Great Tang Idyll - Chapter 841

[Chapter 466]

Chapter 466 Inviting people to a banquet out of kindness

and sitting on the third floor of Changfeng Pavilion, Li Dong was in a very good mood, smelling the delicious wine in the glass, there was an indescribable comfort.

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made money, made a lot of money, and made money from Tang Dynasty banknotes. With Tang Dynasty banknotes, you can buy many good things in Tang Dynasty that were not sold by Tang Dynasty merchants.

“Magistrate Mu, the people in the county have had a good life this year, haven’t they?”

Li Dong said, sipping his glass of wine, looking at the sparse snow falling outside through the open window.

The magistrate Mu he called was a man who sat across from him for about forty years a year. Hearing his voice, he let the cold wind blowing in from the window brush his cheeks, showing two yellow teeth, and nodded again and again.

“Yes, it’s more than good. The above mentioned the promotion of me, but I pushed it away. No matter how good the place is, it is not as good as the place close to the border. This year, a heavy snow fell, and none of the people in the county collapsed.

To say that Datang is really powerful, it sells my tools from Silla, but if it is made of iron, the steel mouth is extraordinary, especially the long saw used for sawing trees. Broken, with wood, everyone renovates the house, it’s alright.”

Mu county magistrate said, as if remembering something good, his smiling eyes almost narrowed together, also holding a glass of wine, his head shook slightly.

Li Dong also followed with a smile, picked up a fresh cucumber from the table in his hand without a cup, and put it in front of his eyes to look left and right.

“This is technology, such as cucumbers. Datang can already be planted in winter. I, Silla, just started to learn it today. It’s not as good as before. At that time, Datang was blocked. It’s

impossible to keep it a secret.

The only thing that makes me stumped is that growing cucumbers in winter is easy to learn, but I can’t find the opportunity to steal the method of steelmaking. I heard people say that someone came to you last month to discuss building a factory in this county. The smelting workshop, you have to send someone to take a good look at it, if you can learn it, it will be a great achievement.”

Speaking of technical matters, Li Dong once again felt the benefits of Datang banknotes.

Ever since the Tang Dynasty banknotes came out, if you think of the Tang Dynasty to buy good things, you must use the Tang Dynasty money. The copper coins cast in the past are useless, the medicinal materials for curing diseases, the clothes of good materials, the exquisite glass products, the delicate ceramics, If you want to buy it, you must take out the money of Datang.

Obviously, there is a ratio between Datang’s money and Silla’s money, but if you want to directly exchange Silla’s copper coins for Datang’s money, Datang will not exchange it. You can only get the goods by selling the goods

. Datang money.

The problem is that in addition to charcoal, Silla can only sell a few metals, and Datang has also tried to keep prices down, plus the 20% tariff it has collected, it is not easy to make some money from Datang.

It is also because I am familiar with the people of Datang at the junction, that I know what kind of things Datang likes, so I am the first to find business opportunities and make a fortune in advance. It is not so easy for other businessmen.

Maybe it was because he had a good heart, the magistrate Mu also thought of this, looked at the watermelon on the table, licked his lips and said: “Li Dongjia, cucumbers are good to grow, but the watermelon has to be bought from Datang, I heard from the people in Changfeng Pavilion, This winter, I spent a lot of money just buying watermelons from Datang.

We have to find a way to get glass, preferably glass manufacturing technology. Li Dongjia, you said that we should find more businessmen and join forces to collect money and buy Datang. What about the officials in charge of making glass? I don’t believe in things that can’t be bought without money.”

Li Dong was lost in thought for a while, and before he could speak, the magistrate Mu continued: “It is true that the Tang Dynasty is really new to me. Not bad Luo, sell the food cheaply, it is cheaper than the local Tang Dynasty, this is the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, and the cloth, but why don’t they buy the charcoal with the money of the Tang Dynasty?”

Li Dongwei Nodding, just as the magistrate Mu said, the merchants of Datang came to cooperate with the land, cut down trees to make charcoal, but did not give Datang money, but only distributed a large amount of charcoal to the working people.

Ordinary people, even small businessmen, have never seen it, let alone the use of Tang Dynasty banknotes.

“Li Dongjia, you said that if you have enough 1 million pieces, can you buy the technology for making glass? Once you get it, then…” Muxian Magistrate had a scene of himself lying on the glass mountain in his mind. Dong said.

Before he could finish speaking, Li Dong smiled, “Hehe, Magistrate Mu, wake up, stop dreaming, glass, do you know where the glass comes from? Luzhou, Luzhou, which is far away from the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

They I would rather send it from a distance to all parts of Datang to bear the losses caused by the instability of ships and vehicles on the road, rather than setting up more glass-making places in Datang, is it not for the sake of confidentiality?

You take one million If you look for it, it is estimated that as soon as you take it out, it will be caught and exchanged for someone else’s business. Maybe you can put pressure on the officials of Datang. Dare to go? If you don’t go there, you will be judged as a spy, not to mention that the current Ministry of Industry is Zhang’s family’s family, Zhang Zhong.”

“Then what should I do?” Muxian Magistrate asked dejectedly after the hot water cooled down. road.

“Forbearance and pretense, look at Japan, they know how to endure and pretend. They are farther away from the Tang Dynasty than I am in Silla, but they can pretend to be grandsons and deliberately try to please the Tang Dynasty. They have no threat, so they can defraud technology?”

Li Dong also considered such a problem, if he wants to obtain good technology, he can only wait for Datang to grant him, and he cannot show any ambition.

Magistrate Mu exhaled hot air through his nose, gritted his teeth, and said, “I understand, when the spring of next year starts, several factories in Datang will be built in this county, and I will choose smart people to work there, see and listen more. , think more, ask less, let the people of the Tang Dynasty think that we are stupid, so let’s relax our vigilance.”

“Well, that’s good, eat, in the future, I will go to Shuiyunjian or Bihaiyinsha not far from here to eat, where the Tang Dynasty’s There are many businessmen, so maybe I can hear useful news.”

Li Dong stopped talking about this, and lowered his head to eat and drink.

As the two of them said, the houses of the people in Silla were well repaired, and countless firewoods were cut down, so there was no need to worry about freezing when the weather was cold.

But the farmers were not in a good mood when they lived in good houses. This year’s food was sold, and the money they earned was less than half of last year’s. If it wasn’t for people from the Tang Dynasty who came to recruit workers to work, it is estimated that the year would not pass.

When the work is finished, will all the farmers starve to death except for the people whose land is requisitioned?

With the support of this idea, the people who farm the land feel that this winter is even colder, from the inside to the outside, and they don’t know what will happen next year.

A few days passed quietly. When some people in Silla were happy and others were sad, Zhang Tie brought someone to find Li Dong and held a banquet at Bihai Yinsha Restaurant.

In order to make Li Dong eat well, he deliberately made a mandarin duck pot, with clear soup on one side and spicy on the other, and some of the few peppers were taken out.

Li Dong was amazed when he saw something that was bright red. He had eaten mandarin duck pot before, and he used a kind of thing on the mountain. It took more than a dozen processes to make it spicy enough, but he had never seen a red one.

“This is…” Li Dong held up his chopsticks and wanted to taste it, but he didn’t have the courage to ask Zhang Tie in doubt.

Zhang Tie answered Li Dong with practical actions, picked up a thin roll of mutton, rinsed it lightly in the spicy pot, took it out after a few breaths, dipped it in the seasoning on the plate, and put it in his mouth. Chew up.

“Ah~ cool, try it at Li Dong’s house. This is something that I have newly thought up in the Tang Dynasty Sinong Temple. It is very delicious, but the quantity is rare, like ginseng. It is rare, really rare.”

Zhang Tie looked sincere, good The elephant was really made by Sinong Temple.

Seeing someone test the poison, and it smelled really good, Li Dong also took a roll of mutton and fiddled with it in the pot twice, and then directly stuffed it into his mouth without sticking to the seasoning.

“Hey~hu~kekekeke it’s killing me.” Li Dong had never eaten chili, and accidentally choked into his nose when he took a mouthful. I sandwiched three rolls of mutton at a time, put it in and rinsed it, couldn’t wait to eat it, and bit the mutton as an enemy while sizzling.

“Is it okay?” Zhang Tie asked with concern.

“Cheng, cheng, it really tastes better than ginseng, but does it have seeds?” Li Dong was overwhelmed by chili peppers, the more spicy he wanted to eat, the more he wanted to eat the soup on the spicy side of the mandarin duck pot and pour it into his mouth.

“No.” Zhang Tie answered very succinctly. Seeing Li Dong’s expression of regret, he quickly changed the subject and introduced him to the people he brought.

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“Li Dongjia, this is Song Dongjia from Huainan Cloth Co., Ltd., specializing in the cloth and silk business. , is a great man who even three-year-olds know.”

“I’m lucky to meet, so it’s Song Dashan.” Li Dong had to stop eating and show proper etiquette.

Song Dongjia, who was introduced by Zhang Tie, was a little fat, with a round face and always with a smile. It seemed that he was smiling even if he didn’t smile. He was like Maitreya Buddha.

Before speaking, the flesh on his face moved first, and then his voice came out, “Li Dongjia, I have long admired the famous name. When I saw you today, it is better to meet famous than to meet, and to meet is even more famous.

” The owner is here…?” Li Dong was not naive enough to judge the truth by looking at the appearance of others.

“Naturally there is something to do. If it’s not about doing good deeds, then it’s going to be a thunderbolt, and it’s still seeking money. I want to find a few more places in Silla, specialize in planting white buckwheat, and hire the original farmers to triple the original income. Wages, and someone to help me match up.” Song Dongjia said earnestly.

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