"Every place has its own advantages and disadvantages. The main responsibility of an official is to coordinate resources. Resources can be divided into natural resources and social resources … "
Li Yi was giving a lecture to the officials, so he had nothing to do.
He recorded the lecture as he spoke, and when he returned to Zhuangzi, he would play the lecture to save time.
The other people on the yacht could listen to him if they wanted to.
Princess Yongmu listened with great interest. Xiaolan took a pencil and drew on a piece of paper to take notes.
"Currently, the most important natural resource of the Tang dynasty is land. Farming is the main resource, and water resources are tied together with land …"
Li Yi spoke at a moderate pace, and his words were clear.
He told the six officials that the officials needed to build irrigation works in order to increase the efficiency of land resources.
In the limited land and water resources, living resources were the foundation of survival. Crops were grown, livestock were raised, and poultry were raised.
Whichever place could obtain crops with higher yields and carnivorous animals with shorter growth cycles and higher meat production rates, that place would be wealthier than other places.
In the future, as technology improved, mineral resources would accelerate the development of the local economy.
The improvement of technology involved social resources such as capital resources and human resources.
Thus, under the premise that it was impossible to increase land and water resources, whoever had better technology would have a better life.
How could technology be improved? It depended on the administrative ability of the officials. Regardless of whether they used their own funds to encourage researchers or attract funds, research and development work couldn't be stopped.
"Currently, those who know how to farm, raise livestock, and create tools need to raise their social status so that more people can imitate them …"
Li Yi changed the topic and talked about the problem of scholars monopolizing the market.
A skilled craftsman could at most become a low-ranking official. It was impossible for him to become a grade-7 low-ranking official.
The status of merchants was even lower. If merchants didn't think of a way to get their children under someone else's name, their children wouldn't be allowed to take the imperial examinations.
Merchants had money, so they could invest in research and development, and they played an important role in the circulation of goods.
"Physician Li, my hometown, Xia Province, has a large number of people raising poultry, and we cooperate with them to raise pigs. Is this considered a social resource?"
An official hurriedly asked when Li Yi paused.
His hometown was in Xia Province, north of Chang 'an, outside the Great Wall, and it was considered a quasi-military state.
If the Turks defeated the Anbei Protectorate, the imperial court would definitely mobilize soldiers to Xia Province.
Summer State was outside the Great Wall. Without the help of the Great Wall, the local people used to live a tough life.
After that, they dug wells and planted oases. At the same time, they used the local resources to develop their farming and breeding industries.
"Mm!" Li Yi nodded. "Society's resources, I believe that the factors have changed. There was no return on the cost of digging the well. It was a long-term process.
Yu Huaide, Shopkeeper Yu, and the others didn't earn back their capital from the pigs they raised, so they would be able to do so this year.
The commoners get a portion of the money and raise their own pigs. What's the difficulty in raising poultry? "
Li Yi suddenly threw out a question as he looked at the six officials.
"Chickens eat food, but chickens can't always eat grass," an official replied.
"The ducks were thrown into the water. They didn't return home and were eaten by wild beasts," another official said.
"The smell of feces is too strong. It's hard to clean it up."
"It's cold in winter. Why don't we build a circle? If it snows heavily, we'll freeze to death."
"It will delay farming. If there are too many of them, there will be someone to take care of them."
"It's too hot to lay eggs, and it's sick."
One by one, the six officials spoke about the problems in poultry farming. At least, they thought it was a problem.
"It's sales. If they can't sell, they'll eat it themselves?"
The little girl, who was holding her face with both hands, suddenly spoke. There was a hint of disdain in her clear voice.
The officials looked at each other and endured it.
"How do we solve this problem?" Li Yi asked the officials again.
This time, the six of them shook their heads in unison, indicating that they didn't know how to solve this problem. Could it be solved?
"At this time, we should consider two points. One is logistics, road construction, and shipping. If it can't be solved in a short period of time, we should consider processing and preservation techniques, such as air-drying.
There are only two ways to preserve eggs for a long period of time, which is to change eggs and salted eggs. The commoners can eat more eggs as it's good for their health. "
Li Yi gave a solution and emphasized the importance of technology.
The six officials began to praise and express their support. They seemed to have learned all of this and could use it when they become officials in the future.
"Do people buy air-dried poultry? If there's live ones, why would they buy air-dried ones? "Li Yi still had a question.
The six of them: "…"
Why were there so many problems? Could it be that air-dried poultry wasn't meat? It was fine as long as there was meat to eat!
Li Yi didn't expect them to answer at all. He said, "So we have to study the technology of how to make air-dried poultry taste good. We have to make air-dried poultry taste good. Only then will people be willing to buy them."
"Oh ~!" The officials made the same sound. None of them asked how to make it taste good. This was not a problem for the Li Family Zhuangzi.
"There are air-dried chickens on the yacht. I'm going to dry them and make them into dishes. Everyone, try it." Li Yi didn't play around and gave them the real thing.
There was ready-made food. They would know whether it was good or not after eating it.
…
The imperial examination in Chang 'an was in progress. It was noon on the third day.
The examinees were eating. Most of them were frowning and wanted to find someone to communicate with.
They had answered the conventional questions such as sutra questions and calculation questions.
They had also written poems and essays. They all felt that they were good.
When it came to the current affairs, it was troublesome.
It was easy to say that the logic was self-consistent. They were just afraid that the answers would not meet the requirements of the Tang dynasty.
There were so many classmates participating in the examination, and the competition was great.
Li Longji was eating hotpot on the built platform. The spring wind penetrated the bones, and it was suitable to eat the mandarin duck hotpot.
He looked at the examination hall through the glass window and looked at every examinee. His eyes were full of expectations.
Some examinees had been taking the examination for several years, and most of them failed because of the current affairs.
In the past, the examinees couldn't come into contact with national affairs and didn't have many channels of information.
When they ate with the officials, they usually wrote poems and essays and flattered each other.
Who dared to talk about the state affairs for no reason? If they were caught, they would lose their official position.
"From now on, the people can know more about the state affairs. Preventing the people from talking is more important than preventing the rivers from flowing. Only by knowing about the state affairs can they worry about the state and know how to donate money."
Li Longji was not worried. If the examinees couldn't answer, they could take the examination again next year. The questions were similar. He just needed to figure out the pattern.
Bi Goo and the others looked tired. They were too tired.
After the beginning of spring, all kinds of things happened, especially the local government. They crazily wrote letters.
Some wanted money, some wanted seeds, and some officials in the north and the south wanted weapons, repair the city, and move the army forward.
Didn't the imperial court have money? The local generals brought their brothers to eat good food. There was meat and food.
They became bolder and wanted to take the initiative to push forward. The Turks asked for peace. The Tang dynasty didn't agree. The generals wanted to make military achievements.
Song Jing was most against disobedient generals. Once they fought, it was money. If they lost, they had to transfer soldiers from other places to make up for it.
"Your Majesty, is there a letter in the box about the deployment of troops in the south?"
Song Jing drank a mouthful of beer and asked the difficult question.
Li Longji glanced at him. "No, there is no specific information. Just the previous one. They sent troops to patrol outside, but they can't go too deep into the Turks."
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