"Xiaobei and they are still working very hard." Wang Juan looked at Xiaobei who was bluffing in front of the crowd and praised him.
"This is the benefit brought by family conditions. Except for the children of a few clan families, other children have no chance to gain access to too much of the world. Perhaps the children of ordinary families are also promising, but they are definitely not as big as the children of the clan families."
Zhang Xiaobao looked at the slightly darker Beckham and was also very happy. He knew that this was the power of role models. What the younger brothers and sisters did was not really to be such a qualified official, but to take things out as one. Kind of game.
The children of other people's family played the family house, but Xiaobei and the others are more practical and will work hard to make the game well.
Wang Juan stroked the hair that was hanging down his face with his hands, and saw that the people in more than 100 counties below discussed how to transport this year's rent to the capital, and shook his head slightly.
"Xiaobao, now we are also Jidu Envoys and can control the local taxes. Should we exempt the taxes in Jian'an County? Otherwise, relying on their ability, let alone transport the renters to the capital, they will be transported to Jilizhou. The food eaten along the way will also be rented out several times."
"Inevitably, it is an obligation to pay the rent. You can directly transfer the rent they paid to the Yamen of Jian'an County. I decided to move the mansion. The mansion of the Bohai Jiedushi moved here, which is next to Jian'an County and close to the sea.
At that time, it will be a long process to vigorously develop the marine aquaculture industry, but it must be carried out. The Northeast must not always be short of population. Others will not take the initiative to attract them. When the people who go to North America come back, all kinds of seeds will come back. Planted throughout the Northeast.
When the time comes, whoever wants to taste the freshness will transport it by himself. The sea route will be developed, and the land route will naturally need to be built. Now that medical conditions are good, there will be fewer dead babies. In the next ten years, there will be a sudden blowout. "
When Zhang Xiaobao talked about the renter, he talked about the future direction of development. At the same time, he was worried about why the people sent out hadn't come back. It took too long. After the New Year, it was only two years.
Wang Juan frowned, thinking about asking: "Don't promote new crops in Datang?"
"Don’t rush, and promote directly. Others may not be willing to plant. If something goes wrong, it will affect their original income. They have to give them a role model, send back the telegram, and let Jilizhou ship the ceramics and other daily life here. Supplies."
Zhang Xiaobao started to jump again as he spoke.
"Oh, send it here, I guess the people can't afford it either."
"It's not selling, it's giving. They are obligated to pay the rent. Let's give them benefits, and then send a report to those who run to the border of Silla and let them do it."
Zhang Xiaobao thought of something again. As soon as he finished speaking, the radio on his back rang dripping.
The sound was not too loud, but it was heard by the people in the yard, and the unique movement made them look around, trying to figure out what is called.
"Yeah, I saw it. There are two wild men on the house." Xiaobei's eyes were sharp and he looked up and saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan climbing on the ridge of the house, but the images of the two people were a bit embarrassed and didn't recognize them for a while. who is it.
As soon as the guard who was in charge of protecting her stretched out his hand, a few pistols were drawn out, facing the two people's place vigilantly.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan shrank their heads at the same time, and Zhang Xiaobao shouted: "If you dare to hold a gun at me, I will blow you all."
"Ah! It's my brother's voice." The familiar voice made Beckham's expression change, and then he shouted vigorously, "Brother, I miss you, come down quickly and go to the room for what?"
The people of Jian'an were slightly stunned, and suddenly became excited. The legendary character was finally able to be seen. Li Bai also looked expectantly, wanting to see how well the people who can decide his official position are.
With the sound of two landing sounds, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan jumped down one after another.
The crowd was stunned again, and when they looked at the two people, they found that they couldn’t overlap the image in their minds with the two people in front of them. The two people’s hair was messy, and the clothes were more damaged. They were even worse than the people who fled the famine. .
Is this the legendary god of war and wealth? I feel comfortable to believe it, it seems a bit difficult.
Beckham didn’t care about that much. She spread her arms and tucked her calves down. 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? A big tiger?"
"The magistrate Zhang, can you arrange a place for the official, the official is tired from the journey, hungry and tired." Zhang Xiaobao also gave his sister a bite, and then slapped his face, and said what the official was like.
"Chuck, I don’t know if Master Zhang came here to welcome Shi Yuan, and hope to forgive the sins. Come here, I didn’t see Master Zhang and Master Wang fighting all the way and fighting each other. Did you suffer a lot? Go and make arrangements, Master Zhang, Master Wang, please here, eh? Master Zhang, what are you carrying?"
Beckham laughed happily, put her arms around her brother's neck, and pointed towards the house with the other hand to guide the way, full of curiosity about what was behind her brother's back.
Zhang Xiaobao hugged his sister while walking, and said: "This is a baby. I want to communicate with grandparents and parents in Beijing. I can use this thing to pass it quickly. If I pass it back, let me see what happened to Xiaobei. blacken?"
"It’s dry, brother, I’ll help them make a greenhouse. When will we go back with you, it’s not fun at all, and the story will not be heard anymore. I don’t want to be a county magistrate. My sister."
Beckham felt a bit regretful and complained to his brother.
"Well, we are not a county magistrate. We are a bigger official and we are still here. My brother will also be with you. I will go to work first, and then I will tell you stories when my brother and sister have a rest."
Zhang Xiaobao was indeed tired. He kissed his younger siblings one by one, took a hot bath with Wang Juan, hurriedly ate a meal, and fell asleep on the kang.
Li Bai never found a chance to talk to Zhang Xiaobao, so he reluctantly went to his own business again, and figured out what to say when the two of them got up to arrange a better officer for himself.
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Compared with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan after a long journey to meet their younger siblings, Fan Yang Jiedu made Zhang say that it was not good. The family followed him to remote places and never saw the prosperity of the capital.
He is busy in charge of Zhongshuling in the capital, but here he is also not free, and many trivial matters are waiting for him to take care of. The most annoying is that the abilities of the officials under the rule are far worse than those of the Beijing administration.
When he was in the capital, he didn't have to say it too clearly. Officials could understand. Even if someone did something wrong occasionally, he could say that the officials did not understand his intentions.
Where he is now, if he doesn’t clarify what he says, the officials will be stunned, asking about the specific situation over and over again. In addition, the roads here are not clear, the sea is far away, and there are many people migrating out. Very uncomfortable.
"My lord, after the autumn harvest, it is time to plant winter wheat. I heard that the Sinong Temple of the imperial court has planted new seeds. I wonder if the adults can let someone buy them from there. Ripe so that there will be more harvest next year?"
The officials in charge of agricultural affairs approached Zhang and said that they discussed the seed problem with him. It can be said that they are all ethnic minorities.
Zhang said that he felt uncomfortable when he heard the word "Jingcheng", and then when he heard the word "Sinong Temple", his first thought was not the seed. However, there were many things that raised the status of Sinong Temple by the King Zhang and his family. All the objects are in charge of Zhang Wang's family.
The seeds are indeed well researched, with high yields and short growth cycles, but let yourself write to them and tell them that they are always uncomfortable. They will laugh at themselves and laugh at their own ability, and they have to fight against Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. .
If it fails, you must not ask for seeds and cannot afford to lose that person.
In consideration of this, Zhang said calmly and said: "The seeds of Sinong Temple are under study, not to mention the long distance. Even if they get the letter, they wait for the seeds to arrive, and after the sowing time, you are in charge of farming. Why don't you think about it yourself? Are you inferior to the officials of Sinong Temple?"
"Ah? Think for yourself? Where do you start? Sir, you used to work in the capital. Why don't you give me a reminder so I can find someone to follow suit, eh? Sir, I think of something, Sinong Temple is far away. Jili State is near, and that Zhang Xiaobao must have a way to get good seeds. It's better to go with him to get them. Yes, he will send someone immediately after he gets down."
This person in charge of farming is very real. He thought of a good way in the blink of an eye. He believed that he could succeed in getting seeds. Both said that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were very supportive of the people's life.
"No one is allowed to go, no one is allowed to go, who dares to go to the official to punish others, how can the seeds of Jilizhou be planted in Fan Yang? If the water and soil are not satisfied, go and take care of your own affairs."
Zhang said that he seemed to be sitting on a dynamite barrel, and the fire blew up. He reprimanded the farmer and waved his hand to drive people out like a fly.
When the whole room was empty, he was left alone. Zhang said that he seemed to be much older in an instant, and fell helplessly on a chair, and said angrily: "Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, do you think that if you clean up me, I will be crippled? I'm waiting, want to build a road? When I wait for Fan Yang's side, I won't let you build it."
The guard standing at the outside door waiting to be summoned, hearing Zhang's voice, shook his head helplessly, and said to another person next to him: "Master Zhang is crazy and wants to deal with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Only when I go in is I willing to give up."
Another person looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, and he nodded his head. "The grown-up is angry. Hearing the method he came up with, he fell behind. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn’t care about him. He I want to obstruct road repairs. I heard people say that it is necessary to build railways. I have to pay a lot of money. If the lord really stops at that time, it is estimated that the Holy Spirit will cut his head, hey..."
"That's right, I still think of a way to leave as early as possible, and can't be with him, otherwise I don't know if I accompany him and lose my life. Come, it is estimated that Lu will not count on it."
The guard who had spoken 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. It can be repaired before the winter begins.
But apart from this paragraph, the road from Jiliju to other places in Silla, as stated at the beginning, did not show the slightest movement. The river in Silla was opened up, and the merchants in Silla spent more than 500,000 Guans and the bridge. Don’t look at it. It's just a iron rope, still earning 200,000 pens.
A group of merchants waited for the road to be repaired smoothly, so as to facilitate the transportation of goods with Datang, and to charge some tolls, but the one million that was taken out was only a short distance, and most of them were on the side of Silla. Instead, there was no new action on Datang's side.
No matter how they counted, Li Dong and others didn’t think that the roads built before them could be worth a million. After paying the money, Silk couldn't help but walked across the bridge to look for Zhang Tie, asking what went wrong.
Zhang Tie had just received a hands-on order to find other persons in charge, ready to cooperate with each other, and just handed over the command and was assigned a task. Before he could go to implement it, Li Dong looked for him with a wilting expression.
"Li Dongjia, are you free today?" Zhang Tie greeted Li Dong with a sincere smile.
"It's okay. Come out for a stroll, and take a look at the newly built road, as well as the various shops and restaurants here. The business looks good, and there is a lot of people coming and going."
Li Dong tried his best to suppress the impulse to tell directly about the way out, and went in circles with Zhang Tie, his eyes swept over the business on the side of the river, and his mood became even worse.
At the beginning, it was clear that the rent and toll revenue from the road built on the Silla side accounted for 80% of the rent and the toll revenue. On the side of Jiliju, the revenue from the Silla side accounted for 20%. There is no shop, and there is a shop near Daxing City. That is the sphere of influence of others, and it is not possible to collect money.
Since the river was opened and the bridge was built, there hasn’t been any merchant’s team that came directly from the Daxingcheng road. The current situation is that merchants from other places directly take the boats in Lizhou or Dengzhou to deliver them. The last part of the money went to a new pier in Sashui.
Then unload the cargo at the wharf and take another land route to the bridge. Only pay 20% of the tariff instead of the toll. During the rest, you can only rest by the river, but in the restaurant and inn of the Datang side. 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, and that the money that should be made was not earned at all. The transportation expenses were earned by the sea operation of the Zhang and Wang family, and the consumption income allowed the shops here.
So he had the urge to scold his mother again, thinking that he was cheated by Zhang Xiaobao.
"This liar, a big liar, lied to Tubo and Japan, and lied to me Silla again." Li Dong slandered in his heart.
"Ah, someone missed me. It's probably from Silla's side. They just started to react too quickly." Zhang Xiaobao, who ran up the mountain to tell the story with his younger brother and sister, sneezed and said.
Wang Juan pursed his mouth and smiled, "Well, it is probably to praise you, and praise you as an international fraudster finally has a place to use it."
"Sister, are international scammers very powerful?" Beckham raised his head and blinked his big eyes and asked.
"That's pretty awesome." Wang Juan was sure.
Li Dong didn't know that Zhang Xiaobao had this professional quality. If he can cheat, he will cheat directly.
What he is thinking about now is how to get the money back, how much he can ask for, and he doesn't expect the road to continue to be built.
So he said without words: "Manager Zhang, I think your fleet is frequent, and you have shipped a lot of grain and cloth. This year's harvest seems to be good."
"This... It's okay. I'm not very clear when I say it. I only care about construction and don't know anything about farming. Since Li Dong's has a free time, I might as well go to the water and the cloud for a drink, just to help me spend the hospitality expenses. It’s coming winter to celebrate the New Year. If you don’t spend it this year, you won’t be able to save it next year."
Zhang Tie enthusiastically pulled Li Dongchao to the Shuiyunjian restaurant not far away, and said to Li Dong on the way: "Last time I gave you a lot of vouchers, and they won’t be used after the Chinese New Year. ."
Li Dong thought about saying that things were really not quite right outside. He followed Zhang Tie. After hearing what Zhang Tie said, his face was as promised, but he cursed again in his heart. If you want people to spend money, the vouchers cannot be used directly as money. For every one thousand you spend, you have to spend nine thousand.
The price of wine and food was five times that of Changfeng Pavilion, and the fool went to Shuiyunjian and Bihai Yinsha to eat.
A few steps away, the two quickly entered between the water and clouds. The restaurant built of wood and cement is relatively solid from three floors. They chose a room with a view of the river, and ordered the buddies to warm up the wine, and at will. I chose two signature dishes, and the man served the cold plate first so that I can drink it at home.
Zhang Tie spread out a piece of dried tofu, brushed some sauce on it, sprinkled a little green onion, rolled it up, took a big bite, chewed hard, swallowed it later, exhaled, and said, "Li Dongjia taste this. It looks simple, but you can eat it in your mouth and lift your breath."
Li Dong was obviously unwilling to smell the green onion, and he responded with a smile, but he picked up a piece of garlic eggplant, tasted the taste, and had to be convinced. The wine and vegetables between water and clouds are worth the price. The same ingredients can make something more than Changfeng Pavilion is delicious.
"Manager Zhang, when it's cold, it's snowing, and the ground freezes, isn't it right that the road can't be repaired?" Li Dong asked Zhang Tie, looking at the river.
Zhang Tie’s expression was serious and explained to Li Dong: “If Li Dongjia is willing to pay more, it can be repaired in winter. It is not afraid of snow, and the salt will melt. The ground is frozen and roasted with fire, but it’s not worth it. That's it, it's better to wait for next year's spring to fix it."
"Governance Zhang is right. It's not worth it. Mr. Zhang, I've seen that in recent days, there have been slightly fewer merchants coming from land. Is it because the roads are not easy and the repairs are difficult?"
Li Dong naturally refused to continue to invest money. He said against his will that there were fewer merchants. In fact, there were no merchants coming from there, and they were all transported by boat.
Zhang Tie showed an embarrassed look. "It is true that the roads are not difficult to conceal, mainly because there are some minor problems in the raw materials. The price of explosives that need to be used to explode rocks has risen by a full three times. On the other hand, it belongs to the people. Life is getting better, and no one wants to do the same wages as before.
If these two problems are not resolved, 11 million sticks of money will not be repaired as long as originally planned. It is estimated that even one third of the repair will not be completed. It is better to wait. When the contract was signed, Li The owner was not very anxious, so he didn't specify a time for completion in the contract.
Next year, waiting for next year, I heard that explosives will be produced in large quantities, and all difficulties will be solved by then. The road, after all, can be fixed. There are difficulties, but I believe that they can be overcome. "
Seeing Zhang Tie's frank manner, Li Dong wanted to buckle all the sauce on his face and hurt him. He was obviously looking for excuses, and he said so high-sounding, is this person shameless
Li Dong understands that the most critical sentence in these few sentences is that the time for completion is not indicated in the contract. It can be justified if it has been delayed for ten or eight years.
"Steward Zhang, someone else told me yesterday that the road behind our store should be repaired. It’s just that the cost has been too high recently to spare any living money. I see the road from Jiliju to Silla. , Our one million guan, has not been spent yet, I wonder if you can use it first for me to use it?"
"This won't work. If you put the money in my hands and you borrow from Dong Li, I might lend it to you, but I'm only in charge of the construction chores, and more of the business, and the specific accounts are not in my control. I promised you, but I can't bring up any money.
Haven't a lot of supplies been shipped to you recently? Tariffs alone cost a lot, so it's better to use that money to do it. "
Zhang Tie turned the topic of tariffs with a helpless expression.
Li Dong pointed to the place where the money was collected with his chopsticks, "Where is the cash? The tariffs mentioned at the beginning, if you can't pay, you can use goods to offset it, not all of it, piles of silk, mountain-like grain, pressed on his hands. If we can’t sell it, not only are we in a hurry to do business, but the clan members are also in a hurry.”
"Oh, then wait a minute. To be honest, I, Datang, confiscated tariffs several times, and you have all taken advantage of the benefits. The young man is really worried. If this continues, wouldn't he keep losing money?"
Zhang Tie began to complain, but he wanted to send Sillato to ship.
Li Dong also admitted that he took advantage in this respect, but he always felt that something was wrong. Seeing Zhang Tie was hungry and ordered rice, the magnificent bowl, it would cost ten cents to hold only one bowl. Expensive.
expensive? Yes, it is a matter of price.
"Manager Zhang, ask me something. It’s said that Datang normally said that it costs nine cents for a bucket of rice. Why does it cost five cents for a bucket of rice to be shipped to my Silla? This is still the price after paying 20% of the tariff. Why? So?"