This is to get down to business, Li Buqi asked: "I don't know what the pain is?" ”

"I have inherited the prefect for many generations, but there are only more than 300 people in my own family, and there are many people in the border of the tribe, and all the rewards are paid for money, and the use can not be taken from the Tibetan department, so I can only borrow cattle to reclaim the idle fields to harvest the profits and supplement the public expenses. However, after years of war, the cost is huge, but the money is still the same, so I can't make ends meet, and I don't know how long it will last. ”

"Don't hide it and say, I came to Beijing this time to ask the court for money and food. It's just that it is unknown whether the imperial court can allocate money and grain, and how much it can be allocated. Moreover, it costs a lot of money and grain to send money and grain to Fuzhou, and the court talks about it. However, thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of people in Fuzhou were waiting to be fed and couldn't stay longer. People say that lifting is a bit of a way to turn stones into gold, and they also ask for lifting to be able to order one or two. ”

It turned out that there was a lack of money and food! Li Buqi knew that there was a certain truth in Zhe Jizu's saying that Fuzhou was short of money and grain, but the Zhe family, Liao and Xia all had a large amount of returns, and they made a lot of profits, and the real situation would not be as sad as he said, and they would definitely not be unable to live.

So the sweetness must be given, but not too much. After giving the sweetness and gaining trust, it will be much easier to cooperate, and now guide the Zhejia family to develop in the direction they need to lay a good foundation, and it will be easy to do anything in the future. But if you give too much sweetness at one time, the Zhe family may not cherish it, so the sweetness should be given appropriately, so that the Zhe family has the desire to continue to cooperate with Li Buqi.

Li Buqi thought for a while and said: "Fuzhou is the pillar of stability in the northwest border. Fuzhou is in trouble, and I am naturally duty-bound as an official of the imperial court. But turning stones into gold or something is all said by people, so we can refer to it together. In fact, no matter where you ask for money and grain, there are no more than two methods, one is to grow your own grain and open mines, and the other is to trade. I don't know what the geography of Fuzhou is, and what specialties can be used in and around the region? ”

Zhe Jizu came prepared, and even brought the map of Fuzhou. Judging from the situation he introduced, the area around Fuzhou at this time, that is, Fugu County in later generations, was still vast and sparsely populated, but the terrain was relatively fragmented, and irrigation was difficult in most places, so there was not much land suitable for cultivation, and the land harvest was not high. As for the special products, in addition to cattle and sheep, the main thing is coal.

The coal in Fugu is definitely good coal. However, under the transportation conditions of garbage in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, the transportation cost was too high, and you would lose money for what you did when you transported the coal from Fugu, so no matter how much coal there was, there was no use for birds now.

There are some things that can be transported around Fugu, such as hay and ephedra, soda ash, and miscanthus produced in the Ordos area in later generations, and Li Buqi is more interested in soda ash.

After listening to Zhe Jizu's story, Li Buqi fell into deep thought, and only spoke in Zhe Jizu's expectant eyes for a long time: "I think we should make a short-term plan and a long-term plan." In the near future, it is necessary to increase the grain and meat output in Fuzhou, reduce the pressure on transporting grain from the interior, and increase trade in exchange for some copper coins. The long-term plan is to turn Fuzhou's coal into money, and that is big money. ”

A short-term plan, a long-term plan, I have never heard of the soil buns of the Great Song Dynasty like Ji Zu, I just feel that I am very tall, and immediately asked eagerly: "Is there a way to lift it?" ”

Li Buqi said: "The hay, ephedra, and astragalus of Western Xia and Liao are all good, and I want as much as you collect." Since Fuzhou is not very suitable for growing grain, let's raise more cattle, sheep and pigs. I need a large amount of lard, and I will buy it all if you transport it along the Yellow River. I'll teach you another way, the beef, sheep and pork can be kept unrotten for several years, and it's always okay to eat meat instead of grain, right? As for the other methods, we need to think slowly. In addition, you can send someone to teach me how to make fertilizer, so that you can increase your grain production even if you don't cultivate the land. ”

"Li Tiju still farms?" Zhe Jizu didn't believe it very much.

Yang Shiqing hurriedly said: "This is nature. ”

Li Buqi said again: "There is another one, to plant trees." Plant trees in all areas that are not suitable for farming. In the future, if Fuzhou wants to get rich, it needs a lot of wood, and if it doesn't hit the tree now, it will inevitably be blind in the future. You can grow some oak trees, either to produce acorns to feed pigs, or to use wood later. ”

After writing it down, he said: "Lift, I will rush back to Fuzhou a year ago, I don't know how long it will take to learn the method of not rotting meat for several years?" ”

Li Buqi said: "This will take a while. Because the container needs to be made fresh, and I just came up with this method, I need to study it well if I want it to be useful. Why don't you send a trustworthy person to study with me. When this method is studied, he will learn it, and more importantly, he will know what problems will arise when using this method. If there is any problem after going back, he can solve it himself, otherwise it will be a long journey, can he come back and ask me again if there is a problem? ”

Zhe Jizu said: "I see. Then I'll send someone as soon as I get back. ”

At this time, the young man, who had not spoken, spoke: "Second brother, otherwise I will stay in Tokyo and learn the method of making meat from rotting and the method of making fertilizer with Tiju and then go back." It also saves people from running around. ”

Zhe Jizu obviously had some doubts: "You ......"

The young man said, "Second brother, I am also thirteen years old, and I can do something." Besides, there are blessing books to help me. ”

Zhi Jizu seemed to be very pleased and nodded and turned to Li Buqi and said, "This is the younger brother and the eldest brother, although he is not very old, he is a calm one. Is it okay to lift it up? ”

Knowing that he is responsible at a young age, and as a noble son, he has no resistance to learning the skills of craftsmen, so there is hope for such a family. Because of this young man, Li Buqi valued the folded family a lot, and happily agreed: "Okay, it's good if he wants to learn." ”

After finishing the matter, Zhe Jizu was more attentive in thanking Li for not giving up and persuading him to drink, and you drank a lot back and forth. was chatting happily, and as soon as the door opened, Xiaohui, a boy in men's clothes, jumped in again, holding two bottles of perfume in each hand and shouted: "Second brother, look, there are so many perfumes!" The second sister-in-law also has it! If you give it to your second sister-in-law, she won't kick you out! ”

Zhe Jizu hurriedly shouted: "Xiaohui, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Xiaohui then remembered that there were still outsiders, and turned to Li Buqi and said: "It turns out that there are still a lot of varieties hidden in your workshop that can't be seen on the market, but the people in the workshop give it." ”

Li Buqi had no choice but to laugh and said: "I just told them some methods, and they tried to make some new varieties by themselves." The ones you mentioned should be samples made by them, and that one should be kept for comparison, not for others. ”

Xiao Hui stared at a pair of big eyes like apricots and asked, "You also made the rag doll first, right?" How did you come up with so many ideas? ”

Another curious baby. Li Buqi has now refused to answer this question about the curious babies, so he can only hehe. Zhe Jizu's face, which had not changed color after drinking a jar of wine, had turned red: "Xiaohui! Don't be presumptuous! If you look like this again, I'll never take you out again! ”

Xiaohui stuck out her tongue and hid behind Zhe Jichang.

The wine was almost drunk, and Li did not give up and took his leave. Zhe Jizu asked when he would let Zhe Jichang go over to study, and Li Buqi said that he would come over the day after tomorrow to ponder together as a container. Xiaohui heard the clue and bit the root of the ear with Zhe Jichang for a while, and then said to Zhe Jizu: "Second brother, I will stay in Tokyo with my fifth brother, right?" ”

Zhe Jizu's face darkened: "No! You have to go back with me! ”