Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 272 The Reason for Building the City

When Li Jing came to Li Tai's camp, Li Tai was not afraid that Li Jing would do something that would be unfavorable to him, so he was quite calm when facing Li Jing.

Because in the final analysis, Li Jing is a fence-sitter. This kind of person may only add icing on the cake, and will not give charcoal in a timely manner, but he is definitely not the kind of person who is willing to charge the crown prince.

Even he is not even willing to lead Li Shimin's battle, now he is over 60 years old, isn't he still old?

Then how much face Li Chengqian must have, I am afraid that it is possible because of the luck of the son of the legendary face.

Li Tai muttered in his heart, but the movements of his hands were not slow after all. He served Li Jing the local tea, and then said calmly,
"Director Li, come to my tent today, but you are also interested in joining the development of Qinghai?"

"So what if it is, so what if it's not!" Li Jing said calmly when he heard Li Tai's words.

"Of course you are welcome, if not, then please tell me directly what is the purpose of Manager Li's coming here!" Li Tai said.

Facing Li Tai's directness, Li Jing was stunned, but said calmly, "I just heard that King Yan is interested in developing Qinghai, so I also plan to participate here. [-] livestock should be enough!"

"The orphan will accept it!" Li Tai calmly said to Li Jing, "As long as the manager is not afraid of paying you!"

Li Jing looked at Li Tai's posture, and said to Li Tai, "I have always known that King Yan is good at planning and likes to count birds with one stone. Let the soldiers participate in the shares here, I am afraid it is not just for the development of the West Sea!"

"Yes and no!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "It is really difficult to develop here in Qinghai relying solely on the Yue Palace.

After all, if I can really develop Qinghai with the strength of Yan Wangfu and my family, it will consume a lot of time and energy.

The existing generals participated and directly used the wealth of looting Tuyuhun to build Qinghai City, minimizing unnecessary losses. "

"Building a city in Qinghai is indeed an inevitable thing!" Li Jing couldn't help sighing,

"If we can't keep the West Sea and the Hehuang Valley, in 20 years, I'm afraid we will be tired of dealing with the new generation of Tuyuhun people.

But now the two depend on each other, and they can become a barrier to the northwest of the Tang Dynasty to the greatest extent. Therefore, I have no objection to your move to build the city, King Yan. "

This is also the reason why Li Jing supports Li Tai, because at the national level, it is really meaningful to establish a frontier base in Qinghai!

"If you think about it, you will also find that Qinghai is different from ours!" Li Tai looked at Li Jing and said.

"King Yan means... miasma!" Li Jing immediately understood when he heard Li Tai's words.

Compared with the alien race itself, relatively speaking, miasma or altitude sickness was Li Jing's biggest headache.

After all, the soldiers I brought with me were almost wiped out when they first went to the plateau. If someone who was at the same level as me came at that time, then the Tang army would definitely be gone. deadly.

Li Tai explained: "Therefore, it is necessary for the general to have interests in Qinghai, so that the general will swear to defend Qinghai.

Because here is gone, the best horses in Datang will also be gone, and their continuous dividends will also be gone.

And with benefits, they will come to understand Qinghai, and know that here is different from the mountain.

Not everyone can lead troops to win battles. If you bring troops from the mountain, altitude sickness is the first hurdle! "

"King Yan, although I have no objection to building a city here in Xihai, I always feel that you are a little too serious!"

Li Jing looked at Li Tai, and asked what was in his heart.

Li Jing really didn't understand why Li Tai was so worried about this place, and even wooed everyone into the game.

To be honest, Li Jing felt that Li Tai's mentality was a little bit wrong. For Datang, wouldn't any enemy push him all the way?

And Li Tai heard Li Jing's disdain for this barren land. To be honest, Li Tai also understood why Li Jing felt such disdain. The reason is very simple. Since ancient times, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has never threatened China. civilization.

The enemy of Chinese civilization has been the north since ancient times. Under such circumstances, there is nothing to be concerned about on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Li Tai said to Li Jing, "Director Li, please wait a moment!"

After speaking, Li Tai went back to his room, quickly found a box, and put it in front of Li Jing.

Li Jing took the box and opened it, but saw some dry-stir-fried highland barley inside.

Li Jing couldn't help but frowned looking at these highland barley, and asked in confusion, "King Yan, what are these?"

"Highland barley is a kind of barley, and it is the staple food here. Basically, this kind of food can only be grown around Qinghai!"

Li Tai said, "I don't know how big the area is to the north of Dafeichuan, but as long as there is a land no smaller than the Guanzhong Plain, then on the opposite side of Dafeichuan, a country that can threaten Datang is likely to be born. At least it can threaten Qinghai!"

"The King of Yan is probably overthinking it!" Li Jing shook his head when he heard Li Tai's words, "Since ancient times, I have never heard of any powerful country around the West Sea, but it is just some Qiang people!"

"It didn't happen before because the temperature wasn't high enough, but Mr. Li, don't you think it's getting hotter and hotter in recent years!"

Li Tai looked at Li Jing and said, "As long as the temperature is high and the ice and snow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau melt, there will be water.

And water is the foundation of everything.

Because of the hot weather, our Tang Dynasty is likely to face a country that we had never expected before. "

"The King Yan's words are a bit unfounded!" Li Jing shook his head after hearing Li Tai's words.

Although Li Tai's words sound a little logical, Huaxia has never had any troubles over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for so long, and you suddenly jumped out and said that there will be a country that threatens Datang, even if Li Jing People don't believe it either!
Li Tai smiled helplessly, but with a bit of embarrassment.

Even Li Jing can't make sense, so for other people, I'm afraid they won't believe their guesses even more.

Li Tai said slowly at this moment, "Let's stop here, Manager Li, how about you help me with one more thing?"

"Please speak, King Yan." Li Jing heard Li Tai's words, but replied with a bit of solemnity.

On the other hand, Li Tai said, "As for the matter of gathering people to seize and build the city, I also ask Director Li to write it truthfully in the memorial to Aye.

As for the names and numbers of the people, there is no need to hide them and tell Aye directly! "

"Oh!" Li Jing looked at Li Tai with a bit of surprise when he heard Li Tai's words.

"This is a business matter, so of course you can tell others!" Li Tai looked at Li Jing and said frankly.

"Yan Wang Gaoyi!" Li Jing couldn't help saluting Li Tai when he heard Li Tai's words, "I will definitely report the truth!"

After Li Jing and Li Tai finished speaking, they also bowed and left, not intending to stay any longer.

Li Jing will invest in Li Tai, not because he is optimistic about what will happen to Li Tai, but because he is already over 60 years old, this age was considered old in ancient times.

Li Jing thought that he would definitely not be able to participate in the struggle between Li Tai and the crown prince in the future. In this case, why didn't he participate in such an activity that the military participated in? After all, even if you are a prince, you have to support your family!
At this moment, with Li Jing's departure, the matter of Li Tai's single-handedly joining the gang has more or less come to an end.

Li Tai looked at the back of Li Jing leaving, and couldn't help thinking:

"There seems to be a need for a cistern for the orderly harvesting of top wealth.

Otherwise, the wealth at the top will continue to accumulate, and if the money and food system built by me is also used, it will still be easy to cause trouble!

For the common people, I can orderly incorporate the wealth of the soldiers into my own system through the difference of scissors, and there are more and more trends.

But these high-level executives who hold a lot of wealth in their hands, if they collectively use the food stamps in their hands to run, although they are not afraid, it will be a troublesome thing.After all, for things like finance, you still play with confidence in the end!

Hey, the main reason is that I have too few basic materials now, but only grain, salt and charcoal. Before the large-scale cotton cloth comes out, I dare not say that I have mastered the cloth. Mature quickly.

As for the reservoir, the timing of the stock market is still immature. We need to wait for the Silk Road to be really lively, let everyone raise funds to do business together, and then follow the trend to launch the stock market. If it is launched now, it will die instead.

On the contrary, futures, when I go to Luoyang, I will take advantage of the trend and get out, and then I can really earn money for commodities! "

Li Tai sighed, and led these generals to build the city by himself. To be honest, he really had both public and selfish intentions.

The most important reason is that if these bigwigs have too much money and food in their hands, I am afraid that the credit currency system in the name of food stamps will not be able to withstand the impact of these bigwigs suddenly drawing a large amount of money.

So find a way to create a new reservoir to guide these bigwigs to invest their money in other places.

Instead of directly hitting your own money and food system, otherwise your own money and food system can withstand it, and it will also cause an impact.

That's why Li Tai proposed to build this. It will take time for his own money and food system to grow.

As for why, Li Tai has always used grain stamps as his main currency, and other bills are just supplementary. The most important point is that although there were coins such as Kaiyuan Tongbao in the Tang Dynasty, the most basic currency was grain, cloth, and gold. precious metals.

However, for the common people, at most the level of cloth is used, and the payment of food stamps actually vaguely replaces the meaning of grain transactions. , is actually circulated as currency.

This kind of food stamp is basically changed every year. When the new year arrives, the time of food stamps expires.

The common people need to go to the designated granary to receive food, or replace the food stamps for the new year, otherwise the old food stamps will not be exchanged after a period of time, but generally there is a three-month deadline, so it must be in time.

In the final analysis, this food stamp is only a currency in the transitional period, and there is still some time to go before it can truly be turned into banknotes.

However, these low-level people need a limited time to exchange district currency, but these generals are naturally VIP customers for Li Tai. As long as they use food stamps, they will come to help them exchange at the designated time every year.

Therefore, these generals living in Chang'an all recognized these food stamps.

Because they are different from the big soldiers, they have really used these food stamps to Gaoling to spend, and they know the value of these food stamps.

And taking a step back, these food stamps are actually bonds. If King Yan really can't afford the money and food, those assholes will definitely have no way to get the money back, but these generals are more or less qualified to face saints.

As long as they are shameless and go to the court to mess around, the court will still take care of it. Even if the court doesn't dare to take care of it, the saint will still take care of it.

After all, it is only natural to pay off debts, and the court can still rely on itself.

Just like this, these high-ranking officers took the food coupons given by Li Tai and used them with confidence.

It is precisely because they can use it with confidence that Li Tai needs to find some places like reservoirs to guide them to invest, instead of buying out Chang'an's salt or rice directly like a nouveau riche after returning home.

In any case, no matter whether it is by deceit or deceit, or even relying on the famous sign of his prince, at least these killers are willing to invest money in the development of Qinghai.

Li Tai was also afraid that these guys would calm down and regret it after a long time, so he decided to take his personal guards to find a suitable location for the main city.

For this, Li Tai first suffered from altitude sickness. It has to be said that even if he drank saffron, it was still quite painful.

Fortunately, I am in good health, and relying on daily exercise, I finally survived the most painful time.

Then they searched for a suitable location for building the city around Qinghai Lake.

There are two things that Li Tai admires more. One is the place now called Haiyan County. Its advantage is that it is located at the source of Huangshui, and the supplies in the Hehuang Valley can be delivered quickly.

Similarly, the output here can also be quickly produced and sent to the Hehuang Valley. After all, water transportation is the lifeline of the city.

The other one is now called Gonghe County, and it was called Xihai County in Tang Dynasty, and there is also the site of Xihai County established by Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty when he personally conquered Tuyuhun. Li Tai can't help but sigh the time.

It's just that it is much more difficult for Xihai County to obtain supplies from the Hehuang Valley than the source of Huangshui where Haiyan County is located.

However, the northern part is the Riyue Mountain uplift belt and the Qinghai Lake Basin, the central part is the Qinghai Nanshan Mountain and the Gonghe Basin on the south side of the mountain, and the southern part is the Ela Mountain and the Yellow River Valley. throat".

As far as the importance of geographical location is concerned, Li Tai thinks that Xihai County is more important, and the most important thing is the basin. Li Tai thinks it is a pretty good place to graze in it.

After returning, Li Tai discussed with Li Jing, hoping to see whether the two places are more suitable from his military perspective.

In the end Li Jing thought over and over again and chose Xihai County.

Seeing that Li Jing had made a decision, Li Tai had nothing to hesitate, so he naturally chose Xihai County.

Not long after the decision was made, the sheriff of Xihai County, who Li Tai had been waiting for, finally came late.

Wang Xuance, who started from Youzhou, reached Shanzhou all the way, and then went directly to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to look for Li Tai, finally appeared in front of Li Tai, and saluted Li Tai with a bit of shyness,
"King Yan, Xuan Ce, the king of Luoyang, is here as promised!"

(End of this chapter)