"I'm just worried that the space is not enough. They can send another 400,000." Li Chengqi rubbed his eyes.
Just now, he insisted on eating the chili in the spicy conch. Li Yi used green chili to color the conch.
It was most suitable to be made into pickled vegetables, the very salty kind. He would bite a little each time.
He would not pick it up and throw it into his mouth. Li Yi was also sweating when he ate it like that.
"I can still arrange another 4 million. The Tang dynasty has a lot of land. We can provide them with food once and they will have their own production later."
Li Yi found that the needs of the people in the current era were too low.
They did not want democracy, freedom, or the right to vote. The biggest goal was to have enough to eat.
Then, they would have water to drink in summer and sleep in winter. They would not freeze to death.
For the tribes of the Tiele Ten Families, the stove was even better than the heating and air conditioning in Li Yi's time.
They did not ask for the comfortable temperature in the house to be kept at 25 or 26 degrees in winter. They also did not need the heating in the north to be at least 18 degrees.
It was impossible as long as the house did not freeze at night. It was fine as long as the quilt was warm.
The house did not freeze at night in winter. Even Li Yi could not do it in the north in the 80s and 90s.
The stove was not heated all the time. A basin of water was placed on the floor of the house. When one woke up the next morning, the basin was filled with ice.
There was a big water tank next to the stove in the kitchen. In the morning, one would use a ladle to break the ice first. The top layer of ice would be broken down and then the water would be melted.
It could only freeze at zero degrees. The mixture of ice and water was zero degrees.
For the people who lived on the stove, the temperature in the house would be below zero after night. The quilt would be warm.
Getting up and putting on clothes at this time …
What was needed was to pull the clothes into the quilt, cover them, and then put on the clothes.
Of course, one could also take a deep breath, lift the quilt, and quickly put on the clothes. The clothes would be cold. After a few minutes, they would be warm.
The challenge of ice and water was pure nonsense for the northerners in Li Yi's time. It was just getting up in the morning and putting on clothes!
The Tiele Ten Families pursued this. It was their dream.
Their normal winter life was to sleep together at night. In the morning, they would burn the cow dung and hay and set up a clay pot to cook.
Then he went out to take care of the sheep and the stables. He sang when he let the sheep out, hoping that spring would come soon.
If someone didn't wake up in the morning, they wouldn't feel too sad. After burying them, they would continue with their lives. Life had to go on.
Li Chengqi didn't know what Li Yi was thinking, but he was still worried. "Is it easier to govern with more people?"
"People only have faith when they are weak. No matter what they believe in, it is always something to look forward to.
Powerful people and forces could become the faith of others. For example, the Li Family Zhuangzi is the religion of the people of the capital. "
Li Yi explained the needs of the people from another perspective, the spiritual ones.
"You and the three … all three places. I'm in charge of the Six Li Village in the west, the area in the south, and the Winged Knights in the north.
At the very least, someone would set up a memorial tablet for you and His Majesty. Especially in the summer, they would burn incense for you every day.
Do you want the ten families of Tiele to change their beliefs and believe in the Li Family Zhuangzi and His Majesty? "
Li Chengqi almost spilled the beans. After changing his words, he wanted to laugh when he talked about burning incense.
Nowadays, the people of the capital just fooled around by burning incense. After burning the mosquito coils, they would take them back to their houses.
Li Yi laughed directly. "If it weren't for me, they would be more sincere when they burn incense for His Majesty.
My Li Family Zhuangzi is not that sacred. I'm always by their side, so they have a habit of burning incense for my memorial tablet.
Burning good incense is expensive, so I have to change it to mosquito coils, which can also be used to drive away mosquitoes.
If they don't burn incense, they will feel that something is missing. Life should always be a little ritualistic, right? "
"No, if someone speaks ill of you and they hear it, the result will definitely be terrible. It's normal to be beaten up in Chang 'an.
What I'm most afraid of is that someone enters the capital's village and stays there to speak ill of you. "
Li Chengqi shook his head. He didn't think the people were joking.
The reason why the people burned the mosquito coils was because they were close to him. They all knew that Li Yi was young and it was still early for him to live forever.
It was enough to look at the memorial tablet every day and think about Li Yi. What's the use of incense?
The difference could be seen when Li Yi's car went out. The people automatically made way for him and looked at the people around them to see if anyone was plotting against him.
They were not respectful because they treated Li Yi as their family. They wondered what kind of things Xiao Yi and Brother Yi had to worry about.
If it was Song Jing who went out alone, the people would move aside when they saw him. Hey! Zaifu came out and quickly moved aside. Don't bump into him.
However, it was said that last time, a group of zaifu and former zaifu were waiting for a blind man to pass by. Su Yi even helped him up personally. The people's impression of the zaifu and zaifu changed.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqi asked Li Yi, "Do you know what happened when the zaifu and zaifu went to Bi Goo's house for dinner?"
"Yes, Old Bi even wrote me a letter. That letter." Li Yi paused.
Qing Song jumped out and ran back not long after. He handed the letter to Li Chengqi.
Li Chengqi opened the letter and saw a limerick written inside.
"Poor and destitute friends invite me to a straw hut, but when I meet a blind man, I don't know how to be alone. Many passers-by stop and wait for me, walking and supporting me. I'm filled with sorrow on the way home, unable to calm my heart and gather friends. Between cups, I speak of the matter. How can I comfort the common people by gifting nine pots? "
"Bi Goo is asking for credit from you? There are many similar matters. Isn't he just a zaifu? Why is there a need to mention gifting? And gifting nine pots? Shouldn't it be a wine pot? Why do you use quotation marks? "Li Chengqi looked at him with disdain.
"One pot of wine is fine, but he asked for nine pots. How many people were there that day? I gave out nearly a hundred catties of three-year-old wine. How many years has it been since I joined the Li Family Zhuangzi? "
Li Yi felt that his elder brother was too naive.
"I thought this nine was the nine above the nine heavens. Yes, Bi Goo is now the Minister of Revenue. He can just say the number. How can it be a hundred … "
Li Chengqi paused at this point. He finally remembered why he used quotation marks for birth. He had learned punctuation. Birth was ascending, wasn't it?
There were ten people that day, and each person had nine liters. Wasn't that nearly a hundred catties?
Li Yi nodded. Yes, one liter was six hundred milliliters, referring to water. There was alcohol in wine, and the density was different. It depended on the ratio of alcohol.
One catty was six hundred and sixty grams. According to this ratio, the wine he gave out should be five hundred and forty liters.
In theory, he should give out about eighty catties of wine. In fact, he gave out ninety-nine catties.
"It's been hard on you, Brother Yi!" Li Chengqi understood everything. You guys helped a person, made way, and asked my Brother Yi for good wine. Are you guys so poor that you went crazy?
It was Bi Goo last time, right? When he went to Yao Chong's house for dinner, he wrote a letter to his Brother Yi. Brother Yi sent some dishes and dumplings.
"Brother Yi, next time you write, ask them for things." Li Chengqi suggested.
"I don't dare. I'm afraid that they will boycott the court and say that they are going to pick some wormwood to exchange for money to buy things for me. Brother, do you think they will do something like that?"
Li Yi shook his head and waved his hand. He was scared. He was scared to death.
Li Chengqi couldn't help but laugh, "Hahaha! They can do it to others, but to you, nothing is impossible. Hahaha ~ ~ "
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