Bi Gou and the other chancellors went downstairs with exhaustion and melancholy. Yao Chong and the others, on the other hand, walked with relaxed steps.
Princess Yongmu continued to sell goods. Li Chengqi said that he would go to the Workers' Alliance to arrange the tools Li Yi asked and give the patent rights to the craftsmen.
Zhangsun Xin and the staff went back to arrange the cooperation with Li Yi. He didn't negotiate at all. Li Yi said that he wanted 70%, so 70%.
Li Yi flew back and continued to find death row prisoners to practice.
A large number of materials continued to be transported to the source of the Yellow River and the northwest. When the local construction was done, the source of the Yellow River could feed sheep, herbs, yaks, and horses.
Further northwest was a large number of fruits, raisins, wine, dried cantaloupe, sheep, and dates.
Jade had not been sold at a high price yet. The most expensive jade was in Lantian County, Lantian Jade.
Both were nephrite, including the other two famous jades.
Nephrite was fine in texture, but the key was that it was easy to carve.
Stones from other mountains that could be used to carve jade were not expensive and could be used as tools. Diamonds were too hard and difficult to process.
Jadeite was hard jade, which the people of the Tang dynasty didn't like. The same was true for bloodstone.
Even nephrite was not easy to process. When cutting it, it was obviously impossible to use a hammer to smash it.
The craftsmen used rope, saw, and wet the hemp rope.
Carving was even more difficult. They needed to find alloy metals and smelted meteorites.
Li Yi was not interested in any jade. It could only be used as collateral for currency issues.
He wanted Dzi beads. Did the exchange certificate have any credibility over there? If it could be exchanged for Dzi beads, then it would.
But in the future, he wanted to change the beliefs there. Don't believe in other things, just believe in Chinese civilization.
The capital government sent things to the northwest. The transport ships came. There were sixty transport ships of thousand stones.
They were sent in the name of the Governor's Office of Guangzhou. They first looked for the imperial court and the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
When the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue heard that it was from Guangzhou, he didn't dare to interfere and hurriedly looked for Bi Goo.
"Grain? Rice? Sixty thousand stones of rice? Indica rice? "Bi Goo asked.
"It's indica rice. It looks better than the indica rice that Doctor Li found. The grains are big." The Assistant Minister of Revenue gestured with his finger. It was this big.
"It's not the time for the transport of grain. Guangzhou … Let's go find Xiao Yi."
Bi Goo did not want to ask about it himself. He would ask Li Yi about Guangzhou.
Sixty ships unloaded their goods at the docks. One by one, they were placed on a rotating track, increasing their efficiency and safety.
The income of the people working at the docks also increased. The more prosperous the capital office was, the more the docks could handle.
"Another sack is missing. Where is the sack? It's too brittle."
A person who was loading rice onto the boat grabbed the sack and missed it.
"Don't worry about it for now. Change to another bag and we'll deal with it later. Quick, efficiency. This is called efficiency. Don't waste time," the person beside him shouted.
Bi Goo came over personally. He sent someone to look for Li Yi. When he came out, he used the cableway on the river to check on Li Yi's situation.
Li Yi was in the operating room and did not want to see anyone.
"How did you find the rice?" Bi Goo did not think there was a lot of rice.
Sixty thousand stones of rice turned into six hundred thousand stones of rice. Six hundred thousand stones of rice, six hundred thousand stones, six hundred thousand stones.
He was the Minister of Revenue. When did he have money in the thousands? Wasn't it all ten thousand stones?
"Prime Minister Bi, I am Cang Cao Si, Cang Shen Jun Huang Li, courtesy name Gang Chang."
The person in charge raised his hand and spoke.
As he spoke, he looked around.
"What are you looking for?" Bi Goo was puzzled and looked around.
"Song Zaifu and Zhang Zaifu are not here?" Huang Li was looking for Song Jing and Zhang Jiuling.
Song Jing was a high-ranking official in Guangzhou's Governor's Office. He did not agree to erect a monument for him.
Zhang Jiuling was familiar with Guangzhou's Department of Shipping.
"I am the Minister of Revenue. Why are you looking for them? You … I am familiar with Li Yi from the Li Family Zhuangzi. Do you know anyone from the Li Family Zhuangzi in Guangzhou? "
Bi Goo instantly understood that Huang Li wanted to see someone he knew.
"Yes, I don't know anyone better. Since that is the case, I will talk to Bi Zaifu.
After that, there will be five batches of 60 boats each.
We will take the land route to the Yangtze River and then transfer the boats from there. We do not have enough manpower, so we will take batches.
This is the rent paid by Guangzhou's government for the aboriginals. The aboriginals are grateful for the imperial court's favor. They will barter for rice and ship it to Chang 'an. "
Huang Li explained the situation. They took the land route built by Zhang Jiuling from Guangzhou and transported the rice all the way to the Yangtze River. They then found a boat and arrived here.
They were the ones paying for the transportation. They probably used their connections to get the boats and had to pay extra.
Bi Goo was moved. He did not care about the money. Six batches would only cost thirty thousand stones.
He could not figure out how the aboriginals had the money to buy food and send it over. Were the aboriginals so good?
They had just joined the Tang dynasty's official family and they wanted to carry things for their family and fulfill their obligations.
If that was the case, the local officials … Ah! Yes, the Li Family Zhuangzi sent people over.
The Li Family Zhuangzi sent a team to take over the specific work of Guangzhou's Governor's Office.
He looked at Huang Li and said in a gentle voice, "Are the local people doing well? The food is delivered. Do the people have enough to eat? "
Huang Li took a step back. He was not used to it.
"He's asking you a question." The person next to him reminded him.
"Oh, it's enough. There is plenty of food. If we can't finish it, it's cheap. The aboriginals can get twenty stones for a rabbit skin and ten stones for a chicken."
Huang Li guaranteed that they would not starve. There was rice and meat. Don't worry, we have enough food and clothing. We will be well-off if we work hard.
"How many chickens can we raise with ten stones of grain?" Bi Goo mumbled in surprise. One chicken could be exchanged for several sacks of rice?
"The chickens eat less grain. We raise them and let them live. They don't get sick easily. It's just that they are always stolen by wild beasts. We can hunt wild beasts later."
Huang Li thought he was asking him and he would give an answer.
Bi Goo narrowed his eyes, "Do you think that as a local official, you have made great contributions?"
"It's alright. It turns out that the local people don't have such good lives." Huang Li nodded lightly.
"If that's the case, why didn't you register the aboriginals and send them a large amount of rent?"
Bi Goo did not want to give credit to the local officials. He thought that it had nothing to do with them.
Huang Li was stunned. He then became angry and whispered, "Where did the Imperial Court's Ministry of Revenue get so much money? In the past, silk and copper coins were used as currency. There were even more places that bartered with other things. "
Bi Goo, "…"
After a few breaths, he took a deep breath and then another. He almost could not catch his breath. It was too uncomfortable to be rebuked.
When he thought about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with it. Why did he bring up the past?
"Hurry up and rest. There's no rush to hand over your duties." Bi Goo chose to forgive him. It was not easy for everyone.
"We're going to stay at the Li Family Zhuangzi. It's not a place arranged by the Imperial Court. We're going to eat at the Li Family Zhuangzi's canteen. We've already agreed on that. "
Huang Li refused to be arranged. He led the team himself and gave the other three Cang Officers some benefits. Otherwise, how could he snatch the position?
"I'm the one who arranged for you to stay at the Li Family Zhuangzi."
Bi Goo was tired. A mere Cang Officer dared to go against a Zai Fu?
Do you believe that if I get angry, I'll remove you from your seventh-ranked official position?
"Thank you, Bi Zaifu." Huang Li was satisfied and was no longer angry.
He turned around and called for his men to hand over the counting duties. There was no need to wait for the number of people.
Let's hurry up and go to the Li Family Zhuangzi. It's a legendary place.
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