang's fate stands behind me, do you believe it?"