Shang Yuan took advantage of someone and actually harvested the post-autumn flax at the current price in summer. This matter quickly spread throughout Wuxiang County and township. Even in Nanbaishui County on the other side of Luoshui River, a large family sent their slaves to inquire.
"Although there are few flax species in the countryside, the harvest is not limited to failure. There is too much water vapor in the new harvest after autumn, so it is a waste of oil and material. This year's farming season is halfway through, and a bumper harvest can be expected, and then the price will be low again."
Liu Gong, a local tycoon from Nanbaishui County who had done business in Huazhou City before, also came to Shangyuan. When he saw Li Tai, he said with a puzzled face: "Lang Jun is so eager to buy Qiuhou flax. Everyone in Zuojin Township has already
It's just a rumor. But from what I can see, Mr. Lang is by no means the unwise person as rumored. There must be something hidden in doing this, right?"
Li Tai smiled slightly after hearing this. He had also heard what kind of idiot he was portrayed as in the rumors in the countryside. His mouth was on other people's faces, and he had no control over what they wanted to say.
Hearing Liu Gong's question, he took him outside the newly built workshop in Zhuangbei, pointed at the wall that was already half a person high, and said with a smile: "It is rare for villagers to be ignorant and see things that are different from common sense.
I made such a fuss. When I came to live in this village, I saw that the villagers' oil-pressing efficiency was poor. One stick of dendrobium flax produced only about thirty kilograms of oil. But I knew that there was an oil-pressing technique in Hebei, and one stick of dendrobium flax produced nearly fifty kilograms of oil.
The difference is enough for the job."
"That's it, that's it! Hebei's agriculture and industry are far more prosperous than those in Guanxi. I had known for a long time, but I didn't expect there was such a big gap! It's even more rare for a man who favors the Chinese people to be so familiar with small-scale farming operations."
After hearing this, Liu Gong had a look of realization on his face, and after a moment he said with some embarrassment: "My family will also grow half an acre of flax this summer. I wonder if I can make this sale?"
Li Tai would naturally not let go of the targets that came to his door. In order to ensure scarcity in the area, Nanbaishui County was originally within his target range, so he happily signed an advance payment agreement with Liu Gong of 80
He signed a contract with Hu Zhima and asked him to take away 20% of the price of the cloth as a deposit.
In the newly completed nave of the manor, He Basheng pointed to the basket full of contract orders and said with half distress and half confusion: "Thousands of pieces of cloth are exchanged for such a basket of waste paper?"
"If I was just doing the work by myself, most of these papers would be just waste paper. But since my uncle is involved, these powerful people on the surface have to consider whether they dare to break the contract!"
After hearing this, Li Tai said with a smile and sorted out these contracts. The sesame order for more than 1,700 hu of dendrobium was of course priced at more than a few thousand bolts of cloth. He only needed to pay a 20% deposit.
A considerable part of the thousands of pieces of cloth sold by He Basheng were for the purchase of sesame seeds and oil.
"It's a bad thing if they don't dare to break the contract. Do they really have to raise tens of thousands of pieces of cloth and go to the countryside to buy these flax from house to house after the autumn?"
When He Basheng heard this, he gnashed his teeth in sorrow: "I thought you had some clever plan to fight with the country, but it turned out that it was just a casual invitation. I can tell you clearly, I have already taken out these thousands of pieces of cloth.
This is the limit of my financial resources. I may not have enough material to buy clothes for my family this winter! I am really crazy to make such a huge gamble based on just a few words from you."
"Uncle, please rest assured. In the end, these people will only hold back their goods and hesitate to sell them. They will never dare to come to your door to demand payment. I am confident that the price of flax oil will only soar in the future."
Li Tai said confidently, feeling quite excited that he was operating such a large-scale futures transaction.
After hearing this, He Basheng said with concern: "I warned you before, Daxingtai focuses on people's livelihood and will never allow hoarding to harm the market! If you violate the order, not even I can protect you.
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"The oil and hemp materials in my warehouse were all purchased at a higher price than the current price. The original intention was to lose official positions instead of hoarding them, which would harm our fat country. What crime is there?"
Li Tai was very eloquent about this, and pointed to the contracts and said: "These paper contracts are half a grain of flax, and there is not even a speck of oil on them, so why hoard them?"
"That's true. Daxingtai has never said that we can't enter into long-term sales contracts. Who can say that I am breaking the law!"
He Basheng was also happy after hearing this. He twirled his beard and said with a smile, but then frowned and said: "So you want to wait until after losing the reward Gebu, with the oil in hand, force the villagers to bow their heads, and then let them follow you
Are you redeeming the spot at a high price?"
Li Tai quickly shook his head and said: "The purpose of hanging up the grid in Daxingtai to collect goods and reward scholars is to let the people in the court get both. If I make a noise from it, it will be a greater crime than hoarding and harming the market. How dare I do this! But if
Other local tycoons feared that I would gain power, so they raided the countryside and raised prices, but I cannot be blamed for this."
The reward formula formulated by Daxingtai is not just a simple transaction of money and power. In addition to supplementing material resources, it also has the intention of bringing the powerful people in Guanzhong into the rule.
In this era, those who were able to raise enough supplies within the time limit were all rich and powerful households with large amounts of land and population. Their success in transporting goods meant that their respective productivity and means of production also became the assets of the Western Wei regime.
In part, Yu Wentai also became a character.
This is an important project for the Western Wei Dynasty to prepare the army system. If Li Tai dares to intervene and sabotage it, no matter how clever his words are, Yu Wentai is afraid that he will deal with him. This bottom line must not be touched.
Li Tai's goal is to cause the local tycoons in the neighborhood to become involved in internal affairs and consume themselves.
Under the conventional format, once the reward price of Daxingtai is announced, the big households in the countryside will naturally choose the most beneficial and cost-effective donation method in exchange for official positions based on the current status of their respective family properties.
But now, Li Tai has a large amount of oil in hand, and it is already known to everyone in the village, which leaves the villagers no room to make a leisurely choice. On a runway, everyone is gearing up at the starting point, but they have already
Standing at the finish line, one step closer to the line, how can you still fight?
It would be a waste if the official position obtained by losing the reward was another official position, but it was the governor. The commander-in-chief controls the rural soldiers in this way. These local tycoons cannot allow it to fall into the hands of others. They will definitely use their own local resources to do it.
check.
Li Tai doesn't even need to build momentum anymore, these local tycoons will be in chaos.
The reaction of the local tycoons was quicker than Li Tai expected. One day in late June, brother Shi Gong, the county captain, came to visit in person.
Li Tai did not deliberately stage the music and let the song directly introduce the two brothers into the hall.
After entering the hall, Shi Gong strode forward, bowed to Li Taishen first, then turned to glare at his brother Shi Jing and cursed: "You bad thing, why don't you come to the hall quickly to apologize to Li Lang and beg for forgiveness!
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Shi Jing limped forward and knelt down in front of Li Tai's seat with a plop. Li Tai quickly avoided the seat and stood up, pretending to be surprised and said: "What is Shi County Lieutenant doing? Mr. Shi Hou Xiangxian,
How dare I accept this great gift!"
"Alas, my family is in misfortune! The former Zheng was engaged in filing a lawsuit against the government. Since I am in charge of the county's public property, I dare not neglect it. I also know that Li Lang has materials in trouble, so I sent a message to let him know..."
Shi Gong said with a face of shame. After Li Tai heard this, he smiled again and said: "It is true. I would like to thank Shi Hou for your kindness. I have supplied ten thousand kilograms of hemp raw materials to alleviate the urgent need at home."
Shi Gong couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and Shi Jing also raised his eyes to look at Li Tai. When he was about to stand up, he was kicked to the ground by his big brother.
"Li Lang, you focus on honor and support, or don't ask about the common people of your family. But I dare not hide that there is such a scum in the family, greedy for temporary material gains, actually passing the bad as the good, the less as the more, ruining the integrity of the village.
It really puts my family to shame!”
Shi Gong bowed his head again, and then said with a face of shame: "I have been in the government office for a long time and rarely asked about housework. I didn't interrogate and verify it until I came home today, so I caught this disgusting thing and came to apologize to Li Lang. It's my family's fault.
, the cloth and silk obtained by the former will be returned together, and I sincerely ask Li Lang for your understanding!"
"Is this happening? I really don't know."
Li Tai still pretended to be confused and watched the brothers continue to perform.
Shi Gong was really ruthless, kicking and kicking his brother. Before long, Shi Jing, who was already thin, had bruises all over his face.
When Li Tai saw that the heat was about the same, he raised his hand to signal the brothers to stop and generously expressed his forgiveness.
"In the past, inferior materials harmed the work. I am really ashamed. Fortunately, Li Lang has good management skills and built a new oil shop, which has a long-term and prosperous business. I heard that Li Lang went to the countryside to collect seed oil and ointment. Now I must have abundant reserves, right?"
He was so arrogant before, but now he is so embarrassed. Shi Gong used this bitter trick to prepare the ground for a long time, and finally revealed the fundamental purpose of his trip.
"Things in the countryside are really running smoothly. The oil shop in my household has not yet made cakes and pressed them, but the county lieutenant already knows about it. The soil is scarce, so we can only make a living by this industry. It is not as dignified as the wealthy people who cultivate mulberry trees and produce crops, which makes the county lieutenant laugh.
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After Li Tai heard this, he chuckled. This is his home field, so what he says and does will naturally be within the ears of others.
"I would like to ask, how long does Li Langhu have stored ointment?"
Shi Gong said quickly, and then pretended to be calm and said: "To be honest, a few days ago in the Yazhong gathering of colleagues, Daxingtai was going to award awards to the losers. Although I dare not covet power, after all, I have lived in Kansai for a long time.
The good people of our country learned that the country was in trouble, so they also wanted to do their best to help..."
"If you lose the reward this time, you will be rewarded by the governor of the local soldiers. Li Lang, you are new to Dongzhou. Even if you lose the reward and get the official position, how many local people will you know? Then the soldiers will not know the generals, and it will be difficult to follow the orders, which will add to the trouble. My family is willing to
Redeemed at the old price..."
Shi Jing groaned while covering his beaten pig-headed face. Before he could finish speaking, he received another slap from his brother.
"Although this person is clumsy, what he said is true. The people of Guanxi are tough, and they can't scare the people unless they are chosen by their hometown. Li Lang, a talented person from the Chinese clan, does not care about his origin. As the saying goes, Xun Ying is not the same, Qingliu is the best choice.
I think I disdain being a dirty official."
The two brothers each role-played, but they also made their intentions clear.
"This is why the county captain came to visit. I heard about it when I was at Grand Master Heba's house before. It happened to be that I was going to work on the oil mill. It was a coincidence."
Li Tai chuckled when he heard this, pretending to be arrogant and said: "I am simple by nature, and I really don't like to be the leader of the team. Since Lieutenant Shi asked honestly, I can't tell you the truth. The oil stored in the house is now
There are more than 300 pods of dendrobium ointment. After the oil workshop is built, I hope to replenish it, but I have no intention of selling it yet."