"The first step is a long-term project. The real first step is to repair the bridge, the bridge that crosses the river, the railway bridge in Haizhou, and dredging the thousand-mile river in Henan."
Li Yi combined the first step with the second step. The Yellow River was getting higher, and now it was not as good as when he was.
He had to take advantage of the time to fix it.
There were still many trees in the Yellow Plateau. They had not reached the Little Ice River, and they had not been cut down or burned.
When the population increased in the future and they had enough money, they could build better embankments. The Yellow River could not be changed even if they wanted to.
They would rather let a section of the Yellow River not pass the embankment and wash into the fields and people next to it than allow it to be changed.
"What's next?" Song Jing understood. Repairing the bridge, they had agreed on it.
"I will give you the plan later." Li Yi was not willing to use the good time to ask questions about the written plan.
"Good, good, good!" Bi Goo rubbed his hands in anticipation.
He liked to read Li Yi's plan. There were advantages, disadvantages, opportunities, and threats in it. At the same time, there were corresponding ways to deal with every possible accident.
For example, Li Yi would give the Li Family Zhuangzi good craftsmanship. This was an advantage.
The Li Family Zhuangzi could not break into the low-end market. This was a disadvantage.
The Li Family Zhuangzi could lead other people in the shoe industry to sell their shoes overseas to make a lot of money. This was an opportunity.
The lack of raw materials and the fact that others would copy them were threats.
If they used sheepskin as raw material to make shoes, when the number of sheepskin decreased, it would not be enough to support the scale of the industry. The follow-up plan would be to make shoes made of pig skin.
The technology for making shoes made of pig skin was already available. How should they deal with other areas that did not accept pig skin products?
Should they replace them again, or should they increase the publicity? Or should they sell them by force?
Every single one of them would be listed out in great detail.
It included craftsmanship, materials, cost, operation, competition in the industry …
If they did not want to take care of the entire industry, the Li Family Zhuangzi's model could eliminate all competitors.
However, no matter what Xiao Yi did, the first thing she thought of was the people's livelihood. She wanted to make money and bring others along.
Looking at Xiaoyi's proposal, he felt like he was watching a war.
The other people's expressions were similar to Bi Goo's. Since it involved the plan of the entire Henan Province, there would be a thick book, which was very enjoyable to read.
He studied as he read. The proposal directly pointed to the specific situation, which was different from economics books.
In terms of administration, they let people follow along slowly. Before a government decree was issued, they first took out a proposal.
What benefits could the decree bring? What losses would there be? Where would there be problems? How would each problem be solved?
If you want financial support to repair the river channels in the state, you have to get a proposal.
When the proposal was submitted, there would be people who would specifically answer questions regarding the areas that might not be clearly expressed in the proposal. If the answers were not good enough, there would be no funding.
Of course, the prefectural government could choose not to provide a plan. They could just explain the situation of the river in their prefecture. The imperial court would ask them a series of questions, and the prefectural government would answer them.
In fact, if they needed too much money, the imperial court would send people over to take a look. Indeed, they would need to allocate funds and tell the prefectures how to cooperate.
When everyone walked to the terrazzo square, Chi Dai Zhu Dan and Princess Jincheng came over.
After recuperating, his complexion was much better than when he had just arrived.
He couldn't come into contact with other women, so he exercised when he had enough energy.
Recently, he played fixed rollers with the Winged Knights who had returned from overseas and trained against vertigo.
The navy ran away and waited for the equipment to be sent to them. They also had to practice.
At present, they couldn't practice non-fixed rollers for fear of falling down due to poor control of the direction.
Chi Dai Zhu Dan came over to greet them first. His people were all studying hard. Except for some secrets, the rest could go to class.
The longer he stayed in the Li Family Zhuangzi, the more he felt the overall gap.
In his own Tubo, Chi Dai Zhu Dan saw slaves who wanted to slack off and be beaten and punished.
The people in the Li Family Zhuangzi were similar to slaves. How could they fight to work? When it was time to rest, the people who worked were unhappy.
They were all weaving. They weaved wool and yak hair products in Tubo. The tools were different from those in the Li Family Zhuangzi.
One person in the Li Family Zhuangzi could replace fifteen or sixteen people in Tubo. The speed was too fast.
Some people would stop working and stare blankly, saying which part should be changed. The craftsman would come over and ask, then make a new part and install it, letting the person try.
If the attempt didn't work, they would continue to do the original work.
After trying and finding that it was better than before, someone would continue to check and ask others to try. If they felt it was good, they would give extra rewards.
The rewards were money and a small sign in the name of the Li Family Zhuangzi, saying that it was a technical improvement stamp.
The farmer didn't care about the money, but he loved the stamp very much.
"Doctor Li, you don't treat the slaves in the Zhuangzi as slaves. Is that why they work hard for you?"
Chi Dai Zhu Dan had an idea, so he asked Li Yi.
Li Yi was slightly stunned, then nodded: "Yes, slaves are forced to work and can't exert their subjective initiative.
Only when they find that they can get free property through their own labor will they work hard.
So, you have to be good to the slaves and let them have their own things. Then, why worry about prosperity? "
Li Yi's expression was serious. When he agreed with the idea of Chi Dai Zhu Dan, he patiently explained.
"I see." Chi Dai Zhu Dan clasped his hands and stood aside, thinking.
Li Yi's mouth showed a smile for a moment, but he quickly withdrew it.
He was using Chi Dai Zhu Dan. The slave owners and slaves in Tubo were used to the slavery system.
Whoever wanted to change it would inevitably affect the interests of the slave owners, and even the slaves would think that they were wrong.
Tubo belonged to the alliance system. If you were good to the slaves, others would not be good to you.
Internal conflicts would intensify, and you would have to rely more on the Tang dynasty.
You were the king in name. If someone was unfavorable to you, the Tang dynasty would have a reason to deal with them.
It was hard to fight a united Tubo, but it was much easier to break them one by one.
If slavery was so easy to get rid of, why did he still allow the slave trade to exist in Chang 'an?
Because he had to do it little by little. In two years, there would be no slaves outside. If other families had slaves, they would spend money to buy them.
Tubo had a slavery system as a whole. Was it possible to change a system without shedding blood?
The serfs wanted to turn over, but the white hada was dyed red by blood, although there was already a red hada there.
"Doctor Li, I went to the workshop to see the movable type printing. When I return to Tubo, can I publish newspapers by myself?"
Princess Jincheng took time to wander around the workshop. She was not allowed to go to dangerous places, but the printing was fine.
She felt that there should be a publicity tool to spread the good of the Tang dynasty in Tubo.
"You need training on a series of plate-making, content editing, ink mixing, and so on. When the time comes, we will have a telegraph machine. Some important things will be sent to you every day, and you will print them."
Li Yi supported Princess Jincheng's behavior and controlled the publicity channel to serve politics.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
