Chapter 1782 The Sky Clears and the Waters Fall, and a New Alliance Is in Mind

It was hot, and the more I walked, the more tired I felt. The sprinkler truck sprinkled once, and the road surface soon became dry again. It was nothing more than more moisture, and the soles of my feet were not so hot when I walked.

"Everyone has shoes to wear!" Chidai Zhudan stood in front of the Suzaku Gate and found a situation.

All the way here, everyone wore something, the better ones wore leather boots, the average ones wore wooden shoes, and the worst ones wore straw shoes.

There are several kinds of straw shoes, and the worst ones have a straw sole and several straw ropes.

In Tubo, many people are barefoot and don't even wear straw shoes.

"Walking barefoot too much, it's hard to wash, and thick calluses are worn out."

Li Yi gave an explanation. He actually felt uncomfortable seeing others barefoot.

It's impossible to control far away places, so how can there be people without shoes in Jingzhao Prefecture? It makes him look inferior.

"Oh~~!" Chidai Zhudan felt that it made sense. Many people in Tubo didn't take a bath, let alone wash their feet. After comparison, they were indeed not as good as the people in the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, a large group of people came out of the Honglu Temple to watch the excitement.

"Zanpu, are you going in?" Yixinba asked. They lived here.

"We'll have to go back some other day." Li Yi rejected it. He had few guards and it would be too chaotic if he went in.

Anyway, Princess Jincheng and Chidai Zhudan would have to go back to Tubo next year. It depends on what Tubo will be like this year.

"Yes, go back." Chidai Zhudan did not object. He was tired.

So when it got dark, a group of people came back.

They finally understood why many people would pay for a ride. If they didn't take a ride, they would have to walk for more than half an hour from east to west.

Eat roast duck for dinner. Try not to eat beef or mutton. Tubo has no shortage of beef or mutton.

Slice the duck meat and roll it into lotus leaf pancakes. Make soup with duck bones. In addition to cucumber strips, radish strips, scallion shreds, there are also a lot of wild vegetables as side dishes.

The duck is quite big, but not very fat. It is free-range and no food is forced into the duck's stomach.

Princess Jincheng's eyes are red. It's obvious that she cried again.

Princess Yongmu looked for fat meat to eat, and she smiled with satisfaction every time she ate. Happiness was so simple for her.

"Report~ Urgent report from Ezhou." Everyone was eating when a voice came from outside.

"Report!" Li Longji put down his things.

The messengers came in, six people, and their faces were not very good.

Li Yi went to receive the information, and the palace maids and eunuchs brought cold boiled water.

The six people were not polite and gulped it down.

Li Yi looked at the lacquer seal, no problem, opened it, took it out and read the content: "The rain has stopped, the main river channel has not burst, and there has been no large-scale collapse of houses.

Many people have demolished their own houses, saying that they are not strong after being soaked in water.

The dry fields are completely finished, the paddy fields are not a big problem, the vegetable fields are soaked, and the loss data of poultry and livestock have not been counted.

At the end, it praises the good performance of your majesty's private army, and the people are grateful, and want to send a memorial to the people."

A lot of words, Li Yi read and translated into a few simple sentences.

As he said, he gave the information to Li Longji, and Li Longji scanned it and put it aside.

"For all the disaster-affected areas, rent will be reduced by 50%, and labor service will be cancelled. As for the adjustment, the locals need to work."

Li Longji made decisions on the court affairs. Regarding the dry fields and vegetable fields, the overall reduction in production was small, and there was no need to cancel them all.

"Lijiazhuangzi will send the money over, and the people will build houses. It just so happens that Lijiazhuangzi wants to buy land there."

Li Yi saw the content of the letter and knew why the people demolished their houses. They all wanted to use Lijiazhuangzi's money to build new houses.

The letter said that the people were willing to repay the cost of building houses in installments, and when production resumed, they would send good things to Lijiazhuangzi every year.

It was not that they thought Lijiazhuangzi was easy to bully, but that they trusted and relied on Lijiazhuangzi.

"Doctor Li is going to buy good land when the people are in disaster?" Chidai Zhudan suddenly asked Li Yi.

Sometimes when other tribes in Tubo were affected by disasters, they would sell things, including slaves, and other tribes would take the opportunity to grow stronger.

He thought this was a good idea. He bought it quickly while the people were having a hard time.

"I buy wasteland and unowned mountain land, and the good land belongs to the people."

Li Yi waved his hand and arranged for someone to bring duck bone soup, duck meat, and cakes to the six people delivering intelligence.

The six people were sweating all over. They had shouted a lot when they were on the road. Now that they stopped, they continued to sweat.

They were not polite. They washed their hands and ate without rolling.

"Why not buy good land?" Chidai Zhudan thought Li Yi was stupid.

"The Li family's village is not short of money, and it cannot make money by annexing land. They are all people of the Tang Dynasty, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty depends on them."

Li Yi knew that this was a problem of different class ideas. Tubo emphasizes the law of the jungle.

He himself can't do it. If he goes to buy good land, the people's lives will deteriorate, and the consequences will be serious. How terrible it will be?

"Brother Yi, do you have any ideas?" Li Longji showed an expectant look when he heard Li Yi buy land.

"I don't know much about the local situation. After buying the land, I will send people there to demonstrate the operation and guide the people in the surrounding prefectures.

I can't give specific methods directly. If they don't match the local actual situation, it will become a plan to cheat farmers."

Li Yi washed his hands again and took the letter.

He didn't dare to tell the local people what to do immediately, roads, population distribution, current natural resources, hydrology...

It needs to be considered clearly. One place, one policy. If you blindly start, the people will obey and follow it. If you find that it doesn't work, it's over!

Then I have to spend money to compensate the people, otherwise the people will no longer trust me next time.

"Why not buy good land as a demonstration?" Chidai Zhudan has another idea.

"Buying bad land can turn it into good land. This is a demonstration in itself."

Li Yi is very patient. If the prime ministers ask the same question, he will definitely be angry. A bunch of idiots.

Li Yi doesn't know much else, but he knows that there are many rivers and lakes in the area.

Just dig out the silt and put it in the bad fields. Some new tools are needed.

There is a great demand for human and animal power. Let's see if we can set up a special industry to help others remove silt.

Specialized dredging companies, dredging rivers, etc., are more professional.

Like the government in a certain place, if you want to organize people to dredge the silt, the people have to work, and those who don't work get paid.

It's better to let the people pay directly, and they can pay less. The silt dug out can be sold to whoever needs it.

Generally, the government organizes the silt to be sent to the fields by the river. Many of these fields are official fields, or fields of people with connections, or they must belong to local families.

With this in mind, Li Yi said to Li Chengqi, "Brother, why don't we form a silt alliance, the silt of mud."

Li Chengqi figured out what Li Yi was going to do in a few breaths. He nodded first: "Good idea, first find someone in Jingzhao Prefecture, Jingzhao Prefecture has a water network and many rivers.

If it is feasible, then go to other places to see if there are enough laborers to organize and be responsible for this matter."

He agreed, and said, "But this name, silt alliance, doesn't seem to be appropriate, it makes people sound stupid."

"Mud alliance?" Li Yi gave another name.

"There is no rush for this matter, let's eat first." Li Chengqi continued to veto.

"Well, think about it carefully later." Li Yi smiled, he did it on purpose.

"Report~~The pigeons of the Heavenly Army are coming." Another voice came from outside.