Princess Yongmu picked up the shellfish to eat. After eating a few pieces, she stopped and looked at the happy islanders around her. She tilted her head and asked Li Yi.
"Li Lang, give them money directly and tell them to buy our things with this money?"
"No, that's self-deception. They have to pay the corresponding price to get our money." Li Yi waved his hand.
"Buy their shells with money? Then they'll get used to using our money, just like the people of Chang 'an are used to using exchange coupons? "
Princess Yongmu thought that the same model could be adopted.
Li Yi still waved his hand. "Let them farm and grow vegetables. Right now, they only grow rice and have few other grains. For vegetables, they dig wild vegetables and eat things from the sea.
We'll draw out a piece of land, give them money, and hire them to work.
Beans, soybeans, cabbage, spinach, and so on. Our people will come over and eat them.
The more at sea, the more they need fresh vegetables. We'll teach them how to make bean products. "
Li Yi had long planned to turn the surrounding inhabited islands into vegetable cultivation bases.
Then he added, "At that time, if there are sailors who are willing to have sex with them, I won't stop them. When they have children, we'll slowly teach them the characters and language of the Tang dynasty."
Li Yi was open-minded. In a matriarchal society, there was no need for men to help raise children.
When the population increased and communication increased, they would directly draw the island into the territory of the Tang dynasty.
With the abundance of materials, the difference in labor force between people would be reflected, and the class division would be serious.
Slowly, the local society would become a feudal society.
It wouldn't be long before the Tang dynasty, with its military, economic, cultural, and technological advantages, would become the yearning of everyone.
The people in these places still lived in tribal groups. There was no patriotism.
As long as others were strong enough and guaranteed that they could get benefits, they would be willing to rely on them.
Forget about the era of the Tang dynasty. Li Yi thought of another time and space.
Wasn't it the same? They would listen to whoever was strong and even drag their families there.
Small countries, on the surface, seemed to have sovereignty, but in fact, they had to listen to others.
Princess Yongmu picked up a piece of shellfish meat and fed it to Li Yi. "What if there are too many people on the island and we can't live there anymore?"
"It's still too early. It will take many years to increase the population by tens or even hundreds of times. I don't have to worry about it for now." Li Yi didn't want to think about problems that were too far away.
As long as he could make the Tang dynasty's national strength many times stronger than before, the rest would be easy to handle.
Princess Yongmu thought about it and said, "The world is too big. I want to see it."
"It's simple. When the Tang dynasty stabilizes a little, we can go wherever we want." Li Yi remembered that there were resources in other places.
"In other places, there are many fruits that we have not eaten before. They are delicious. Most of them have to be grown in Jingzhou."
Li Yi thought of the fruits in Africa. There were places in Africa that were blessed by nature. The location of the desert was not one of them.
"It's definitely inconvenient to transport them. They'll be rotten by the time they reach Chang 'an." Princess Yongmu smacked her lips. She wanted to eat some fruits.
In the past, they had fruit plates for meals. When they went out to sea, they could only eat canned food.
Except for canned hawthorn, nothing else seemed to be as delicious as fresh fruits. Was hawthorn considered a fruit?
"Yacht. Drive the yacht there to eat. After eating, we'll pack it up and drive it back to Chang 'an for others to taste." Li Yi pointed at the yacht parked at sea.
The yacht was fast. They could also build an air storage to store the fruits, which could be preserved for a long time.
As long as the temperature was controlled and there was an air storage, any fruit could be preserved. At least, it would be no problem to eat relatively fresh fruits.
Cherries, mangosteens, bayberries, lychees …
As long as Li Yi was willing to preserve them, there would be no problem. It was just a matter of the cost.
"This summer, I'll fly to the Hami area and bring it back for you to eat."
Li Yi thought of the Hami melon, which couldn't be eaten in Chang 'an.
Princess Yongmu shook her head hard. "No. I'll have a toothache if I eat too much sweet."
"How about I get some preservative water and a box to store ice for cooling? When the Hami area's melons are about to ripen, I'll soak them in the preservative water and put them in the box. I'll send them over as soon as possible."
Li Yi thought of a way to save lifespan. With the set of methods, it wouldn't be a problem to preserve the melons for a month.
When the ice melts on the road, they can restock it at the relay station.
"I want to eat it. My teeth are not afraid. Li Lang, you know how to treat teeth." Princess Yongmu quickly agreed when she heard that there was no need to save her life.
"We have to talk to the rich and ask them if they want to eat it. If they want to eat it, we can send more people to fetch the melons and earn back the travel expenses. "
Li Yi didn't even want to pay for the horses, labor, and ice.
Princess Yongmu smiled. "At Wentian Lan Pavilion, I said … I said eating this is good for beauty."
"You're right. It's indeed a medicine. The seeds are also good. It's better to make it into preserved fruits. Fresh ones are better." Li Yi gave Princess Yongmu a thumbs up.
Women's beauty, men's health, the lifespan of the elderly, and children's intelligence were all selling points.
Princess Yongmu was even happier. Suddenly, she saw the islanders and sighed. "Their lives are still simple. They're happy as long as they have fish to eat."
"You haven't seen them when they don't have food to eat or when they're sick.
When the typhoon comes, the waves will sweep people in. The island is humid and hot.
The lifespan of the locals is much shorter than that of the Tang dynasty. "
Li Yi didn't want to live such a simple life. He still wanted to enjoy it.
The islanders who were talked about by the two of them were indeed very happy.
They suddenly had a lot of shells, delicious dipping sauces, and fish to eat.
They also had salt to marinate the fish and dry it. When the weather was bad and there was nothing to eat, they could eat it.
The most important thing was that the child said that there would be more ships from the Tang dynasty coming in the future. They would exchange things for things they needed.
It wasn't easy for them to exchange things, especially people. Women went to other places, or other men and women came over.
It was too risky to take a ship out on their own. Under normal circumstances, they would wait for others to come.
With the big shells, they could collect water when it rained.
The female leader didn't pay attention to the shells and fish. She glanced at the yacht from time to time.
After looking at the yacht, she looked at Li Yi. Feng Qingdai introduced him to her.
The big ship belonged to Li Yi, her master, the person who taught her.
The main team must listen to her master. Her master was very powerful in the Tang dynasty.
The female leader chatted and listened. Suddenly, she said a few words to the little girl.
"Master, she asked me how we can get water on the ship. She said that there is too little water on the island. Some people will die because they go to the forest to get water from the leaves. "
The little girl stood up and shouted to Li Yi.
"Tell her that we will make a lot of wooden barrels for them to collect rainwater."
Li Yi didn't intend to exchange things for the islanders. He could exchange for very useful water storage equipment.
It was not worth wasting his life to make wooden utensils.
With tools to break wood, it was easy to make wooden barrels. They could use hemp ropes soaked in tung oil.
There were also iron wires on the yacht. They were pulled out from the wire and glue.
There was no need for craftsmen. The Winged Knights could do it.
The fresh water was not only for the locals. When the ships came in the future and needed fresh water, they didn't have to worry about it.
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