Li Tai went to Queen Changsun to pay her respects.
Except for the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, when he would definitely go back to Chang'an to see Empress Changsun, basically whenever he came to the palace, Li Tai would go to see Empress Changsun to pay her respects before leaving.
Then he slept one night in the Yue Prince's Mansion and set off back to Gaoling early the next morning.
Although the road from Gaoling to Chang'an has not been completely repaired, as the road is repaired, Li Tai's speed from Gaoling to Chang'an will become faster and faster. When the road is fully repaired, it may not even take an hour.
When he returned to Gaoling County, Li Tai did not hide anything. He told the court that everyone's contribution was recognized, and he also gave each person a brocade.
This thing can be used to make large coins or clothes.
For Li Tai, even though the value of silk and satin is much higher than that of linen, it is easier to reward silk than to reward linen.
After all, Peacock owns an entire weaving industry chain donated by the Zheng family. Basically, as long as there are raw materials, it is not difficult for Peacock's weaving industry to weave cloth.
But for things like weaving, you can't simply improve the process to increase output. Raw materials are very important.
For example, when the Zheng family completed its monopoly on Chang'an cloth industry, a very important factor was the Zheng family's monopoly on raw materials.
Even if Zheng Fengchi gives away some of the raw materials to Peacock, given the output of the weaving industry owned by Peacock, the total number of pieces of cloth produced in a month can reach 3,000 pieces of cloth, which is already the limit.
It's not that Li Tai doesn't want to produce, but that he has no raw materials. This is why Li Tai wants to buy cloth from the Zheng family, because he is really out of stock.
However, this kind of thing is of course temporary.
Although the price balance maintained by Gaoling has been problematic due to the influx of refugees, otherwise with Peacock's supply of basic materials, it is completely possible to achieve a certain degree of internal closed loop of basic materials in the Gaoling area.
But now, the price of cloth in Gaoling area will remain at a high level for a certain period of time.
To a certain extent, it can be regarded as the contradiction between the people's growing material needs and productivity.
However, Gaoling is close to Chang'an. If necessary, he can go to Chang'an to exchange a batch of cloth, so Li Tai is not in a hurry.
Because people's demand for cloth is not high in summer, the real peak period is generally when the seasons change from autumn to winter.
At that time, down jackets could reduce people's need for linen to a certain extent. Anyway, after a year's time, Peacock's industry should be able to expand again and complete the internal cycle again.
And it doesn't just require expenditure items. With the influx of people, the value they create has made Gaoling more prosperous.
Especially the establishment of the port has completely revitalized the value of Gaoling's location in the center of the Guanzhong Plain.
Although it is naturally inferior to Chang'an in terms of political status, it is the city closest to Chang'an and is even connected to Chang'an by a tributary of the Wei River, which highlights the status of the Gaoling area.
At the same time, the Gaoling area does not adopt a curfew even at night. Instead, bad guys patrol in three shifts to ensure safety, which makes the Gaoling area extremely special.
Not only politicians but also businessmen came to Chang'an, and Gaoling, which had no curfew, became the first choice for these businessmen to stay temporarily before going to Chang'an.
Because Li Tai positioned Gaoling as a distribution center for goods from Guanzhong, ships going south and north did not have to worry because the ships were not allowed to dock under the night curfew. No matter where they went after arriving in the Guanzhong Plain, their first choice was to go to Gaoling first.
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In this way, they can completely transport by water and use the Wei River to reach where they want to reach as quickly as possible.
Especially those who are planning to go to Chang'an can rest here in Gaoling, buy gifts and so on, and then set off to Chang'an the next day.
Therefore, before the dock was built, the Gaoling area could only survive by taking advantage of the situation in Chang'an. But when the dock was completed, it was the finishing touch and revitalized the economy of the Gaoling area.
Although Gaoling can only be said to be dynamic now, with the improvement of the dock, Gaoling will naturally flourish.
When these people come here, whether they are spending money or having fun, they make these gentlemen feel comfortable, so their money will naturally stay in Gaoling.
So overall, Li Tai definitely has a surplus, and the surplus is not small.
However, many of Gaoling's basic supplies still depend on Chang'an for stability, so Li Tai feels a little instinctively uneasy.
But in fact, it can be seen from the fact that Li Tai rewards everyone with silk and satin that Li Tai is not short of money.
Li Tai watched everyone accept the cloth and said with a smile, "Thanks to all of you for the safety of the refugees this time. It is because of this that we have the prosperity and development of Gaoling County today."
"Everything is due to King Yue's careful planning. I just waited and took the initiative!" Ma Zhou stood up and said.
"It's all our efforts, it's all our efforts!" Li Tai couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard Ma Zhou's praise.
However, Li Tai looked serious and said to everyone, "I'm here with you today because I have something I want to discuss with you."
"Sir, please tell me!" Everyone's expressions became serious when they heard Li Tai's words, and all of them stopped smiling.
Li Tai looked at everyone and said seriously:
“Because what follows is my inference, I’m not going to say the reason.
But even so, I still hope you can help me!"
To be honest, whether it was whether there would be a subjugation against the Turks next or whether there would be a bumper harvest next year, Li Tai knew that he could not just talk about this kind of thing now.
After all, even if he is Li Shimin's son, he still can't explain why he can predict that he will send troops to attack the Turks this year, let alone why the past few years have been disasters every year, so how can you have a good harvest next year.
Even if I knew it from birth, I had no intention of becoming a god!
Because prophets can invest through their prophetic advantages, but they cannot always rely on their prophetic advantages to speculate.
Li Tai himself is sure of what he will develop into in the end if he develops step by step.
If you continue to rely on historical knowledge to speculate, even if you are on the right side every time.
But as time goes by, your influence on the entire world becomes greater and greater as you continue to be correct, but you have never really relied on your own ability to make accurate judgments. Your mentality and ability have not followed the victory after victory.
growing up.
As long as you fail once, you will inevitably suffer the backlash of history.
This kind of backlash will bring about not only the price you have to pay, but also those followers who have always believed that you can create miracles, may also wipe out the nine races.
At this moment, everyone looked at each other, and everyone really chose to believe in Li Tai's decision, because Li Tai's decision had always been made without fail.
Li Tai said:
“The successful resolution of the refugee problem this time brings us honor and also gives us an opportunity to make up for our losses.
But please don’t forget that for us, the university is the foundation, and the development of Gaoling is just our sideline.
King Bin, Chu Ke, and Peacock, the three of you will continue to sit in Gaoling.
Nearly 100,000 disaster victims have been admitted. Although everything is normal now, it will take time to truly absorb this population.
I think in the next two years, you will need to work together to complete the transformation from ordinary people to good families."
"I'll wait for you!" After hearing Li Tai's words, the three of them clasped their fists and expressed respect for Li Tai.
Li Tai continued: "Prince Bin, Peacock, you two control the vast majority of the property of our Prince Yue's Mansion.
I have a request this year, which is to temporarily stop expansion and investment until June or July next year.
I will need a large amount of money in May or June next year, so prepare as much as possible."
To be honest, if it's something in Gaoling County or even something in his own industrial chain, Li Tai can easily handle it.
But when Li Tai really needed to spend a large amount of money to do business outside, Li Tai was actually quite poor.
But Li Tai knows very well that next year’s food prices will be incredibly low, not to mention the Zhenguan Dynasty, even in the entire human history.
If he didn't take advantage of next year's opportunity to stock up on food, Li Tai felt that he would regret it for the rest of his life.
To be honest, it's not that Li Tai doesn't want to play tricks, but again, he wants to compete for the crown prince's position in the future.
If you see that the price of food is low, no one will say anything if you hoard a little. But if you really play around with money and end up letting it slip because you don’t understand the public sentiment, it would be too unfair, so it’s better to stop for a while.
As for Li Tai, he has already started burning sand to make some glass, and he is still trying.
I don't want to burn transparent glass all at once. It's fine to burn colorful ones. Anyway, it's just for making money, so I don't mind.
However, the progress of this thing is really slow. Fortunately, I have enough coal resources to try it slowly.
Everyone present looked serious when they heard Li Tai's words.
To be honest, what they have always seen is that Li Tai spends money like water. Even if he transforms nearly 100,000 people from refugees into good citizens, he has never been short of money.
Now that they heard that Li Tai was short of money, they had to be cautious, because this was not a small matter.
The two of them responded to Li Tai with serious expressions, "I obey"*2
With this sentence, they decided to cut off many unnecessary projects and spend enough money next year.
At this time, Li Tai's eyes fell on Lu Cai, Liu Shenwei and Li Chunfeng. Li Tai said:
"Lu Cai, you have done well as the agricultural section chief during this period, and you will be the agricultural section chief from now on.
Leko’s plan to increase food production through music failed. After that, Leko focused on strengthening the organization, stimulating morale, appeasing people, and uniting and cooperating.”
"No!" Lu Cai nodded, indicating that he understood.
The plan originally proposed by Li Tai to increase plant production through music cannot be said to be a failure.
It can only be said that those who listened to music did not increase their grain production significantly, but the input and output were somewhat disproportionate.
So after a year of testing, the project was eliminated.
But even so, the role of music in strengthening organization and command in labor is becoming increasingly obvious.
Especially since these people are farmers, not the military, it is really not easy to follow orders on a large scale.
But add some commands that require large-scale collaboration to the music, so that these people will know how to collaborate after hearing the music.
This can invisibly improve work efficiency.
"In addition, with the help of this arrival of the people, I want you to recruit students again and let the refugees send their children to schools!"
"Recruiting new people?!" Lu Cai was stunned when he heard Li Tai's words.
"Yes!" Li Tai nodded and said, "In addition, if there are orphans among them, try to be assigned to the medical department where Shenwei is!"
"Medical science?" Lu Cai said, "Aren't you going to prepare to teach in liberal arts and mathematics first?"
"This group of students is special, and they have priority for medical training." When Li Tai said this, he looked at Liu Shenwei and said:
"With one year of experience, I think the old god should have initially divided up the medical training system I originally wanted."
"Reporting to your Majesty, Master has already established a system framework for limited trauma treatment and massage and bone setting. He originally planned to try to popularize it among medical students this year!" Liu Shenwei replied seriously to Li Tai.
Li Tai said seriously to Liu Shenwei:
“Medical science has been a bit harder these past few months, so students should master these medical skills first.
You won’t be given too much time, so let them learn as much as they can!”
"No!" Liu Shenwei heard Li Tai's words and said with his hands clasped in fists.
“All in all, except for these few things that need to be adjusted, other things are still going according to plan.
We have successfully eaten this wave of refugees, but we also need time to digest it.
So in the next few years, I need you all to work together with me to get Gaoling County to a high level of evaluation."
"We will work together with the king to develop Gaoling County into a superior county!" Everyone immediately assured Li Tai.
Li Tai waved his hand and everyone left one after another. When Ma Zhou arrived, Li Tai called Ma Zhou to stop.
"Why did the King of Yue leave me behind?" Ma Zhou asked confusedly, looking at Li Tai who had left him behind.
"It's like this. Aye promised me that because of your outstanding performance in this disaster relief, I plan to transfer you to the central government after Gao Ling's term expires. So I won't reward you this time until Gao Ling comes out with his evaluation."
Appreciation!"
Li Tai said happily to Ma Zhou, "So the next policy towards Gaoling is to focus on stability and not to act too hastily!"
When Ma Zhou heard this, he couldn't help but clenched his fists and saluted Li Tai, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support. Zhou will never forget it!"
To be honest, Ma Zhou did not expect that he had only been with Li Tai for a few years. He first controlled the locusts, then dealt with the cold disaster, then established a school, then took charge of Gaoling, and finally successfully entered the center with his achievements visible to the naked eye.
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Ma Zhou is currently at the sixth level, and he will be transferred to the center from at least the fifth level.
For most people, this level is basically the end of a year of hard work.
But for Ma Zhou's age, this is just the beginning!
Li Tai said happily:
"You deserve this. With your talents by my side, you can only manage a place as big as Gaoling's hand.
But when you are with Aye, you can do your best and show your talents, and your vision will be the entire Tang Dynasty."