A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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Xue Ji said, "We opened a branch factory in the country of Japan, and many people from the country of Japan came to work here. After the people of the country of Japan saw the money and food, they squeezed their heads and wanted to come in. Even the nobles of the country of Japan wanted to come in, because The income from the factory is much higher than that of the Japanese people from farming. Sometimes I see a large group of Japanese people working in the branch factory. Their eyes are dull and their expressions are stiff, like Being half-controlled, they sometimes work without saying a word, in complete silence."

"I refuse the underage children of the Japanese country to work in the factory, in order to keep the labor force of the next generation of the Japanese country from being squeezed dry by us. I know that there must be many people who conceal their ages. The people of the Japanese country are very short. I can't think of their age." Xue Ji took a sip of the soup, "If the situation in the factory spreads to the entire Wa country, no one in the Wa country will go to school, and everyone will just be a puppet working."

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"Everyone has that kind of blank expression. Children have been waiting to work in factories since they were born. No one even thinks about learning to read and write. They have become puppets of the factory. The factory has become everything they depend on for survival. What a terrible situation." Xue Ji said with some fear after thinking of this, "Uncle Yan, you don't know how terrifying the silent scene is, and how sick those numb expressions are."

"It wasn't until I recalled the innocent smiles of the children in Datang Academy, their eyes seeking knowledge and energetic laughter in the academy, that I felt better." Xue Ji smiled wryly, "Perhaps for Japanese people, Datang is really real. It's so wonderful. This time we came back with the spies who came in with the Japanese monks. I let them in on purpose. I also know that these people will leave the Japanese country after all. After coming to Datang, they will never think about it. go back."

"Because as long as they go to Chang'an, they will know how terrible the Japanese society is today." Xue Ji whispered.

"You mean that Gu Qing detonated Mount Aso in the Japanese country to get the people of the Japanese country to submit to work in the factory for Gu Qing to achieve the purpose you said?" Yan Liben asked.

Xue Ji nodded slowly, showing a kind of fear of Gu Qing in his eyes, "I never thought about how terrible a person is. It is said that Gu Qing kills people without blinking an eye. Wanting the Japanese people to have a better life, Gu Qing did not treat the Japanese people well from the very beginning. Maybe when the volcano on Mount Aso was detonated, Gu Qing had already made the decision to make the Japanese country disappear from now on. He never had the slightest regard for the Japanese country. kindness."

"This kind of thinking makes the Japanese people puppets. At the beginning, the Japanese monk wanted to persuade the people of the Japanese country not to work in factories, but the Japanese monks became the object of rejection by the Japanese people. Who would dare to stop the Japanese people? Whoever goes to the factory to earn money is the object of rejection by the whole Japanese people, even studying is disgusting to them, and it is a wonderful thing for them to be able to earn income from simple labor in the factory."

"I don't know why the Japanese people are like this. They cut meat with soft knives, pick meat from bones, and boil frogs in warm water. I have always wondered what these Japanese people think. They never know the importance of knowledge. We will always be enslaved by us like this." Xue Ji smiled wryly, "If it were me, I would think that this would be more terrifying than letting the Japanese nation perish. This is a change in common sense, a change in mentality."

"Killing is nothing but killing one's heart." Yan Liben also sighed.

"Gu Qing is the scariest person I've ever seen. He can make Datang rich, and he can even destroy a country. Who the hell is he?" Xue Ji said with a trembling tone.

Yan Liben fell silent.

The entire port also fell into a carnival because of the return of sea ships. The return of sea ships brought more wealth. There were glazes fired by these three ships, as well as newly made rubber and bricks. ore and so on.

Yan Liben also ordered the port to repair for two days, and sent the fleet back to Chang'an two days later.

Xue Ji ate, took a hot bath, and fell asleep. After the carnival, Yan Liben looked at the tranquility of the port. The port was very quiet in the middle of the night. Many crew members who had returned lay down. Yan Liben ordered people to say, "Call Wake up those sleeping on the ground, let them go to bed, don't catch a cold."

"Yes."

Xue Ji slept until the evening of the second day. After washing up and having a good meal, he began to sort the cargo on the ship and prepare to organize his return to Chang'an.

Yan Liben was also recording the cargo on the ship. In order to ensure that there were no gaps in the cargo after it arrived in Chang'an, the port also made a record and sent it to Chang'an. Xue Ji took Yan Liben to check it together.

"These dark things are rubber?" Yan Liben was no longer surprised by Liuli, but was curious about this rubber that he had never seen before.

"Firing this thing means that a lot of twists and turns were wasted. After knowing the method, this thing can be made quickly, but there is black smoke when it is fired, which is very pungent. Our people are not close to it. It's all made by Japanese people." Xue Ji said, "I don't know what the use of Heihuhu is, it seems to be very important to Gu Houye."

"Why so hard?"

Xue Ji took out a piece of rubber, bent it hard in his hands and let it go, and then it recovered from the prototype, and said with a smile, "This is what this thing does. According to the people who came to the factory, it is an indispensable thing for making engines. Now factories don’t dare to do too much, these are all made by the Japanese country.”

"Yeah, I think Gu Qing started exploring this thing a few years ago." Yan Liben said the first

"That's right." Xue Ji said, "There are not many fig trees in the country of Japan, and the only thing we can make is this cabin. Now fig trees are planted in many places in the country of Japan. I have tried to use the juice of other plants. It's okay, but it's not as good as figs. According to the people in the factory, Gu Houye accidentally mentioned a crop called oak tree, which is better for refining rubber, but this thing is not available in the Central Plains."

"Gu Qing knows everything." Yan Liben smiled wryly.

A few days later in Chang'an, Gu Qing also received news from the port that was rushing on.

"Patriarch." Fan Jian said with seven or eight letters, "The ship has entered the port and started to return. This is a letter from the port along the Dongwu. The nearest is Yueyang. The fleet must have passed Yueyang. You can reach Chang'an in three days."

Gu Qing looked at the letters one by one.

Fan Jian continued, "I think the merchants who came to the south of the Yangtze River agreed to build the waterway very carefully. Now the fleet can travel so fast."

Gu Qing also nodded slightly, and took another letter. This letter is from Wu Wang Li Ke of Soochow. The letter said that Nanzhao rice is currently being tested in the Jiangdong area of ​​Soochow. The trial planting will start this year. He congratulated his fleet for returning, said a lot of compliments, and said a lot of words of comfort to Li Chengqian's deeds, and asked if the planting of Nanzhao waterways would be successful. .

After reading it, Gu Qing picked up a pen and began to write about the rice planting techniques in Nanzhao. The planting of food crops is inseparable from the climate. The light and climate in Nanzhao are very different from those in Guanzhong. It takes Pay attention to the length of the light. In fact, the grain in the south of the Yangtze River has been harvested well. It can even be harvested for two seasons. You can try it. You must consider the water, soil, climate, and the length of the light. It is best to send someone to Nanzhao to see the climate of Nanzhao. .

After finishing writing, Gu Qing handed it to Fan Jian, "Give this letter to Li Ke, King of Wu."

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The sea ship is about to return, and the Maritime Trade Department is also in a busy state. Li Zhi watched the letters on the table in front of him gradually pile up. The Maritime Trade Department is linked with merchants from all over the Central Plains. Passengers also began to use waterways to travel between places. They didn't feel it before, but now they feel a little overwhelmed. Looking aside, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu are also buried in a large pile of case files, busy reviewing them.

The expansion of waterways has an obvious effect on trade, but the burden that comes with it is also obvious. When the various conditions of waterways in various places come to the Maritime Trade Department after the backlog, whether it is the efficiency of the ups and downs, or the efficiency of the various There will be big problems in the implementation of such things.

Li Zhi put down the pen in his hand and said to Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu: "Don't be too busy, I have something to discuss with you."

Shangguanyi is also still in court. It seems that this time may not come. After Chaozhong opened a bank, things in Chaozhong have become more and more busy. In addition to the changes in the Western war situation, Shangguanyi is inseparable from Ben.

Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu also stood up.

Li Zhi turned around and said to them, "I want to establish sub-divisions of the Department of Maritime Trade in important ports in various places. If all the waterways in the Central Plains are handed over to the Department of Maritime Trade, it will always be a drop in the bucket. Our The plan will never keep up with their local changes, and what you saw last year is still unresolved."

Xu Jingzong lowered his head, wondering if Li Zhi was thinking about his own disadvantages?

"I'll give you three days to divide all the main points of each waterway, mark the places where the branch of the Maritime Trade Division can be set up, and arrange the personnel..." Li Zhi paused, the allocation of personnel is indeed a bit of a headache .

Li Yifu said, "His Royal Highness Jin understands his worries. It is better to choose from the academy. The students of the academy should be selected independently. Our Maritime Trade Department is selecting more useful personnel from them. The academy can also be arranged by His Royal Highness Wei Wang."

Li Zhi nodded slightly, "It is said that the academy has produced a few outstanding students recently, and Master Kong Yingda took them personally. In terms of manpower, I will ask brother Huang to help. Mark the location of the branch of the trade department, and I will discuss it with Gu Qing and Shangguanyi."

"Yes!" Xu Jingzong replied quickly.

"Thank you." After Li Zhi finished speaking, he left in a hurry and went to the academy. Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu had no burden to use. For example, Shangguanyi came to the Maritime Trade Department to help herself at most, and there was still a human touch in the middle. It's too much trouble, but Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu's ability to handle things is still good, and they are handy to use. It's better to have no friendship when it comes to employing people. Li Zhi felt confident when he thought of this.

After Li Zhi left, Xu Jingzong whispered to Li Yifu, "Does His Highness Prince Jin's words mean that he is blaming us?"

"It doesn't seem like it." Li Yifu said, "His Royal Highness Jin would have scolded us a long time ago, and we don't have such a big face for His Royal Highness Jin to say so euphemistically."

"That's right." Xu Jingzong sighed, "We are already very satisfied with our foothold in the Maritime Trade Department. I always feel that during the time when I became a minister in the court, those plots and turmoil in the court are now turbulent. Thinking about it is like a dream, but here I am at ease."

"Do things well." Li Yifu said, "His Royal Highness used to have a person named Xue Ji under his command. When the Maritime Trade Department was first established, he followed His Royal Highness Jin. And when it comes to going to sea, he has no hesitation. Going to sea, we should not underestimate this guy, he is a hero of the Maritime Trade Department when he came back from the country of Wa, so it is better for us to keep our heads down and do things during this time."

Xu Jingzong also understood in his heart that the best thing for this kind of thing is to hide your strength and bide your time in the Maritime Trade Department, and don't think about fighting for power and profit.

Li Zhi hurried to the academy to find Li Tai, "Brother Huang!"

Li Tai, who was eating tea eggs, looked up and saw Li Zhi, "He's about to get married, how can he be in such a hurry, what's wrong with him?"

"It's not a difficult task." Li Zhi said, "It's about the Department of Maritime Trade. I need a lot of manpower. I thought it would be difficult to find it from other places, so I thought of the Academy."

"You want the students from the academy to go to your Maritime Trade Department?" Li Tai asked.

"Exactly." Li Zhi nodded.

"It's okay, I can post an announcement in the academy." Li Tai said with some embarrassment, "However, the academy is going to have a major exam recently, and a group of students are going to take the final exam. At this time, the adult students are busy with their studies, so I'm afraid I have to deal with it." If you don’t have the Department of Maritime Trade, you will have to wait until after June to get enough manpower.”

"After June." Li Zhi counted the time in his mind, "It's too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up. The biggest problem with the Maritime Trade Department now is the lack of manpower. The waterways in various places have now matured. I'm afraid there will be trouble if we don't manage them at this time. .”

"It's not impossible."

Voices came from outside the door. Hearing the immature voice, Li Zhi turned his head to look, and at some point Gu Xiao was standing outside the door.