Chapter 983: Refusing to Accept Bribes

Everyone continued to eat. Li Yi ate slowly, while the other three ate fast.

They finished eating and went to get more food. They had big appetites and looked tired from traveling.

After eating, the three showed satisfied expressions.

Li Yi sent someone to arrange for them to rest. They had been sleeping in the open all the way. Once they settled down, they would get sick if they didn't rest well.

Li Yi checked the information. Luzhou was a small place at the exit of Qinzhou Bay.

In the location of Wuleiling, Qinzhou, Guangxi, it was recorded that there were 494 households and 2,674 people.

This number was not accurate. It was written by later generations, and no one knew which period it was referring to.

Obviously, the number does not include mountain people, who have no household registration.

The local tribute was silver, tortoise, leather, emerald feather, and nail incense.

Silver is white silver. There is silver in Guangxi. Tortoise is a turtle-like thing of the turtle family.

袛PI cannot be found in normal information. There is no such thing, but 袛 means incense.

The Cuiyu in the back refers to Cuiyucao, a medicinal material. Jiaxiang is a snail and also a medicinal material.

Then Li Yi analyzed that the local 裛pi refers to fragrant skin. There are fragrant skin trees and herbs in Guangxi.

Now it is clear that except for silver, they are all medicinal materials.

Which mine did the silver in Luzhou come from? It is not the Fenghuangshan Silver Mine. The Fenghuangshan Silver Mine is in Longan County, which is far away.

It can only be the Sino-Soviet Silver Mine in Bobai County, and then there are scattered distributions in the local area, and they are collected as tribute.

"It is estimated that the local silver vein has not been found yet. If you want to develop, someone must be willing to go and point out the vein."

Li Yi is considering what to use to make local people willing to build roads. Just sea trade is not enough to support it.

Guangxi still has many mines, bauxite, lead-zinc mines, tin mines, tungsten mines, manganese mines, antimony mines, gold mines, copper mines, and coal mines.

As long as the easy-to-dig ones are pointed out, the locals, no, people outside are also willing to help build roads.

Of course, some people may also want to send them to the seaside and transport them by sea, but the mountain people will not agree.

We finally got something valuable, and we expect to use it to build roads. What do you mean by taking the water route?

"The quality of the coal mine is good, but we need to build a well, which is dangerous and slow. We can burn charcoal in a short time.

It's OK to transport the coal mine, but where should we mine it and transport it there? Guangzhou? Is there any in Guangzhou? There are coal mines in Fujian..."

Li Yi hesitated. It seems that all the coal mines in Fujian need to dig wells. It's better to dig in Guangxi.

And the quality of Fujian coal is far inferior to that in Guangxi. Fujian belongs to the East Road of Jiangnan, a coastal area.

The people in the coastal areas of Datang don't seem to live very well. Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Suzhou are not bad because they have canals.

"Or we can transport coal from the coal mines around the iron mine in Ma'anshan and go to the sea along the Yangtze River." Li Yi thought of a place.

The people of Datang patrol team went there, and they don't know what the situation is now.

Li Yi knows where the largest open-pit mine is, Hedong Road, Shuozhou.

The Antaibao open-pit coal mine at that time had a lot of coal, but it was too close to the "outside" and it was not suitable to take it out now.

In fact, some people are digging and picking up some coal to burn.

There are many coal mines in Hedong Road, and there are also many open-pit mines.

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Li Yi is thinking about how to mobilize others' enthusiasm for road construction, while Qin Shida and his family of three are strolling in the farm.

Li's farm is obviously better than their village community, and better than the main village where they live.

The cement ground and cement ditches, the water from the imperial farm is always flowing, and there are small fish in the water.

There is no debris on the road, and there are livestock coming in and out, but no feces is left.

The clothes worn by the farmers are clean and tidy. Those who wear dirty and old clothes are going to the workshop area.

"Dad, the people in Jingzhao Prefecture are richer than us."

Qin Shui touched the new clothes he was wearing, looked at the appearance of the farmers, and judged.

"Of course, the place where the emperor stays is better than our place. If we don't come here ourselves, no one will take care of Luzhou." Qin Hai complained.

He complained about the governor of Luzhou, who didn't care about any work. Once a government order was sent to the village, it was guaranteed that people would go to work.

And when it was time to pay tribute, the people with household registration in Luzhou simply couldn't gather so many things.

In the end, the village helped to make up for it, but I don't know how much it would cost. It seems to be getting more every year.

I heard that the government should pay for it, but the Luzhou government didn't pay.

Fortunately, I didn't pay rent, so it was considered a balance.

The woman saw a carousel, and some children of kindergarten age didn't have classes in the afternoon and played there.

Some children were blowing bubbles. A breeze blew, and a group of bubbles flew to the woman. She reached out to catch them, and they exploded in her hand.

"Dad, there is a river in the village. Let's build one when we go back. How do we build it?" The woman saw the carousel turning around and wanted to play with it.

Qin Hai took a look and said to his father: "Dad, do you want to give things to Li Dongzhu?"

The things he said were the silver that the three people brought. They were reluctant to spend it along the way. They carried rice and looked for stream water to drink, or asked for water from people's houses.

The silver was used for bribery. I don't know who the officials in the court went to to get the silver to open the way.

"Give it to me at dinner time, and see if we can settle the matter."

Qin Shida was still unsure whether Li Yi was just saying it casually or was really willing to help.

The three of them turned around again and went back to sleep. They woke up when it was dark, and their bodies ached.

They were always worried while they were on the road, and once they relaxed, they felt tired.

The three of them came out and were taken to take a bath. There was a small bath, one for the father and son, and another for Taohong to accompany Qin Shui.

The water was taken from the hot springs of Mount Li. The bamboo tube was split open and put one section after another.

The water was poured down from the place on Mount Li and finally flowed to the village, saving time.

Reheating is conducive to physical recovery.

It was not until the hour of Xu that the three of them changed their clothes and had dinner.

Li Yi was waiting for them. Li Yi was hungry and ate some dried fruits and preserved fruits in advance.

Tonight, Li Yi invited them to eat hot pot, a clear water pot with duck bone soup, mainly mutton and vegetables, no spicy food.

Li Yi didn't know if they could eat spicy food. According to his geographical location at that time, they should not eat it.

The three of them went to get their bags and brought them over.

After sitting down, they looked at each other, opened the packages one after another, and took things out of them.

‘Dong! Hula!’ A pile of silver lumps of different sizes and shapes fell on the table.

Li Yi was surprised. What for? Give money for the meal?

“Master Li, the road repair matter…” Tan Shida pointed at the silver and said.

Li Yi was so angry that he laughed: "Haha! You gave me silver as a bribe to build the road? Do you know how much it would cost if I provided you with tools?

How much does each pill of anti-malaria pills that can treat malaria sell for? How much does the exchange voucher for hiring people to work cost?

I'll exchange the silver for the exchange voucher for you. It's convenient for you to carry it with you, so you don't have to give it to me."

Ge Yan, who was next to him, came over and took the silver in his clothes and left, weighed it, and then exchanged it.

"I think this matter needs to go through the court. Li Dongzhu, you don't want money, but what about the officials in the court?" Tan Shida was a little embarrassed.

"They don't want it either. I usually feed them well. If they want to take money from outside, hum!" Li Yi said with a cold snort.

Usually, he has always given officials various benefits, giving them what they should give, and also giving them from His Majesty.

If the officials are not honest enough, they will be finished with.

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