The patrol team did not stay in Suizhou for long, and set off again to Dongxia Prefecture the day after Li Tai briefed Daxingtai on the strategy of Han River.
At the same time, in order to allow Li Tai to concentrate on writing and perfecting his Han River strategy, although he still accompanied the team, he no longer had to follow around and set off with Li Mu, who was temporarily transferred to the post of commander-in-chief of the rear army.
"Although I have served the Lord for a longer time, my guesses about the Lord's thoughts are not as accurate and profound as Boshan's."
When they were on the road again, Li Mu said to Li Tai half expectantly and half puzzled: "The Lord specifically told me this morning that my talent is not limited to Su Wei's vigilance. If you use it for a long time, your talents will inevitably be wasted. Of course, I never feel that Su is the guard."
Guards are always overqualified, but the Lord suddenly said this. He must have other important arrangements for me, right? Boshan, you know the current situation, do you know where the Lord wants to use me?"
Hearing Li Mu's humbly asking for advice, Li Tai felt happy in his heart. He originally thought that he was somewhat to blame for the upbringing of that boy Li Ya, but now it seems that it is also the result of family education.
I don't know where our boss is going to use you, but I know he may be worried that if he keeps you around any longer, you may have to work with me to get him.
It is said that drums do not need heavy hammers. Just from yesterday's exchange, Yu Wentai probably felt that Li Tai was already a bit too hard to use, so he also began to re-examine the relationship and interaction between Li Tai and the people in Taiwan.
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Li Mu and Li Tai have become very close in the past few years. Not only do they help each other in their careers, but even in their daily interactions, they seem to have a family relationship where they support their wives and children. Although this is not enough for Yu Wentai to directly question
Li Mu is loyal, but it is obviously not suitable for him to serve as the captain of the personal army anymore.
There was no need to accompany Li Tai anymore, and Li Tai's activities were freer. While the team was stranded in Dongxia Prefecture, he temporarily left the team and went to Xihe County for a tour.
Today's Xihe County is a big change compared to previous years. After it was officially established, as part of the transaction between Yuwentai and Duguxin, it has great administrative autonomy and is not affiliated with Dongxia Prefecture or Beihua Prefecture.
control.
The scale of farming in this area is also developing rapidly, and there are many fertile fields and fertile soil along the Kuli River. In addition to meeting the regional self-use, the grain produced here is to supply the needs of military towns such as Sanxia Prefecture, and the Taiwan government only needs to regulate the production and production of salt ponds.
Sales and issuance of salt leads can realize effective cross-regional mobilization of resources.
As for Li Tai also occupying a large area of fertile land here, this is natural and inevitable.
It should be noted that it was he who built northern Shaanxi from a barren land to the current fertile farmland where people can live and work in peace and contentment. Including the introduction of salt to Kaizhong was also a policy proposed by him. In addition to providing some policy assistance, the actual human resources were very limited.
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Now that the entire defense line in the Hetao area has been strengthened and expanded to such a scale, it is no exaggeration to say that Li Tai is the first contributor. It would be abnormal if he did not also engage in some private industry.
Of course, the rapid development of Xihe County also benefited from the relocation of the personnel resources accumulated by Duguxin in Longyou. Today, Duguxin still shows some resistance to Director Yuwen in Longyou, which is actually to continue to maintain it for a period of time.
The right to speak on personnel affairs is transferred to an area that is still controllable.
Gao Bin served as the prefect of Xihe County and arranged the county's government affairs in an orderly manner. Coupled with the assistance of Li Dao, Mao Shijian and other former relatives of Li Tai, the overall changes in Xihe County can be said to be changing with each passing day.
Li Tai made a brief inspection after entering the country, but did not visit in detail. He only collected some of the latest swords and armor from the weapons workshop in Blackwater Fangcheng, and sent them back to Huazhou for later use.
during the war.
In addition to the characteristics of water warfare, the power of the bows and crossbows in the southerners' battles is also very impressive. In some special terrain battles, the attack power is even better than that of the northerners' cavalry and archery. Therefore, when fighting the southerners next, the elite
The unit's armor rate also needs to be improved.
Although Li Tai took a group of craftsmen south to Jingzhou before, it would be a pity to abandon the already large-scale production line here, so a group of craftsmen are still left here to maintain production.
Among the ordnance delivered this time, in addition to more than 600 armors of various types, powerful bows, sabers and other equipment, there is also a batch of excellent horse spears.
Although Gao Aocao's old gun is of excellent quality and craftsmanship, it is still a bit too grown-up and heavy for Li Tai's habits. After all, he is not a powerful warrior himself, so he can still use it, but it is not as good as
Tailor-made to be so convenient and convenient.
Therefore, after capturing a group of skilled craftsmen from Jinyang Palace and bringing them back to northern Shaanxi, Li Tai had the idea to build a horse-stem for himself. At that time, he told the craftsmen about his needs and habits, and the craftsmen also
It took a lot of hard work, but only now is it finally completed and delivered.
After Li Tai tried this new horse for a while, he felt that the length, weight and some details of the design were all very suitable for him. He was also very satisfied. As expected, the one that suits him is the best.
During the same period, there were more than a dozen horse handles with different handles and shapes, all using the same materials and process. After all, so many craftsmen wasted several years to make just one horse handle. It was too extravagant. The same batch of materials was processed and carried out.
Naturally, the more processing of various processes, the lower the cost, but the quality difference itself is not big.
Li Tai only needed one horse stick. He planned to give the other horse sticks to his generals in the same batch. After seeing the fine and beautiful lines on the horses' bodies, he also gave them to this batch of horses.
I got a very middle-class and domineering name, Long Wenshan!
After staying in Xihe County for a short period of time, Li Tai returned to Guangwu City to join the team. Before heading back south, Yu Wentai also specially sent a message to Yang Zhong to return to Huazhou with the team to express his support for Li Tai's plan.
This is not a perfunctory attitude. As long as the demonstration is feasible, the personnel will be organized as soon as possible.
After the inspection of Dongxia Prefecture, the group went south along the river and hunted at the southern foot of Beishan Mountain in northern Huazhou for several days. Finally, the tour ended and they returned to Huazhou in a grand manner.
By the time the group returned to Huazhou, the time had already entered mid-June, and Li Tai's mood had become extremely hot like the weather. Now he was already eager to go south, tearing up and carving up everything.
This piece of fat is Nanliang.
After Yu Wentai returned to Huazhou, he immediately summoned government officials to discuss the plan proposed by Li Tai, but the result of the discussion was not very optimistic.
Most of the Taifu officials and generals do not agree with Li Tai's plan. One reason is that Li Tai's plan is too grand and has too many goals at the same time, which seems unrealistic. The other reason is that he underestimates the enemy and rushes forward.
It’s not like the Western Wei Dynasty has not learned the lessons. The last negative example was still trapped in Yingchuan.
Li Tai had already anticipated this situation and was not nervous at all. Whether to send troops or not was not something that could be decided by this kind of mass meeting. Moreover, responding to and solving various problems raised by everyone was also a united front in itself.
It is part of the job, and this is the core value of being a leader of a political power.
Putting aside various internal disputes, Yu Wentai was obviously very tempted by the plan proposed by Li Tai. After all, Hou Jing was able to enter Jiankang and control the Second Palace of Nanliang with his defeated troops all the way. They, the Western Wei Dynasty, could not continue.
Hou Jing is not as good as him. Driven by strong desire, any excuse that something is not feasible is no reason.
However, the personnel structure of the implementation plan proposed by Li Tai was somewhat unacceptable to Yu Wentai, and he also wanted to use public sentiment to contain and hit Li Tai, and to get things back on track under the control of the Taiwan government.
In this case, what matters is who is more determined and can endure it better.
Therefore, in the face of the doubts of the masses, Li Tai kept repeating his plan without making any changes or concessions.
This is not fighting spirit, but confidence in one's own plan. If the actual executor cannot withstand the pressure of the masses and acts haphazardly, then the feasibility of the plan itself will be greatly reduced. To achieve great things, sometimes you need a certain amount of effort.
Stubborn.
With Li Tai's persistence, the direction of public opinion has gradually changed. Many people are actually only subconsciously resistant to this. The reason for their judgment is based on past events and experiences, rather than an in-depth understanding of the latest situation.
With their understanding and clear judgment, Li Tai's attitude became an important basis for their approval or opposition on this matter.
After noticing the turn of public opinion, Yuwentai's attitude also became positive.
He first petitioned the imperial court in the name of the Taiwanese government to change Wang Sizheng's title to Yingchuan County Duke, and give a positive assessment of Wang Sizheng's troops entering Yingchuan. Regardless of the final success or failure, Wang Sizheng's behavior and spirit of opening up territories for the country are
It is worthy of recognition, and similar behavioral plans are also worthy of praise and appreciation.
This is the structure and scope that a normal politician should have, because such a plan itself is timely. If the stalemate continues without giving in, it will turn from a discussion of issues into a battle of wills.
If Li Tai cannot get a satisfactory decision from the Taiwan government, a new judge will definitely be introduced, and that is the court. Even when children fight, they know that they cannot sue their parents. Once the court intervenes in the matter, the nature of the matter will be
changed.
After the Taiwan government made a clear statement, Shiliu's discussion on this matter also changed. It no longer focused on whether it was feasible, but began to discuss how to optimize the implementation process.
At the same time, Shiliu also began to express goodwill and requests to Li Tai, hoping to join this grand military operation, including a person who Li Tai didn't want to face but had to face.