Although it has always been hoped that copper mines will be mined as soon as possible to alleviate the urgent need in Yunnan.

However, the matter has been put on hold because no suitable personnel have been found in this area, and in addition to the recent fact that it has been busy relocating the victims and visiting the prefectures.

But now that we have reached a crisis juncture, the entire Yunnan fiscal revenue has almost been exhausted.

Even if the family property copied from Sun Decheng has been handed over to the imperial court, most of the other money has been consumed, except for the gold and silver treasures.

If there is no follow-up funds to keep up, Li Yizhen doesn't know how to spend this year.

When Li Yi revealed his worries to the officials present, everyone fell silent in an instant.

Li Yi secretly smiled bitterly in his heart!

When I was paying for the rice, I didn't see anyone who was depressed, and when I encountered an imminent serious matter, they were all like frosted eggplants, all of them wilted.

In fact, to be honest, Li Yi also knows their own difficulties.

In the era of farming, their thinking and vision are too limited, and their horizons can be as wide as they can be.

The perennial dead reading of Bagu articles has cultivated people like wooden people, and they don't have the mind to make foreign money at all.

Li Yi had no choice but to put forward my idea of copper mining again.

I hope that everyone here can come up with a good idea on how to smoothly mine and refine copper ore, and then convert it into Yunnan's own income.

In short, Yunnan can't guard the treasure and be a beggar!

As a person from later generations, although Li Yi generally knows the location of Dongchuan East Mine, he does not rule out that the location of the Dongchuan East Mine may also deviate from the location of later generations.

Moreover, the exploration and refining of copper ore is not their own strength, and professionals are also required to go to the field to see. I'm afraid that a layman like myself won't have much effect!

Lin Yi, who had been silent for a long time, hesitated: "A few days ago, I heard Lu Senjun say that through their population registration statistics, among the victims in southern Sichuan, there are indeed quite a number of skilled craftsmen, probably including some skilled people in mining and smelting. ”

"If we can make full use of it, it may be of great benefit to our copper mining. I heard that he has registered all the professional specialties in the register according to the instructions of the marshal, so I think it should not be difficult to search according to the map. What do you think? ”

Li Yi slapped his thigh and said as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Yes! How could I not have thought of it! There must be many capable people who hide dragons and crouching tigers among the victims in southern Sichuan, and maybe there are people we need. ”

"Jiang joins the army, you immediately check the account books registered by the victims, as long as you have a special skill in mining and smelting, immediately invite him to me, I want to talk to them well."

Jiang Hua agreed, and hurriedly turned around and went down.

Li Yi also announced the adjournment of the meeting, and since there is a breakthrough, the following things are much easier.

Things seemed to be going very well, and as soon as Li Yi walked into the conference hall in the afternoon, Jiang Hua rushed in with a thick account book, and said excitedly: "Shuai, the lower officials have found these people." ”

Li Yi was slightly surprised, he didn't expect to find it so quickly, and hurriedly asked, "Where are they all, can you let them come over to see me immediately?" ”

Jiang Hua nodded affirmatively, spread the account book on the table, pointed to one of the pages and said, "After being reminded by Deacon Bai just now, I found out in the account book of the disaster victims that there are indeed so many people in Ningzhou City. ”

"After they came from southern Sichuan, they didn't have a decent livelihood at first, but because of their high skills in copper smelting and copper processing, the government gave them some subsidies after confirming it, and funded them to open a copper processing workshop in the city."

"Although they have not opened for a few days, they have attracted a large number of customers because of their excellent bronze craftsmanship, and the business is already booming, but I don't know if they are willing to give up their huge profits to do things for our government."

Li Yi hesitated when he heard this, looked at the information of these people carefully, and said, "Regardless of whether they want to come or not, I want to see them right away." ”

"As for the pay? Let's reward them favorably and generously, and if they are still reluctant, we will find someone else. ”

Jiang Hua nodded happily, turned around and walked out.

Just an hour later, Jiang Hua led three middle-aged men into the courtyard of the Xuanfu Embassy.

Li Yi happened to come out of the conference hall, looked at it from a distance, and saw that these three people were all around thirty or forty years old, and their faces were quite similar.

They are all dressed in gray coarse cloth straight clothes, pedaling linen edge straw sandals, with medium to low figures, and their faces are black and red.

Although they all have rough images, the dress of coarse clothes and linen shoes can't stop the hidden color on their bodies.

It can be seen that the three of them are all people who have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and they are definitely not ordinary people.

Li Yi hurriedly stepped forward and was about to express his heartfelt welcome, but unexpectedly, the three of them unexpectedly fell to their knees and shouted in unison: "The three brothers of the Tang clan of the grass people meet the handsome!" ”

Li Yi was slightly stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the man in the middle up, gently dusted the corner of his clothes with his hand, and said with warm words: "The three of them are all guests invited by Ben Shuai, how can they make such a big gift, but let Ben Shuai be in a certain place!" ”

The black-faced man who was a little older in the middle solemnly hugged his fist and said with a solemn face: "The reason why our brothers bow to the big man is because what the big man has done is indeed worthy of my brothers' worship." ”

"I, the three Tang brothers, although they are from the countryside, also understand the truth that kindness must be repaid."

"The handsome man loves the people like a son, has the world in his heart, generously accepts tens of thousands of our disaster victims, and is not afraid of hardships to provide us with food and shelter, and sponsor our children to go to school.

"As soon as I heard that it was a handsome call, our three brothers immediately rushed over, if there was no such worship, how could my brother be at ease. In the next rude speech, please forgive the sins! ”

Hearing this, Li Yi couldn't help but be deeply moved, these three brothers who acted openly and upright, they would repay their kindness, they would be clear, and they would never twist their attitudes, but they were not awe-inspiring men!

Their words and deeds that are neither humble nor arrogant, and their principles of being people with clear grievances and grievances, do show their extraordinary experience in the ups and downs of the rivers and lakes, and their good attitude of tasting all the flavors of the world.

It seems that what an official does does affect the millions of people below.

How is this official, it's not that he boasted about it. The common people have rods and scales in their hearts, and everything you do is in their hearts!

Li Yiping stopped his tumbling thoughts, and hurriedly let the Tang brothers into the conference hall, and after the guests and hosts sat down, they hurriedly ordered tea to be served left and right.

At the time of serving tea, Li Yi carefully inquired about the family history and experience of the Tang brothers, and learned that the Tang brothers were called Tang Jingtian, Tang Jingshi, and Tang Jingguang.

His ancestors were also once a wealthy family in Sichuan, and later the family fell into the middle of the road, and the three brothers followed their cousins to learn the method of mining and copper smelting, and all learned the unique skills of making exquisite bronze ware, and the days are still in the past.

Later, when his cousin died, the three brothers came to Luzhou in southern Sichuan and started to make bronze and bronze statues for large families and temples.

and gradually accumulated a rich family foundation, married a wife and had children, and lived a life of abundant food and clothing.