Northern Dynasties

Chapter 31
"Boy, you are a rare visitor! I sent the messenger back a month ago, and I am only willing to come to see you today!"

In the spacious hall, the doors and windows were wide open, He Basheng was wearing only a single shirt, sitting high with his chest uncovered, his face was still dripping with sweat.

While pointing at Li Tai and cursing with a smile, he held a pottery bowl of mung bean jelly in his hand, swallowed most of it as soon as he sucked it in, and then clicked his tongue after tasting it for a while: "This powder paste is delicious, so cute, is it produced by the people of your village? Where can I find such a skillful cook? Add another bowl!"

"If my uncle likes it, I'll send someone to deliver it every day. This jelly powder relieves heat and moistens the intestines, and the flavor of the well water cool town is even better."

Li Tai originally thought it was a bit shabby to bring only a jar of mung bean jelly to visit. After all, He Basheng had helped him a lot, but after sitting down for a while, He Basheng even ate three bowls of jelly. Send it right.

"Forget it, it's not easy for you to manage the industry. It's useless to waste manpower on the renovation of such treasures. Rough operations are a meal, and it's a blessing to be able to make ends meet. It's unnecessary to add evil."

After He Basheng heard the words, he waved his hands and said, in his opinion, such beautiful and delicious food must consume a lot of artificial materials, and he didn't want to add too much trouble to Li Tai because of his appetite.

"It's just ordinary ingredients, and the workmanship is not clever. I am the only one who is anorexic in Xiakou, so I cook it out to accompany the meal."

Most of the older generation of Beizhen warriors came from poor backgrounds, and Kansai was not rich. At least Li Tai saw that He Basheng and Ji Hui had a simple style of work. Hearing what He Basheng said, he smiled and explained how to make jelly .

After hearing this, He Basheng couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "This way you can make exquisite meals? Come and prepare the ingredients. Li Lang will teach me how to cook, so you don't need to deliver them every day!"

Seeing that He Basheng was really fond of this flavor, Li Tai explained the production process in detail. However, since the mung beans and other materials used need to be soaked, and the starch precipitation after grinding also takes time, more than ten hours before and after, it is obviously not possible. Cook and eat now.

"It's still you who are well-dressed, and there are so many clever things in your daily diet!"

He Basheng also understood the ingredients and production process, and couldn't help sighing, he mistook the jelly for a recipe handed down by the Li family in Longxi.

"Life is long or short. If you want to prolong your life, you must maintain your health. But you have to work hard. Common ingredients can also be made into delicious food. You don't have to go after the delicacies. There are indeed some people who are good at eating in my village. I welcome my uncle to live in the countryside A few days."

Li Tai said with a smile again.

He Basheng also laughed after hearing the words: "If it's just a lip service, then you will be disappointed. I have nothing to do now, so I have a lot of leisure to wander around the hometown. But you won't come for more than a month. If you come to visit today, I'm afraid it's not just a can of powder paste to eat?"

"My lord hasn't heard from him so far, and my boy is trapped in the village for his livelihood, so he doesn't have time to go out to search, so I would like to ask my uncle, how can I find out the news?"

Since it is inconvenient for Li Tai to directly say that he has been studying the spinning wheel and working hard to overthrow their Western Wei regime, he will first talk about the reason of human empathy.

Whether his old man Li Xiao is alive or dead has indeed become a heart problem for him. Although he does not suffer from restless sleep and food, he occasionally dreams back at midnight.

"I have no idea about this matter. After the defeat of Mangshan, although Wang Sizheng was defeated outside Hengnong City, several dock defenses in western Henan were taken down by the eastern thieves. The eyes and ears sent to Hebei also had difficulty in communicating. It is difficult to ascertain the information of personnel and affairs. Whether your father is dead or not, I also tried to inquire, but there is still no news."

Hearing what He Basheng said, Li Tai sighed again.

In the current situation, no news is good news. If his father is unfortunately caught by the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the evidence of the crime is convincing, the clansmen who stayed in Hebei will also be implicated.Now that he is missing, even if someone confesses, there is still room for excuses.

After a great battle, the communication between east and west was not smooth, which was actually a good thing for He Basheng in front of him.

On the Mangshan battlefield, He Basheng ran away like a dog chased by Gao Huan, and his life was dying. Gao Huan was so angry because of this, and soon after returning, he killed He Basheng's relatives living in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.After He Basheng heard the news, he also contracted an illness due to grief and indignation, and died in the second year.

Whether it's out of repaying He Basheng's kindness, or hoping that this one of the few reliance in the Western Wei Dynasty will last longer, Li Tai also hopes that He Basheng can live longer.

Now that there is no news about things, it is inconvenient for Li Tai to do any early warning. After changing the subject, he said: "I am here today, and I have one more thing to ask my uncle. I don't know how much hemp my uncle has stored in the garden. Buy a batch if you want."

"What? I really don't know about this. Although I have received a lot of garden business, I have no time to ask about it. Since you are asking, I will ask the person in charge first. If there is any surplus, take it away. That is, it is not a transaction.”

After He Basheng heard the words, he ordered a family steward to be summoned and asked about relevant matters.

"There are still seven thousand catties of raw hemp stored in the Zhufang Garden. If you ask in the first ten days, there are still more than [-] catties in reserve. But in the middle of the month, the lord ordered the garden to send the materials to the government, and there are more than [-] catties of raw hemp. "

Hearing the steward's reply, Li Tai couldn't help being disappointed, but he couldn't help asking: "Is the court's maintenance already so difficult?"

"Since Dajia's western tour, which year has not been difficult? It's just that this year has been more difficult. The military has lost their ambitions since the Kanto, and Daxingtai is going to make a big military effort after autumn. There is no need to accumulate a lot, it is better to lose the official and use it to relieve the time difficulties."

He Basheng sighed and said: "Even so, the difficulties are still small. Daxingtai wants to donate and lose, and collect things to count merits. First send to the Kaifu, in order to seek the wisdom of the crowd."

Hearing that Yu Wentai was so poor that he wanted to sell his official position, Li Tai's heart was moved again, and he quickly said, "Can I preview the reward?"

He Basheng said with a smile: "The regulations are under discussion, so it's okay to have a look. Xingtai Su Shangshu also mentioned that the reason for drafting the rules for losing and rewarding is still inspired by your preface, Shuhu's old plan."

He Basheng still feels that Li Tai picked up his uncle Lu Shuhu's tooth wisdom when he wrote the letter before, and Li Tai didn't bother to explain, so he read the document that lost the reward.

This order lists more than a dozen kinds of materials urgently needed for the platform, and marks how much each person and household can accept and receive, and what kind of official position they are paid, which can be described as a clear price tag.

The official positions are mainly the township military governor and the commander-in-chief governor, and these two levels of official positions happen to be the middle-level positions in the military structure of later generations.The governor is the commander of the township regiment at the county level, and the commander-in-chief is at the county level.The amount of quota for each region is still uncertain, and it is obviously still under discussion.

It seems that Yu Wentai is already working on reorganizing the right part of Guan Longhao. The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass are going first, preparing materials for the big reorganization of the Guanxi powerful part and the town soldiers.

Li Tai really wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to occupy a seat in advance, but thinking about his own pocket and looking at the price of those donations, he could only shake his head secretly.

Among the dozen or so materials listed here, there was one that caught Li Tai's attention, and that was ointment.Shuguan ointment five hundred hu, can be awarded the post of governor.

Compared with the measurement of tens of thousands of other materials, this figure seems relatively close to the people.And Li Tai happened to be thinking about techniques and industries related to oil extraction, so he couldn't help but feel excited when he saw this case.

"It seems that the imperial court is in urgent need of ointment. Other calculations are in the tens of millions. Only this kind of officials can be awarded with five hundred hu."

Li Tai pointed at the book and said with a smile.

"This is a reward for the chief of the Muhu tribe in the borders, so lower the loss."

He Basheng replied casually.

After Li Tai heard the words, he was a little puzzled: "Since the ointment is mentioned, it can be oil or ointment. Why do you only favor the Hu chief? I live in the countryside, and it is common for people to harvest seeds and press oil. I think there are a lot of folk oil. Could it be plowing mulberry?" If the households are filled with oil, they will not be appointed officials?"

He Basheng replied: "Take the stage to recommend the game, and if you lose the full, you will be awarded. Naturally, there is no distinction between farming and animal husbandry. It's just..."

"Lang Jun knows one thing, but doesn't know the other. People press oil, enough for use, and they won't store too much. All pressed oilseed materials must be fattened and moist. If the oil is full, the thalassemia will be poor, and it will be planted for one season. , Gong hurts the three autumns. Therefore, when choosing seeds, the people have to weigh them carefully, use the amount for farming, and dare not indiscriminately plant, so the savings are not much."

The steward of He Basheng's mansion explained with a smile.

After Li Tai heard the words, he suddenly realized. He knew that planting soybeans can preserve moisture and ripen the land. The previous series also suggested interplanting, but they suggested cutting off the soybean plants to raise the field before sowing wheat. At first, he thought it was a waste of seeds and cultivating power. It is to ensure the fertility of the land.

"Excuse me, Master, how much oil can each press oilseed materials produce?"

Hearing that the steward was also very familiar with farming, Li Tai asked again.

After the steward heard the words, he shook his head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "Although the servant has a little knowledge of farming, he is not deeply involved in the industry, so he really doesn't know the details."

"Why are you asking these questions? Do you want to use this order to get an official position?"

Seeing Li Tai's repeated questioning, He Basheng frowned and said, "A great background, you don't need to make such miscellaneous tricks to humiliate your background! Even if you run away for a while, there will be a day to leap forward, why should you follow such a miscellaneous background!"

After Li Tai heard the words, he said quickly: "Utensils are self-supporting. If you get rewards, you will use them. If you don't reward them, you will hide them. How dare I seek power and humiliate my family's reputation. Only because I entered the country did I know how difficult it is to stand. disgust……"

He gave a brief account of how he was resisted and rejected by the big family in the village. He Basheng laughed after hearing it: "Didn't Shuhu teach you how to live and start a business in the village? You are not the only one troubled by the tyrants in the village. We The people who live here are often troubled by this!"

Although it is said that strong soldiers and strong horses are king in troubled times, it is also better to be strong than dragons, just like Gao Huan entered Hebei at the beginning of the year, and he had to bow his head to the powerful Hebei.

Now that the East-West struggle for supremacy has been formed, although Yu Wentai's Beizhen military generals have their own parts, if they really dare to play against the Kansai tyrants, they don't need the Eastern Wei to attack, and they will play chicken feathers and duck blood.

"What I owe is nothing more than material resources. If my uncle can help me a little bit, I will be able to overcome this township hero!"

After thinking for a while, Li Tai said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)