Great Tang Idyll - Chapter 833

[Chapter 458 What is the price of rice?]

Chapter 458: What is the price of rice

? “Xiao Bei and the others are still working very hard. (Read the net, the fastest text update wonderful novels!)” Wang Juan looked at Xiao Bei who was screaming in front of the crowd, A compliment.

“This is the benefit of family conditions. Except for the children of some clan families, other children have no chance to have a foundation in the world. Maybe the children of ordinary people also have great prospects, but the proportion is definitely not as big as the children of clan families.”

Zhang Xiaobao looked at Xiaobei, who had turned a little darker, and was also very happy. He knew that this was the power of an example. What the younger brothers and sisters did was not really to be a qualified official, but to do things as one. kind of game.

Other people’s children have played Jiajia, but Xiaobei and the others are more practical and will work hard to make the game well.

Wang Juan stroked the hair that fell to his face back with his hand, and shook his head slightly when he saw the people in the more than 100 counties below discussing how to transport this year’s rented children to the capital.

“Xiaobao, now we are also military governors, and we can control the local taxation. Should we exempt the tax in Jian’an County? Otherwise, depending on their ability, let alone transport the rent to the capital, it is to Jili Prefecture. The food eaten along the way will also be multiplied by the renters.”

“Inevitably, paying rents is an obligation, and the rents they pay can be directly allocated to the Yamen of Jian’an County. I decided to move the house, and the Jiedu of Bohai Sea will be the one. The mansion is moved here, next to Jian’an County, near the sea.

By then, vigorously developing the marine aquaculture industry will be a long process, but it must be carried out. Attract them to come here, and when the people who go to North America come back, all kinds of seeds will first be planted in the entire Northeast region.

At that time, whoever wants to taste fresh, whoever wants to come and transport them, will develop the sea route, and the land route will naturally need to be built. Now medical conditions Well, there are fewer babies who die, and in another ten years, there will be a sudden explosion.”

Zhang Xiaobao talked about the renting child and talked about the future development direction. At the same time, he was also worried about why the people sent out had not come back.

Wang Juan frowned and asked, “Aren’t you going to promote new crops in the whole Tang Dynasty?”

“Don’t worry about it, just promote it directly. Others may not be willing to plant it. I am afraid that if something goes wrong, it will affect the original income, so they will have to give them one. Be an example, send a telegram back and let Ji Lizhou ship the pottery and other daily necessities here by boat.”

Zhang Xiaobao said and started to jump again.

“Oh,

send it here, I don’t think the common people can afford it.”

“It’s not selling, it’s giving, it’s an obligation for them to pay the rent, we’ll give them welfare, and then send a message to those who ran to the border of Silla to let them do it. .”

Zhang Xiaobao thought of something again, and just after he finished speaking, the radio station on his back started beeping.

The sound was not loud, but it was heard by the people in the yard. The unique movement made them look around, trying to figure out what was calling.

“Yeah, I see, there are two savages in the room.” Xiao Bei’s eyes were sharp, and when he looked up, he saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan who were crawling on the ridge of the room, but they were a little embarrassed and didn’t recognize them for a while. who is it.

As soon as the guard who was responsible for protecting her stretched out his hand, several pistols were pulled out, and they were vigilantly facing where the two were.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan shrank their heads at the same time, and Zhang Xiaobao shouted: “If you dare to point a gun at me again, I will blow you all.”

“Ah, it’s my brother’s voice.” The familiar voice made Xiaobei’s complexion change. Then he shouted vigorously, “Brother, I miss you, come down quickly, why are you running upstairs?”

The people in Jian’an were slightly stunned, but suddenly became excited again. The legendary characters were finally able to meet, and Li Bai was also looking forward to it. The look on his face, wanting to see how the person who can decide his official position looks like.

With the sound of two landings, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan jumped down one after the other.

Everyone was stunned again. When they looked at the two people, they found that they couldn’t match the image in their mind with the two people in front of them. The two people had messy hair and damaged clothes. They were even worse than those who fled. .

Is this the legendary God of War and God of Wealth?

Comfort yourself to believe, it seems a little difficult.

Xiaobei didn’t care about that much. With his arms open and his calves tensed, he rushed into Zhang Xiaobao’s arms and kissed Zhang Xiaobao’s face vigorously, “Brother, where did you two go to play? Did you kill a few with your bare hands? Big tiger?”

“Zhang County magistrate, can you arrange a place for this official, this official is tired from the journey, hungry and tired.” Zhang Xiaobao also kissed his sister vigorously, and then turned his face hard, and opened his mouth to say how the official should be.

“Giggle giggle, I didn’t know that Master Zhang came to greet Shi Yuan, and I hope to forgive my sins. Come on, I didn’t see Master Zhang and Master Wang serving together, fighting wolves and tigers all the way, and suffering a lot? Isn’t it good? Go make arrangements, Master Zhang, Master Wang, please, eh? Master Zhang, what are you carrying?”

Xiaobei laughed happily, holding her brother’s neck with one hand, pointing to the house with the other to lead the way. Curious about what’s behind his brother.

Zhang Xiaobao walked away with his sister in his arms, and said, “This is a baby. I want to communicate with the grandparents and parents in the capital in the future. I can use this thing to pass it on quickly, and pass it back. Let me see how Xiaobei has changed. It’s

dark?”

“It’s too dark, brother, I’ll help them build a greenhouse. When will we go back with you? It’s not fun at all, and I can’t hear the story. I don’t want to be the county magistrate. I want to go back to be another official. Follow my brother and sister.”

Xiaobei suffered a bit, regretted it, and complained to her brother.

“Okay, we’re not the county magistrate, we’ll be a bigger official. I’m still here, and my brother will accompany you. I’ll go to work first, and I’ll tell you stories after my brother and sister have a rest.”

Zhang Xiaobao was really tired and told you

The younger brothers and sisters kissed one by one, took a hot bath with Wang Juan, hurriedly finished their meal, lay down on the kang and fell asleep.

Li Bai never found a chance to talk to Zhang Xiaobao and the two of them, so he had no choice but to go back to his own business, and figured out what to say when the two got up, so that he could arrange a better official for him.

Compared to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan’s happy meeting with their younger brothers and sisters after a long journey, Fanyang Jiedushi Zhang said it was very bad. The family followed him to a remote place and could never see the prosperity of the capital again.

He was busy in the capital in charge of Zhongshuling, and he was also not allowed to relax here. Many trivial matters were waiting for him to take care of. The most annoying thing was that the ability of the officials under his rule was far worse than that of the Beijing Guanguan.

When he was in the capital, he didn’t have to speak too clearly, the officials could understand it, even if someone occasionally did something wrong, he could say that the officials didn’t understand his intentions.

In the place where he is now, if he doesn’t understand the words clearly, the officials will be there in a daze, asking about the specific situation over and over again. In addition, the road here is not smooth, it is far from the sea, and many people have migrated out. Let him Very uncomfortable.

“Sir, after the autumn harvest, it’s time to plant winter wheat. I heard that the Sinong Temple in the imperial court has produced new seeds. I don’t know if you can let someone buy it from there. Is it ripe, so that next year’s harvest will be more?”

The official in charge of farming approached Zhang and said, and discussed with him about the seeds. It can be said that they are all ethnic minorities. When they talk, they don’t turn around, go straight, and don’t think about Zhang’s words at all. That feeling of loss.

Zhang said that he felt uncomfortable when he heard the word “Jingcheng”, and when he heard the three words “Sinong Temple”, the first thing that came to his mind was not the seed, but there were many things about the Shangwang family raising the status of Sinong Temple. The objects are all in charge of the Zhang and Wang families.

Seeds are indeed well researched, with high yield and short growth cycle, but it is always uncomfortable to let yourself write to them. They will definitely laugh at themselves and laugh at themselves for being overly self-sufficient. They insist on opposing Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. .

If it doesn’t work, I must not go to ask for the seeds, and I can’t afford to throw that person away.

Thinking about it, Zhang Shuo said with a sullen face: “Sinong Temple’s seeds are being studied, not to mention the long journey. Even if they get the letter, when the seeds are delivered, the time for sowing has passed. You are in charge of farming, why don’t you think about it yourself? Are you better than the officials of Sinong Temple?”

“Ah? Figure it out for yourself? Where do you start? Sir, you used to work in the capital, why don’t you remind me so I can find someone to do the same, eh? Sir, I think of something, the Sinong Temple is far away, and Jili Prefecture is near, that Zhang Xiaobao must have a way to get good seeds, why don’t you ask him for it, yes, the next official will send someone right away.”

This farmer is very In fact, he thought of a good way in the blink of an eye. He thought that he could successfully get the seeds, and said that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were very supportive of people’s lives.

“No one is allowed to go, no one is allowed to go. Whoever dares to go to this official to deal with his sins, how can the seeds of Jilizhou be planted in my Fanyang? If you are not satisfied with the soil and water, go ahead and take care of your own affairs.”

Zhang said okay The elephant sat on the dynamite keg, set it on fire and exploded, reprimanded the farmer, waved his hand, and drove people out like flies.

When the whole room was empty, he was left alone. Zhang said that he seemed to be much older in an instant, and fell down on the chair feebly, and said angrily: “Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, do you think that if you clean me up, I will collapse? I’m waiting, do you want to build the road? I won’t let you build it when I’m on Fan Yang’s side.”

The guard standing outside the door waiting to be summoned heard Zhang’s voice, shook his head helplessly, and said to another person next to him: “Master Zhang is crazy, and he still wants to deal with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. It seems that he has to risk his life before

he is

willing to give up.”

Yes, listen to the idea that he came up with, but it fell short. How could Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan take care of him? He wanted to stop him from building the road. He heard that the railway was going to be built, and it would cost a lot of money. If he stops it, it is estimated that the sage will cut off his head, hey~”

“That is, that is, we should think of a way to leave as soon as possible, and can’t be with him, otherwise I don’t know if I will be with him and lose my life. If you don’t believe me, you can watch it. Look at Silla, they didn’t allow the river to be repaired at first, but now they have taken out the money, it is estimated that Lu should not count on it.”

The guard who spoke earlier lowered his voice, trying to find a new way out.

As he said, the road from Jilizhou to Daxingcheng is still being repaired, and many people have been recruited to work together, and it can be repaired before winter.

But apart from this section, the road from Jilizhou to other places in Silla didn’t seem to move at all. The river in Silla opened up, and the merchants in Silla spent more than 500,000 kangaroos. There is also the bridge, don’t look at it. It’s just the iron rope, still 200,000.

A group of merchants are waiting for the road to be repaired, so that it is convenient to exchange goods with Datang, and to collect tolls, but the one million guang that was taken out at the beginning was only repaired for a short distance, and most of them were on the side of Silla. On the other hand, Datang did not make any new moves.

No matter how they did the calculations, Li Dong and the others did not think that the road they had built in front of them was worth one million tons. After paying the money, Bo finally couldn’t help it. He walked across the bridge to look for Zhang Tie to ask what went wrong.

Zhang Tie just got the order to start, find the person in charge of other aspects, and prepare to cooperate with each other. He just handed over the command and was assigned a task. Before he can go to implement it, Li Dong looked for it with a sullen look.

“Li Dong’s family, are you free today?” Zhang Tie greeted Li Dong with a sincere smile.

“It’s alright, come out for a walk, and take a look at the newly built road, as well as the various shops and restaurants here. The business looks good, and people come and go.”

Li Dong tried his best to suppress the road and say things directly. Impulsively, he circled around with Zhang Tie, his eyes swept over the business on the He side, and his mood became even worse.

At the beginning, it was clear that the road built on the Silla side accounted for 80% of the rent and toll fees earned by the Silla side, and on the side of Jilizhou, the income from the Silla side accounted for 20%. There are no shops, and there are shops near Daxing City, which is the sphere of influence of others, and they can’t collect money yet.

Since the river has been connected and the bridge has been built, there has never been any merchant team that came directly from the road of Daxingcheng. The current situation is that merchants from other places directly take the boats from Lizhou or Dengzhou, and deliver the goods. The last part of the money went to a new wharf in Sashui.

Then unload the cargo at the dock, take another land route to the bridge, pay only 20% of the tariff, not tolls, and rest at the river, but in the restaurants and inns of the Tang Dynasty, these shops do not belong to The part that was divided into the original contract.

Li Dong found out that the money that should be spent was spent, but the money that should be earned was not earned at all. The transportation fee was earned by the shipping companies of Zhang and Wang, and the income from consumption allowed the store here to succeed.

So he had the urge to scold his mother again, no matter how he thought about it, he felt that Zhang Xiaobao had been deceived.

‘This liar, a big liar, lied to Tibet and Japan, and to Silla again.

‘ Li Dong slandered in his heart.

“Ah Cha, someone misses me, it’s probably from Silla’s side. I just started, and the reaction is too fast.” Zhang Xiaobao, who was running stories on the hill with his younger brother and sister, sneezed and said.

Wang Juan pursed his lips and smiled, “Well, I guess I’m complimenting you, praising you that this international fraudster finally has a role to play.”

“Sister, isn’t the international fraudster very powerful?” Xiaobei raised his head and blinked his big eyes.

“That’s quite powerful.” Wang Juan was determined.

Li Dong didn’t know that Zhang Xiaobao had this kind of professionalism. When he could cheat, he cheated directly. If he couldn’t cheat directly, he had to go around in circles and cheat. Otherwise, he would lose his reputation.

What he is thinking about now is how to get the money back, how much he can get, and does not expect the road to continue to be built.

So he said without words: “Steward Zhang, I see that your fleet travels frequently, and you have also transported a lot of grain and cloth. This year’s harvest seems to be good.”

“This… it’s okay, I’m not very clear about it. I only care about construction, and I don’t know anything about farming. Since Dong’s house has time to spare, why don’t you go to Shuiyunjian for a drink, just to help me spend on hospitality. I don’t want to spend the New Year this year, and I won’t save it next year.”

Zhang Tie enthusiastically dragged Li Dong towards Shuiyunjian Restaurant not far away, and said to Li Dong on the way, “Last time I I gave you a lot of vouchers, but you can’t use them after the new year, just use them.”

Li Dong thought that it was really inappropriate to say things outside, so he followed Zhang Tie and heard Zhang Tie’s words with a look on his face. The deputy agreed, but he scolded again in his heart. The Zhang and Wang families are poor and crazy. They want to let people spend money when they catch someone. The vouchers cannot be directly used as money. Every thousand dollars spent, they have to spend Just drop nine thousand dollars.

The price of wine and food is five times that of Changfeng Pavilion, so the fool went to Shuiyunjian and Bihai Yinsha to eat.

A few steps away, the two quickly entered the water and clouds. The restaurant built of wood and cement is still relatively solid from the third floor. They chose a room with a view of the river, and ordered the staff to warm up the wine, and casually After choosing two signature dishes, the guy served the cold plate first so that everyone could drink.

Zhang Tie spread out a sheet of dried tofu, brushed some sauce on it, sprinkled some chopped green onion, rolled it up, took a big bite, chewed it hard, swallowed it later, let out a long breath, and said, “Li Dongjia try this, It looks simple, but you can eat it in your mouth and lift your breath.”

Li Dong obviously didn’t want to smell the onion smell, so he responded with a smile, but he picked up a piece of garlic eggplant, tasted the taste, and had to be convinced. The food and wine are worth the price, the same ingredients, the things made are more delicious than Changfeng Pavilion.

“Steward Zhang, when the weather is cold, it snows, and the ground freezes, will the road not be able to be repaired?” Li Dong asked Zhang Tie, looking at the river.

Zhang Tie’s expression was serious, and he explained to Li Dong: “If Li Dong’s family is willing to pay more, it can be repaired in winter. If it snows, the salt will melt, and the ground will be frozen with fire. It’s just a lot of money and it’s not worth it. It’s just that, it’s better to wait until the spring of next year to repair it.”

“Mr. Zhang is right. It’s not worth it. Manager Zhang, I have seen that in recent days, there have been slightly fewer businessmen coming by land. Is it because the road is not easy to walk and it is difficult to repair?”

Li Dong naturally refused to continue to vote. The money, contrary to his heart, said that there were fewer merchants. In fact, there were no merchants from there at all, and they were all transported by boat.

Zhang Tie showed an embarrassed look, “To be honest, the road construction is not difficult, mainly because there is a small problem with the raw materials. The price of explosives that need to be used to blast rocks has risen by three times. Life is getting better, and no one is willing to do the same salary as before.

If these two problems are not resolved, the 11 million yuan of money will not be able to build the long road as originally planned, and it is estimated that even one third It can’t be finished, so it’s better to wait. When the contract was signed, Dongjia Li was not in a hurry, so there was no time for the completion of the contract.

Next year, wait for next year, I heard that explosives will be mass-produced. All difficulties will be solved easily, the road can be repaired after all, there are difficulties, but I believe they can be overcome.”

Seeing Zhang Tie’s frank appearance, Li Dong wanted to put the bowl of sauce on his face. Injury, it is obviously an excuse, and it is so high-sounding, this person is shameless?

Li Dong understands that the most critical sentence in these sentences is that the completion time is not indicated on the contract, and it can be reasonable to delay it for ten or eight years.

“Steward Zhang, someone else told me yesterday that we need to repair the road behind our store, but it’s just too expensive recently, and I can’t make any living money. I think the road from Jilizhou to Xinluo , we haven’t spent the one million coins yet, so I don’t know if you can take it out and give it to me for later use?”

“This can’t be done, if the money is in my hands, if you borrow it from Dongjia Li, I may lend it to you, but I’m only in charge of the chores of construction, and more of it is business. I don’t manage the specific accounts. Even if I promise you, I can’t raise the money.

Recently, not a lot of materials have been shipped to you. Is it? I have collected a lot of tariffs alone, why don’t I use that money to do it.”

Zhang Tie turned the topic to tariffs with a helpless expression.

Li Dong pointed at the place where the money was collected with his chopsticks, “How can there be any cash? The tariffs that I said at the time could not be paid, and they should be paid with goods, but it’s not all worth it, piles of silk and mountains of grain are pressed in his hands. If we can’t sell it, not only are we anxious to do business, but the people in the imperial family are also anxious.”

“Oh, then wait a little longer, to be honest, I have collected several tariffs in the Tang Dynasty, and you will take all the cheap. , the young master is really worried, if you continue like this, won’t you keep losing money?”

Zhang Tie began to complain, and he wanted Xinluo to ship more.

Li Dong also admitted that he was taking advantage of this, but he always felt that something was wrong. Looking at Zhang Tie because he was hungry, he ordered rice as the staple food. That gorgeous bowl cost ten cents for only one bowl. UU Read the book www.sonicmtl.

com is so expensive.

expensive?

Yes, it’s a question of price.

“Steward Zhang, let me ask you something. It is said that the Tang Dynasty normally pays nine cents for a bucket of rice, so why is it only five cents per bucket of rice shipped to me in Silla? This is still the price after paying 20% of the tariff, why? Like?”

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