Chapter 527: Good News From the Southwest and Shannan

"Third brother, urgent report from the southwest." When Li Yi was trying to feed the baby a mixture of vegetables, meat, and a little bit of sugar, Li Chengqi came running.

The little guy was waiting with his mouth open and drooling. He was suddenly interrupted and turned his head to look over, with a puzzled look in his big eyes.

Within two breaths, he turned his head again and continued to wait for feeding.

When Li Chengqi saw Bao Bao, he gave him a big smile, but Bao Bao ignored him.

He said to Li Longji and Li Yi: "Third brother, brother Yi, there is news from the southwest. Two batches of express reports arrived at the same time. The first batch encountered rain on the road and was delayed."

"Brother, what did you say?" Li Longji sat up straight.

"We won the battle and defeated the enemy armies of the southwestern barbarians one after another. The salt merchants in Shu cooperated with each other and transported countless grains and grass for military needs.

Li Xuandao, the general of the Youxiao Guard, stopped moving forward and instead helped local production.

At the same time, he hunted, fished, picked mushrooms, and caught giant pandas. Yi Di said they were called giant pandas, which means iron-eating beasts.

The southwestern barbarians went out to fight, and the logistics supplies were difficult. They could not wear out our Tang army, and they frequently looked for opportunities to attack.

Every time there was an attack, the hot air balloon would detect it in advance. Li Xuandao arranged it calmly, and the Yulin flying cavalry mostly rode and shot in the open area.

Our casualties were very few, and the southwestern barbarians had lost more than 20,000 troops, of which more than 7,000 were captured. "

Li Chengqi was beaming as he talked about the contents of the battle report sent by You Xiaowei General Li Xuandao.

In a war, the fewer people on your side die, the better.

"Uncle, why is it called the Iron-eating Beast?" After hearing this, Queen Wang was happy and curious.

"It can also be called a pottery-eating beast. There are giant pandas in a large area of ​​Shu.

We all know that war horses need to be fed with salt, otherwise the horses will not grow well enough.

Giant pandas also want to eat salt. Sometimes they go into other people's homes and they have an iron pot with a little salt in it.

Clay pots also have salt. If the giant panda wants to eat it, it will lick it. If it is a bear, it will break the iron pot or clay pot if it has the strength.

Others looked at it from a distance and thought that giant pandas eat iron, so they are called iron-eating beasts. "

Li Yi gave popular science that giant pandas don’t eat iron, they lick the salt.

You have to feed salt to livestock, not to mention the giant pandas who had a hard time finding salt.

"Does the iron-eating beast eat people?" Queen Wang still had questions.

"They won't eat you alive. Giant pandas are timid. They usually think you are an enemy and will bite you. After killing you, they will leave.

When you are really dead, the giant pandas come back to eat. Feed them fresh meat. They don't like it very much, but you cook it and they eat it happily. "

"Brother Yi, do you have a good solution for the war in the southwest?" Li Longji didn't care about giant pandas, he cared about the war.

"As long as you hunt a lot of wild animals there, you can actually make money by drying the furs and some whips and bringing them back.

The most profitable thing is actually the captives. I have booked them all, and they come back and sell them to me, and I pay for them.

When you find someone to work for, you need to pay them wages in addition to a meal.

Using captives without paying wages means saving money, especially during wars. Prisoners are in good health and have strength. "

Li Yi then talked about the war. He asked the other party to try not to kill anyone, and the salt merchants in Shu cooperated.

He would settle the accounts later and use the captives to work without wages.

"Uncle, how much did you spend on captives?" Queen Wang asked for help again.

"Fifty thousand yuan, giant pandas are relatively expensive. I just want to keep one, ten thousand yuan, alive." Li Yi said the price.

The current 50,000 yuan is a little higher than the 50,000 yuan he paid for it at that time. It cannot be measured specifically, not even with the price of grain.

Food prices have fluctuated greatly. The price difference between when he first came here and now is nearly six times.

Even if 50,000 yuan was equivalent to the 100,000 yuan he had at that time, an employee who only provided food and simple accommodation could pay back the money in two years.

Li Yi can even incentivize the meat, even if it takes three years to pay back, it's worth it.

"Brother Yi, you are exchanging money for your life." Li Longji understood.

His own brother Yi spent money in various ways in order to keep Li Xuandao stable and not rush to attack, otherwise he would drag the southwestern barbarians to death.

It's not like I, the Tang Dynasty, took the initiative to attack your southwest barbarian territory, I'm just waiting for you to come over.

I have 50,000 soldiers and sufficient logistics, but your attacker is spending supplies with me?

Without Yi Di's support, Li Xuandao would not dare to spend money. Someone in the court would definitely accuse him of shrinking and wasting money and food.

Now there is no need for the user to pay, and the Shu salt merchants continue to give away things.

Brother Yi carried the baggage of fifty thousand soldiers by himself.

If the merchants of the Tang Dynasty each gave half of their money, we, the Tang Dynasty, could travel across the Turks and Tibet.

"To collect commercial taxes, we must collect commercial taxes." Li Longji said what he was thinking.

He once again felt the power of capital. One person could influence the fate of one's own side in a battle.

And this person had just finished handling the disaster situation in a county in Datang.

He treated his soldiers and civilians with such tenderness, and tried his best to balance input and output.

Turning his back on enemies and corrupt officials, he went to the extreme again and impeached whenever he said he wanted to.

"Brother Yi, do you think the three prime ministers should be impeached?" Li Longji thought about Li Yi's bribery and was very confused.

"No, they are indeed capable. Third brother, I understand what you mean. I hate evil as much as I hate, and at the same time I pay bribes.

I impeach officials not for myself, but for the people.

I paid bribes, not for myself. I didn't ask them to do anything, and I didn't need to make money through them.

Impeaching officials is what really makes me angry. Bribing prime ministers and ministers is to maintain integrity. "

Li Yi said calmly, is it right to bribe? From a legal point of view, it is definitely not right.

Is it right to impeach? From a legal point of view, it is not a problem.

Officials are also qualified to write letters, and many officials who have resigned in the Tang Dynasty still retain their official positions as officials, and they also write letters to the prime minister when they encounter problems.

For example, Xie Wan has applied for retirement. When he retired, he was a Jinzi Guanglu doctor, a civil official.

When encountering a situation, ask him, he will immediately give suggestions, and then "re-employ" him.

The same is true for my own civil officials. I am listed in the name, so I can impeach.

"What if Yao Chong was in Huazhou at that time, drank with him, and didn't care about Zheng County when he got drunk?"

Li Chengqi asked a question that he thought was difficult to answer.

"Impeach, whoever is there impeaches whoever, Your Majesty is here, I will also impeach, let Your Majesty issue an edict of guilt."

Li Yi answered decisively, and looked at Li Longji at the same time: "Third brother, if that's the case, can you find a way to save me?"

"Save, I will save you even if I risk my life." Li Longji was equally straightforward.

"Uncle, those people are all exiled to Yuezhou, and their lives are not easy." Queen Wang felt too serious and changed the subject.

"Sister-in-law, to be honest, that place is a good location, and officials don't know how to use it, which makes it a place of exile.

There are abundant water resources, fisheries are also suitable, and water transportation is convenient.

Give me the entire Shannan Road, and I can support the grain consumption of half of the Tang Dynasty in five years."

Li Yi was not modest at all. A Shannan Road governs four provinces in the Yangtze River Basin.

As long as he is allowed to recruit soldiers, he can figure out the local area in five years.

The people are happy, and as for the officials, those who are obedient are also happy, and those who are disobedient will die suddenly or something.

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