"Brother Yi, can you estimate how much money we can make by digging salt wells in a year?" Li Chengqi successfully stopped Li Yi and asked.
"How many salt ponds and wells are there in the Tang dynasty now?" Li Yi asked another question. He wanted to see how much salt they could provide.
"There are currently nine salt ponds and two hundred and seventy-six salt wells." Li Chengqi provided the data.
This was different from the information Li Yi saw. It was much less.
However, Li Yi understood after thinking about it. After the Tang dynasty started to collect salt taxes, they would definitely increase the salt ponds and wells.
The data did not record the second year of the Kaiyuan era.
At this time, there was not so much. Chang 'an mainly relied on lake salt from Shanxi and sea salt transported from Cao Cao.
Sichuan salt was slow and difficult to travel by land. Generally, they would go through the Yangtze River and make a big circle.
From the Yangtze River to the Grand Canal, ships could carry more goods. Compared to land transportation, it was more cost-effective.
"Are the people in the coastal areas safe?" Li Yi asked another question.
"There have been no wars in recent years. The consumption is not much. It's not bad." Li Chengqi was not very clear about this.
"The cost of boiling the sea for salt is too high. The salt price in the wells of Sichuan will drop again and again. His Majesty agreed to cooperate, but the officials in the imperial court may complain. "
After Li Yi confirmed the matter, he began to move forward.
Li Chengqi listened and nodded from time to time. He did not say things like "Do they dare?" or "Kill them if they don't agree".
"So, we have to collect salt tax. His Majesty's money is private money, and the salt tax is public money.
I think that the new well drilling method will make a lot of money. If Sichuan produces too much salt, it will be difficult for the coastal salt pans to survive.
The new salt tax in Sichuan will make the salt price stable. It will be beneficial to the country and can also appease the officials. "
Li Yi explained the situation seriously.
Cooperating with Li Longji would make money for Li Longji and his brothers, including himself.
If too many wells were dug, the salt would be produced too quickly. What about the people at the seaside who specialized in cooking salt? Should he use his salt-drying skills now?
It had not reached that step yet. He had to move forward steadily.
According to the information, the coastal areas were not very stable.
Li Longji had made money. All the officials looked. This money … Oh my god! The country has no money, Your Majesty, what do you want to do?
After collecting taxes, the collected taxes would be given to the Ministry of Revenue. Other places would then ask the Ministry of Revenue for money. Everyone was happy.
Li Chengqi was confused, or rather, dumbfounded.
You can play like this? Wasn't the salt tax a commercial tax? The officials would definitely not agree to it for the sake of their own interests.
But salt was so profitable, and the court had no money. The officials needed money, so it was normal to collect taxes. The officials needed support, and they could not ask His Majesty to take away all the money.
"Little Brother Yi, are you … serious?" Li Chengqi felt that he had to reevaluate his Little Brother Yi.
In the past, Brother Yi was so gentle, always throwing out his skills.
If someone bullied them, they would merely return the favor. They had never been ruthless.
If anyone asked him if he had any good ideas, he would promise to tell them without asking for anything in return.
The only time he made the most impressive move was when he taught Pei Yaoqing to write the Ten Thousand People's Statement and pushed the Minister of Revenue, Zhong Shaojing, against the wall.
That was the most vicious time, directly dealing with the Minister.
As for the matter of the merchants, it was just a small matter.
If there was another difference, it would be the difference between official learning and clan learning. This was still in the slow stage. There was only one new book, and the other books were being compiled by others.
As for the matter of salt, it was definitely not as simple as it seemed.
The major events of the world would follow.
Li Yi was calm, "If we don't work hard, how long should we wait? The opportunity just came. If Minister Wei didn't ask me, I wouldn't have remembered. "
"It's too fast." Li Chengqi said as he took a sip of wine.
"Ten thousand years is too long. We can only seize the moment. The Kaiyuan era must be a flourishing era, and it must be a real flourishing era. "Li Yi copied first.
"Good, the Kaiyuan era." Li Chengqi was very supportive of this.
As he spoke, he picked up the wine bowl, opened his mouth wide … He paused for a moment and took a small sip. He couldn't drink too much.
He had an empty stomach in the morning. Even the rice wine couldn't stand this bowl!
"Brother, this is the only bowl. You can't drink too much. I still have something to talk to you about later." Li Yi advised first.
In the past, when he drank, others would advise others to drink more, but he would ask others to drink less and control it. He couldn't drink too much.
Sometimes, when he invited someone to a meal, the other party wouldn't drink enough and would be unhappy. However, he gave more in other aspects, so the other party would forgive him.
After a long time, when they drank together, those who were unhappy before became very happy. They found that they could relax when drinking with Li Yi.
Even if they had a wife at home, when they heard that their husband was drinking with Li Yi, they wouldn't give him any face.
If he encountered those who had a particularly high alcohol tolerance, Li Yi would drink with them, but he wouldn't eat.
He would drink white wine, go to the toilet, take a bottle of water from the bar counter, drink it, and spit it out. This way, the stomach acid would be diluted and wouldn't burn his throat and esophagus.
He would continue to accompany them until they were almost drunk and then persuade them to stop.
He couldn't eat. His body would react when he found that food had entered his stomach. He would secrete bile and gastric acid, and vomit would be uncomfortable.
This was a habit that Li Yi had developed. He would not let others drink too much, and he would not let himself drink too much.
Previously, when he drank with Li Longji, he did not control it well. He was still not used to his young body.
Now that Li Yi was familiar with his body, he drank slowly with his brother and talked about how he would earn a lot of money in the future to develop and help the people.
"Brother Yi, others always like to drink. Why can't you drink?" Li Chengqi ate a mouthful of cucumber with garlic paste and asked about his life.
"It's meaningless. It's easy to get into trouble when you're drunk. If something happens, you have to go to the hospital. If you go to the hospital, you have to trouble the doctor.
If you drink too much, I have to inject metadoxine, omeprazole, and naloxone into you. At the same time, I have to help you induce vomiting. It's so tiring. "
Li Yi reasoned with his brother. He was a medical student, and as a resident doctor, he was most afraid of people who drank too much during his night shift.
The group of people drank a lot, and one of them was drunk. It seemed that they couldn't make it.
How should he give the doctor's orders? Who should sign it? Would those who drank too much during the resuscitation cause trouble?
What if someone took out a knife when they did not say a word?
"If that's the case, drinking with Brother Yi is more reassuring." Li Chengqi also noticed the same thing.
Then, he gave him a look and lowered his voice. "Brother Yi, don't you like any of those people?"
Li Yi felt that his brother drank too much, even if he only drank a few mouthfuls.
"Brother, they are partners. Rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows." Li Yi found an excuse.
"Then, when they go back, what good songs or poems do you want to give them?" Li Chengqi asked again.
"Can I give them endorsements?" Li Yi could not think of who to copy and what to copy. He felt that it was better to continue working with them.
"No, I can't give them salt. Not to mention one bag, I can't even give them a few bags." Li Chengqi waved his hand.
"Brother, you're right. Brother, try this braised foie gras. It's big, and it tastes like it's poked with holes." Li Yi did not explain.
"Brother Yi, speaking of braised foie gras, I made it according to the seasonings you gave me. After braising a few chickens, the taste is different from your Zhuangzi. It's fishy. "
Li Chengqi always had questions. He did not understand. In the past, when he asked the great scholar, the great scholar told him not to think about these useless things.
When it comes to Brother Yi, there is no such thing as useful or not. It only matters whether you ask or not.
"The pot is small and there is no pressure. Unless you make it into a dry pot, otherwise … Brother, you can't just put it in and cook it directly, right? That needs to be soaked in blood first.
One is to heat it up, which is to put it in cold water and boil it until the blood foam comes out. Then, it will be braised.
The other is to soak it in cold water until all the blood is soaked out. Then, it will be braised. "
Li Yi felt a little guilty. Did he not tell his brother all the steps?
"I see. When I go back, I will teach them a lesson. They must be trying to save trouble." Li Chengqi realized the situation.
"Brother, did you tell them?" Li Yi asked.
"Yes, I specifically asked the people in your Zhuangzi kitchen. Just like what you said, I went back and told the people in charge of cooking. They agreed, but in the end …"
Li Chengqi gritted his teeth.
Li Yi remained silent. He did not want to plead for mercy. He told you the steps to cook, but you don't want to do it.
When you were working in the workshop, did you also play tricks on the safety regulations? You are the best.
In the past, when his car was not in good condition, he encountered such a problem when he was repairing it.
His chest was full of burned muscle nodules, and he could not breathe properly. When he spoke, he would cough. In summer, because his chest could not sweat, he would always wipe water on his chest.
The mechanic told him that there should not be any open flame next to the oil. Smoking was even more forbidden.
That mechanic felt that even if he threw a cigarette butt into the tank filled with oil, it might not be able to burn.
So, when the waste oil flowed beside the tank, he smoked and threw the cigarette butt into the tank. Boom ~ ~
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