Song Jing and the others looked regretful. They thought that Li Yi would be able to make all the arrangements.
"Your Majesty, there are more Tiele tribes. I have already found a place for Doctor Li. Someone is willing to learn from Doctor Li and buy land to support the people."
Zhang Jiuling mentioned another matter. More and more people from the grassland ran to the Tang dynasty, saying that they wanted to surrender.
Obviously, last winter was not easy, and there were channels to inquire about the lives of the two groups of people who came before.
The two groups of people brought Li Yi a lot of wealth and gathered it for management, farming, breeding, and handicrafts.
The key was the land. Li Yi bought it at a cheap price, and the actual mu of land was more than what was written in the document.
Some people were tempted and wanted a few thousand people to buy land at a low price.
"No." Li Longji waved his chopsticks. "Brother Yi wrote a letter saying that if the surrendered people are new, no one else is allowed to take over."
"Why?" The four ministers and a few people in the group had a tacit understanding.
"Exploitation. If the surrendered people are given to others, they will definitely do their best to exploit them. At that time, the surrendered people will be resentful and leave behind hidden dangers."
Li Longji said the contents of the letter in his own words. Li Yi did not believe others.
Li Yi supported the surrendered people in the Tang dynasty, while others pursued profits.
Even the employees would be deducted, let alone the surrendered people whose status was almost the same as slaves.
"Brother Yi also said that refugees are not allowed to sign contracts to sell themselves." Li Longji added.
The ministers looked at each other. Li Yi had a large group of people who were selling themselves, including the slaves of the southwest barbarians, but he did not let others have them.
"I am afraid that someone will impeach." Song Jing found a reason, as if he wanted to protect Li Yi from being impeached.
"Who?" Li Longji glared. Impeach? Anyone who impeached Brother Yi must have bad intentions. Don't let me know.
"I found that this hot pot mainly depends on the base and dipping sauce. The mutton is very nutritious." Lu Huaishen changed the topic.
"The soup is mainly made from pork bones and chicken." Wei Zhigu helped.
Everyone stopped talking about the impeachment. Song Jing was helpless. Can't Li Yi even impeach him?
He had people impeaching him for finding some trivial matters to tell others that he, the Chancellor, was still being restrained.
However, it was true that no one impeached Li Yi. They even deliberately avoided talking about Li Yi.
Are the Censorate blind? Can't they see how powerful Li Yi is?
Impeaching him will show your strength of character. You won't be able to get the Li Family Zhuangzi's benefits after the impeachment.
Oh, His Majesty probably wouldn't give him any more benefits.
Li Longji didn't talk about the hotpot. After everyone ate a few mouthfuls, he said, "Nowadays, there is no shortage of jobs in the Tang dynasty. All refugees have jobs.
The government bought slaves from the Tang dynasty in Chang 'an and provided them with a livelihood. They were allowed to redeem themselves and work for a living. Their slave status was removed. "
"I second the motion." Zhang Jiuling was the first to express his support.
"I second the motion." The others were a step too late.
They bought slaves from the Tang dynasty. They paid a lot of money. The slaves earned money through work. When they reached a certain number, they would be free.
Slaves from other places were still slaves. They didn't care.
For example, Kunlun slaves and Xinluo slaves.
They couldn't take care of the Tang dynasty now. No, they actually took care of them.
The Tang dynasty's slaves were bought by the government and arranged for jobs. The overall number of slaves in the human market decreased.
The slaves who were bought were expensive. The masters couldn't bear to hurt them.
When there were many slaves, the price of a slave who did manual labor was far less than the price of a cow.
If there were few slaves, they could learn some skills. It was more valuable than a cow.
Especially cows and horses, they would soon breed a large number of good offspring and adopt advanced artificial skills.
At the same time, they could also use female donkeys and stallions to produce more donkeys and mules.
It was not good to use female donkeys and mules. They would delay the female horse, and their lifespan was not as long as donkeys and mules. They had a bad temper.
… …
"There are no horses in the place we are going. We will consider bringing them there in the future. The island is now a strategic place."
On the beach, Li Yi put up a parasol, wore swimming trunks, and drank cold beer. There was also saltwater seafood.
Although the temperature in the capital wasn't high, the Hawaiian Islands were hot.
The others were building houses. The aborigines helped.
"There are too few people on a big island." Princess Yongmu also wore a one-piece swimsuit.
She thought that with so many big islands, the population would exceed 30,000.
In the end, divided by 100, there were more than 300 people. To be precise, there were 390 people.
The aborigines occupied the largest island, the main island of Hawaii.
According to the information Li Yi found, the word 'Hawaii' was a common word. It didn't refer to an island.
All the islands that this ethnic group arrived and lived on were called Hawaii.
It was said that all the ethnic groups came from the same place. They missed their hometown.
It was like … Chinatown.
"It's easy to govern if there are few people. If there are too many people, for example, there are different ethnic groups on the surrounding islands. They are at war with each other. It will be difficult for us to get along."
Li Yi thought from another point of view. If there were more than 30,000 people, they might not cooperate with you.
"I'm tired of drinking coconut juice." Princess Yongmu didn't drink beer. She drank a lot of coconut juice along the way.
She also ate dishes made of coconut, including coconut bread.
"When we reach the destination, there are tomatoes. They are delicious. You can scramble eggs, dip them in sugar, and make soup."
Li Yi was hungry. He guessed that tomatoes were delicious now.
Its skin was like plastic. Once it was eaten into the stomach, everything else would be digested, but its skin would still stubbornly exist.
There were also kidney beans at the destination. He wasn't sure if they were kidney beans or rice beans. Maybe there were both varieties.
There was definitely no bean king. That needed to be cultivated with cowpeas.
Princess Yongmu swallowed her saliva. She also wanted to eat new things.
She turned around and found that it was indeed easy to govern with fewer people.
After arriving, the aborigines were very happy and provided them with coconuts.
After a simple communication, the aborigines were very enthusiastic when they heard that they were going to help them build houses.
It was already past dinner time. The aborigines ate a few mouthfuls of coconut meat, drink some coconut juice, and continue to work. They were afraid that the houses couldn't be built.
"What are we eating tonight? It's hot. "Princess Yongmu turned around and found that she had no appetite.
"Salted beans, sorghum rice, and water rice." Li Yi had food.
"When we have potatoes, we can make potatoes with eggplant, egg sauce, and water sorghum rice." Li Yi added and rubbed his stomach.
"We're going directly this time, right?" Princess Yongmu couldn't wait.
"Almost. When we reach the place, the temperature is also high and the latitude is relatively low. We can eat cacti there." Li Yi closed his eyes and the map appeared.
They would go to Mexico first. He needed the most crops there. Gold and other things were not important.
The only pity was that cacti in Mexico were not suitable for mass planting in the Tang dynasty. Oh, and there were also bananas in Africa.
"Oh ~ ~ Oh ~ ~" Cheers came from behind again, indicating that a house had been built.
The aborigines liked the new house. It was bigger than the one they built, and the layout was good.
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