Northern Dynasties

Chapter 57
Liu Gong's appearance of worshiping made Li Tai very puzzled. Could it be that I, a transmigrator, was born with the aura of a king, and finally couldn't hide it?
Before he could open his mouth to ask questions, Liu Gong put on a troubled expression again: "I saw it for the first time in Huazhou City earlier, and a certain one was indeed hiding a profiteering heart. He delivered the goods to the door, and the asking price was not low. But at that time, Mangshan was newly defeated. , department store prices increase..."

"At that time, the purchase and sale had already been cleared. Liu San, what do you want to say?"

Of course Li Tai knew that the fat sheep was indeed slaughtered in that transaction, but time passed and he had already slaughtered Liu Gong, so he didn't understand why this guy brought up the old story again.

With a mournful face, Liu Gong knelt down in front of Li Tai with a plop: "Liu San is the one who committed the crime before, and I only hope that you will be lenient and don't be punished for the same crime! As long as you are willing to be open-minded and let go, Liu San is willing to do it for you." Slave is envoy!"

"Punishment for one crime?"

Li Tai was even more puzzled when he heard this.

"The former bought the flax bill at a high price. He intended to make up for the shortfall in the first half of the year by working hard after the fall. But he didn't want to, and he didn't want Qingshui Dihu from Longbian to move to Huazhou. Those Hu chieftains and marshals moved to Neizhou. Li, but the oil is sold indiscriminately in the market, causing the current price of oil to drop..."

Liu Gong lay on the ground, facing the loess, and said with a look of remorse.

After listening to his complaints, Li Tai understood what happened.

It turns out that after the Battle of Mangshan, some Qingshui Di chieftains in Longbian who fought with the army saw the defeat of the Western Wei Dynasty, so they fled back to their hometown and raised their troops to rebel.

The rebellion was so loud that Daxingtai Yuwentai originally wanted to replace Dugu Xin as the governor of Qinzhou with some benefits, but in order to maintain regional stability and smooth rebellion, he had to give up this idea and continue to use Dugu Xin as the governor of Qinzhou. As the governor of Qinzhou and the governor of Longyou, he went to suppress the rebellion.

Duguxin has been in the country for several months, but he has not defeated the rebels, so that Daxingtai Yuwentai even wants to go to the conquest.In the end, Zhao Chang, who was an official of the prime minister's mansion and was born in the Zhao family in Tianshui, went to appease and surrendered the rebels one after another.

This incident happened more than a month ago. In view of the fact that Qingshui Dihu was very irritable, Daxingtai ordered the relocated chiefs of dozens of tribes of Qingshui Dihu to move to Huazhou for resettlement.

After these Dihu entered the country, they had no means of production, and could only sell the accumulated livestock products in the market in exchange for necessary living materials.

Just as the market price of Huazhou ointment was just right, animal ointment naturally became the main commodity sold by these Dihus, and the current price of ointment, which was still promising, was immediately knocked down.

After learning about this, Li Tai couldn't help laughing, he really didn't know about this matter, even if he met He Basheng and Shuo Hui several times, they didn't discuss in depth the reason why Shu Hui didn't go to Qinzhou.

The reason why Li Tai cashed out before was because the principal used was not his, and the second was because he didn't want to be too greedy and aggressive, and wanted to ease the relationship with the villagers, so he raised the price by a few percent to let They redeemed the post-autumn inventory and gave them a chance to drink some soup.

But who would have thought that the quelling of a Dihu rebellion far away in Longyou would directly affect the plans of large households in Huazhou to hoard oil and build a market?This mouthful of soup is not only not sweet, but it makes people's noses bubbling.

But seeing Liu Gong's appearance, he obviously didn't think so.

The key point is that his timing of entering and leaving the market was really ingenious. He bought at a high price while the villagers were unaware, and then cashed out at a high price when the market was lifted.

Not to mention that Liu Gong didn't believe it was a coincidence, even Li Tai felt that he and Daxingtai should have an ulterior and private relationship after thinking about it. This cooperation is really a bit clever.

"Is it a bad loss?"

Li Tai tried his best not to look so gloating, bent down to look at Liu Gong and asked with concern.

When Liu Gong heard this, his face became even more bitter: "I am no longer allowed to touch the accounts at home, and I don't know how much I lost. I think it should be... well, my parents only ordered me to come here to plead guilty. Forgive me, I'm afraid Liu San will be homeless..."

Hearing this guy speak so miserablely, Li Tai should have felt pitiful, but he really couldn't feel sympathy, instead he found it a little funny.

Probably in the eyes of the Liu family, Liu Gong is really a disaster star. They live in Nanbaishui County. If Liu Gong hadn't actively solicited sales in the Huazhou market at that time, they probably would have never had the chance to know Li Tai.

"Since your family is often engaged in business, you should understand that profit and loss are impermanent. If you see profits, you will be happy, and if you see losses, you will complain. Only those who are diligent will be blamed. This is really unreasonable!"

Li Tai didn't bother to explain that it was a coincidence, he just said it casually.

"Who says it's not? If it weren't for the entrustment of the clan and the urging of the family, who would be willing to leave his wife and children and run away? In the past, he saw profits and only did his duty. If you lose money and lose money, you will blame me for being incompetent..."

When Liu Gong heard this, tears almost flowed down.

After he redeemed the goods from Li Tai at a high price, he hurried to Weibei again.There are many people from Hebei living there, and Liu Gong wants to find out what Li Tai said about the new method of suppressing oil in Hebei.

Before he found out about the pressure oil method, his family sent a message saying that there was no need for it. When he returned home, the whole family treated him with cold faces. No one asked him if he was working hard. All he heard was complaints and blamed him. Mistakes again and again.

"In the past, the transactions were all voluntary, and no one will forgive anyone if there is no crime. Liu San, you are smart and hardworking, and I know it. Since your family is no longer in a hurry to press the oil, would you like to come to my house to do a few things for you? Business?"

When Liu Gong heard this, he immediately nodded without hesitation: "Yes, yes! Thanks to your appreciation, I will do my best!"

Today, he is not only a little cold because of his family's cold attitude, but also has lingering fears after being played by Li Tai several times.And if there is a choice, who wants to be just a dirty businessman?

"If that's the case, then put away this slump and cheer up. Next, I will arrange affairs for you. The field grains are already being harvested. You should lead the trilogy to the village households to collect the previously agreed grains. Buy it up."

Li Tai still has a debt of nearly ten thousand stones of grain agreed with the county government, so naturally the sooner this matter is resolved, the better.

Previously, Li Tai also signed some grain sales contracts with the various households in the village who redeemed the purchase order of sesame seeds.Some people directly bought back the goods in cash, while others couldn't afford so much cloth for a while, Li Tai also agreed to let them pay the bill with grain.

Coupled with the fact that three thousand shi of grain was obtained from the historian alone, it is more than enough to repay the debt of the county government.

"Understood, understood, Pu Changqin travels to the village, is proficient in people, things, and things, and will return all the grain to the warehouse by mid-September at the latest!"

For this first task, Liu Gong also attached great importance to it, and patted his chest to assure him.

What Li Tai valued most was Liu Gong's sharp eyes and ears. Seeing his high fighting spirit, he ordered: "Besides buying grain materials, you can visit the temples near the left to buy a batch of high-quality and cheap ink materials. The more the better."

Although Liu Gong didn't understand what he was doing by buying ink materials, he didn't ask much, and nodded in agreement.

After recruiting Liu Gong and arranging things, Li Tai finally had time to return to his own residence in the manor to take a breather. As soon as he sat down, his stomach started growling. After traveling all day, he was already hungry. Lulu.

As soon as he ordered his servants to cook, he looked up and saw Zhou Changming and Li Quji in military uniforms walking in from the door, and said with a smile: "You two have a lot of food, I just ordered the cook to steam a tail of fermented soybeans Fat Yu, you guys are here now. Are you done with the township reunion?"

The two nodded after hearing the words, and Li Quji stepped forward and replied: "The registers of the regiments in the county have been counted, and there are [-] soldiers in total. They will be divided into five capitals. Go to defense training."

In the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, in order to quell the rising rebellions in the Quartet, the restrictions on the private military forces of the people were released, and three thousand recruits could be awarded as generals.

When the east and west were separated and the post-Three Kingdoms period, the title of commander of the army became more and more popular.There is also a huge gap in power between the titles of Dudu and Shuai Dudu.

For example, Cui Xi also has the title of commander-in-chief, but Zhou Changming, the commander-in-chief, obviously does not have the authority of Jing Zhaoyin, and only has the power to dispatch the inner township regiment of Wuxiang County.

Even so, Zhou Changming was suddenly promoted from a garrison lord to a commander-in-chief, and his ability and experience were far from enough.

Therefore, Li Tai lent Li Quji, the most capable confidant, to Zhou Changming to help him with the reorganization and management of the township regiment. There were also several capable members who also served as the backbone of the county and township regiment.

More than [-] rural soldiers, although not as many as those of the Beizhen army leaders, are all strong and strong rural soldiers, and this is only the first reorganization of a county.

After experiencing the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Mangshan, it is rare for Beizhen army leaders to pull out so many private soldiers at once. It can be seen that it is only a matter of time before Guanlong Haoqiang completely replaces Beizhen army leaders politically and militarily in the future.

Li Tai motioned for the two to sit down, then looked at Zhou Changming and said with a smile: "Several subordinates and governors, can you be respectful?"

"I was stationed in my hometown, so how could I have the prestige to unify so many people. Fortunately, Mr. Lang took advantage of the situation and had Shi Gong as an excellent example. All the governors could also obey the military orders and dare not question them."

Zhou Changming grinned, thinking of Shi Gong's respectful appearance, he admired Li Tai's methods of rectifying the township even more.In the past, although they lived together in the countryside, he was not considered a lowly villager, but there was a huge disparity in their rural status, and Shi Gong seldom treated him seriously.

With such an example, even if the other township governors are unhappy that Zhou Changming is on top, they dare not express it bluntly.

"That's good. The current position is not stable yet. This autumn's grand parade is a critical period. If the rewarding governors are not capable of commanding, a group of them will be directly eliminated after the grand parade."

This news was learned by Li Tai from several sources. First, what Yu Wentai needs is a qualified general with good command after all, and second, he also needs to take care of the emotions of the old people in Beizhen. Pull a dozen rhythms.

When Zhou Changming heard this, he couldn't help becoming nervous: "But there is still a problem with the township regiment today, that is, the lack of resources for training and reference, which may affect the performance in the grand parade..."

(End of this chapter)