During the troubled times of the Middle Ages, due to the long-term chaos of the monetary system, it was difficult to accurately define the value of a piece of wealth. It still had to be comprehensively compared based on the level of productivity and the specific supply and demand relationship.
The textile industry was booming in Shangyuan Township. To Li Tai, one million bolts of silk could not be said to be a small thing, but a medium meaning. But in the eyes of powerful people from other regions, this was obviously a big meaning.
Therefore, when Li Tai casually gave a trading limit of one million pieces of silk, Li Xian was shocked. He really couldn't figure out how Li Tai could amass such a huge fortune in just a few years! Could it be Dugu?
Xin’s family has been completely wiped out to give his daughter a dowry? But she’s not married yet!
But seeing the serious look on Li Tai's face, he was too embarrassed to directly question Li Tai's financial resources. After pondering for a while, he asked again: "Excuse me, Li Sanqi, why did you buy so many camels? Is it for the purpose of growing in Long?"
Should we purchase property extensively in Youxiang, or should we share the labor and relieve worries for the current military affairs? If it is the latter, then there is no need to spend money on property. Everyone who works needs to work hard, how can Li Sanqi be used alone?"
After Li Tai heard this, he smiled and said: "Thank you for your condolences, but I have thought this through carefully and it is not a rash plan. The army is about to set off, but there is still a huge gap in various military supplies. All the service workers are working hard day and night to make them."
It’s still difficult to make up the difference, so I want to temporarily collect people’s savings and pay for it now…”
There are many powerful people in Longyou, and each of them will inevitably produce and reserve a batch of military supplies. If they can collect them, it can greatly alleviate the gap in the army's needs.
But everyone is not a fool, and we can't just rely on good words and white teeth to get everyone to donate real supplies. Therefore, Li Tai does not intend to forcefully levy, but to use it as an excuse.
The state capital's only problem is that it is short of time and lacks productivity. As long as there is enough time to produce materials continuously with its own energy, it will be returned to the families at that time, and even part of the interest can be paid.
However, the national destiny of the Western Wei Dynasty has not seen a big improvement so far, and the war bonds have been issued more than once, but they have only been borrowed but not repaid. This means that big credit data is not popular in this era, otherwise Yuwentai and the rest of the old gang will be together.
The high-speed rail is not even accessible. Now that we are issuing additional shares, we can imagine that everyone’s enthusiasm for subscribing is very limited.
Therefore, if Li Tai wanted to collect supplies, he had to increase his chips. He first bought a thousand camels from Li Xian and pledged them to everyone, so that they could transport their supplies to Weizhou. And they were sent to Weizhou in the state capital.
The camels were mortgaged with them and could be used freely until all the borrowed materials were returned.
Of course, the value of a single camel is obviously not as much as a considerable amount of military supplies, but the government can continue to give camels greater value, such as the right to trade freely in Hexi.
As Liangzhou and Guazhou were gradually stabilized, the Silk Road trade routes were opened up again, which would inevitably usher in a recovery and rapid development of commerce and trade.
In the original history, it was also from this point that the Hexi Corridor trade route starting from Guanzhong gradually surpassed the Monan trade route starting from Jinyang.
Although the heroic emperor Gao Yang beat the Turks to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers, he also completely destroyed the relationship with the grassland forces and built a Great Wall to prevent their homes from being stolen. Naturally, the once glorious Monan trade route became deserted.
During the Northern Qi Dynasty, they even took the opportunity to pay homage to the Queen Mother of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and went to Chang'an for a shopping trip to buy exotic goods. It can be seen that Jinyang at that time had been gradually surpassed by Chang'an.
People at that time may not have been able to see that far-term, but it is a self-evident consensus that the Silk Road trade is hugely profitable. Therefore, the people in Longyou also have relatively good expectations for this. If they have the opportunity, of course they will
try it.
But I'm sorry, the passage has just been opened and is still not fully open. People in the territory are not at ease, and a series of military controls must be carried out. And in order to prevent evil and evil people from peeking into the military situation, free movement across regions will never be allowed.
Only those who have obtained permission from the Governor-General of Longyou can travel east and west.
If someone questions this, Li Tai can also give a resounding reply: Where were you when the military was in short supply? Of course, this pot of soup must be shared by those loyal and righteous people!
In this way, we can not only raise enough military supplies, but also select a group of powerful people in Longyou who recognize the current rule of the territory. At the same time, we can also select a group of merchants who have been quite powerful since the opening of the Hexi trade route.
This allowed the East-West exchange trade on this trade route to quickly resume.
After hearing Li Tai's plan, Li Xian couldn't help but admire him again. He said that Li Tai was far-sighted and concerned about the country and the people. But the admiration was admiration, but it was superficial and insincere. The reason was also very simple.
Because this plan sounds so good, it seems unreal. At the very least, what is Li Tai’s motive for doing this?
Of course, a thousand camels cannot cost as much as a million pieces of silk, but they are definitely a fortune of great value. How can Li Tai distribute them among the public without asking for anything in return? He is ruining his family to save people, and he is sacrificing his life.
Wow, it’s really hard to believe.
Seeing Li Xian's expression like this, Li Tai sighed again: "Only when I came to Long did I realize that the livelihood of the people in the village was difficult to say, and that many young and old were unable to support themselves. It was really heartbreaking. I have enough energy now, so I wanted to do it."
Some thoughts of public and private convenience.
After the camel herd is distributed among the masses, it is inevitable that some villagers will raise it poorly and suffer damage. Any damage must be borne by both the government and the private sector. I don’t need compensation for silk, silk, grain, and millet. I just hope that some can be deducted.
The garden land is used for cultivation and management by the villagers."
Li Xian nodded after hearing this, and it seemed reasonable. The situation in the village had been maintained for many years, and it was basically a carrot and a pit. Even if a certain family declined, other clans would take over the village's assets, and outsiders would take over the property.
It is not easy for those who want to get involved and gain a foothold.
Li Xian's family is naturally powerful in the countryside, but they also need to strengthen their influence in Longyou by funding and supporting the Li family in Longxi. Now that Li Tai has come to Longyou, he naturally has such needs, so choosing such an entry point is considered
Reasonable.
The Tai government was still very strict in supervising important towns like Qinzhou. In the early years of Datong's rule, Daxingtai even had his cousin Wang Shichao killed for offending public outrage in order to frighten the masses.
But today, in order for the Western Expedition to go smoothly, Li Tai spent all his money to buy camels and lend them to the masses to persuade them to lose. This is absolutely morally defensible and will receive great praise from both the government and the opposition. With such a situation
Benevolent and righteous actions come first, and any subsequent actions can be viewed with a more tolerant attitude by everyone.
If the government takes the first step and the people take the pledge later, if something goes wrong with the mortgage, it is natural to provide sufficient compensation. As for how to compensate, naturally he, the governor of Qin, is responsible for handling it, and he can calmly deal with it.
Bring more high-quality rural assets into your own account.
Thinking of this, Li Xian couldn't help but admire Li Tai's ingenuity. He had already made many clever plans in such a short time after entering the country. No wonder Li Mu's family book was full of praise for him. The longer they talked, the more Li Xian could feel Li Tai's informality.
A wonderful idea.
"How can Li Sanqi be allowed to do such a righteous act alone? I am also a member of the group, and I should share this responsibility with Li Sanqi due to emotion and reason. Thousands of camels can be delivered immediately, half of them by me.
For the rest of the people in the territory, there is no need to pay the current price in Hexi. Li Sanqi only needs to pay the villagers the materials they have consumed since raising them."
Li Xian is also a decisive person. After he recognized Li Tai's idea in his heart, he even expressed his position and said that he would not let Li Tai comment on this matter. He also hoped to use this to establish several strongholds in Longyou.
Although local assets are not the focus of his concern, his family's development and accumulation in Gaoping's hometown has reached a critical point, and diverting it elsewhere can be regarded as a way of sharing risks.
Naturally, Li Tai would not refuse the benefits delivered to his door, and he nodded and agreed.
And this is not a benefit. When he uses this as an excuse to privatize these official workshops in Qinzhou in the future, he will certainly give Li Xian a sufficient share. Everyone will have to work together to fight against Director Yuwen
What about the pressure exerted?
But in fact, Li Tai had another consideration that he did not tell Li Xian, and that was that he needed more influence and checks and balances against the powerful people in Longyou, and stimulating and promoting Silk Road trade was one of the ways.
If Longyou's tycoon and all his assets are stuck in various Wubi manors, he will have no means to control them unless he breaks open the turtle shells one by one. But if he really wants to do that, he will be isolated from the public.
Only when people and goods flow can they be guided and controlled in a more comprehensive way. Among other things, although the Hexi trade route has been opened, the Guanzhong market is not ready yet.
Most of the goods coming from the Western Regions are luxuries that have nothing to do with people's livelihood. The powerful people in Guanlong are actively reorganizing their tribes and actively joining the army, hoping to transform into military aristocrats. The military chiefs in Beizhen have not yet reached the time to indulge in pleasure, so this market is still
To be cultivated.
After several visits to Guanzhong, I am afraid that only Li Tai is the only one in Guanzhong who has the ability and confidence to take over these goods. It may cause a certain degree of hoarding in the short term, but as Shuzhong and Jiangling are taken over one after another, the local market will quickly become popular.
Moreover, Northern Shaanxi is not far from Jinyang, so who should I buy?
Therefore, Li Tai encouraged these powerful people from Longyou to join the Silk Road trade, not just to prosper the countryside, but also to become a big financial backer in Longyou and let these powerful people act as mules for him. Raising camels is nothing.
, can it be compared to so many rich people working as cattle and horses for me?
However, this kind of prediction, which lasted for several years and was related to major changes in situation and the rise and fall of strength between the East and the West, would naturally not be discussed in detail by Li Tai with Li Xian.
He also wanted to judge whether the three Gaoping and Li brothers were worthy of a long-term relationship and strengthen interaction through mutual contact. After all, in a few years, Li Yuan would have to kill his father-in-law with a knife.
A similar scene may not happen again in today's world, but as Yuwentai's direct confidant, the Gaoping Li family is still a bit difficult to reconcile with powerful ministers like Duguxin, and even Yuwenhu cannot calmly control them. It's appropriate.
Of course, Li Tai couldn't make a conclusion too early if it wasn't suitable for him.