Chapter 669
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The Qinling Mountains stretched for thousands of miles, and the Taiyuan Valley nurtured the people of the dynasty. It was difficult to grow plants in the mountains, so many officials wanted to buy land and store it.
"It's still early. They will be in chaos for a while. When the Turkic tribes surrender, the Tang dynasty will be able to free up people to face the Tubo Dynasty. "
Li Chengqi took a sip of the cold noodle soup with ice stubble and said with a relaxed expression.
Li Yi smacked his lips and also took a sip of the cold noodle soup.
"Fortunately, we prepared a lot of ice last year. Otherwise, we would have to use saltpeter to make ice. The higher the water temperature, the more saltpeter we need."
Li Yi sighed with emotion. Last year, they dug a series of ice cellars and used well water to freeze ice, which could be eaten directly.
The ice in the river was not so clean, but the people of the Tang dynasty also ate it and drank the river water directly.
Li Chengqi had seen saltpeter used to make ice, a big basin with a small basin.
The saltpeter that was used to make ice could be turned back.
Now, a small part of the saltpeter in the Tang dynasty was supplied to the medicine shops, and the rest was sent to the Li Family Zhuangzi to make gunpowder.
The other kind of saltpeter could not be used to make ice, so it was used to make watermelon frost with watermelons or mixed with other medicines.
"Brother Yi, buy a piece of land this year to store ice. It's good that you don't need a lot of land. You can also use a cave."
Li Chengqi wanted to increase the storage of ice and sell it.
Now, someone was selling ice water, which was very expensive.
More ice from the Six Li Village was rewarded to the officials, more than before.
The ice stored in the palace was also used a lot, and even the ordinary palace maids and eunuchs used it.
The ice of the Li Family Zhuangzi could be used just by looking at the cold noodles with ice stubble.
Some ice stored in the Imperial Plantation of Wang Xing was also sent to the palace.
A large number of ice cellars in the Zhang Family Village served the tourists, so they could not take out more ice.
It was absolutely impossible for the pandas not to give them ice.
Li Yi frowned and thought about the amount of work, "The Mount Li behind is not bad, and there are also hot springs. It will be good if Wang Xing can take care of it."
The place Li Yi mentioned was the Imperial Garden connected to the Imperial Plantation, but it was not under Wang Xing's management.
"Yes, ice can be stored there." Li Chengqi agreed.
"Speaking of places, there are a lot of uninhabited mountains in Huazhou and Tongzhou. I want to buy them."
Li Yi stopped eating and went to get the map.
Spreading the map out on the table, he pointed out a few areas that could be connected together.
Li Chengqi took a look and said, "The people of the two prefectures are farming in the areas where the plateau and the canyon have been washed out. It's too difficult to farm in the mountains."
"Building terraced fields. Now is not the time to protect the natural scenery. I want to build many terraced fields there." Li Yi explained his plan.
"The land you've designated is hundreds of thousands of mu. You want to send the captives from the southwest to build terraced fields?"
Li Chengqi looked at the land plan and did some calculations. It was estimated to be more than three hundred thousand mu, or even bigger.
"Let's buy it first. We can think about it later. There's no rush." Li Yi put away the map and continued eating.
"Okay, I'll ask around for you. That place belongs to the government and the price is not high." Li Chengqi was ready to help him get a good price.
The mountains were useless there, so he did not want the price to be too high.
"After the terraced fields are built, you can still pay the rent. I own the land, so I don't enjoy the policy benefits. As long as the crops are grown, it's called rent."
Li Yi offered a better price. If hundreds of thousands of mu of land were converted into terraced fields, they would be able to grow a lot of crops.
Terraced fields were most suitable for growing rice. If the Zhancheng rice was cultivated in Jiangnan Province, it would be planted on the terraced fields next year and harvested twice a year.
Li Chengqi shook his head and slurped his noodles.
Terraced fields were not easy to grow. It was strenuous to plow the fields and troublesome to use water. Moreover, people had to go up and down.
After lunch, Li Chengqi left with the idea of building a bathhouse at a low price and Li Yi's plan to buy such a large piece of land.
He threw the matter of buying the land to Bi Goo and told Bi Goo that the terraced fields would be paid as rent.
He discussed with each square about setting up a bathing pool. A group of people would handle it. Each square would choose two places.
The government and the temple would cooperate. The people of the other side were allowed to bathe for free and they were allowed to bathe every day.
In summer, it was easy for the people to take a bath. It was the most convenient for them to swim by the river.
As for the rest, they could wash with well water at home. It was cool and cost less.
Sprinklers and spray trucks were running back and forth on the streets.
The cleaners in the two cities were the busiest. They were required to clean up every hour.
No dirty water or dirty things were allowed to prevent people from getting sick.
The butchers covered the entire case with gauze nets. They did not allow the cut pieces of meat to be hung for flies to bite.
The people who repaired the water nets wore bamboo hats and were bare-chested. After a while, they were urged to come up to drink water by the supervisors.
On the road from other places to Chang 'an, there were sheds that were sent by the yamen to provide water at every certain distance.
The people who were in a hurry would enter the sheds when they came across them. They would sit down and chat, take a rest, and mainly drink water.
"Her Majesty used the money from the auction of the Right Treasury to provide water for everyone."
The temporary low-ranking official said something important.
As for who would drink the water, he had to emphasize that Her Majesty would pay for it or the money from the sale of the Right Treasury.
Li Longji listened to Li Yi's idea. They took out the land tribute that they did not need and auctioned it off. They would tell the people where it was provided.
They could help the local people advertise and raise funds to do things.
The people were indeed moved. Every year, there were people who died from the heat. The water in their own water bags could not quench their thirst. They could only ask for water to drink when they came across a village.
This year, there were sheds everywhere in the capital. The water they drank had salt and green beans in it.
Places where there was no green bean water were given tea. There was also a little salt in the tea.
In the Imperial City, Bi Goo handed two documents to his subordinates. "Send these to Huazhou and Tongzhou."
His subordinates arranged for people. He turned around and went to the Political Affairs Hall. Something big had happened.
The documents said that the two prefectures were to sell their land. They did not say that they were to sell it.
Bi Goo could not decide whether to sell or not.
A spray truck sprayed mist from the side. Bi Goo looked up at the rainbow and shook his head.
"It's still drought. The people are watering their fields with well water. They are all waiting for the water network to be built. This year, there have been no reports of people dying from the heat in the capital."
Bi Goo muttered to himself. He reached out and caught some more mist. He felt much cooler.
When he reached the Political Affairs Hall, he directly said to the three prime ministers who had come out of their respective offices, "Li Yi wants to buy land. He bought nearly 400,000 mu of land.
He bought mountains in Huazhou and Tongzhou. He said that he wants to build terraced fields. I have already sent the documents for the land in Qingzhang to the two prefectures. "
The three of them were stunned. 400,000 mu of land in other prefectures?
"Li Yi can afford it." Lu Huaishen considered it from a financial point of view.
"He bought that land and wants to build terraced fields. Does he not know how to build terraced fields?"
Zhang Shuo began to suspect that Li Yi did not know anything about farming.
Terraced fields were something that no one knew how to do. Farming one mu of terraced fields was more tiring than farming three mu of flat land.
The key was that the yield was not as good as that of flat land. It was tiring but not rewarding.
"The two prefectures are not far from Chang 'an. It is relatively easy to manage." Yao Chong explained his point of view from a management point of view.
"Sell it to him?" Bi Goo understood that Yao Chong meant to sell it.
"It is not up to you and I to decide whether to sell it to him or not. Give him a low price. We can't always let him suffer losses."
Yao Chong did not have any other thoughts. Her Majesty would ask to sell it.
"Xiao Yi said that as long as the crops are grown, we will pay rent." Bi Goo did not care about the price. He cared about the rent.
The rent was grain. The grain was stored in the warehouse. He was confident.
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