August 16th. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the commoners started to get busy again.
The sorghum was cut from the root, and the stalk was cut more than a foot long.
In the past, the commoners wouldn't leave so much except for those who specialized in making brooms.
The sorghum stalks were worthless, so they were burned as firewood.
Now, the commoners were very careful. They were waiting for Li Yi to come up with a good idea.
The commoners trusted Li Yi that much. They didn't know what Li Yi would do, but they firmly believed that they shouldn't waste things.
Sure enough, after only one day, the paperboys started to shout.
"Selling newspapers! Li Family Zhuangzi is recruiting older people to help make things in the villages."
"Selling newspapers! Li Family Zhuangzi is buying sorghum stalks and stalks."
Previously, Li Family Zhuangzi found people to deal with cotton, cloth, and waste paper.
However, they recruited people who did manual labor, so the elderly weren't suitable.
Old people worked slower, and their eyesight wasn't good. Now, Li Family Zhuangzi prepared jobs for the elderly.
The newspaper wrote that one job was for the elderly to help weave things, and they would be paid according to the quantity.
The other job was for the elderly to weave things, and Zhuangzi would be paid according to the quantity.
Li Family Zhuangzi provided the sorghum stalks for the former, but not for the latter.
Those who had the sorghum stalks at home could sell them to Li Family Zhuangzi after they were done. Those who didn't have the sorghum stalks at home and were willing to make them themselves were also fine.
The items to be made were frames, brooms, brushes, mats, curtains …
Those who didn't know how to do it could learn after watching others make it.
The newspaper gave a method. Those who didn't know how to do it could help process the raw materials, and everyone worked in an assembly line.
The elderly would work, do farm work, weave things, and even weave cloth.
Usually, when they were done, they would sell them in the market, but they couldn't sell for a good price.
"This is called distributed intensive labor. From the perspective of the industry, the purchasing power is limited in one area, and a lot of time is wasted on traveling and waiting."
Li Yi explained to Li Longji.
Li Longji moved the small court meeting to Xingqing Palace. There was also a Xingqing Palace Hall here. Only the big court meeting would be held in the Imperial City.
Naturally, they would live in Xingqing Palace, next to Chunming Gate. The city gate was not closed, and the road to the Li Family Zhuangzi was a military camp.
If there was any danger, Li Longji and his family could rush out and reach the Li Family Zhuangzi directly.
After the morning court meeting, Li Longji had nothing to do, so he went to look for Li Yi.
Li Yi talked to him about the advantages of capital.
"It's easy to buy it, but where can I sell it?" Li Longji knew the business problem.
With so many things, it was obvious that he couldn't sell them in the capital office. The market was already saturated.
"Sell it to the Khitans, the Turks, and the Bohai Sea. If the Tufan Sea is willing to buy it, sell it to them too. Right now, we have economic and cultural exchanges with other places.
They can also collect things and sell them to us. Everyone can trade with each other.
My demand is low. I sell my handmade products to them with capital and exchange for their things. This way, we can maintain a trade deficit for a period of time. "
Li Yi found a place to sell. It seemed that he was making capital, but the people in the capital office were making a profit.
The reason for the trade deficit was that he paid a high wage to help the people earn more before winter.
After he bought things from Khitan, Bohai, Xi, and other places, he could sell them on his way back. Then, he would buy local things on the way and sell them in Chang 'an.
There was no problem with the whole process, as long as the other party didn't rob him.
"We can ship them to other places in the Tang dynasty to sell." Li Longji felt that the external market was too small, and the demand in the Tang dynasty was too high.
"Wherever you go, you can attack the same industry market. If the price is too high, the local people won't buy it. If the price is too low, the local people won't buy it."
Li Yi shook his head. He didn't want to sell millions of brooms and have to use the brooms that other people worked hard to make.
"This year, the things made from sorghum stalks were exported. What about next year?" Li Longji thought about the future.
"Next year, we won't plant sorghum. We'll plant soybeans. We'll raise insects to eat. This year, the number of insects is limited. Next year, we'll cultivate them.
Next year, the people will have more money and have more spending potential. The barbecue industry at night will explode, and there will be a lot of nightlife expenses. "
Li Yi had long planned that next year, the capital office would not plant sorghum. If they wanted to eat sorghum, they would buy it from outside.
Everyone would eat insects together and increase their spending at the food stalls.
Because they had money, other than using it to buy things needed at home and saving some, the rest would be spent.
If eating insects became popular in the capital office, the protein intake of the people would increase.
Li Longji frowned: "Brother, the sorghum production is high, but we don't have enough food."
"Aren't we going to plant new rice? We'll use the new rice to make up for the reduced sorghum production. Next year, we'll plant a lot of terraced fields in Henan Province. There's no shortage. "
Li Yi had already thought of this. Sorghum produced more crops than soybeans. On the whole, planting soybeans and raising insects was more manual labor. It was better to plant some sorghum.
Li Longji slapped his forehead: "Yes, next year, we will plant new varieties of rice. We can plant two batches a year. We can also plant other crops."
Li Longji did not continue to stay in Zhuangzi. He turned around and returned to Xingqing Palace.
The people did not know what the higher-ups were thinking. The people in the capital office just found that there was an endless amount of work to do.
One by one, the tasks were placed there. As long as they were willing to work hard, they would be able to earn money.
"Eat something good these days. Eat three meals a day. You'll be tired if you work too much. You can't not eat enough."
"Eat meat. It's better to eat meat. Let's give meat to the elders at home. Let's go to Li Family Zhuangzi to work. We can eat there."
"When we're done, we'll be busy in winter. We can't even rest for two days a year."
"You don't have to go. You can sleep at home."
"That won't do. Other people have money, but our family doesn't. If it's because we're lazy, we'll be scolded behind our backs."
"Not behind our backs, but in front of our faces."
The people discussed. They seemed to be complaining, but they were actually showing off.
In Lantian County, Zhangsun Xin held a newspaper in his hand: "Li Family Zhuangzi came up with a new idea. Should we follow?"
Recently, Zhangsun Xin had made a lot of money. This included weaving, milling, and canning.
When he saw Li Family Zhuangzi taking action, he wanted to follow suit.
This money was clean. It was different from money that was embezzled or accepted.
"Inspector Zhangsun, we can't learn. We don't know how Li Yi will deal with the many things he wants. If we give too little, no one will do it. If we give too much, we'll be screwed."
When Luo Oucheng heard that Zhangsun Xin wanted to learn, he quickly stopped him.
The other three also nodded. It was too dangerous. Unless they knew how Li Yi would deal with it.
"Forget it. Let's wait. It's a pity that we can't get involved with that cotton. Otherwise, there will be benefits."
Zhangsun Xin waved his hand, looking very regretful.
He could see that cotton was important. Unfortunately, it was managed by the imperial court. Individuals were not allowed to buy cotton.
Moreover, even if they planted cotton, they would have to sell it to Li Family Zhuangzi or the imperial court.
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