Northern Dynasties

Chapter 358
In the straight hall of the prefecture, Li Yunxin strode in, raised his arms and said: "Master, all counties and villages have sent their sons, Xiangyong, to Fangcheng one after another, and they will be separated into Fangcheng and outside according to the order."

Li Tai took over the list of powerful men in the county who had led Xiangqu to Zhoucheng, browsed it briefly, then nodded in satisfaction, and said to Li Yunxin: "It will take a short time for the Western Expeditionary Army to return to the town, but there are thieves in the territory." It is hard to track down, so we need to rely on these righteous men from the countryside to guard the peace of one side. We must contact the masses with a heart of benevolence and righteousness, and have enough food and drink.

After Li Yunxin heard the words, he nodded quickly, yes, now he is no longer an inconspicuous member of the Longyou tycoons, holding the banner of Li Tai to act as the governor of Fangcheng on his behalf, he was summoned from Fansuo County All the local songs are under his control, it can be said that he is in control, and I feel more and more that this grandfather recognizes the real value, which is much more powerful than that uncle Li Xian.

But in fact, it's not just Li Xian, even Dugu Xin, the real governor of Qinzhou, is probably not more deterrent than Li Tai in today's state.Although Duguxin has a high status, he still needs to follow the rules when doing things, and he must not be punished without guilt.

However, during this period of time, Li Tai made people worry that he would go out of control and run away, causing some bloody storms in the territory.After all, the news that he wants to make a Buddhist ceremony to pray for his father is already known to everyone, but the temple where the Buddhist ceremony was prepared for him was looted. No matter what, it must be investigated to the end!
Of course, if he doesn't have the ability to match, no matter how angry he is, he will only be reduced to a laughing stock. If he dares to expand the scope of attack to all powerful forces in the territory, he will inevitably be resisted by the masses.

After all, Longyou has been in chaos for many years, and the people's vision is more realistic. It is difficult for them to be deterred by a simple official title, and it must be matched with the strength of real people.

However, after the news spread that the Liangzhou rebellion had been put down, the deterrent power of the Qinzhou government had naturally stepped up to a big level.In addition, Li Tai also has tricks, and there is another reason for Xiaoyi to break the rules. His aggressive attitude makes people feel that he may explode his inner anger at any time.

In this case, of course, none of you would want to be the first bird to attract Li Tai's hostile gaze to himself.Therefore, he tried his best to satisfy some of his requests that were not too excessive.

For example, ordering all the powerful families in the territory to report the accurate situation of their tribes and villages, if it is in normal times, everyone will naturally not pay attention to these things.This is a sheltered trilogy population, how could it be possible to obediently expose the family background to others.

But in this special situation, everyone generally does not want to touch this bad head, not to mention that it is not a formal expansion of households organized by the government, and a little confession to clear up their suspicions, so as not to cause other troubles .

Of course, if all the tyrants in the realm have a tacit understanding and a unified attitude and refuse to obey this order, Li Tai will not really be an enemy of the masses. .

But this is of course impossible. If these tyrants could really give up the tight bond of mutual prejudice, they would have already become the king of the fucking land, and there is no need for outsiders to come in and tell me what to do.

As long as someone takes the first step to set an example, then such a false rural alliance will not exist.

Li Tai should not be too familiar with the various operations of the village situation and situation. Anyone who is willing to expose his family background must be a family of virtue and righteousness with no ghosts in his heart. However, under the circumstances that the anti-insurgency army has not yet returned to the town, it is necessary to rely on these local forces to protect the security of the territory.

Therefore, Li Taizhi took some of the confiscated materials from Guangming Temple and gave them to those powerful families who cooperated with the investigation, inviting them to lead Xiangqu to help him maintain law and order in the territory.

When these rural folk groups gather, then Li Tai is no longer just acting intimidating, he really has the ability to destroy the rural order.However, the previous order of voluntary declaration of parts needs to be implemented without compromise.Anyone who refuses to take the initiative to report, I will bring someone into his home to check the number himself!

These township details were difficult for Dugu Xin to grasp after he entered the town for several years, but Li Tai easily obtained them.Possessing these low-level data is equivalent to mastering the password of the rural order here, and no matter what kind of operation is performed next, it will be more targeted and more effective.

As for the recluse forces outside Guangming Temple in the county, Li Tai didn't plan to continue attacking them for the time being.

The harvest of Guangming Temple is too rich, and it will still take a long time to digest it completely.Even if the scope of the attack is further expanded, it will be difficult to effectively integrate resources in the short term, and it will be difficult to chew more.

Second, Longyou's folk customs still worship Buddha as a whole, even if Li Tai wiped out all the Samana forces in Tianshui County, the Samana forces from other places will try their best to infiltrate them, which will inevitably restrict his energy.

The reason why Li Tai was so eager to rectify the rural forces here was because he knew very well in his heart that with the end of the Battle of Liangzhou, the economic function of Longyou in the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty far surpassed the military function.

In particular, a series of changes in the Eastern Wei Dynasty brought a lot of strategic opportunities to the Western Wei Dynasty, which made Longyou's position in the overall strategic planning of the Western Wei Dynasty plummet.Whether it is Tuyuhun in Qinghai or Turkic, who is about to replace Rouran, they are not strong enough to pose much threat in Longyou.

Except when attacking Hanzhong and further Shuzhong, Longyou still has a certain sense of geographical presence, and will be marginalized for a long period of time.

Of course, this does not mean that Longyou is unimportant. Guan and Long were originally integrated. Without the control of Longyou, the situation in Guanzhong would not be stable. The monarchs and ministers in the mid-Tang Dynasty knew this well.

And with the revival of Silk Road trade, the hematopoietic ability brought by Longyou trade cannot be underestimated.The reason why Shuzhong and Jiangling were able to quickly integrate with Guanzhong's industrial environment and complement each other after being included in the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty was also due to the cross-regional material exchanges promoted by Longyou commerce and trade.

The benefits brought about by the revival of business and trade are a new growth area for all forces on this side, and there are no industry leaders who are one step ahead.In other words, everyone is in a state of fair competition in this field. Whoever can build a business order recognized by the masses first will be the new boss.

Of course, the fundamental purpose of Li Tai's actions in this series is to expand his influence in Longyou, but if there is only destruction but no construction, of course he will not be able to gain long-term stable influence.Even if everyone who is tossing around respects him and fears him, it is useless if the tea gets cold as soon as he leaves.

Therefore, after grasping a large number of local forces on the grounds of tracking down the culprits, he then proposed the next goal, which is to establish a large warehouse and logistics distribution center in Tianshui, as well as the largest commercial market in the region.

Of course, the specific name is definitely not like this. It is to build a huge city near the Wei River in the name of welcoming the triumphant army.

Although the project was initiated in the name of the state government, it was only for the sake of more convincing financing and operation, but Li Tai did not intend to involve the government too deeply in the specific procedures.

First of all, the land of this new city belongs to Guangming Temple, and the initial investment funds also come from the goods obtained by Guangming Temple, and the labor used is mainly provided by some temples in the county such as Wanfotang.The reason why they were so obedient was firstly because of Li Tai's noble hands, and secondly because of the temptation of the official position of the county capital Wei Na that Master Tan Jing gave up.

With the manpower and material resources in place, the project started immediately, and the progress was rapid, and the framework soon took shape.Li Tai also proposed a famous name for this logistics city, called "Sifang City", which means to receive goods from all directions and prosper.

Right now Li Tai is rich and powerful, even if he alone can afford the cost of this city, but he needs the cooperation of other personnel resources in the region to establish a complete set of warehousing, logistics and business systems that can operate stably for a long time. Partners need to be brought in.

The first batch of partners were naturally those local wealthy families who were the first to surrender to him, and they needed to provide security for the logistics city.Then there are the wealthy families who have interests in Guangming Temple. Through one-on-one conversations, Li Tai persuaded them to convert the dividend distribution rights of the temple into shares of Sifang City, and obtain dividends through the daily maintenance of Sifang City.

The government is also a force that cannot be ignored. Right now, Qinzhou is still in the hands of their son-in-law, but it may change soon.

Therefore, Sifang City must find a plan to get along well with the government, so as to ensure that even if Longyou changes, the person who succeeds Dugu Xin can accept the existence of Sifang City, and dare not interfere easily with other interests. operate.

The plan Li Tai conceived is that Sifang City will pay part of the fare and city tax on behalf of the passing business travelers in the daily operation, so that the passing business travelers can get benefits, and they are also happy to pass through the Qinzhou business route, and the government does not need to increase Administrative costs, but also to obtain new fiscal revenue.

As for Sifang City, it is to use part of the operating profits in exchange for living space. If the Qinzhou government wants to attack Sifang City in the future, it needs to consider the alternative plan for this part of the fiscal revenue and the impact on the overall business environment.

At the same time, the dai Cheng and city tax paid on behalf of the company are produced in daily operations, so a mature, reliable, professional and standardized management team is required to maintain operations.

Li Tai proposed many reforms when he was in the Taiwan government before, and his own manor has been cultivating relevant talents in the past few years.At that time, whether it is to transfer personnel from Guanzhong, or train them locally in Longyou, this will allow the management of Sifang City to be firmly controlled by Li Tai.

Of course, it will take a very long time for Sifang City to truly play an irreplaceable business role.One of the key factors is to let the masses adapt to the existence of Sifang City at the beginning of the revival of trade routes, and then become a common existence and a natural choice.

So not long after the construction of Sifang City started, Li Tai started to promote it. He used various reasons to donate warehouses of different sizes and free usage periods of different lengths to people in the state.

Gradually gain a sense of topic existence through the comparison of the masses, and let them subconsciously rule out the option of self-built warehouses and warehouses from the very beginning, anyway, it is free and useless.And when Sifang City matures, its scale and efficiency will be enough to crush potential competitors.

After mastering a large amount of timely and effective logistics and warehousing information, various financial businesses such as lending and pledge can be carried out based on this information, reducing the financing cost and difficulty of Silk Road merchants.

In the future, this series of financial actions can be used to further counteract the Longyou Temple. When encountering difficulties, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha may not be effective, but Sifang City can really help you.

It is of course difficult to carry out various financial and capital scale operations in this medieval period, but it is not without room for manipulation.The ancient business of usury is not just a coup for temples to make money, even the Tang Empire, which was very prosperous for a while, regarded it as an important means of supplementing government administrative expenses.

Longyou, as an important channel of the Silk Road, has both such a tradition and such a demand, and now has sufficient objective conditions. Of course, Li Tai does not want to miss this new opportunity.

His qualifications and roots are undoubtedly far inferior to those of the Beizhen warriors headed by Yu Wentai, but as long as he can seize some big opportunities in the future, Lu Daye's success is expected!At least the new hematopoietic spot in Longyou, in front of him, he was determined.

Li Tai is not boasting either, in the few months since he came to Longyou, he has created a situation and laid a personnel foundation that has surpassed Duguxin's achievements in the past few years.

Of course, it's not to look down on the old man. After all, without the support from Duguxin and the successful suppression of the Liangzhou rebellion, Li Tai's idea would not be implemented no matter how good it is.

His achievements are based on Duguxin's past years of operation. Just like Wuchuan Group, although it came to Kansai under the leadership of He Bayue, it was under the leadership of Yu Wentai that it really gained the strength to be the leader. .The cause and effect have deep roots.

When everything was proceeding in an orderly manner under Li Tai's plan, an unexpected piece of information made Li Tai's heartstrings suddenly tense.

"Signs of a large number of people and horses were found in the north? How many people are there? Where did they come from?"

Looking at Holland, the governor of Lueyang County, who went to the state capital to report the matter, Li Tai asked in surprise.

After hearing the words, Holland said: "It was discovered by a shepherd in the county by accident, and the humble officer went to investigate in person. I saw about [-] soldiers on foot and cavalry. They came from the south of Watingchuan. It seems that they are from the country. In Zhongjiawu, there is no sign of any robbers and plundering counties, but no envoys have notified the counties. The northern counties do not have sufficient military equipment, so I rushed to inform the envoy, please take precautions early."

After Li Tai heard this, he also felt strange in his heart. More than 3000 horses are already a very impressive force. In Qinzhou, where the army is going west and the interior is empty, it is definitely an armed force capable of plundering counties. .

Such a group of people suddenly appeared in the country, and came from Watingchuan in the north, most likely from Yuanzhou.But Li Tai didn't receive the notification at all, which is a bit confusing.

Could it be that someone also learned from his previous operation and dispatched troops to sneak into Qinzhou to stir up trouble?
Whether the opponent is an enemy or a friend, it is always right to be careful.If the army had just left the country and the force in the country was empty, Li Tai would have to be blind in the face of such a situation, but he had done a trick before and gathered nearly [-] people from various villages and strong men around the state city. , With soldiers in hand, I naturally don't panic.

(End of this chapter)