Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 205 I will solve the problem of money and food

"Can the iron boat float on the water?" Li Chunfeng was a little surprised when he heard Li Tai's words.

"I don't know!" Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng and said with a smile, "If it doesn't work, you can just use mathematics to prove it doesn't work!"

Looking at Li Tai's casual gesture, Li Chunfeng thought it was a math game, and said, "Then let's try!"

While Li Tai and Li Chunfeng were watching the students from the Agricultural Institute reclaim the land in Tianjin, Li Tai wrote another handwritten letter to Xue Dading, asking him to come to Tianjin City to discuss the development of Cangzhou.

Because the imperial court has given him administrative power, he can intervene in Cangzhou, and he can directly dispatch corvees through some means.

Xue Dading first read Li Tai's reply, and then hurriedly opened Li Tai's letter to reassure him, and sent it from the imperial court to take away the imperial edict of the Ministry of Education, which made Xue Dading heave a sigh of relief.

Xue Dading didn't hesitate at all, he took Wang Youfang's secretary and headed for Tianjin City on a boat that day.

Xue Dading got off the boat and sighed, "But I didn't expect to arrive in Tianjin this day. After Du Xiang forced us to build dredging canals and build ports, I didn't expect it to be so fast."

"Xue Inspector, this is nothing, it can be faster!" Wang Youfang said to Xue Dading, "This way please!"

Hearing Wang Youfang's words, Xue Dading followed Wang Youfang to a carriage shop. The carriage has slender rails and spreads towards Tianjin City. Xue Dading thought for a while and asked in surprise, "Could it be Chidao?"

"Exactly!" After Wang Youfang answered, he said to the steward, "This is the official seal and record of my Cangzhou recorder and two shi food stamps!"

After inspecting the official seal and pass in Wang Youfang's hands, the staff in charge took the food stamps and quickly prepared the carriages and horses for Wang Youfang and Xue Dading to drive on the road.

Wang Youfang sent Xue Dading to the carriage and said, "Inspector, sit still.

The speed of the horses and chariots on this galloping road is extremely fast, and they can go to the Palace of King Yan today to cast a famous assassin! "

Not long after, the horses and chariots sped up and watched the scenery around them pass by quickly. Although Xue Dading was sitting upright, he had never ridden on such a fast speed before, so he couldn't help saying with a bit of anxiety:
"This Chidao is..."

"This is the road built by King Yan. I took this road to the port last time." Wang Youfang said with emotion.

Hearing this, Xue Dading touched his chin and said, "Is this chi road built by King Yan for officials to use?"

"No, according to Lu Sima, this is mainly for shipping goods.

The amount of goods to be transported on each track every day must be applied in advance.

Because this road runs through Tianjin Port and Jinkou, it can be directly transported from the port to Jinkou! "Wang Youfang said.

"Why do you want to do this? Isn't it good to drive the ship to the port directly along the estuary?"

Hearing Wang Youfang's words, Xue Dading was a bit puzzled and said, "Anyway, it's fine to just unload the cargo when the time comes, or even sail the ship out to sea?"

"I don't really understand this either!" Wang Youfang said without answering,

"Lu Sima said that it is very dangerous for a boat in the river to sail on the sea, so it is unrealistic to go directly to the sea.

The other thing is not to block them all at the port. Later, I went back and thought about it. It should be that this track is directly connected to the places where the goods are lifted, so as to avoid a large number of people all congested at the port.

Therefore, King Yan dismantled the mouth of Jinkou and the port, and connected them with Chidao.

In this case, to some extent, the whole of Tianjin is a big port! "

"Youfang, you are very good, you have grown up!" Xue Dading patted his beard and praised after hearing Wang Youfang's words.

Xue Dading asked again, "Then what's the matter with riding a carriage here?"

Before Wang Youfang had time to be happy, he replied:
"It was arranged by King Yan for officials who are in a hurry, and only officials are allowed to ride.

And every time you ride, each person needs to pay the price of one stone of grain as the carriage and horse fare.

Of course, if you give cash, you can also, but generally you will be charged one layer more than the market price. "

"For officials?" Xue Dading was a bit surprised when he heard this.

Wang Youfang said, "According to Lu Sima, because King Yan believes that most of the officials who come from other places have important responsibilities.

Hurry up and let the other party arrive in Tianjin to save some time to deal with things. Compared with it, a mere stone is nothing! "

"In that case, why didn't you charge money?" Xue Dading asked again.

"I...don't know about this?" Wang Youfang answered honestly to Xue Dading, "Let the governor ask himself!"

"You!" Hearing Wang Youfang's words, Xue Dading wanted to joke a few words, but during the words, he had already seen the city of Tianjin from the suburbs of Tianjin, but he lamented the speed of the road!
Of course, as for the food stamps, Xue Dading more or less kept it in mind, and returned them to Wang Youfang when he paid his own salary.

Because Wang Youfang was born in the Wang family of Zhongshan, he is a descendant of Wang Rui, and he is much richer than himself, who was born as an official slave.

Therefore, Wang Youfang is basically responsible for some of the expenses on weekdays, but when he pays his own salary, he will make up for Wang Youfang himself.

This is also a way of getting along with each other, and they complement each other, and there has been no trouble because of it.

In the blink of an eye, Tianjin City has already been seen, but this road also goes around Tianjin City, and does not directly enter Tianjin City.

But when we got to the gate of the city, we saw that the city of Tianjin had a bit of the atmosphere of Chang'an City, it was still a square city, and at the gate of the city, a carriage could be called to directly pull people to the designated location.

Here, pulling a car is only a few pennies, and the highest price does not exceed five pennies.

In contrast, Xue Dading unconsciously felt a bit of pain in the flesh, it was a whole stone of food stamps, and the Youzhou area started at 55 coins.

To be honest, Li Tai is mainly to blame for this price. Li Tai vigorously purchased grain, and the price of grain in Youzhou area was charged to 55 yuan, and there was even a trend of [-] yuan per shi.

This price is quite high compared to some other grain producing areas.

"Why is the food price in Youzhou still so low..." Li Tai murmured while looking at the official document,
"It can't even break sixty per stone. Isn't it supposed to be so green this season?"

"King Yan, be yourself!" Li Chunfeng looked at Li Tai's way of reading official documents, and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"Since ancient times, even corrupt officials have not necessarily prayed for a rise in food prices. If they are seen by outsiders, they will be furious!"

Of course I want to think about it, but I can’t say that after all, Li Chunfeng said,

"King Yan, almost everyone in Youzhou knows about the fact that you sent Gao Ling to deliver food with great fanfare.

Who will raise the price at this time, who dares to raise the price! "

"Careless!" Li Tai complained silently in his heart.

In fact, I really hope that the price of food will rise a little, so that I can reap a wave of wealth smoothly.

But now that the price of food is so low, the peasants have already suffered enough, and I really can't bear to search for a fortune.

Let's continue to think of ways to prepare all kinds of farm tools for them, half sold and half given away...

At this time, Lu Anshou came in and asked, "King Yan, Xue Dading, the governor of Cangzhou, sent a famous assassin, do you want to see him?"

"Oh, the minister is finally here!?" Li Tai was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said, "Let him in!"

Before Xue Dading entered, Li Tai greeted him, and said to Xue Dading,

"Important minister, you came really fast, come quickly, let's talk by candlelight at night, and make a comprehensive plan for Cangzhou!"

Xue Dading looked at Li Tai in surprise.

To be honest, Xue Dading and Li Tai had some overlap in Zheng Guoqu back then, but that was just an overlap.

If there is any deep relationship between the two parties, Xue Dading himself is completely unaware.

But Xue Dading still admires Li Tai's plan. After all, the entire Zheng Guoqu was planned by Li Tai, and Li Tai raised funds to build the Zheng Guoqu. That's how Xue Dading put his ideas on Li Tai. .

"Sit down!" Li Tai asked Xue Dading to take a seat on his left, opposite to Li Chunfeng.

Xue Dading saluted Li Chunfeng. Although Li Chunfeng was lower than himself in official position, Xue Dading understood that Li Chunfeng was actually similar to Ma Zhou and was Li Tai's confidant.

Although I haven't specifically inquired about it, Li Chunfeng is more or less a mythical figure in Youzhou.

After all, Li Chunfeng is not only good at chatting with the military, but also assists Li Tai in handling government affairs.

At least in his opinion, there is absolutely no problem for Li Chunfeng's talent to be in a state, even a border town.

"Baihe, you record it!" Li Tai raised his head and said to the seemingly unknown Baihe who was always by his side.

"No!" Bai He nodded, habitually took out a pen and paper and began to record.

And Li Tai looked at Xue Dading and said, "Minister, since you are here, you should talk about your plan first!"

"No!" Xue Dading heard Li Tai's words, nodded and handed his plan to Li Tai, and then said:

"Back to the King of Yan, because Cangzhou is where several major rivers meet, and there are also canals to facilitate it, so I want to repair Cangzhou's water conservancy and reclaim good fields. But the land of Cangzhou is not bitter cold.

But compared with the land in Guanzhong, the population is sparse after all. Later, when the Grand Canal was being repaired, it was discovered that the Tianjin corvee was like the Gaoling corvee.

Only then did I think of borrowing some manpower from you, King Yan, to help Cangzhou build these water conservancy facilities. "

After hearing Xue Dading's words, Li Tai finished reading the project in silence, raised his head to look at Xue Dading and said, "That's all?"

Facing Li Tai's reaction, Xue Dading was stunned and asked in doubt, "What does King Yan mean?"

"You're too small, your style is too small!" Li Tai couldn't help sighing when he heard Xue Dading's words.

Li Chunfeng frowned. Although there was no evidence, according to King Yan's character, King Yan was definitely acting at this time.

Xue Dading didn't realize it for a while, as the governor of Cangzhou, it's so small to seek the welfare of Cangzhou!

And Li Tai continued, "You only saw the local area of ​​Cangzhou.

Although small repairs like this can improve the lives of the people in Cangzhou, it is very likely that you will become anti-poverty after you leave Cangzhou.

You have to look at Cangzhou with the eyes of the whole Youzhou, or even the whole Datang, and make Cangzhou an indispensable part of the puzzle of the Tang Dynasty.

Only in this way can Cangzhou be truly developed. "

To be honest, many things must be considered from the big picture, and the most important point is to avoid the situation where people take political interest.

After all, if the country's requirements are used to determine how a certain place develops, no matter how the local officials are replaced, no matter how good the people are, but in the general direction, they must still be consistent with the policies of the entire country.

After all, that kind of place did not follow the instructions of the central government and developed indiscriminately. It has never appeared since the unification of the Great Qin Dynasty.

When Xue Dading heard Li Tai's words, he wanted to focus on the country, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes, even Li Tai wanted to see if Xue Dading had any insights, Xue Dading said helplessly: "Please ask King Yan to clarify! "

Well... I was looking forward to it in vain!
To be honest, this kind of official is a normal official.

At least in ancient times, many people may not even have been out of the local village. As for these officials, not to mention the concept of the entire Tang Dynasty, in fact, it is very good to have the concept of states and counties in the local area.

The very important reason why Ma Zhou became a national scholar is that Ma Zhou, a guy from the bottom, has almost no flaws in the overall situation. More officials from the bottom are Xue Dading.

From official slave to governor, this struggle experience is already very inspirational.

But because of the lack of corresponding vision, basically relying on one's own ability can only reach the level of the governor, and there is an invisible barrier to go to the next level.

And Li Tai looked at Xue Dading and said, "Pick up the small ones first, I hope you can become the granary in Hebei!"

"The granary in Hebei?" Xue Dading came over in a daze when he heard Li Tai's words, and looked at Li Tai suspiciously, and said, "Could it be that the plan I made was not detailed enough, and the new water conservancy and farmland reclamation will naturally increase the grain production. !"

"The plan you made is very careful, but it's too detailed!" Li Tai took a deep breath, picked up the plan, thought about it, and said, "I position Cangzhou as the granary of Hebei, but not just the granary .

The second step is to make it a cotton coat in the north so that it can develop further.

The third step is to make it the salt jar of Datang, making it indispensable to Datang.

Each step is the foreshadowing of the previous step. When making a plan, it is necessary to reserve enough development space for the next step.

Only in this way can Cangzhou be developed step by step! "

"As far as the first step is concerned, you have built too few canals and opened up too little farmland, so it doesn't make much sense to make small repairs.

I need you to go to Cangzhou for a comprehensive inspection, and then follow this plan to build new water conservancy projects.

Do it right once and avoid future river diversions and repairs! " Li Tai said seriously.

Seeing that Li Tai had smashed such a plan as soon as he came up, Xue Dading was a little unresponsive, and said in a daze,

"How much manpower and food do you need?"

"You go and make a detailed atlas of the topography and landforms of the entire Cangzhou, and I will solve the problem of money and food!"

(End of this chapter)