In fact, the matter of streamlining officials was originally the most difficult thing in feudal society, because officials in feudal society were a symbol of power, but Han Yi's choice was too appropriate, because the court was originally facing paralysis and the military took over. Moreover, Han Yi targeted middle and lower-level officials, and the upper-level officials were under house arrest. Otherwise, it would be difficult to climb to the sky.

But then again, if Li Zhi did not do this and instead forced the court to maintain its operation, the consequences would be even more unimaginable, because to maintain it, you must have money, and then you can only continue to collect taxes and the country will be even more chaotic.

However, this is not the main reason. Thousands of officials, just by calculating their salaries, can actually barely maintain them.

The key is that your complex bureaucracy is full of various contradictions, so any order will be debated for a long time, and it may not be possible to implement it. Han Yi cannot make full decisions, because those people in it are Wu Meiniang's people, and they will definitely try their best to stop Han Yi's reforms. This political struggle is a struggle between life and death, and they will definitely oppose Han Yi desperately. If I try to stop it, will the country perish? It is not certain. If I don't stop it, then I will definitely die. This person will not be punished for himself.

They thought so, and Han Yi thought so, because he had planned it early in the morning and had to take advantage of this opportunity to smash all the forces of Wu Meiniang. Otherwise, if this goal is achieved, everyone will not play, because he has no power to fight against Wu Meiniang in the court. If Wu Meiniang recovers, he will be very dangerous.

Li Zhi stood firmly on Han Yi's side this time because Li Yi's mansion lost the hearts of the people, and Han Yi was indeed very popular. At the critical moment, the emperor was of course on the hearts of the people. This does not show how much Li Zhi trusted Han Yi. Li Zhi's abacus was also very accurate. He needed Han Yi to help him stabilize the hearts of the people.

Han Yi also knew this, and he ignored the officials and asked Cui Jieren and the others to greet him, so that he would continue to do his own thing.

Today, Han Yi brought Wu Kelie and others northwest merchants to inspect the workshop area in the southern suburbs. Now many workshops have been opened, and he also wants to use this to give Wu Kelie and others some confidence, and he also pulled Yuan Xi and Yuan Le out of Yuanjiabao.

"Brother Han is here!"

"Brother Han!"

Han Yi just appeared, and it caused a lot of sensation, and all the merchants in the workshop ran out.

Although Han Yi has been promoted to Shangshu Ling, people still like to call him "Brother Han". It is not that "Brother Han" is called a habit, but Han Yi himself is different from other officials. He likes to joke, and no matter who he sees, he has the same tone. He himself does not regard himself as a prime minister, which leads to a very weak impression of his officials.

Han Yi smiled at everyone and said, "I am here to see your production situation today. After all, I promised you that I will help you sell goods, but you also have to bring out good goods."

"Brother Han, please rest assured that our Chang'an goods must be the best in the world." Yuwen Xiumi said confidently.

Han Yi smiled and said, "That's because you haven't seen Muzhou. The goods in Muzhou are famously exquisite, but I have used them. So whether this is good or not, we have to talk about the facts!"

Yuwen Xiumi immediately said: "Talk about the facts, just talk about the facts. Brother Han wait a moment."

Seeing that he was so confident, Han Yi couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I want to see what good things you have."

Yuwen Xiumi hurried to a workshop. After a while, he walked out with a wooden box and said, "Brother Han, this is my newly opened rubber workshop, which specializes in producing various rubbers, which can be used in construction, ink, dyes, in short, all the rubbers in the world, I produce them here, and they are the best."

As he spoke, he opened the wooden box and saw some small bottles inside.

Yuwen Xiumi opened three small bottles in a row and showed Han Yi and others the rubber produced in his workshop to Han Yi and others. He wanted to borrow Han Yi and advertise his products!

The so-called "glue" is a kind of adhesive.

"It's really good!"

"It's really different from what we used before."

Many businessmen nodded frequently when they saw it. Wu Kelie and the others quickly stepped forward and looked left and right with the glue, but they felt that it was very strange.

Yuwen Xiumi said proudly: "Of course, these are the latest productions in our workshop, and they are the latest secret recipes used, which were not available before." As he said that, he hugged Wu Kelie again and laughed: "Brother Wu Kelie, we must work closely together in the future!"

Wu Kelie nodded repeatedly and smiled: "That's really good."

Han Yi knew that there must be animal glue in this glue, so he must cooperate with the Northwest merchants. He said curiously: "Aren't you a car manufacturer? Why are you changing your career and starting to make glue?"

Yuwen Xiumi said: "Brother Han doesn't know that this glue was developed from the car dealership. Didn't my car dealership use glue? But I never found a suitable glue. I simply bought a rubber shop to study this thing. As a result, the glue on the wheel was not made, but I made a lot of good glue, so I started this job."

"I see!"

Han Yi nodded with a smile and said, "Just you don't need my help, just this rubber."

Yuwen Xiumi laughed happily.

This is his style of doing business, which is to blow to death, show pride and confident in front of outsiders, thus bringing confidence to consumers.

After staying here for a while, Han Yi went to another workshop.

"Taiyuan ink pen?"

Han Yi suddenly stopped and said curiously: "Who drove this?"

"I drove it, I drove it."

But I saw a man squeeze out from the crowd behind, and it was Wang Gudao.

Of course, who opened this by Han Yi, just asked on purpose, and asked with a smile: "Are you the one who produces brushes?"

"No, no." Wang Gudao smiled and said, "When it comes to my workshop, it's thanks to you, Brother Han."

Han Yi said curiously: "How do you say this?"

Wang Gudao said: "Didn't Brother Han create a painting before?"

Han Yi smiled and nodded, saying, "But what does it have to do with this workshop?"

"It's a big deal!" Wang Gudao smiled and said, "Young Brother Han's paintings cannot be made with brushes, you have to use charcoal brushes. This was originally just a small workshop, which specializes in producing charcoal brushes for your paintings like Han. Later, after I bought them, I expanded it a little and made some improvements by the way. Brother Han, please wait a moment."

After saying that, he entered the workshop and soon came out with a few pens.

Han Yi said in surprise: "Pencil?"

"Pencil? No, this is an ink pen, made of graphite."

"Yeah?"

Han Yi picked up a pen, which looked very similar to the pencils of later generations. It was also wood on the outside, but the lead core inside was square. After all, it was much easier to square than round these days. He took it and looked at it and said, "You don't look like ordinary wood on the outside, how did you do this?"

Wang Gudao said, "This is a method that a papermaking craftsman in my family came up with. He used papermaking technology to crush some waste wood into pieces and then wrap it on the refill. It is much more convenient to use."

Yuwen Xiumi immediately said: "Then you need glue!"

Wang Gudao smiled and said, "No, we wrap it before it is done, so it can stick it on its own."

Yuwen Xiumi said excitedly: "This is useful!"

Wang Gudao just smiled and nodded.

Han Yi also smiled and said, "No, not bad, this ink brush is really novel. I don't think this guy needs to be sold to other places, I can pack it myself."

Wang Gudao was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "I'll give these pens to Brother Han. I hope Brother Han will support you more."

Han Yi said: "Since you want to openly bribe me, then I will be disrespectful."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they burst into laughter.

Han Yi went to several large workshops to check out and found many eye-catching products. Although the prices are not cheap and not as good as those of later generations, their ideas are very novel. There is even an oil workshop that specializes in producing lubricating oil for pulleys. Of course, it is definitely not some engine oil, but is extracted from plants.

It can be seen that although it has had a devastating blow to Chang'an's business over the past three years, it is a blessing that this is a failure. During this period, these craftsmen had nothing to do, but they had stockpiled a lot of raw materials, so the merchants simply asked them to study new products.

These craftsmen who were not unemployed were afraid of being unemployed, so they were doing their best to do research and made a lot of strange things. There were as many more pigments, which were used for painting and dyes.

"Oh! The two uncles Yuan and Brother Han are really rare guests, rare guests."

When he arrived at the Zhang family's workshop, Zhang Daqi quickly came out.

Yuan Xi said, "My second brother and I have been wandering around for a long time. You are the first person to discover us!"

Zhang Daqi was stunned.

Yuan Le added: "The rest of the merchants only have our Shangshu Ling in their eyes!"

"Uncle II was joking!" Han Yi smiled embarrassedly and said, "Go in and have a look."

When he came to Zhang Daqi's workshop, there were really a lot of products. Han Yi said, "You have many new products here too!"

Zhang Daqi sighed: "There is no way. A year ago, my workshop couldn't stand it, so I could only close the door. These craftsmen are all from my family and can't cut them off. I asked them to strive for excellence and get some good tools. As a result, they all got five or six kinds of hoes for me alone."

Han Yi smiled and said, "The key is whether there is a market. There are dozens of types. There are not many useless things, and there are also many useless things."

Zhang Daqi hurriedly said, "Brother Han is really good. They all sell well. Now many wealthy families come to me to buy it."

Yuan Le picked up a small shovel and said, "What is this for?"

Zhang Daqi said: "This is specially used for potted plants."

“Pot plant?”

Yuan Le nodded and said, "This peony will definitely like it!"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Then I bought it!"

Yuanle immediately laughed.

Several people looked around and found that there were many small farm tools and tools, which were very fine, not like before, and one hoe to hoe the whole world.

Wu Kelie smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Han, the goods we brought seem to be much less after this trip."

Han Yi laughed and said, "Don't be anxious, no, this trade can be done every year." As he said that, he gave Zhang Daqi a look again.

Zhang Daqi understood it and quickly led Wu Kelie and the others to see other products.

Han Yi held a hoe and said, "Uncle, second uncle, what do you think of this hoe?"

Yuan Xi smiled and nodded and said, "It's very good!"

Han Yi smiled and said, "There are no production of these things on the island!"

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I understand. You came to us today because you hope we will swallow this batch of goods."

Han Yi waved his hand and said, "If the Yuan family wants to swallow it all, I'm afraid it won't be possible. There are also areas such as Lelangzhou and other areas, and they also need these goods. But the Yuan family must do this transaction, because the price of goods is relatively cheap at this time. In another year, the price will definitely be more expensive than now. Now a lot of land has been reclaimed on the island, and the output has long been oversupplied, and it is urgently needed to be exported to Zhongyuan. The production there is crops, such as cotton, wine, and grain, and these tools cannot be produced yet. Our Zhongyuan lacks crops, which is a win-win deal!"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "No wonder you dared to promise that you had already calculated it."

Han Yi smiled embarrassedly and said, "There is no way. All these things happen together, so I can only disassemble them and solve them."

Yuan Le said: "But brother, Han Yi is saying it well. These tools are the ones that are the ones on the island that are most lacking."
To be continued...