Bi Goo felt dizzy. The empress was raising a child on Li Yi's Zhuangzi?
"Where's His Majesty?" Bi Goo rubbed his temples.
"His Majesty comes to court in the early hours of the morning. In the afternoon, he might go to see someone in the imperial harem. In the evening, he will return to Li Family Zhuangzi. It's close by. He can come back in time if he has something to do."
Lu Huaishen put down his chopsticks and rubbed his temples.
"Have you considered safety?" Bi Goo didn't care where the emperor lived. He was worried that Zhuangzi was not as safe as the imperial city.
"Safety? Hmph! " Yao Chong snorted. "Li Yi has a lot of good stuff. That kind of Sky Piercing Monkey that is arranged in rows."
Zhang Shuo continued, "There are also hot air balloons. Currently, there are about fifty of them on Zhuangzi.
When the imperial court's craftsmen are done with the outside, they will bring it to Li Yi's Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi will assemble another thing.
The Winged Knights train all day. I don't dare to think about the money they burn.
If the situation is urgent, the hot air balloon team will protect His Majesty, the empress, and the child and escape. "
"Li Family Zhuangzi's fighting strength is higher than the imperial city's?" Bi Goo seemed to understand.
As the Minister of War, Yao Chong nodded. "The imperial city is not suitable for cavalry charges. Most of the Winged Knights are outside the city in the Forbidden Garden in the north.
If they want to besiege the Li Family Zhuangzi, the Li Family Zhuangzi only needs to hold on for fifteen minutes. The Winged Knights will be able to launch an overwhelming echelon attack.
The cavalry will go around the Imperial Plantation, the Li Family Zhuangzi, and the Zhang Family Village. "
Bi Goo nodded repeatedly. He found that it was true. The imperial city fought with infantry, while the outside fought with cavalry.
"In that case, let's see if the Li Family Zhuangzi can hold on for 15 minutes?" Bi Goo concluded.
"The Li Family Zhuangzi is next to the Ba River. Later, the Zhang Family's village and the Li Family Zhuangzi dug artificial canals. There are only four small bridges to cross the river."
Lu Huaishen gave a water-type explanation.
Bi Goo understood. That was the moat. He hadn't been back for two years, and now there was a military base beside Chang 'an.
"What do you mean by not being able to know His Majesty?" Bi Goo brought up what had just happened.
"Let me tell you, I'll have to start from when King Song went to the Imperial Plantation …" Zhang Shuo began his introduction. By now, the dishes had already turned cold.
"So it wasn't Your Majesty who sent Li Yi to Henan Province. He made preparations in advance. Does Your Majesty regard him as the Foreign Minister?"
As Bi Goo spoke, he looked at the faces of the three prime ministers. There was no anger as he had imagined, only a trace of helplessness.
"He has many ideas. So what if he's the Foreign Minister?" Zhang Shuo said, resigned to his fate.
"Ai!" Lu Huaishen sighed.
"Heat up the dishes. Let's eat." Yao Chong changed the topic.
After finishing the past lunch, Bi Goo hurried back to his office at the Ministry of Revenue to check on the situation of the tax collection and the triplet receipt.
At night, Zhang Shuo pulled Wei Zhigu along to eat at the revolving restaurant in Earthly Paradise.
Today, he deliberately left a table open. Otherwise, it would always be full. There were many rich people.
Bi Goo asked about Li Yi in detail. After the banquet ended, he returned home.
His family lived in the second row on the west side of Vermilion Bird Avenue. It was the fifth square from south to north, Huaizhen Square. It was also the fifth square from north to south.
The next day, he asked for leave, saying that he had to arrange the affairs of his family. He turned around and ran to Li Family Zhuangzi.
"Old Bi." Li Yi shouted at the bridgehead of the Ba Bridge.
"Xiao Yi." Bi Goo, who had been given a luxurious carriage as soon as he arrived in the capital, got off and called out.
"Quick, Old Bi, come with me. I'll give you a bite mark. In two days, I'll inlay it on you.
I've inlaid it on Zhuya's golden mountain. Zhuangzi's missing teeth are now using my teeth. No, the teeth I inlaid. "
Li Yi stepped forward, took Bi Goo's arm, and led him inside.
Bi Goo's attendant curiously sized up Zhuangzi and carefully followed behind.
Bi Goo was also watching. Sure enough, it was as the information he had gathered. There were palace maids and eunuchs following Li Yi.
The villagers of Li Family Zhuangzi who didn't work wore beautiful clothes. Those who worked wore work clothes.
There were guards standing guard, Winged Knights patrolling back and forth, and hot air balloons floated in the sky.
The children who woke up later than the adults and ate later than the children wore the same clothes and entered the classroom.
"Xiao Yi, it would be great if all the people in the world were like this." Bi Goo was also shocked by Zhuangzi's culture and scenery.
"There will be, upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones." Li Yi spoke out the thoughts of the older generation.
At that time, those people felt that it was a dream to be able to live upstairs and install electric lights and wired telephones.
Later, the wired telephones were removed one after another. They were only installed under special requirements. Otherwise, they were all mobile phones.
Compared to that time, what was Zhuangzi now?
"Electric lights and telephones?" Bi Goo found the key words.
"There are electric lights in Zhuangzi now. Telephones … I can make them. We'll talk about it later. Right now, it's not very useful. It's just something that can talk to each other from a long distance."
Li Yi explained briefly and brought Bi Goo into the 'hospital'. First, they cleaned up the three missing teeth and left bite marks.
"Okay, I'll install them for you in a few days. You need to put them on the teeth at the side. You don't need to plant them.
Even if all the teeth fall out and your mouth is full, I'll still install them for you. You can introduce anyone to me. I'll pay you the same price. "
Li Yi smiled and said to Bi Goo who was feeling the treatment of the teeth.
Bi Goo also smiled. He knew what Li Yi meant. The people he could find were of similar ranks or had other abilities.
"Xiao Yi, I'm the Minister of Revenue now." Bi Goo chatted with Li Yi.
"I know. You're of the same rank as me. I'm also a Primary Third Rank official." Li Yi took out his Golden Purple Light Doctor title and said.
Bi Goo looked at Li Yi, which meant, "Don't you know the difference between a civil official and an official with real power?
There are many third-rank civil officials, but there are second-rank civil officials. Can they be compared to the Minister of Revenue? "
"Xiao Yi, take care of the Ministry of Revenue. I just know that you came up with the idea to collect business tax in Lantian County and use the more useful triple coupons."
Bi Goo talked about business. The former Minister of Revenue followed the prescribed order.
When he came over, what awaited him was business tax.
From the Tang Dynasty until now, business tax had never been collected. The people paid rent for farming and took the rent.
Suddenly, business tax came. He didn't know how to play.
"Minister Bi, about the tax, the local government must leave a certain percentage for the local government to use to build roads and do things that benefit the people.
The taxes in the county will be paid to the state government. A portion will be left in the county and 10% will be left for a trial.
Lantian County doesn't count. We need to make up for the deficit first.
The state government can keep 15% of the tax and the remaining 75% will be handed over to the Ministry of Revenue.
Let's see if this ratio is useful. If not, we can adjust it. "
Li Yi changed the way he addressed him and talked about business.
Bi Goo heard and asked, "We already have paper money. It's convenient to transport. Can't we leave some for the local government? We will allocate some for the local government when there's a need. "
"If there's no money, who will collect taxes for you? Let the local officials see the benefits. Only then will they be willing to take action. "Li Yi looked at Bi Goo in surprise.
"You want them to be corrupt?" Bi Goo was also surprised.
"Their corruption is the Ministry of Personnel's business. Of course, the Ministry of Revenue can check the accounts.
After collecting business tax, the Ministry of Revenue will start to consider canceling the transfer of the people.
The local government has money. They will recruit the people in the form of employment. The people will have an extra 20 days of free time. "
Li Yi had been keeping an eye on the canceling of the transfer.
The free 20 days of labor was a scam. They had to prepare their own food and go to designated places.
Even if they worked hard for 20 days, they wouldn't be able to recover in half a month.
The work was different. An unprofessional person would get half the result with twice the effort.
"What if the tax left by the local government is not enough to pay the remuneration?"
Bi Goo didn't oppose the canceling of the transfer. Everyone knew that, but he had no choice. He was worried that the tax was not enough.
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