Chapter 360: The Past is in the Mind

The Tubo that Zhang Xiaobao remembered has now exterminated the locusts.

Poultry eat locusts, so all the nobles or royal families who raise poultry let the poultry out, even if they will offend any gods because of this, it is better than starving to death.

Not only were the poultry released, but the slaves also made pockets with sticks behind them to catch locusts during the day, and at night they lit fires to lure them in and burn them themselves.

The determination is big enough, but unfortunately it is late, once the locusts form a scale, it is not so easy to deal with it, the grain planted is eaten, the grass and trees can be eaten, and there will be no trace of greenery left everywhere it goes.

Some locusts have even flown over to Jinchuan, so that the people arranged by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to come here are also busy, but fortunately, there are not many of them, and the more than 7,000 slaves brought by Han Whirlwind did not directly enter the Tang Dynasty, but stayed in this area, one is to let them gradually adapt to it first.

The other is to prepare them to be thoroughly trained into people loyal to the Zhang and Wang families, there are many young and strong slaves, and when the time comes, they can farm and form an army to train, and on the Tang side, if the Zhang and Wang families casually pull up an army of three or four thousand people, it will definitely not work.

Now they have joined in the fight against locusts, but fortunately there is water and glaciers, and many locusts that want to fly directly over have frozen to death.

In addition to their part of the slaves who will be formed into an army by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan in the future, the same is true of the people who farmed here before.

If the game can't go on at that time, then the power of this part is also difficult to underestimate, in addition to this, there is also Fengzhou, there are not many people there, but the folk customs are different, when the time comes, it can be managed well, and an army can be formed at any time, Sanshui County and Shuzhou will not work, and it can't be done too obviously.

Outside of these two places, that is Yizhou, which is a cottage, and has a bad relationship with local officials, so he is close to Zhang Zhong.

The same is true for Luzhou, now the army in Luzhou is all locals, if Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan need it, they can pull it out and let people see what wolf soldiers are.

The vigorous campaign to exterminate locusts began, and the nobles of Tibet looked at the locusts that could not be killed and destroyed, and they could not think of a better way except for worry.

They know that this year is over again, and they let Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan give disaster once last year, and they don't know what to do this year.

They still don't know that this thing was done by Zhang Xiaobao, and they thought it was a real natural disaster.

This time, there was no need for Zhang Xiaobao to send someone over, Tubo was already thinking about continuing to borrow grain from Datang, and if he encountered such a thing before, he could send troops directly, but this year he didn't dare to say anything.

It's not that I don't want to, if all the people in Tibet can still be as good as they were in the war last year, it's okay, mainly from last year's autumn harvest to the present, they don't have enough to eat, and many slaves who can be used as warriors can even eat a little bit a day, as long as they don't starve to death.

How many troops can be called up in such a situation? If there were tens of thousands of people, it would not be enough for Wang Juan to kill.

The envoy of Tubo has already set off, and he is about to enter the place of Datang, with a heavy responsibility, but he doesn't know what will happen after he passes.

Zhang Xiaobao's side also began to make final preparations, and the ship was transferred to the capital, a total of twenty, five of the largest, and the others had medium-sized ships.

Everyone who can have the opportunity to join has also joined in, including the three of Old Man Bi, Old Man Zhang has also contacted Zhang Jiuling during this time, talked about the past few years, and then looked at his son.

"Li Yu is over there, right? I don't know if I'll be able to meet him, so ask him how he's doing there. When he was ready to travel, Zhang Xiaobao suddenly remembered that the person was Li Yu, who was the county magistrate in Changning County, Cizhou, and he hadn't been in touch for a long time, and it was not clear if he had played against anyone over there.

Wang Juan also thought of this person, and said: "I guess I'm busy, I should be able to see him this time, Fenshui is not far from Changning County, that is, a little past the border, Li Longji has passed, no matter what he says, he has to meet each other, especially in the case of governing that side well, how can he do it without showing off?" ”

"Send him a letter so he can make more money." Zhang Xiaobao wrote a letter as he spoke, and asked people to send it to Li Yu with a fast horse, the method of making money is very useful, and you can make a lot of money if you do it well, as for whether Li Yu will do it by herself or let someone else do it, it doesn't matter.

As Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan said, Li Yu is indeed preparing to meet his uncle, but now the things in the county have not been fully done, and he really wants to show the emperor a very good county when the emperor arrives, not to mention that he can catch up with Sanshui County, at least it must be about the same.

The road is being repaired, the river is being dug, and there is a business to do, Changning County is not big, and it is not small to say that it is not small, Li Yu plans to repair the houses of the people in the county before the emperor arrives, in case the emperor is happy, he wants to come over to see, and the face is not good-looking.

In order to be able to get more money to do things, Li Yu went to the surrounding places to attract investment, and there were a lot of discounts, and decided that if you rent land here for business, you can be exempted from tax for three years, and if you are willing to invest money to help build the place, then you can continue to be tax-free.

There are really businessmen who are tempted to come here with money to open a business, saying that they are trading, but in fact, there is no very good business here, one is the transportation industry, and the other is ceramics.

The former industry is a supplement to the latter industry, and the latter industry has caused an impact on the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce, so many places, it is impossible for the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce to occupy them all, they only occupy the resources of a small place, and the resources of others may not be sold to them.

With the addition of other merchants, the people of the Thousand World Chamber of Commerce finally couldn't bear it, and when the time came, even if they made the pottery different from others, they would not be able to raise the price, and there was no high price, although they would not lose money in trading here, they would not make much money.

So the six of them gathered together again to take counsel.

"Shouldn't we take out another 100,000 yuan and take up a little more shares? Otherwise, if it goes on like this, Li Yu will always take advantage of him, rent his land, and buy his mine, how much does it cost? It can't be like this anymore. ”

Chairman Tian said to the five people.

The five people were silent, they also found that something was wrong, but they couldn't come up with any way, the previous thing that was used to cooperate with the businessman to exempt tax was calculated once, not only did not make a little money, but also lost a lot, but the contract was clearly written, if the cooperation could not be tax-free, then the Thousand World Chamber of Commerce needed to bear all the losses of the businessmen.

So many businessmen were pulled over, and they lost a lot of money at once, but they couldn't find a chance to make up for it.

Nowadays, there are many businessmen who are attracted here by Li Yu's tax exemption, the competition is becoming more and more fierce, and they don't think of a useful way, it is estimated that the final result is to help Li Yu prosper the local economy, what is the use of ten years of tax exemption?

Seeing that the five people were silent, Chairman Tian could only say to himself, "Good plan, if it is not tax-free for ten years, we will not be able to make money, we will not be able to keep it, invest 50,000 yuan, and spend money to buy a lot of resources, and in the end we can only make money a little bit, as a result, we will pay taxes where we buy materials here, and there will be income when we rent land."

When the time comes for our pottery to be sold, it is estimated that it will be another amount of money in terms of transportation, whether it is for others to transport it or for us to do it ourselves.

What I mean is that if you take out another 100,000 yuan, this time you will collect less iron ore and more clay, and sign a contract with the place where the clay is dug, and you must supply us before you can supply it to others, or we will account for 80%, and the others will account for 20% in total.

Let their later merchants have no materials to use, so they are not afraid of them competing with us, 100,000 guan, plus the remaining 60,000 guan before, take out 150,000 guan to buy clay, and you can buy all the clay in the county at once, and no one else will want to occupy this resource within a few years. ”

Now the five people knew the president's plan, thought it was good, and nodded in agreement.

On the one hand, President Tian asked people to go to the Four Seas Academy to transport money, and on the other hand, he went to find Li Yu in person.

As soon as he saw President Tian's haggard appearance, Li Yu was happy, who let the people of the Thousand World Chamber of Commerce not cooperate well to do business, they have to go crooked, since they have done it, they have to suffer the consequences.

Originally, I really wanted to support the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce when it was often operating, but since something happened, I can't blame myself for being ruthless, so there is a tax-free investment move, in addition to this, there is a follow-up, we must force the Qianshi Chamber of Commerce to sell the shares to themselves at a lower price.

Thinking like this, Li Yu smiled kindly at President Tian, "President Tian is free to come over today?" How many kilns have you burned? I'm waiting to make a lot of money, and I won't be able to forget President Tian's help when the time comes. ”

President Tian watched the tea and melon seeds being served, he was really thirsty, so he took a sip first and said, "Master Li, has there been too much investment recently?" And many of them are people who burn pottery in the same way, so it's not easy for us to do business. ”

"How? The official thinks it's okay, and the official didn't exempt them from taxes for ten years like your Thousand World Chamber of Commerce, just exempted them for three years, and if you want to exempt them more, you need to pay a greater price, in fact, there is no way in the yamen, even if you have to do it now.

Chairman Tian also knows that it is said that a chamber of commerce is the most profitable monopoly, but for a county, it is the competition of businessmen that is the most beneficial, and the official will wait for three years to collect more taxes. ”

Li Yu opened his eyes and said nonsense, President Tian naturally wouldn't believe it, don't look at it as tax exemption for three years, but renting land is money, right? It is still the kind of poor land that is rented, that is, the land that no one cultivates on it, and the merchant who comes first looks at the map, and if he chooses it, he cannot change it, and if he encounters someone else, he has to help the family relocate and compensate for it.

There is a lot of money in this part, as well as coal and wood used to burn the kiln, which is another amount of money, and there will be no shortage of taxes in the county in the bulk trade, and the same is true in the places where the soil is sold.

Chairman Tian estimated that this year's tax revenue in Changning County could catch up with 20 times that of the past, where did so many businessmen come from before, and the road was not so easy to walk, and now which businessman wants to build a kiln, he must first repair that section of the road.

As a result, now a lot of businessmen have come, and Li Yu only needs to contribute a little money here, he can connect all the roads and lead to a big road, which is easy to calculate, this is Zhang Xiaobao's real ability, and the layout is not so big.

After thinking for a while, President Tian had no choice but not to mention this matter, after all, there was no provision in the contract that other businessmen were not allowed to come over, and the money that should be paid could not be kept, so he said to Li Yu:

"Lord Li, the Thousand World Chamber of Commerce is ready to continue to take out money to increase shares, I wonder if Lord Li agrees?"

"Is this going to increase? Agreed, wasn't it written in the contract at the beginning, I don't know how much Chairman Totian wants to add? Li Yu thought that he still needed to live for a while before the other party could increase his shares, and the increase in shares was good, he had more money in his county, and the money came over, so it was impossible to just put it like that, if that was the case, his financial staff would tell him.

"I want to add 100,000 yuan." President Tian gritted his teeth and said that the number was in it, mainly because he didn't know if he could achieve the goal he wanted after investing this money.

If Li Yu didn't have Zhang Xiaobao behind him, then there should be no problem, but with that person, it seems that anything can happen.

"That means my stake has become two or five, right? Okay, if I want to invest money too, I'll say to you. Li Yu did not object, it was written on the contract like this, and Zhang Xiaobao had already analyzed it.

"Yes, if Master Li thinks it's less, we can still let it out." Chairman Tian was afraid that Li Yu would be unhappy, so he was ready to lose points, in order to monopolize resources in the future.

"No, don't let me, buying and selling is buying and selling, is it possible that you look down on me? Do you think I'm going to use my identity to bully people? ”

Li Yu hurriedly refused, what's the use of asking for more than half of it, it's better to follow Xiaobao's plan, and really want to do it again, okay, it's a pity if you don't make money.

President Tian was relieved, and casually talked about the pottery burned over there, and he didn't stay long, so he said goodbye and left.

Li Yu's staff worm turned out from behind the screen again, still holding the plan written by Zhang Xiaobao in his hand, with a look of admiration.

"My lord, do you immediately form your own caravan and go to the surrounding counties to negotiate business? The people of the Thousand World Chamber of Commerce are already about to do it. ”

"Go, I'll leave this matter to you, taxes, a lot of taxes, there is money in the county now, my brother and Xiaobaotou's money can also be earned back little by little, if only I could find someone else to borrow money, but now I need to use the county's money to advance."

This is misappropriation, even if I borrow it myself, the people agree, and I have to find a way to compensate for it in the future, fortunately, no one will come to pursue me, where is not misappropriation? The court moved back and forth. ”

Li Yu handed over the matter to Xiao Worm to do, thinking that he needed to embezzle it, but he always felt awkward, and he didn't feel like this when he embezzled it before.

Of course, this is not a misappropriation in vain, and it needs to be mortgaged with a few small transactions of its own, otherwise the current yamen's finances are open, and there is no mortgage, so it is difficult to explain to the people.

When Li Longji from the capital got on the boat to travel, Zhang Xiaobao's letter to Li Yu was also delivered to the place.

Unfolding the letter, Li Yu read it, showed a happy smile, and said to himself: "Xiaobao is Xiaobao, worthy of its name, good, plant willow trees, a large number of seeds, and plant bamboo wherever you can plant it, and then buy hay and straw after the autumn harvest in this county and surrounding counties, waiting to make a lot of money." ”

Thinking of the happy place, I picked up the letter and read it again, and analyzed the future development of Changning County, saying that as long as the businessmen who invested money to come over had money to make, they would not withdraw, and this year maybe other things were enough, after all, the newly opened kiln needed to try to see how to burn.

Each kiln is different, some kilns are good, some are a little worse, the poor nature has to be rebuilt, and wait until next year the kilns are tried, and after the market is sold, it is the arrival of the real era of mass production.

Pottery, it's not a Luo so you can put it, there must be protective measures, what is the best thing to protect, of course, it is a basket made of bamboo and wicker, and hay, this year it looks like it is enough, and next year it will be absolutely out of stock.

In that case, it is too late to prepare now, whether it is to make money for yourself, or to help the merchant to be able to transport the goods safely as soon as possible, you must prepare in advance.

The willow tree is very easy to live, just insert a willow branch, and the growth rate is not slow, and the bamboo is even more so.

In addition to this suggestion, there is also a suggestion that Changning also start making honeycomb coal, and then use it to make fire, and make paper from the saved firewood, the thick kind, and then the Zhang and Wang families will provide a kind of thing for molding the pulp, and after pressing it out, it can also be used in pottery.

After watching it over and over again, every time I look at Li Yu, I feel comfortable in my heart, this is really a good way, make use of resources, and wait for the people of the Thousand World Chamber of Commerce to use the money from the capital increase, and then I can earn a lot of money.

"No, I have to prepare early, write down these things, and when my uncle arrives in Fenshui, I will see that my uncle has something to say."

Li Yu, who had a decision in his heart, arranged for someone to harvest enough grass, and on the other hand, let him plant willows and bamboos in a measured amount, and began to write a report again, and all kinds of data were listed clearly, so that he could speak fluently when the fleet came.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't know how far Li Yu could go, and he didn't plan to make money in Changning, the team set off, and he was arranged to the big boat where Li Longji was, followed by Xiaobei and others.

The Cao Canal where the boat walked, when it reached the place in front of it that could change lanes, would enter Fenshui.

It was not easy for Li Longji to come out once, there were still many people who objected, and finally it was after Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were willing to pay that the opponents agreed, otherwise it would have to take a lot of effort.

As soon as he arrived on the ship, Li Longji didn't think about being stuffy in the cabin, moved a set of things, sat on the deck at the bow of the ship, and looked around with a telescope in his hand.

Now the road is to go along the river, waiting for the time to enter the Fenshui River is the countercurrent, so the speed of the boat is very fast, in addition to the boat there are guards, there are also Jin Wuwei on the shore to follow the horse, so as not to be ambushed there.

A day and a half later, at noon, Li Longji still ran outside to sit, and by the way, he looked at the scenery of his country, and when he looked at it, he found that there was an extra bridge over the river in front of him.

"Lux, do you know when you got out of this bridge?" Li Longji, who was surprised, asked Gao Lishi, who was standing next to him.

Gao Lishi didn't know either, looked at it suspiciously, shook his head, and replied: "I don't know, who is so kind to build a bridge?" There are a lot of people coming and going on the bridge, so why stop at the bridge? ”

Just like Colliers said, there are a lot of people coming and going on this bridge that seems to have appeared out of nowhere, and there are people pushing goods with small carts, but it is difficult to walk the horses, because the bridge will swing back and forth, and it is a chain bridge.

Gao Lishi didn't know, so he brought Luo Bin over, Luo Bin went to other places some time ago to preach the will, and went for more than ten days, thinking that he could know.

The little eunuch Luo Bin hurried over, looked up at the bridge that appeared in front of him, and said in surprise: "Oh, it's really fast, when I passed by last time, it hasn't been repaired yet, and the movements of the Zhang and Wang families are really fast enough." ”

Listening to what he said, Li Longji and Gao Lishi both knew what was going on, it should be that when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan came over, they saw that it was inconvenient to come and go here, so they asked people to build a bridge, which is really fast, it is only a month's work, and a chain bridge will come out, and it is comfortable to have money to do things.

"Xiaobao and Juan Juan's hearts are really good, this bridge costs a lot of money, right? What kind of pressure is used on both sides of the strait? Li Longji looked at the bridge carefully, praised it, and asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the two sides are made of cement, steel and pebbles, so that the iron cable can be stretched, even if a hundred people stand on it, it will not break, and I heard that it will be maintained more every year in the future, but ..... is only ......"

Luo Bin didn't know whether to say it or not, and his eyes looked at Gao Lishi.

"What do you think I'm doing? Whatever you have to say to your majesty. Gao Lishi glared, and said in his heart, "Aren't you framing me, you can't say something, look at me, it's too annoying.

Li Longji ignored this trivial matter, smiled, and waited for Luo Bin to continue.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's just that this bridge is not so easy when it comes and goes, it costs money, two times is a penny, you can have a monthly package, you can also have an annual package, the longer the package, the cheaper it is, if you don't have money, you can use goods, for example, an egg can pass three times now, if it is a goose egg, it can be passed at least five times, and ......"

"Why do you want money? What about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, call them to me, they lack this money? I gave it, and the eggs even counted. ”

As soon as Li Longji heard that the bridge needed to be paid, he just happily boasted about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's mood was gone, and when he asked people to call two people, he raised his binoculars to take a closer look, but wasn't it, there was a person sitting at both ends of the bridge, waiting for others to throw the money into the box next to him, and there were a few baskets.

Fortunately, at this time, two adults took a child across the bridge, but they didn't give money, and took out an egg and put it in the basket.

"Lux, what do you mean by this? The people just came and went, and they actually collected the money, and he and the two families really lacked this money? If the people are allowed to spread the word, will their family's reputation be good? If you can take out so much money to build the canal, build a road in Jiannan Road, and provide development funds for the villages that help pave the roads, why do you have to collect money from people on the Cao Canal in the capital? ”

Li Longji looked at it, and said angrily to Gao Lishi, no wonder Luo Bin hesitated just now, it turned out to be like this.

Gao Lishi also frowned, and he also couldn't understand how many people came and went, but how long did it take to earn back the money for repairing the bridge? I couldn't answer for a while, so I held back for a while before saying:

"Your Majesty, do you think the people guarding the bridge are carrying Xiaobao and Juan Juan on their backs to collect money? Wait for Xiaobao and Juan Juan to come over and ask them to make it clear. ”

"Well, you ask, let the two of them tell the truth." Li Longji's eyes were still looking at the pedestrians passing on the bridge, and he couldn't think about it comfortably.

It didn't take long for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to hold hands and swing over.

"Your Majesty is here to enjoy the coolness, Your Majesty look at the bridge in front, I repaired it when Juan Juan and I came over, and more will be repaired in the future, including the river where Your Majesty is going to Jinyang before."

Zhang Xiaobao pointed to the bridge that Li Longji was looking at and said leisurely.

Gao Lishi looked at the two people and asked, "Xiaobao, you tell the truth, does the bridge collect money?" ”

"Yes, it's very cheap, I only charge a penny twice, if I only go once, I will give a voucher, when I think about it, I can still use it."

Zhang Xiaobao nodded and admitted, and explained how to spend the penny in half.

Li Longji put down the binoculars and asked Zhang Xiaobao, "You lack this money?" What will the people think? If you want to be famous, tell that there immediately, you are not allowed to collect money, and if you have already collected it, forget it. ”

"That's not good, if you don't collect money, isn't it in vain? My family is not short of that money, it is estimated that according to this situation, it will take two years to earn back the money for repairing the bridge, and part of the money earned will be used for maintenance, and part of it will be used to arrange houses at the head of the bridge, so that people can rest.

My family doesn't expect this to make a fortune, but it can't be uncollected, and the bridges that will be built in the future will be like this, if it works, it will be a road, and the caravan will also be called a toll. ”

Zhang Xiaobao didn't care about Li Longji's eyes at all, this money had to be collected.

Li Long basically thought that Zhang Xiaobao would do it, but he didn't expect to refuse, and he was about to order again when he opened his mouth, Gao Lishi said at this time: "Xiaobao, there must be a reason, right?" Since there is no shortage, why do you still collect it? ”

"Naturally, there is a reason, my family is not short of this money, but it does not mean that all people are not lacking, many businessmen actually want to do something good, but this money is invested, repair bridges and roads, you have to get the cost of maintenance every year, when the business is good, if you suddenly can't do it well, then the natural bridges and roads will gradually be abandoned.

If you are like me, let the passers-by pay a little money, even if the merchant has no money in the future, he can also have a toll to maintain, not to mention that this money should be collected, sitting on both sides of the bridge, there is a boatman who ferries on the canal, he will collect money for the ferry, now there is a bridge, he does not have to ferry, go to the top to sit and collect money, and then he will get a little money, and the ferry is about the same.

Without this bridge, wouldn't it cost you to take a boat? Spend more, all a lot of people would rather go around the distance than the little money to cross the river, our cheap, especially the frequent contacts, the monthly package is only 20 Wen, the annual package is 200 Wen, how cheap. ”

Zhang Xiaobao is planning to carry out the charge to the end.

Wang Juan also helped beside him, "Isn't it, just thinking about doing good deeds, and in the end, the lost businessman will not be able to do it anymore, so how can it be done?" Xiaobao and I are going to earn back the money for building bridges first, and then make money again, and continue to take it out to build bridges and roads, collect the wealth of pedestrians in the world, and repair the roads traveled by pedestrians in the world. ”

Li Longji was silent now, and no longer asked Zhang Xiaobao to cancel the fee, but thought about what the two people said, at this time, the boat had already arrived under the bridge, and the people on the bridge had already been emptied, what if someone spat and fell from it.

Li Longji looked up at the iron rope holding the template and the rope that filled the leak, and felt that what Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan said was also good.

But when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan said it, it doesn't make people doubt that they are really not short of money, and they have to take out a large amount of money every year to do local infrastructure construction, and it is impossible to say that they expect to collect bridge tolls and tolls to make a fortune.

Gao Lishi was also thinking about this problem, he was moved by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, yes, the payment without asking for anything in return is not long, is there one in a hundred businessmen?

So he said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, if you really follow what Xiaobao and Juan Juan said, there will be more people who are willing to build bridges and roads in the future, why worry that my Datang road is not smooth?" Countless businessmen took the initiative to repair it, and it is estimated that in a few years, there will be roads everywhere in my Datang, and rivers and rivers will be bridged. ”

Li Longji nodded, if the imperial court is really asked to pay for the construction of so many roads and bridges, the imperial court will not be able to afford it, even if it is out for a while, it will not be able to maintain it.

I felt that I had almost figured it out, and I was just about to agree, but suddenly I thought of the most critical question, and asked Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan: "Then what if many businessmen build roads and bridges just to make money?" Have they not earned all the money of the people?

For example, your bridge can be repaid in two years, and I don't think other people will build bridges on the Yellow River, right? I can't afford to repair it, so I can only repair it in a place like this, what if they are deliberately raising the price? ”

"After a while, I will pay taxes, and write a paperwork, as long as the road and bridge fees are earned, I will first give it to the local government, but this money is directly to the capital, and the local government cannot embezzle and withhold it, so that the time to return to the capital is extended, and the tax is heavy, and it is estimated that it will take four years to return the capital.

After returning the capital, you must also continue to pay taxes, and reduce the cost of travel, which is clearly written in the contract, and then your majesty will be able to raise a lot of money, and then use this money to do things, take it from the people, and use it for the people. ”

Zhang Xiaobao doesn't need to think much about such a problem to know what to do.

Wang Juan also said: "Yes, the only difficulty is that no matter how good the policy is, it needs to be implemented by people, such as concealing and lying, saying that it cannot be misappropriated or still misappropriated, which is the key to the problem. ”

Listening to the words of the two people, Li Longji sighed, that is, he agreed with what Zhang Xiaobao said, but he was also worried about what Wang Juan mentioned, it is true, who can guarantee that the officials below will not be greedy? Always with a fluke mentality, even if you know that you may be killed.

Unable to think of a solution for a while, Li Longji looked at Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi had his own considerations, and said: "Your Majesty, you can let many officials who have no position go back and forth in the place, one is to monitor whether bridges and roads have been built in a certain place, whether money has been collected, and the other can find a job for them."

If someone wants to bribe them, it's okay, Your Majesty can let different people go around there every half a month to see if they can give it, and you can even use this to hook up the evaluation.

For example, the officials in the county supervise each other, as long as they find that someone has done this, then once they report, they can get the opportunity to appreciate, although they cannot be completely eliminated, but they will definitely have a good effect, and then occasionally send people to check and check, and when the time comes, kill a few, and let the officials be honest. ”

"Is this possible?" Li Longji actually approved this method in his heart, but he still asked Zhang Xiaobao.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded, "If you can really kill with all your heart, you are not afraid that too many officials will do something wrong, you are afraid that it will rot from the root down, and protect each other layer by layer, and the court will take into account human feelings, for example, a certain general and official who has made great contributions has done something, and the court will kill it directly if it is not good, that is the most dangerous." ”

"Kill, you must kill, no one can intercede, this is tried in various rivers in Gyeonggi Province first, see how to say it, and then promote it to the whole Datang, let's start with you, write a plan for me, and collect taxes from the chain bridge."

Li Longji is not confused, and he is not ready to promote it in the entire Datang all of a sudden, but if he is not reconciled if he doesn't do it, how much money does it cost, why not make it if he can earn it? It is true that the treasury is much stronger than it used to be, but it is also not easy to start a war, not to mention that there are more things to do, such as the canal must be repaired.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded and agreed, just collect the tax, and don't expect to really make money on the bridge, continue to move forward, what really makes money is the bazaar on both sides of the bridge, which is tax-free, and the court will not care.

Li Longji solved a matter on his mind, and asked Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan: "Can I build a few bridges on the Yellow River?" You give out a part, the court out a part, it's really not good, you can go directly to the court, after all, your family has spent a lot recently. ”

"It depends on what kind of bridge is built, if it is like the Yangtze River, it can't be repaired, and there are people who make trouble, so a bridge is built, and no one here makes trouble, do you still want to divert the Yellow River? How much delay does that have to take? Don't look at the bridge on the Yangtze River, but compared to the original loss, the current income is too small. ”

Zhang Xiaobao was worried that Li Longji would repair it like that, how much money did it cost at the beginning? Who can let the river be diverted to play without having anything to do?

Wang Juan also added: "If it is a chain suspension bridge, it is okay, choose a narrow place to repair it, but compared to the Cao Canal, it needs to spend more money, if the court is not in a hurry, wait for the autumn harvest, Xiaobao and I can raise money to do this." ”

"How to raise?" Li Longji is still worried about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, afraid that they will make the family unhappy because they want to take out the money.

"Tubo, there are *** and Xinyuan Island, today Tubo is over, you can exchange food for a lot of resources, there is money, *** there is waiting for the silver ore to be transported back this time, Xiaobao is also going to do it, there is silver, gold.

Plus Silla, now the people of Silla are playing games with Li Yu in Changning County, Cizhou, the purpose of their investment is not pure, they want to cheat, Xiaobao and I have given Li Yu an idea, and then it's time to fight back, don't worry about it, one by one, they want to take advantage of this side. ”

Wang Juan pointed to the west, and then to the east and south, and explained to Li Longji.

Li Longji suddenly said, yes, Xiaobao is still calculating, not calculating the people of the Tang Dynasty, but it does not mean that he does not count other countries, if he does not know what Zhang Xiaobao has done to the surrounding countries, it is really easy to make people think that Xiaobao is just like this economically, there is no good way.

It is because of the comparison that people understand that Xiaobao or the masters of the Zhang family are thinking about the Tang Dynasty in their hearts, and there are many things that they can't do, but they don't want to do.

Thinking of this, Li Longji suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Always let you pay, okay?" ”

"It's okay, as long as Your Majesty promises to let us open a bank with all our might, oh, it's a money bank, Your Majesty allows us to run the money bank often, and we take care of the bridge of the Yellow River."

Zhang Xiaobao was worried that someone would rob him, so that he could find an opportunity, even if he took out a million yuan to repair the bridge, it was worth it, not to mention that it wouldn't cost so much.

"What money?" Li Longji faintly felt in his heart that things were not so simple, and now he had to think deeply about what Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan put forward at random.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had no choice but to tell Li Longji and Gao Lishi about the money village selectively, the purpose is to facilitate businessmen to buy and sell, promote economic prosperity, reduce transportation costs and risks, and by the way, they can earn a little money to subsidize their families.

After Li Longji listened, he removed the previous few things that served others, and the most impressive thing was to make a little money.

He said that he didn't believe that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were willing to take out so much money to repair the bridge just to make a little money, the past was vivid, how did the good pastures in Fengzhou give? How did the two families of Zhang Wang have officials? How did the east side of Jinchuan and the west side of the Tang Dynasty, including the desert, become the territory of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan?

All, Li Longji did not agree directly, but said: "This matter makes me think about it, well, bring Bi Gou and them, I have something to ask." ”

"Then we'll go back, and we'll have to cook." Wang Juan pulled Zhang Xiaobao and left again.

When the two of them left, Li Longji waited for the arrival of Old Man Bi and the others, and thought hard about the relationship between the Yellow River Bridge and Qianzhuang, turned his head, saw Gao Lishi looking at the scenery boredly there, and asked: "Lux, do you know what is going on in Qianzhuang?" Why don't I think that's right? Listen to them, they don't make much, is that really the case? ”

Gao Lishi thought about it and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister estimates that it can't be so simple, maybe he can make a lot of money, but the minister knows that no matter how much money the Zhang and Wang families make, they don't spend much on themselves. ”

"Yes." Li Longji answered, and at this time, Old Man Bi and Old Man Yao had already come over.

Li Longji didn't go around in circles, and asked directly about Qianzhuang, Old Man Bi was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know, but it is estimated that Baoxin County has already opened." ”