Chapter 983: Refusal to Accept Bribes (Part 1)
Everyone continued to eat, Li Yi ate slowly, and the three of them were fast.
They finished eating and went to serve it again, and they did eat a lot of food, and it seemed that they were very tired from the journey.
Having eaten their fill, the three of them showed satisfied expressions.
Li Yi sent someone to arrange for them to rest, and those who slept in the open all the way will get sick if they don't rest well.
Li Yi checked the information, Luzhou is a small place, at the exit of Qinzhou Bay.
In the location of Wuleiling in Qinzhou, Guangxi, it is recorded that there are 494 households and 2,674 mouths.
This number is not accurate, and later generations did not know which period they were referring to when they wrote it.
Obviously, the figures do not include the mountain people, who do not have a household registration.
The local Tugong is silver, tortoiseshell, crestshell, crestfish, green feather, and jiaxiang.
Silver is silver, Guangxi has silver, and hawksbill turtles are turtle-like things of the turtle family.
The normal information can't be found in the skin, no, but the meaning of the bottle is incense.
The back of the green feather refers to the green feather grass, a medicinal herb. Jiaxiang is a snail and a medicinal herb.
So Li Yi analyzed, the local skin is said to be fragrant bark, and Guangxi has fragrant bark trees and herbs.
Now I understand that except for silver, they are all medicinal herbs.
Where did Luzhou's silver come from? Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine is not, Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine is in Long An County, far away.
It can only be the generation of Sino-Soviet silver mines in Bobai County, and then there are scattered local distribution, so they are collected as Tugong.
"It is estimated that the local silver ore vein has not yet been found, and if you want to develop, someone must be willing to go and point out the ore vein."
Li Yi is thinking about what to use to make local people willing to build roads, but just sea trade is not enough to support it.
There are many mines in Guangxi, such as bauxite, lead-zinc ore, tin ore, tungsten ore, manganese ore, antimony ore, gold ore, copper ore, and coal mine.
As long as the good digging points are brought out, the locals, no, the people from outside are also willing to help build the road.
Of course, there may be people who want to send it to the sea and transport it by sea, but the mountain people will not agree.
Finally, I have something valuable, and I hope to use it to build roads, what does it mean for you to take the waterway?
"The quality of the coal mine is good, but it needs to be built, the construction of the well is dangerous, the speed is slow, and the charcoal should be burned in a short time.
Coal mines can also be transported, but where do you mine coal and transport it there? Guangzhou? Is there one in Guangzhou? There are coal mines in Fujian......"
Li Yi hesitated, it seems that all the coal mines in Fujian have to be drilled, and it is better to dig in Guangxi.
Moreover, the quality of Fujian coal is far inferior to that of Guangxi, which belongs to the east of Jiangnan and the coastal area.
The life of the people in the coastal areas of the Tang Dynasty does not seem to be very good, but Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Suzhou are not bad because of the canals.
"Otherwise, we will transport coal from the coal mines around the iron mine on the Ma'anshan side and take the Yangtze River into the sea." Li Yi thought of a place.
The people of the Datang inspection team have passed, and they don't know what the situation is now.
Li Yi knows where the largest open-pit mine is, Hedong Road, Shuozhou.
At that time, he had a lot of coal in the Antaibao open-pit coal mine, but it was too close to the 'outside' to take it out now.
In fact, there are people in the local area who are digging and picking some coal to burn.
There are many coal mines in Hedong Road, and there are many open-pit mines.
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Li Yi thought about how to mobilize the enthusiasm of others to build roads, and Qin Shida's family of three wandered around the Zhuangzi.
The Li family Zhuangzi is obviously better than their village community, and better than the main village where they live themselves.
The cement floor, the cement ditch, the water coming down from the Huangzhuang is always flowing, and there are small fish in the water.
There was no debris on the road, there were livestock coming in and out, but no manure was left.
The clothes worn by the farmers are clean and tidy, and those who wear dirty old clothes go to the workshop area.
"Daddy, the people in Jingzhao Mansion are richer than us."
Qin Shui touched the new clothes he was wearing, looked at the appearance of the farmer, and judged it.
"Of course, the place where the emperor stays is better than ours, if we don't come by ourselves, no one will take care of Luzhou." Qin Hai complained.
He complained about the history of the Luzhou assassin, he didn't care about any work, and once there was a government order sent to the village, he promised that people would do it.
And when it came time to hand over the tribute, people with household registration in Luzhou couldn't get together so many things.
In the end, the village helped to make up for it, and I don't know how much, but it feels like it's getting more and more year by year.
I heard that the government should pay for it, but the Luzhou Yamen didn't give money.
Fortunately, I don't pay rent, even if I get two of them.
The woman saw the merry-go-round, where kindergarten-aged children were playing in the afternoon when they were out of class.
Some children were blowing bubbles, a breeze blew, and a group flew up to the woman, she reached out to pick it up, and it exploded on her hand.
"Daddy, there is a river in the village, and I will repair one when I go back, how to repair it?" The woman watched the Trojan horse spin around and wanted to play.
Qin Hai glanced at it and said to his father, "Daddy, do you want to give things to proprietor Li?" ”
What he said was the silver that three people had brought, and they were reluctant to spend it along the way, so they carried rice on their backs, and looked for water from a stream, or begged for water from someone's house.
The silver is used to pay bribes, and I don't know who the officials in the court are looking for, and they use the money to open the way.
"Give it to you at dinner, see if you can settle things."
Qin Shida wasn't sure if Li Yi was just saying it casually, or if he was really willing to help.
The three of them spun around again and went back to sleep, and they woke up when it was dark, and their bodies ached.
When I'm in a hurry, I'm always worried, and when I relax, I get tired.
The three of them came out and were taken to take a bath, a small bath, a pool for father and son, and a pink pool for the other to accompany Qin Shui.
The water is taken from the Lishan Hot Spring, and the bamboo tube is cut open and built one by one.
The water is poured down from the place on the Lishan Mountain, and finally flows to Zhuangzi to save time.
Reheating is beneficial for the body's recovery.
It wasn't until the end of the day that the three of them changed their clothes and ate.
Li Yi was waiting for them, and when he was hungry, Li Yi ate some dried fruits and preserved fruits in advance.
Tonight, Li Yi invited them to eat hot pot, a clear water pot of duck rack soup, mainly mutton and vegetables, not spicy.
Li Yi didn't know if they ate spicy food, and according to the geographical location of the other party at that time, he shouldn't eat it.
The three of them went to get their bags first and brought them over.
After sitting down, they looked at each other, opened their packages, and pulled things out of them.
'Boom! Crash! A pile of silver bumps, large and small, fell onto the table.
Li Yi was surprised, what are you doing? Give money for meals?
"Proprietor Li, the matter of road construction ......" Qin Shida pointed to the silver and spoke.
Li Yi laughed angrily: "Hehe! You give me money to bribe to build roads? Do you know how much it would cost me to provide you with tools?
How much can a malaria interception pill that can treat malaria sell for each pill? How much does the voucher cost to hire someone to do the work?
The silver will be exchanged for you for exchange vouchers, and you will have it with you, so you don't have to give it to me. ”
Ge Yan next to him came over and left the silver in his clothes, weighed it, and exchanged it again.
"Do you think that this matter needs to go through the imperial court, Li Dongzhu, you don't want money, what about the officials in the court?" Qin Shida was a little embarrassed.
"They don't want it either, I've already fed them normally, and then I want to take the outside money, hum!" Li Yi snorted coldly as he spoke.
Usually, he has always given all kinds of benefits to officials, and he has given everything that should be given, and His Majesty has also given it.
If the officials are not clean enough, they will be shut down.