Sitting on the third floor of Changfeng Pavilion, Li Dong was in a very good mood, smelling the taste of the wine in the glass, and he was unexplainably cozy.
You have made money, and you have made a lot of money. What you make is still the paper money of the Tang Dynasty. With the paper money of the Tang Dynasty, you will be able to buy many good things in the Tang Dynasty that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty did not sell.
"Xiang Ma, the people in the county have a good life this year, right?"
Li Dong took a sip of the wine, looked at the sparsely floating snow outside through the open window, and said something.
The magistrate Mu, whom he called, was sitting opposite him for about forty people a year. Hearing his voice, he let the cold wind blowing in from the window blow across his cheeks, revealing two yellow teeth, and nodding repeatedly.
"Yes, it's more than good. I have already mentioned the promotion of me, but I pushed it away. No matter where it is, it is not as good as the place close to the junction. This year, when a heavy snowfall has fallen, none of the people in the county collapsed.
To say that Datang is really powerful. The tools sold to me in Silla, as long as they are made of iron, the steel mouth is extraordinary, especially the long saw used to saw trees. Broken, with wood, every family renovates the house, it's alright. "
As the magistrate Mu was talking, he seemed to think of something good, and his smiling eyes were almost squinted. He also shook his head slightly while holding a glass of wine.
Li Dong followed with a smile, and his hands without a cup took a fresh cucumber from the table and placed it in front of his own eyes, looking left and right.
"This is the technology, such as cucumbers. Datang has long been able to plant it in winter. I only started to study in Silla today. It is no better than before. Datang was blocked by the lockdown at that time, but now almost all of the areas slightly north of Datang are planted. If you want to keep it secret, you won’t be able to.
The only embarrassing thing is that it’s easy to learn how to plant cucumbers in winter, but the steelmaking method cannot be stolen. I heard someone asked you last month to discuss building a smelting workshop in this county. You can get it. Send someone to take a look, if you can learn, it will be a great achievement. "
Speaking of technical matters, Li Dong once again felt the benefits of Datang banknotes.
Since Datang banknotes came out, and when you think about buying good things from Datang, you must use Datang money. The copper coins previously cast are useless. Medicinal materials for curing diseases, clothes of good materials, exquisite glass products, and delicate ceramics. If you want to buy it, you have to use Datang's money.
Obviously there is an exchange ratio between Datang’s money and Shilla’s money, but if you want to directly use Silla’s copper coins to exchange for Datang’s money, Datang will not exchange it, you can only get it by selling the goods. Datang's money.
The problem is that in addition to charcoal, Silla can only sell a few metals. Datang has also worked hard to keep prices down. With the collection of 20% tariffs, it is not easy to make some of Datang's money.
I am also familiar with the people of Datang at the junction, so I know what kind of things Datang likes, so that it is the first to discover business opportunities and make a fortune in advance, but it is not so easy for other businessmen.
Perhaps the magistrate Mu had thought of it. He glanced at the watermelon on the table, licked his lips and said: "Li Dongjia, cucumbers are good, but watermelons are also bought from Datang. People from Changfeng Pavilion said, Just buying watermelons from Datang this winter cost a lot of money.
You have to find a way to get the glass. The best is the glass manufacturing technology. Li Dongjia, you said that we should find more businessmen and join together to collect money. How about the officials responsible for glass manufacturing at Datang? I don't believe in things that can't be bought without money. "
Li Dong fell into contemplation for a while. Before he could speak, the county magistrate Mu continued: "If you want to say that Datang is really good to my Silla, you can sell the food cheaply, which is cheaper than his own Datang. This is Datang. The etiquette and cloth, but why don’t they buy the charcoal with Tang’s money?"
Li Dong nodded slightly, as the county magistrate said, Datang merchants came to cooperate in the use of land, felling trees to burn charcoal, but did not give Datang money, only a large amount of charcoal to the workers.
Ordinary people, even merchants who do little business, not to mention using Datang's banknotes, have never seen them before.
"Li Dongjia, you said that you can buy the technology for making glass if you make up one million sticks? Once you get it, then..." A scene of himself lying on a glass mountain appeared in the head of the county magistrate, and said to Li Dong write.
Before he finished speaking, Li Dong laughed, "Hehe, Ma Ma, wake up, stop dreaming, glass, do you know where the glass comes from? Luzhou, Luzhou, far, far away from Datang Capital.
They would rather send them to various places in Datang from a distance to bear the losses caused by the instability of ships and vehicles on the road, rather than set up more places for glass making in Datang. Isn't it for keeping secret
You look for it with a million tongs. It is estimated that as soon as you take it out, it will be grabbed and replaced by someone else’s business. Perhaps you can also use Datang officials to exert pressure, such as the Ministry of Industry’s inquiries in the past to obtain secrets. Who would dare to go to the business of Wang Zhang's family? If they are not spies, they will be tried according to spies, not to mention that the current Ministry of Engineering is the Zhang family's family who advocates loyalty. "
"Then what should I do?" Mu County magistrate asked in frustration when he was told that the hot water cooled down.
"Forbearance and pretence, look at Japan, they know how to be forbearance and pretence. They are farther away from Datang than Xinluo, but they can pretend to be grandsons, deliberately to please Datang, they don’t want Datang to be negligent and think They have no threats, 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.
The county magistrate Mu exhaled the heat through his nose, gritted his teeth, and said: "I understand. When the spring next year, several factories of Datang will be built in this county. I will choose clever people to work in the past. Watch and listen more. Think more and ask less, so that Datang people think we are stupid, so we can relax our vigilance."
"Well, that's fine, eat. In the future, I have to go to Shuiyunjian or Bihai Yinsha not far from here to eat. There are many merchants in Datang, and you may be able to hear useful news."
Li Dong stopped mentioning the matter after he said, bowed his head to eat and drink.
As the two said, the houses of the people of Silla have been well repaired, and countless firewood has been cut down, so there is no need to worry about freezing them when it is cold.
But when the people who planted the land were living in good houses, they were not in a good mood. This year's food was sold, and the money they got was not half of last year's. If it weren't for Datang's people to come and hire workers, it is estimated that the year would not have passed.
When the work is finished, will all the people who grow the fields starve to death except for those whose land has been requisitioned
Supported by this kind of thinking, the people who planted the land felt that the winter of this year was even colder, and it was cold from the inside out, not knowing what to do next year.
A few days passed quietly. When someone in Silla was happy or worried, Zhang Tie took a person to find Li Dong and hosted 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. Some of the few peppers were taken out. Of course, they were all pepper skins without seeds, and seeds were used for planting.
Li Dong was surprised when he saw the red stuff. He had eaten the mandarin duck pot. It was something from 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 asked Zhang Tie suspiciously, holding up his chopsticks, wanting to have a taste, but without the courage.
Zhang Tie responded to Li Dong with practical actions. He picked up a thin roll of lamb and gently rinsed it in a spicy pot. After only a few breaths, he took it out and soaked it with the sauce from the plate, and put it in his mouth beautifully. Chew it up.
"Ah... cool, try it at Li Dong's house. This is something I newly figured out at Sinong Temple of the Tang Dynasty. It is very delicious, but the quantity is scarce, like ginseng, it is rare, it is really rare."
Zhang Tie looked sincere, as if it was really made by Sinong Temple.
Seeing someone testing the poison, and the smell was really good, Li Dong generously took a roll of mutton and fiddled with it in the pot twice, then stuffed it directly into his mouth without touching the seasoning.
"Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! , Sandwiched three rolls of mutton at a time, put them in and rinsed them, and couldn’t wait to eat them in their mouths, while sizzling and biting the mutton as if they were enemies, it looked enjoyable.
"It's okay?" Zhang Tie asked with concern.
"Yes, it is delicious than ginseng, but does it have seeds?" Li Dong was conquered by chili. The more spicy the more he wanted to eat, he wanted to pick up the spicy soup of the mandarin duck pot and pour it into his mouth.
"No." Zhang Tie replied very simply. Seeing Li Dong's expression of regret, he quickly changed the subject and introduced him to the people he had brought.
"Li Dongjia, this is Song Dongjia from Huainan cloth dealers. He specializes in cloth and silk business. The family has a lot of money. The goods are sold all the way to Huainan. Some people travel thousands of miles to buy. He is famous in the local area. He is even a three-year-old child. A good person who knows."
"Fortunately, it turned out to be Song Dashan." Li Dong had to stop the action of eating hard, showing proper etiquette.
Song Dongjia, who was introduced by Zhang Tie, was a little blessed. He had a round face and always had a smile. It seemed that he laughed like a Maitreya Buddha, kind eyebrows, kind eyebrows, good-looking, and very characteristic, and he was kind at first sight.
Before speaking, the flesh on his face moved first, and then the voice appeared, "Li Dongjia, I have been admiring the name for a long time. When I see you today, I know that it is better to be famous than to meet, and to meet is better."
"It's easy to talk, it's all praised by other people with false rumours, I don't know that Song Dong's house is here..." Li Dong is not naive enough to judge the truth by looking at others.
“Naturally, there is something to do. If it’s not about doing good, it’s going to be thundered, or begging for money. I want to find a few places in Shilla to plant Baidizi, hire the original farmers, and triple the original income. For wages, we still need someone to help match the bridge." Song Dongjia said very honestly.