Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 358 Subjective initiative

The weather had gradually cooled down, and it was not bright outside when he woke up. After going out for a walk, Li Shan sat at the table, thinking to himself that Dai County looks dilapidated, but in fact it has a lot of resources.

The transportation is convenient. Apart from occupying the main communication channel between Li, Tang and Turks, there are also rich coal and iron resources. Since ancient times, iron has been controlled by the government, and it is almost the same even in later generations, but coal in this era is not.

Having never experienced crazy excavation, a large amount of open-pit coal opened Li Shan's horizons...a lot of things came to mind.

Perhaps, I can do more?
Sometimes Li Shan wonders to himself, how much change has he brought to this era as a time traveler?
Prince Li Jiancheng failed to take the credit for pacifying Shandong, and now he is not as aggressive as in history in the battle with Qin Wangfu, although Luo Yi is more domineering than in history.

Princess Pingyang did not die of illness and was in charge of the Beiya Forbidden Army... If Li Shimin makes another Xuanwumen change, the chances of success are not easy to say.

After all, the key to the change of Xuanwumen was not Xuanwumen, but Li Shimin's forces that infiltrated the palace city and successfully controlled the saint Li Yuan and those prime ministers... and this aspect was within the purview of the Beiya imperial army.

But these are not what Li Shanzhu wants to do. In other words, they are all passive... Of course, it is also forced to dim the stars of Li Bai, Du Fu, He Zhizhang, and Xiao Li Xiaodu in history.

In fact, Li Shan didn’t do much on his own initiative. He mainly focused on two aspects. One was professionalism, so medical soldiers came out ahead of schedule, and the other was life. Red bricks, hot pot, and cooking were all brought to this era by him.

Mrs. Zhou brought steaming hot noodle soup and two more dishes. Li Shan looked at it and couldn't help laughing. This is also the change he brought.

In ancient times, there were very few vegetables in autumn and winter. After all, there were no greenhouses, and there were no potatoes and sweet potatoes that were easy to store. At most, it was Chinese cabbage...now it is called "Songcai".

Li Shan is not picky about meat, even in the eyes of outsiders, he prefers pork to be a bit unpopular, but he is used to vegetables... The year before and last year, he couldn't bear it. This year he fiddled with leeks here, and asked Zhou to make bean sprouts .

Chives and bean sprouts are new things that do not exist in this era. Today, Mrs. Zhou fried a plate of eggs with leek yolks and a plate of stir-fried bean sprouts for food.

Ma Zhou, who was yawning all over the place, sat across from him, picked up his chopsticks and ate it, muttering, "Uprooted and transplanted without seeing the light of day, they actually survived!"

Well, both of these are vegetables that don't need to see the light of day.

Li Shan ignored it and ate noodles on his own. In fact, people in this era eat more noodles, but they are mainly concentrated in the middle and upper classes, and the lower class people seldom eat them. Because of wheat poison.

Some time ago, Li Shan went to the field to harvest in person, and was dissuaded by rural elders from eating pasta at night... In fact, wheat poisoning is a skin disease caused by contact with wheat ears when harvesting wheat.

"I heard that Zhu Ba is back?"

Li Shan ate a bowl of noodles, wiped his mouth clean, and then replied slowly: "I came back last night."

"saint……"

"I don't know yet, I left Du Xiao in Chang'an."

Regarding Li Shan's overall plan for Dai County, Ma Zhou some agreed, some shook his head, but one thing is for sure, this matter cannot and cannot be hidden, and must get the nod from above...at least in private Yes.

On this, there are two people, one is Li Yuan in the open, and the other is Li Shimin in the dark... About this aspect, Li Shan did not hide from Ma Zhou, after all, his political views are far more important to Ma Zhou, Ling Jing, and Su Dingfang. It's not a secret.

This time Zhu Ba was ordered to return to Beijing to deliver a letter, one was sent by Du Xiao to Princess Pingyang's Mansion for Li Yuan, and the other was sent by Ling Jing for Li Shimin.

Li Shan sat there silently, waiting for Ma Zhou to finish eating, "Let's go."

Ma Zhou was very tired during this time, running around with the energetic Li Shandong, he couldn't help complaining: "If I don't allow it, it will be a waste of time!"

"Definitely!" Li Shan replied calmly and confidently. The more he knew about Dai County, the more he felt that Li Yuan would nod, although it must be in private.

Ma Zhou followed suit, "It was said a long time ago that you are good at medicine and poetry, but you are good at charming!"

Seeing Li Shan glance over, Ma Zhou shrugged, "The original dialect of Yiyang County."

Li Shan's face darkened, and he set off to leave Mayi that day. Liu Shirang did indeed say so.

I don't know what the old man was thinking... Li Shan thought about it carefully on the way back to Dai County. Liu Shirang's expression was a little weird at that time, jealous, envious...well, just envious and jealous.

In fact, looking at it from another perspective, the direct result of Li Shan's fame for Liu Shirang this time is that Mayi won a great victory, Liu Shirang made the first contribution, and Li Shan also used this to become famous in Chang'an again.

Credit can be established by anyone.

But such a character is worthy of being a gentleman by using lotus as a metaphor.

The two went out, and Zhu Shitou and Fan Shiyi, who were on duty, followed up with their personal guards. The group rode out of the city, detoured to the east, and stopped at a small hill.

"Lang Jun, this is it." Qi Lao San who had been waiting here for a long time shouted from a distance.

Li Shan got off his horse and climbed the mountain, and turned around under the guidance of Qi Laosan, "Are you sure?"

"There is absolutely no difficulty." Qi Laosan said confidently: "It just consumes manpower, and there are not so many manpower at a time."

"Don't worry, take your time." Li Shan smiled and said, "If it can be done, I will credit you for it."

Ma Zhou, who was behind him, understood at this moment, and tugged on Li Shan's sleeve, "Huiren, although this dynasty cannot help mining iron ore, in fact..."

"Nominally under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu." Li Shan asked in surprise, "Don't you know that the sage at the beginning of the year abolished the Shaofu."

Tang Wujian was the son of the state, the Shaofu, the general, the capital, and the military weapon. Li Yuan followed the Sui system and set up the Shaofu. However, in March this year, the Shaofu was abolished.

Therefore, in name, the purchase of iron ore is under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, but in fact the Shaofu is gone... You only need to pay taxes, and then you can mine.

In fact, Li Shan specifically asked about this before taking office, and the answer he received left him dumbfounded... not only iron ore, but copper mine is also possible!
You must know that the Tang Dynasty is no different from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Silver basically did not circulate, and the currency is mainly copper coins... Copper mines can be mined casually. Li Shan recalled regretfully that in his previous life, the teacher suggested applying to the University of Mining and Technology based on his scores in the college entrance examination. of.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, various policies, institutions, and responsibilities were quite chaotic. Of course, this is a good thing for Li Shan... Well, if Liu Shirang is really appointed as the acting governor, Li Shan's life will not be easy.

But now, Li Shan has a lot of autonomy, especially in a place like Daizhou where there are no powerful families.

Li Shan exhorted a few more words before leaving. Last year, he brought Mr. Qi under his family because he was absent from work in his early years and later worked as a blacksmith. He was an expert, but Li Shan had never been in this industry in his previous life. of.

After approaching the horse again for nearly an hour, Li Shan stopped outside a valley, and seven or eight carriages were heading out along the path.

"It never stopped?"

"Yes." Fan Shiyi whispered from the side: "About three times a day, after screening, they are sent to the back of Zhuangzi for storage. The daily usage is not large."

In the open-pit coal mine, the cinder and coal lumps mined must be screened before they can be used. In this regard, Zhou Zhoulang and Fan Laosan, who preside over Zhuangzi, specially arranged manpower.

Li Shan nodded, thinking in his mind, anyway, he didn't intend to make weapons to rebel, a coal mine not far away, plus an iron mine, was enough.

It has been more than two years since Li Shan came to this era. From a worthless pawn, Li Shan has come to the present step by step. He has the support of the court, the favor of the saints, the kindness to Princess Pingyang, and the secret communication with the King of Qin... Now there is Daixian. A piece of land, he finally started to take the initiative to do something.

Revitalizing the city with business is just a means.

The most critical thing is how to defend the city under the Turkic horseshoe scimitar.

　In Pudong, Shanghai, it’s an exaggeration to run out of ammunition and food, but there is nothing but rice, noodles and oil. I just fried a bowl of egg fried rice and used up the last precious egg. The group purchase goods will not be delivered until the fourth day. what! ! !

　　
　
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