Chapter 1377: The Journey After the New Year Is Agreed upon Today
During dinner, Princess Yongmu ate skewers of meat and lamb.
One fat and one thin, the lean meat was not fragrant.
Li Yi lowered his head to eat, thinking about taking Princess Yongmu out for a trip to America after the New Year.
South America, by then there will be cocoa, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and so on.
Oh, there are also kidney beans, tomatoes and pumpkins.
There is no coffee, coffee is in Africa, not Ethiopia yet, that is, the Gulf of Aden.
Going up is the Red Sea, Egypt, through the Suez Canal, and it is not known whether the canal can be passed at present.
This canal was built a long time ago, but it is relatively narrow and shallow, and it is easy to block it if you want to go by small boats.
It will be difficult to dig it up after it has been abandoned for a long time.
It is still relatively stable there now, and there is no war there. Instead, there is an army that went to Spain to establish the Andalus Dynasty and fight against Christianity.
The place with the canal is called the Umayyad Dynasty. It has a large territory and is very capable of fighting.
The *** religion was established just over a hundred years ago. There are sporadic missionaries in the Tang Dynasty, but the people don't believe it very much.
"How to go? Fly? It's too fuel-consuming, and where can I stay? Fly all the way? Driving for so long will make me tired."
Li Yi muttered. He wanted to get the things back first and plant them slowly in the farm.
The navy will also set off and bring more back.
It's mainly to relax. Princess Yongmu has never seen the sea or surfed the waves.
"Where are you going, brother Yi? What do you mean by driving?" Li Longji heard it.
"Go get sweet potatoes, take Wen Tian with you. If you want to exchange for a yacht, you have to exchange for gasoline or diesel. Diesel is strong, and the diesel produced in the farm is not good."
Li Yi said it out loud as he thought about it, without any preparation.
"Brother Yi, you can't, brother Yi, don't go out." Sure enough, Li Longji firmly opposed it. Don't leave. What should I do if you leave?
"I'll be back in a month, very soon, my boat is fast." Li Yi is ready to exchange for a yacht with a speed of 40 knots.
From the Tang Dynasty to South America, there is no Panama Canal, so you can only go around the Strait of Magellan, then rush up, head north, and you can find things.
It takes ten days to get there. If you are delayed a little on the way, add two days, go there to search for a few days, and then come back.
One month, at most forty days, guaranteed.
"One month? This..." Li Longji was about to refuse again.
"I will go to get the things back, and I guarantee that I can plant them this year. In a few years, there will be good crops everywhere." Li Yi gave a reason that was hard to refuse.
Go out in the spring, go to the place and come back, just in time to plant some crops.
For example, kidney beans and tomatoes, today is February 1st of the Gregorian calendar. After the New Year, if you leave after the fifteenth, plus the delay on the land, it will be April when you come back.
Kidney beans, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sunflowers, and peanuts are also.
The information says that peanuts existed in ancient China, but Li Yi didn't find it. There is no point in entangled with this. Hurry up and get it back, isn't it here!
"Who to take?" Li Longji gritted his teeth. For the sake of the people of the Tang Dynasty, he chose to separate from Li Yi for a while.
"Twenty Yulin Flying Cavalry, we need the first batch of students. The court needs officials who are healthy and do not get seasick. I can't always treat their seasickness."
Li Yi chose people. Too many people would not work. The boat could not fit them. He was fast and could withstand the waves and sail far.
"Guo Ziyi will go." Li Longji gritted his teeth again. He was afraid that something would happen to Li Yi.
"Ziyi will stay to command the Yulin Flying Cavalry and not fight. I have a way. Just give gifts." Li Yi knew that the natives outside were easier to get along with.
As long as you don't make trouble, people are willing to help. If you can exchange things, it will be even better.
Indians look very similar to Chinese people, so they have a stronger sense of identity.
There are people making pottery over there, so give them porcelain, silk clothes, tea, refined salt, steel knives and so on.
As for horses, it is too hard to carry them and they have to take care of them along the way, so I won't send them for now.
"Can they communicate?" Li Dan was curious about how the two sides spoke.
"Gestures, eating, sleeping, changing things, they can understand."
This is the least worrying thing for Li Yi, as communication between people does not rely entirely on language.
"When are you going?" Queen Wang asked.
"First, finish the operation on Qingdai, and check the situation of the infertile people." Li Yi didn't know when to leave.
Anyway, he would start practicing with death row prisoners in two days, and check Sister Lan Bao and Concubine Dou Lu by the way.
He estimated that the fifth day would be about the same, and he would not wait for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which would waste time and make him anxious.
"Well!" Li Longji agreed completely, let's go, for a month.
Anyway, he lived in the manor every day, and other places were dangerous.
Everyone lost interest in the food in front of them. Last time, Li Yi didn't seem so important. Everyone felt that something was missing when he went to Luoyang.
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In the Honglu Temple, a group of Tubo people who didn't know that Li Yi was going on a long journey were eating hot pot, mutton hot pot.
They were in a good mood, and Li Yi found them a job.
"Li Yi actually offered such a high salary, just to teach some people about our things and the skills we have mastered. Is it necessary to teach fake ones?"
Bo E was no longer so worried. The two countries were at peace. At least he felt that they were two countries. The Tang Dynasty did not recognize it.
Isimba shook his head: "No, Li Yi will retaliate and plot against us then."
"I think he is plotting now, even though I don't know how he is plotting." Bo E knew Li Yi very well.
He didn't think that high wages could be easily obtained, and there must be problems.
"What else can you calculate? Life? Give it to him." Another Tibetan was willing to risk it, not afraid.
"Maybe it's more important than life." Bo E was still alert.
Yixinba closed his eyes for a while: "Let's see, let's see. The wages must be paid and used for the expenses of us."
"Now I realize that money is the most important." Another Tibetan looked sad.
He knew how much land his Tubo had lost, but he had no way to do it.
"There is money only when there are things, and money cannot be printed casually, otherwise something will go wrong." Bo E understood this better.
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It's just that the people of the Tang Dynasty don't exchange them at all. Giving the exchange coupons to Lijiazhuangzi is buying things, not gold and silver.
Many people found gold and silver from other places and collected copper coins and silk and went to Lijiazhuangzi to exchange them for exchange coupons.
The price of silk was getting lower and lower, and the purchasing power was declining. Then the people used silk to pay rent and taxes, and the Tang Dynasty allowed it.
"Do you think that Lijiazhuang really has so much gold, silver and copper coins that can be exchanged? If it is not enough, once everyone goes to exchange, the exchange voucher will become worthless."
The Tibetan who spoke just now thought of a good way to run the bank.
He is very smart and knows how to operate this.
"It's useless. How can we have enough money to exchange? Other Tang people listen to Li Yi and don't use it to make jewelry. No one will exchange it."
Isimba didn't even think about it. He believed in Li Yi and was steady.