Li Chengqi listened to Li Yi's price and pondered for a while, but he didn't understand.
"Brother Yi, why is the price difference so high?" He picked up another roasted oyster.
"The small ones can still grow, but the price is different. Other people who want to buy from the seaside are naturally willing to follow the market in Chang 'an and abandon the small ones to buy the big ones."
Li Yi continued to roast the newly opened oysters as he spoke.
Li Chengqi nodded. "Good. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."
"Big Brother, it's time to work on the cultivation of Kunbu, sea cabbage, and oysters. In Jiangnan's Hangzhou, there's a saying in the Qi Min Technique: Seaweed grows in the mountains by the sea of Capital Wu."
Li Yi felt that it was a pity to eat the small oysters. It was better to raise them for two more years. Artificial cultivation was the most suitable.
Li Chengqi decided to go back and take a good look at the Qi Min Technique.
"Is it to ask people to pick more seaweed?" He had eaten seaweed before, and it was better than kunbu.
"Brother Yi, is the seaweed a tribute from Hangzhou?" Li Chengqi recalled the texture and taste of the seaweed and asked.
Li Yi's hands didn't stop moving, but his eyes didn't look at the oysters. He seemed to be distracted.
After twenty breaths, he said, "Hangzhou's Yuhang County is a superior county. The tribute is white woven damask, red damask, rattan paper, papaya, orange, honey ginger, dried ginger, rhizome, and achyranthes. There's no seaweed. "
Li Chengqi listened carefully. There was indeed nothing.
Then he was suddenly shocked. He turned his head and stared at his Brother Yi with his eyes wide open.
In layman's terms, it was: Damn, what did I ask? I asked about the tribute of a place? How did Brother Yi know? How did he remember?
He asked again, "Brother Yi, do you know how many counties there are?"
"Eight. Qiantang, Yanguan, Yuhang, Fuyang, Yuqian, Lin 'an, Xincheng, and Tangshan." This time, Li Yi answered quickly.
It was slow just now because he was looking for information. Once he found the information, it was easy.
"Brother Yi, you … you … Sigh!" Li Chengqi's words turned into a sigh.
What kind of encyclopedic knowledge was this? It scared people to death!
Li Yi didn't care about what his brother was thinking. He said, "Since there's a lot of seaweed, artificial cultivation is easier. Later, I'll write down the techniques for culturing lambs, seaweed, sea cabbage, oysters, and scallops. "
Li Yi is ready to start mariculture. Mariculture is not like raising chickens, which takes several years to produce top quality products.
"Alright, I'll sell this batch of oysters and sea cabbages, as well as some other vegetables. With the money in hand, I'll go find a place to hire people to raise them."
Li Chengqi didn't ask Li Yi to fork out the money. Back then, they had agreed that Li Yi would come up with the idea and take a share.
Now, they had already made quite a bit of money from the sales, and their shares had been included.
The people from the Zhang Family Village carefully tasted the roasted oysters, not daring to speak.
Just now, they had heard with their own ears that one million and two hundred thousand catties of oysters were going to be taken out at three, four, or five times the price.
How much would one of these things in the sea cost? How many per catty?
The village's greenhouses have not been paid yet, the village chief did not dare to manage the accounts. The business that Dongzhu talked about was really frightening.
After everyone had eaten a few more, Li Yi stopped. "Leave ten percent of the village's profits to me. If I need to spend money, I'll tell you. I'll wait for the village to agree before I act. "
"No need, no need. Li Dongzhu, here's the money. You can use it however you want. We believe in you."
A villager directly expressed his trust, ignoring the village chief next to him.
The money from selling the toads was not cheap. The whole village was watching. If the village chief wanted to do something, he had to discuss it with the elders.
However, when it came to Li Yi, he didn't care at all.
Zhang Xiao looked indifferent. He didn't want to compare himself with Li Yi. At least, he couldn't ask the villagers to use the hydraulic threshing machine for free.
Even in the winter, where the ice was removed at the Ba River, people still went to the river to process the husks and powder.
"Li Dongzhu, I'll leave this account book to you." Zhang Xiao took out a blank account book with only a cover. There was no paper inside.
Li Yi tidied up his clothes and took it with both hands. "Yi Ding will do his best to live up to your expectations."
The account book, which was light as a feather, seemed to weigh a thousand pounds when Li Yi took it.
The villagers smiled happily. They had been wanting to do this for a long time. Giving the money to Li Dongzhu to manage, the village's good days were coming!
Li Chengqi looked at them from the side and sighed with emotion.
Even if Brother Yi was an ordinary person, with this trust, he would definitely be given a county official's job in the palace. At the very least, he would be a registrar. There was no need for scholarly honors or knowledge.
Compared to the cover of this account book, the ten thousand people's records were insignificant.
This was the village's wealth entrusted to one person.
There was no document, let alone a contract with a fingerprint.
"Dongzhu, let's go." The villagers were relieved and left after saying goodbye.
Li Yi handed the cover to Cui Liu. Cui Liu ran into the study room to help put it down.
As a palace maid, she also knew the weight of this item. If someone in a county had this item, they could impeach the county magistrate.
Because of this qualification, the officials of the county government had to treat them with respect.
Otherwise, they could rise up and lead the villagers to rebel at any time.
"Big Brother, remember that oysters can't be eaten raw unless it's from the extreme north, the northern bay of Hebei Province. You have to show me before you can eat it raw."
Li Yi remembered something important. These oysters were not produced in cold waters. There were parasites in them.
There were cold waters, but the probability was low. They could be eaten after a test.
"I know. Eh? Third Brother is here. "Li Chengqi saw a motorcade of three vehicles appear.
It was a four-wheeled vehicle with a steering shaft.
Li Yi made one himself to be used as an ambulance. In the end, Li Longji found that it was better than a two-wheeled one. It could still be stable without a horse.
He asked someone to make a lot of them. He gave them to the Fifth Prince, the Emperor, other nobles, the Prime Minister, and the Minister.
He allowed the rich to make it themselves. It was convenient to transport goods.
Otherwise, the front of the two-wheeled vehicle would bear the weight of the livestock.
When unloading the livestock, the front of the shaft must be propped up with a pole.
When moving, the livestock had to bear a forward force and a downward force at the same time. It was very tiring. The speed was not as fast as a four-wheeled vehicle.
In the past, there was a steering problem. With a steering shaft, there was no problem.
Li Yi also saw it. He quickly took out another oyster to grill.
"Uncle, are the vegetables in your family good?" Empress Wang got off the car. Her belly was bulging, but she was wearing loose clothes.
If Li Yi did not pay attention, he would not be able to tell.
"It's okay. Sister-in-law, don't eat too many raw cucumbers. If you feel hot, you can eat sugar-coated haws, drink hot juice, and green tea."
Li Yi knew that he had to check, so he went straight to the point.
"Okay!" Empress Wang was relieved. With the Miracle Doctor by her side, she did not have to worry about her health.
"Third Brother, you probably don't know? Just now, Zhang Village sent some to Brother Yi … "
Li Chengqi began to tell Li Longji what happened.
"Yes, Uncle is a man of his word." Empress Wang said and reached out her hand. Li Yi did not move. He was rubbed on his head.
Li Longji also sighed with emotion, "It's just a neighboring village, but it can be entrusted to the people of the neighboring village. Brother Yi, if you were an official, how would you treat the people with money?"
Li Yi used chopsticks to pick out some garlic from the oysters and handed one to Empress Wang.
After thinking for a while, he said, "The people's lives are hard, so they should strive for wealth. The people's lives are not easy, so they should not be greedy."
"If an underground official gives you money, what should you do?" Li Longji asked about the bribery.
Li Yi was a little embarrassed because he did bribe. However, the purpose of his bribe was not to extort money from the people, but to maintain a good relationship.
The money he spent was earned by his own 'hard work'. He was not an official.
After mentally preparing himself, Li Yi said with a strong sense of righteousness, "Every strand of grain is my reputation and integrity; every millimeter is the cream of the people. If I am generous, the people will receive more than a fraction; if I take a copper coin, I am not worth a copper coin.
Who says that if it is not common to socialize, one's honor and shame will be hurt? If it is not ill-gotten wealth, where does this come from? "
When he said it, he praised the original author. "It's really well written.
I will copy it. Thank you! "
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