"What did I tell you?" Li Longji was stunned, unconsciously speaking what he was thinking, and then reacted. Zhang Zhong didn't want to embarrass himself, but wanted to show himself how powerful he is as an emperor.
So he said quickly: "Yes, I told you before, I said it was..."
"It is not a problem to say that the shortage of manpower is not a problem, and it is still a simple matter. It will be completely resolved within two months." Zhang Zhong cooperated and took the conversation.
"Yes, yes, yes, I mentioned it when I was eating at your restaurant that day. You said that it’s not the season to eat crabs. When the time comes, you think of a way to get Xiaobao to cook some crabs and send them back for everyone to taste. Taste, there is such a thing."
Li Longji "suddenly", lighted Zhang Zhong with his hand and said.
The officials standing on the steps watched the emperor’s performance one by one. It’s like this. For many years, they have been used to not only watching your majesty, but also between themselves and their colleagues. To be honest, that would be scared.
Zhang Zhong nodded again and again. Isn’t it just a crab? When the time comes down, I will give everyone a few to taste. It’s no big deal, and then said: "Your Majesty said at the time that the lack of work was due to people who suddenly went to participate in military training. Many, when the training this year is over, everyone will understand that during a certain period of time, it is not good to participate in the training, and next year will choose the time to stagger this busy day.
The training usually lasts about two months. If it is fast, it will take four or seven days. When the time comes, the staff will replenish it, and the cost of recruiting is no longer the hard work of the current lack of labor. It is back to normal, and it is calculated according to the examination of the job category. .
Perhaps during this period, a group of people who helped cheat will be checked out, and when they are on the right track in the future, everything will be at peace, then there is no need to worry about national instability. "
Zhang Zhong returned after speaking.
Li Longji and the ministers thought about it and realized that this is indeed the case. When the people who have participated in the military training come back, and when the training is completed, there will still be unemployment.
"Oh, I also said that the significance of this is that it seems to have been delayed for a while, but after these two months, Datang’s overall level of civilian technology has improved, and in the future, there will be accurate rules for measuring competition, which can promote The further development of Datang people to improve their own level."
Li Longji is not stupid. He came to the current conclusion through Zhang Zhong's words. It is very cost-effective to use a period of small domestic turbulence in exchange for the long-term steady improvement of the country.
"Your Majesty Shengming." The officials said in a tacit understanding at the same time.
Li Longji smiled and nodded, did not blush at all, paused for a while, and then asked Zhang Zhong: "I said one thing that day, can Qing remember?"
Wang Zhu laughed secretly, looked at Zhang Zhong, and said in his heart: "Oh, let you talk more, you can say something more."
Zhang Zhong stepped forward again with no expression, and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. He did not look at the wat board in his hand. Obviously there are too many things to remember. Unless there is a page turning on the wat board, Otherwise, I can't remember it.
After coughing, Zhang Zhong said: "Your Majesty also said that now Silla and people from Japan have begun to come to Datang, and some will go to the place immediately, as well as the children and their families participating in the competition. More than 200,000 people can come here.
This group of people came at the right time, keep them, and according to the plan that Xiaobao discussed before, when a part of the lack of work can be solved, and their wages do not need to be paid too much, as long as it is more than their wages in the original place. Just double it. "
"When you talk about this, I suddenly remembered that not only the people who came here this time, but also the people from Silla who are willing to leave their country on their own initiative, staying in the northern part of Hebei Province is not very useful for the time being. Send it here, where more manpower is needed.
Do the math, let the Japanese businessmen in the past help, and continue to attract millions of people is not a problem. And because of their participation, employers do not have to raise their wages indefinitely, and the relationship between employees in society is balanced at once. "
Li Longji was very happy. He didn't expect that Zhang Zhong really had the goods on his hands, and he could ask them as soon as he asked them. If he couldn't answer them, he would be embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, the minister remembers that you told Brother Yongcheng a few things that day." Wang Chao joined in the fun and said maliciously.
Li Longji glared at Wang Xi. Many officials wanted to laugh, but they had to hold back, looking very hurt.
Without waiting for Li Longji to find a good word, Zhang Zhong said in the same way: "Exactly, your Majesty said that that day, the army fighting in the front would catch many prisoners. If you kill it, you can’t kill it. It’s too cruel, so you should give it. The captives have a chance to reform and renew themselves. It happens that Datang has many things that need to be done by people with courage. It is better to let the captives prove themselves once."
Li Longji turned his head and glanced to the west, and asked, "When will I be back?"
"According to the latest information, the first group of captives numbered more than 175,000. They were on their way back from escort. Some of them were cannibals, and some were people from various countries in India. They helped more cannibals deploy logistics. Materials, provide a hiding place."
Zhang Zhong replied.
Li Longji went to see Gao Lishi, Gao Lishi nodded. When the morning session was about to begin, the news that just came back, I think Zhang Zhong was stuffed in his hands before he came, otherwise it would be good for him to memorize it, why read it according to the paper.
Li Longji relaxed: "Yes, I thought about the prisoners that day, but I didn't expect that the first batch had already begun to be escorted back. That way, mining and quarrying could free up a part of the manpower, and at the same time, the cost input would be reduced. There is no need to invest too much in safety measures, and there is no need to give them a good meal, and the people who go to the mine do not need to give them alcohol or drink."
As a qualified emperor, Li Longji first thought of the key issue of auxiliary cost reduction. Before going down the mine, he would use all available methods to carefully investigate. Even in this way, danger would not be avoided.
Therefore, those who have been told repeatedly, as long as they feel that it is dangerous, the horse can go up the well to collect it slowly and don't take it for granted. At the same time, there is no shortage of wine and meat, physical work, and the working environment is still cold and humid.
In the quarry, you must wear safety helmets, gloves, and even use thick glass to block your eyes and wear dust filter masks. The cost is all.
The captives caught outside don’t need it. Anyway, they live in their own country without any protective measures. Although they are not given meat for their food, they have enough salt. They may not be able to eat in their own country. Slaves eat well, the difference is that they can't get wages.
Li Longji thought about it again and felt that there was nothing to say. He looked down and said, "What else do you have to discuss?"
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Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan still stayed in Yizhou. They did not go to any battlefield. The feedback from each battlefield was good. The progress was not fast and stable. At the same time, they saw through the enemy's many tactics and strategies, and there was no attrition during the attack. .
The Luzhou landing team had already bypassed Zhenla and headed towards the rear of the many cannibals. If Zhenla started to move, the two of them would personally go over and bring their own soldiers enough to advance. Now they are waiting for news from the Meteor Team.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are now idle, looking at the map every morning, midnight, and evening according to the news from the front line, and then slightly arranging a tactic or something that can be used in the front, and can't be used or discarded.
The rest of the time is to study and teach younger brothers and sisters at the same time.
In recent days, Xiaobei and the others will go out for about two hours a day. They seem to be busier than adults. Sometimes they go to other people’s restaurants, sometimes they tell people who hear about books in street tea shops, or they go to nearby schools to talk to people. The children play together.
After going out today, I came back when I was about to eat in the evening. I dealt with it outside at noon. I had a meal with the children in the school. They obviously didn’t feel comfortable eating when their mouths were raised. They ate half a bowl more during dinner. After that, everyone froze with a fruit plate.
Wang Juan touched Zhang Xiaobao and motioned to let him see what was going on. He was in a wrong state.
Zhang Xiaobao first called the person who was accompanying him today to inquire. He didn't find any problems. He almost ate at noon, so the little guys only ate half of their usual meals when they were eating.
In the afternoon, I had two classes with a classmate in the school. Then I played for a while, and gave out all the snacks in the bag to the children. Beckham sang two songs and came back for dinner in the evening. Everything was normal.
"Have you got it?" Zhang Xiaobao couldn't figure out what was going on, so he asked his younger brother and sister directly.
"No." Beckham shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Xiaobao asked again.
"While thinking about things, brother, you and sister will go ahead and find you later." Xiaobei pushed his hand to let his brother and sister leave, what they want to discuss.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looked at each other and smiled, then turned and left, leaving only nine people behind.
"Don't you have thoughts when you see something bad in the school?" Wang Juan walked out and asked.
"Who knows, wait a minute and see what they have to discuss." Zhang Xiaobao smiled.
In the past two quarters of an hour, Beckham held a clip in his arms and bounced into the room of his brother and sister.
"Did you discuss it?" Zhang Xiaobao asked.
Xiaobei nodded, came to the sofa, nestled her whole body in, first smiled to her brother and sister, and then said: "Brother, we found a problem."
"What's the problem?" Zhang Xiaobao was very cooperative.
"In terms of oil extraction, today I invite the friends from the school to have snacks, melon seeds know? There is oil in it, and it looks good, press it out and taste it, it's delicious."
Beckham took out a handful of sunflower seeds, bit one, and then pressed hard on the glass tea table with her hand, and the nails of her thumb were on top. Then, when she raised her hand, she shook her thumb in front of her brother and sister, indicating that there was something on it. Oil.
Zhang Xiaobao's eyes widened and he was surprised, staring at Beckham's thumb: "Oh...! There is oil, what's the matter?"
"Brother, your expression is so fake, giggle, look at your sister is laughing at you." Beckham winked at Zhang Xiaobao and laughed happily.
"Well, you saw it through, I admit, your sister and I knew that there is oil in sunflower seeds a long time ago, and we also knew that the oil in it was good, better than soybean oil. It can be used for stir-frying, or mixed with cold vegetables, and even It is no problem to drink a small spoon directly at ordinary times, and it is rich in nutrients.
You eat melon seeds because of the oil in them. Otherwise, when you eat watermelon seeds, if you don’t add seasonings to stir-fry or boil, the taste will be much worse. Sunflower seeds are both dry and raw.
Your sister and I originally planned to plant more and start squeezing a lot of oil. In fact, part of the oil you eat now is sunflower oil, but I didn’t tell you. "
Zhang Xiaobao explained to his sister.
Xiaobei looked very disappointed: "Is there already? We are still thinking about dividing a part of the sunflower seeds grown at home, and then forming fine oil to make money."
"Then leave this business to you. We will no longer intervene in sunflower seeds. You will let you make the equipment and sell it, okay?" Zhang Xiaobao glanced at Wang Juan and let out a variety of oil.
"Okay, brother and sister, don't worry, we must sell sunflower oil for more prices, and then use it to make cakes. Sunflower oil is good for the health and is for children to eat."
Beckham dangled her legs and looked very happy.
He looked down at his own clip, raised his head, and said to his brother: "There is still something that needs to be negotiated."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Zhang Xiaobao asked with a smile.
"Our children's monopoly game, we want to buy the external copyright, and then open it to Duoshi and India, adopt their style and map, and play, and at the same time pass it back to China, but also add a part of the exotic scenery."
Beckham said to his brother.
Zhang Xiaobao nodded: "Yes, your sister and I allow you to sell Monopoly children's games outside, but it must be made by us, and you must not make it privately. At the same time, you need to pay us percent for every copy sold. A profit of 50%. Any modification of the game content must be approved by us.
We will use a one-time buyout to pay for foreign maps and characters that you sell in China. In other words, no matter how much we make and print, we will not continue to pay you. "
"Huh?" Beckham stared at his elder brother. After a few seconds passed, his eyes blinked and said, "No, how big the domestic market is. If you sell it abroad, there are not many people who can buy it. We are It is intended as an attack against the civilization of their nation.
Besides, you have to get your permission. What are we playing, and your profit requirements are too high. We must obtain the production rights and the right to change the character map.
Sold to the country, because we are the main body of providing resources, we require strict monitoring of your production quantity and quality. For every one sold, you need to pay us a share. If a children’s group competition is held, we require Own advertising rights. "
After speaking, Beckham stared at his brother nervously.
Wang Juan smiled at the side.
Zhang Xiaobao made a thinking statement, rolled his eyes, and said, "Yes, we agree to your request. However, we have to add conditions. If you use the map provided by the military and the map of our home intelligence department, you will need to pay extra. cost.
It can be a one-off, but at least one 10,000 square kilometer map pays 500,000 units, or it can be formulated according to the production quantity, with a profit of 50%.
During this process, Monopoly's other levels of version rights are completely owned by us, and you are not allowed to conduct any sales, publicity, or production. "
Beckham patted his forehead vigorously: "Oh, what's wrong with you? Didn't the sunflower oil be let out right now? What are you doing? I'm talking about it now, and my head hurts when I talk about it. I am confused. There is no calculation, whether the draft relief is a disadvantage or an advantage."
Zhang Xiaobao smiled without saying a word.
Wang Juan got up and came to Xiaobei’s sofa, put Xiaobei in his arms, and explained: "Xiaobei, you said that you want to produce and sell sunflower oil. As a brother and sister, I will give it to you, because you are our younger brother. Sister.
But what you are talking about later is cooperative negotiation. Then we need to put aside other identities and only serve as opponents in the negotiation, that is, the little treasure in the front is your brother, and the one in the back is not your brother. Or, you give up the negotiation. , Just take care of brothers and sisters? Brother and sister will give it to you directly. "
"No." Xiaobei pouted and shook his head: "I don't believe it. I remember what I said just now. I will discuss with Xiaoyuan Xiaohai and the others. At least I must first study and understand what is going on. So, if there is no result tonight, we will think about it again tomorrow morning. Tomorrow night, I will come to talk to you again, huh!"
After speaking, Beckham ran out.