Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 167 Chapter 173: Money but no food
"Yes." Wang Yuantai hurriedly welcomed Cao Tian in, and then closed the door.

Cao Tian saw that he was not walking very smoothly, so he expressed concern: "Has the injury not healed yet?"

Wang Yuantai laughed dryly: "Being beaten to pieces, how can it be so easy to heal."

Cao Tian sighed softly, handed over a small colored glaze medicine bottle, and said, "I paid a lot of money for the golden sore medicine inside, and it is quite effective. You can accept it."

"This... can't be allowed, absolutely can't be allowed." Wang Yuantai was flattered, and waved his hands again and again, "The little one dares to accept your things."

"You look down on me, don't you?" Cao Tian feigned anger when he saw this, Wang Yuantai didn't dare to refuse immediately, took the medicine bottle carefully, and thanked him repeatedly.

"Speaking of which, it's all my fault that you were beaten." Cao Tian paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and sighed to himself, "If I were in the city and interceded for you, you might be able to escape this physical pain."

"How can I blame you." Wang Yuantai hurriedly said, "It's all due to the villain's cheap mouth and offended Lord Inspector."

Cao Tian looked at him suspiciously when he heard the words, and asked, "What did you say that made Lord Inspector so angry?"

"It's actually not a big deal." Wang Yuantai said with drooping eyelids, "I met Mr. Governor four years ago. At that time, there was a plague in Xuzhou, and Mr. Li was still white and only 14 years old. He said He had a prescription that could cure the plague. I was skeptical and decided to try it, so I helped him give the prescription to the imperial physician. I didn't expect that the prescription was really effective, and finally put down the plague. The villain was promoted because of this, and came here to become Guo Yi Captain."

"Oh." Cao Tian nodded his head when he heard the words, then frowned and said, "In this way, you are indeed old friends. It is a rare happy event to meet in this desolate Tingzhou. Why did he beat him so hard? you."

Wang Yuantai continued: "It's not because of his cheap mouth. When Mr. Li first entered the city, he was very happy after seeing the little one. He also told the little one not to be too cautious. The little one believed it, so he called him by his first name. Recently, there was a shortage of rice and food, and life was difficult, so I wanted to borrow some money from him, and I heard that he was very rich, so I borrowed more."

"Oh?" Cao Tian raised his eyebrows and asked, "How much did you borrow from him?"

Wang Yuantai raised a finger, and Cao Tian asked, "A thousand guan?"

"Not that much." Wang Yuantai shook his head and said, "One hundred guan, the young one still owes Yunmeng sixty guan, and Yunmeng has asked the young one for it several times, so the young one plans to borrow some more from Master Li. Return Yun Guoyi's money, and the rest will be used to supplement the family."

Cao Tian was silent when he heard the words. Over the years, he had suppressed Wang Yuantai very badly. He said that he was Captain You Guoyi, but in fact he had a vain job and had been doing the drudgery of the head of the city gate guards.Although guarding the city gate is a bit hard, there is good money to be made, because exploiting caravans means exploiting when the caravans enter the city. However, Cao Tian certainly thinks that Yun Meng is more reliable, so every time a caravan enters the city, he They would temporarily replace Wang Yuantai and send Yunmeng to guard the city gate, and exploit the caravan by the way. As for Wang Yuantai, stay wherever it is cool.

Wang Yuantai, as the captain of Guoyi in the dignified Weifu, actually owed foreign debts. It was embarrassing to say that, Cao Tian was full of self-blame, and said: "Wang Guoyi, it was Cao who was sorry for you in the past, and let you Don't worry, you don't have to pay back Yunmeng's money, not only that, but as long as you follow me and do things for me, I guarantee that you will be rich and rich in the future, and you will not spend money on going to the Yixing Building."

Wang Yuantai was not very surprised when he heard the words. He is rich and expensive. It doesn’t cost money to go to Yiyilou to find a girl. What a temptation. He likes to go to Yiyilou the most. After all, his wife is not around, so his needs are relatively strong. , so he went to the satisfaction building more frequently, which was also the reason why he owed a huge debt.

Without much thought, Wang Yuantai nodded joyfully: "What's the matter with Cao Biejia, just tell me, the little one will do his best and don't dare to procrastinate."

"Don't worry." Cao Tian took out a boxy brocade box from his arms and handed it to Wang Yuantai, raised his eyebrows and said, "Open it and have a look."

Wang Yuantai took the brocade box in a daze, and slowly opened it, and suddenly he saw the golden light inside, full of gold beads and jewels, a box full, no wonder it felt heavy when he held it in his hand, the box full of gold and jewels surprised him Eyes gaping, he didn't relax for a long time.

Cao Tian smiled lightly and said, "This box of jewels is worth a thousand guan at least. As long as you promise to help me deal with Li Hao in the future, there will be ten more boxes after that."

"Ten boxes!" Wang Yuantai's jaw almost dropped when he heard this.

Cao Tian added: "And in the future, girls from Yiyilou, as long as you can afford it, you can play as you please, without paying any money."

"Wow!" Wang Yuantai's expression at the moment can only be described in four words - ecstatic.

Seeing Wang Yuantai's appearance, Cao Tian raised a smug smile, he knew that he had succeeded.Li Hao took away Yunmeng's post as Lieutenant Guoyi, which made him lose his military power. This made him feel very passive. Fortunately, he inquired and learned that Wang Yuantai was whipped by Li Hao ten times and recuperated at home. He guessed that Wang Yuantai He must have complained in his heart, so he came to win over, under the provocation of words and the bribe of money and beauty, Wang Yuantai really gave in. This kind of small person is really easy to deal with, but sometimes, small people are often the key to victory, because small people often will be ignored.

After buying Wang Yuantai, Cao Tian didn't intend to let Wang Yuantai be exposed so early. This was his trump card to win by surprise. He told Wang Yuantai to try his best to please Li Hao after he recovered from his injury, and strive to gain Li Hao's trust. In this way, Wang Yuantai will become The pawn he placed beside Li Hao, if this pawn breaks out at a critical moment, can definitely reverse the situation.

With Wang Yuantai's pawn, Cao Tian immediately felt relieved, and then he waited quietly to see how Li Hao exploited the poor Tingzhou City, but to his disappointment, Li Hao didn't make any big moves next , and there was no exploitation. Instead, they cleared a large open space on the ruins in the north of the city, and then sent people to plant seeds there. I don’t know what they planted. Anyway, Li Hao sent people to guard the place closely to prevent any outsiders from approaching. It is very mysterious. .

A few days later, Li Hao opened another bank in the city, named Datang Bank, which specializes in saving money and lending money. Of course, both saving money and lending have interest, and the interest on lending is slightly higher than the interest on saving money. If you borrow one hundred cash for one year, the interest is only five cash, which is very low.On the opening day of the bank, Li Hao cut the ribbon in person and delivered an important speech. Naturally, he encouraged everyone to open restaurants and inns and strive to make a fortune. The governor's office will definitely support them and provide free technical support, such as giving away recipes for delicious dishes What.

However, there were many people watching the fun, but no one came to save or borrow money. The scene was once very embarrassing.

Fortunately, Li Hao had already made preparations. What preparations?trust!Having been in the modern society for so long, can Li Hao not know the importance of entrustment? The entrustment arranged by Li Hao this time is Shi Najie's two nephews, Sava and Dika (don't laugh). Immediately, Sava wanted to save money, and Dika wanted to borrow money. Li Hao immediately arranged for Qin Wei to go through the relevant procedures for them. After a while, all the procedures were completed. He went back, and Dika wanted to borrow 100 Guan, saying that he wanted to open a restaurant in Tingzhou.Qin Wei verified his identity, and then told him that he was not creditworthy enough to borrow money, but he was not allowed to leave Tingzhou City after borrowing money. Of course, if he bought a restaurant, he could use the house deed as a mortgage, so that It’s time to go out of the city. Of course Dika nodded and agreed very cooperatively. He happily left with three taels of gold. In a borderland like Tingzhou, the utilization rate of gold is very high. Copper coins are even a little higher.

Those poor and crazy people saw that someone could borrow money, and they were immediately overjoyed. Although some people were too ignorant to understand what was going on, they knew money and gold, and they clearly saw someone carrying three The two pieces of gold left happily, so everyone rushed forward, all wanting to borrow money, and some even asked if they could borrow food.

Obviously, this kind of person wants to borrow money to eat, not to do business, but it doesn't matter, Li Hao accepts everything, but different people need to mortgage different things when borrowing, and those poor people have no assets to mortgage As for the mortgagor, they mortgage their sons and daughters to Li Hao. As for those who have some capital and want to do business, it is even easier to do so, mortgage land or real estate.

After a busy day, there are still a large number of people around the gate of the bank. Qin Wei is already exhausted. After all, he is the only accountant. How can he handle it?

The next morning, after Li Hao got up, he took a measuring tape to measure his height on a whim, and found that he had grown two centimeters taller, and now his bare feet had reached 1.6 meters five. Li Hao was so happy, unconsciously How can he be unhappy that he has grown two centimeters taller? He thinks it must be related to his boxing practice. After washing up, he drank some porridge in a hurry, and then went to the courtyard to start boxing.

While practicing, Li Yuanzhong suddenly ran into the yard in a hurry, and said anxiously as soon as he entered the door: "My lord, it's not good, the grain store in the city suddenly closed, and the common people couldn't buy food. They panicked and gathered at the gate of the grain store." make trouble."

"What?" Li Hao frowned suddenly when he heard the words. He remembered that there was only one Longchang grain shop in the city, and the owner behind the scenes was the Longxi Li family. It was because he knew that this rice shop was owned by the Longxi Li family that he didn't worry much about the grain shop. , but now that the grain shop suddenly closed down, it was clear that it was against him. Li Hao even wondered if Cao Tian had climbed up to the high branch of the Li family in Longxi.

But he quickly dispelled this idea, the Li family in Longxi is so powerful, even if Cao Tian wanted to climb up, they probably wouldn't bother to look him in the eye, so the question came, why would the Longchang Grain Shop be so against him.

Li Hao frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Li Yuanzhong, who is in charge of the Longchang Grain Shop?"

Li Yuanzhong replied: "It is a man named Li Tianxiang, who is about 40 years old this year."

Li Hao said: "You put on a disguise, and then go and investigate this Li Tianxiang carefully for me. Why did he suddenly close his business? As soon as there is news, report it immediately."

"Yes!" Li Yuanzhong took the order and left.

After Li Yuanzhong left, Li Hao looked up at the sky. After a long silence, he sighed: "In this era, food is the most important thing. This time I was careless..."

(End of this chapter)