Dingtao County is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, in the middle of Heze area. At present, it has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 13 townships, 3 18 administrative villages and 1044 natural villages with 580,000 people, with a total area of 844 square kilometers and 760,000 mu of cultivated land. Dingtao, formerly known as Tao Qiu, has a history of more than 4,000 years. According to legend, Emperor Yao and Shun used it as their capital and ruled the world. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Western Han Dynasty for more than 800 years, it has been the land and water transportation center, strategic location and national economic center of the Central Plains, enjoying the reputation of "the best in the world".
The Historical Story of Dingtao District
In 494 BC, a war broke out between wuyue and China. Fu Cha, the king of Wu, defeated the Vietnamese army, and Gou Jian took his wife as a slave to Wu Wei, while Fan Li accompanied the king of Yue to Wu Wei as a hostage. Fan Li won the trust of the king of Wu with his strategy, which enabled Gou Jian to return to China smoothly. After his success, Fan Li retired from the torrent and took a boat to the seashore of Qi State, renamed Ziyipi, cultivated in the seashore, boiled salt around the sea, and fished and bred. After painstaking efforts, the accumulated capital has reached hundreds of thousands, and its reputation is far-reaching. At this time, the Qi people discovered his talent and let him be a minister of Qi for three years.
Fan Li has the idea of "getting rich and doing good". He once said to someone, "run a property that can buy 1000 yuan, and be an official can go to your position as prime minister." This has reached the limit. It is unlucky to enjoy such splendor for a long time. "So he returned to Xiangyin, scattered all his possessions, sent away his relatives and friends and neighbors, and quietly left the seaside. Later, he settled in Tao Di and returned to his old job, with tens of millions of assets, becoming a well-known Tao Zhugong.