Northern Dynasties

Chapter 44
Li Tai is not a well-educated medical master, and his understanding of wind disease and qi disease mainly comes from searching and sorting out the personnel affairs of the early Tang Dynasty.

There are more than two hundred kinds of diseases of wind and qi, and the condition of beriberi also varies from mild to severe.Of course Li Tai doesn't have the ability to make a detailed diagnosis, but he still has basic common sense. He Basheng's current living and eating habits are obviously not healthy enough, which will undoubtedly aggravate the deterioration of his condition.

As the saying goes, good words are hard to persuade a damn ghost.If it was just an irrelevant person, although Li Tai would persuade him, he wouldn't be too sad.

But He Basheng is not ordinary to him after all, he is greedy for this favor, and also hopes to repay him a little emotionally, so that He Basheng's evening scene will not be too sad and desolate.

Seeing Li Tai put on such a tired and lazy look, He Basheng just smiled helplessly.

He is not a withdrawn and unreasonable person by nature, and he also enjoys the care and supervision from the younger generations.But apart from being gratified, there is also disappointment. The reason is just like what Li Tai said, they are not related to each other, even if they have relatively close contacts, it is indeed not enough to touch the heart.

Without the mutton as a side dish, he ate a bowl of round-grained rice with buttermilk, and when he saw that Li Tai had also finished his meal, he said: "The cloth is returned to the warehouse, and the student has already told me. Don't worry about the rest. Years ago I also don't have a place for a large envoy."

Li Tai had borrowed nearly [-] bolts of cloth from He Basheng before, which was definitely a huge sum of money. Even Li Tai, the borrower, couldn't help feeling that He Basheng was really at ease with him.

His character is a little stingy and lacks tolerance, but he never feels that he should be helped by others.So after the initial return of the money, I quickly paid back part of it.

Hearing He Basheng talk about this topic at this time, he quickly said: "Recently, the family has a lot of accounting work, and the dispatch of goods has not been calm. But before next year's spring plowing at the latest, I will definitely collect all the borrowed goods. Uncle This time of helping each other has benefited me a lot, I have a deep love in my heart, and I will definitely do a good job in the future."

Although he made a lot of money by relying on the futures market, he also took out a full five hundred hu of ointment materials for donating officials to Zhou Changming, and he also had a debt of ten thousand stones of grain to be delivered to the county government after autumn. The profits from this operation are not enough to even out expenses, and debts are still needed for a period of time.

But the most difficult initial stage has been overcome, and he is also full of confidence in the operation and development of various businesses in the future.

Now there are more than a hundred women weaving in the workshop of his manor. The scale of work has increased, and the improvement of the efficiency of the large spinning wheel has also appeared. After deducting the daily labor expenses and material costs, the daily profit is [-]. More than ten horses.

The oil workshop is the next project that will be launched. Party chief Zhao of Shangyuan has already helped him contact the artisans who were engaged in oil pressing in the village before.

Li Tai does not need the oil pressing skills of these people, but he needs their skills of steaming and frying seeds. The real production of oil is to use wood pressing.Although there is only one word difference between pressing and pressing, the oil yield of pressing oil is much higher than that of pressing oil.

The ancient oil extraction technology has made great progress in the late Tang Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty. Vegetable oil has also become the mainstream of the diet. Even in the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a trend of food that could not be deep-fried. Even oysters were fried directly in the oil pan!

Although the big households in the village were terrified by Li Tai's previous operations, they might not be willing to sell the seeds to him again.But seeking benefits and avoiding disadvantages is also a human instinct. Li Tai is confident that with the effectiveness of the oil extraction method compared to the oil pressure method, the oil price can be lowered to the extent that the production profits of these large households are not as expected.

The reason why he promised Liu Gong that he would not sell oil before this year was to prepare for lowering the market next year and continuing to buy sesame.It is his unshirkable responsibility as a traveler to let the elders in Huazhou eat sesame oil.

Of course, this is an exaggeration.In terms of people's livelihood needs, the ranking of sesame oil is not high, and it is not the bottom line for the big rural households to guard against sticking to it. That's why Li Tai is given room to manipulate the market and have room for long-term profits.

In addition, Li Tai also recruited many casual workers from the countryside. In addition to building houses, he built several large kilns in succession, and gradually trained skilled workers starting from the firing of bricks and tiles.The previous smelting furnaces for melting and casting copper materials were not destroyed, and they were reserved for future upgrades when technology and financial resources were in place.

In short, his career blueprint is very big, but limited by the current strength and capital, he can only promote it step by step.

He didn't think of occupying the cloth of He Basheng's family for nothing, and he had calculated the interest return in his heart.It's just that the liquidity of various industries is still not sufficient at the moment, and it is not too early to say that the situation will ease next year and then be paid together.

"How many feet is my body, how much cloth do I need? You don't have to rush, do everything according to your ability."

He Basheng was a good creditor and was not in a hurry to collect the debt.

He paused for a moment and then looked at Li Tai and said, "If you're grateful for your performance, you don't have to pay for it in the future. I have something I need you to work on today, shouldn't you?"

"Uncle will tell you what to do, why should I not!"

Li Tai said with a smile after hearing the words.

"Just promise! This matter is a trouble to me, but it is not difficult for you to think about it."

He Basheng laughed again, pointed to the manor outside the hall, and said to Li Tai, "What do you think of this manor, Ah Pan?"

"Uncle was awarded because of his meritorious service. I heard about it yesterday. The fertile land near the river, if not disturbed by the war, is indeed a rich and beautiful property that will support us for many years."

Li Tai replied when he heard this, without hiding his envy and regret.

"I still have a few of this kind of gardens. If I only have this body, I don't need to own so many properties. But disciples always need constant business to support them, and whatever Daxingtai bestows, they have the audacity to accept them. .”

He Basheng sighed with emotion, and then said to Li Tai: "But most of my disciples are veterans, more fierce than smart, so I want to pay Zhuzhuang Ye to you to take care of it on your behalf, as long as you can keep the food and clothing of the masses It’s good to have more.”

Li Tai was still guessing what He Basheng wanted him to do. When he heard this, he was startled, shook his head and smiled wryly, "Could it be that uncle is playing me? Not to mention whether my intelligence is good enough, the property here alone makes Geng Sang follow At that time, it was more than enough to feed thousands of people, so why rely on it!"

"Well, you also don't know. Although the estate here belongs to me, most of the products have to be lost to the assistant army. Those who can enter the warehouse are one or two out of ten. It looks like Toyota Meiye, but in fact, I am farming and weaving. It’s hard to make up for the wasted labor!”

He Basheng smiled wryly, and told Li Tai such a secret.

Li Tai couldn't help staring wide-eyed after hearing the words, so things can still be played like this?The land is yours, the harvest is mine!

Yuwen Black Otter, you have no conscience, and an old man over half a hundred years old is fighting for you, yet you are still extorting and exploiting like this!
"Then to the south is Li Sikong Garden..."

After pondering for a while, he asked again, wondering if Yu Wentai was deliberately suppressing He Basheng.

"It's the same. The land near the river needs a strong army to resist thieves. It is also necessary for the harvest of the fields to belong to the officials to help the army. Now that the country is in crisis, we have been greatly favored, and we should not just be a door. private plan."

He Basheng said this, but his face was full of sadness: "In previous years, if there was an increase in other places' garden business, it would be able to maintain more than enough. But before the Battle of Mangshan, the army's strong soldiers were either injured or killed. It is difficult to provide for the wounded and provide for the dead..."

When Li Tai heard this, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural. My second uncle Gao has to recite half of the pot of feelings?
But he soon remembered that He Basheng had lent him so much cloth before, and he felt even more moved.

But before he had time to express his expression, He Basheng said again: "I lent you the goods before, on the one hand, I really wanted to see how talented you are. On the other hand, I also had a private plan. If this heavy cargo goes homeless, you can Use this to rob the villagers! Although Daxingtai often teaches people to live in harmony, but I was cheated by the villagers and lost my family wealth, so there should always be a little room for extrajudicial immunity."

You can play more with feelings than I do!
After Li Tai heard the words, he couldn't help but feel emotional. He Basheng treated him kindly, but after all, he was a powerful army leader from Beizhen Wuchuan all the way to the world. It would be too one-sided to think that he would only be kind to others. The idea of ​​using himself as an excuse to rob Xianghao.

Knowing this, Li Tai suddenly felt that he was a noble man. He speculated in futures and robbed these rich and wealthy families, but it was still a help to them.If they waited until He Basheng made his move, then they would not only lose money and silk.

So, in troubled times, you still have to be strong and strong. It's good to play by the rules, and you have to have the confidence and power to turn the table when necessary.

"Since my uncle thinks that my talents are acceptable, of course I have the duty to do my best!"

After pondering for a while, he no longer sticks to it, and directly expresses his position.

When he was poor and poor, he still dared to make a leasing transaction of tens of thousands of shi grains with the county government. Facing He Basheng's request, he naturally had no reason to refuse.

Compared with the ancients, the most outstanding thing about him is not that his farming yield is higher than others, but that his production technology and methods are superior. The more large-scale production is, the more significant the effect will be.

Zhao Gui blocked the river and set up ditches, forcing him to use oxen to pull the spinning wheel, but now that he has the support of He Basheng's influence and prestige, if you stop me from using water, I will suddenly beat you!

Seeing Li Tai's willingness to agree, He Basheng immediately laughed happily, and immediately summoned the subordinates who were in charge of Tian Sang's affairs in the mansion, and ordered them to reconcile and hand over the accounts in person.

I don't know if they don't reconcile the account, the pair of Li Tai were taken aback, and only then did they understand how powerful the real big army is nowadays.

He Basheng's family has more than [-] people in the trilogy alone, and the manor industry spreads all over half of the Guanzhong Plain. From Chang'an to the east, there are more than a dozen large and small gardens, and the small Tens of hectares, or hundreds of hectares, the total area on the book alone has reached nearly a thousand hectares!
Although this number may seem exaggerated, it is actually reasonable when you think about it.

Even Gao Zhongmi Xitou, who had no meritorious service, was granted a manor of more than ten hectares, and nearly three hundred people were given along with gifts. The compensation is already a volume of nearly [-] people.

As the elder of Beizhen, He Basheng has participated in even the battles of the two Wei Dynasties since his return from Nanliang and performed very well. It is normal to have such a trilogy and the scale of the manor.

After all, the financial situation of the Western Wei Dynasty was really worrying, and if they really wanted to reward them with money, they might go bankrupt directly.

Yuwentai rewarded heroes with a large amount of land in the trilogy, which can also strengthen the control of the core area of ​​Guanzhong, and can also fight the autumn wind to collect and transport supplies. Why not do it?
(End of this chapter)