Li Yi had thought a lot about how to deal with the Turks.
The current situation was slightly different. The Qianniu Guards could no longer see the "mysterious man", which meant that the other party had removed the surveillance.
These 25 people belonged to six forces. Since they were thrown out, it seemed that the tail behind them had been cleaned up.
The people in Honglu Temple should be waiting for someone to come to them. They would not admit it.
Even if they were beaten to death in front of them, they would say they did not know them.
Since they were willing to wait, they should wait and give the other party some pressure.
"Brother Wang, take care of the 25 people. Don't hurt them, and don't starve them. They will be used for mining in the future.
Put them together with the guilty officials, businessmen, and relatives of the Lantian County. They will be reformed through labor.
There will be enough food. What we need is labor. How can they work if they are not full? If they want to eat meat, continue to work hard. "
Li Yi said with a very benevolent look.
Wang Xing knew that if people were thrown to mining, Li Yi would use food to tempt them to work hard.
Generally, if there were slaves to work, they would not starve to death. It would save money.
Li Yi was not like that. He gave delicious food and wanted efficiency.
When others worked, he only provided food and no wages. How cost-effective it was.
If they were injured, they would be treated. If they were cured, they would continue to work.
"In fact, the official slaves will also be taken care of. They will be given clothes, food, and medical treatment." Wang Xing talked about the official slaves.
He was reminding Li Yi to buy more slaves, private slaves. The male and female servants in Zhuangzi were bought by Li Yi.
Slaves were part of the property. Those eight people could be beaten to death with an excuse. After reporting to the government and paying some money, it would not be a problem.
If he wanted to remove the slaves, he would have to spend a lot of money. For example, he had to marry the female servants.
Li Yi married them in private, which was illegal. He had to remove the slaves first.
Or if a slave married another slave, the children born would still be slaves.
"Tomorrow, I will ask the steward to buy some." Li Yi understood Wang Xing's words. Buy.
Yes, buy slaves. If he did not buy them, others would buy and sell them.
If he bought them, he could take care of them and would not bully them.
Zhuangzi also bought a lot of land. Even if there were a lot of cows, there would still need to be manpower.
He didn't feel at ease recruiting people from other places. Slaves were good, but they were private property. If he caught a runaway slave, he would punish him to death.
The sky gradually darkened. Wang Xing didn't wish to see His Majesty and King Song, so he bid farewell and left.
In the evening, Li Longji got off work early. He didn't look for other women. Empress Wang was enough.
However, Empress Wang had just had a baby, so she couldn't get pregnant.
Li Yi exchanged for the ultra-thin one. It was easier to use, mainly because it was much cheaper than a football.
At night, everyone watched the lanterns together. There were many lanterns on Zhuangzi, and the villagers used them to 'talk' with their deceased elders.
She wanted to tell her elders that she was living a good life and that she had a good Dongzhu.
Even the eight personal slaves of Li Yi were mumbling while wiping their tears.
The eight of them were now in charge of various areas, and they were paid a salary.
"Brother Yi, Zhuangzi's exchange coupons have started to circulate in the capital. Initially, I was worried that someone would use the coupons to buy things and spend all the coupons."
Li Longji was eating barbecued meat on a high platform. It was charcoal and grill, not skewers.
Li Yi was roasting tofu. This type of tofu had a short shelf life, and it lacked a layer of oil.
This was the type of tofu he used to eat when he was young. Later on, the production process improved.
After the tofu was picked out from the soybean milk, it had to be placed in a trough with edible glue, hung with a layer of glue, and then dried or dried.
A better tofu machine directly mixed the tofu. After drying, the tofu would not taste like beans.
After it was heated, it was placed on a plate. This tofu was cooked to begin with.
"As long as my Zhuangzi is stable, they don't care if the exchange coupons can be used to exchange for things.
If one day I suddenly say that Zhuangzi is out of money, they will definitely come to buy things in Zhuangzi.
If they can't buy it, they will make a fuss and even attack Zhuangzi's people. They will arrest me and force me to give them money.
It's the same for the country. The economy is unstable, and if the war is lost, the use of paper money will cause rapid inflation.
Even copper coins and silk will depreciate. The most valuable thing is food. "
Li Yi briefly introduced the country's stability and currency system.
Li Longji and Li Chengqi had never received such professional guidance, so they listened carefully.
Li Chengqi ate a piece of meat: "The Tang dynasty's Kaiyuan Tongbao is also useful outside."
"Yes, this is the use of paper money in war." Li Yi knew that the surrounding countries would be willing to use China's money for a long time, let alone now.
Today, the Tang dynasty's money was an international currency.
"Uncle, tell us how to fight a war. Give us money. "Empress Wang was interested when she heard about war.
"Just restrict the exits. Even now, they can use a lot of copper coins and silk to buy Tubo's food and livestock.
If the food and livestock decrease, the price will increase. If they continue to buy, they will still have to bear the high price when they take the money and spend it themselves.
The Tang dynasty does not allow the sale of food and livestock. They can only buy other things from the Tang dynasty, but it can't solve the problem of food. "
Li Yi gave an example. Buy, buy, buy, and not sell.
"Can they also restrict it?" Li Longji felt that if he were in their shoes, he would restrict it when he found that the situation was not right.
"Buy something else. Buy wool. Buy wool and yak hair at a high price.
At the same time, sell them luxury goods. The people in their big tribes like it.
They will sheep more cows and sheep and plant alfalfa on the farmland. The food production will decrease, and they will continue to have no food to eat. "
Li Yi described the classic sheep eating people enclosure.
Compared to The Rising Sun City, Tubo did not have a perfect industrial system.
When the sheep eating people happened, they could not promote the development of the industrial system because the technology could not keep up.
"Land annexation or sheep grazing." Li Chengqi concluded.
"And then?" Empress Wang asked.
"Then there will be internal division. When there is an internal struggle, it will be best to fight a foreign war and attack our Tang dynasty.
Our Tang dynasty only needs to prepare enough food and weapons to defend.
Such a war will not last long because they do not have enough food.
If they want to live, they will ask for peace with the Tang dynasty, submit, pay tribute, and hope that the Tang dynasty will sell food to them.
Of course, if they don't want to end the war, they can even fight the other side, not the Tang dynasty. It will be easier to fight there.
The premise is that the Tang dynasty does not send troops to attack them, such as peace talks and alliances. "
Li Yi described the development model of economic war. There was a high possibility of success. Many countries were cheated in this way.
Li Longji picked up the wine and took a sip.
He put down the wine cup. "No hurry. When the Tang dynasty's banknotes are printed, I will write to His Majesty. We have to give it a try."
"Okay!" Empress Wang nodded. "Yes, we can't give them copper coins and silk. Banknotes are cheap and useful."
"Brother Yi, drink." Li Longji poured wine for Li Yi.
He felt at ease. 'See, we have great means to deal with foreign enemies.
Brother Yi has developed wooden feather arrows, whirlwind cannons, hot air balloons, and useful gunpowder.
The Tubo Turks can't attack us now. Wait for two or three years and see how I will fool you.
If we don't fight, it will be an economic war. If we fight, will our Tang dynasty be afraid of you? '
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