Chapter 205 I will solve the problem of money and food
"Can the iron ship float on the water?" Li Chunfeng said in a little surprised when he heard Li Tai's words.
"I don't know!" Li Tai looked at Li Chunfeng and smiled, "If it doesn't work, just use math to prove it doesn't work!"
Li Chunfeng looked at Li Tai's casual posture and thought it was a math game and said, "Then try it!"
Just as Li Tai and Li Chunfeng watched the students of the Agricultural College reclaim the land on Tianjin, Li Tai wrote another handwritten book to Xue Dading, asking him to come to Tianjin City to discuss the development of Cangzhou.
Because the court has given himself administrative power, he can intervene in Cangzhou and can directly dispatch corvee through certain means.
Xue Dading first read Li Tai's reply, and then quickly opened Li Tai's intentions to calm him down, sent an imperial edict from the imperial court to leave the Secretariat, which made Xue Dading breathed a sigh of relief.
Xue Dading didn't hesitate at all, and took Wang Youfang to Tianjin City on a boat.
Xue Dading got off the ship and sighed, "But I didn't expect to arrive in Tianjin this day. After Du Xiang forced us to build a port for the canal, we didn't expect it to be so fast."
"Governor Xue, this is nothing, it can be faster!" Wang Youfang said to Xue Dading, "Please please!"
When Xue Dading heard Wang Youfang's words, he followed Wang Youfang to a carriage. The carriage had long tracks spreading towards Tianjin City. Xue Dading thought for a while and said in surprise: "Is it a Chidao?"
"That's right!" Wang Youfang finished answering and said to the manager, "This is the official seal, office and two stone grain coupons recorded by me in Cangzhou!"
After inspecting the official seal and the office on Wang Youfang's hand, the institution was taken, and the food coupon was quickly prepared for Wang Youfang and Xue Dading.
Wang Youfang sent Xue Dading to the carriage and said, "Governor, you are firmly seated."
The chariots and horses on the road are extremely fast, and you can go to the Yan Prince's Mansion to vote for the famous sect today!"
Soon, the carriage and horses quickly galloped up, watching the scenery around them skip quickly, although Xue Dading sat upright, but he had never taken such a fast ride before, and he could not help but feel a little uneasy:
"This is..."
"This is the road built by King Yan. I took advantage of this road to the port last time." Wang Youfang sighed.
When Xue Dading heard this, he touched his chin and said, "Is this road built by the King of Yan for officials to use?"
"No, according to Lu Sima, this is mainly for shipping cargo.
How much cargo needs to be shipped per day must be applied in advance.
Because this rushing road runs through Tianjin Port and Jinkou, it can be transported directly from the port to Jinkou!" Wang Youfang said.
"Why do you need to operate like this? Isn't it good to drive the ship to the port directly along the estuary?"
When Xue Dading heard Wang Youfang's words, he was a little confused and said, "Anyway, it's better to unload the goods directly then, and Isn't it enough to even drive the ship out of the sea?"
"I don't understand this very much!" Wang Youfang didn't answer, saying,
"Lu Sima said that it is dangerous to drive on the sea in the river, so it is unrealistic to go directly to the sea.
In addition, don’t block all the things on the port. Later, I went back and thought about it. It should be that the track was directly connected to the places where the lifting goods were lifted, avoiding the large number of people being congested in the port.
Therefore, the King of Yan dismantled Jinkou and the port and connected it with a strait.
In this way, to some extent, the entire Tianjin is a big port!"
"Youfang, you are very good and very grown up!" Xue Dading touched his beard and praised when he heard Wang Youfang's words.
Xue Dading asked again, "What's wrong with riding in a carriage here?"
Before Wang Youfang could be happy, he replied:
"This was arranged by the King of Yan for officials who had urgent matters, and only officials were allowed to ride.
And each person needs to pay a stone of food for every ride as the price of horse and bus.
Of course, it's OK to give cash, but generally one more floor than the market price."
"Prepared for the officials?" Xue Dading was a little surprised when he heard this.
Wang Youfang said, "According to Lu Sima, because the King of Yan believes that officials come from other places, most of them have heavy responsibilities.
If you let the other party arrive in Tianjin quickly, you will save some time to deal with things. Compared with this, a mere stone is nothing!”
"Since that's the case, why don't you charge money?" Xue Dading asked again.
"I don't know this... I don't know?" Wang Youfang answered honestly to Xue Dading, "Please ask the governor himself!"
"You!" Xue Dading wanted to make a joke when he heard Wang Youfang's words, but in his words, he had already seen the city of Tianjin from the suburbs of Tianjin, but he sighed at the speed of the road!
Of course, as for the food coupons, Xue Dading remembered it in his heart, and returned it to Wang Youfang when he paid his salary.
Because Wang Youfang was born in the Wang family of Zhongshan and was a descendant of Wang Rui, he was much richer than the ones born as an official slave.
Therefore, Wang Youfang is basically responsible for paying some of the expenses on weekdays, but when he pays his salary, he will make up for Wang Youfang.
This is also a way for both parties to get along with each other, and they have never had any trouble.
In the blink of an eye, I had already seen Tianjin City, and the road passed by Tianjin City and did not directly enter Tianjin City.
However, when we arrived at the city gate, we saw that there was a bit of Chang'an City in Tianjin. It was still a square market, and the city gate could even call a carriage to pull people directly to the designated location.
Here, it’s only a few cents to pull a train, and the highest price is not more than five cents.
In contrast, Xue Dading unconsciously felt a little bit of pain. It was a whole stone of food coupon, and Youzhou area started with fifty-five cereals.
To be honest, this price is mainly blamed on Li Tai. Li Tai vigorously purchased grain and received 55 cents of grain in Youzhou area, and it has even tended to have 60 cents of grain per stone.
This price is quite high compared to some other grain-producing lands.
"Why is the food price in Youzhou still so low..." Li Tai murmured as he looked at the official document,
"I can't even break sixty per stone. Now this season should be a bad match!"
"You must be a person, King Yan!" Li Chunfeng looked at Li Tai's look at the official document and couldn't help but touch and complain in his heart.
"Since ancient times, even corrupt officials may not have prayed for the price of food to rise. If they are seen by people outside, they may be furious!"
Of course, no matter how much I think about it, but I can't say that, Li Chunfeng said,
"King of Yan, you have made great efforts to send food to Gaoling, and almost everyone in Youzhou knows it.
Who will raise the price at this time, and who dares to raise the price!"
"I'm careless!" Li Tai complained silently in his heart.
I actually hope that the price of food will rise slightly so that I can successfully harvest a wave of wealth.
But now that the food price is so low, the farmers are already suffering enough, and they really can't bear to search for another sum.
Let’s continue to find ways to prepare all kinds of farm tools for them to sell and deliver...
At this time, Lu Anshou came in and reported, "King Yan, Xue Dading, the governor of Cangzhou, threw a famous sect, do you want to see him?"
"Oh, the important minister is finally here!" Li Tai was surprised and hurriedly said, "Let him come in!"
Before Xue Dading could enter, Li Tai greeted him and spoke to Xue Dading.
"Serious officials, you are here so quickly. Come and come quickly. Let's talk at night and make comprehensive plans for Cangzhou!"
Xue Dading looked at Li Tai with some surprise.
To be honest, Xue Dading and Li Tai had some intersections on Zheng Guoqu, but that was just intersections.
If there is any deep relationship between the two parties, Xue Dading himself has no idea.
But Xue Dading was quite impressed by Li Tai's plan. After all, the entire Zheng Guoqu was planned by Li Tai, Li Tai, and finally built the Zheng Guoqu. In this way, Xue Dading made the idea on Li Tai.
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"Sit!" Li Tai asked Xue Dading to sit in his left hand position, and Li Chunfeng was opposite him.
Xue Dading saluted Li Chunfeng. Although Li Chunfeng was inferior to himself in his official position, Xue Dading understood that Li Chunfeng was actually similar to Ma Zhou, and they were both Li Tai's confidants.
Although I hadn't specifically inquired about it, Li Chunfeng had some fabulous characters in Youzhou.
After all, Li Chunfeng not only can laugh at the military, but also helps Li Tai to handle government affairs.
At least in his opinion, Li Chunfeng's talent is absolutely fine, even a major border town.
"Baihe, come and record!" Li Tai raised his head and said to Baihe who had been by his side and looked unknown.
"No!" Bai He nodded, and habitually took out paper and pen to start recording.
Li Tai looked at Xue Dading and said, "Serious minister, since you are here, you can talk about your plan first!"
"No!" Xue Dading heard Li Tai's words, nodded and handed his plan to Li Tai, and then said:
"When I returned to the King of Yan, because Cangzhou had several major rivers intersecting and had convenient canals, I wanted to repair Cangzhou's water conservancy and reclaim fertile fields. However, although the land of Cangzhou was not considered bitter and cold.
But compared with the Guanzhong area, the population was sparse. Later, when repairing the Grand Canal, it was discovered that Tianjin corvee was like Gaoling's corvee.
Then I remembered that you would like to borrow some people from King Yan to help Cangzhou build these water conservancy facilities."
When Li Tai heard Xue Dading's words, he finished reading the project silently. He looked up at Xue Dading and said, "It's just that?"
Faced with Li Tai's reaction, Xue Dading was stunned and confused, "What does the King of Yan mean?"
"You're so small, your situation is so small!" Li Tai couldn't help but sigh when he heard Xue Dading's words.
Li Chunfeng raised his eyebrows. Although there was no evidence, according to the character of King Yan, King Yan was definitely acting at this time.
Xue Dading didn't react for a while. As the governor of Cangzhou, why did he have a small situation to seek welfare for Cangzhou!
Li Tai continued, "You only see the local Cangzhou.
Although such small repairs can improve the lives of the people of Cangzhou, it is very likely that you will become poor after you leave Cangzhou.
You have to look at Cangzhou with the eyes of the entire Youzhou, or even the entire Tang Dynasty, and make Cangzhou an indispensable part of the Tang Dynasty puzzle.
Only by making such a move can Cangzhou be truly developed.”
To be honest, many people must look at the big picture, and a very important point is to avoid people from leaving the political situation.
After all, if the country requires how a certain place develops, no matter how the local officials change or how they get, in general, they will definitely be consistent with the policies of the entire country.
After all, the kind of place that does not follow the central government’s instructions and develops itself randomly has never appeared since the reunification of the Qin Dynasty.
When Xue Dading heard Li Tai's words, he wanted to look at the country and couldn't help but widen his eyes. Even Li Tai wanted to see if Xue Dading had any opinions, Xue Dading said helplessly: "Please ask the King of Yan to solve his doubts!
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OK... I'm in vain for expectation!
To be honest, such officials are normal officials.
At least in ancient times, many people might not even have even come out of local villages. As for these officials, not to mention the concept of the entire Tang Dynasty, it would be nice to have a concept of prefectures and counties in the local area.
The most important reason why Ma Zhou became a talented national scholar is that Ma Zhou, the guy from the bottom, has almost no flaws in the overall situation, and more officials from the bottom are Xue Dading.
From an official slave to a governor, this struggle experience has become very inspiring.
However, because of the lack of corresponding vision, you can basically reach the level of the governor by relying on your own abilities. If you want to go to the next level, you will have an invisible barrier.
Li Tai looked at Xue Dading and said, "Let me pick up the younger one first, I hope you can become a granary in Hebei!"
"The granary in Hebei region?" Xue Dading came over when he heard Li Tai's words, and looked at Li Tai in confusion, saying, "Is it because the plan for the preparation is not detailed enough? The newly built water conservancy and reclaimed farmland can naturally increase grain output?
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"The plan you made is very careful, but it is also too detailed!" Li Tai took a deep breath, picked up the plan, thought for a while, and said, "My position for Cangzhou is the granary of Hebei, but not just the granary,"
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The second step is to make it a cotton coat from the north so that it can develop further.
The third step is to make it a salt jar of the Tang Dynasty, so that it cannot be missing from the Tang Dynasty.
Each step is a prelude to the previous step. When making a plan, you must reserve enough room for development for the next step.
Only in this way can we develop Cangzhou step by step!”
"As for the first step, you build too few canals and develop too few farmland, so small repairs are not meaningful.
I need you to go to Cangzhou for a comprehensive investigation, and then follow this plan to build a new water conservancy project.
Do it at once to avoid river diverting and re-repairing in the future!” Li Tai said seriously.
Seeing Li Tai smashing such a plan as soon as he came up, Xue Dading didn't react and said in a daze.
"How much manpower does this require and how much money and food does it require?"
"You go and make a detailed picture album of the terrain of the entire Cangzhou. I will solve the problem of money and grain!"