Chapter 604 Khitan Has a Treasure but It Is in Vain

Bi Gou left Yao Chong's house and went home to deal with the people lining up at his house.

Yao Chong didn't see the guests anymore, so he started to make plans in his study.

Bi Gou told him about the follow-up issues regarding the price increase of kerosene lamps and thermos bottles, which was not the main point.

The balance between official tax collection and political performance involves the entire court.

The Ministry of Personnel should coordinate with the Ministry of Household Affairs to avoid local officials forcing merchants to collect taxes.

At the Bashui Bridge next to Lijiazhuangzi, there was a long queue of people buying kerosene lamps and thermos bottles.

Most of them are merchants, who want to buy and transport them to sell elsewhere.

Generally, merchants who are in a hurry to do this have shops in other places.

If the item is broken, take the pieces to the store.

When the store was waiting to come back to Chang'an to sell or buy goods, I brought it with me and exchanged it for a new one with Lijiazhuangzi.

Of course, there is no shipping fee, and the reputation of the store is preserved.

Those who bought kerosene lamps and thermos bottles carefully wrapped them in fine cloth and fur to prevent them from being broken.

The two things brought from Zhuangzi had hay on the outside, which looked careless at all.

It was noon, and Li Yi had dinner with the people from You Qianniu Guard at the bridge.

The people at Qianniuwei serve the dishes on plates and eat outside quickly, fearing that it will get cold.

During the Chinese New Year, among the dishes Zhuangzi provided to the Sixteenth Guards who were rotating here, there were many vegetables.

There is plenty of meat on weekdays to ensure that the people from the 16th Guards are willing to come on duty.

The people in the Sixteenth Guards did not eat well when they were on duty at their own place.

The salary given is wheat, millet, yellow rice, sorghum rice and other things.

If you want to buy something else, buy it with rice, not necessarily with copper coins or silk.

Eating in the palace when the Qianniu Guards of Honor Guards are on duty, being in the palace does not mean that the food is good.

Recently, Li Longji got rich, so he used some money to let Queen Wang subsidize the harem.

The money was mainly the profits from the business partnership between Li Chengqi and Li Yi. Li Yi never wanted it, so he threw it all in and continued to invest.

Li Chengqi had to give money to his brothers, and everyone got a share, with Li Longji the most.

Liuli Village grows cotton and greenhouses, and except for using part of it, the rest is sold.

The quality of the food in the palace has improved, but it is still not as good as that of Lijiazhuangzi.

The Sixteen Guards are currently rotated every ten days. The left and right Thousand Niu Guards do not want to be replaced, and the other guards do not want to change.

The Qianniu Guards on the left and right looked at each other and saw that it only took a turn once every one hundred and sixty days.

So we took measures, and Wei Li's team had a dedicated job of taking turns at the Baqiao bridgehead.

Other guards are not allowed, and Qianniu Guard can arrange for his brothers to eat as many good things as possible.

"Happy New Year, Mr. Li." Yu Jiang came, saluted and said hello to Li Yi with a smile.

Li Yi returned the gift: "Happy New Year, brother Yu."

Then he said: "Brother Yu, why don't we eat some together."

"That's fine. Thank you so much, Boss Li." Yu Jiang did not refuse and went to get the dinner plate, randomly loaded a few dishes and brought them over.

"This year looks good." Yu Jiang sat down and started looking for a topic.

"That is to say, in the areas east of the Taihang Mountains, locusts are still coming out. In some places last year, the movement was late, and the locust eggs entered the soil.

Deep plowing and soaking in water are effective in dealing with insect eggs, but ordinary people cannot do anything about it and can only wait for the locusts to come out.

It is best to deal with them when they are larvae. Once they become adults and form large-scale swarms, they can only be killed with smoke and fire traps and cannot be eaten. "

Li Yi talked about locusts. When he took the chickens and ducks there, some of the locusts were still larvae, and they were not overwhelming.

The time he chose just hits the key point. If locusts appear again this year, people who raise chickens, ducks and pigs will be happy.

Yu Jiang listened carefully and remembered that this was knowledge. It would be easier to deal with when there was a locust plague in his place in the future.

He didn't know that there was no possibility of a locust plague in the Northeast now, as there were many trees and birds and beasts.

Locusts can find food on their own and be eaten by birds at the same time.

"Dongzhu Li, I have a method to cure Khitan, about locusts." Yu Jiang followed Li Yi's words.

"What method?" Li Yi expressed curiosity.

"Catch a large number of locusts and send them outside the area occupied by the Khitans. After they are released, the locusts swarm and eat the food of the Khitans."

Yu Jiang gestured and said, it seemed that he had a bad impression of the Khitans.

"No, the Khitans will die if they run out of food. Right now I am in contact with the Khitans and want to have friendly exchanges.

The life of the Khitan people was miserable. If the Turks had not invaded too much, the Khitan would have been better off with the Tang Dynasty.

I can understand their situation and am willing to help them, so that there will be no need for war and everyone can live a good life. "

Li Yi waved his hand with a look of compassion on his face.

Yu Jiang was stunned. He really didn't know whether Li Yi was telling the truth or a lie.

"Dr. Li, you captured 390 of them. What are you going to do with them? Send them back? Those are soldiers."

Yu Jiang asked casually.

“Misunderstanding, it’s not about arresting, it’s about teaching them various things in life, especially farming.

They can leave at any time, wait for the weather to be warm, and bring a batch of goods with them. They will follow them back, exchange them for goods in Khitan, and then transport them back.

By the way, we want to bring back the people who were captured in the Tang Dynasty. Don't fight, because fighting will kill people. "

After Li Yi finished speaking, he lowered his head and ate fiercely. If he didn't eat it, it would be cold.

Yu Jiang had a lot to ask, but seeing Li Yi's current appearance, he remained silent and just ate.

By the time Li Yi finished eating, Yu Jiang was finishing his meal.

"After the New Year, brother Yu, don't forget to help manage the market in Qiaotou. If you are familiar with it, I will find a way to arrange an official for brother Yu."

Li Yi put down his chopsticks, returned with a bowl of soup, and told Yu Jiang about the future arrangements.

Yu Jiang quickly agreed: "Okay, I saw it before, it's good, I can manage it after the New Year."

After dealing with this matter, he changed the topic: "Li Dongzhu said to exchange things with Khitan. The weather is warmer. What can Khitan exchange?"

"There are many platycodons, and there are also prickly ash buds. Prickly ash buds are the best, and they are more delicious than Chinese toon buds." Li Yi emphasized prickly ash buds.

This is a specialty of Northeast China, and it is rare in other places.

"What does it look like? When Li Dongzhu said that, I was hungry again." Yu Jiang asked with a smile.

"I'll draw a picture for you, and you'll know when you see it." Li Yi said, opening the box beside him and taking out paper and pen.

He used a pencil to draw a sketch, and soon, the picture of prickly ash buds came out.

Thinking about it, he took out a red and blue pencil and colored the picture.

"Brother Yu, look, this thing is delicious. Take it to Chang'an, and I'm willing to charge 100 coins per catty."

Li Yi showed the picture to Yu Jiang, and he started drawing again.

"In addition to these, there are mountain carrots, which are also good. They look like ginseng and platycodon, but they are neither. I will draw them for you."

Not long after, he drew mountain carrots again. This has nothing to do with carrots. UU Reading www.uｕkanshu.net

Just like the Northeast mountain pepper seedlings have nothing to do with peppers in the future, they are called Northeast Clematis, and some of them are as spicy as peppers.

Yu Jiang took it to look at it again, and Li Yi drew it again, and the one he drew was Northeast Clematis.

"Brother Yu may not know that this is my favorite. It tastes spicy and makes the whole body feel comfortable. It's a pity that you can't find the same one anywhere else."

After the third picture was drawn, Li Yi said to Yu Jiang regretfully.

"These, these are all valuable?" Yu Jiang is now thinking about selling them. He has seen the things drawn in the picture.

Even the mountains grow in patches, and he didn't expect that someone would be willing to spend money to buy them.

"Others don't know, I bought them, and I can sell them at a higher price. Unfortunately, the Khitans occupy that place, and the Khitans don't understand it, and I can't get through it."

Li Yi showed a distressed look, and no longer had the excitement when drawing pictures.

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