Chapter 57 Dihu enters the countryside

Chapter 57 Dihu enters the countryside

Liu Gong's look of worship made Li Tai feel puzzled. Could it be that the kingly aura that I, a time traveler, was born with, finally couldn't conceal it?

Before he could ask, Liu Gong put on a sad and troubled look: "I met him in Huazhou City earlier, and a certain person did have a profit-making intention. He delivered the goods to his door and charged a high price. But at that time, Mangshan's new defeat , department store prices increased..."

"At the time of the transaction, the assets had already been cleared. Liu San, what exactly do you want to say?"

Of course Li Tai knew that a fat sheep was indeed slaughtered in that transaction, but as time passed and he had already killed Liu Gong, he was a little confused as to why this guy brought up the old thing again.

Liu Gong, with a mournful face, knelt down in front of Li Tai with a plop: "Liu San is to blame for the evil we committed before. I just ask you to be lenient and not to punish him again! As long as your husband is willing to let it go, Liu San is willing to do it for you." I am a slave!”

"One crime, multiple punishments?"

Li Tai was even more confused when he heard this.

"The former redeemed the flax cargo bill at a high price, originally intending to work hard after autumn to make up for the deficit in the first half of the year. But he didn't want to, but he didn't want the Qingshui Dihu from Longbian to move to Huazhou, and those Hu chieftains to move to Neizhou, and they would have no capital. However, the ointment was sold indiscriminately in the market, causing the current price of oil to double..."

Liu Gong lay on the ground, facing the loess, and said with regret and regret.

Li Tai listened to his complaint and then understood what happened.

It turns out that after the Battle of Mangshan, the Di chieftain Qingshui of Longbian who fought with the army fled back home and rebelled when he saw the defeat of the Western Wei Dynasty.

The rebellion was so loud that Daxingtai Yuwentai originally wanted to replace Duguxin as the governor of Qinzhou with some benefits. However, in order to maintain regional stability and smooth the rebellion, he had to give up this idea and continue to use Duguxin as Qinzhou governor. As the governor of Qinzhou and the governor of Longyou, he went to quell the rebellion.

Dugu Xin entered the country for several months but failed to defeat the rebels, so much so that Daxingtai Yu Wentai even wanted to go and fight in person. In the end, Zhao Chang, an official in the prime minister's palace and born in the Zhao family of Tianshui, went to appease the rebels and surrendered one after another.

This incident happened more than a month ago. In view of the unrest in Qingshui Dihu, Daxingtai ordered dozens of tribal chiefs from the Qingshui Dihu who had re-submitted to move inland to Huazhou for resettlement.

After these Dihus entered the country, they had no means of production and could only sell the livestock and livestock they had accumulated in the market in exchange for necessary daily necessities.

As the current price of ointment in Huazhou was good, animal ointment naturally became the main commodity sold by these Dihus. The current price of ointment, which was still promising, was suddenly knocked down.

After learning this, Li Tai couldn't help but burst into laughter. He really didn't know about this matter. Even if he met with He Basheng and Shuo Hui several times, they did not have an in-depth discussion about the reasons why Shuo Hui did not go to Qinzhou.

The reason why Li Tai cashed out before was because, firstly, the principal used was not his, and secondly, he did not want to appear too greedy and aggressive, and wanted to ease the relationship with the villagers, so he increased the price by a few percent and let They redeemed their autumn bills and gave them a chance to drink soup.

But who would have thought that the suppression of a Dihu rebellion far away in Longyou would directly affect the plans of big investors in Huazhou to hoard oil and build a market? Not only was this soup not fragrant and sweet, it actually made people choke and bubble up in their noses.

But seeing Liu Gong's appearance, he obviously didn't think so.

The key point is that the timing of his entry and exit was too clever. He bought it at a high price while the villagers were unaware. When the market was lifted, he cashed out at a high price. Soon after he cashed out, the market took a turn for the worse.

Not to mention that Liu Gong didn't believe this was a coincidence, even Li Tai himself felt that he and Daxingtai must have an ulterior and private relationship. This combination was really clever.

"Did the losses suffer miserably?"

Li Tai tried his best not to look so gloating, and bent down to look at Liu Gong and asked with concern.

When Liu Gong heard this, his face became even more bitter: "I am no longer allowed to have a hand in the family's accounts. I don't know how much the loss is. I think it must be... Alas, my elders only ordered me to come and apologize. If Langjun refuses, Forgive me, Liu San will probably be homeless..."

Hearing this guy speak so pitifully, Li Tai should have felt pitiful, but he really couldn't sympathize with him and instead found it a bit funny.

Probably in the eyes of the Liu family, Liu Gong was really a disaster. They lived in Nanbaishui County. If Liu Gong hadn't actively solicited business in the Huazhou market at that time, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to meet Li Tai.

"Since your family often engages in business, you should understand that profits and losses are impermanent. You will be happy when you see profits, and you will be resentful when you see losses. Only those who work hard will be held accountable. This is really unreasonable!"

Li Tai didn't bother to explain that this was a coincidence, he just said casually.

"Who says it's not the case? Who would be willing to leave his wife and children and run around if it wasn't for the entrustment of the clan and the support of the family? In the past years, when you saw profits, you just did your duty. If you lose money and goods, you will blame me for my incompetence..."

Liu Gong almost shed tears when he heard this.

After he redeemed the bill of goods from Li Tai at a high price, he hurried to Weibei again. There are many people from Hebei living there, and Liu Gong wants to find out what Li Tai said about Hebei's new oil pressure method.

Before he could find out more about the oil pressing method, his family sent word that it was unnecessary. When he returned home, the whole family responded with cold faces. No one asked him if he had worked hard, and all they heard were complaints and blame on him. A series of missteps.

"In the past, transactions were all voluntary, and there is no question of who is guilty and who is forgiven. Liu San, I know that you are smart and diligent. Since your family is no longer in a hurry to press oil, would you like to come to my house to do a few things for you? Affairs?"

When Liu Gong heard this, he nodded repeatedly without thinking: "Yes, yes! Fortunately, my husband appreciates me, I will do my best!"

Today, he is not only a little cold-hearted because of his family's cold attitude, but also has lingering fears after being played by Li Tai several times. And if given the choice, who would want to just be a dirty businessman?

"In that case, then put away this depressed attitude and cheer up. I will have some arrangements for you next. The fields are already harvesting. You first lead the troops to the rural households to deliver the previously agreed grain. Buy it up."

Li Tai still has a debt of nearly 10,000 shi of grain agreed with the county government. Naturally, the sooner this matter is resolved, the better.

Previously, when rural households redeemed their sesame purchases, Li Tai also signed some grain sales contracts with them. Some families bought back the bill of goods directly with cash, while others couldn't afford so much cloth at the same time. Li Tai also agreed to let them pay the bills with grain.

In addition, three thousand shi of grain was obtained from the Shi family alone before, which was more than enough to repay the county government's debt.

"I understand, I understand. I travel frequently in the countryside and am well versed in everything. I will have all the grain returned to the warehouse by mid-September at the latest!"

Regarding this first task, Liu Gong also attached great importance to it, patting his chest and promising.

What Li Tai valued most was Liu Gong's sharp eyes and ears. Seeing his high fighting spirit, he ordered: "After buying grain, you can visit the nearby temple and buy a batch of high-quality and low-priced ink. The more the better."

Although Liu Gong didn't understand what he was doing by buying ink, he didn't ask any more questions and nodded in agreement.

After recruiting Liu Gong and making some arrangements, Li Tai finally had time to return to his residence in the manor to take a breather. As soon as he sat down, his stomach began to growl. After running around all day, he was already hungry. Roll.

He had just ordered the servants to prepare the meal. When he looked up, he saw Zhou Changming and Li Quji, both dressed in military uniforms, walking in from the door. He said with a smile: "You two are very lucky. I just ordered the cook to steam a dish of black beans." Fatty fish, you’re here. Are you ready for the reunion?”

The two of them nodded after hearing the words. Li Quji stepped forward and replied: "The registration of the regiments from all villages in the county has been completed. There are 1,634 soldiers, divided into five governors. After the autumn harvest, we can Go to defense training.”

In the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, in order to quell the rising rebellions in all directions, control over the private armed forces was relaxed, and three thousand soldiers could be recruited and awarded as generals.

After the separation of the East and West and the post-Three Kingdoms period, the title of Commander-in-Chief became more and more common. There is also a huge gap in power between the additional titles of Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief.

For example, Cui Quan also had the title of commander-in-chief, but Zhou Changming, the commander-in-chief, obviously did not have the same authority as Jing Zhaoyin, and only had the power to dispatch the local regiments in Wuxiang County.

Even so, Zhou Changming was suddenly promoted from a garrison commander to a commander-in-chief, but his abilities and experience were far from enough.

Therefore, Li Tai lent Li Quji, his most capable confidant, to Zhou Changming to help him organize and manage the township regiment. There were also several capable troops who also served as the backbone of the county and township regiments.

There are more than 1,600 rural soldiers. Although they are not as numerous as those at the head of Beizhen's army, they are all strong rural soldiers. This is only the first reorganization in a county.

After experiencing the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Mangshan, it is rare for the Beizhen Military Headquarters to be able to recruit so many elite soldiers at once. It can be seen that it is only a matter of time before Guan Long Haoqiang completely replaces the Beizhen Military Headquarters politically and militarily.

Li Tai gestured for the two of them to take a seat, then looked at Zhou Changming and said with a smile: "Several subordinate governors, can you please do your job respectfully?"

"I am a garrison in my hometown, so how can I have the prestige to unite so many people. Fortunately, Lang Jun took advantage of the situation and had an excellent example like Shi Gong, so all the governors were able to obey military orders and did not dare to question."

Zhou Changming grinned, thinking of Shi Gong's respectful look, he admired Li Tai's methods of rectifying local tyrants even more. Although they lived together in the same village in the past years, he was not considered a humble countryman, but there was a huge gap in their rural status. Shi Gong rarely looked at him seriously, and he did not have the respect he has now to lead the bridle and support the saddle.

With such an example, even if other provincial governors were unhappy that Zhou Changming was above him, they would not dare to express it openly.

"That's good. The current situation cannot be said to be stable. This autumn's Grand Parade is a critical period. If the reward governors are not able to control them, a number of them will be eliminated directly after the Grand Parade."

This news was learned by Li Tai from Shuo Hui. Firstly, what Yuwentai needed was qualified generals who could control him well. Secondly, he also had to take care of the mood of the old man in Beizhen. Therefore, he adopted a method to reorganize Guan Longhaoqiang. Pull the rhythm of a dozen.

When Zhou Changming heard this, he couldn't help but become nervous: "But the Jinxiang League has another problem, and that is the lack of resources for training. I'm afraid it will affect its performance in the Grand Parade..."