Li Xiaoyong had previously led the Chang'an tribe to Longyou from the Chencang narrow road, and with the cooperation of Zhang Shinu and others, plundered the Guangming Temple, but he did not stay in Longyou to join Li Tai, but was protected by Li Tai.
Next, he quietly returned to Guanzhong with the loot.
As a famous temple in Longyou, Guangming Temple has rich reserves. Although the most valuable items were raided by Li Xiaoyong and others, the remaining items are still considerable.
After Li Tai took over the remaining industrial properties of Guangming Temple, he invested most of them in the construction of Sifang City, thereby building a platform for long-term and stable interaction and communication with the Longyou wealthy family.
As for the loot brought back by Li Xiaoyong and others, it was naturally the net income of this operation, and the amount was also very considerable. Although most of them were gold, jade, jewelry, high-quality pigments, and spices, there was a stable channel for selling stolen goods such as the Great Buddhist Temple in Northern Shaanxi.
, these originally difficult-to-realize assets can also be directly converted into value, which is about thirty or more Gao Aocao.
This kind of harvest is not comparable to the previous robbery of Hongfa Temple. After all, the action was too hasty. In order to ensure maneuverability, Li Xiaoyong and the others naturally did not maximize their carrying capacity.
Of course, this is not something to regret, after all, Li Tai even packed up his family's nest, and Hongfa Temple's income that time had to be divided among various parties, but this time he ate it all by himself, so he was naturally very fat.
However, this kind of thing can only be done one at a time, not three. How can you often walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? Although doing it once in a while can be very rewarding, doing it too much is ultimately inappropriate, and there is no long-term stable income.
Nowadays, Li Tai's family business is more powerful, and the scope of its industrial layout is getting wider and wider, so the consumption is naturally greater, so no amount of income is too much.
If you want to obtain huge profits that double your assets, there is currently a ready opportunity, and that is war wealth.
Although the Western Wei army suffered heavy losses after the Battle of Mangshan, there were no large-scale wars in the following years, and the people's livelihood recovered gratifyingly. With successive years of drought, the common people were gradually able to have enough food and clothing, and the tycoons who owned land and estates had more than enough food.
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Before leaving for Longyou, Li Tai took advantage of the opportunity to send his wife back to Huazhou, and asked the family members left behind in Shang Yuan to expand the scale of grain processing in Luoshui, and even provided free transportation capacity to expand the coverage.
In addition to directly obtaining profits through grain processing industries such as Ziyi, his other purpose is to expand his influence in the local area and enhance his ability to absorb local resources.
Nowadays, the entire textile industry in Wuxiang County is operating at full capacity for large-scale production. The increased production of fabrics requires high-quality goods to maintain their purchasing power. With the Guanzhong boom year after year, grain has undoubtedly become a very important hedging commodity.
Although the relatively high tax system of the Western Wei Dynasty made it difficult for small ordinary households to have a surplus of grain even in a bumper harvest, many powerful local manor owners were not subject to this restriction. Seeing that the harvests were expected in successive years and the price of grain became cheaper, naturally they could not
All household assets are based on food, and other types of storage need to be added to increase the stability of wealth.
Even without considering the impact that the Battle of Yubi will have on the people's livelihood in Guanzhong in the second half of the year, food is still a very important strategic reserve resource.
Li Tai has also been engaged in the purchase and storage of grain, especially this year, the scale has increased significantly. Not only the textile output of the people in Shang's hometown has been invested in this, but also Li Xiaoyong and the others have invested in this harvest in Longyou.
Although this year's reading was held ahead of schedule, which caused a slight increase in the price of grain in Guanzhong, and Li Tai's large-scale buying also further pushed up the market, the fluctuations were not too big.
After all, against the background of successive bumper harvests, the people were quite confident and did not blindly join in the looting and hoarding of grains. What Li Tai absorbed was mainly grain stored by large estate owners, and the proportion of these grains flowing into the market was relatively high.
It’s limited. Of course, what’s more important is that it’s early autumn now, and it won’t be long before new grains are harvested.
After several months of buying, Li Tai now has eight million shi of grain in Guanzhong. I recall that when he first entered this town, the tribesmen had trouble eating because they owed the county government 10,000 shi of grain.
I feel quite sad, but in just half a year, I have already controlled more than 8 million dan of grain.
Of course, this figure is still somewhat different from the 10 million dan he originally expected, but it is still enough to consume an army of 200,000 people for a year.
However, this is only a theoretical figure, because at present, these grains are still distributed among the prefectures and counties along Luoshui and Jingwei. If you want to transport them all and import them into one place, at least one-third of them must be consumed. This is still
As long as the roads within the customs are smooth, the transportation capacity is sufficient and the goods are not transported outside the central part of the customs.
But even with a discount, these grains are more than enough to be used in preparations before and after the Battle of Yubi in the second half of the year. Based on this alone, Li Tai can even say without exaggeration that only he, Li Boshan, can say whether there will be chaos in Guanzhong in the next six months.
Forget it, Gao Huan and Yuwentai are nothing!
Because these grains are bought and sold with large estate owners who are highly self-sufficient, and the flow of these materials is completely outside the control of the government, and information does not flow between regions, Li Tai is not worried.
His extremely wealthy family background will be exposed and become coveted.
Of course, not all of this food belongs to him. The big households in the canal alliance in Wuxiang County and the Liu family of Diaoyin and other Hu chieftains in northern Shaanxi also have shares. Li Tai's own share is less than half.
With these grains in hand, the interest rate difference in the second half of the year alone will be a considerable profit. Gao Huan will hate the jade. Li Tai knows it, but others don't.
Even with a relatively optimistic judgment, it is a natural choice to prepare supplies to prepare for severe situations. The government has its own channels and means to raise supplies, and the powerful people in the private sector naturally have to accumulate supplies to prepare for chaos.
And even if the new grain this autumn temporarily relieves the urgent need, there will be a series of dizzying changes in the situation. The Western Wei Dynasty will also embark on the road of rapid expansion. Therefore, before conquering Jiangling and stabilizing operations and effectively replenishing blood, Guanzhong's demand for grain will
It has been a trend going higher.
Even if Li Tai had such foresight before, he would not be able to operate such a big deal, but now with his official position and strength, he can really say, who else can I be the king of grain in Guanzhong! I not only have grain but also guns, who dares to treat me as a granary?
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Naturally, Li Tai cannot be satisfied by just hoarding the profit margins of reselling, and since then, including the Western Wei Dynasty, it is very rare to have such a considerable amount of grain reserves in a certain period of time. Naturally, a relatively long-term layout must be carried out.
The market trade environment in Guanzhong is not healthy, the scale is very small, and there are many cases of forced buying and selling. This situation also has advantages and disadvantages for Li Tai. The disadvantage is that the realization of large-scale transactions is still restricted.
The advantage is that who says I can't be the one who buys and sells by force?
Therefore, in the second half of the year, we will use the relatively tense military situation to realize part of the grain and ensure profit dividends. At the same time, the focus is still on obtaining more high-quality local resources, Heqiao Road Jinzelin mineral deposits, etc.
Although his power alone is not enough to cover the entire Guanzhong, he can rely on the hard currency of food to either collude with the government to suppress the powerful, or to collude with the powerful to evade the government. In short, he can build a wide-ranging industrial network according to local conditions.
As for further ideas, he has not yet thought about it, because he does not know what kind of bird this level will become after all his tossing. In short, as long as he has more resources, he can be able to encounter new opportunities when he encounters them.
The greater the benefits for grabbing.
In the past, because Li Tai was worried that the powerful local forces in Yongzhou and other places were too powerful, he only dared to develop along the Luoshui River. But now he has much less worries. He took out a map to mark a few places he chose to visit along the Weishui River.
Li Xiaoyong was ordered to find a way to obtain the money and grain once they were in place and build a warehouse to build a logistics route to Longyou.
He was still thinking about the plan to buy the entire Guanzhong with food, but a tense and solemn atmosphere began to spread quickly in the Xianyang camp.
"Boshan, something is wrong!"
Yu Wenhu, who had been immersed in making plans for the past two days, hurriedly came to the camp, looked at Li Tai with a serious face and said, and motioned for him to enter the account and explain in detail.
However, before the two of them had time to enter the tent and sit down, the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard outside the camp again. Several confidants from Dahang's tent rode their horses into the camp. They looked at Li Tai seriously and said: "Master, please go to Li Kaifu quickly."
The Chinese army discusses military affairs in the large tent."
Li Tai knew what had happened in his heart. After hearing this, he nodded, and the attendants brought his mount over. Yu Wenhu looked up at the knights and said, "What about me? Has the Lord summoned me?"
The confidant, the governor, was stunned for a moment after hearing this. After a moment, he said: "The Lord sent all the soldiers to pass the order. The generals and others just have to order to attract Li Kaifu..."
After Yu Wenhu heard this, he didn't say anything more. He just got on his mount again. Seeing that Li Tai had also mounted, he said seriously: "Since the envoy has arrived, what he did must be for me.