The female leader was trying her best to learn how to use chopsticks. Li Yi gave her a large number of wooden chopsticks.
The dry wood was directly processed into chopsticks. It was not worth much.
For the islanders, chopsticks were a good gift. Other than the fact that it was not easy to learn, everything else was good.
The wild vegetables and bird eggs soup was fragrant. He had made it before. He opened the wild vegetables and bird eggs and cooked them in water. Why was the taste different from what he ate today?
Li Yi knew why. There was no oil and no pepper noodles.
He used the soybean oil to make the soup. He added the oil, sprinkled chopped green onions, boiled the soup first, and then added the wild vegetables.
If he added the wild vegetables first, he would have to stir-fry them. After stir-frying, he added water. The taste would not be fresh enough.
Of course, to make shredded cowpea or kidney bean soup, he had to stir-fry them first. Otherwise, it would be easy to get poisoned before it was cooked.
Li Yi did not plan to teach the islanders how to cook. It was too difficult. He had to add pots and seasonings.
After the meal, Li Yi also gave the other party three sets of flags, each with three sides, to tell the other party the meaning.
Under the cover of the night, the yacht left.
There was a zigzag route. It went to Nauru, then diagonally northeast to the Marshall Islands, southeast to Kiribati, and then Tuvalu.
It was a long detour, wasting time.
If not for providing the most reliable route for the fleet behind, the yacht could have directly crossed the Pacific Ocean.
There was no need to go to Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, and other places in the south.
He marked the sea map of the Tang dynasty's navy. Some places were different, and the geological changes gave him a rough idea of the situation.
If they really encountered a typhoon and the ship was blown off course, they would be able to locate it at any time with the help of the theodolite and sextant.
"After a round trip, a clearer map of the route will be created. When we come back, we will take a straight line and look at the islands and reefs along the way."
Li Yi looked at the data recorded on the yacht and was very pleased.
"What if the people who know how to read the sea map tell others how to read the map for money and sell it?"
Xiao Lan first considered the possibility of betrayal. Even if there was a one in ten thousand chance, she would not be happy.
Not only her, but everyone knew how valuable the sea map was.
Li Yi was not afraid. "The key positions are controlled by the Winged Knights. The Winged knights have no reason to betray us.
If anyone was bribed, they would take the initiative and arrest them. That way, they could earn even more.
Report it to me, and I'll use this as an excuse to deal with the people in the other party's area. I'll have a good reason to act. "
The theodolites and sextants he made all had telescopes attached to them. If other people wanted to make telescopes, they would have to wait. They would have to wait many years.
There were theodolites without telescopes, but he would not make one.
If the Winged Knights wanted to betray him, they had to first consider whether Li Dongzhu would fly over and kill them.
In addition, it would be difficult to teach others how to use this set of tools.
It would take a lot of time to capture someone from Li Yi's era and teach him how to use the theodolite and sextant properly at sea, as well as how to read nautical charts.
It involved celestial bodies, manufacturing accuracy, and measurement error correction …
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"Is there anyone else who wants to build the canal? Are there any more? Some people came to sign up. Fifty yuan a day, food and accommodation were provided. The Li Family Zhuangzi was in charge of logistics. There are still people who want to go … "
At the edge of Chang 'an City, the Governor's Office, and the nearby prefectures, there were officials who had prepared the carriages.
They were recruiting workers to build the canal. A new plank road had to be built.
They needed a lot of manpower, and the salary was 50 yuan a day.
Starting work when they arrived at their destination did not count.
The carriages rushed to Sanmen Gorge, and everyone was fiddling with the safety helmet in their hands.
The outer layer of the safety helmet was made of iron, and the inner layer was made of bamboo and silk.
It was not as good as Li Yi's safety helmet, but it was better than wearing nothing.
The safety helmet was lent to the people who worked. After the helmet was used, it would be taken back and lent to the people who worked on other projects.
"The Imperial Court is paying. Why are they clamoring that Li Dongzhu is paying?"
Bi Goo's carriage was parked next to a recruitment point. He was unhappy to hear the people talking outside.
The so-called logistics provided by the Li Family Zhuangzi was just a few dozen people sent by the Li Family Zhuangzi to coordinate and direct the logistics work.
Each person was paid 50 yuan a day. The Ministry of Revenue paid for the carriages and food.
The people did not approve of the money and insisted that it was Li Dongzhu who paid.
The money was not much. Each person was paid 50 yuan a day. Including food and accommodation, it was at most 60 yuan.
With 20,000 people working, it was 1.2 million yuan a day. For 15 days, it was 18,000 yuan. That was enough.
The cost of the gunpowder, tools, materials, carriages, and so on.
100,000 yuan … was 100,000 yuan considered money?
When Xiao Yi returned, he would be able to dig it out from the gaps between his teeth.
Bi Goo was sullen because the Imperial Court was spending money, but he did not get anything good.
The Minister of Works, Wei Zhigu, was in the carriage. This was a matter of the Ministry of Works. He glanced at Bi Goo. "Tell the Li Family Zhuangzi that tomorrow's newspaper will say that the Imperial Court is paying, not the Li Family Zhuangzi."
"Hmph!" Bi Goo snorted and turned his head away.
He was not going to do it. It would make him seem petty.
When Xiao Yi returned and found out about this, wouldn't she laugh at him for a year and a half?
He could not afford to lose that face. Toothache!
"This year, the Ministry of Works sent many memorials to the Imperial Court. I've already sent people to check on water conservancy, road construction, and so on."
Wei Zhigu said. The divisions of the Tang dynasty were clear.
Normally, the memorials to the prefectural government would be given to the prime minister. Unless the prefectural government was in charge of the army, it would be given to the prefectural government, provincial governors, and so on.
The Imperial Court did not have money. Most of the time, the local governments would raise money by themselves. They mainly used the time that the commoners worked for free.
If the Imperial Court allowed it, the local governments would not expect to get extra funding.
Unless there was a disaster, they would apply for regular liquidation and rent reduction.
Now that the local governments knew that the Imperial Court had a lot of money, they began to send memorials to the various ministries to ask for a few thousand yuan. There was no need to trouble the prime minister.
Bi Goo lowered his head and pondered. Li Yi had helped to spend last year's money. This year …
"Xiao Yi did not give us a financial plan for this year. We can't calculate the income in advance. I'll give you 300,000 yuan first. Do you think that's enough?"
Bi Goo's voice was low, giving off a feeling of guilt.
He was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, but he did not know how to estimate the income this year.
God knows what other aspects of income would suddenly increase. Looking at Xiao Yi's return, he might have brought a lot of money.
"If he doesn't come back, the Tang dynasty …" Wei Zhigu said to Bi Goo.
Without waiting for him to finish, Bi Goo reached out and lifted Wei Zhigu's chin. "Don't say that he can come back. If word gets out and the commoners know, they'll bite you to death."
"Mm, mm!" Wei Zhigu snorted, indicating that he understood.
Bi Goo let go. "I was waiting for Zhuangzi to meet His Majesty the day before yesterday when I suddenly received the news that the pigeon had returned. I was almost scared to death. Xiao Yi can't be in trouble."
Bi Goo did not feel ashamed. A lot of things were unfolding, and he was counting on Xiao Yi to coordinate them. If he was gone, who would take over these things?
The situation was too big. No one could straighten it out.
If Xiao Yi couldn't come back, the sky would really collapse!
Wei Zhigu looked at Bi Goo sympathetically. "300,000 yuan is fine. Use it first. The local governments have passed through the Ministry of Works, so they haven't asked for much money."
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