Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1152
The frequent dispatch of various sergeants and military resources in Xingtai is difficult to hide from the public. Even if Shiliu doesn't know the inside story, he can clearly feel the strong atmosphere of chilling.

But even with the influence of this atmosphere, this year's Hua Shang Banquet is still not greatly affected. This is one of the performances of Taiwan's strict military discipline. Even though the war mobilization is in full swing, it has not violated too much for various civil affairs , in an orderly manner without interfering with each other.

Compared with the previous years when the Xuanhu business in Runan was in a slump on the eve of the mobilization of the Central Plains War, it has made much progress.

This kind of progress is not just the progress of Wang Shijun's military discipline, but also because Shi Liu's confidence in Luoyang Xingtai has increased.In the early years of the Central Plains War, the outcome was unpredictable. Merchants sought advantages and avoided disadvantages, so it was inevitable to avoid retreat.But now that Wang Shi is very powerful, no matter where he uses his troops, the chances of winning are certain, and the merchants walking here can naturally feel at ease.

In this year's Huashang Banquet, in addition to various commercial transactions, the Academy of Engineering also performed brilliantly. In the subsequent closed-door gathering, it announced many techniques for improving mulberry cultivation and garden grafting, and even introduced several kinds of rice varieties. The technique can greatly increase the grain production per unit area.

However, these agronomic techniques did not cause much repercussions. These merchants have become accustomed to the rapid exchange of goods. In addition, from the Jiangdong Tuduan to the Central Plains, the large-scale release of cultivated land resources to the small people has seldom occurred again. There is a phenomenon that the management of Datianzhuang is the main one.

The display of these techniques by the Academy of Engineering is mainly to highlight the heritage of Xingtai in farming, in other words, to reflect the production capacity and solid material foundation of Xingtai.

Another important point is that the most eye-catching commodity in this Huashang Banquet is tea.Although only [-] catties of tea were publicly released at the Hua Shang Banquet, through various other channels, the total amount of tea transactions has actually reached as much as [-] catties in this short period of ten months.

The main purpose of Xue Tao's entry into Luo this time is to buy tea, but the channels he has are really limited, and there is no way to obtain them through other channels. In the end, he can only bid for [-] catties of tea at the bidding meeting of Huashang Banquet.

But in order to bid for this batch of tea, he paid the price of more than a thousand horses and animals.If it is calculated by discounting money, the price of this batch of tea leaves is as high as thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars per catty!

In fact, in this small meeting, some wealthy Western merchants called out high prices of tens of thousands of dollars per catty, but Xue Tao was able to win the bid because of a tricky method of payment.

Whether such a price is high or low, Xue Tao can't tell, because there is no transaction record of bulk tea in the market for reference.At present, tea is an urgently needed commodity for all parties, especially Huzhong, and the only way to obtain it in bulk is Heluo.

Of course, apart from Heluo, as far as Xue Tao knew, Central Shu was also a place of origin for tea. Their Xue family moved from Central Shu to Hedong, and some elders in the clan still had memories of this.

But at the moment, central Sichuan is closed and isolated, especially Hanzhong and other places are fighting endlessly, not to mention that there is no smooth road at all, even if there is, the price to be paid for the long distance of the road is far higher than buying in Heluo.

The true value of tea is still unclear, but for Xue Tao, the heartache is real.The payment for thousands of cattle and horses, even though his family still maintains a large pastoral area in the Fenyin area, these livestock still account for a relatively high proportion of all the current.

Except for a small part of the reserves of this batch of tea, most of them will be used to meet Shi Sheng's poverty. This is to solve the military disaster in the entire Hedong, so the Xue family can't pay for the goods, and the Xue family can afford half of it. The love is exhausted, and the rest needs to be shared by other clan households in the village.

But this is not just a one-time transaction. It is conceivable that if Shi Sheng's request is met, there will definitely be such demands in the future.Therefore, the sale of tea has become a stable burden on Hedong Xiangzong, unless Shi Sheng can be completely defeated militarily, so that he will not dare to disturb him again, but this is also a very difficult task to complete.

Although the transaction has been finalized, it has not yet been finalized. Xue Tao's family needs to transport this batch of livestock to Tongguan in exchange for a pass to Luoyang, so that Xue Tao can pick up the goods and finally complete the transaction.

So during this time, Xue Tao stayed in Luoyang.He is not idle in Luoyang, the people of the Fang family have treated him well, in addition to guiding him to visit Xinshiguan and other various schools, they also introduced him to some fashionable families, so as to have a deeper understanding of the customs and customs of Heluo. .

There is another thing that lingers in my mind, and that is to pay respects to General Shen.It's just that Xingtai has been busy recently, although Xue Tao asked someone to send a greeting card, but he was not summoned immediately.

During the period of waiting to be summoned, Xue Tao was also considering how to face General Shen.His attitude is not only related to his family, but also affects the changes in the entire Hedong situation, so he cannot be careless.

During this period of time, Xue Tao experienced the power of Luoyang Xingtai from all aspects through personal experience.It is actually difficult to maintain the original state of self-defense just by relying on the corner of the river east.Although the situation in Hedong Township is not small, a mere Shi Sheng has overwhelmed them, and Shi Sheng has been unsuccessful in front of Master Wang for a long time, so he had to flee in the end.

There is a huge difference in strength between each other, and Xingtai is where the king's order lies. Whether it is a strong intervention or a gentle restraint against Hedong, in fact, the people in Hedong do not have much resistance.

But even so, Xue Tao does not think that he should devote himself to Xingtai without reservation. If that is the case, the voice of Hedong Township will not be respected enough, and Xingtai is very likely to destroy the hometown of Hedong without restraint. A new order of their own will inevitably infringe on the interests of the villagers in Hedong.

After weighing for a period of time, Xue Tao's final decision was to obey the king's order first, at least on the surface, and at the same time, to present the unique hometown of Hedong to General Shen. Don't act so impatiently that there is no buffering process.

One day at the end of September, Xue Tao, who lived in Fangwang's mansion in the south of the city, finally received an invitation notice from Xingtai, saying that General Shen would receive him at his mansion.

After hearing the news, Xue Tao was excited but also nervous. As for Fang Wang and his son, they were extremely excited.If Xue Tao could be treated courteously by General Shen, it meant that the Hedong Township clans finally had a powerful representative in Luoyang Xingtai, and their situation would definitely improve to a certain extent.

On this day, Fang Wang personally accompanied Xue Tao to the general's mansion and waited to be summoned.The entire outer court of the General's Mansion was overcrowded, most of them were like Xue Tao, waiting for General Shen's summoning and inquiry.Someone gets called and leaves, only to be joined by a new stream of time.

It was not until the afternoon that Xue Tao was finally summoned.He stood up and moved his slightly paralyzed limbs, and then looked at Fang Wang beside him, already looking very excited.It's no wonder that Fang Wangcheng's mansion is not deep, everyone who lives in Heluo is familiar with the legendary deeds of General Shen, and they are all eager to see it.

The Xingtai and the General's Mansion were originally integrated in the small city of Xuanren. The officials leading the way led Xue Tao and the two of them through many pavilions and corridors. After walking for a quarter of an hour, they finally arrived at the meeting place. Outside the attic at the side of the meeting hall.

The small building is exquisite in shape, surrounded by peach willow trees. Although it is no longer full of vitality in midsummer, it still has a bit of fun.

At this time, there seemed to be guests in the small building who had not left. After waiting for so many days, Xue Tao was not in a hurry to see him immediately, so he took this opportunity to stand outside the attic and sort out the contents of the speeches he would prepare later.

He was standing under the corridor of the attic, and the chatter and laughter in the building came to his ears from time to time. After listening for a while, Xue Tao discovered that there was a guest in the attic who was Xiangzhong Liucheng whom he had met outside the city before, and another The voice sounded like the gurgling sound of clear spring water, and during the question and answer, it was confirmed that it was General Shen.

As for the content of their conversation, Xue Tao listened for a long time before he was able to confirm that it was "Chong You Lun" written by Pei Wei, who was also a former sage in Hedong Township.Xue Tao naturally has never dabbled in such a profound topic of righteousness, so it is inevitable that he lacks interest.

But in this unavoidable listening process, Xue Tao found that every time it was General Shen's turn to speak, the arguments were simple and plain, and even he could understand the meaning.As for other people's arguments, it seemed too difficult to him, and he didn't understand the meaning in his eyes at all.

Although he only had a half-knowledge, but after listening for a long time, Xue Tao found that General Shen was gradually gaining the upper hand in the debate, because General Shen spoke more and more during the conversation, and Liu Cheng and the others discovered that the rhythm was getting more and more Slow, it seems that they often have to ponder for a long time before they can say a few words, and then they are shattered by General Shen's casual words.

Although he hadn't seen him yet, but only heard his voice, Xue Tao gradually developed admiration for this General Shen.Their Xue family's Wuzong inheritance has always been lacking in classics and righteousness, so they are often despised by old-fashioned families such as the Liu family in the village.He also knew that General Shen was also from Nanxiang Wuzong's background, but he had such high attainments in academics, even a wise elder like Liu Cheng was far behind.

Xue Tao waited outside for about half an hour, and the debate was finally over. Everyone including Liu Cheng and others praised General Shen for his excellent academics, which benefited them a lot.

While talking, the sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer to the door, Xue Tao quickly avoided the sidewalk and stood down the corridor. When Liu Cheng and a few others appeared at the door, he bowed his hands in salute.

A total of five people walked out of the room, besides Liu Cheng, there were several middle-aged people and old people of different ages, but when Xue Tao looked at it, the first thing Xue Tao noticed was a young man walking at the back.

The young man was wearing a cloak and a jade belt around his waist. He looked so outstanding, which made people's eyes shine, and made Xue Tao feel like a bright pearl, shining brightly.

"Your Excellency is He Dong Xuejun? I have been here for a long time, and I finally see you today. It is a wish fulfilled for me."

The young man stood on the steps, waited until Liu Cheng and the others took their leave, then turned to Xue Tao who was standing on the side, and said with a smile.

He didn't need to be introduced by others, but after hearing this voice, Xue Tao knew that this young man was the famous General Shen, so just looking at him made him feel embarrassed, and he was quite at a loss as to what to do. Idiot, how lucky to be in the arms of the great general. The great general has lived in Luoyi for a long time, but the fool has never dared to go to worship. I hope the general will forgive me!"

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