Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 269 Li Er Arrives at Guangzhou Prefecture
Li Yuanji laughed when he heard Wu Shiyi's words. He really didn't expect that Wu Shiyi actually had his eyes on those captives.

However, no one cared about this, and no one asked him for it, but Wu Shiyi reached out for it.

But Li Yuanji shook his head.

“I can’t give you those prisoners. They are still of great use. If you want to do this, you need to make up your mind.

I am providing you with a direction based on what you said. If you can do it, it will indeed greatly boost the economy of Nanzhou Prefecture.

But how to do it is something you need to consider.”

He had already arranged destinations for the Japanese captives in Dongzhou Prefecture, including those from the Tang army. Especially for those Japanese captives, the mines in Dongzhou Prefecture, a mountain of silver, were waiting for these people to dig.

The risks of mining are much more dangerous than those of clearing land, building cities, and constructing post roads, especially underground mines. These captives are the perfect solution to these problems.

There was no need to tell Wu Shiyi about these things. It was enough for Wu Shiyi to know that he had already made arrangements for these people.

Wu Shiyi was indeed stunned for a moment, but then he didn't ask for anything else.

At this time Li Yuanji immediately asked Wu Shiyi.

"There is one thing. Red sandalwood and huanghuali wood have begun to flow into the market from the Harsha Dynasty. Have you found any?"

Li Yuanji looked at Wu Shiyi and saw that Wu Shiyi was suddenly stunned. Li Yuanji immediately knew that Wu Shiyi might really not know about this.

Then Wu Shiyi's words confirmed his guess.

"Your Majesty, I don't know about this matter. Are there other red sandalwood and huanghuali wood entering the market?"

Facing Wu Shiyi's question, Li Yuanji took a deep look at him.

“I learned about this when I was in Xuwen. Someone from the Harsha Dynasty has brought some red sandalwood and huanghuali wood into the market here.

You are the governor of Nanzhou Prefecture, and Nanzhou Prefecture is the only production base of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood. These two kinds of wood have flowed in from outside, but you know nothing about it. Instead, you asked me about it. This is really good of you.

Have the sales of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood decreased? Do you have any policy to identify the red sandalwood and huanghuali wood that are flowing in from outside? "

Wu Shiyi's face was heavy and he thought for a moment.

"Your Majesty, the sales of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood have not decreased. I have taken the initiative to control the quota and set a limit on the monthly sales of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood.

In recent times, the felling of red sandalwood and huanghuali has been too large, and I am worried that it will not last too long, especially red sandalwood, which is more scarce than huanghuali.

I have also sent a number of people to check whether there is any new huanghuali wood, and I will set the sales amount based on the reserves.

Regarding the red sandalwood and huanghuali wood that flowed into the country during the Harsha Dynasty, which Your Majesty mentioned, I really don't know. I have no information on this matter.

If it flows into the king's fiefdom, its source can be traced through some inimitable marks, but if it enters the Tang Dynasty or other countries, it cannot be traced at all.

I am incompetent, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. He did not come here specifically to punish Wu Shiyi.

“Since we don’t know, we must strengthen our monitoring capabilities in this area in the future. There are only a few now. If there are too many, the sales of red sandalwood and huanghuali wood here will be extremely difficult.

The prices of these woods outside are relatively low. If other people sell them, the profit of one piece will be more than twenty taels of silver. You can imagine whether the sales here will be affected.

I have already ordered the attack, but you also need to pay attention.

Even if you don't know what to do, at least you should know the information.

If I hadn't encountered him in Xuwen this time, wouldn't it have caused great losses?"

Li Yuanji did not expect Wu Shiyi to do anything about this matter. The only thing he needed Wu Shiyi to do was to pay attention to this matter and build an intelligence system to be able to detect at any time any red sandalwood and huanghuali wood that might appear from other places in the future.

As long as it can be discovered in the first place, the impact here is actually not that big. As long as the number is not large, there will be no impact.

The only thing Li Yuanji couldn't accept was that Li Yuanji was just making money in his territory. If someone came to him for cooperation, he wouldn't care, but the prerequisite was that they had to make money together with him, otherwise he would have to deal with it.

For example, this time, although he wanted to destroy the Harsha Dynasty, he would be very willing to cooperate in business if someone came to him for cooperation and gave him a profit of thirty taels of silver for a piece of wood.

In this way, even if the Harsha Dynasty made money, he would not mind at all, because he could also make money from it. If he could make thirty taels of silver from a piece of wood, why wouldn't he do it?

As for this matter, as long as the people of the Harsha Dynasty do not seek cooperation with him, he can forget about selling it to others.

He hates people who eat alone the most. The reason why he does so much trade here is because he gives away a lot of profits and gives those people considerable profit income, so those merchants gather here.

After hearing this, Wu Shiyi had no choice but to agree to all of them. He was simply unable to think so much about these things. As a person of traditional governance, his current knowledge in business was all gained through Wu Shiyi's continuous study.

"Your Majesty is right. I understand. I will start making arrangements after I go down."

Li Yuanji didn't talk about this matter anymore. When he arrived at a logging site outside Shecheng, Li Yuanji looked around.

Looking around, he found that the surroundings were almost all dense forests. At this time, Li Yuanji finally understood why the reclamation of wasteland would be slow as Wu Shiyi said.

What’s more important is that even the reclaimed arable land is not connected to each other and is separated from each other.

After walking around the area, Li Yuanji found that due to the obstruction of dense forests, some arable land is often only a few acres, and then it is cut off. After the trees are cut down, some land is not suitable for arable land, and the tree roots must be treated. If the tree roots are not treated, it is impossible to turn the land over for planting.

It's okay where the soil is softer, but there is really no possibility of becoming arable land in places with harder soil and some hillsides.

The reclaimed arable land is almost all in mountain streams, where the terrain is relatively flat and the soil is relatively loose.

After watching for two days and finding almost no problems, Li Yuanji set out again without delaying in the city.

However, Li Yuanji did not leave. He went along the waterway to Qiongzhou and took a walk around. Seeing the busyness everywhere, Li Yuanji was very pleased.

After staying for another day, he returned to Yancheng.

"Yang Jianhe, are Liu Rengui's supplies and fresh water sufficient?
Next, we will go to Luzhou Prefecture and cross this sea area, which will take a long time. If we run out of supplies and fresh water at sea, we will die."

Yang Jianhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, my king. The prepared supplies and fresh water are very sufficient. Liu Rengui has taken this into consideration and has not stopped preparing for the past few days.

A message was sent yesterday saying that everything is ready, but Your Majesty, is there anything else that needs to be prepared?"

Li Yuanji immediately began to frown and ponder. This voyage might take about a month. He would have to stay on the ship all the time. If he didn't prepare something fun, Li Yuanji felt that he would be bored to death.

After thinking for a while, Li Yuanji, who was having a headache, immediately looked at Wu Mei and Wu Shun.

"Mei'er, Shun'er, think about it quickly. Do you want to prepare some toys? This voyage is expected to take about a month, and we will mostly stay in the cabin. Do you have anything to prepare?"

Wu Mei and Wu Shun were both stunned at this time. They were a little slow to react when they heard that they would have to stay on the ship for about a month.

That cabin is no different from a room? It was like they had to stay in the room for a month without being able to go out. The two of them shuddered.

Even Wu Shun was stunned at this moment. She couldn't imagine how she would get through this month.

Seeing the dazed looks of the two girls, Li Yuanji laughed immediately. At this time, he was even thinking whether the two girls would ask him to go back, otherwise, it would be really boring to go back and forth.

Wu Mei and Wu Shun were stunned for a while. After they came to their senses, they immediately started thinking about what fun things to prepare for the boat. Anyway, it would be impossible for them to go back. Not to mention staying for a month, even if they stayed for a year or two, they had never thought about going back.

After a long time, Wu Mei and Wu Shun looked at each other and immediately looked at Li Yuanji.

"My lord, let's go shopping."

Looking at the expectant eyes of the two, Li Yuanji gave up the idea of ​​teasing them.

"Now that you've made up your mind, let's go."

A huge group of people immediately started a sweep in Yancheng. Whenever they saw something suitable, Wu Mei, the local rich woman, would just buy it with a wave of her hand.

When Li Yuanji saw the eight people behind him holding various small items in their hands, his mouth twitched. Looking at Wu Mei who was still full of interest and spending money everywhere, he suddenly got a headache.

Li Yuanji had no choice but to continue following. Another two hours passed, and there were seven more guards behind them with their hands full of things. Wu Mei and Wu Shun finally seemed to be tired and stopped shopping.

"My lord, it has been bought. Let's go back."

Touching the two people's hair, Li Yuanji immediately smiled.

"Think about it again and see if there is anything else you want to buy. Otherwise, after you go out, you will have to go to Luzhou Prefecture to buy it."

Wu Mei frowned and thought for a while, then immediately pulled Li Yuanji to continue shopping, which made Li Yuanji's mouth twitch.

He really didn't expect that these two people could still walk. He himself was almost too tired to bear it.

In the end, Wu Mei, the little money sponsor, spent more than 700 taels of silver. She had nearly 30 people behind her holding all kinds of things as they walked on the road, attracting many people's attention.

Fortunately, Yang Jianhe was reliable and pulled several carriages over in time, which allowed everyone to be untied and no longer attract attention.

"Boss, with these, this month shouldn't be boring. I also bought some Pai Gow. Let's play Pai Gow on the boat."

Li Yuanji looked at the piles of food, toys, clothes and accessories and didn't know what to say for a moment. He was clearly staying on the boat, so what use were those clothes and accessories?

Looking at the two people with smiles on their faces, Li Yuanji could only smile helplessly.

"Okay, let's go now."

Arriving at the dock, everyone started to board the boat, and this voyage began.

When Li Yuanji boarded the boat to Luzhou Prefecture, Li Er was also about to arrive at Guangzhou Prefecture by boat.

"Remember, you must call me Dongjia. My name is Li Feng when we are outside. You should also think of a name for yourself. Don't reveal it.

Tell the people below to be more relaxed, don't be so nervous, and always remember that we came to Lingnan to do business."

Inside the big ship, Li Er looked at the dock they were about to arrive at and kept giving instructions to Li Junxian.

This time he did not bring anyone with him but Li Junxian and several hundred cavalrymen to act as his guards.

(End of this chapter)