Great Tang Idyll - Chapter 830

[Chapter 455]

Chapter Four Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Chapter Counting and Reckoning, as

the voice of impeachment Zhang said suddenly appeared earlier, all the officials turned their eyes, and took a closer look from a distance, knowing that Li Yuanhong, the Deputy Prime Minister, who is usually very rare The person who always speaks, always does practical things, suddenly appeared today to impeach Qi Zhang for some reason.

Zhang Shuo was also puzzled. He found Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan’s fault. What are you doing, Li Yuanhong?

Could it be that those two are related to you?

Isn’t this a worry about eating radishes lightly?

When I was wondering, I was more angry in my heart. Good you Li Yuanhong, I didn’t usually trouble you, but now you’re eyeing me?

When I’m so good to bully?

Just as he was about to ask aloud, Li Longji spoke at this time.

“I have heard a little about what Li Qing said.” Li Longji paused when these words came out, and the civil and military officials froze in their hearts. Could it be that the emperor wants to talk to Zhang?

“Of course.” Li Longji said another word, and Zhang said with a sigh of relief.

“Zhang Qing is the decree of Zhongshu

, who is in command of the officials. He needs to have contact with the officials. There is not enough time in the court. It is not necessary to talk about it in private.

He looked at Zhang with his eyes open, with a faint expression on his face, which made it impossible to tell whether he was telling the truth or not.

As if he had caught a life-saving straw, Zhang Shuo nodded sharply, and the beard fluttered with the movements of his body, slightly dyed in frost, and with the weather, people saw a kind of desolation.

Yuan Ganyao, who was standing opposite him, sighed softly, “I’m old, I’m all old, time is not forgiving, no less than Zhang Xiaobao and Juanjuan, who can decide the court affairs at such an age, and have a lot of youth. Can splurge.

“That’s right.” Li Longji said casually, and then added: “I know that many courtiers have no other ideas in their hearts, but it is easy to misunderstand when they do things. Zhang Qing is like this. I can trust my colleagues around me more.

Don’t listen to the wind is the rain, let alone come up with an unwarranted thing to make sure that others have bad thoughts, save others by yourself, according to Xiaobei’s words, the court of the Tang Dynasty is united and upward, Zhongqing thinks Am I right?

”

“Your Majesty, after listening to His Majesty’s words, I feel that Your Majesty’s tolerance and trust will surely live up to His Majesty’s trust.”

“Yu Wenrong came out and said something, and the other courtiers who were standing in front all came out and followed suit.

Zhang Shuo was no exception. After saying flattering words, he realized that he was wasting his efforts again today, and the emperor’s meaning was expressed. It’s very clear, don’t arbitrarily find a trumped-up charge and put it on someone else’s body.

Others impeach you, and the emperor didn’t trouble you, so if you go to mention Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, isn’t it just playing with fire?

‘Hey~ why ?

Can the two of them get such treatment?’ Zhang said he was dissatisfied, his face even more old-fashioned, he quietly retreated to his position, and decided to endure it again

. It’s a peaceful scene, the wind is still blowing, and the sky has not changed. It is estimated that there will be a heavy rain when the morning is over. I wonder if the emperor has prepared an umbrella? There is still some distance from the Hanyuan Hall to the office. The portable folding umbrella sent by Zhang Wang’s family is on his body, and he must learn a lesson next time.

Li Longji settled Zhang and said that after adjusting his mood, he finally returned to the way it was at the beginning. He

smiled and said to the ministers: “Since you guys There are no important things, I will talk about my recent events, which I suddenly remembered, coincidentally, come here, carry my things up.

”

The courtiers below don’t think that they suddenly remembered, otherwise it would be impossible to keep others from speaking out early in the morning. Zhang said that he should stand up. It

is natural that things prepared earlier will not take too much time. With Li Longji The words fell, Gao Lishi waved his hand, and a few eunuchs next to him moved things in front of Li Longji, and the ministers stretched their necks to see what the emperor was doing.

Li Longji coughed lightly, walked down from the soft chair in a rare way, stood in front of the thing on the ground, and even more rarely smiled, from Gao Lishi, who came over and squatted down to pick up the same thing. He took the thing in his hand, waved it to the ministers, and asked, “Do the ministers know what this is?” The

ministers saw it and realized that the light bulb was not a strange thing. As a gift from the family, all officials of sufficient rank can get the benefits of the Zhang and Wang families for free, and there are many officials with low official positions who will work hard for such benefits.

Rich people also buy them for home use. Those who have windmills are driven by windmills, and those who don’t have windmills find a way to get waterwheels. If they don’t have both, they will let people step on the generator in turn. What is the emperor taking out for today?

Li Linfu winked, stood up, showed an expression of uncertainty, and asked in a low voice, “Your Majesty, is this a legendary light bulb? This is a small and exquisite light bulb that Your Majesty took, but His Majesty made it himself?”

“Well, yes Light bulb, yes, Li Qing’s eyesight is really good, you can see it at a glance.” Li Longji still admired Li Linfu’s statement, praised it, and shook his head, “It’s not what I did, I’m afraid of getting hurt, I haven’t done it yet. He can blow light bulbs, and he can’t draw air.”

“Your Majesty’s dragon body is important.” Li Linfu said again.

Li Longji didn’t answer this time, holding a small light bulb in one hand, pointing at another object on the ground with the other, and asked, “Do you know this thing?”

“Ah? Is it the legendary fish tank?” What Li Linfu saw was a glass The box made is not much different from the fish tank. The only difference is that there are no fish in the water, but wires are connected.

“No, guess again.” Li Longji was like a child at the moment.

“I also ask Your Majesty to make it clear that the minister really can’t guess it. The minister only knows now that his knowledge is indeed not as broad as His Majesty’s.” Li Linfu asked for advice in distress. This time it was not nonsense. He really didn’t know. The fish tank was also puzzled in my heart.

Li Longji looked down into the distance and waved, “Come forward, I will show you.”

The fifth-rank official who was farthest away, looked at the others, and when they saw someone moving, they also moved forward. When they got close, it was really like Li Linfu said, it was a fish tank, a fish tank without fish.

When everyone else was puzzled, Li Longji continued to the next step. He picked up two wires in the fish tank, one was wrapped around the bottom of the light bulb, and the other was placed on the smallest point. I saw that the two wires were just connected. Steady, the light bulb suddenly lit up.

“Ah? Your Majesty, why is it bright?” Gao Lishi exclaimed in unison, the eyes were wide open, making people worried that the eyeballs inside could fall off at any time.

Li Longji had an unpredictable expression on his face, moving back and forth there so that all the people around could see it clearly, and after the ministers were puzzled, he slowly said, “Do you think it’s amazing? No It uses wind power, no water power, and no one has ever driven the generator.”

“Your Majesty, why is it so bright?” Zhang Jiuling walked forward again, watching carefully, but still couldn’t see the doorway, and asked humbly.

“This question is a good question, why does it light up? I believe that everyone has this doubt in their hearts. This is the wet battery that I participated in the development of. With the battery, you don’t have to be as tired as before, and you can use the battery to light the light anytime, anywhere. .”

Li Longji took the wire away from the light bulb, pressed it again, and went back and forth several times, so that people could see it clearly, and he happily introduced it.

“Your Majesty is really amazing.” A fifth-rank official said sincerely.

Li Longji smiled and shook his head, “Don’t think this is my original intention. If you can only turn on the light, it’s nothing. Let’s look at another thing.”

Putting down the light bulb, Li Longji pointed to another thing in front of him, accurately It is said that they are two identical things, and there is a large bundle of wires, so that the ministers do not know why.

This time, without the cooperation of others to ask, Li Longji took the initiative to introduce, “This is a wired telegraph, someone will ask, what is this thing used for? Isn’t it?”

Some of the ministers slandered, is this nonsense?

Don’t you just show it for others to see, who wouldn’t have such an idea without knowing it?

“I’ll let you know, come here, and carry the other one far away.” Li Longji couldn’t hear the voices of others, and there was no evidence to convict him. He gave an order, and immediately a eunuch came over, carried one of them, and stroked the line. Go down and stop until the bundle of wires is used up, waiting for the next instruction.

Another person carried a fish tank over, and stood to the side together, looking at Li Longji together.

Li Longji looked around, Gao Lishi hurriedly made a gesture not far away, and a group of people came over there, all wearing the same style of work clothes, each one strutting, but if you look closely, you will find that the crowd Some have wounds on their bodies.

When the group of people approached, Li Longji beckoned, one ran to the front, and another ran to the distance, each took out a small notebook and a pencil from his body, ready to go.

Looking at the suspicious eyes of the courtiers, Li Longji introduced: “The function of the telegraph is to send information quickly, if you move there, you can receive it right here, no matter how long the wire is, the telegraph can be as far away as possible. Let

’s communicate with each other.” The

ministers nodded, expressing their understanding, and even if they had doubts in their hearts, they would not dare to show their disbelief.

“I know you don’t believe it, it’s okay, this will let you understand, Zhang Qing, you say something, let this person pass on the news, and see if the other telegraph machine on the opposite side can receive it, so far away, you whisper Say something, can’t you hear it there?”

Li Longji called out Zhang Shuo and let him speak.

Zhang Shuo nodded, “I can’t hear you. It’s more than 20 feet away from here. Your Majesty asked the minister to say it. The minister really said it. Well, he said that it will rain today.”

“Send a report.” Li Longji He said to the person who came after him.

The man hurriedly took out a thicker notebook from his arms, searched it a few times, and then used a pencil to write and draw on the notebook just now. Then he held down a place on the telegraph with his hand. The wires in the tank are connected, and so is the opposite side.

Everything is ready and the man starts to press the place.

‘Drip…drip~…drip…drip…drip….

‘ Accompanied by a crisp voice, it didn’t take long before the man raised his hand and signaled it was over.

The ministers immediately turned their eyes to the man below, and saw that the man had just finished writing and drawing in the notebook, and then also opened another thick notebook, and searched it. After a while, someone ran from there, yes. Li Longji said: “Your Majesty, after receiving the content, it will rain today.”

“Well?” Many of the ministers made doubtful voices, thinking it was very miraculous. What news?

This is much more useful than the beacon tower.

“Where else can I try?” The smile on Li Longji’s face was even bigger.

“Your Majesty, here I come.” Lu Yanzuo, who did not believe in evil, stood up, put his ear to the person who sent the report, and said in a voice that others could not hear: “I don’t believe it is true, send it.

” After flipping through the book a few times, after writing the drawings, he started to press the keys on the telegraph machine. With the beeping sound, the other side began to receive. It also took a very short time. A person came over there and said to the crowd: ” I don’t believe the content is true.”

Lu Yanzuo was taken aback, looked up into the distance, swallowed his saliva and said to the emperor, “Your Majesty, what a god, if this thing pulls the thread all over the country, in the future Sending information back and forth, the speed is really unimaginable.”

Li Longji nodded with a smile.

At this time, Zhang said that he started pouring cold water again.

“Your Majesty, this minister thinks it’s inappropriate. If you want to pull the wires all over the country, how long will it take? How many wires will you have to spend? This thing is

just tasteless.”

Now, he glared at Zhang and said, that means which pot can’t you open and lift?

Fortunately, he was already prepared. When he saw someone in the group of ministers expressing the same idea, he coughed and said, “It’s just an experiment. This is called wired telegraphy. Now the Ministry of Industry is studying dry batteries and wireless telegraphy. When the research is completed, batteries will be more convenient to carry. Telegraphs don’t need wires anymore, so it’s not a bad idea, is it?”

“Your Majesty Shengming.” Gao Lishi followed suit.

The expressions of the ministers also changed. Naturally, they knew that if there was something called a battery that was easy to carry, and a telegraph that was not connected by wires, the message transmission would be faster in the future.

It’s just that the news came so suddenly that there was no preparation at all.

Yuan Ganyao said excitedly: “Your Majesty, when did I have such advanced things in Great Tang? According to His Majesty’s words, wouldn’t it take a blink of an eye to spread the news to the capital from the farthest place?

” That may not be the case. I heard from Xiaobao and Juanjuan that several transfers are needed. Otherwise, the distance is not enough. We can arrange a special frequency band for transfer telegram reception. Is it advanced? Well, it is advanced. Wan’s craftsmen struggled, they would not have today’s advanced technology, they have paid a lot.”

Li Longji said, the happy expression on his face converged, his eyes looked at the group of craftsmen standing a few steps away, and introduced to the ministers. Said: “These are the researchers of batteries and telegraphs, Liu Liang.”

“Your Majesty.” As Li Longji called out his name in the crowd, a person stood up. Several parts of this person’s body were covered with white cloth. All the ministers knew that they were injured. This is the classic packaging cloth of Deyi Hospital today.

Li Longji looked at Liu Liang softly, Liu Liang seemed very excited, swallowing saliva and his legs were shaking.

“Roll up the sleeve of your right arm.” Li Longji ordered.

Liu Liang didn’t dare to hesitate at all, he used his left hand to roll up his right sleeve little by little, exposing that arm, all the ministers saw it and took a breath of cold air at the same time.

I saw that the arm was pitted, the skin was wrinkled together, and the arm was small and thin, as if it had been burned by fire.

“Liu Liang’s arm was burned by sulfuric acid when he was doing research, but he still determined the proportion of sulfuric acid. Without his persistence, there would be no wet battery. I named him the founding earl. Zhao Cheng, come out.”

Li Longji introduced Liu Liang, and then shouted to the crowd, another one-eyed man stood up, “Your Majesty.”

“This is Zhao Cheng, who has been in charge of the production of the telegraph machine. During the welding process, his eyes were blinded. He got one, but he also completed the initial telegraph welding task with one eye. I named him the founding marquis, Zhao Gong, and came out… Zhao Gong is Zhao Cheng’s younger brother, and he did experiments with his elder brother. Originally, Zhao Gong was a leader who gave up the opportunity to take the imperial examinations and was willing to take over the important task of his brother. I named him as a Tongjinshi, Zhang Yan, and out of the ranks…”

Li Longji called out people one by one, every time he called him. If you choose one, you will tell what this person has done, and give them a reward. There are 32 people in total, and none of them are omitted.

Everyone who was called raised their chests when Li Longji introduced them, their eyes full of excitement, and all the ministers listened one by one. In the past, some people stood up against the emperor’s award so much, but today is an exception.

Knowing that His Majesty gave such a reward to the hundreds of thousands of craftsmen, it is really heart-wrenching that craftsmen who have not paid attention to it before can make such a miraculous thing.

Li Longji squatted down, touched the telegraph machine, and said, “I hope all the ministers know that I am not a low-ranking craftsman in the Tang Dynasty, and understand that when you enjoy good things, some people bleed and sacrifice for it, and everything is covered with blood. The painstaking efforts of my Tang craftsmen are wandering, and I must cherish it.”

“I keep this in mind.” Gao Lishi spoke first, and then all the ministers responded together.

“Well, please go back, you are the ultimate, omnipotent, remember to keep secrets and discuss matters.” Li Longji let the ministers see the power of the craftsmen, and re-started the affairs of the early dynasty. The first thing he proposed was Allocate money to the Ministry of Work, a lot of money.

The ministers now understand that the emperor made such a move in order to clear the obstacles for Zhang Zhong. If there is no telegraph machine, and a large amount of money is given to the Ministry of Industry for nothing, there will be people who object. That advanced tool that can transmit messages over long distances, no one will not support it anymore, it is really scary.

Imagine that thousands of miles away in the future, a person will tap a few times on the telegraph machine, and the news will be immediately uploaded to the capital, and after the same discussion, it will be sent back. No, in the event of disasters and wars, the response time will be greatly shortened, especially when fighting. Several armies can cooperate with each other at any time. What kind of enemy is invincible?

When others were satisfied, Li Longji’s mind flew to Jilizhou. “Xiaobao, cuckoo, when can we get that kind of weapon that can be hit from Luzhou to the capital?”

And to intercept?

‘

‘Drip, drip, drip….

‘In a house on the north bank of the muddy river, Wang Juan’s hand was burning on something, and the sound of dripping came from time to time.

Zhang Xiaobao sat on the side, looked at the map in his hand, fell into deep thought, recovered after a while, and asked, “Is it all right? I will make a sound when I press the button, and send me a telegram when I have practiced, just say, today You have worked hard, has the road been repaired? If it is repaired, then you should not worry about it first, but be prudent, and tell other people that you can proceed to the next step. When the next step is completed, it will be the moment of our victory. Regarding this….”

“Comrade Zhang Xiaobao, this is a telegram, not you talking on the phone, do you understand the simplicity?” Wang Juan was about to translate it into a code, when he heard Zhang Xiaobao say a lot of nonsense, stopped moving, dissatisfied complained.

“Oh, I just remembered, hit me, and Lu Cheng will act.” Zhang Xiaobao nodded, turning the bunch of words into five words.

“Isn’t this the end? With that much effort, do you think Li Longji will find out that the things we use are more advanced than what he saw? Then curse people?” In the past, if Li Longji saw the telegraph machine she was using, he would definitely scold the two of them for hiding things.

There is no fish tank next to the telegraph, but a blocky thing that provides power to the telegraph, and the telegraph has no wires to connect anywhere else, just an antenna that sticks out, which is what he looks forward to making in the future. The dry battery and wireless telegraph machine that had been in use would never have occurred to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

Zhang Xiaobao said a little uncertainly: “I guess not?”

“Can’t scold or can’t find out?” Wang Juan asked again.

“As long as he can’t find out, he naturally won’t scold.” Zhang Xiaobao replied.

“That is to say, you have placed the consequences on the former.”

“Yes, I really let him know, and it is estimated that he will wear small shoes for us. This is much different from the cable and telegraph. It is a cross-generational product, and its application With the electromagnetic technology, I can make a radio station in the future, and then use a thin box to receive it. This is the People’s Broadcasting Station. Now I am reporting to you that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, knew about the emergence of this technology. He did not see it first, would he? Questions that will make you angry, dear listeners and friends, you can write your thoughts into a letter and mail it to…”

“Okay, don’t be poor, and still be angry, according to his previous character, you should be killed for this crime. Tou, find the kind that 10,000 people are watching, and then use the steamed bread to soak it in blood and eat it to treat tuberculosis.”

“Is it good to use Remi to treat tuberculosis? The people at the medical school are really bad, and they haven’t researched it yet. The same is true of antibiotics, at least make penicillin first, so that people can treat diseases, at this rate, when will heart bypass surgery be performed?”

Zhang Xiaobao began to complain that the research speed of the medical school was too slow. .

Wang Juan said disapprovingly: “You think it’s a game, you want to be fast, it’s a system problem, and heart bypass surgery, why don’t you talk about changing the DNA? Humans don’t have to worry about breathing problems, they can absorb the world. The spiritual energy in the space is free to fly in the universe.”

“Also, this is a new topic of medical school. It is best to first demonstrate from the five elements and the balance of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine. True qi goes through the meridians, hey~ I have to go back, Tomorrow we will be assassinated.”

Zhang Xiaobao followed Wang Juan’s words for a while, and then he remembered serious things.

“Tomorrow? Will it be earlier tomorrow? Let’s talk about it when the river starts to connect, otherwise problems will easily occur.” Wang Juan thought about it and put forward his own opinions.

“Listen to you, it’s getting late, ma’am, why don’t we go to rest.” Zhang Xiaobao said yearningly.

“If you dare to touch me again while I’m asleep, I’ll chop off your salty pig’s hand.”

“You hit me on your own.”

“Then chop it off too.

” According to Niangzi’s order, the people who built the building worked much faster, and did not stop at night, lighting the torches and continuing to instruct the people of Silla to build the road desperately.

As these days go on, the road on the side of Silla is about to be paved, and the place where customs duties are collected is also built. Anyone who has paid customs duties will be allowed to pass this road, and those who do not pay will be blocked on the other side. aside.

The merchants of Silla looked forward to the benefits they received when the tariffs arrived, and the royal family of Silla looked to the money to build the place.

Another two days have passed, and the last section of the road that has been repaired is being watered. When it is dry, remove the moisturizing grass mat on it, and the road can be extended to the farthest.

Another day, listening to the sound of the firecrackers, Li Dong stood happily at the place where the tariffs were collected, waiting for the caravan that arrived in Datang to send the money voluntarily. A large-scale caravan came over. An Li said that it would arrive last night. It was unthinkable, and it has not come yet.

While waiting anxiously, the sun reached the middle of the sky. Just when Li Dong and other Silla merchants thought that the caravan of Datang would not come today, a small wave of wind swayed along the small road in the distance. dust.

“Come here, get ready, be careful when you check the goods later, you can’t charge more or less, remember 20% of the tariff.”

Li Dong saw the approaching team and hurriedly greeted him.

He was instructed by the person in charge of collecting Datang’s tariffs.

The group of people responded unevenly, their eyes fixed on the caravan, and all they could think about was the sound of rushing money.

The more anxious they were, the slower time passed. Just when Li Dong and the others couldn’t wait, the caravan finally slowly arrived at the tax collection checkpoint. look.

Li Dong, the main boss, knew that it was time for him to play. He took two steps forward and asked the caravan, “Where is your owner? According to the agreement between Silla and Datang, you go to Silla to sell goods. You need to pay 20% of the tariff, which is 20%, and you can pass the money.”

“When did it happen? 20%? It’s too much.” After Li Dong’s words fell for a while, the caravan stood up. A man asked suspiciously.

“It’s not a long time, it was proposed by Zhang Xiaobao of your Tang Dynasty, 20% is not much, how much can you sell your goods to Silla, don’t you know, if you can’t get the money, you can use 20% of the goods instead .”

Li Dong said these words, but he had other thoughts in his heart, that is, all the businessmen who came over should not have a good attitude towards them. As long as they had doubts, they would immediately push Zhang Xiaobao on him, and let Zhang Xiaobao and other businessmen communicate with each other. Conflict intensifies.

The people in the caravan obviously felt that there were too many, and the man asked again: “What if you don’t pay?”

“If you don’t pay, you can’t pass here.” Li Dong was not in a hurry.

“That’s enough, go, go back.” The leader of the caravan was even more straightforward, with a wave of his hand, the team rumbled and turned around, leaving at a speed many times faster than when they came.

Li Dong eagerly looked at the caravan that was gradually disappearing from his field of vision, and wanted to stop it, but found that they were on the land of the Tang Dynasty, and he was not qualified.

After waiting for the last wisp of smoke to disappear, Li Dong gritted his teeth and said dejectedly, “These businessmen from the Tang Dynasty are treacherous, iron roosters, and they have nothing to lose. Let me take care of them, lest they sneak past by night.

” Luo Ren was also very angry, and agreed to Li Dong’s words, vowing to keep this place well, and never give Datang’s businessmen any chance.

I waited until the night, the moon hung high in the sky, only the lack of one side of the moon made the surrounding stars dim, and Li Dong, who still insisted on not falling asleep, kept dozing off, drinking cup after cup of tea, and it came. No effect at all, the upper eyelid hits the lower eyelid.

Just when he was about to fall asleep, someone rushed in from outside, anxiously reporting: “Li Dongjia, it’s not good, Datang’s caravan bypassed us and entered Silla from another place. ”

What? Go in? Why didn’t you stop it?” The thing Li Dong was worried about finally happened, no matter what the system was, the merchants would never give out a little more if they could pay less.

“Stopped, but the place is too big and we don’t have enough manpower. Datang’s caravan is divided into countless small teams, coming to our Silla from all over the place. Anyone who is stopped by us will say that Ye Hei has gone the wrong way. Turning around and going back, the more than 100 people sent out stopped 30 small teams, but judging from the size, 70% of the Tang team should not be stopped, that is, 70%

of

the goods entered Silla.”

People looked frustrated, as if complaining about the Tang Dynasty, and also seemed to complain about the lack of staff on their own side.

Listening to the person who came, Li Dong frowned deeply, forming a Sichuan character on his nose, looked at the people waiting there, and asked, “Brothers, what can I do?”

“Yes, One is to send additional personnel, if you want to completely stop the land road, you need at least 5,000 people who are familiar with this place.” The person replied.

Li Dong stared at one place, and remained motionless. After a while, he said, “Alright, let’s discuss with people tomorrow, and send 5,000 people out to stop the caravan of the Tang Dynasty. They passed by so easily, otherwise who would give money?”

“Yes.” The person who came agreed to leave in a hurry.

The next day, it was noon again, and the heat made people feel stuffy. Fortunately, another team from Datang arrived at the place. They also inquired about tax issues, and turned around and left just like the previous one.

The 5,000 people Silla finally found were divided into places according to the distance, waiting for the people from the Tang Dynasty to sneak over at night to block them.

But this time, without waiting for the sky to get completely dark, when the sun just set, someone ran over to look for Li Dong.

“Li Dong’s family, it’s not good. The merchants from the Tang Dynasty crossed the narrow place in the Nihe River. They actually brought leather rafts. I think they were already prepared. Li Dong’s family, quickly think of a way?

” The ground is stunned, and 5,000 people can be sent to blockade on land, but if the waterway is counted, let alone 5,000 people, even 50,000 people can’t stop it. The place is too big, and there are many mud rivers there. The rivers in the place are relatively narrow, and it is very easy to pass if you think about it.

Could it be that the tariffs are really not received?

So what do you want to do with this place?

Also spent a million pips, all wasted?

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Li Dong really had no choice this time. He came to the third floor of Changfeng Pavilion again, and asked other businessmen to discuss it, hoping that someone could come up with a better idea.

“Listen to what Li Dongjia said, the land road connecting Silla and Datang is too wide, and the two rivers still have many narrow channels? Is it possible to find a way to make the river wider and make their The raft can’t be easily crossed, and the connection will be narrowed from the road?”

A partner businessman thought of the crux of the problem and put forward an idea.

The other businessmen also nodded in agreement.

“Then how to make the river wider and the land narrower?” Li Dong muttered and tried his best to think of an idea.

The rest of the businessmen were also thinking about this problem. Suddenly, one of the businessmen’s eyes lit up and said excitedly, “I think of a good way, that is to connect the two rivers. In this way, if the water flow increases, it will naturally change the course of the river. A raised place that is wide and was not submerged by water, once submerged, it will form a reef, and it is very easy to get into trouble.

Then find a place, such as the exit of our road, and build a bridge there to let The merchants who came from the Tang Dynasty all crossed the bridge. As a result, it would be difficult for them to make a detour. If they overturned a few boats, the loss was not only 20% of the customs duties, but the value of the goods was transported to Silla. A lot, plus human life, I think this problem can be solved.”

“Yes.” Another businessman patted his thigh in agreement, suddenly showing a confused look, and said, “Why do I hear this idea so familiar? ”

Li Dong’s thoughts were quicker, and he continued: “Of course I’m familiar with it. That’s what Zhang Xiaobao suggested at the beginning. Wasn’t it messed up by me and other hired people? He also had a lot of fights with the hired people.

Zhang Xiaobao, Zhang Xiaobao, Zhang Xiaobao , you can, I understand, this is a way to connect the river, admiration, let me know clearly, obviously embarrassed, but I have to do it, if I don’t do it, there will be no 20% tariff, and the above has already accepted it. The pressure was lifted, and we also took one million.” The

other businessmen were not stupid, they understood each other as soon as they heard it, they looked at each other, and saw deep worry in the eyes of others, this Zhang Xiaobao was finally confronted, no Instead of direct contact, I really couldn’t understand his ability. After turning around a lot, the river that should be connected can be connected, and the bridge that should be repaired still needs to be repaired.

Li Dong was very helpless and sighed: “Let’s discuss, discuss with Zhang Tie of the Clan Construction Group, and have someone deliver the letter tomorrow, everyone, remember, be careful, if Zhang Xiaobao proposes anything, you have to think about it clearly. Don’t be fooled any more, I think I know why Li Longji sent him, he’s fine.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

News that Silla would cooperate with Datang to connect the two rivers and build bridges soon spread to the capital of Chang’an in Datang.

In the early days of Li Longji, he was discussing with his ministers about how more businessmen would go overseas to explore new places in the future and how to charge for bringing good things back to Datang when Gao Lishi was asked by the little eunuch to get a letter. .

After reading the letter from Gao Lishi who hurriedly left and hurried back, Li Longji was stunned for a while, and then suddenly burst out laughing: “Hahaha, Xiaobao, Xiaobao, I really didn’t let me down, this circle is all over the place. , I used the same method that I used to deal with me to Xinluo, well, I am very relieved, come here, all the ministers have a look.”

The matter discussed earlier in Zaochao was suspended, and the letter was sent to Zhang Shuo first, His official was the biggest. After reading the letter, which was not too many words, and passed it on to the next person, Zhang said that he was silent.

Another impulse to overturn the method he just said. When talking about collecting excise taxes from merchants who returned from the sea, he proposed that the sea patrol team in Luzhou should be brought into the hands of the imperial court. It’s not Luzhou’s management, or it is disguised to take back the power of Zhang and Wang’s family.

That is a team that makes money, whoever controls it will be able to get both power and wealth, and there will definitely be no less people begging to come over to do things.

But after reading the content of the letter from Jilizhou, he was a little afraid, afraid that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan would know about his proposal. With Zhang Xiaobao’s calculation, he spent a little energy on himself, and the consequences would be Is it unbearably heavy?

The officials looked at it one by one, very quickly. Everyone who read the letter had a different expression, some nervous, some relieved, some dazed, and some thoughtful.

When it was passed around and returned to Gao Lishi, Baiguan had a different opinion on the issue of the ownership of Luzhou’s sea patrol team.

Li Longji was still excited, and said to the courtiers: “Xiaobao is really reassuring. If all local officials are omnipotent, what else should I worry about? Unfortunately, Xiaobao and Juanjuan are only a pair, and it is difficult to go. Xun, wait for Xiaobei and the others to grow up and see where did they just say? Zhang Qing said that he would withdraw the control of Haixun to the Zhongshu Order, how to do it specifically?”

Li Longji sighed. , once again remembered what happened just now, looked at Zhang and asked.

Zhang said with a slap in the face, looked at the people in the opposite row who were gloating over the misfortune, and replied calmly: “Your Majesty, I have thought about it again, I still don’t know enough about the place in Luzhou, it is better to send more People should go there to have a look, study, and then negotiate, so as not to rush things and cause deviations.”

“Oh? Don’t rush to accept it? Others also talk about it.” Li Longji asked deliberately, he didn’t want to let Zhongshu order it. If there are too many, then the power will be too great, or Xiaobao and Juanjuan are more reassuring.

“This minister agrees.” The person who was helping Zhang talk just now also quickly changed his tune.

With his words, others would not offend Zhang Xiaobao, who had just plotted against Xinluo, and expressed their approval.

The expression on Li Longji’s face did not change, and he said plainly: “In this case, let’s move on to the next topic, about the courses that should be taught in the college where the conscripts go to in the last year of military discharge.

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[End of this Chapter]