The sudden appearance of the voice of impeachment Zhang made the eyes of Baiguan all turned away, and he took a closer look from a distance and realized that the deputy minister Li Yuanhong, a person who rarely speaks and always does practical things, does not know how to do it today. Suddenly came out to impeach Zhang and said.
Zhang said that he was also puzzled, looking for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's problems by himself, why did you Li Yuanhong run out for? Could it be that those two people are related to you? Isn't this just worrying about eating radish
When I was wondering, my heart was more angry. Fortunately, Li Yuanhong, I didn't trouble you at ordinary times. Now you are looking at me? When I'm so bullied
Just about to question, Li Longji spoke at this moment.
"I've heard something about what Li Qing said." When these words were spoken, Li Longji paused, while the civil and military officials were shocked. Does the emperor want to talk to Zhang
"Yes." Li Longji said another word, and Zhang said with a sigh of relief.
"Zhang Qing is an order in the book, and he is in charge of a hundred officials. He needs to contact the hundred officials. There is not enough time in the court. It is not necessary to talk privately. Does Zhang Qing think that it takes his free time?"
Li Longji squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang and said, with a faint expression on his face, making it difficult to see if he was speaking from the heart.
As if caught a life-saving straw, Zhang said nodded fiercely. The beard floated with the movements of his body, slightly stained with frost, and matched the weather, making people see a desolation.
Yuan Qianyao, who was standing opposite to him, sighed slightly, old man, old man, time is not forgiving, no more than Zhang Xiaobao and cuckoo, you can set the court at such a young 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 thoughts in their minds, but it is easy to misunderstand what Zhang Qing is like. The ministers can trust their colleagues around him more.
Don’t listen to the wind or rain, and you can’t come up with an unnecessary thing to affirm that others have bad thoughts and save others with oneself. According to Xiaobei’s words, the court of the Tang Dynasty is united and uplifting. How can I be right? "
"Your Majesty, after hearing His Majesty's words, the ministers felt that His Majesty's tolerance and trust, and the ministers will live up to His Majesty's trust." Yu Wenrong came out and said, all the other courtiers who stood in the front came out to follow suit. .
Zhang said that it is no exception. After saying flattery, he realized that he was in vain again. The emperor’s meaning was very clear. Don’t just find an unreasonable charge and put it on others. Others impeach yourself, but the emperor didn’t find himself. Trouble, then I go to talk about Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Isn't it playing with fire
"Hey... Why can they get such treatment?" Zhang said that he was dissatisfied, his face became more old, and he quietly returned to his position and decided to bear it again.
The monarch and his subjects commended each other in harmony and returned to the tranquil scene at the beginning. 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 will prepare an umbrella? There is still a long way to go from Hanyuan Hall to the office. I regret not taking the portable folding umbrella sent by Zhang Wang's family with me. I will definitely learn my lesson next time.
Li Longji calmed Zhang and said, adjusted his mood, and finally recovered to the way he was at the beginning.
He smiled and said to the officials: "Since none of you have important things, I will talk about my recent events. This is what I suddenly remembered. By coincidence, somebody, bring up my things."
The courtier below didn't think it happened suddenly, otherwise it would be impossible to keep others from speaking out in the morning. Zhang said that he should stand up.
Naturally, the things that were prepared early did not take much time. As Li Longji's voice fell, Gao Lishi waved his hand, and several eunuchs moved the things to the front of Li Longji. The officials stretched their necks and wanted to see. See what the emperor did.
Li Longji coughed slightly, walked off the soft chair rarely, and stood in front of the things placed on the ground. He smiled more rarely. He came over from the side and squatted down and picked up the same thing. He took something in his hand, placed it to the officials, and asked, "What do you know about this?"
When the officials saw it, they realized that light bulbs were not unusual things. They had them in their homes. They were given by the Zhang and Wang family. Any official of sufficient grade can get the benefits of the Zhang and Wang family for free. There are many official positions. Small officials will work hard for this kind of welfare.
Wealthy people also bought them and used them at home. Those with windmills were driven by windmills, and those without windmills tried to get watermills. If they didn’t have both, they would let people step on the generator in turn. What would the emperor do today
Li Linfu had a wink, stood up with an expression of uncertainty, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is this thing the legendary light bulb? The small and exquisite thing your Majesty took, but did your Majesty personally make it?"
"Well, it's a light bulb, yes, Li Qing's eyesight is really good, I can tell at a glance." Li Longji still admired Li Linfu's statement, praised him, and shook his head: "It's not what I did, I'm afraid of hurting. By the way, I don’t have the ability to blow light bulbs, let alone draw air."
"Your majesty's dragon body is important." Li Linfu followed again.
Li Longji didn't answer this time, holding a small light bulb in one hand, pointing at another thing on the ground, and asking: "Does this thing know?"
"Ah? Is it the legendary fish tank?" What Li Linfu saw was a glass box, not much different from the fish tank. The only difference was that there were no fish in the water, but wires were connected.
"No, guess again." Li Longji was like a child at the moment.
"My Majesty, please 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." Li Linfu asked distressedly for advice. This time it is not nonsense. He really does not know. That fish tank also wondered in his heart.
Li Longji looked down in the distance and beckoned, "Come on, I will show you."
The fifth-rank official who was the farthest away, looked at the others, and saw that they were moving, and then moved forward. When they got closer, they were really just like a fish tank, as Li Linfu said, with no fish in it.
When everyone else was puzzled, Li Longji went on to the next step. He picked up the two wires in the fish tank. One was wrapped around the bottom of the bulb, and the other was placed on the smallest point. Only the two wires had just been connected. Steady, the light bulb suddenly lit up.
"Ah? Your Majesty, why is it bright?" Gao Lishi exclaimed in cooperation, his eyes were wide open, making people worry 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 everyone around him could see clearly. After the officials were puzzled, he slowly said, "Does it feel amazing? No It uses wind power, no water power, and never let people run that generator."
"Your Majesty, why is it bright?" Zhang Jiuling walked forward again, watching carefully, but still did not see the doorway, asked humbly.
"This question is a good question, why did it light up? I believe Zhongqing has this doubt in his mind. 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. You can use the battery to light up the lights anytime, anywhere. ."
Li Longji took the wire away from the bulb and pressed it on again, and repeated it several times to let people see it clearly and introduce it happily.
"Your Majesty is really amazing." A fifth-grade official exclaimed heartily.
Li Longji smiled and shook his head: "Don't think that this is my original intention. If only the light is on, then it's nothing. Let's look at another thing."
Putting down the light bulb, Li Longji pointed his finger at another thing in front of him. To be precise, they were two of the same thing, as well as a large bundle of wires, which made the officials not aware of it.
This time, without the cooperation of others to ask questions, Li Longji took the initiative to introduce "This is a wired telegraph machine, some people will ask, what is this thing for? Is it?"
Some of the officials slandered, isn't this nonsense? Don’t you just show it to others, who doesn’t have such an idea without knowing it
"I will let you know, come, and carry the other far away." Li Longji could not hear the voice of others, and there was no evidence to punish the crime. He gave an order, and immediately an eunuch came over, lifted one of them, and stroked the line. Go down, until the bundle of wires is used up, then stop and wait for the next instructions.
Someone else carried a fish tank over, stood aside in cooperation, and looked at Li Longji together.
Li Longji looked around, Gao Lishi quickly made a gesture to not far away, a group of people came over there, all wearing the same style of work clothes, one by one swaggering, but if you look closely, you will find that the crowd is in the crowd. Some people 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, and was ready.
Li Longji looked at the puzzled eyes of the courtiers and introduced: "The function of the telegraph machine is to send information quickly. Whenever there is a move, you can receive it right here. The length of the wire will allow the telegraph machine to travel far away. To communicate with each other."
The ministers nodded, expressing their understanding, and even if they had doubts in their hearts, they did not dare to show them.
"I know you don’t believe it, it’s okay. This will let you understand, Zhang Qing, say something, let this person pass the news, and see if the other telegraph machine on the other side can receive it. At such a long distance, you whisper. Just a word, you can't hear it there, right?"
Li Longji called out Zhang Shuo and let him speak.
Zhang said and nodded: "I can't hear it. There are more than twenty feet away from here. Your Majesty asked the minister to say that the minister really said it. Well, just say that it will rain today."
"Send a report." Li Longji instructed the people who came back by his side.
This person quickly took out another thicker notebook from his arms, searched it a few times, and used a pencil to write and draw on the notebook just now. Only then did he hold a place on the telegraph with his hand, and someone else helped The lines in the fish tank are well connected, and so is the opposite side.
Everything is ready, this person starts to press that place.
"Didi...di...di...dididi..." Accompanied by a crisp sound, it didn't take long for this person to lift his hand and signal to finish.
The officials immediately turned their gazes to the person below, and saw that the person had just finished writing and drawing on the notebook, and then opened another thick notebook, looking for it. After a while, someone ran from there, yes. Li Longji said: "Your Majesty, after receiving the content, it will rain today."
"En?" Many of the ministers uttered puzzled voices, feeling very mysterious, how can they know what news is passing over there? This is much easier to use than Parllay.
"Which one else to try?" The smile on Li Longji's face was even worse.
"Your Majesty, ministers come." Lu Yanzuo, who does not believe in evil, stood up, pressed his ear to the person who sent the report, and said in a voice that no one could hear: "I don't believe it is true. Send it."
This person nodded, looked through the book a few more times, finished writing and drawing, and started to press the key on the telegraph machine. With the beep sound, the other side began to receive. It also took a very short time. A person came over there, yes. Everyone said: "I received, the content, I don't believe it is true."
Lu Yanzuo was taken aback, looked up in the distance, swallowed and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's really amazing. If this thing pulls the line across the country and transmits information back and forth in the future, I can't imagine the speed."
Li Longji smiled and nodded.
At this moment Zhang said he started pouring cold water again.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's wrong. How long does it take to pull the wires across the country? How much wire does it cost? This is just tasteless."
Li Longji was just happy to be talked about by Zhang, and changed again. He glared at Zhang and said, that means why do you open which pot and not lift which pot
Fortunately, he was prepared. Seeing that someone in the group showed the same thoughts, he coughed and said: "It's just an experiment. This is called a cable telegraph. Now the Ministry of Industry is studying dry batteries and wireless telegraphs. When it comes out, the batteries will be more convenient to carry. The telegraph doesn’t need wires anymore. Isn’t it tasteless now?”
"Your Majesty Shengming." Gao Lishi followed to help.
The expressions of the ministers also changed accordingly. Naturally, it was clear how fast the message transmission would be in the future if there was something called a battery that was convenient to carry, plus a telegraph that was not connected by a wire.
It's just that the news came too suddenly, and suddenly there was no preparation at all.
Yuan Qianyao said excitedly: "Your Majesty, when did I have such an advanced thing in Datang? According to your Majesty, wouldn't it be a blink of an eye to spread the news from the furthest place to the capital?"
"That's not necessarily true. I heard from Xiaobao and Juanjuan that several transfers are needed. Otherwise, the distance is not enough. Can we arrange a special frequency band for transferring telegrams. Is it advanced? Well, it is advanced, at least ahead of the surrounding countries. With tens of thousands of craftsmen struggling, there is no advanced technology today. They have paid a lot."
As Li Longji spoke, the happy expression on his face converged, his eyes looked at the group of craftsmen standing a few steps away, and he introduced to the ministers: "These are the battery and telegraph researchers, Liu Liang."
"Your Majesty." As Li Longji called out his name in the crowd, a person stood up. Several places on his body were covered with white cloth. The ministers knew that he was injured. This is the classic packaging used by Deyi Hospital today. cloth.
Li Longji looked at Liu Liang softly, Liu Liang looked very excited, swallowing constantly, and his legs trembled.
"Roll up the sleeve of your right arm." Li Longji ordered.
Liu Liang didn't dare to hesitate at all. He rolled up the right sleeve little by little with his left hand, revealing that arm. The officials saw it and took a breath at the same time.
I saw that the arm was bumpy, the skin was already wrinkled, and the arm was small and thin, as if it had been burned by fire.
"Liu Liang’s arm was burned by sulfuric acid while doing research, but he still determined the ratio of sulfuric acid. Without his persistence, there would be no current wet battery. I named him the founding earl of the country. Zhao Cheng, get out."
Li Longji introduced Liu Liang, then shouted to the crowd, and another one-eyed man stood up, "Your Majesty."
"This is Zhao Cheng, who has been responsible for the production of the telegraph machine. During the welding process, he blinded one of his eyes, but he also completed the initial task of welding the telegraph machine with one eye. I named him the founding of the country. Hou, Zhao Gong, go out... Zhao Gong is Zhao Cheng’s younger brother, and he did experiments with his brother. Originally, Zhao Gong was a juror. He gave up the opportunity to take the imperial examination and was willing to take over the important task of his brother. I named him a fellow scholar. , Zhang Yan, go out..."
Li Longji called out people one by one, and every time he called out, he would tell him what he had done and awarded him a reward. There were thirty-two people in total, and none of them were missed.
When Li Longji introduced all the people who were called out their chests, their eyes full of excitement, and the ministers listened one by one. In the past, someone stood up against the emperor's awards, but today is an exception.
Knowing that His Majesty gave such a reward to those hundreds of thousands of craftsmen, and that the craftsmen who had never paid attention to it before made such amazing things, it is really ups and downs.
Li Longji squatted down, touched the telegraph, and said, "I hope that the officials will know that my Datang craftsman is not in a low status, and understand that when you enjoy good things, some people are bleeding and sacrificing for it, and everything is on it. I must cherish the hard work of my Datang craftsmen."
"The minister remembers." Gao Lishi spoke first, and then all the ministers responded together.
"Well, please go back, everything is the ultimate, omnipotent, remember to keep it secret, and discuss matters." Li Longji let the ministers see the power of the craftsmen, re-start the early affairs, the first thing to propose is to give The Ministry of Engineering allocated money, a large sum of money.
The ministers understood now that the emperor made such a move to clear up the obstacles for Zhang Zhong. If there is no telegraph machine, if there is no emergence of the telegraph machine, and the Ministry of Industry will be given a lot of money, some people will object. No one will ever stop supporting advanced tools that can transmit messages over long distances. It is really scary.
Imagine that thousands of miles away, a person will knock on the telegraph machine a few times, and the message will be uploaded to the capital, and after the same discussion, it will be sent back. It is much faster than the 800-mile emergency report, even the pigeons. No, in the event of disasters and wars, the reaction time will be greatly shortened, and it will be more effective during wars. Several armies can cooperate with each other at any time. What kind of enemy is invincible
When others were satisfied, Li Longji's thoughts flew to Jilizhou, "Xiaobao, cuckoo, when can we get the kind of weapon that can hit the capital from Luzhou? And intercept it?"
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"Didi, Dididi..." In a room on the north bank of the Nihe River, Wang Juan's hand was lit on something, and the sound of Didi was heard from time to time.
Zhang Xiaobao sat aside, looked at the map in his hand, fell into deep thought, and recovered after a while, and asked: "Fun, isn't it? Just press it and make a sound. After training, he will send me a telegram, saying, today you guys Have you worked so hard, has the road been repaired? If you have repaired it, don’t worry, be prudent, and tell other people that you can proceed to the next step. When the next step is to be carried out, that’s the moment of our victory. this… "
"Comrade Zhang Xiaobao, this is a telegram. It's not that you called to chat. Don't you understand the simplicity?" Wang Juan was about to translate into a code. Hearing Zhang Xiaobao talking a lot of nonsense, he stopped and complained dissatisfiedly.
"Oh, just think of it, just hit it, and if it's a road, then act." Zhang Xiaobao nodded, turning the pile of words into five words.
"Isn't this the end? With that great effort, do you think Li Longji will find that the things we use are more advanced than what he sees? Then swear?" Wang Juan still has some basic skills in telegrams, and quickly spread the news. In the past, if Li Longji saw the telegraph machine she was using, he would definitely curse them for hiding their private parts.
There is no fish tank next to this telegraph machine, but a block-shaped thing that provides power to the telegraph machine. At the same time, the telegraph machine has no wires to connect to other places. There is only an extended antenna. This is what he expects to be made in the future. The dry batteries and wireless telegraph of the company would never have thought that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had already used them.
Zhang Xiaobao said uncertainly, "I guess not?"
"Can you not scold or discover?" Wang Juan asked again.
"As long as he can't find out, he naturally won't scold him." Zhang Xiaobao replied.
"In other words, you are pinning the consequences on the former."
"Yeah, I really let him know. It is estimated that we will wear small shoes. This is much different from the cable telegraph. It is a cross-age product. It uses electromagnetic technology. It can be used as a radio station in the future, and then use a small box. Receive, this is People’s Broadcasting Station. What’s reporting to you now is that Emperor Li Longji of Tang Dynasty knew about the emergence of this technology. He was not the first to see the question of whether he would be angry. Dear listeners and friends, you can tell you Your thoughts are written in letters and mailed to..."
"Okay, don't be poor, and be angry. According to his previous character, you should kill your head for this crime, find the kind that 10,000 people watched, and then take a steamed bun with blood to treat tuberculosis."
"Is it good to use Remi to treat tuberculosis? The people in the medical school are too bad, and they have not been researched until now. The same is true for antibiotics. At least penicillin is made first so that people can treat diseases. According to this When the speed goes on, when can heart bypass surgery be done?"
Zhang Xiaobao began to complain about the slow speed of medical school research.
Wang Juan said disapprovingly: "You are playing games, and you want to be as fast as you want. That is a systemic problem. There is also a heart bypass operation. Why don't you talk about changing DNA? Let humans not have to worry about breathing problems and can absorb the world. The aura of space, soaring freely in the universe."
"Yes, this is a new topic for the medical school. It is best to first demonstrate from the five elements of Chinese medicine and the balance of yin and yang. Zhen Qi travels through the meridians. Hey... I'm going back. We will be assassinated tomorrow."
Zhang Xiaobao followed Wang Juan's words and said for a while, only then did he think of serious things.
"Tomorrow? Is it early tomorrow? Let's talk about it when the rivers start to connect, otherwise problems will easily occur." Wang Juan thought for a while and put forward his own opinions.
"Listen to you, it's getting late, madam, why don't we go to rest." Zhang Xiaobao said with a look of yearning.
"If you dare to move your feet while I'm asleep, I'll chop off your salty pork knuckles."
"You were the one who hit me on your own."
"Chop it down, too."
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After receiving the orders from the young master and the young lady, the people working at Zhengzheng construction speeded up a lot, and they did not stop at night, lighting torches and lighting, and continued to direct the people of Silla to build roads desperately.
During this period of time, the road on the side of Silla will soon be paved, and the place where tariffs are collected is also well built. Anyone who pays tariffs will be released when they pass this road. If they don’t pay, they will be blocked by another. Aside.
The businessmen of Silla looked forward to the benefits they would get after the tariffs came, and the clansmen of Silla also expected to use the money to build the place.
Two more days have passed, and the last section of the road is being watered. When it dries, remove the moisturizing grass mat on it, and the road can be extended to the farthest point.
Another day, listening to the movement of firecrackers, Li Dong happily stood at the place where tariffs were collected, waiting for the caravan from Datang to take the initiative to send the money, and the information sent by the people sent to Datang showed that there was already A caravan of a large scale came over, Anri said, it could be there last night, but I didn't expect it, it hasn't come yet.
While waiting anxiously, the sun reached the middle of the sky. Just when Li Dong and other Silla merchants thought that Datang’s caravan would not come today, the small road in the distance waved with the wind. dust.
"Come here, get ready. Be careful when checking the goods in a while. You can't charge more or less. Remember the 20% tariff."
Seeing the approaching team, Li Dong quickly gave orders to the person responsible for collecting Datang tariffs.
The group of people agreed unevenly, their eyes fixed on the caravan, and all they thought about was the sound of money rushing.
The more anxious, the slower the passage of time. Just when Li Dong and the others couldn’t wait, the caravan finally came slowly to the tax collection point, staring blankly at the person in front of him, unclear about the situation. Look like.
Li Dong, the main leader, knew that he should be on the court. He stepped forward and asked the caravan: "Where is your boss? According to the agreement between Silla and Datang, you go to Silla to sell goods. You need to pay a 20% tariff, which is 20%, and you can pass the money."
"When is the matter? Twenty percent? It's too much." After Li Dong's words fell for a while, a person from the caravan stepped up and asked suspiciously.
"It's not a long time that Zhang Xiaobao from Datang brought it up. 20% is not much. How much money can be sold for your goods in 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, merchants who come over don’t have a good attitude towards them. As long as they have questions, they will immediately push to Zhang Xiaobao’s body, which intensifies the conflict between Zhang Xiaobao and other merchants. .
The caravan obviously felt that there were too many people, and the man asked, "What if you don't pay?"
"If you don't hand over, you can't go over here." Li Dong didn't worry at all.
"That's not enough, go, go back." The leader of the caravan even more simply, with a wave of his hand, the team banged and turned around, and left at a speed many times faster than when it came.
Li Dong looked at the caravan gradually disappearing from the field of vision, trying to stop him, and found that they were on the land of Datang, so he didn't have the qualifications.
After waiting for the last wisp of smoke to disappear, Li Dong gritted his teeth and said dejectedly: "These Datang merchants are treacherous, iron cock, and stubborn. Let me take good care of them, lest they sneak over by night."
The people from Xinluo who were equally disappointed followed in annoyance, and agreed to Li Dong's words, vowing to keep this place well, and would never give Datang merchants any chance.
This waited until the night, the moon was high in the sky, and only one side of the moon was missing to dim the surrounding stars. Li Dong, who still insisted that he didn’t fall asleep, kept dozing off, drinking a cup and a cup of tea, and he arrived. No effect at all, the upper eyelid hits the eyelid straight down.
Just when he was about to insist on going to sleep, a person rushed in from outside and hurriedly reported: "Li Dong’s house, it’s not good, Datang’s caravan bypassed us here and entered Silla from another place. ."
"What? Go in? Why don't you stop it?" What Li Dong was worried about finally happened. Merchants don't care about the system, and if they can pay less, they will never give out a little more.
"We stopped, but the place is too big and our manpower is not enough. Datang's caravan is divided into countless small teams, coming from various places to Silla. Anyone who is stopped by us will say that Ye Hei has gone the wrong way. Turning back, more than 100 people sent out stopped 30 small teams, but depending on the size, 70% of the Datang team should not be stopped, that is, 70% of the goods entered Silla."
The person here looked frustrated, as if complaining about Datang, and also seemed to complain about the lack of manpower on his side.
Listening to the people, Li Dong furrowed his brows deeply, forming a word "Chuan" on his nose. He glanced at the people waiting there and asked, "Brothers, what can I do?"
"Yes, one is to send more people to completely block the land. At least five thousand people who are familiar with this place are required." The visitor replied.
Li Dong looked at a place and stayed still. After a while, he said, "Also, after discussing with others tomorrow, I will send 5,000 people out to stop Datang’s caravan. They passed so easily, otherwise who would give money?"
"Yes." The visitor agreed to leave in a hurry.
The next day, it was noon again, and the hot weather made people feel bored. Fortunately, another team from Datang arrived at the place, also inquired about the tax issue, and turned around as well as the previous one.
The five thousand people Xinluo finally found were divided into places one by one according to the distance, waiting for the people of Datang to sneak over at night so as 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 Dongjia, it's not good. Datang merchants have crossed over in the narrow area of Nihe. They even brought their rafts. They thought they were well prepared. Li Dongjia, think of a way?"
Li Dong was completely dumbfounded now. There could be 5,000 people on land to blockade, but even if the waterway is counted, then let alone 5,000 people, even 50,000 people can’t stop it. The place is too big. There are many places in Nihe where the watercourses are relatively narrow, so you can go there if you think about it. It's very easy.
Is it true that the tariffs are not collected? What else do you need this place for? It also took a million, and it was all in the water
The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Li Dong really had no choice this time. He once again came to the third floor of Changfeng Pavilion and asked other businessmen for discussion, hoping that someone could come up with a better idea.
"Listening to Li Dongjia's point is that the land road connecting Silla and Datang is too wide, and the two rivers still have a lot of narrow channels? Can I think of a way to make the river channel wider and make theirs The raft can't be easily crossed, and then narrow the connecting place from the road?"
A business man in partnership thought of the crux of the problem and put forward an idea.
Other businessmen nodded in agreement.
"Then how to make the river widen and the land narrow?" Li Dong mumbled hard to think of ideas.
The other businessmen were also thinking about this issue. Suddenly, a businessperson’s eyes lit up and said excitedly: "I thought of a good way to connect the two rivers. Then, the increase in water flow will naturally change the river course. It is wide, and the raised land that was not submerged by water originally, once submerged, it will form a hidden reef, which is easy to accident.
Then find a place, such as the road connecting us, and build a bridge there so that all the merchants from Datang can cross the bridge. In this way, they will have to work hard if they want to make a detour. The loss of a single ship is not only the 20% tariff, but the value of the goods shipped to Silla is a lot. With the addition of human lives, I think it can solve this problem. "
"That's right." Another businessman slapped his thigh, expressing his approval, suddenly showing a confused look, and said: "Why do I hear this idea so familiar?"
Li Dong thought quickly, and then said, "Naturally familiar. That was the method Zhang Xiaobao first proposed. Wasn't it disturbed by someone I hired? He also had a lot of fights with the hired person.
Zhang Xiaobao, Zhang Xiaobao ah Zhang Xiaobao, you can do it, I understand, this is a change of law to connect the river, admire, let me know clearly, obviously aggrieved, but still have to do it, if you don’t do it, there will be no 20% tariff. , The above can no longer bear the pressure, and we also took a million. "
The other businessmen are not stupid, they understand at a glance, look at each other, and see deep worries in the eyes of others. This Zhang Xiaobao is finally fighting against him. Without direct contact with him, he really can’t understand his abilities. After a big lap, the river that should be passed is clear, and the bridge that should be repaired needs to be repaired.
Li Dong was very helpless, and sighed: "Let’s discuss it with Zhang Tie of the Zhengzheng Construction Group. The letter will be delivered tomorrow. Everyone, remember, be careful. Anything Zhang Xiaobao proposes must be considered carefully. Don't be fooled anymore, I think I know why Li Longji sent him here, he's a good man."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
News of Xinluo's cooperation with Datang to connect the two rivers and repair the bridge soon reached the capital of Chang'an in Datang.
In the early days of Li Longji, he was discussing with the officials about more businessmen going overseas to explore new places in the future, and how to charge for bringing good things back to Datang, Gao Lishi was sent by the eunuch to get the letter. .
After reading the letter from Gao Lishi who hurriedly went and returned, Li Longji was stunned for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing, "Hahahaha, Xiaobao, Xiaobao, I really didn’t disappoint. Yes, I have used the same method that I used to deal with me on Silla's body. Okay, I am very relieved.
The matter discussed earlier was suspended, and the letter was first delivered to Zhang Shuo. His official is the biggest. After reading this letter, which is not too many, and passing it to the next person, Zhang said that he was silent.
Another impulse to overthrow the method he had just said. When talking about collecting excise taxes from merchants who returned from the sea, he proposed that the marine patrol team in Luzhou should be in the hands of the court, and the court should really control it. It wasn't Luzhou who took charge, that is, it took back the power of Zhang Wang's family in a disguised form.
That is a team that makes money. Whoever has it will be able to get both power and wealth, and there will never be fewer people begging to come over and do things.
But after reading the content of the letter sent back from Jilizhou, he was a little scared, afraid that his proposal would be known to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. With Zhang Xiaobao’s calculations and a little bit of energy on himself, would the consequences be? Is it unbearable
The officials looked at it one by one, and they read it quickly. Everyone who read the letter had a different expression. Some were nervous, some were relieved, some were at a loss, and some were thoughtful.
After passing a round and returning to Gao Lishi's hands, Baiguan had a different opinion on the issue of the ownership of the marine patrol team in Luzhou just now.
Li Longji was still excited, and said to his courtiers: "Little Treasure is really reassuring. If all local officials are almighty, what else should I worry about? Unfortunately, there is only one pair of Little Treasure and the cuckoo, so it is difficult to go. Xun, wait until Xiaobei and the others grow up to see where they are? Zhang Qing said to withdraw the control of maritime patrol to Zhongshuling.