Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 184 The Deal with the Youzhou Family
"Why did you seek me for this matter?" Gao Jifu looked at Li Tai and said slowly, "King Yan has a solid foundation in Youzhou!"

To be honest, Li Tai has only been in Youzhou for a long time. First, he built a salt farm, and then he attracted a family from Youzhou to invest in the "Grass Seed Project". Now he has started to build Tianjin City, which can accommodate 10 people.

All these things are not like what people without foundation can do.

Obviously Li Tai has a good network here in Youzhou, or he has planted a lot of pioneers.

This kind of connection may not be able to help in a timely manner, but I definitely don't mind adding icing on the cake.

Therefore, it is quite unreasonable for Li Tai to find him, because it is more appropriate to go to those big families in Youzhou for this kind of food sales.

"I just came to Youzhou, I have no savings, so I can only buy food with money!" Li Tai looked at Gao Jifu and said,

"If you go directly to the private sector to collect grain, it will cause a passive increase in the price of grain in Youzhou.

This is not a good thing, Gao Changshi should be a guarantee, or inform the Youzhou family, or find other grains, and be an intermediary to help buy and sell grains. "

"It seems that King Yan can do this without me!" Gao Jifu said slowly after hearing Li Tai's words.

"But the imperial court is involved in this matter, and Gao Changshi is the witness of this, so that we can show our public will, right?"

Li Tai looked directly at Gao Jifu, but he didn't see Li Tai half dodging, instead he replied,

"After all, we have only been in Youzhou for a hundred days, and I hope to get along with Gao Changshi more harmoniously.

So if I do something, try to do it in front of Gao Changshi to show my innocence, so that Gao Changshi can understand it! "

When Gao Jifu heard Li Tai's words, his expression didn't change at all, but his heart throbbed.

Gao Jifu himself was in charge of monitoring Li Tai, and even Chang Shi, the prince's subordinate who was sealed whenever he went out, was a person who monitored the palace.

It's just that Li Tai is the governor of Youzhou, and Gao Jifu is the governor of Youzhou. Although the responsibilities are different from those of the governor of the palace, the actual tasks are still similar.

Gao Jifu narrowed his eyes and said, "Then about how much food King Yan needs, I'll contact the Youzhou family."

"At least 10 people are enough to eat food for the previous year. I don't know how many carts of brocade I have left, is it enough?" Li Tai said.

"Do you need so many?" Gao Jifu asked in surprise, "The town of King Yan already has a population of nearly [-].

Although some of them were brought by the King of Yan, more of them were from other races.

King Yan, you also understand that if there are too many foreign races, there will be a state of being too big to lose.

However, it may take ten or even twenty years for Tianjin to have a population of more than 20! "

"Anything that is forewarned will stand, and no forewarning will fail!" Li Tai shook his head and said,

"Since a city with a population of 10 is built, there will naturally be a way for people to come.

In contrast, I only hope that you can come forward and help me contact the Youzhou family to make this deal, are you willing or not. "

Gao Jifu frowned slightly, but he couldn't think about what Li Tai wanted to do.

But Gao Jifu understood that Li Tai asked himself to come forward to ask those Youzhou aristocratic families to do this business. As long as this business can be successfully completed, it will definitely increase his local influence in Youzhou. Really important.

For Gao Jifu, he naturally wanted to make some achievements, and to achieve achievements, he needed the support of the wealthy local families in Gaoling.

The airborne officials want to drive the local wealthy families to do things, and the more ethical ones are to support one group of people to attack another group of wealthy families.

Without a little bit of integrity, the people are directly cooked into dishes, which makes the local wealthy eat their mouths full of oil.

Of course, there are also capable officials like Zhidu who can kill Haiqing Heyan, but such people are basically not seen after the Western Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Tai asked Gao Jifu to be the middleman in order to let Gao Jifu gain a lot of prestige so that he could work in Youzhou in the future.

"I agreed to this matter. After the autumnal equinox, I will invite the Youzhou family in Youzhou City to see if they are interested in this deal. King Yan will not break his promise then!"

Gao Jifu thought over and over again, but felt that he was just a middleman, and there was nothing wrong with it.

So Gao Jifu still agreed to this matter.

"What you say is that people cannot stand without faith, not to mention that this matter is related to the foundation of Tianjin City, so how can I break my trust!" Li Tai replied.

Gao Jifu still trusted Li Tai's reputation. After all, he had cooperated with so many aristocratic families in Chang'an, so how could he suddenly change his mind now.

Compared with it, what Gao Jifu was more curious about was whether he would accept the kindness Li Tai offered him?Or accept it?It's better to accept it!
After the two parties settled the matter, Bai He looked at Li Tai with some doubts, and said,

"Gao Changshi clearly intends to monitor the king, why should the king be so friendly to him and help him gain a firm foothold in Youzhou."

"I have no grievances with him, so what's the problem with helping him gain a firm foothold in Youzhou!" Li Tai smiled and said,
"As for him monitoring me, this is not only a duty to the court, but also a constraint on me.

Although I looked a bit annoying, I also understand this kind of behavior.

Otherwise, I, the king of Yan, will be lawless in the border areas, and who will stop it! "

"Your Majesty is wise!" Bai He saluted Li Tai after hearing Li Tai's words.

"Sort out these things, write a memorial, show it to me, and send it to Aye.

After all, to buy so much food, I should tell Aye more or less. "Li Tai said calmly.

Bai He nodded, although he also wondered why Li Tai insisted on passing through Gao Jifu.

But after following Li Tai's side for a long time, Bai He would not ask these questions anymore.

Because Baihe believes that Li Tai's choice must be correct.

When Li Tai and Gao Jifu were discussing the purchase of grain, the Japanese envoys sent to Tang Dynasty also saw the Jinkou Gaoling was building.

"Just like Gaoling, the people here, even if they are not from Tang Dynasty, are very energetic under King Yan's rule!"

Inugami Mita looked at the people busy on the canal in front of him, and immediately expressed his opinion.

As far as the eye can see, there are people commanding and shouting on the pier, some people are carrying wooden boards to bind on the pier, and many people are holding bamboo poles in their hands to measure the depth of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. In some blocked areas, people are immediately called to clear them. .

All of this is arranged in an orderly manner, as if a master commander is arranging troops, everything is under control.

"This is the charm of King Yan!" Pharmacist Huiri looked at this scene and said with emotion,

"It's a pity that we didn't have the opportunity to enter the agricultural college during the Tang Dynasty. Next time, if the emperor sends an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, some students should be allowed to enter the agricultural college. Although the principles of the sages are very wise, the propositions of the agricultural college are very practical."

Inugami Mita nodded. This trip to Datang made me feel open and cheerful.

Only then did I realize that there is such a powerful country in this world, and such a brilliant civilization. Compared with it, the Japanese country is really backward.

To be honest, after seeing such a civilization in Datang, Inugami Mita only hated himself for not being from Datang.

Compared with the complicated mood of the Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty, watching Tianjin City develop at a rapid pace, at this time Gao Biaoren sent Li Shimin a written letter with the whole story of Li Tai's suggestion.

I stayed in Youzhou for a while, anxiously waiting for the saint's reply.

However, when this reply came, the entire Tianjin internal port was completely completed by the corvees led by Wang Zhenru.

Although there are still some details that need to be arranged slowly, as long as the boats entering this section of the waterway will clearly feel that this section of waterway is moving, there will be no more mud clogging, and there will be no miscellaneous aquatic plants on the waterway.

As for their settlement in Tianjin City, they can enjoy a good night before going to Youzhou City.

After Gao Biaoren received the imperial decree sent by Kuaima, Li Shimin still agreed to visit Goguryeo on the way. At the same time, he sent Changsun Shi, the envoy of the last envoy to Goguryeo, to negotiate with Goguryeo.

Although Goguryeo and Datang are not considered friendly countries, they will not kill the envoys to give Datang any excuse to send troops.

After all, Goguryeo was really frightened by the speed at which the Tang Dynasty wiped out the Eastern Turks. Now they are gathering the strength of the entire country to build the Great Wall on the border with the Tang Dynasty. At least they will not cause trouble until the Great Wall is completed.

At the same time, Li Shimin asked Li Dejian in Laizhou to lead the navy to Youzhou to meet Gao Biaoren's mission to Japan.

At the same time, it also has the meaning of deterring Goguryeo, exploring the waterways along Goguryeo along the way, and preparing for possible future wars.

Speaking of which, Li Dejian originally took over Wei Xiaojie's arrangement, so the navy's water village was originally in Youzhou.

But later, in the process of combating pirates in the Bohai Sea, it was found that Dengzhou and Laizhou were more suitable as naval bases, especially Jiaozhou Bay, where the water flows into the sea, was almost a good natural port. Li Dejian chose to relocate the naval tents on the spot.

However, this caused the defense of the Bohai Sea to be relatively weak, so Li Dejian wrote to the imperial court hoping that the imperial court could open a canal to communicate with the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea.

But this report was not even brought to the court for discussion, and was sent back by Li Jing himself.

This kind of stupid proposal has no value at all.

Although this distance is not as wide as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it is really not worth building such a canal just for the convenience of the navy.

The most important thing is that as a camp, your current camp is in Jiaozhou Bay, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack as a naval camp.

If Gushui can go straight to the Bohai Sea, then the water army camp may not be safe.

So Li Dejian was severely reprimanded by Li Jing.

Anyway, at the moment Li Dejian is far away in Dengzhou and not in Youzhou, so it will take some time for him to send troops directly, and Gao Biaoren and the Japanese envoy to Tang will have to wait.

After waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gao Jifu made an appointment with Li Tai's big and small families in Youzhou, and told them that Li Tai would buy a huge amount of grain. If you are interested, you can come to the mansion of Youzhou Changshi to discuss this matter.

Faced with Gao Jifu and Li Tai's invitation, all the families who were invited did not dare not to come.

The Lu family, the Zu family, and the Wei family still lead the way, and the other small families in Youzhou follow these big families.

It's just that when Li Tai came in, he could clearly see that the local families in Youzhou had a small circle with each other, but the Hedong Wei family couldn't get along with them.

But they didn't dare to mess with the Hedong Wei family too much, because Wei Xiaojie is the governor of Youzhou, No. 1 in the military.

With Li Tai's arrival, everyone's faces were somewhat dignified.

Because everyone knows that this fight is about to start. After all, everyone has invested a lot in the "Grass Seed Project" whether it is money or manpower.

Now that Autumn Harvest tries to exchange the grain in the warehouse into coins, it is a serious matter for everyone.

As for what is still money in this era, it is naturally cloth.

So when Li Tai came to buy food this time, the family in Youzhou knew that it would be a little bit of a disadvantage to sell to Li Tai during this time period.

But now in Youzhou, only Li Tai can conduct such a large amount of business, other people can't eat their food.

Li Tai said: "The reason why you entrusted Gao Changshi to gather everyone today is because Youzhou has a good year this year, and you all bought a lot of grain, so I plan to buy grain directly from you.

Now the market price is about 45 qian per bucket, I don't want to take advantage of you, I buy it at [-] qian per stone.

Regardless of corn, wheat or other whole grains, as long as it can fill my stomach, I will buy everything that can be stored.

So those who intend to stay and do business can stay, if you think my price is a bit low, just leave.

By the way, the starting share is [-] shi. If the amount is too small, you can find someone to make up the whole.

Otherwise, I have to make change, which feels very troublesome! "

Of course, since Li Tai said so, the little family present did not leave.

After all, no matter how small the aristocratic family can be here, it is not difficult to take out five hundred shi of grain and find someone to gather together.

However, everyone was somewhat hesitant about this price. If it is high, it is naturally not high, but at least it is a little higher than the current family in the market.

But earning such an extra five renminbi per stone is not very motivating for these aristocratic families!
"Can the King of Yan raise the price to [-] Wen per shi, and my Lu family can provide [-] shi of grain!" Lu Chengji said.

"You are quite courageous!" Li Tai glanced at Lu Chengji, and the others also looked at Li Tai expectantly.

Because at this time, they only have food left in their hands, and other assets have been invested in the "Seed Project", so it is good to get back a little more blood now.

"How about this, with ten thousand stones as the boundary, for every ten thousand stones added, I will pay an extra penny for every stone, until it reaches 55 pennies.

In other words, if you can provide me with 55 shi of grain at one time, then I will pay you at [-] wen per shi. "

Li Tai looked at the crowd and said,
"As for how you put it together, I don't care how you divide the money afterwards. I only pay the money to those who finally deliver the food to Tianjin City. What do you want!"

And hearing Li Tai's words, everyone present showed excited expressions on their faces.

The local Youzhou aristocratic family praised Li Tai's wisdom one after another, and then began to form cliques to find ways to share the risks.

Although Li Tai also paid a lot of premium, what Li Tai wants is to hold the food in his own hands in the shortest time.

After all, the lack of food reserves made Li Tai very insecure.

(End of this chapter)