Lu Tong and Changsun Jian stayed in Jingzhou for more than ten days. They learned about Li Tai's plan and the ongoing affairs of the town, and then returned to Huazhou to report.
Yuwentai sent these two people to Jingzhou, and his attitude was mainly to inquire and confirm, and did not set any insurmountable rules for Li Tai. It can be seen that he still trusts and expects Li Tai, and hopes that he can create his own in Jingzhou.
The beautiful prospects depicted.
After Li Tai tested the freedom given to him by Daxingtai, he was determined in his heart. As long as there was no one to restrain him from doing things, he would be able to ensure that he would be in the best condition to face the next turbulent situation.
In terms of domestic affairs, the route has been decided. Li Tai is like an experienced hunter. He does not blindly rush for success and mess up his own pace. He still promotes the development of various things step by step. As for foreign affairs, it will soon be settled.
New eyebrows.
In late October, an envoy from Xiangyang arrived in Rangcheng. The leader was Cai Dabao, a former acquaintance.
Li Tai also warmly welcomed Cai Dabao's arrival and informed his father, Li Xiao, immediately.
Li Xiao was even more excited about Cai Dabao's arrival. After hearing the news, he returned to the state capital from the city's prefecture school construction site. After a few warm greetings with Cai Dabao, he invited him to come with him to appreciate the prefecture school he planned.
site.
Cai Dabao was difficult but kind, and Li Tai could also understand that as a northerner, he was eager to publicize in front of southerners that the Northern Dynasties had not lost culture and education. If this cultural and educational undertaking was built by himself, it would naturally be even more important.
Feeling proud, Li Tai also got up and accompanied him.
"There has been no state school in Jingzhou for a long time, and it is difficult to find scholars who want to visit, so it is difficult to get in. Boshan felt this after entering the city, so he opened a place in the city to set up a school. The church here is still under construction and will be ready until next year.
It was built and accepted the eager to learn people from the state and county..."
Only a circle of foundations had just been laid on the construction site, and the so-called halls had not yet seen the framework. However, Li Xiao still enthusiastically led Cai Dabao to walk around and introduced to him the various areas divided by this state school.
It is expectation and pride. In his opinion, being able to develop culture and education in a place is a more glorious deed than before when Li Tai led his army to directly occupy Fancheng and pointed his sword at Xiangyang.
After hearing this, Cai Dabao nodded in agreement and praised him, and expressed his willingness to recommend several Buddhist lecturers from Xiangyang if necessary. Of course, the premise is that they are willing to come to Mianbei.
Li Tai is naturally full of confidence in the future attractiveness of Mianbei. As for now, that's all. If he hadn't been serving as the governor of Jingzhou now, he might not even care about coming here. Cai Dabao said this, of course, he was just being polite, but Li Tai
Tai believes that he can make it a reality soon.
The area of this school is not small, but because there are not many buildings, the tour can be completed quickly.
Li Tai took advantage of the situation and led Cai Dabao to a nearby street. He pointed to the same construction site and smiled at Cai Dabao: "I told Cai Canjun to build a mansion in the city to shelter the poor. Now the building has begun to be built."
, after the building is completed, I will write to Xiangyang, asking Cai Canjun to come and appreciate it again!"
"This, this building is actually... a real believer in me!"
After Cai Dabao heard this, his face suddenly lit up, and he saluted him again and sighed.
Li Tai led Cai Dabao to the open space next to the construction site, where a wooden poster was erected, and the poster depicted the architectural drawings of the building he designed himself.
Cai Dabao stepped forward and observed carefully. He saw that the upper floor of this picture is divided into five levels. The bottom floor is made of masonry structure, and the upper four floors are decorated with carved beams and cornices. From this picture alone, it looks like there are many buildings and high pavilions, which is particularly grand.
, combined with the scale of the construction site in front of us, we can imagine that it will be even more spectacular when completed in the future. Coupled with the functions and implications of the building itself, it will definitely be praised by the public and become one of the city's famous attractions!
"I temporarily name this building Hongbin Building, after the Hongyan Traveler without losing his broad-minded ambition. I don't know what Cai Shenjun's intention is?"
Li Tai smiled and asked Cai Dabao again, and Cai Dabao nodded in approval after hearing the words.
The group of people wandered around the construction site for a while, and Li Taicai said with a smile: "If there are any difficulties in construction in Xiangyang, whether it is monetary or craftsmanship difficulties, I will try my best to help Cai Canjun."
"No, no, thank you very much for your concern. When the attic is completed in the coming day, I will write to you to tell you!"
Cai Dabao quickly said without guilt that when he mentioned this matter to King Yueyang before, King Yueyang showed great interest in it and took it over and planned to do it himself. Soon after Li Tai returned to town, he sent people to transfer the promised wealth.
The goods were sent to Xiangyang, and after Cai Dabao forwarded them to the palace, there was no further information from King Yueyang.
Of course, King Yueyang did not hide it because he was greedy for these goods. He has been busy negotiating with Jingzhao Du family and others recently to adjust the internal order of Yongzhou. He is so busy that he thinks he has forgotten this matter long ago.
back.
Although Cai Dabao understood his own king, compared with Li Tai, who was right in his words, he inevitably felt that King Yueyang was slightly lacking in action.
The group of people walked around the city before returning to the state capital. Li Tai and several government officials formally entertained their group of envoys.
Cai Dabao had two purposes for his trip. One was to tell Li Tai that they had taken over Fancheng and several other garrison strongholds again, and he came here to express his gratitude. The second was to return gifts to Li Tai on behalf of King Yueyang.
After Li Tai led his army back to the town, he sent someone to transport a batch of goods to Xiangyang to express his gratitude to them for taking care of his father. The gift to Cai Dabao was relatively simple to express his gratitude, and he used the goods as his other gifts.
The principal money spent on building Hongbin Tower in Xiangyang.
As for the gift to Yueyang King Xiao Qing, it had another purpose. It was carefully selected by Li Tai. They included a batch of trophies, swords, armor and jewelry that he had collected from Jinyang Palace before, as well as the treasures shipped from Longyou.
Western goods.
Li Tai wanted to use this gift to show that although their Kansai regime was small but rich in resources, especially after opening up the Hexi Corridor, they had a huge advantage in the Silk Road trade and prepared for future mutual trade between the two sides.
bedding.
Cai Dabao came to return the gift on behalf of King Yueyang this time. At the banquet, he first expressed his gratitude, and then ordered his attendants to present the gifts given by King Yueyang in return, and recited and introduced them one by one.
Li Tai gave more than 80 gifts to King Yueyang, including fabrics, lacquerware, spices, jewelry, ordnance, horses, gold and silverware, paper, scriptures, Buddha statues, etc. It can be said that he collected all the gifts he could.
All the precious commodities are on display. Of course, ordnance and horses will never be traded in large quantities, and they are just for show.
Cai Dabao stood up from the table and immediately pulled out a long gift list. When he saw the length of the gift list, Li Tai felt a hint of gunpowder. As Cai Dabao read out more than 170 return gifts from King Yueyang, his heart felt
It dawned on me that this guy wanted to compete with me.
Nowadays, Li Taicai is very powerful and has seen the world. Of course, he will not be intimidated by others casually. He would like to see how the other party plans to overpower him.
However, as Cai Dabao chanted and his entourage continued to display the gifts, Li Tai soon realized what real luxury was when the room was filled with jewels and jewels!
The types of gifts given by King Yueyang in return were not as extensive as those of Li Tai, but in specific categories, the quantity and quality really hit Li Tai in the face.
For example, just for fabrics, there are more than twenty kinds of brocades and brocades, ranging from craftsmanship to materials. Among the exotic goods, Li Tai saw who is the master of the Silk Road!
There are two strings of gemstone bracelets, each string is made up of more than 20 gemstones, and the types of these gemstones are completely different, such as crystal, chalcedony, lapis lazuli, amber, etc. Some of the gemstones are even known by Li Tai.
I've never seen one before, both the material and the polishing process are top-notch.
As for those gold and silver vessels, not only are they far larger in size than those sent by Li Tai, but they are also far more complex in shape and exquisite in craftsmanship. Gilt pots, crystal cups, ivory carvings, and lion's manes are all treasures and novelties.
Various.
When all the more than 170 kinds of gifts in return were placed in the hall, not only the Jingzhou subordinates, but also Li Tai himself was dazzled. At the same time, his face was a little hot with shame.
, this time I was really educated.
The fact that Xiao Jin was able to give so many gifts in return was certainly related to his noble status, but the most important thing was that Nanliang's status in the Silk Road trade was much higher than that of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Although Nanliang does not control the Hexi Corridor, it can conduct Silk Road trade in Shu through the Qinghai Line controlled by Tuyuhun. Its territory has been at peace for a long time, and powerful families have gathered to excess, and their purchasing power is much stronger than that of Guanxi.
Li Tai also thought that by opening up the Hexi Corridor, he could turn over the Silk Road trade and be the master of the Silk Road trade. After being slapped in the face and taught by King Yueyang, he discovered that their situation as a bunch of poor people has not changed!
For a moment, two more thoughts came to his mind. One was to continue giving gifts to Xiao Qi and see if the other party would return double the amount. The other was to lead troops to attack Xiangyang again. Damn it, they all belong to me!
But putting aside the idea that neither of them is very reliable, Li Tai is also a little worried about how to outdo the other party. Of course, he is not simply trying to get rich with the other party, but hopes to get more when discussing trade next time.
Much initiative.
Xiao Jin's gift in return not only showed that Nanliang had its own channels for international trade, but also showed that there was not much demand for trade with the Western Wei Dynasty. If Li Tai could not come up with goods that stimulated the other party's desire to buy, even if he could barely get it
The opportunity to conduct business will not bring much profit, so it is probably better to grab it directly.
He is not a pacifist, but he feels that if he and Xiangyang are at odds now, it will not be conducive to the plan to continue to penetrate and develop the Jiangbei area, otherwise he may be taken advantage of by Xiao Laoqi, a one-eyed man in the end.
After thinking about it, he decided that he still had to take advantage of his advantages as a time traveler and open a small game to let Xiao Qing, a country bumpkin, see the charm of technological development!