Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 176 The Corrupted Su Dingfang
Li Chunfeng took over this task from Li Tai, and immediately went to the beach that Li Tai had bought, planned the area of ​​the entire food and salt factory, and completed the first step of tidal flat work.

Li Tai handed over this matter to Li Chunfeng, while he himself ran to the Governor's Mansion in Youzhou, which was Gao Jifu's place.

When Gao Jifu saw Li Tai, he saluted Li Tai, "I've seen King Yan!"

"Gao Changshi, I'm here today to ask you for help!" Li Tai said frankly.

Gao Jifu looked at Li Tai coming to ask for help, thought for a while, and said, "Please speak to King Yan."

Gao Jifu was arranged by Li Shimin to come to Li Tai's side. On the one hand, he naturally wanted to assist Li Tai in handling the government affairs of Youzhou.

For example, if Li Tai messed up Youzhou by doing something wrong, then at least there was one person who could tell the truth.

On the other hand, I somewhat hope that Gao Jifu can assist Li Tai, as long as Li Tai's request is not too excessive, he will basically agree.

"My project is about to start, and I have a serious shortage of labor, so I need to recruit enough Han people!" Li Tai said, "I wonder if Gao Changshi can do anything?"

"People of the Han nationality? Do they have to be of the Han nationality?" Gao Jifu said in surprise,
"The king of Yan used these Eastern Turkic remnants very well. If they were from other races, Youzhou could recruit some people after all."

"Because the NTD people established the village, they have already carried out initial Sinicization.

But if we really continue to send a large number of foreign races to this new village, although it doesn't matter to me, as long as they can listen to it, it will leave a hidden danger for Datang and Youzhou.

What if they have mastered a lot of wealth and have no ties with the aliens outside the pass?
Therefore, I need a large number of local Han people to neutralize their alien culture and accelerate their Sinicization! "

Li Tai talked about his own standards.

If it is in the center of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, no matter how many foreign races Li Tai comes, he will not be afraid.

After all, no matter how strong the foreign race is, it is impossible to cause chaos in the capital, but in Youzhou, then I must pay more attention.

To be honest, Youzhou is quite interesting.

After the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was opened, Youzhou basically became the base camp of the forces rebelling against the Central Plains.

Like the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and even the subsequent history of dynastic changes, the disasters suffered by wars in China basically started with the fall of Youzhou or the Northeast.

Therefore, even if you know that Youzhou is basically modern Beijing, and that the village you just established is likely to become Tianjin in the future, when you think about it, you still can't help planning to check and balance this area.

And Gao Jifu couldn't help but become serious when he heard Li Tai's reason for asking for someone.

For Gao Jifu, Li Tai's plan means "those who don't plan for the overall situation should not plan for a corner", and they are far-sighted.

Although Li Tai was indeed very short of labor force, and even came to him for help, Li Tai did not open the door to accept foreigners casually.

As far as this point is concerned, Gao Jifu still appreciates it.

After all, these gentry may not even think highly of the Li and Tang royal family, let alone foreigners.

For Li Tai to have such awareness, he is indeed a qualified Han prince.

"What is King Yan's plan?" Gao Jifu heard Li Tai's words, and began to introduce the current situation:
"The people near Youzhou mainly grow corn, and the wheat that King Yan mainly recommends has not yet spread locally.

So now it’s June, but in fact the common people are still farming in summer, maybe it’s okay to let them do some corvée that can be done at home, but it’s unrealistic to let the common people come out to serve corvée for you, King Yue! "

"It seems that the expansion of the agricultural college's enrollment is urgent!" Hearing Gao Jifu's words, Li Tai couldn't help sighing in his heart, and then Li Tai continued, "In your opinion, where is there a more suitable population!"

"The first one is a local ranger from Youzhou!" Gao Jifu enthusiastically recommended,
"Because there are many heroes in the land of Yanzhao, and the land of Youzhou is full of knight-errants.

They are idle and run amok in the countryside, unable to contribute salaries to the imperial court, and unable to support their wives and parents.

I was originally planning to suppress this bad atmosphere, and I was thinking about where these people should be placed.

Now it seems that you still pay for these labors! "

"Take it back!" Li Tai said decisively, "At that time, let Su Lie station his troops in Tianjin Village and see who dares to make trouble!"

"The second is that some tenants who lost their fields due to disasters ended up in aristocratic families or local wealthy families!"

Gao Jifu said, "They don't have their own land, and they have almost no assets. For them, it doesn't matter who they work with.

Not to mention that with the arrival of June, although the farmland needs manpower, it is no longer as scarce as it was during spring plowing and autumn harvest.

Therefore, some landlords lowered the monthly payment of their tenants, and these tenants endured their anger without speaking out. "

"Don't dare to be angry?" Li Tai pondered for a while when he heard this, "Aren't they looking for other landlords?"

Gao Jifu said: "Hey! If you are resigned by the landlord, you probably won't be able to survive.

More importantly, even if you go to other landlords, will you be judged higher than the original one?
As the saying goes, when people leave their hometowns and are humble, at least the neighbors in their hometown can help them a little bit, but if they leave their hometown and work as tenants in other places, even if they find a job as a living, won’t they be bullied by the local people?
So for the common people, it is enough to bear with this kind of thing.

The monthly salary will still increase in the month when the grain is harvested in autumn. With this grain to deal with, the winter will be over! "

Li Tai didn't know how to describe his feelings when he heard Gao Jifu's words.

These things were taken for granted by Gao Jifu. Gao Jifu also knew that the landlord was oppressing the tenants, but he couldn't change anything.

Because you don't let the people work under the powerful landlords, it is very likely that the people will starve to death soon.

After all, he came from the troubled times of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. For Gao Jifu, although these powerful landlords oppressed the people, they gave these people who had no land a bite to eat, and they didn't push them to a dead end after all!

Gao Jifu was born in a noble family, but his policy advocated restraining Duke Xuangui and the royal children, so as to let the people relax.

Now Gao Jifu felt that Li Tai and the landlords in Gaoling robbed the low-level people, at least for the low-level people, it was more or less an extra way, and it could get a lot of people.

"Yeah!" Li Tai nodded, and said to Gao Jifu, "Then is there any way to get labor force?"

"Do you want more?" Gao Jifu was a little surprised by Li Tai's appetite, but he couldn't help but wonder how many people Li Tai wanted.
"At least I have no other choice, King Yan, you should think about it yourself, and I will execute it!"

"In this case, let's execute the first two first!" Li Tai sighed helplessly.

Li Tai continued, "Collect part of the manpower first, after all, I am very short of manpower.

Oh, by the way, where are there brothels, flower boats or nuns here in Youzhou? "

"King Yan, what are you planning to do! You are still young, you can't grasp these places, it's better not to go!"

Gao Jifu felt cold sweat when he heard Li Tai's words. You must know that Li Tai was not a model in Gaoling, but at least he was an excellent representative among the children of the royal family.

As a result, within a month of coming to Youzhou, I miss Hualou, so I will never want to go back to Chang'an in this life!

"It's not for me!" Li Tai said, "Gaoling works about six days off and one day off, and five days of work will allow the people to have a good day off.

But there are only a few ways to rest, after all, I want the people who follow me to have a place for recreation, right? "

"That's the way it is said... But it's still strange to say such a sentence from your mouth, King Yan!" Gao Jifu sighed.

"Don't worry about so many people, I can't find manpower for a while, but the flower boat can always be built." Li Tai said, "I also know that people need to accumulate slowly, but many projects in my hand need people to do it. , and there are a lot of people!"

"Do you know about the dental business?!" Li Tai's eyes turned red when he said this.

"King Yan! As long as the government is in place and the people return to their hearts, there will be a population and a labor force!"

Gao Jifu saw that Li Tai seemed to be in a state of madness, and quickly discouraged Li Tai, lest Li Tai have bad thoughts.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm going to do!" Li Tai sighed and said, "However, you send an official letter to the surrounding states and counties, telling them that there is a shortage of labor here, and if any prisoners need to be exiled, just send them to me." Come!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely notify you!" Gao Jifu agreed with a wry smile when he heard Li Tai's words.

"There is another small matter, please help me!" Li Tai smiled at Gao Jifu.

Gao Jifu always felt that Li Tai was unreliable, but Li Tai even spoke up like this, and he was too embarrassed to refuse.

Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief when he got Gao Jifu's guarantee.

For Li Tai, he was really short of manpower, and not only was he short of people now.

If I want to maintain the proportion of the Han population, the problem of lack of population will always trouble me.

Of course, for Li Tai, there was nothing he could do about it, because he was ultimately responsible for the future of Youzhou.

And the little favor Li Tai asked Gao Jifu to help was to post a notice outside the city of Youzhou to inform the people of Youzhou.

Let them know that a small Tianjin village has been established near Youzhou, and even if they want to make a living, they can go to Tianjin small village.

At the same time, in order to avoid others not believing it, Li Tai still assigns tasks in these notices from time to time.

How much is it for sending three stones of grain to a small village in Tianjin, how much is it for sending five hundred catties of coal, and even cattle and sheep.

Li Tai understands that as long as these people are willing to come, he will definitely give money, and such things as reputation are naturally established in this way.

After all, if you want to use modern financial techniques, reputation is a must.

If you can't do it, then you won't be able to use many skills, and even your reputation is seriously overdrawn, and you will inevitably suffer backlash.

Li Tai came in a hurry and left in a hurry. He only stayed for a day and then went back to the small village of Tianjin.

However, in addition to looking for Gao Jifu, Li Tai also approached Su Lie, persuading him to station Youzhou soldiers near the newly built Tianjin village.

"This is a soldier from Youzhou!" Su Lie said with a serious face when he heard Li Tai's words.

"I know!" Li Tai took it for granted, "But even in normal times, the soldiers of the Youzhou Mansion are not all stationed in Youzhou City, but are stationed outside Youzhou City!

So what's wrong with being stationed in the newly established Tianjin village, anyway, it didn't go beyond the border of Youzhou.

Even if there are real changes in Youzhou, within a day, your army will be able to enter Youzhou City along the Yongji Canal! "

When Su Lie heard Li Tai's words, he proudly said to Li Tai, "The soldiers of Youzhou government take protecting Youzhou as their top priority!"

"Don't worry, my newly established Tianjin village will definitely recruit a large number of foreign races in the future. If there are dragons and snakes mixed together, it will definitely be "Youzhou is in chaos before Tianjin is in chaos, Youzhou has been pacified and Tianjin has not been pacified."

If you deter the small village of Tianjin, you will save the whole Youzhou from a lot of incidents! "

Li Tai said to Su Lie confidently, although Su Lie couldn't find what Li Tai was proud of.

To be honest, with the influx of people of different nationalities into this city, the future of this city may be full of disputes.

From this point of view, Li Tai really didn't fool Su Lie.

And Su Lie frowned when he heard Li Tai's words, but for a moment he didn't know how to speak.

Li Taidao, "You know, I was able to develop Gaoling back then, and now I can naturally develop Tianjin as well.

When the time comes, you will be the Sima in command of the entire Youzhou government soldiers, and I will definitely let the soldiers in command of you have enough to eat and drink! "

"Soldiers need a duck leg every day!" Su Lie blushed as he looked at Li Tai.

To be honest, the former Su Lie didn't dare to make such a request.

But when he was stationed in Zheng Baiqu, Li Tai completely opened up the duck farm to Su Lie's troops for Lu Cai's sake.

Therefore, the treatment of Su Lie's troops has naturally increased.

But now that Su Lie has been transferred to Youzhou, the soldiers don't eat duck legs and chicken every day, it is thankful that they can see some oily smell every half a month.

It is difficult for Su Lie to change from extravagance to frugality, now Su Lie misses the days when he was stationed in Zheng Baiqu.

"This is really impossible!" Li Tai shook his head and said to Su Lie helplessly.

"Can't it be done!" Su Lie's expression darkened, and he said stubbornly, "Every three days, no, once every five days is fine!"

"Does it have to be limited to chicken legs and duck legs?" Li Tai scratched his head,
"I don't plan to raise poultry on a large scale in Youzhou, and it is impossible to provide almost unlimited chickens and ducks like Chang'an.

Look at whether cattle and sheep can do it. When the salt industry in the small village of Tianjin starts to make a profit, I will start to engage in the cattle and sheep industry.

How about I let your soldiers eat mutton and drink beef bone soup every day? "

"Can I eat mutton and drink beef bone soup every day?" This extravagant scene made Su Lie a little dazed, but he instinctively struggled, and said hesitantly, "It's against the law to eat cattle!"

Li Taidao, "Oh, people fall to their death while walking, and it's normal for a few cows to die while walking, right?"

Su Lie took a deep breath, squeezed out an amiable smile, but said firmly:
"Yan Wang, I think the small village of Tianjin is far from the Bohai Sea and defends Youzhou, which is the key point.

As the Sima of Youzhou, it is only natural that I lead the army to station here just in case! "

Looking at Su Lie's appearance, Li Tai secretly sighed in his heart.

General Su Lie, how rebellious and rebellious you were back then, I really liked it.

In just a few short months, it was completely corroded by Gaoling chicken legs, which made me - like it even more!
(End of this chapter)