Northern Dynasties

Chapter 60
In the manor on Shangyuan, a group of people waited anxiously outside Yinfang, and two officials from Jingzhao County rubbed their hands and stomped their feet anxiously.

Finally, the gate of Yinfang opened slowly, and Li Taidang walked out first, followed by two trolleys with a twisted face, on which were piled up several boxes and cages full of paper.

"Excuse me, Li Lang, those documents..."

A Jingzhao County official hurried forward, before he had time to bow, he asked first.

Li Tai turned around and pointed to the two carts, and said with a smile: "Here are the [-]-style account books, please accept them."

Several Jingzhao officials were overjoyed when they heard the words, and before they had time to say any more polite words, they rushed forward and put their hands into the cage to look through the neatly cut and stacked documents. I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

It's no wonder these people are so happy, because it's not only related to Cui Xi's Jing Zhaoyin's stable performance, but also closely related to their respective futures and fortunes.

At present, the autonomy of state and county officials is extremely strong. Most of the state and county officials are self-inflicted, and they have a close relationship with the chief official, and they are extremely dependent on personal and official careers.If Cui Xi can't become Jing Zhaoyin, it will be difficult for them to stay in the county to do things.

Just like Li Tai himself, he still belongs to Gao Zhongmi's private staff, and his organizational relationship is not in the Western Wei court. Even if he has a public title, he is not considered a serious official.

This was also caused by the lack of administrative power and talent reserves in the Western Wei Dynasty, and Yu Wentai had to compromise with these officials.Even if he wants to strengthen the centralization of power, he does not have so many grassroots administrative talents for him to use.

After laughing, the Jingzhao official who spoke earlier turned back to look at Li Tai eagerly and said, "How many documents can be produced here before the end of the month?"

"There can be about [-] volumes, of which [-] volumes will be delivered to several envoys in Beihua Prefecture, and the rest can be lost to Jingzhao."

Li Tailue replied after doing the audit, these official documents are simple and fixed, and the printing is not difficult, but the more cumbersome thing is cutting the paper and drying the printed matter.

"This is great, great! My acting envoy, thank you Li Lang, thank you Li Lang!"

The official was overjoyed when he heard the words. Just as Li Tai expected, although Cui Xi said that there were [-] copies, Jingzhao County, as the capital, had a huge demand for such official documents, and the output was doubled. I'm afraid I can eat it.

"It is a great honor for me to be able to benefit the envoy's politics by working at home to support the family. It is the joy of both parties to live up to the envoy's expectations, and I cannot thank you enough."

Li Tai replied with a smile, and handed a list to the subordinate officer and said: "The consumables and labor required for the work here are worth a little, and it is worth it in the inventory list. Please pass it on to Mr. Cui." .Knowing that the envoy's house is busy, I dare not disturb it rashly. After the envoy has read it, if there is any ax repair, just let the staff know."

No matter how polite you are, you still have to settle the score.Li Tai didn't discuss the price with Cui Xi in detail before, but now that he has a considerable production capacity, he naturally has the confidence to quote.

Li Tai was discussing with He Basheng, and together with his own calculations, he drew up a step-by-step quotation.The price of the first [-] sheets is the highest, and it decreases every [-] sheets. The price of less than [-] sheets is about [-] bolts of silk. The more you buy, the cheaper it will be.

This price is not only high, it is simply huge profits compared with the production cost.At least [-] accounts were made by the government itself, and the cost of artificial materials would never cost so much.

But technology is priceless, especially these printed materials have bought Cui Xi the most precious time.

Without the support of these official documents, he would never have completed such a large-scale expansion of household registration before this year, and he would not have been able to create considerable political achievements.Moreover, Cui Xi also requested an exclusive supply this year other than Beihua State, which of course also counted in it.

Of course, Li Tai's offer still leaves some room for negotiation, even if it is cut in half, it is still acceptable.

Cui Xi acted vigorously, and after receiving the first batch of goods, there was news on the third day: the price of the first [-] sheets had been reduced to [-] bolts of silk, and he directly ordered [-] sheets, totaling [-] The goods of silk.

Through the words, Li Tai could imagine the momentum of his cousin gearing up and preparing for a big fight.With [-] account booklets, even if the consumption of submission and payment is deducted, at least [-] households can be expanded.

Jingzhao, as the core of Gyeonggi in Kansai, wants to increase the number of households by [-] in a short period of time, which is far more significant than expanding tens of thousands of households in other prefectures. It seems that Cui Xi is determined to keep Jingzhao Yin Official position, suppress all competitors.

These goods are not paid only in silk, the county government can only provide a maximum of [-] bolts of silk, and the rest is paid in other materials.The cover letter also had a list of materials, which marked the current prices of various materials stipulated by the government, and Li Tai could freely choose from the list.

Without a stable currency as a medium of exchange, large transactions in ancient times were such troubles.As for what materials to use to offset the debt, Li Tai didn't intend to decide by himself.

He has already planned to give up the dividends from this first business. Although the idea and technology are all provided by him, the real establishment and production of the production line mainly depends on He Basheng and Ji Hui.

And these two people also gave him a lot of help in other aspects. Just providing military rations to the township regiment before, if there is not some water from Hui's house for his own use, Li Tai alone will not be able to complete it.

The processing of tens of thousands of catties of grain is not something that Li Tai's family members can complete in a short period of time.

Before He Basheng listened to Li Tai's suggestion, he leased or returned part of the manor to Daxingtai to gather the tribal labor force, a considerable part of which participated in the processing of military rations.

Even if the two don't care about it, Li Tai can't just accept it without expressing it.

He Basheng had been living in the manor during this time, and Li Tai took the goods list provided by Jingzhao County to tell him what he meant, and He Basheng was also very relieved after hearing the words.

"It's true that there is a shortage of supplies this year, so I will help the younger generation."

After saying this, He Basheng checked the needed supplies while carefully reading the manifest.

His family has many repertoires, and the proportion of veterans who are disabled is also high. Especially after the battle of Mangshan this year, the pressure on the dead to be compensated and the wounded to be provided for is even greater.In particular, there are not many private reserves of medicines needed by the wounded and sick, and it is difficult to search for them, and Daxingtai cannot leave them to private parties.

When Li Tai saw that there was no shortage of medicines for injuries and illnesses in the inventory provided by Cui Xi, he realized that his cousin was also cold-hearted and warm-hearted. Although he did not accept He Basheng's gift, he still had feelings for this old boss in his heart. , Those materials were obviously prepared for He Basheng.

Sure enough, these materials were the main items that He Basheng selected in the end, and the value was about more than [-] bolts of silk.

After being selected, He Basheng's brows felt a lot more relaxed, and then he looked at Li Tai and entered the praise link: "The kid's homework is excellent, I hate that I couldn't meet him earlier! If I can get married early, and have this good assistant, my career may not be guaranteed." Unexpected."

Li Tai just smiled when he heard the words, not to mention that he came to this world not long ago, even if he crossed the mother's womb, he couldn't keep up with He Basheng's glorious years of turmoil and chaos, and the waves are flying up!
Since He Basheng has been selected, the rest will naturally belong to Shuhui, and there are still more than [-] horses.

In addition, in the middle of the month, more than [-] official document books will be supplied to Beihua Prefecture. According to Li Tai's previous pricing standard, this is also the price of several hundred pieces of silk.

Add up, that is nearly [-] bolts of silk income.This is just less than a month, the first dividend.In any case, it makes sense.

Two days later, Shi Helande, the former governor of Duke Situ, arrived and bid farewell to Li Tai.

At the beginning of the month, Gao Zhongmi followed Yu Wentai into the court and was officially awarded the title of Taiwei.At that time Li Tai was still busy making rations for the township regiment, so he didn't follow him.

Holland was the main staff member of the former Duke Situ's mansion, and Gao Zhongmi's judgment was not bad, so after returning to Daxingtai, he was appointed a new official position and went to Longyou to serve as the governor of Lueyang.

It is naturally a great improvement from being a nameless chief of the government to becoming a prefect of a county.Although Lueyang County is far away in Longyou and has just experienced the Dihu Rebellion, no one would resist such an arrangement as long as they wanted to do something.

Therefore, Holland also had a happy expression on his face, and said to Li Tai: "Business is urgent, and I have no time to stop, and I have to go to Renzhi right now. The days of getting along with the lord are short, but the friendship is long, so I can only ask the lord to represent me. Thank you, Mr. Si and Taiwei, for your recommendation!"

Holland was really busy, and he didn't even have time to stop for a meal. After entering the manor, he said a few words in a hurry, then took his leave and left.

After sending Holland away, Li Tai was about to leave.At the beginning of the month, Yu Wentai entered the court and officially announced the regulations for this year's grand parade. All the armies will meet in Liyang in Weibei in October.

After Gao Zhongmi was promoted to Taiwei, Li Tai's title also became a member of the Taiwei Mansion's office to join the army and lead the account. To put it more bluntly, he is the leader of Gao Zhongmi's personal army.

The day after Li Tai delivered the military rations, Zhou Changming led the township regiment and set off slowly towards Liyang.He Basheng also left Shangyuan the day before, and went to Chaoyihui to set off with the soldiers of the tribe.

Gao Zhongmi followed Yu Wentai directly northward at the Chang'an court, and Li Tai also rushed to join him.

After arranging the affairs of the manor, Li Tai began to choose his entourage and pack his luggage.

Gao Aocao's lance cannot be brought, it is too conspicuous, and I don't know how many family members of the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty died under this lance, and taking it to the parade venue of the Western Wei Dynasty is purely to make himself unhappy.

He Basheng thought that the bow he gave to Cui Xi and Cui Xi passed on to himself could be taken with him, if he really found something wrong, he would shoot it to death with an arrow.Maybe Yu Wentai saw him so brave and staunch, so he was happy to let him be a ceremonial partner.

Just as Li Tai finished his preparations and was about to set off, a young man rushed over from the manor, jumped in front of Li Tai's horse and shouted: "Please follow me to attend the grand parade!"

Li Tai saw that this young man was a little strange, and after thinking about it, he remembered that he was one of the officials who had been bought by the Situ Mansion and arranged to study official skills in the manor. !"

"The official skills taught by the school, some of them have learned it well, and they are the first to be the classmates. However, the husband's achievements are only in bowing and horses, and the use of knives and pens is not what he wanted. I implore you to be tolerant and support me!"

Yang Yu said quickly after hearing the words.

Li Tai turned his gaze and saw that Li Zhusheng, who was in charge of the school, was also nodding. Knowing that this kid was not bad, he signaled the villager to bring another horse, and tacitly allowed him to follow him to the grand parade.

(End of this chapter)