Li Yi tidied up the equipment and said, "Build a cluster of industries in the fields of tourism, industrial production, and agricultural production with the Li family's farmstead as the center and the Zhang family's village and the migrant workers' settlement."
Li Longji thought hard for a moment before he was able to catch up.
It was the same as before. Find people to come over to play, then have a workshop and farm.
"When the weather warms up, the lives of the people in the northern prefectures will be better." Li Longji thought of the new useful tools.
"It's still the problem of transforming production technology into productivity. There's so much land and not a lot of people. How can there not be enough to eat?"
Li Yi seemed to be talking to Li Longji, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
Li Longji helped Empress Wang tidy up a little and asked when they went out to eat, "What kind of technology do you have?"
"Breeding technology to cultivate better high-yielding seeds." Li Yi said one.
"The work of the Sinongsi Temple." Li Longji indicated that he knew.
"There's no good farming technology now, only cattle and horses. Breed more and prevent diseases."
Li Yi didn't dare to think about mechanization, but more livestock was still possible.
"The work of the Sinongsi Temple." Li Longji still knew.
"Find more natural stones to use as fertilizer. Phosphor stone is good, but we need to know which kind of land is good." Li Yi said one more point.
"The work of the Sinongsi Temple." Empress Wang helped Li Longji say it.
"In the south, we should plant rice well. It ripens twice a year or three times in two years, and we should plant other rice in between." Li Yi mentioned the matter of rice.
He didn't like to eat the rice in the south, but there was a lot of rice. No matter how it tasted, it could really fill the stomach.
Li Longji followed and said, "Try to let people plant more land and reduce the 'transfer'."
"Third Brother is right. It's a problem of the structure of social division of labor. Those who farm will farm, those who work will work, and those who fight will fight. Each person is responsible for one aspect."
Li Yi mentioned the current drawback. The farmers had to do everything, and there was not enough time to take care of the fields.
Oftentimes, if the harvest was poor, they would not be able to rent out the land and be hired to work. When they were in the red, they would borrow money to pay it back. If they could not pay it back, they would sell their land and run away.
With that thought in mind, Li Yi continued, "Many families are short of a season's worth of grain. If they hand in less grain, they will be able to catch their breath. If we were forced to take a step forward, the result would be the three thousand refugees at the edge of the village. "
Li Longji did not reply this time. He had already made up his mind to levy taxes on merchants. The Imperial Court would take turns to reduce the rent of the various prefectures and leave half a year's harvest for the common people.
When they arrived at the single room in the cafeteria, they each went to serve the dishes. Empress Wang had a palace maid to help her.
"Before the new year, Big Brother took away a batch of Drunken Crabs. Now that it's the first month, the other Drunken Crabs are also being sold.
This year, we'll raise them for another year. I'll choose some neighboring villages to cooperate with. If nothing major happens and we earn a lot of money, those who have paddy fields will naturally learn how to raise them.
When there are more crops in the fields, the money from selling them can naturally be used to buy more things and promote the development of business. "
Li Yi mentioned business again.
Li Longji nodded slightly in agreement.
He had collected a lot of management fees from the night market. Only when he collected them did he realize that Chang 'an had so much money every day.
Compared to the management fees, Earthly Paradise was nothing at all.
The people who were collected were still willing to pay. As long as they sold things at night and paid a part of the money, the rest would be enough to earn.
It was said that some shops were afraid that there would be a curfew after the new year, so they took the initiative to offer more management fees.
Obviously, collecting money did not hurt the common people. Otherwise, why would the common people still make such a request?
Li Longji strengthened his confidence from Li Yi. After dinner, he took a short rest and went back with Empress Wang. The child was fine.
Then Li Chengqi came and took away jars of Drunken Crabs. He wanted to sell them at a good price during the new year.
People came and went on the streets of Chang 'an. Many shops were not closed at all.
Every place that sold roasted oysters had a bamboo basket next to it. The shells of the oysters were thrown in and someone came to take them away.
A few days ago, a stall owner collected the oysters and took them to the pharmacy to sell, but the pharmacy did not accept them at all.
They did not want a big pile of money. They could give it for free, but they just threw it there.
The person who sold the roasted oysters found that he could not keep them. The shells smelled so bad that he did not keep them anymore.
After inquiring, he learned that the Imperial Physician Bureau had ordered that all places that practiced medicine and sold medicine in Chang 'an were not allowed to pay for them.
Otherwise, they would "revoke the license" and not give new medical books.
As for the traveling doctors, they could take them if they wanted. How many could they take even if they tried? Who ate oyster shells every day?
***
In the next few days, the common people visited their relatives and friends. People who lived in Chang 'an and the surrounding areas all went back to their parents' home happily.
When they had money, they could bring things back. When the married girls went back home, they talked about their family's situation. There were comparisons.
Xingning Lane, Yao Mansion.
"He won't spread it out?" Yao Chong, who was eating Drunken Crabs, asked the person who went to inquire about Li Yi.
He was in a bad mood, even if he got the crabs for free.
"It was not easy to get in. The students did not mention anything about Xiangyun at all." The person replied.
"Take a crab down. Remember to eat it clean. Use eight pieces of crab." Yao Chong did not want to embarrass the servant.
When the messenger left happily, he looked at the eight pieces of crab in front of him and sighed, "Crabs will be expensive from now on!"
Yao Chong was clear in his heart. With eight small tools to eat crabs, the feeling of eating crabs in the future would be different.
Moreover, the price of crabs would increase. They were not cheap to begin with.
"He knows how to raise crabs and can preserve them for so many days. The taste is even better."
Yao Chong mumbled and used the needle to dig at the crab's claws.
Other rich people in Chang 'an also learned to eat crabs with tools. They felt that it would be very embarrassing if they did not understand the eight pieces.
They did not know that the person who took out this set of tools just rubbed the claws in his mouth when eating crabs. The shell was pried open and the yellow ointment was used to dig directly with chopsticks.
Only the two pincers of the crab were left as snacks. They bit open the shell and dug with the small tip of the pincers.
Some people began to think about the paddy field outside the city. Should they learn to raise crabs?
Pei Yaoqing, who was on holiday, was also eating crabs at home. Everyone at home was eating. He looked at the opened shell without moving.
There were seven days of holiday for the Chinese New Year and one day of work.
At this time, the affairs in the government office were managed by people who were not qualified to take a holiday. He was not at ease.
What made him more worried was that the ice could not be taken out.
The river had thawed. It was dangerous to go up. The ice melted below and could not be taken out.
After the Chinese New Year, the people who cut the ice could not all be transporting coal and shaking briquettes, right?
It was not the time to farm. What kind of work could they find?
Pei Yaoqing had found that finding jobs for the people was the biggest political achievement.
The people who had jobs to do had a different standard of living compared to previous years.
"Let's go to Zhuangzi tomorrow." Pei Yaoqing could not think of anything. He muttered and began to study how to use the eight pieces of crab to disassemble the crabs.
After a mouthful of crab meat entered his mouth, he felt refreshed.
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