Chapter 644: Shortage of Staff but Plenty of Work

Everyone knows the reason. When Tubo went to besiege Songzhou, they could not defeat them but they could still run away.

As a result, three thousand Yulin Feiqi took their things and ran to Songzhou to make preparations.

After the battle against Tubo, many of the troops were killed and captured.

Turning around, Yu Lin Feiqi cooperated with the Songzhou soldiers to take the initiative to attack, and Tubo suffered another heavy loss.

They had so many people arrested, how could they get 200 more people to take as hostages?

The matter was delayed again and again, and neither party mentioned it.

Apparently Tubo over there is discussing with Songzhou about exchanging personnel.

"Recently, many people have come from all over Jingzhao Prefecture to work, and the fields where they harvested wheat have been soaked with water."

Yao Chong saw some small flags with so-and-so county written on them.

It is equivalent to a county organizing a team to go to Jingzhao Prefecture to help build a water network.

"The wheat is cut faster and the threshing speed is faster. The people have more free time and come out to find work. This is what Li Yi originally considered."

Lu Huaishen looked at groups of people digging trenches sweating and mentioned Li Yi.

After the people's wheat harvest was finished and they wanted to plant other crops immediately, they could only plow the ground and dig out the wheat roots.

Otherwise, it needs to be soaked in water until it is soaked, and then the ground is plowed, and the wheat roots will be used as fertilizer.

You cannot plant immediately at this time.

Champa rice can mature in more than fifty days, so why can’t it be planted six times a year? It's the root problem.

"Depending on the number of people and the progress of the project, the water network will be built this fall and will be put to great use next year."

Yao Chong didn't want to mention Li Yi. As soon as he heard the word Li Yi, he immediately worried that Li Yi was going to cause something big.

Li Yi was at Lijiazhuangzi, giving patients X-rays to look at their chests.

"Okay, your situation is fine. You can go to work. Don't do any strenuous work for the time being."

Li Yi said to the patient that the patient was not being restrained and was being guarded by people from Yulin Feiqi.

"I have already told Shopkeeper Yu, who went to Tubo to do business, about the situation of your family. They will find a way to contact your family and find an opportunity to follow you."

Li Yi told the patient something else.

They secretly assassinated and failed, causing Tubo to lose money. There would be no good results if they went back.

Li Yi doesn't want to kill them, he wants to bring their families, and then they will live in Datang from now on.

Now they are digging trenches, and this man is helping to get food and other things.

It doesn't matter if you don't bring your family.

Anyway, their families will become someone else's. Tubo is not the Tang Dynasty. There are many slaves, and its own system is slavery.

There were slaves in the Tang Dynasty, but it was a feudal system.

The existence of slaves is a legacy issue, although there were slaves in subsequent dynasties in history.

"You promised us, we will work for you, and when our families come over, you must teach them and not turn them into slaves."

The patient has made a decision in his mind.

Li Yi promised not to harm their families. If the two parties are not familiar with each other, they can gradually become familiar with each other.

The prisoners felt that what Li Yi said was credible. At least the Khitan prisoners lived a good life.

As for the southwestern barbarian prisoners, their food was a little poor, but they were not beaten, and Li Yi refused to kill any of them.

What other points are there? If you do it well, you can become a slave.

"Go to work and don't be lazy. If the same number of people work slower than others, that's just laziness."

Li Yi waved his hand, and Yu Lin Feiqi took the patient away.

"There's still more than a month. Don't worry, just wait." Li Yi tidied up and went to copy some books.

In the evening, Li Longji's family came over again.

The little guy can run, but he keeps falling.

"Brother Yi, Your Majesty said that there are many county magistrates selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs this year who are not capable enough themselves."

Li Longji chatted with Li Yi about the issue of the personnel department.

"Pretty much. Some county magistrates in the past were officials who were bought, not people who passed the imperial examination."

Li Yi knew that there were many officials with connections and so on, so he first bought an official with a good reputation.

Generally no one goes to carefully check the officials of Waijiu Liu, and when they are promoted, they continue to spend money.

Buy, buy, buy for yourself, become a top-notch official, and then buy again.

If you buy the position of a county magistrate and become a county magistrate, you don't need the county magistrate to take care of things in the county, there are officials.

"Is there any way to deal with it?" Li Longji was annoyed.

There is a problem with the official evaluation process. Some officials are not good enough and are actually rated as high.

If we all do this, the Tang Dynasty will be doomed.

"Isn't there the First Royal Inspection Team? The inspectors of the Ministry of Civil Affairs ask them to inspect the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Speaking of which, I don't know how far the compilation of Zhong Shaojing's dictionary has gone."

When Li Yi talked about the inspection team, he thought of his dictionary.

The framework has been given to Zhong Shaojing. It has been a long time, why hasn’t it been compiled yet?

"The pinyin annotation in the dictionary is laborious. Zhong Shaojing hired someone who specializes in it. Since many words have many pronunciations and many meanings, it is really difficult to do it."

Li Longji said something for Zhong Shaojing, Zhong Shaojing worked very hard.

When you compile a dictionary, your name will be left behind, and the font will still be his.

Not to mention that Zhong Shaojing still has some ability, even if he is a corrupt official, he will not have problems with the dictionary.

For officials, being able to compile history is a good job.

Generally, officials who participate in the compilation of history can be appreciated by His Majesty and then become high officials.

"He can first take out a simple book for the people to read. It just so happens that Princess Jinxian is willing to print the book and throw it to Princess Jinxian for printing. I, Zhuangzi, don't have time."

Li Yi felt that there was no need to come up with a complete dictionary.

The small one, just briefly introduce it. Do you have to ask every citizen to have a dictionary?

Li Longji showed a look of realization. Yes, a small dictionary is enough for the citizens.

"So find a way to urge him." Li Longji nodded.

"Third brother, the railroad from Chang'an to Luoyang should be repaired. The cement factory in Lantian County will be able to burn a lot of cement in two days."

Li Yi never forgot the problem of cement tracks.

"All the idle people in Jingzhao Prefecture and the surrounding areas should come to dig water networks, repair roads in counties, roads in villages, and houses for villagers."

Li Longji was worried. In the past, there was no money and the people were not active in working.

Now the court has money and gives more, three times more than before.

The people came one after another, ready to work until the land should be planted with a crop before going back.

"Let Luoyang repair from that end first, and transport the cement here. Luoyang has a lot of people."

Li Yi pointed to the east, where Luoyang was.

"Okay." Li Longji agreed again.

The next day, an imperial decree for road construction was sent to Luoyang, Henan Province by express horses.

When the three-fold wages were mentioned, the people in Luoyang who were looking for work stopped catching grasshoppers and all asked to participate in the road construction.

Time passed again, and May arrived. The weather was hot, and there was little precipitation in the area east of Taihang Mountain.

Grasshoppers flew around, but they could not form a scale. Chickens and ducks formed a scale first.

People pressed wells to irrigate the land. Although it was dry, the land was always moist.

"My lords, this year's harvest is here." Li Longji looked at the reports sent by the various prefectures and said to Yao Chong and others with a smile.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Yao Chong and the other three said at the same time.

"Good, we are all happy, mainly because the wells are useful." Li Longji nodded.

Then the topic suddenly changed: "How many days will it take for the newly appointed county magistrate to come to the court to thank the emperor?"

"Tomorrow." Yao Chong didn't understand why the topic turned to this matter.

"Okay, good morning tomorrow, in Hanyuan Hall." Li Longji smiled.