Ankang is located between the Qinling Mountains and the Daba Mountains, in the narrow strip of the Han River Valley, surrounded by mountains and overlapping mountains, with large and small clans and barbarian tribes distributed among the mountains.
Not to mention a superior living environment, these clans and tribes are also full of competition. Only by showing enough strength can they enjoy resources and privileges in this area.
The Ankang Li family is the leading power in the region. Its clan power and dependent population number in the tens of thousands, distributed among Ankang, Weixing and other counties. Most people who make a living here don't know about Nanliang.
Northern Wei Dynasty, but we must know the Ankang Li family.
The privileged status enjoyed by the Li family in Ankang is reflected in all aspects. For example, the long and narrow valleys on both sides of the Han River are all occupied by the Li family. If other forces do not get the approval of the Li family, it will be difficult for other forces to enter the water.
But even the head of a wealthy clan with such powerful local power was kidnapped quietly in his lair. This was a great humiliation to the Ankang Li family, and it also caused other people in the country to be kidnapped by the Li family.
The suppressed forces began to take action.
Li Qianzhe disappeared for several days, but when he reappeared in his clan's territory, he was carrying several bloody heads, all of which were leaders of forces that had had conflicts with his clan in gold mines or waterways.
The crowd was shocked to realize that the so-called disappearance was just to lure people to reveal their flaws and launch an attack. Those who wanted to provoke Li Shi all stopped, while some who were still hesitant were happy.
Although Li Qianzhe's strong return shocked the hearts of everyone in the country, he and his cronies understood what the truth was. In order to avoid such a thing from happening again, Li Qianzhe purged personnel within the clan.
And added many fixes.
Although this encounter was a near miss, it was an outright shame for a local powerful man like him. He was simply ashamed to recall it. Some unimportant insiders were also driven away for various reasons.
out of his sight.
But when his family asked what to do with those who followed him back to Ankang, Li Qianzhe was still a little undecided.
"The King of Yueyang dared to send people into the country to capture my brother, which shows that he underestimates my family. He colludes with the enemy, humiliates the border generals, and behaves extremely wildly. Sooner or later, disaster will befall! My family is safe in this place, and the mountains and wilderness are everywhere.
I am able to support myself, so I really don’t need to conspire with such a person. If a disaster really happens, King Yueyang will never be considerate and protect my family, so we should stay away from him!"
After Li Qianzhe's brother Li Xian heard his brother's experience, he strongly opposed his brother's compliance with that bullshit covenant.
In his opinion, King Yueyang showed contempt for their family from the beginning and did not put them on an equal footing. If this matter really involves huge interests as stated, he may not abide by the decision.
Share the benefits equally.
Especially in the eyes of those who are familiar with the current political situation in Nanliang, the identity of King Yueyang itself contains a big crisis, and he also does such deviant things.
For ordinary people who are eager to get ahead, they may bet their lives and take a big gamble by following them, but the Li family has been operating in Ankang for several generations and has its own way of establishing itself. There is really no need to get involved in this muddy water!
After listening to this, Li Qianzhe couldn't help but sigh: "Today's Supreme Being is getting older and fainter. Before, he believed in the Northern Captives and lightly initiated border provocations. He rashly entered Huaibei and used inhumane methods, so that the army was defeated and humiliated. The country was divided into responsibilities.
The kings each relied on their appearance to win, and tried to use their descendants to control the heroes, but they forgot that the chaotic order originated in the court.
In the previous dynasties, all the clansmen were in civil strife, fighting each other, and then outsiders took advantage of them! There is no great virtue in the Liang family, and looking at the behavior of King Yueyang, I am afraid that he is not immune to this. Keeping him at a respectful distance will indeed prevent him from being implicated."
Hearing that his brother agreed with his analysis, Li Xian said again: "Then I will sink the thieves slaves who returned with my brother into the Han River. I hope King Yueyang has a guilty conscience and will not dare to provoke and cause trouble again!"
"Wait a minute!"
After hearing this, Li Qianzhe waved his hand, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The King of Yueyang is indeed incompetent, but the man he works with, Xilu Li Boshan, doesn't look like the common people. His words and deeds are all in order, and he does things well."
Ying Ming. Since this person is planning something, I think I might as well give it a try. If things don't go smoothly and the income is not as expected, it won't be a big harm to withdraw from it again.
What comes out of the mountains and fields will eventually be exhausted, and the circulation of things will be infinite. Although King Yueyang is full of thorns, he is also smart. He is willing to follow Li Boshan's plan, so why don't I dare? If things can go smoothly, he can also help my family again.
Open up a source of resources.”
"The land of Xilu is small and the people are poor, and they have been controlled by Guandong all the year round. That Li Boshan was just a lucky man who was lucky for a while, and he was not considered a powerful man in his country. King Yueyang still had blood respect in the country. This disciple is worthy of my brother's help.
Take it seriously?"
When Li Xian heard his brother's praise of Li Boshan, he couldn't help but frown and said.
Li Qianzhe laughed again after hearing this, and then said: "Logically speaking, what you said is correct. After the collapse of the imperial court, the Westerners became poor and weak, and struggled just to protect themselves. Although Li Boshan
The country's immediate choice is not one of the best in the world. But when I met him this time, I was quite impressed by him. I wanted to work with him and take a look at his people. Of course, I couldn't be friendly with him.
It’s a great benefit, but it’s not a bad thing.”
Hearing the reason given by his brother, Li Xian couldn't help but be speechless for a while, but he couldn't help but feel curious. He has regarded his brother as his role model in life since he was a child. This was the first time he saw his brother showing such respect to a certain person.
With such a respectful attitude, I also wanted to see what kind of style this Li Boshan was.
After Li Qianzhe and his close relatives planned the matter, they arranged for people to go north along the mountain road on the south side of the Qinling Mountains to wait for the business group coming from the south of Guanzhong.
In late March, a well-armed caravan of over a thousand people finally came southward through the Ziwu Road. After receiving reports from the eyes and ears distributed at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, Li Qianzhe immediately led his subordinates and Li Tai sent
The coming disciple Zhao Yan came to greet this caravan together.
The leader of the caravan was Li Xiaoyong who stayed in Chang'an. Today, Li Xiaoyong is mainly responsible for personnel development and liaison outside Huzhong's officialdom. For example, he went west along the Chencang Ancient Road to Longyou to plunder temples, and he also hoarded food in various places in Guanzhong, etc.
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Long before Master Lang issued the order, Li Xiaoyong had already begun arranging personnel to explore several mountain roads from the south of the Qinling Mountains. After receiving the news from Jingzhou via Wuguan Kuaima, he personally led a team of subordinates directly from Jingzhou.
Chang'an picked up a batch of spot goods and climbed over the mountains along the rugged Ziwu Valley Mountain Road. It took a full seven or eight days to reach the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains.
Li Qianzhe did not know Li Xiaoyong, but Zhao Yan, who was traveling with him, knew him and several Longyou natives who came south with him. After the two met, they briefly reminisced about old times, and soon got down to business.
Li Qianzhe's family is powerful and owns a manor in the foothills of the Qinling Mountains. He introduced Li Xiaoyong and others to the manor nearby, and then began to inventory the goods shipped this time.
Each of the four cooperating parties sent one person to complete these tasks. Since this was the first time of cooperation, each of them was more cautious and reviewed the value and quantity of the goods very seriously.
Even though Li Xiaoyong did not carry much goods this time, the entire inventory process took several days. As a landlord, Li Qianzhe was very generous. After calculating the total price of the goods, he converted them into gold prices and directly delivered them to Li Qianzhe.
Xiaoyong bought more than 130 kilograms of gold cakes and agreed on the time and place for the next delivery.
When the delivery was completed, all the goods were loaded onto the cargo ship. Li Qianzhe sent his brother Li Xian to personally escort the cargo ship south. They docked at Qixing County and met with the prefect Xi Gu to inventory and authenticate the goods before continuing down the river.
.The journey of hundreds of miles from Ankang to Xiangyang took just over two days to arrive smoothly.
Yueyang Wang Xiaoqi was already waiting impatiently at the Xiangyang pier. As soon as the cargo ship landed, he personally boarded the ship to inspect the goods. First of all, he expressed his dissatisfaction because the quantity of goods was too small. The goods were not full yet.
A cargo ship, not to mention being sold in the market, he can eat it directly!
But when he heard that the next batch of goods would arrive before mid-April, the interval between each other was only more than half a month, and as the trade route went smoothly, the time would be further shortened.
The prepared payment for this batch of goods was delivered to Li Xian who had pledged the goods.
Since Xiangyang is a sales center and the goods must be cashed in, according to the agreement, the payment for the first few batches of goods will be temporarily paid by the King of Yueyang. After the sales are completed, the King of Yueyang will deduct the cost, and the remaining profits will be distributed among the companies in proportion.
As for the sales channels, there are very strict and clear procedures in the stores and stores in Xiangyang and surrounding cities, for delivery, storage, etc.
Although the Western Wei Dynasty was weak and crude compared to other regimes, when it came to various business procedures, it was far superior to the Eastern Wei Dynasty and Nanliang Dynasty. This was also the basis for the implementation of the decrees of the early Sui Dynasty to rectify the household registration such as Da Suo Mao Yue.
As an important adviser to the Bafu, Li Tai has also made great contributions to this. Naturally, he has to use these excellent work experiences in this cross-border trade.
After Li Xian received the payment in Xiangyang, he could have returned along the original route of the Han River, but he was too curious about who Li Boshan was, so he arranged for his family to return, and he led a group of troops to cross the river from Xiangyang to the north.
Head towards Mianbei.
There are no natural obstacles between Xiangyang and Mianbei, and it is difficult to fortify a plain wilderness. Li Xian and his party did not need to be very careful to sneak in. They only needed to avoid crowds and inhabited places to enter the Western Wei Dynasty.
within the territory of Jingzhou.
However, the group of them did not walk in Mianbei for too long. Soon they were surrounded by a group of knights with armor and swords in the countryside. Li Xian had no time to ask why his whereabouts were exposed. He was just too busy to reveal his identity.
When Li Tai learned the news in the city, he was puzzled. Could it be that the Li brothers were addicted to kidnapping, and instead of kidnapping them, they delivered the goods to their door?