Northern Dynasties

Chapter 112
Yu Wentai looked at Li Tai, but there was nothing special about it, it was just that the military cake was invented by Li Tai, and he promoted it vigorously last year, and with the addition of a few surprise attacks on Jihu in the northern border, by this year, all the troops There will be more rations.

But I didn't expect that Zhao Gui made a mistake here, and distributed moldy cakes to the river defense sergeants, so that many battalions were thinned out, their combat effectiveness dropped sharply, and they even reported to him.

"Li Boshan, you were the first to make the military food pancakes. Is it foreseeable when this happens?"

After thinking about it, Yu Wentai pointed to Li Tai and asked.

Li Tai got up in a hurry to avoid the banquet, and entered the hall to pay homage: "I have enough materials to make the cakes. This summer, the soldiers of Wuxiang County participated in the defense. The food is also made and supplied by my slaves. Although I haven't done it myself, so far I haven't done it. Things like this happen by accident.”

After hearing the words, Yu Wentai nodded, waved his hands and said, "Back off."

When Li Tai returned to his seat, Yu Wentai turned to look at Zhao Gui again, frowned and said: "Soldiers, the country's wall stone! You should be cautious when feeding the army. This summer, the Hefang, the hussars' troops, retreat first, and say goodbye. Deploy all defenses, and make sure there are no leaks!"

Zhao Gui's forehead was already covered with fine sweat, so he had no choice but to respond respectfully, and quickly said: "After the big parade last year, the last general took part in the river defense and had no time to take care of other things, and the food affairs were entrusted to the subordinate officials. When I woke up, it was already too late, and the river defense was the most important thing, so I dared not stay for a while. After the reorganization, I will punish these criminals again!"

After hearing the words, Yu Wentai nodded slightly, didn't say anything more, and had already grabbed another paper, obviously indicating the end of this conversation.

After Zhao Gui saw this, he was about to get up and leave, but when he caught sight of Li Tai who was sitting in the recording room again, his eyes flickered slightly, and he sat down again with his raised buttocks, and he cupped his hands and said, "Today's admission In addition to apologizing, there is another matter to report. But this matter is difficult to tell the public, I implore Daxingtai to allow a certain room to play it."

After hearing this, Yu Wentai stood up after pondering for a while, motioning Zhao Gui and him to move to the side room of the hall.

Zhao Gui was overjoyed when he heard the words, he stood up and gave Li Tai a condescending glance.

Naturally, Li Tai wouldn't be used to him, and rolled his eyelids back, but after the two of them left, he couldn't help but feel a drum in his heart, secretly thinking that this old boy couldn't see his good, so he didn't know which eye medicine he was going to take.If it's about the Lishan clubhouse, it would be a bit of fun to watch.

The two walked into the side room, Yu Wentai had just sat down and before he had time to ask questions, Zhao Gui had already bowed deeply to the ground and said in a shy voice: "This matter should not be played by the minister, but there is no one who dares to speak out inside and outside , Chen Wei endured the pain and dared to sue the Lord to know!"

Hearing Zhao Gui's serious tone, Yu Wentai corrected his attitude and said in a deep voice: "Yuangui and I have nothing to say, no matter what happens, it's okay to report directly."

"What I played is the old Taifu's two breaths. Since the beginning of this year, he has built Lishan Mountain. It is so extravagant that it is shocking! Therefore, the Taifu has a deep shadow, and the minister also accepts it. If these two breaths stop at flashy fun, I follow the old meaning and try my best to say it, and I can't bear to sit and watch the young people play. However, the misconduct is getting closer and closer, and the net is close to Ji, and the nobles of Jingji are widely gathered. "

Hearing this, Yu Wentai moved his hands on the table to his knees and clenched them secretly, his brows first frowned and then relaxed, and he said in his mouth: "There is such a thing? I really don't know... Yuangui saw it with his own eyes, or heard it? I definitely don't believe you, but, but those two sons are really not what they said."

"The matter is so big, and the relationship is with an old person, how dare I speak nonsense! The Lord upholds righteousness and believes in goodness, why is this not the case? Only this story is true, which makes people surprised and uncertain. Under the surface, there should be Qu Yin and Er Ziqian It is not a short period of self-defense, so why have you suddenly changed your course recently?"

Zhao Gui continued: "I am puzzled, and I am afraid of asking privately about my wounds. After weighing it, I decided to send the envoy to ask the question. If the matter is related to myself, I will change the commandment. If I know that I have been deceived by others, we will wait for you." How can I forgive the old grand master and disciples of the old grand master!"

After hearing this, Yu Wentai groaned for a while, then sneered and said, "If Yuangui hadn't told me, I don't know how long I would have been deceived! There are a few things, please record it, so how can Taifu's family style be destroyed by my oversight? !"

Seeing Daxingtai's angry face, Zhao Gui was overjoyed at first, but when he heard that he was asked to record what he said, he still hesitated, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he could only sit down and play it down. Words to write something.

After Zhao Gui finished writing, Yu Wentai took it over and looked at it, his expression turned calm, he picked up the ink pen and drew a horizontal line on the paper, and immediately handed it back to Zhao Gui: "The spirit of the grand master is not far away, and the soul of the grand master is gone. Breeds evil feelings. If the matter passes through the Taifu, can the world not laugh at it? Yuangui, the township of Yi Dexian, please lead everyone to block the personnel affairs of Lishan, and I will send those who are close to detect the hidden evil. Punishment is punishment!"

"This, this... the minister takes orders!"

Zhao Gui looked down at his handwriting and Zhu's criticism at Daxingtai. Although he felt conflicted in his heart, he dared not refuse.

When Zhao Gui took the order to leave, Yu Wentai sat here for a while, pondered for a while and raised his hand and said, "Call Li Boshan."

Not long after, Li Tai walked in cautiously, with a few obvious ink stains on his clothes and fingers.

"The food and cakes are moldy, what's the situation? How long can your family keep it?"

Yu Wentai looked up at Li Tai and asked.

Li Tai's thoughts were obviously not here. After hearing the words, he was stunned for a moment, and then quickly said: "The grain cakes are not moldy, the first thing is to dehydrate..."

He explained the production process of his own grain cakes in detail, and Yu Wentai asked again after listening: "The process is so cumbersome and labor-intensive. You are a new guest, and your family is in a good position?"

Li Tai also couldn't grasp Yuwentai's thinking at the moment, so he simply described the reason and process of starting this business in detail.It's not an unspeakable secret. In the past, Yu Wentai didn't care about it. If he really cared about asking, Hui and others would definitely tell the whole story.

"It's just a small stone by the water, but it's so remarkable!"

After listening to his various operations of exchanging wheat for flour and flour for wheat, Yu Wentai couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Li Tai was a little dazed when he heard this, are you really ignorant or just pretending?After all, your family is also a wealthy chieftain in Beizhen, how come you don't even know this basic operation... Maybe you don't know, or you didn't expect such a huge profit, there is a fart in Beizhen!
Thinking about it this way, Li Tai realized that Yu Wentai might really not have this kind of life experience, at least not intuitive enough.

Although Yu Wentai has been the boss in Guanzhong for many years, in addition to various internal and complicated problems, he also has to face the aggressive Gao Huan. As for the output value of a small stone, it is possible that no one has reported him in detail.

Aware of Yuwentai's knowledge blind spot, Li Tai quickly said: "Water and soil benefit people and the country. Those who are good at farming will not suffer from food, and those who are good at work will not suffer from profits. The benefits of water are not limited to farming. All industries in industry and agriculture, salty Prosper here. The people rely on it to make the people rich, and the country depends on it to make the country strong. Half a zhang of stones, ten hectares of land, benefit to create all things, no one can compete!"

When Yu Wentai heard this, he waved his hands and laughed, "It's an exaggeration. We need to create things first, and then we can create things. Farming and weaving are the livelihood of the people, and the rest are miscellaneous industries. How can we compete?"

Why are you so dumb?Laozi did not say that work is more important than agriculture, and the two are not in conflict!

Li Tai took a deep breath, cleared his mind, and then continued: "The benefit of the work, the convenience of the people, if we can reconcile it well, the manpower will be doubled. Only because the imperial court's laws do not involve this festival, so the people abused it and blocked the canal." Blocking water is considered beneficial, the benefits are gathered by the powerful, and the disadvantages are shared by the small households!
The old officials established the village, and the villagers fought for water, so it was difficult to gain a foothold.The villagers are not aggressive either, just because the Luoshui River has been suffering for a long time!The tycoons in the upper reaches set up weirs to block the water and worked hard, and the land along the coast lost its farmland because of the water..."

He was still afraid that Yu Wentai would not understand what he meant, so he stopped to explain: "The tycoon who built the weir in Luoshui is Zhao Huanqi's family. I feel the suffering of the villagers, so I call on the villagers to dig canals to divert water to Seeking profit farming.

The Luoshui River is not rich in flow, and the weirs, cuttings, and stones along the line are mixed and staggered, either blocked or flooded, and the accumulated disadvantages are deep!Although the minister has little wisdom and is not afraid of hardships, he is small and weak, and the only thing he can care about is his neighbors. "

Yu Wentai frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Since the illness is so difficult, why did we only talk about his affairs when we met at the beginning of the year and nothing else?"

"Don't dare."

Li Tai's answer was also straightforward: "In the past, I sat in the court and sat with guests. I don't know when I will be able to reach the audience. I can't speak too deeply, and I can't plan far. Now I am ordered by the Taiwan government, and I can hear it every day. Although the competition is beneficial to the powerful and the masses complain, It also does not lose the place of self-confession and dedication, so I dare to speak out.

The ministers secretly thought that it is better to persuade the rich and powerful to donate to the rich and powerful than to forcefully expropriate the poor and weak.Daxingtai also said that only things can be created. In all these rivers and bridges, how many poor people are there?It is good governance for both the family and the country to save their agricultural capital and divide their labor profits! "

Li Tai didn't know what Zhao Gui was suing here just now, but in short, it was right to seize the opportunity to show it to Daxingtai.Strengthening the control of rivers and canals can not only expand tax sources, but also dredge rivers and canals, so that the agricultural and water conservancy environment can be improved.

As for whether it will be resisted and hostile by those powerful military leaders who have water conservancy?Of course it will, but this is only for the benefit of a small number of people. After all, the river is so wide. Perhaps the neighbors around the left have long been unhappy with them.

"Li Boshan always looks beyond the conventional rules and surprises people. How many steps do you think need to be taken to return to China?"

After pondering for a while, Yu Wentai asked again.

Li Tai sighed again when he heard the words, after all, the big boss is still ruthless, I am still planning to collect taxes here, but you want to confiscate it in one step.

But this question is not easy to answer, and a little inadvertently got burned, so he just said: "I have just thought about it, and I only have this intention, but I still don't have a framework, so I dare not speak out. Envoys, ministers can support three thousand soldiers for the country!"

"If you haven't made up your mind, then continue to think about it. If you don't make it into the document, you are not allowed to leave the mansion!"

Yu Wentai was obviously very interested in this proposal, and he said after hearing the words, and after a while, he remembered why he was called here, and asked again: "You are close to the old grand master, and the old grand master's second visit to Lishan ,do you know?"

Li Tai was still immersed in the thoughts just now, and subconsciously said after hearing the words: "I know, I know, not much."

"Knowing or not knowing, it has nothing to do with you, go!"

After hearing the words, Yu Wentai waved his hand to let him back down.

(End of this chapter)