"Hui'er, as the vice president, you are in charge of the Military Academy. The empire's military preparations will depend on you in the future, but Pei Longwei cannot relax in his work."
"I understand, Your Majesty, please rest assured."
"That's good, you go and do your work. The first batch of students are arriving today, and you, the vice-dean, can't do it without showing up."
"Where is your dean?"
"I won't go. The students are still relatively immature. I'm afraid of scaring them. You can go and I'll walk around the academy. Don't rush back in the next few days. Let's take care of the affairs of the academy first. , this is the future of Datang, don’t dare to be careless.”
"Yes - I retire, Your Majesty, take care!"
After Shangguan Pei Hui left, Gao Buyi asked the others who were following him to leave. He walked around for a while and found a place to lie down under the shade of a tree near the water. He wanted to think carefully about the way to go. .
It has been more than half a year since he came to the Tang Dynasty. In order to stop this carriage that has been going downhill, he relied on his imperial power to carry out drastic reforms in the court in a short period of time. The next step can only be left to time.
To be honest, he doesn't like the profession of emperor. You read that right, for him, the emperor is just a profession. As an emperor, there is no freedom at all, and every move is under the supervision of others.
Relatively speaking, he prefers to be a businessman who guides the country. However, in this era, the status of businessmen is not too high. Businessmen with some success have official backgrounds. There is collusion between officials and businessmen. It is even said that business is for officials to earn a lot of money. Normal channels, this is an extremely abnormal normal phenomenon.
Another important source of income for officials is land. I heard that people like Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong have thousands of hectares of fertile land in their hands. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Some hidden aristocratic families have more resources, such as the scribes group in Shandong and the nobles in the court. The arable land in the hands of the group accounts for more than 60% of the country's arable land, and this figure is still increasing. This is also a cancer for the imperial court.
There is also the problem of refugees. To solve the problem of refugees, the most fundamental thing is land. Even the emperor cannot adjust the land on a large scale, let alone give equal land to the people. It is difficult to reach the sky. Without land, the problem of refugees It cannot be solved and is another major hidden danger in society.
"Oh! My head hurts -" After lying there for a long time, Gao Buyi couldn't think of a better way. If he wanted to solve the problem of refugees, he could only solve the problem of refugees through infrastructure projects or looking for new land. Apart from building roads in Guanzhong, it was impossible to develop new land. Okay, so where is the land? In Pinglu, in the vast Northern Wilderness.
However, today's Great Northern Wilderness is still a barren land, with poisonous insects, snakes and ants running rampant everywhere. It is definitely a restricted area for humans at the moment. How difficult is it to develop it, but you have to do it even if it is difficult!
After making up his mind, Gao Buyi returned to the Hot Spring Palace and asked several Pei Longwei to follow him at the Hot Spring Palace. He planned to go to the cattle market in Chang'an to see what the current price of cattle was.
In the Hot Spring Palace, Concubine Yang was losing her temper when she heard that the emperor had returned and left without knowing where to go.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Yang Guozhong, Mrs. Guo Guo, Mrs. Qin Guo, and Mrs. Han Guo were all there to comfort Concubine Yang.
"It's getting more and more outrageous. The majesty of a country doesn't trust his ministers, doesn't favor his concubine, and instead favors a slave. It's the most ridiculous thing in the world."
"Huan'er be careful what you say." Mrs. Guo Guo said, "Perhaps His Majesty is planning national affairs."
"What a national event. Do you know where he is now? He went to the bull market."
"What? Did you mean that Your Majesty is in the cattle market at this time?"
"Exactly, I have never seen someone so unreliable in his work. He is moving here and there with a hammer. I really don't think the world is chaotic enough."
"In that case, I will go to the cattle market to see what His Majesty is going to do."
"I advise you not to go. People are looking down on us brothers and sisters right now. If you try to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor or something, will there be any way for us brothers and sisters to survive?"
"Your Majesty's words are serious." After speaking, Yang Guozhong quietly winked to the three ladies of Guo Guo and asked them to advise the Imperial Concubine. At this time, the Holy Heart was unpredictable and he did not dare to anger the emperor. He himself hurried to Chang'an.
"This -" In the bull market, Gao Buyi came to a strong man selling cattle and wanted to ask him about the price of the cattle, but he got stuck as soon as he opened his mouth because he didn't know how to address the other person.
Call him brother. He is a gray-haired old man. This is suspected of being a curse. Calling him brother is inappropriate.
Fortunately, the man selling the cow spoke in time and solved his dilemma.
"Does the old man want to buy a cow?"
"Not bad, I wonder what the price of your cow is."
"Haha, I don't know what you are using it for." Having said this, the big man lowered his voice and said: "If you are doing it for meat, there are old and sick cows over there. If you bring them home and live for a short time, it will save you a lot of trouble." Don't bother me. I'll charge you three guan. Of course, there are also prairie cattle. These cattle are wild and difficult to tame and cannot be used for plowing. They can be used as beef cattle. I'll charge you four guan. If they are farm cattle, the price will be expensive. Yes, the price ranges from 5 to 15 guan.”
"Is it so expensive?"
"Old man, my price is already very fair. If you don't believe me, ask me if Niu Zhang has ever quoted a high price to you."
"Haha, okay, thank you, I'll ask again then."
"You - this -" Seeing that it was not easy, he got off the hill and left. The big man regretted it and asked him to go elsewhere to ask why. This old man did the same. You should pay the price, just to entertain people.
Gao Buyi didn't have so many ideas. He didn't want to buy cattle, but simply wanted to find out about the bull market. So he walked around the cattle market for a long time, only asking about the price and not bargaining. At first glance, he didn't really want to buy cattle. As a result, no one selling cattle paid attention to him.
However, he already has an understanding of the general market situation of farm cattle. There is almost no big difference in the price of sick cattle, old cattle and farm cattle. However, the price difference of grassland cattle is a bit big, but this is also related to the size and age of the cattle. After all, grassland cattle They were only used as beef cattle or pack cattle.
While he was sitting under a roadside tea shed drinking water and resting, Yang Guozhong appeared in front of him: "Sir, why are you here alone? The smell is so strong. If you want to see the cows, please give me this. Choose a majestic and beautiful one for you.”
What is your sister talking about? I want to see a majestic and beautiful one, do you want to be a human beast? This stupid watch.
But considering how busy this guy was, Gao Buyi didn't say anything and asked him to sit down and drink water together.
"Guozhong, are prairie cattle so expensive now?"
"No, Your Majesty, most of the grassland cattle here are sold as beef cattle. The pack cattle used in the army are bought by specialized officials in the grassland. The price there is half of that here, or even less."
"I see."
"And you don't know, now is not a good time to buy grassland cattle. You should buy them about half a month before winter. At that time, grassland cattle are the fattest, and people on the grassland will sell large numbers of cattle in order to reduce livestock activity and feed consumption. , that’s when prairie cattle are put on the market in large quantities, and prices can be further suppressed.”
"Hmm! Yes, supply exceeds demand."
"That's what sir said."
