Chapter 458: What has become the price of rice?

"Xiaobei, they are still working hard." Wang Juan looked at Xiaobei, who was babbling in front of everyone, and praised it.

"This is the benefit of family conditions, except for the children of individual clans, other children have no chance to build into a big world, maybe the children of ordinary families also have talents, but the proportion is definitely not as big as the children of the clan."

Zhang Xiaobao looked at Xiaobei, who had turned a little blacker, and was also very happy, he knew that this was the power of example, what the younger brothers and sisters did was not really to be a qualified official, but to take it as a game to come out and do things.

Other people's children play at home, but Xiaobei is more practical and will work hard to do a good job.

Wang Juan brushed back the hair that hung down on his face with his hands, and saw the people in more than 100 counties below discussing how to transport this year's rent to the capital, and shook his head slightly.

"Xiaobao, now we are also festival envoys, we can control local taxes, do we want to exempt Jian'an County's taxes? Otherwise, with their ability, not to mention transporting the rent to the capital, it is transported to Jili Prefecture, and the grain eaten along the way will also be rented several times. ”

"Inevitably, it is an obligation to pay the rent, and the rent they pay can be directly allocated to the Yamen of Jian'an County, I decided to move the mansion, and the mansion of the Bohai Jiedu envoy was moved here, just next to Jian'an County, close to the sea.

At that time, it is a long process to vigorously develop the marine aquaculture industry, but it must be carried on, and we cannot always let the Northeast region lack population, and attract them if others do not take the initiative to come, and when the people who go to North America come back, all kinds of seeds will be planted in the entire Northeast region.

Whoever wants to taste it at that time will come and transport it by themselves, the sea route will be developed, and the land route will naturally need to be built, and now the medical conditions are better, and there are fewer dead babies, and in another ten years, there will be a sudden blowout outbreak. ”

Zhang Xiaobao talked about the future development direction when he talked about the rent, and at the same time he was worried about why the people sent out had not come back, it had been too long, and it would have been two years after the New Year.

Wang Juan frowned, thought about it and asked, "Don't promote new crops in the whole Datang?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry first, promote it directly, others may not be willing to plant, for fear that once something goes wrong and affect the original income, you have to give them an example, go back and send a telegram, and let Jili Prefecture send ceramics and other daily necessities here by boat."

Zhang Xiaobao started jumping again as he spoke.

"Oh, send it over, I don't think the people can afford it."

"It's not to sell, it's to give, it's an obligation for them to pay rent, let's give them benefits, and then send a report to the people who ran to the border of Silla, so that they can do it."

Zhang Xiaobao thought of something again, and as soon as he finished speaking, the radio on his back rang dripping.

The sound was not too loud, but it was heard by the people in the courtyard, and the unique movement made them look around and try to figure out what was called.

"Ah, I see, there, there are two wild men on the house." Xiaobei's eyes were sharp, and when he looked up, he saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan climbing on the ridge, but the image of the two people was a little embarrassed, and he didn't recognize who it was for a while.

As soon as the guard who was responsible for protecting her stretched out his hand, several pistols were drawn and pointed vigilantly at the location of the two men.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan shrank their heads at the same time, and Zhang Xiaobao shouted: "If you dare to hold a gun at me again, I will kill you all." ”

"Ah, it's my brother's voice." The familiar voice made Xiaobei's face change, and then shouted vigorously, "Brother, I miss you, come down, what are you doing running to the room?" ”

The people of Jian'an were slightly stunned, and suddenly became excited, the legendary characters could finally be seen, and Li Bai also had an expectant look, wanting to see how the person who could decide his official position looked like.

As the two sounds of landing sounded, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan jumped down one after the other.

Everyone was stunned again, and when they looked at the two people, they found that they couldn't match the image in their minds with the two people in front of them, their hair was messy, and their clothes were torn, even worse than those who fled the famine.

Could this be the legendary god of war and the god of wealth? It seems a bit difficult to believe in yourself.

Xiaobei didn't care about that much, opened her arms, her calves were tight, and she rushed into Zhang Xiaobao's arms at once, and kissed Zhang Xiaobao's face hard, "Brother, where have you two gone to play?" Did you kill a few big tigers with your bare hands? ”

"Zhang County Order, can you arrange a place for this official, this official is tired from the journey, hungry and tired." Zhang Xiaobao also kissed his sister hard, and then turned his face on the face, and opened his mouth to say how the official was.

"Giggles, I don't know if Lord Zhang is coming, for Shi Yuanying, and I hope to forgive my sins, come here, don't you see Lord Zhang and Lord Wang in the dust, fighting wolves and tigers all the way, and suffering a lot? Why don't you arrange it soon, Lord Zhang, Lord Wang, please here, eh? Mr. Zhang, what are you carrying? ”

Xiaobei laughed happily, put one hand around her brother's neck, and pointed to the house with the other hand to guide the way, full of curiosity about what her brother was back.

Zhang Xiaobao walked with his sister in his arms, and said: "This is a baby, I want to communicate with my grandparents and parents in the capital in the future, and I can use this thing to pass it over and send it back, let me see, why has Xiaobei turned black?" ”

"Sun, brother, I'll help them make a greenhouse, when will we go back with you, it's not fun at all, I can't hear the story, I don't want to be a county magistrate, I want to go back to be other officials, follow my brother and sister."

Xiaobei suffered hardship, regretted it a little, and complained to her brother.

"Okay, let's not be a county order, let's be a bigger official, still here, my brother will accompany you, go and get busy first, and then tell you stories when my brother and sister rest."

Zhang Xiaobao was really tired, kissed his younger brothers and sisters one by one, took a hot bath with Wang Juan, hurriedly finished eating, lay down on the kang and fell asleep.

Li Bai never found a chance to talk to Zhang Xiaobao and the others, so he had to reluctantly go to his own affairs again, and thought about what to say when the two of them got up in order to arrange a better official for himself.

Compared with the happiness of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan after a long journey to meet their younger brothers and sisters, Fan Yang Jiedu made Zhang say very badly, and the family followed him to a remote place, and they could no longer see the prosperity of the capital.

He is busy in charge of Zhongshu Ling in the capital, and he is also not idle here, a lot of trivial matters are waiting for him to manage, and the most annoying thing is that the ability of the officials under his rule is far worse than that of the Beijing management.

When he was in the capital, he didn't have to speak too clearly, the officials could understand it, and even if someone occasionally did something wrong, he could say that the officials did not understand his intentions.

In today's place, if he doesn't make his words clear, the officials will be stunned and ask about the specific situation over and over again, plus the roads here are not smooth, it is far from the sea, and there are many people who have migrated out, which makes him very uncomfortable.

"My lord, after the autumn harvest, after a while, it is time to plant winter wheat, I heard that the Si Nong Temple of the imperial court has made new seeds, I wonder if the adults can let people buy them from there, after all, the adults were also familiar with the Si Nong Temple before, so that next year's harvest will be more?"

The official in charge of agricultural affairs found Zhang Shuo and discussed the issue of seeds with him, and it can be said that they are all ethnic minorities here, and they will not turn around when they speak, and they will go straight to the point, without considering Zhang Shuo's feeling of loss.

Zhang said that he felt uncomfortable when he heard the word Beijing, and then he heard the three words of Sinong Temple, and the first thing he thought of was not seeds, but the two families of Zhang Wang raised the status of Sinong Temple, and many objects of Sinong Temple were all responsible for the two families of Zhang Wang.

The seeds are indeed well studied, with high yields and short growth cycles, but it is always uncomfortable to let them write to them, and they will laugh at themselves, laugh at themselves for not measuring their own strength, and have to go against Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

No, I can't go and ask for seeds, and I can't afford to lose that person.

Thinking about it, Zhang Shuo said with a calm face: "The seeds of Sinong Temple are being studied, not to mention the long distance, even if they get the letter, when the seeds are delivered, it will be time to sow seeds, you are in charge of farming, why don't you think about it yourself, are you worse than the officials of Sinong Temple?" ”

"Huh? Figure it out for yourself? Where to start? My lord, you used to work in the capital, why don't you give me a reminder, I can find someone to do it, eh? My lord, I think of something, Sinong Temple is far away, Jili Prefecture is close, that Zhang Xiaobao must have a way to get good seeds, it is better to go with him to ask for it, yes, the next official will send someone immediately. ”

This person in charge of agricultural affairs is very practical, and in the blink of an eye, he thought of a good way, he thought that he could succeed in bringing seeds, and said that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were very supportive of the people's lives.

"You are not allowed to go, no one is allowed to go, who dares to go to this official to punish whose crimes, how can the seeds of Jili Prefecture be planted in my Fanyang? If you don't adapt to the soil, go ahead and take care of your own business. ”

Zhang said that he seemed to be sitting on a barrel of explosives, and when he lit a fire, he reprimanded the people in charge of farming, waved his hand, and drove them out like flies.

When the whole room was empty, he was left alone, Zhang Shuo seemed to be much older in an instant, and sat down on the chair weakly, and said angrily: "Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, do you think that if you clean me up, I will collapse?" Wait for me, want to build a road? When I wait until I'm on Fan Yang's side, I won't let you cultivate. ”

The guards who were waiting to be summoned at the door outside, heard Zhang's voice, shook their heads helplessly, and said to another person next to him: "Lord Zhang is crazy, and he still wants to deal with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, it seems that he has to put his life in before he stops." ”

The other person looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he nodded his head, "My lord is angry, listen to the way he came up with, he fell down, how can Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have the leisure to take care of him, he wants to obstruct from the road, I heard that the railway is going to be repaired, and he will get a lot of money, and if the adult really stops it, it is estimated that the saint will cut off his head, hey~"

"That's it, that's it, it's better to find a way to leave as soon as possible, you can't be with him, otherwise you won't know if you lose your life one day, you can take a look at Silla if you don't believe it, they didn't let Xiuhe at the beginning, and now they take out the money, and it is estimated that the road is also hopeful."

The guard who had spoken earlier lowered his voice, trying to find a new way out.

As he said, the road from Jili Prefecture to Daxingcheng is still being built, and a lot of people have been recruited to work together, and it can be repaired before winter.

But apart from this section, the road from Jili State to other parts of Silla that was originally agreed did not move at all, the Silla River was opened, and the merchants of Silla spent more than 500,000 yuan, and the bridge, which was just a iron cable, still cost 200,000 yuan.

A group of merchants waited for the road to be repaired smoothly, so as to facilitate the exchange of goods with Datang and collect some tolls, but the one million guan they took out at the beginning was only repaired for a short distance, and most of them were on the side of Silla, and there was no new action on the side of Datang.

No matter how Li Dong and the others calculated, they didn't think that the road repaired in front of them could be worth a million yuan, and their hearts were always blocked, standing at the place where the tariffs were collected at the head of the bridge, watching batches of grain being transported over, and paying the money one by one, and finally couldn't help it, and walked across the bridge to find Zhang Tie, to ask what went wrong.

Zhang Tie had just received the order to do it, found the person in charge of other aspects, and was ready to act in concert with each other, just handed over the command, and was assigned a task, and before he could go forward to implement it, Li Dong looked depressed and came over.

"Li Dongjia, are you free today?" Zhang Tie greeted Li Dong with a sincere smile.

"It's okay, come out for a stroll, take a look at the newly built road, as well as your various shops and restaurants here, the business looks good, and the people come and go."

Li Dong tried his best to suppress the urge to directly say the way out, and went around in circles with Zhang Tie, his eyes swept over the business on the river side, and his mood was even worse.

At the beginning, it was clear that the Silla side of the road was 80% of the rent and tolls Silla side of the road repaired, and on the side of Jili State, the Silla side accounted for 20% of the income, but there was a section of the road on that side, and there were no shops, and the location of the shops was near Daehangseong, which was the people's sphere of influence, and it was impossible to collect money.

Since the river was opened and the bridge was built, there was not a single merchant team that came directly from the road of Daxingcheng, and the current situation is that the merchants from other places directly took the boat from Jilizhou or Dengzhou, and paid a part of the money to a new wharf in Sashui.

Then unload the goods at the wharf, take another land route, go to the bridge, only pay 20% of the tariff, not pay the toll, and rest in the river when you rest, but in the restaurant inn on the Datang side, these shops do not belong to the part of the share written in the original contract.

Li Dong found that the money that should have been spent was spent, but the money that should have been earned was not made at all, the transportation fee was earned by the sea operation of Zhang Wang's family, and the income from consumption was used by the shops here.

So he had the urge to scold his mother again, no matter how he thought about it, he felt that he was deceived by Zhang Xiaobao.

This liar, the great liar, deceived Tibet and Japan, and deceived me to Silla. Li Dong sneered in his heart.

"Ah, someone misses me, I guess it's Silla's side, I just started, and the reaction is too fast." Zhang Xiaobao, who was telling stories on the mountain with his younger siblings, sneezed and said.

Wang Juan pursed his lips and smiled, "Well, I guess it's to praise you, and praise you, an international fraudster, finally have a place to use." ”

"Sister, aren't international fraudsters very powerful?" Xiaobei raised her head and asked with big eyes.

"That's pretty impressive." Wang Juan is determined.

Li Dong didn't know that Zhang Xiaobao was this professional, he could cheat directly when he could, and if he couldn't deceive directly, he would have to cheat if he tried to go around in a circle, otherwise he would lose his reputation.

What he is thinking about now is how to get the money back, how much he can get, and he doesn't expect the road to continue to be repaired.

So he said again without saying anything: "Steward Zhang, I see that your fleet comes and goes frequently, and you have transported a lot of grain and cloth, and this year's harvest seems to be good." ”

"This ...... It's okay, I don't know very well about it, I only care about construction, I don't know anything about farming, since Li Dong's family is free, it's better to go to Shuiyun to have a drink, just help me spend the hospitality, seeing that it's going to be the winter New Year, if you don't spend it this year, you won't save it next year. ”

Zhang Tie enthusiastically pulled Li Dong towards the Shuiyunjian Restaurant not far away, and said to Li Dong on the way: "I gave you a lot of vouchers last time, and you can't use them after the New Year, you can use them when you need them." ”

Li Dong thought about it and said that things were really not very proper outside, and followed Zhang Tie, after hearing Zhang Tie's words, his face was a look of promise, and he scolded in his heart, Zhang Wang's family is poor and crazy, and they want people to spend money when they catch someone, and the voucher can't be directly spent as money, and every thousand dollars used, you have to spend nine thousand dollars.

The price of wine and food is as much as five times that of Changfeng Pavilion, so the fool goes to eat in Shuiyunjian and Bihai Yinsha.

A few steps away, the two of them quickly entered the water and clouds, the restaurant built of wood and cement, the three floors are still relatively firm, choose a room with a view of the river, tell the guy to warm the wine, and randomly choose two signature dishes, the guy will send the cold dish first so that the family can drink.

Zhang Tie spread out a piece of dried tofu, brushed some sauce on it, sprinkled some chopped green onions, rolled it up and took a big bite, chewed it vigorously, swallowed it later, took a long breath, and said: "Li Dongjia tastes this, it looks simple, but it can be eaten in the mouth and boosted by breath." ”

Li Dong obviously didn't want to smell the smell of green onions, so he responded with a smile, but he picked up a garlic eggplant, tasted the taste, and had to be convinced, the wine and food between the water and clouds were worth that price, and the same ingredients made were better than Changfeng Pavilion.

"Steward Zhang, when it's cold, it's snowing, and the ground is frozen, can't the road be repaired?" Li Dong looked at the river and asked Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie's expression was very serious, and he explained to Li Dong: "If Li Dong's family is willing to pay more money, it can be repaired in winter, and it is not afraid of snow, and it will melt when salt is sprinkled, and the ground is frozen and roasted with fire, but the cost is very large, it is not worth it, it is better to wait for the spring next year to repair it." ”

"What Steward Zhang said is right, it's not worth it, Steward Zhang, I see that in recent days, there have been slightly fewer businessmen coming by land, is it because the road is not easy to walk and it is difficult to repair?"

Li Dong naturally refused to continue to invest money, and said against his will that there were fewer merchants, but in fact, there were no merchants from there at all, and they were all transported by boat.

Zhang Tie showed a look of embarrassment, "It's not a secret, it's not hard to build roads, the main thing is that there is a small problem in raw materials, the price of explosives that need to be used to blow up stones has risen, it has increased by three times, and on the other hand, the people's lives are better, and no one wants to do the wages they have been given as before."

If these two problems are not resolved, the 11 million yuan of money will not be able to be completed as long as originally planned, and it is estimated that even one-third of it will not be completed, so it is better to wait; when the contract was signed, Li Dongjia was not very anxious, so he did not stipulate a time for completion in the contract.

Next year, when I heard that explosives would be mass-produced, all the difficulties would be solved, and the road could be repaired, and there were difficulties, but I believe they could be overcome. ”

Looking at Zhang Tie's honest appearance, Li Dong wanted to deduct all the sauce to his face, obviously making excuses, and saying it so high-sounding, this person is still shameless?

Li Dong understands that the most critical sentence in these sentences is that the time of completion is not indicated in the contract, and it can be justified if it is delayed for ten or eight years.

"Steward Zhang, someone else told me yesterday that they should repair the road behind our shop well, but recently the cost is too big to free up living money, I think the road from Jili State to Silla, our one million yuan, has not been spent, I wonder if you can take it out for me first?"

"This is not good, if the money is in my hands, Li Dongjia you borrow, I may lend it to you, but I am only responsible for the miscellaneous affairs of the construction, more to pull the business, the specific accounts are not under my control, even if I promise you, I can't withdraw the money."

Haven't a lot of supplies been coming to you lately? Tariffs alone have collected a lot, so it's better to use that money to do it. ”

Zhang Tie had a helpless expression and turned the topic to tariffs.

Li Dong pointed with chopsticks to the place where the money was collected, "Where is the cash?" If you can't pay the tariff at the beginning, you can use the goods to pay, but not all of them will be resisted, piles of silk, mountains of grain, pressed on your hands and cannot be sold, not only we are in a hurry to do business, but also the people of the clan are also in a hurry. ”

"Oh, then let's wait a little longer, really speaking, my Datang has confiscated tariffs a few times, and you will take advantage of all the cheapness, the little boy is really worried, if it goes on like this, won't he keep losing money?"

Zhang Tie began to complain, and he wanted Silla to ship.

Li Dong also admitted that he took advantage of this, but he always felt that something was wrong, looking at Zhang Tie because he was hungry, the staple food rice, the gorgeous bowl, only one bowl cost ten yuan, it was really expensive.

Expensive? Yes, it's a matter of price.

"Steward Zhang, ask me something, it is said that Datang normally says that the rice bucket is nine yuan, why is it that the rice sold in my Silla is only five yuan? This is still the price after paying 20% of the tariff, why? ”

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