"I'm not sick. Get out. Who would come here to treat people during the New Year? I'm not sick. Hahaha …"
In the Ministry of Revenue, the imperial physicians who rushed over from the Imperial Medical Department were chased out by Bi Goo.
"Minister Bi, since you're not sick, why don't you allow us to examine you?" The imperial physicians still wanted to examine you.
They heard that Minister Bi was laughing for no reason. They were afraid that he had lost his mind.
They only arrived when His Majesty sent someone to the Imperial Medical Department.
Sure enough, Minister Bi was behaving inappropriately and could not stop laughing.
"Come, come, come in. I heard that the Imperial Medical Department does not have enough money. See if this money is enough."
Bi Goo led the imperial physicians into the room. The big box brought by the Li Family Zhuangzi was placed here.
He opened one of the boxes and revealed the money inside. "I'll give you a hundred thousand taels?"
"Ah? Give us money. A hundred thousand taels. "The imperial physicians stared at the money in a daze.
"Are you happy?" Bi Goo asked.
The leading imperial physician nodded. "Yes."
"Do you want to laugh?" Bi Goo asked again.
"Yes, hahaha." The imperial physicians laughed, and the others laughed as well. A hundred thousand taels.
"See, you all know how to laugh when you see money. I will naturally laugh when I see money. However, I can't give you the money. Go back. "
Bi Goo closed the box again.
"Ah?" The imperial physicians were dumbfounded. How could this be?
Bi Goo asked them to leave. The imperial physicians left in a daze.
They knew what illness Bi Goo and Minister Bi was suffering from. It was similar to their own illness.
However, Minister Bi's illness was happiness, while theirs was sadness.
"Seven days after the New Year, the Ministry of Revenue received nearly eight hundred and twenty thousand taels. The tax is really useful."
The Ministry of Revenue received a lot of money. The news that Bi Goo was not sick had spread throughout the Imperial City.
In the Political Affairs Hall, Yao Chong suppressed his excitement and finished his work. He looked for Lu Huaishen and Zhang Shuo to have tea in the hall.
He was lamenting the wealth from the tax. More than eight hundred thousand taels could be used to do many things.
Lu Huaishen was calmer. "Currently, the Li Family Zhuangzi is exporting a lot of goods. In the future, the taxes they pay will definitely decrease."
Zhang Shuo held a different view. "Chang 'an's other aspects of business and taxation are no worse than the Li Family Zhuangzi."
"The twenty-two counties of the capital government must not be obstructed in collecting the business tax this year." Yao Chong was ready to charge.
This was real money. The Li Family Zhuangzi couldn't expect more in the future.
There were still two months to harvest in the greenhouse, and some vegetables could be sold until three months later.
The business tax for shops and large transactions was the foundation of tax collection. It was like a continuous stream of water.
When collecting taxes, they faced pressure from many people who had connections in the imperial court. They were officials whose families had business dealings, and officials who were recommended by large clans.
They were prepared to kill. At the very least, they had to banish those who jumped out, such as Leizhou.
"We can't banish any more officials to Leizhou. We need to send trusted people there." Li Chengqi was talking to Li Longji.
He had received Li Yi's notes on pepper planting and how to deal with the local aborigines.
Leizhou, which could grow large amounts of pepper, was no longer a good place to be banished.
If he threw bad officials there, they would take advantage of him or cause trouble.
Li Longji flipped through the notes on governance. There was nothing interesting about pepper planting.
Li Longji knew that Leizhou was in chaos. There was a period of time when Chen Wenyu, a local official, was appointed as the provincial governor.
Chen Wenyu was originally from Leizhou, which was called He Province.
In the fifth year of Zhenguan's reign, he was sent to be the provincial governor for eight years.
Because he was a local, the local people accepted him more than foreign officials.
He promoted the integration of the local people with the Han people. In fact, he introduced a series of city building models.
The local powers were persuaded by him and built the city. As a result, many people moved to live in the city.
He stayed there and wasn't transferred back. In the end, when everything was almost done, he passed away.
After he died, the local people called him the God of Thunder.
If other officials were to go there, it wouldn't be easy.
A high ranking official exiled by the imperial court couldn't be sent to Leizhou to be the provincial governor. It was already very serious to send him to the south of the Yangtze River.
Only a small official was sent to Leizhou to be some county magistrate.
After he went there, the real officials were all Leizhou natives. If things went wrong, the county magistrate might die there.
If he was killed, he could just say that he died of illness.
Leizhou wasn't as prosperous as it was during Li Yi's time.
"The main thing is to manage Qiongzhou well. Only by managing Leizhou well can we steadily encourage the people to plant pepper there. Qiongzhou and the other provinces have many mountains and dense forests. The climate is hot …"
Li Longji read out what Li Yi had written.
The Tang dynasty didn't manage Qiongzhou at all and left it to the locals.
As long as the locals didn't rebel and no one rebelled, everything would be fine.
Li Yi's idea was to develop Leizhou. From Leizhou to Qiongzhou and the other provinces, which was Hainan Island.
What the locals didn't need were seeds and food. Just plant something there and it would grow like crazy.
There were more mountain people in Leizhou than in Qiongzhou. The situation there was like a primitive forest.
What they needed the most were tools, tools for farming and hunting.
Hunting was directly related to food. At the same time, it was a method to deal with wild beasts.
There were no tall buildings. There were beaches, but there were no yachts or seaside villas.
"Brother Yi said to bring a large amount of malaria medicine and distribute it to the people. Whoever has malaria should quickly take the medicine.
Also, send ships to deliver a large amount of ceramics, bows and arrows. We don't have to worry about the locals rebelling with good weapons.
Buy cattle and horses from other places to help the locals with their farming.
The people living in the forests and mountains will learn how to farm and continue to build cities. This way, they will have protection against wild beasts … "
Li Chengqi wrote down everything Li Yi wrote.
Now, arrange for people to transport things out of the Yellow River when it's passable.
This included the cement produced by the Li Family Zhuangzi. The fleet would sail along the shore to Leizhou.
First, vigorously develop Leizhou and plant seedlings in Leizhou. At the same time, attract the people of Qiongzhou and other provinces to Leizhou to learn.
Li Longji nodded. "This is our own business. Spend money first and gradually develop."
Li Longji didn't plan to hand over the pepper planting matter to the imperial court. The imperial court already had enough tax revenue.
Governing the southernmost region must be reasonable. The key was money.
Who would be willing to throw money in if they couldn't get any benefits?
After thinking for a while, Li Longji said, "It's difficult to travel by land. We should develop water transportation. As Brother Yi said, a suitable place for pepper planting is rice that can be cooked three times and vegetables can be grown all year round.
Navy. I want to build a navy like the Winged Knights, invincible and invincible. "
He strengthened his confidence. This was also what Li Yi wanted to promote.
The navy could bring wealth to the Tang dynasty. At the same time, it could also contribute to the stability of the Tang dynasty.
Li Yi of the Li Family Zhuangzi was also thinking about ships.
After he went to see the patient with the lung injury, he sat in the study and pondered.
"Which kind of ship should I choose? What kind of balance should the inland river ships find between big and small ships? How should I deal with the coordination between sailboats and paddle boats … "
Li Yi thought. He drew a picture of a ship on a piece of paper. At the same time, he looked up information and pondered which type or types to release.
"Actually, steam ships are the best. Steam, alas! It involves the entire industrial system. First, we need to create steam power. Then, we can think about putting it on ships. "
Li Yi muttered and drew another type of ship.
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