Chapter 385 Guan Zhongliang King
Li Xiaoyong had previously led the Chang'an tribe to Longyou from the Chencang narrow road, and with the cooperation of Zhang Shinu and others, plundered the Guangming Temple, but he did not stay in Longyou to join Li Tai, but was protected by Li Tai. Next, he quietly returned to Guanzhong with the loot.
As a famous temple in Longyou, Guangming Temple has rich reserves. Although the most valuable items were raided by Li Xiaoyong and others, the remaining items are still considerable.
After Li Tai took over the remaining industrial properties of Guangming Temple, he invested most of them in the construction of Sifang City, thereby building a platform for long-term and stable interaction with the Longyou wealthy family.
As for the trophies brought back by Li Xiaoyong and others, they were naturally the net income of this operation, and the amount was also very considerable. Although most of them are gold, jade, jewelry, high-quality pigments, and spices, with a stable sales channel like the Great Buddhist Temple in Northern Shaanxi, the value of these originally difficult-to-realize assets can be directly converted into a value of about thirty or more. Between Ao and Cao.
This kind of harvest is not comparable to the previous robbery of Hongfa Temple. After all, the action was too hasty. In order to ensure maneuverability, Li Xiaoyong and the others naturally did not maximize their carrying capacity.
Of course, this is not something to regret. After all, Li Tai even packed up his family's nest, and Hongfa Temple's income that time had to be divided by various parties. This time, he ate it all by himself, so he was naturally very fat.
However, this kind of thing can only be done one at a time, but not three. How can you often walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? Although doing it once in a while can be very rewarding, doing it too much is ultimately inappropriate, and there is no long-term stable income.
Nowadays, Li Tai's family business is more powerful, and the scope of its industrial layout is getting wider and wider, so the consumption is naturally greater, so no amount of income is too much.
If you want to get huge profits that double your assets, there is still a ready opportunity, and that is war wealth.
Although the Western Wei army suffered heavy losses after the Battle of Mangshan, there were no large-scale wars in the following years, and the people's livelihood recovered satisfactorily. With successive years of great hardships, the common people were gradually able to have enough food and clothing, and the tycoons who owned land and estates had more than enough grain. .
Before leaving for Longyou, Li Tai took advantage of the opportunity to send his wife back to Huazhou, and asked the family members left behind in Shangyuan to expand the scale of grain processing in Luoshui, and even provided free transportation capacity to expand the coverage.
In addition to directly obtaining profits through grain processing industries such as Ziyi, his other purpose is to expand his influence in the local area and enhance his ability to absorb local resources.
Nowadays, the entire textile industry in Wuxiang County is operating at full capacity for large-scale production. The increased production of cloth requires high-quality goods to maintain its purchasing power. With the Guanzhong booming in successive years, grain has undoubtedly become a very important hedging product.
Although the relatively high tax system of the Western Wei Dynasty made it difficult for small ordinary households to have a surplus of grain even during a bumper harvest, many powerful local manor owners were not subject to this restriction. Seeing the prospect of good harvests year after year and the increasingly low price of grain, they naturally could not All household assets are based on food, and other types of storage need to be added to increase the stability of wealth.
Even without considering the impact that the Battle of Yubi will have on the people's livelihood in Guanzhong in the second half of the year, food is still a very important strategic reserve resource.
Li Tai has also been purchasing and storing grain, especially this year, the scale has increased significantly. Not only the textile output of the people in Shang's hometown has been invested in this, but also Li Xiaoyong and the others have invested in this harvest in Longyou.
Although this year's reading was held ahead of schedule, which caused a slight increase in grain prices in Guanzhong, and Li Tai's large-scale buying also further pushed up the market, the fluctuations were not too big.
After all, against the background of successive bumper harvests, the people were quite confident and did not blindly join in the looting and hoarding of grains. What Li Tai absorbed was mainly the grains stored by the owners of large estates. The proportion of these grains flowing into the market was already relatively high. limited. Of course, what's more important is that it's early autumn now, and it won't be long before new crops are harvested.
After several months of buying, Li Tai now has as much as eight million shi of grain in Guanzhong. I recall that when I first came to this village, the tribesmen had trouble eating. They were quite worried because they owed the county government 10,000 shi of food. However, in just half a year, they have already controlled more than 8 million shi of food.
Of course, this figure is still somewhat different from the 10 million dan he originally expected, but it is still enough to consume an army of 200,000 people for a year.
However, this is only a theoretical figure, because at present, these grains are still distributed among the prefectures and counties along Luoshui and Jingwei. If you want to transport them all and import them into one place, at least one-third of them must be consumed. This is still Under the condition that the roads within the customs are smooth, the transportation capacity is sufficient and the goods are not transported outside the central part of the customs.
But even with a discount, these grains are more than enough to be used in preparations for the Yubi War in the second half of the year. Based on this alone, Li Tai can even say without exaggeration that whether there will be chaos in Guanzhong in the next six months, only he, Li Boshan, has the final say, and Gao Huan and Yuwentai have nothing to do with it!
Because these grains are bought and sold with large plantation owners who are highly self-sufficient, and the flow of these materials is completely outside the control of the government, and information does not flow between regions, Li Tai is not worried. His extremely wealthy family background will be exposed and become coveted.
Of course, not all of this food belongs to him. The big households in the canal alliance in Wuxiang County and the Liu family of Diaoyin and other Hu chiefs in northern Shaanxi also have shares. Li Tai's own share is less than half.
With this food in hand, the interest rate difference in the second half of the year alone will be a considerable profit. Gao Huan will hate the jade. Li Tai knows it, but others don't.
Even with a relatively optimistic judgment, preparing supplies to prepare for severe situations is a natural choice. The government has its own channels and means to raise supplies, and the powerful people in the private sector naturally have to prepare for chaos.
And even if the new grain this autumn temporarily relieves the urgent need, there will be a series of dizzying changes in the situation, and the Western Wei Dynasty will also embark on the road of rapid expansion. Therefore, before conquering Jiangling, stabilizing operations, and effectively replenishing blood, Guanzhong's demand for grain will It has been a trend going higher.
Even if Li Tai had such foresight before, he would not be able to control such a big deal, but now with his official position and strength, he can really say, who else would he be if he were to shut down Zhongliang King? I not only have food but also guns. Who dares to treat me as a granary?
Naturally, Li Tai cannot be satisfied by just hoarding the profit margins of reselling, and since then, including the Western Wei Dynasty, it has been very rare to have such a considerable stock of grain in a certain period of time. Naturally, a relatively long-term layout must be carried out.
The market trade environment in Guanzhong is not healthy, the scale is small, and there are many cases of forced buying and selling. This situation also has advantages and disadvantages for Li Tai. The disadvantage is that the realization of large-scale transactions is still restricted. The advantage is that who says I can't be the one who buys and sells by force?
Therefore, while using the relatively tense military situation in the second half of the year to realize part of the food and ensure income dividends, the focus is still on obtaining more high-quality local resources, such as the Heqiao Road Jinzelin mineral deposits and so on.
Although his power alone is not enough to cover the entire Guanzhong, he can rely on the hard currency of food to either collude with the government to suppress the powerful, or to collude with the powerful to evade the government. In short, he can build a wide-ranging industrial network according to local conditions.
As for further ideas, he has not yet thought about it, because he does not know what kind of bird this level will become after all his tossing. In short, as long as he has more resources, he can be able to encounter new opportunities when he encounters them. The greater the benefits for grabbing.
In the past, because Li Tai was worried that the powerful local forces in Yongzhou and other places were too strong, he only dared to stay in the Luoshui line and develop, but now he has much less worries. He took out a map to mark several places he chose to travel along the Weishui River to collect scenery. Li Xiaoyong was ordered to find a way to get the money and grain as soon as they were in place, and build a warehouse to build a logistics route to Longyou.
He was still thinking about the plan to buy the entire Guanzhong with food, but a tense and solemn atmosphere began to spread quickly in the Xianyang camp.
"Boshan, something is wrong!"
Yu Wenhu, who had been immersed in making plans for the past two days, hurriedly came to the camp, looked at Li Tai with a serious face and said, and motioned for him to enter the account and elaborate.
However, before the two of them had time to enter the tent and sit down, the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard outside the camp again. Several confidants from Dahang's tent rode their horses into the camp. They looked at Li Tai and said seriously: "Master, please go to Li Kaifu quickly." The Chinese army discusses military affairs in the big tent."
Li Tai knew what happened in his heart. After hearing this, he nodded and the attendants brought his mount over. Yu Wenhu looked up at the knights and said, "What about me? Has the Lord summoned me silently?"
The confidant, the governor, was stunned for a moment after hearing this. After a moment, he said: "The Lord sent all the soldiers to pass the order. The generals are just ordered to attract Li Kaifu..."
After Yu Wenhu heard this, he didn't say anything more. He just got on his mount again. Seeing that Li Tai had also mounted, he said seriously: "Since the envoy has arrived, what he did must be for me." If I want to sue you, let’s go together!”