Super Smuggling System

The Customs Department can be regarded as a half-civilian and half-official port management agency.

This kind of organization is purely a local act, and there is no need to report to the imperial court. In this way, the tax collected by the customs department has nothing to do with the imperial court, and it belongs to the local tax income of the governor's office in Quanzhou.

And as Wei Dayong, who is in charge of Quanzhou Governor's Mansion, he can decide with one word that the part of the Customs Department belongs to the fate of the Governor's Mansion's tax revenue.

After it was confirmed, Li Mu borrowed the grains on the cargo ship, 30 tons of wheat and 30 tons of rice, to David, and used them to appease the people in Datang Pass who were stricken by locusts.

As for why Li Mu didn't borrow corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other grains from Wei Da for disaster relief, it's not that Li Mu didn't want to.

It is that these grains are used for other purposes. These three grains are not available in the Tang Dynasty, and they are all high-yield grain crops, so these three grains are used by Li Mu as seeds.

So it was not lent to David to relieve the people who suffered disasters in the pass.

These three high-yield crops, which have never been seen in the Tang Dynasty, are what Li Mu plans to promote on a large scale in the Tang Dynasty.

It is very difficult to let the people of Tang Dynasty agree with these three crops that they have never seen before. After all, farmers in that era are conservative and stubborn. They always believe that what they see with their own eyes is real. of.

The farmers of Datang had never seen these three crops, so they would not believe that the yield of these three crops would be much higher than the crops grown now.

In this case, it will be very difficult to promote. At first, he was worried about how to promote it. He didn't expect to get the news that there was a serious locust plague in the customs just after he returned to Quanzhou. This year, the grain planted in the customs will not be harvested.

Li Mu, who was still worrying about how to promote it, had a plan in mind, and he took advantage of the locust plague in the customs and the good opportunity of the crop failure.

He and Wei Dayong jointly went to the three provinces to use the locust plague to deprive the people of the Tang Dynasty of growing grain, and began to promote the cultivation of these three kinds of grains to the people in the Tang Dynasty.

After Li Mu said what was in his heart, Wei Dayong lowered his head and thought about it, and said worriedly: "Your Highness Gao Yi, Wei admires it, but is this new food crop really as good as the Lord's?" It is said that there is a high output, and it needs real evidence.”

After finishing speaking, Wei Dayong felt that it was inappropriate and continued: "Of course, Wei completely believes what the lord said. Judging from the changes in Quanzhou in the past few years, we know that the lord has never been innocent. It's just how we can convince the court Woolen cloth?"

"Even if we persuade the imperial court, the three provinces passed the discussion, and took advantage of the locust plague to make the people in the pass grow new food, but the peasants are ignorant, they only believe what they see with their own eyes, and never believe it. That illusory thing, especially when it comes to your own rations."

David Dayong knew that agriculture has always been the foundation of all dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception. The farmers all over the Tang Dynasty were the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

As a magistrate, he understood the nature of peasants very well.

"Yes, how to convince the imperial court? Even if the imperial court is persuaded, how can the people of Tang Dynasty be persuaded?" After listening to Wei Da's sharp question.

Li Mu unconsciously thought that the peasants in the Central Plains are a complex of contradictions. They are ignorant, stubborn, and conservative, but they are also the most kind, simple, and easily satisfied group of people.

Their eyes have been on the land all their lives, and they have no distracting thoughts.

This kind of character has not changed much even in modern times. Farmers still only believe in the facts before them and never believe in empty words.

Farmers are like a stubborn donkey, stubborn but industrious. Only by presenting the real bumper harvest of these three high-yield crops in the field will they be convinced.

If that was the case, Li Mu thought about it worryingly, he might have missed the last good planting period this year, wasting such a good opportunity in vain.

It's just that there are no real examples, and promotion will definitely be much more difficult.And forced promotion is likely to backfire.

Finally, after discussing with Wei Dayong, the three crops were fully promoted in Quanzhou first. After all, the Governor's Mansion has a high prestige in the hearts of Quanzhou people in recent years.

Coupled with the help of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, it is completely possible to cover a large area of ​​Quanzhou with the planting of the three crops.

Then the two are still preparing to report to the imperial court about the three kinds of crops, hoping that the imperial court can decree that the official fields of the prefectures in the pass will be planted for one year in advance.

Li Mu will also ask Meishuang to inform the members of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce to start promoting the three kinds of food crops among the people in the prefectures of the Tang Dynasty, or rent or borrow them, so as to drive the farmers of the Tang Dynasty to plant new crops.

In this way, a two-pronged approach, as long as it takes one year for the people to see the super high yields of the three crops, even if they are not allowed to plant them, the farmers will spontaneously grow on their own land under the temptation of the super high yields. planted.

This can be regarded as a two-pronged approach of the leadership effect and the temptation effect of interests.

After Li Mu and Wei Dayong discussed the three crops, Wei Dayong left in a hurry and prepared to go to Quanzhou Port to transfer the grain lent to him by Li Mu.

The rivers of Datang cannot pass sea ships, and the grain can only be transferred to inland water ships, and then the grain is transported to the pass through inland water ships.

At the same time, Wei Dayong had arranged for the disaster relief food, and he had to go back to the governor's mansion to think about how to propose to the court to promote the three kinds of food crops.

In this way, all things were crowded together, which made Wei Dayong a little busy, but he thought that Datang would soon promote three new high-yield crops.

The people of Datang got rid of the threat of famine sooner.

Thinking that there will be no more famines in the Tang Dynasty from now on, and there will be no more cases of selling children and daughters due to hunger, no matter how busy he is, he feels happy.

This is the difference between ancient officials and modern officials. Modern officials serve as officials for leaders, while ancient officials are obviously serving as officials for the emperor.

But the truth is that they are serving as officials for Qingshi, and it can also be said that they are serving as officials for their own reputation. This can also understand why many officials in ancient times were not afraid of imperial power, and dared to face imperial power without regard to life and death.

At the same time, the ancient emperors also encouraged this kind of behavior, which is why there were censors in ancient times.

Li Er is one of the more famous ones in this regard. He said later that if you take copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes;The accustomed Wei Zheng is like his second uncle.

After seeing off the excited and anxious Wei Dayong, Li Mu returned to the private courtyard of Hongyun Building again, and saw Meier coming with three silver hairpin maids, and each of the three silver hairpin maids was holding a silver hairpin in their hands. tray.

Chapter 149 Three Artifacts

After solving the food problem, Li Mu was in a good mood.

Just imagine, as long as the three crops are successfully promoted in Datang, the problem of food shortage in Datang will be solved.

In this way, a series of chain reactions will occur. The most notable point is that with the increase of food, the population of Datang will generally increase.

The increase in population is a great wealth for Datang, because there are many things that require a lot of manual work.

Although this kind of benefit may not necessarily be used by Li Mu, the increase in population will indirectly increase social wealth, and for him, more wealth can be squeezed out of it.

In addition, as the population of the Tang Dynasty increases, Li Mu can gradually expand the territory of the mainland that was unknown during the Tang Dynasty.

And in this way, a large number of people will be needed to develop the mainland. At that time, Li Mu may let the people of Tang Dynasty to colonize and develop.

Of course, letting the people of the Tang Dynasty colonize other continents requires the approval of the emperor. After all, Li Mu is not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so he cannot order the people of the Tang Dynasty.

But the good thing is that this guy Li Er has not lived for a few years, and the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty will be Li Zhi. With Li Zhi's temperament and his relationship, he believes that it is still possible to influence him.

Thinking of this, Li Mu realized that since he came to Quanzhou, he seemed to have never met him again, except for giving Li Zhi new gadgets from time to time.

It seems that it's time to go back to Chang'an and increase the relationship between them.

Li Mu, who sent Wei Dayong away, went back to the courtyard of Hongyun Building in his thoughts, and saw Meier walking towards the middle hall with three silver hairpin maids.

Seeing that the three silver hairpin maids were holding a tray covered with a brocade handkerchief, they walked quickly towards the central hall where the discussion was just now, out of curiosity.

I want to see what Mel is up to.

"Meier, what are you preparing?" Li Mu couldn't help asking just after entering the middle hall.

"Master, this is a tribute from Wa Island to the mansion, and this servant will show it to you." After speaking, Mei Er ordered the three silver hairpin maids to take off the brocade handkerchief that was covering it.

It turned out that when Li Mu sent Wei Da to use it, Meier remembered that the tributes that Wa Island sent to Shoushanbo Mansion a few days ago, those that hadn't arrived were urgently sent to Shoushanbo Mansion, and they were still kept at Mufeng Store in Quanzhou Port for storage. In the treasury of treasures.