Chapter 883 People’s Hearts Remain Unchanged and There Is a Platform
Bi Gou slowly brewed a pot of tea: "Who did the money on the road go to? Didn't the postman spend the money? Livestock eat feed, where are the livestock raised? They don't eat? It has to be spent anyway."
He felt that the two people suddenly became stupid, why spend it on the road?
"But..." Su Yan thought about it and found that Bi Gou was right.
The road fee was earned by the postman, and the livestock had to eat feed.
"Can we collect taxes, right?" Song Jing mentioned the key question.
"Yes, there is an extra profit, and the undistributed profit is used to build roads.
There is a post station every ten miles, as long as the post station makes more money, there will be money to build ten miles of road.
Some post stations make more money, some post stations make less money, and the extra profits are uniformly allocated to subsidize the post stations that make less money to build roads."
Bi Gou thought of it himself, so there was no need to ask Li Yi again.
And building roads is beneficial for merchants to transport goods. Although they are not as fast as post stations, they are the main transportation force.
In this way, the court can save a sum of money on road construction, which can be used in other places.
Song Jing didn't expect Bi Gou to make a big deal again after his visit. He sighed: "Li Yi is still promoting business."
"No, Xiao Yi is helping the people to exchange what they have. Is it better to let things rot in the fields or sell them for money?" Bi Gou didn't admit that Li Yi was doing it for money.
If it was him, he felt that he could do it for money, and Li Yi couldn't make much money from it.
"Have you ever thought about merchants going to local places to buy at a lower price, and then selling them at a high price elsewhere?
If the local people are unwilling to sell to merchants at a low price, the merchants will not accept it, and the things will still rot in the fields and on the trees."
Su Yan said the actual situation of Li Yi at that time.
Don't think this is the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty also knows human nature and human heart.
Bi Gou was stunned and worried. Expecting merchants not to pursue profits is like hoping that a horse can run without eating grass.
Song Jing smiled: "Li Yi had planned it long ago. Isn't there a merchant? He controls the merchant.
For example, for wild fruits in a certain place, merchants buy ten catties for one penny, and the people who have worked hard to pick them want to sell them for one penny or two catties.
The merchants disagree. Normally, wild fruits are either rotten or sold to merchants at the price of one penny for ten catties.
Li Yi's merchant can first ask the people in Chang'an if they want to sell them, three pennies for one catty.
If the people in Chang'an buy them, the local merchant will buy them for one penny or two catties.
Then go through the post station and deliver them to the people in Chang'an at a faster speed. Can the merchants who want to lower the price still lower it?"
Song Jing is talking about the role of the platform, which is the same as Li Yi's online sales platform at that time.
The buyers were so angry that the local people sold them online themselves. There were fewer middlemen and the postage was just a little more expensive.
It was cheaper for people to buy at the terminal than to buy at the nearby market, and the monopoly of the buyers was broken.
Once other merchants wanted to buy them, and some people bought grain and sold it themselves, they beat them, and even found connections to arrest people, and then the grain collectors were released without guilt.
It has become a logistics system. Do the buyers dare to attack the people of the logistics group?
It is no different if it is Li Yi. If the local buyers take action in the business he founded, it will be easy to deal with. You took action first.
"Wait, it is inevitable." Su Yan understood that Li Yi had said it, and it was not difficult to ensure that he would do it.
"I want to live a few more years and see." Bi Gou was afraid of death. He was afraid that he would not see the moment when the Tang Dynasty prospered.
"The existing post road should be expanded, and new post stations should be arranged in places without post stations. They can guard the escaped households. Come, let's study it."
Song Jing was also willing to take a look. He was discussing the scale of the post station.
There will only be post stations in important places. The standard is one post station every 20 miles. In fact, there may be rivers and mountains in the middle of 20 miles.
There are also places where post stations cannot be set up in 20 miles. There is no place to put it and the road is dangerous.
How to arrange a post station in the middle of the plank road on the cliff? How much does it cost?
Now Li Yi gave a way to make money. The post station network should be perfect, just like the water network of Jingzhao Prefecture.
Plank roads, money was spent, and post stations were built. Horses can't run, so people run.
Run a distance, and change people to run at the post station.
It's just money! With Li Yi, there is no need to worry about money.
The three people discussed and felt that there were not enough people, so they pulled in other officials from the Political Affairs Hall and held an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee.
When they told the story, the officials who were called were dumbfounded. The idea was too... too...
"Is it Li Dongzhu's idea? It's feasible! When the water network was built, everyone thought it was a fantasy. Only after the water network was built did we know it was right."
An official said his true feelings carefully. He didn't think such a bold idea would be possible for the three prime ministers.
Bi Gou and the other two were depressed. Now whenever there is a good idea, others think it is from Li Yi.
"What nonsense are you talking about." The official next to this official patted the other party and reminded him in a low voice.
Turning his head, he smiled and said: "The three prime ministers really care about the world. This plan is good. I can't think of it."
Other officials followed suit and praised the prime ministers.
Bi Gou said three times: "..."
Song Jing took six deep breaths: "Let's see how to deploy it specifically. The method is indeed Li Yi's idea, but we have to consider the details more than him."
The news soon reached Li Longji, who ordered that a report be submitted after the details of those people were studied.
It was not until the afternoon that a few sheets of paper were delivered. Li Longji read them and hurried off work. He was delayed today and had a pork sandwich for lunch.
When he arrived at Li's manor, he found that the person was gone. He said that he had left in advance and waited for him at the hot spring.
He hurried over again. When he arrived at the place, Queen Wang took the little guy to soak in a place with low temperature.
Li Yi is frying skewers.
Skewers of dried oysters and dried scallops, deep-fried in flaxseed, lay on a nearby plate, ripped apart from the bones of roast duck.
"Third brother is back? You can nurse the white fungus and turtle soup for two more days and it will be ready.
Today's fried skewers don't need to be dipped in anything spicy, just add a little salt.
If you want to dip it, just dip it in the sweet noodle sauce and black bean sauce that duck meat should be dipped in. "
As Li Yi talked, he arranged the things so they were ready to eat, and also fried some bean curds and pork belly.
He gave Li Longji dietary therapy every day, and everything was well matched.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother Yi." Li Longji knew that because he didn't want to take medicine, he asked Li Yi to spend extra time preparing meals.
"I'm not tired, UU reading www.uukanshu.net I'm bored all day long. Actually, I want to go visit Qiongzhou and quickly solve the problems of the indigenous and mountain people."
Li Yi said and moved the things closer, while Queen Wang took the little guy to change clothes.
"You are overqualified for handling that matter. It's good for you to stay here." Li Longji said nothing and went to change clothes.
Li Yi ate a scallop by himself first and muttered: "So I'm free! The scallops are all processed into scallop pillars, and the remaining skirt is used by the farmer to make cold dishes."
After a while, the three people came back.
Li Longji picked up a scallop skewer and handed it to his son.
"Father, you eat." The little guy waved his hand.
"One bite per person." Li Longji ate one first and then handed the skewers over.
The little guy bit it sideways, flicked his head, and pulled it down, showing a big smile.
Li Longji felt that all the fatigue in his body had disappeared without taking a bath in the hot springs. He wanted to straighten out the government affairs and leave a relaxing court for his son.