Chapter 2299: Weighing the Interests: Drought and Flood

‘Bang! boom! Wow! ’ When the bright moon was in the sky, fireworks flew up to set off the scene.

People inside and outside Luoyang Palace found their neighbors and watched the show together.

People on the stage without screens or water curtains were performing and eating Lantern Festival meals.

Most of them are old people, women, and children. The adult men have already left to continue building railways along the canal.

However, there is no trace of parting sadness on the faces of those who stay. Men make money and life here is stable.

There are no robbers or thieves, and the public security is good.

The people on the other side of the Yellow River Bridge also belong to Henan Prefecture. After passing the Taihang Mountains and continuing eastward, we reach Hebei Road.

A large number of people ran to the bridge to look at the moon. The recruits who stood on both sides of the bridge to protect the people from falling sometimes looked at the moon in a daze.

They miss their relatives, but the journey is far away, so they can only write letters back.

I wrote a letter back home, bringing with me the specialties from my hometown and telling them what else His Majesty had sent me.

A recruiter was looking at the moon in a daze, when someone next to him suddenly said: "After tonight, I will work hard. I won't be afraid of hardships and fatigue, as long as..."

The man said and walked towards the railing of the bridge, crossed over in one step, and grabbed the other person's arm: "Until dawn, you are not allowed to leave me more than one step away, let alone go to the bridge."

"Why?" This person is unhappy. Do you still care where I go?

"With the knife on my waist." Recruiting soldiers was straightforward.

"I'm just asking, okay, you have the final say." The other party nodded vigorously, no problem.

"Xiao Wuzi, what's wrong?" The recruiter on the other end came over.

"He said he would work hard after tonight and walked towards the bridge." The captor hadn't let go yet.

"How dare you say this? Don't you want to see the dawn? Then you guard him and hold on until the sun rises..."

"Stop talking." Xiao Wuzi was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"Yes, yes, I'll go somewhere else." The person who came over carefully left.

Don't be afraid of the people you arrested. What do you mean? Something's going to happen?

"Would it be better if I squatted down?" he asked in a trembling voice.

"Sit down! Your legs will feel numb if you squat." Xiao Wuzi pulled the other person to sit down.

"The fireworks are so beautiful. I wonder what day next year will be..."

"You'd better stop talking and eat."

Xiaowuzi is almost worried to death. Where can you find so much emotion?

In the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the people of Shu looked at the same moon and admired the beauty of fireworks.

This year they got a lot of things, and the big ships on the Yangtze River came to exchange vouchers with them.

There are all large and small denominations. The copper coins collected are then transported away.

The dry goods from Haili are said to be subsidized by the imperial court, so the prices are very low.

Many people never leave their own county in their entire lives, let alone eat dried oysters, mussels, and scallops.

They are all available now. It’s cheap to buy them with your household registration.

The various gangs in Shu received more benefits.

A large group of gang leaders gathered together to watch the fireworks, eat and talk about the future.

Boat gangs are not necessarily from Shu. The Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and all large rivers that are navigable, all have their own boat gangs.

The Sichuan boat gang is only a part of it, and the Pai gang cannot discharge into the mainstream of the Yangtze River.

The most powerful one is the Salt Gang, who have their own fleet.

They talked about waiting for the railway along the canal to be repaired, and then the ship would arrive there and unload the cargo and load the train directly.

Then go to the estuary of the Yangtze River to load dry goods from Shanghai, and you can give more money to the trackers on the return trip.

Everyone should unite, no one can eat alone.

Everyone discussed who would contribute how much and what percentage of the dividends they would get.

The key point is that taxes must be paid. Listen to His Majesty and don't make Dongzhu Li unhappy.

The meaning of the boat gang is to use boats and boatmen to get members without any money.

Other gangs also want to replace money with other things. The price of the things is naturally calculated based on the wholesale price of the sales, with a profit.

When others said it was almost the same, Yang Huanjin from the Salt Gang spoke.

"Everything about money is easy to talk about. Nowadays, there are man-made sailing ships on the Yangtze River.

When the wind direction is good, many trackers are not needed to pull the fiber. Only in areas where the water flow is particularly turbulent, some trackers will be used to help.

In the eyes of others, it is already very good, but I am not satisfied, it is still not good.

Among the fleets that Datang sent overseas to search for seeds were large ships with steam engines. Dongzhu Li and I communicated by telegraph. "

At this point he stopped and looked at the crowd.

The people around me put their chopsticks on their plates and became attentive.

In the entire Shu region, only Yang Huanjin and Li Yi could directly send reports, and people from the government contacted the court.

No one else could find Li Yi, and the telegraph machine was left in the yamen.

The surroundings were quiet, and Yang Huanjin continued: "Donzhu Li said he is willing to help us transform the ship into one that can use both steam engines and soft sails.

Tomorrow the Salt Gang will organize a batch of goods to go down to Luoyang to find Boss Li.

If you are talking about the distribution of benefits, why not write it down first, and I will take it to Boss Li to check. "

The circle of people fell silent, and they were fighting over each other, but it seemed to be useless.

You can't just buy the dry goods on the beach if you want, because there are different forces behind them.

Even for individual fishermen, they are restricted and no one can do it alone.

The largest force on the seaside is the Tang Dynasty World Fund, managed by the Song Dynasty King.

The Salt Gang has a good relationship with Li Yi, so the bulk needs to be given to the Salt Gang.

Steam engine ships are easy to use, but if Li Yi doesn’t agree, who can modify the ship to install them?

I and others can't make a steam engine, and I haven't figured out how that thing works yet.

So a group of people changed their words, demanding to reduce their shares and willing to pay.

"There's no rush for this matter. Let's talk about it after meeting with Li Dongzhu. I think Li Dongzhu has a better way."

Yang Huanjin waved his hand. He didn't want to take advantage.

We are all in Shu. If one family is too big, others will unite to target it.

Otherwise, listen to your salt gang? Is your salt gang the court?

When the power is too great and the government in Shu can't be mobilized, it's time for you to be cleaned up.

Others responded, yes, you should go to Luoyang quickly, and have a good trip.

...

"The moon is so round, I don't know if it will rain or snow tomorrow, and the humidity in the air is increasing."

Li Yi ate a few bites of food, stopped and suddenly saw that the screen on the little robot's head lit up, showing the humidity and temperature.

The humidity rises, there is a calculation model that can calculate tomorrow's weather conditions with a high probability.

Chang'an is guaranteed to snow.

The weather in Luoyang is not certain, rain and snow depend on the actual situation.

"Snow is good, it's too humid when it rains, the temperature is low, and a thin layer of ice forms on the road, making it easy to slip when walking."

Princess Yongmu looked up at the sky, but couldn't see anything, and muttered that it should snow.

"Hebei and Henan have had little precipitation in the past two years, but it eased in the second half of last year. If there is abundant rainfall this year, we should prevent floods."

Li Yi said that the issue he considered was whether to slip or not.

Precipitation involves the people of a large area. Historically, the locust eradication on the Taihang Mountain side was not thorough, and there were a large number of locusts every year afterwards, and there was little rain and snow.

There are few green plants, and the evaporation is small. If there are clouds, it will form rain clouds. If it is almost not raining, the ground evaporation will be larger, and it will become rain.