Dressed as a family of cannon fodder, the villain brother is busy opening up wasteland

With this imperial edict, the Annan merchants would not dare to speak out even if they had complaints in their hearts. After all, those vassal states were not subject to the laws of their own country, but they were. If they disobeyed the imperial edict, they might be guilty of the serious crime of having their property confiscated and their clan exterminated.

What's more, it's not that there is no profit to be made, and the profit is quite a lot. It's just that compared with the flat tax rate of the previous dynasty, it is now classified into different categories.

Li Yi heaved a sigh of relief only when the policy began to be implemented and the Maritime Trade Office started to operate normally.

It was also his first time to engage in maritime trade and he was afraid of making mistakes, but he didn’t expect that he would be able to accomplish it without any major problems in the end.

Now all we need to do is find a suitable person to take charge of this maritime trade office. As for him, he can go back and continue to live a leisurely life as a leisurely prince.

In addition to the classification of maritime trade taxes, Wen Yao also reminded Li Yi that once maritime trade opens, more and more merchants from vassal states will come and go, and the language barrier must be resolved, otherwise it will be troublesome if there are communication problems in the future.

But this problem is not so easy to solve.

Wen Yao can speak and listen, but she can't teach others as a girl. If others ask her how she learned it, wouldn't that be even more troublesome?

Wen Yao didn't care. If she could help Li Yi and she had to help, she would do it.

But Wen Xiuyi and Wen Jun didn't agree with her taking the risk. Not to mention them, even Li Yi didn't agree.

This is equivalent to putting Wen Yao in the spotlight and clearly telling others that she is different.

In the study, there was a family of three plus Li Yi who was allowed to participate in the small meeting. After all, the maritime trade issue concerned him.

Wen Xiuyi glanced at Wen Yao, who grinned.

Wen Xiuyi snorted softly and said, "This is actually a simple matter. Didn't these vassal states bring back many Annan people? Those people can speak our language as well as the vassal state's language. Let them teach us."

Li Yi thought so at first.

Wen Jun said, "After all, those people went overseas in the previous dynasty. Now they have settled overseas. Will their hearts still be with Annan? If these people mislead them, it will be easy to cause problems."

Speaking of this, Wen Yao raised her hand and said, "I'm here, so what are you afraid of? When they teach, they ask people to write it down, and then I'll look it over again, so I can find any problems right away. And we can also find some people there to teach us the language. I think they're also happy to have people learn it."

Once maritime trade begins, it is only a matter of time before language communication is achieved. It will just be a little more difficult at the beginning, but it will become easier later on.

But this is not something that can be solved in a day or two. It is something that needs a long time to change slowly.

"Then I will have the government post a notice tomorrow. If those people are willing, I will promise them generous rewards and also promise to bring their families back." Li Yi said.

The three of them nodded in agreement.

Li Yi clenched and unclenched the hands hidden in his sleeves. He was actually nervous sitting here. He didn't expect Wen Xiuyi and the others to trust him. He thought he would be excluded.

Now he has joined their discussion, and from what Wen Xiuyi and Wen Jun said, they know that Wen Yao is special. Is this a disguised way of believing in themselves?

Li Yi almost couldn't suppress his inner excitement, but fortunately he had trained himself to remain calm in the face of praise or criticism over the years, so he didn't lose his composure.

After they discussed some details, Wen Xiuyi waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's it. It looks like we won't be able to go back for a while."

Wen Yao tilted her head and looked at him: "I finally took my mother out for a trip, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"

You've been farming for two lifetimes, can't you just relax?

Wen Xiuyi avoided her gaze with a guilty conscience, causing Wen Yao to snort and say, "The seaside scenery is beautiful, take mom out for a walk more often, stop thinking about your rice all day, and give yourself a break."

"I know, I know." Wen Xiuyi muttered twice, then walked away with his hands behind his back.

The three people left smiled helplessly.

Wen Jun glanced at Li Yi and said nothing. He just smiled slightly, raised his hand and patted him gently on the shoulder.

"gone."

After hearing these two pats on the shoulders, Li Yi knew that they trusted him completely and entrusted Wen Yao to him.

For some reason, Li Yi was very moved. He looked down at the petite girl beside him and said, "Yaoyao, I will never let you down in my life."

Wen Yao was still thinking about how to teach these people foreign languages ​​when she suddenly heard this sentence and was stunned for a moment: "Ah? What's wrong?"

Seeing her stunned look, Li Yi smiled dotingly: "Nothing, I heard from the people in the government office that there is a shrimp paste restaurant on Yangfeng Street that makes delicious shrimp paste, shall I take you there?"

Wen Yao's eyes lit up: "Okay."

"Do you want to call Big Head and the others?"

"It will be all right."

"Then I'll go ask Dad and Mom if they want to eat it."

"it is good."

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The next day, the Maritime Trade Office posted a notice to recruit talents who could speak the language of the vassal state. As for the treatment, they could be directly employed as full-time employees of the Maritime Trade Office without the need for assessment, and their family members could also enjoy the same treatment.

If family members are still overseas, they can be brought back to live there and land can be distributed according to the population.

When this notice came out, many people were envious, and everyone wanted to give it a try, but there were still very few people who could speak both the vassal language and the Annan language.

In addition, Li Yi also sent people to lobby the Annan people who were brought back by the vassal states, saying that now is the time for them to serve their motherland. If they are willing, the next time the Annan merchant ships go out to sea, they can bring all their families back.

Some people were tempted, while others were used to their ancestors living in vassal states and did not choose to join the Maritime Trade Office. But even so, there were still a dozen people willing to work as translators in the Maritime Trade Office.

As for eating public food, you don't always have the opportunity to do so. Their ancestors went out to work hard just to have a bright future.

Now, a bright future lies before them. They can enter the government office without any effort, and become formal employees registered in the Ministry of Personnel. Who wouldn't want that?

The people were found, but what to do with this messy language became a problem. Their ancestors were people from the previous dynasty who went overseas on the merchant ships of the previous dynasty. Although they could speak the language of the feudal state, they had never received a proper education there. Being able to speak is one thing, but asking them to teach others is another matter. They also have to be able to write.

For this reason, Li Yi called these ten people together and asked them directly: "Do you have any acquaintances from the vassal states? It would be best if they are educated and can write the language there. If they are willing, they can enjoy the same treatment as you. Their families can also be brought to Annan to settle down and become our Annan citizens and be protected by us."

After these words came out, not only these ten people, but also the other people in the original maritime trade office were stunned. This... it was fine to give the lucrative job to one of their own people for free, after all, their ancestors were also Annan people. Although they were from the previous dynasty, but giving it to those vassal states for free, and treating them the same? Why?