Chapter 611: Many Officials Changed Their Military Horses

"What kind of music are they practicing?" On the 14th day of the first lunar month, Li Chengqi came over for lunch.

He heard the music practiced by the "masters" of southern music, but he had no impression of it.

"Colorful clouds chasing the moon, a song for the song and dance performance tomorrow night." Li Yi brought his own spicy fried mutton offal to the table.

"The Tibetans asked if they could use other cattle and horses to replace the 2,500 military horses." Li Chengqi brought new news.

"They can't give military horses. Replace them with 5,000 cattle and horses over one year old and under three years old, and no defects are allowed."

Li Yi never thought that Tubo could give military horses. They were hostile. Tubo wanted technology, not to help the enemy.

Whatever he could get out of it, it was a little bit. Killing the Tubo envoy was useless, otherwise he would have killed it long ago.

"They said that they wanted you to demonstrate in person how a rainbow appeared in a glass and half a glass of water. Otherwise, they would not approve of your question."

Li Chengqi actually wanted to know as well, but he resisted asking.

"When they have bought all the cattle and horses, I will demonstrate it to them. It is actually quite simple." Li Yi said with a smile.

"The governors of Danzhou, Qiongzhou, Yazhou, Wan'anzhou, and Zhenzhou, five states, are still local people?"

Li Chengqi talked about business, and Tubo was a small matter.

Hainan Island has five states in the Tang Dynasty, and local people are used as governors. They can't collect any rent, only tribute.

Although the local area is poor, the tribute is not bad.

There are gold, silver, pearls, tortoise, kelp, five-color rattan plates, and Zhan Tangxiang. Zhan Tangxiang is medicine.

Every year, some will be collected and sent to Li Longji.

The Tang Dynasty court can't manage the local area at all. The population is small and the people live in remote areas. They are called counties, but they are actually villages.

Officials were sent from other places, and the officials refused. The officials could refuse the appointment.

After they collected the tribute, they sent people on a small boat across the Qiongzhou Strait to Leizhou.

If anyone wants to make trouble, the Tang Dynasty will send troops to conquer them.

There were only so many people, and they were defeated in one fight.

After the fight, the locals promised not to cause trouble and return to their original state.

If it really doesn't work, they will all run to the mountains. The tropical climate is not suitable for most people.

"Use our officials to establish prestige, give things, bring old newspapers, and teach local people to read."

Li Yi refused to let local people govern local people, and the court would never get involved.

After giving things, the locals cheered and divided them, and then the appointed locals were still supported.

"Local officials are troublesome to deal with. They are dismissed from their official positions, and they are dissatisfied and make trouble behind the scenes." Li Chengqi was embarrassed about this.

"Let them enter Chang'an, give them rewards, and the court will send people. You can't send one person to be the governor of a state, but a team of people."

Li Yi was familiar with dealing with old forces. He transferred them out, gave them higher officials, and they could also enter Chang'an to meet His Majesty.

Send a team of people to each state to take over all positions.

"Is it troublesome to hand over the previous government affairs?" Li Chengqi still had questions.

"No need to hand over, bring a lot of things with you, how much money could they have before? Just pretend that they have nothing and start over."

Li Yi smiled and shook his head. The local area is poor. What can a county accumulate worth 100 strings of cash?

I'll give you 10,000 strings of cash, but I don't want the 100 strings of cash.

Li Chengqi followed with a smile: "I always forget the local situation. I'm afraid that after growing pepper, someone will invade and incite the local people."

"Choose good local people to form a soldier and tell them that they are your majesty's private army.

Send floral water in batches, including medicine for treating malaria. There are poisonous snakes in the local area, but unfortunately I can't go there to extract serum.

Send the poisonous snakes back and make serum. The shelf life is short. Use realgar and garlic. There are actually snake repellents in the local area."

Here, Li Yi stopped hesitating.

After eating two bites of food, he spoke: "There is a rich iron mine there with a high iron content. The locals don't know about it. Otherwise, they can directly mine it and use simple smelting methods to make weapons."

Li Chengqi: "..."

"There is also a lot of copper. There is a good copper mine with the same high copper content." Li Yi added.

Li Chengqi took a deep breath. Li Yi was hesitant just now, but now he looked distressed.

"Brother Yi, it's too far away. We can't dig. Otherwise, if others know about it, they will find a way to fight."

Li Chengqi still has some political wisdom.

"Yeah! Forget it, I won't tell you." Li Yi expressed his understanding.

Hainan is the southernmost part, far away from Chang'an. Two iron mines have been given, which are enough for the Tang Dynasty.

Copper, now that it can print currency, has a lower status.

Li Chengqi left with a lot of worries again. Before leaving, he went to see the students to see what they were learning.

"There are copper and iron mines in the local area, with very high content." Li Chengqi found Li Longji and said the minerals there in a tangle.

"Don't mine, don't tell." Li Longji thought that others would fight for it.

"The students on Zhuangzi are practicing Danzeng Fu. In terms of current affairs, they chose commercial taxes, naval forces, Khitan economic and cultural exchanges, and military research."

Li Chengqi changed the topic.

"It's good for the country to have a good harvest." Li Longji smiled, and the topic for this year was decided.

He knew that the 220 students were not good at writing, and even if they tried harder, they would not be able to compare with others in terms of talent.

The most precious thing for them was to learn new knowledge from Li Yi, including physics, chemistry, biology, special arithmetic, and economic knowledge.

The Tang Dynasty needed such officials, who could just write articles that were passable.

"I'm afraid they didn't memorize well when they posted the seal. If they don't even get the second grade, they can only be given the outer nine classes or the oblique official."

Li Chengqi was worried. He was afraid that the students would not be able to pass the most basic exams.

"No, the conditions in Li's manor are good. If you can't memorize, your other talents will naturally be mediocre."

Li Longji insisted that what should be memorized must be memorized.

Li Chengqi had no choice but to send someone to tell the Tibetan envoy Li Yi's answer.

"Five thousand cattle and horses? A lot of money. Fortunately, there is no spring plowing now. Many people can't afford to raise cattle and horses, so they sell them."

Isimba lay on the bed, analyzing the price of cattle and horses.

Bo E was worried: "I'm afraid that Li Yi will make this public. When we buy horses and cattle, the price will be too high."

"No." Yixinba said firmly: "We only buy 5,000 horses. The sellers of cattle and horses raise the price. Those who are sold are happy. Will those who are not sold lower the price?

They are unwilling to lower the price, but they can't sell it if they don't lower the price. They hate Li Yi, and Li Yi loses more than he gains."

"Since Li Yi is afraid, why don't we help to tell others." Bo E found an opportunity, an opportunity to pit Li Yi.

"If we tell others, we will have to spend several times more money to buy it. We can't afford it. Li Yi wants 5,000 horses, and tens of thousands of strings of cash will be spent again."

Yixinba looked at his legs and was very dissatisfied with Bo E. He was so timid and afraid of Li Yi's revenge that he actually broke his own legs.

Bo E pretended not to know. He smiled: "Li Yi gave us a reason to change the compensation into a competition in the name of setting a question, so that we can explain it when we go back."

"I don't believe he can make a rainbow with a glass and half a cup of water."

Isimba tried many times but failed, and didn't think Li Yi could do it.

"If he can't do it, can you give him the cows and horses?" Bo E didn't want to give it.

Because the assassination was indeed unrelated to him, he didn't give the order, and he didn't know about it, it was unfair.

"See what he says." Isimba decided to throw the question to Li Yi.

Please remember the domain name of the first release of this book:. 4 Novel Network Mobile Version Reading URL: