The weather has gradually cooled down, and it was not bright outside when I got up. After going for a ride, Li Shan sat at the table and thought to himself, Dai County looks rundown, but in fact it has a lot of resources.
It has convenient transportation and occupies Li-Tang, the main channel for Turkic exchanges. It also has abundant coal and iron resources. Since ancient times, iron has been controlled by the government. Even in later generations, it is roughly the same, but coal in this era is not.
He has never experienced crazy excavation, and the large amount of open-pit coal opened Li Shan's eyes... Many things came up in his mind.
Maybe, you can do more?
Sometimes Li Shan also wonders secretly, how much change has he brought to this era as a time traveler?
Prince Li Jiancheng failed to take the credit for pacifying Shandong, and now he is no longer as aggressive as he was in history in the battle with the Prince of Qin to seize the throne, although Luo Yi is more domineering than in history.
Princess Pingyang did not die of illness and was in charge of the Beiya Imperial Army... If Li Shimin caused another Xuanwu Gate Incident, the chances of success would be hard to say.
After all, the key to the Xuanwu Gate incident was not the Xuanwu Gate, but the fact that Li Shimin's forces that had penetrated into the palace successfully controlled the saint Li Yuan and the ministers... and this aspect was within the scope of the Bei Ya Forbidden Army.
But these were not what Li Shanzhu wanted to do. In other words, they were all passive... Of course, it was forced to dim the stars of Li Bai, Du Fu, He Zhizhang, and Xiao Li Xiaodu in history.
In fact, Li Shan did not do much on his own initiative. He mainly focused on two aspects. The first was professionalism, so the medical soldiers came out in advance. The second was life. Red bricks, hot pot, and stir-fry dishes were all brought to this era by him.
Mrs. Zhou brought the steaming noodle soup and two plates of food. Li Shan couldn't help but laugh after looking at it. This was also a change he had brought about.
In ancient times, there were very few vegetables in autumn and winter. After all, there were no greenhouses and no potatoes. Sweet potatoes, which are easy to store, were at most Chinese cabbage... now called "pork".
Li Shan is not picky about meat. Even in the eyes of outsiders, he prefers pork, which is a bit unpalatable, but he is used to vegetables... He couldn't bear it the year before last. This year, he tinkered with leeks here and asked Zhou to make bean sprouts.
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Chives and bean sprouts are new things that don't exist in this era. Today, Zhou made a plate of stir-fried chive eggs and a plate of stir-fried bean sprouts to go with it.
Ma Zhou, who was yawning profusely, sat across from him, picked up his chopsticks and ate, muttering, "It was uprooted and transplanted, and it never saw the light of day, but it actually survived!"
Well, both of these are vegetables that don’t need to see the light of day.
Li Shan ignored him and kept eating noodles. In fact, people in this era eat more noodles, but they are mainly concentrated in the middle and upper classes. People in the lower classes rarely eat them. On the one hand, the price is not cost-effective, and on the other hand,
Because of wheat poison.
Some time ago, Li Shan personally went to the fields to harvest the autumn harvest. He was dissuaded by an old man from the countryside from eating pasta at night... In fact, wheat poisoning is a skin disease caused by contact with wheat ears when harvesting wheat.
"I heard that Zhu Ba is back?"
Li Shan ate a bowl of noodles, wiped his mouth, and then replied slowly: "I came back last night."
"saint……"
"I don't know yet, but Du Xiao is left in Chang'an."
Regarding Li Shan's overall plan for Dai County, some Ma Zhou agreed, some shook his head, but one thing is for sure, this matter cannot and cannot be kept hidden, and must get the nod from above... at least in private
Approval.
There are two people on this, one is Li Yuan on the surface, and the other is Li Shimin secretly... Regarding this aspect, Li Shan did not hide it from Ma Zhou. After all, his political views are different from Ma Zhou, Ling Jing, and Su Dingfang.
It's not a secret.
Zhu Ba was ordered to return to Beijing this time to deliver letters. One copy was sent by Du Xiao to Princess Pingyang's Mansion and forwarded to Li Yuan, and the other was forwarded by Ling Jing to Li Shimin.
Li Shan sat there silently, waiting for Ma Zhou to finish, "Let's go."
Ma Zhou was very tired during this period. He was running around with the energetic Li Shandong. He couldn't help complaining: "If you don't allow it, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"
"Definitely agree!" Li Shan replied calmly and confidently. The more he got to know Dai County, the more he felt that Li Yuan would nod, although it would definitely be in private.
Ma Zhou followed smoothly, "A certain person has said a long time ago that you are good at medicine and poetry, but the best at charming!"
Seeing Li Shan glance over, Ma Zhou shrugged, "The original words of Yiyang County Gong."
Li Shan's face darkened, and he set off to leave Mayi that day. Liu Shirang indeed said so.
I don’t know what the old man was thinking... Li Shan once thought about it carefully on his way back to Dai County. Liu Shirang’s expression at that time was a bit weird, jealous, envious... well, just envious and jealous.
In fact, looking at it from another perspective, the direct result of Li Shan's fame for Liu Shirang this time was that Mayi won a great victory, Liu Shirang made the first contribution, and Li Shan also used this to become famous in Chang'an again.
Anyone can take credit.
But with such a character, he is worthy of using the lotus as a metaphor for himself and can be called a gentleman.
The two of them went out, and Zhu Shitou and Fan Shiyi, who were on duty, followed with their guards. The group of people rode out of the city, walked around the east side, and stopped at a hill.
"Lang Jun, this is it." Qi Laosan, who had been waiting here for a long time, shouted from a distance.
Li Shan dismounted and climbed the mountain, turning around in a circle under Qi Laosan's guidance, "Are you sure?"
"There is absolutely no difficulty." Qi Laosan said confidently: "It's just a waste of manpower. We don't have that many manpower at the moment."
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time." Li Shan said with a smile: "If you can succeed, I will credit you with it."
Ma Zhou, who was behind him, finally understood at this moment and tugged on Li Shan's sleeve, "Huairen, although this dynasty is not allowed to mine iron ore, in fact..."
"It is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu." Li Shan asked in surprise: "Don't you know that at the beginning of the year, the sage abolished the Shaofu."
The fifth eunuch of the Tang Dynasty was the son of the country, the Shaofu, the general, the water, and the military. Li Yuan ascended the throne and followed the Sui system and established the Shaofu. However, in March of this year, the Shaofu was abolished.
Therefore, nominally the purchase of iron ore is under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, but in fact the Shaofu is gone... You only need to pay taxes, and you can mine.
In fact, Li Shan specifically asked about this before taking the post, and the answer he got shocked him... not only iron ore, but copper mine is also acceptable!
You must know that the Tang Dynasty was not as good as the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In fact, silver was basically not circulated, and the currency was mainly copper coins... Copper mines can be mined at will. Li Shan regretfully remembered that during the college entrance examination in his previous life, his teacher suggested applying to the University of Mining and Technology based on his scores.
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In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, various policies, institutional rights and responsibilities were quite confusing. Of course, this was a good thing for Li Shan... Well, if Liu Shirang was really appointed as the acting governor, Li Shan's life would not be easy.
But now, Li Shan has a lot of autonomy, especially in a place like Daizhou where there are no powerful wealthy families.
Li Shan gave a few more words before leaving. Last year, he took Qi Laosan under his sect because he had been absent from work in his early years and later worked as a blacksmith. He was considered an expert, but Li Shan had never been exposed to this industry in his previous life.
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After nearly an hour of riding again, Li Shan stopped outside a valley, where seven or eight carriages were heading out along the trail.
"Never stopped?"
"Yes." Fan Shiyi whispered from the side: "About three times a day, after screening, they are sent to the back of Zhuangzi for storage. The daily dosage is not large."
In open-pit coal mines, the cinders and coal blocks collected must be screened before they can be used. In this regard, Zhou Erlang and Fan Laosan, who presided over Zhuangzi, specially arranged manpower.
Li Shan nodded and made a mental calculation. He didn't plan to make weapons to rebel anyway. A coal mine not far away and an iron mine were enough.
It has been more than two years since Li Shan came to this era. From a weightless chess piece, Li Shan has come step by step to the present. He has help from the court, is favored by saints, is kind to Princess Pingyang, and secretly communicates with the King of Qin... Now he has Dai County.
With a piece of land, he finally started to take the initiative to do something.
Using business to revitalize the city is just a means.
The most critical thing is how to defend this city under the Turks' horseshoe scimitars.
It’s an exaggeration to say that we are out of ammunition and food in Pudong, Shanghai, but we have nothing but rice, flour and oil. I just fried a bowl of egg fried rice and used up the last precious egg. The group purchase goods will not be delivered until at least the 4th, Yaoshou