Northern Dynasties

Chapter 82 Li Lang Gaoyi
In the end, Li Tai left He Basheng's mansion without any surprise or danger. Although the attitude of the two He Basheng brothers towards him was still not very polite, they did not dare to be too strong.

This is actually not unexpected. From the fact that the two brothers put He Basheng under house arrest in Yu's residence and forbade him to see outsiders, we can see what kind of background they are.The so-called legacy of the father is just a polite word.

Although He Bayue died due to carelessness, he was by no means a mediocrity.Not to mention those real meritorious deeds, he was able to show his attitude to prevent Er Zhurong from usurping the country during the Heyin Incident, which shows that this person has a strong character and can distinguish right from wrong, which is far inferior to He Basheng.

However, the actions of the He Bawei brothers made even an outsider like Li Tai feel contemptuous. One can imagine how the brothers from Beizhen, who still care about their hometown, feel about their brotherhood.

Too much is too much, including being cautious and self-defense.These two people are more than shrewd but have lost all sense of proportion, and it is inevitable that people feel that the He Ba family really has no successors.

He Bayan and others stayed in the mansion to accompany He Basheng, while Zhu Ziyong left with Li Tai.

"Since the several gardens in Kinki have already been taken over by others, further entanglement will only make uncle feel more embarrassed. I am in Longshouyuan outside the city, and I will go to the new farm, Zhu Weng, you will go to the hometown first, and you will be expelled. The relocated soldiers are recalled, and they first enter our garden to work and recuperate."

He Basheng obviously didn't have the energy to take care of his family now, so Li Tai said to Zhu Ziyong after returning home.

He is not qualified to compete with He Basheng's brothers for the pastoral property, but he has to help He Basheng properly arrange those soldiers.

Last year, part of the funds for printing official documents was stored in the treasury of Jingzhao County, which could just be withdrawn to accommodate these soldiers and run the farm on Longshouyuan by the way.

After Zhu Ziyong heard the words, his old eyes were full of tears: "Those two people only regard the lord's old remnant as a burden. If there is no gentleman to protect him with righteousness, I am afraid that the soldiers will be separated and die on their own..."

"I was a newcomer to Kansai last year, and my uncle treated me kindly. Now that I'm taking advantage of my spare time, I can't just sit back and watch his family be ruined. What's more, my uncle still has a lot of goods at my place, which can just be used to support these soldiers."

Last year, He Basheng lent supplies for him to roast seeds and nuts. Although Li Tai returned a batch a year ago, there were still some remaining balances that he hadn't paid off.

For the time being, he didn't intend to hand it over to the He Bawei brothers, just to use it for the living and production of those deported soldiers.

There are quite a few old, weak, sick and disabled in He Bawei's army, and the cost of supporting them is not small. This should be one of the reasons why He Bawei's brothers refused to accept them.

Li Tai didn't think these people were a burden, he wanted to form his own force after all, and the military experience of those disabled veterans was a valuable asset.Regardless of whether He Basheng is present or not, he is willing to support these people until they grow old.

Seeing how He Basheng was doing, Li Tai also forgot about it.

There was still a lot of business in Huazhou Township, and he couldn't stay in Chang'an for too long, so he visited Cui Cong again on the same day, and told him that he was going to take over He Basheng's old and disabled soldiers, and hoped that the county government could borrow some of them as laborers. First build the framework of the manor, and all the consumption will be drawn from the previous payment.

Naturally, Cui Cong would not refuse this. Although he also had political taboos and did not dare to get too close to He Basheng, but with Li Tai intervening, he also wanted to help a group of He Basheng and those old disabled soldiers.After all, when he was living in Jiangdong, he had a lot of friendship with these people.

After the affairs in Chang'an were properly arranged, Li Tai led his troops to leave, and traveled quickly all the way, and finally returned to Shangyuan before the Lantern Festival.

"Welcome Mr. Lang back home!"

As soon as the group arrived at Shangyang Shu, a group of villagers who had been waiting eagerly greeted them. The governor of the village regiment, Wu Jingyi, pushed away Shi Gong who was still hesitating, and grabbed the bridle and led the horse for Li Tai. Step into the welcoming crowd.

"The construction of this military city is quite fast!"

Li Tai got off his horse and waved his hands to greet everyone. Seeing that Shangyang Garrison had expanded into a small city of considerable scale, he said to Zhou Changming with a smile.

"Before Liyang received the award and praised the warriors, the soldiers were all excited and hoped to be able to calm down the country!"

After Zhou Changming heard the words, he also said with a smile: "Most of the relatives of the township soldiers have already moved to the city, and the county government sent two departments to move to Dinu. After summer, the township regiment will join the river defense! Because it is the county army regiment, the county government I was given the position of soldier Cao, and I can train the army, but I really don't have any spare talent, so I let Quji take care of it."

Originally, the duty of the township regiment was only to guard the village against theft. Being able to participate in the river defense meant becoming a conventional armed force officially recognized by the court. The township regiment of Wuxiang county got this opportunity not long after it was formed, which meant that the channel for promotion had been opened. Great progress.

Although Li Tai did not directly hold an official position in the township group, his influence was not small.

Many sergeants of the township regiment who were still in training learned that he passed by here when he returned to his hometown. Taking advantage of the rest time, they ran to the side of the school field to say hello, showing off that their township regiment was awarded for their military integrity in the Yueyang Grand Parade. Live up to Li Lang's friendship of donating cakes to help the army.

Looking at the enthusiastic smiling faces of the sergeants, Li Tai also felt that the previous efforts had finally paid off. He galloped around the school ground and shouted: "Everyone is practicing martial arts with heart, and you will still be given food and cakes to accompany the army this summer. Do not make hungry pawns!"

The sergeants were even more excited when they heard this, waving their sticks and shouting, "Li Lang Gaoyi!"

After Shangyang Shu bought a wave of people's hearts, Li Tai went to Shangyuan Village, accompanied by all the townspeople, before it was too late.

When he came to his manor, he saw from a distance that there was an earthen plateau bamboo platform in front of the manor, with cloth flags fluttering in the wind, and villagers performing tricks on the stage, and the surrounding spectators were almost full of his field. The applause is endless,
"How is this going?"

Seeing this scene, Li Tai couldn't help asking.

"Langjun's conferment of the title and founding of the country has already made the village feel more honored. It is even more rare to show the righteousness of the village and save the villagers from suffering. The joy of the village is great, and I am very grateful, so I will hold a village opera and celebrate the two events together!"

Zhao party leader blushed, pointed at the stage of the rural opera and laughed.

Although Li Tai looked down on him as a baron, it was a big event worthy of envy and celebration in the village.The so-called founding of the country does not refer to founding the country and building honors for the dynasty, but to crack the soil and feudalism, founding the country and inheriting the family, and they are the real princes of one side!
If only Li Tai enjoyed this honor alone, the response from the village would not be so enthusiastic.

The key is that he won the benefit of exempting the villagers from one-year miscellaneous courses. This is a real good deed in Dayi Township.Most of the people in the village may not know who Li Tai is before, but now all the beneficiaries remember this name deeply in their hearts.

"Daxingtai is benevolent and sympathetic to the folks, so I bestow favors on the government. I dare not be greedy for credit. But since the hometown is enthusiastic and the resistance is not beautiful, then let's enjoy the present."

Li Tai was also affected by the lively atmosphere, pointing to those villagers who watched the show applauded and said.

Several township tyrants rushed into the crowd, pointed at Li Tai and shouted loudly: "This one is Li Lang, who has benefited the glory of our township. Li Lang is back, welcome to the township!"

When the crowd heard the shout, they quickly shifted their attention from the stage to Li Tai, clapping and applauding, and many enthusiastic villagers walked around them and sang.

Li Tai also dismounted, and kept waving his hands in response to the enthusiasm of the villagers, but his thoughts could not help but drift back to the scene when he first arrived in Shangyuan last year.In the same world, the villagers' attitudes towards him are completely different.

Seeing the enthusiasm and closeness of the villagers to him now, Li Tai couldn't help but wonder, if there are new visitors to the village, can he call on the villagers to block the water and block the ditches?
The rural drama was still going on, Li Tai stood outside the crowd, accompanied the villagers to enjoy it for a while, and then motioned for several townspeople who had something to do with the canal to follow him into the village for discussion.

In the manor, Li Zhusheng also led a group of family members to wait for a long time. When they saw Li Taixing, they greeted him one after another, and their joy was beyond words.

Although they worked in Shangyuan for a long time in the past, they always lacked a sense of belonging. Now that Li Tai has won the founding title of the Western Wei Dynasty, they have finally taken root in Kansai.

After a conversation, Li Tai finally returned to the hall of the manor, and several townsmen also sat down, and Wu Jingyi, who was the main convener of the canal affairs, handed over a booklet.

"The pre-spring fortifications need to go from Luoshui River to the northern part of Shangyuan, with a total of [-] miles of canals, passing through five rivers and canals. The old canal merged with the river for [-] miles, and the new canal was [-] miles..."

Hearing Wu Jingyi's report, Li Tai couldn't help being taken aback: "It was planned to dig a new canal for more than [-] miles a year ago, how can it be reduced so much?"

"It's like this. The few households on the left of Jiliugou didn't suffer from flooding, so they didn't plan to do anything a year ago. But after knowing that Li Lang invited Huixiang, they all joined the alliance one after another. With the joining of these few households, The canal can then flow down the ditch, saving the project of digging a new canal.”

Wu Jingyi explained with a smile.

Li Tai was also very satisfied after hearing the words. With this ancient construction technology, the cost of building a new canal for every mile was huge. It is undoubtedly a good thing to be able to follow the existing canals and reduce the overall project volume.

Although digging canals benefits the public, not everyone can benefit equally.Some people's manor fields already have a good irrigation environment, so naturally there is no need to participate in the matter.

But now with Daxingtai's endorsement, plus the benefit of exempting from one-year miscellaneous courses, naturally more people will join.

Previously, Li Tai contacted wealthy families with more than ten hectares of arable land, and only these families had the savings and spare energy to participate in the matter.When Li Tai left his hometown a few years ago, there were already nearly [-] families involved in the incident, and more than [-] shi of grain had been preliminarily pledged.

But when he came back after making a detour in Chang'an, the data more than doubled.Counseling forty-three households in the countryside, they have raised more than ten thousand stones of grain!Li Tai, as the convener of this matter, at least in the matter of rebuilding the Longshou Canal, these personnel and materials are all under his control.

Originally, Li Tai thought it was not the right time to meet Yu Wentai, but when he saw that the matter had reached such a scale, he immediately felt that the time was just right.

Lao Tzu is a middleman who cheats his superiors and his inferiors, and eats at both ends!
(End of this chapter)