Chapter 268: Being Convenient to Others and Yourself
In Youzhou, Wang Xuance inspected the ranch as usual.
With the arrival of spring, the demand for scalpers in Youzhou, Cangzhou and even many other Hebei counties has become more urgent because of Li Tai's original layout.
And Youzhou Ranch is also cultivating more in the direction of raising cattle.
After all, there is really no need to worry about selling such things as cattle. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows downstream. All the lands that the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through are mainly plains, which are good places for plowing fields.
Especially in the north, the emergence of a commercial city like Tianjin, which instinctively absorbed the surrounding population, and the steady development of Cangzhou under Li Tai's plan, all of which had an even more obvious siphon effect on surrounding states and counties.
Because of this, at least Hebei prefectures and counties have more or less the problem of lack of people, and Youzhou’s cattle are a good helper to solve the farming problem.
Of course, if the local area is really not rich enough and is reluctant to buy and sell cattle, then wherever there is an agricultural society, there will be cattle as a reserve, and the people can rent cattle farming land from the agricultural society through a joint venture situation.
There will definitely be various problems in this process. Li Tai did not force the Agricultural Society to help the poor people.
After all, in Li Tai's opinion, as long as you have land, no matter how miserable you are, you can still be considered middle class in this society.
Just like in modern times, as long as there is a house that can be rented out, no matter how poor it is, it is still at a well-off level.
Do you have to subdivide it yourself, do you want to rent out one apartment, a dozen or so apartments, or the entire building?
However, Li Tai's only request is that the process of using the shared farm cattle must be transparent.
Whoever pays more money will use it first. Just list the days when the cattle will be used in the next period, so that every family can be prepared to use the cattle. If something happens to the cattle while your family is using it, you will have to pay compensation.
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Basically, as long as the Agricultural Society is fair and transparent and makes the rules clear, the people will not complain about unfairness. At most, they will just say how the Agricultural Society fell into the eyes of money.
But no matter what, as graduates from agricultural colleges opened agricultural societies in villages, the demand for cattle throughout the north naturally gradually increased.
At the same time, for local large landowners, because they use these new technologies, they feel that it is more cost-effective than hiring more people, so the number of scalpers sold naturally increases.
Every year after winter and before the end of spring plowing, it is basically the craziest time for scalpers to sell cattle.
As for buying cattle for food, at least for a short time, no one has dared to have such a crazy idea.
Even if it lasts for a long time, as long as the court does not lift the corresponding laws, at least for the vast majority of ordinary people, they really do not dare to risk their lives to taste this taste.
"Xuance, Xuance!" Just when Wang Xuance was patrolling as usual, he saw the tall Liu Rengui coming towards Wang Xuance.
Although Wang Xuance came back, Wang Xuance only took over the pasture of "Seed Project" again, and Youzhou Academy was still in the hands of Liu Rengui.
"Zhengze, why are you here!" Wang Xuance asked with a bit of confusion: "But what happened to the school?"
"There is nothing wrong with the school!" After hearing Wang Xuance's words, Liu Rengui was a little dumbfounded and said,
"I came to you because King Yan came here with a letter and passed it through the academy to deliver it to you!"
"Oh? King Yan!" When Wang Xuance heard Liu Rengui's words, he couldn't help but look a little surprised.
After all, when he left, King Yan had also left not long ago. In Wang Xuance's opinion, it would take at least a few years for King Yan to find him after the Tuyuhun rebellion was put down and King Yan returned to Chang'an.
I will first cultivate the kind of horse-donkey hybrid species that King Yan needs.
As a result, he had just returned not long ago, and he hadn't even found the breeding horses yet. As a result, King Yan's letter had already been delivered to him.
King Yan was on the front line, but he was still worried about his own affairs. Wang Xuance couldn't help but feel a little ashamed!
Wang Xuance took the letter from Liu Rengui's hands with respectful hands and tore it open carefully. The content of the letter was not much, just a few words: "Hehuang is a state, Qinghai can be expected, the seeds will be restarted, and I will work with you."
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Wang Xuance couldn't help but smile a bit bitterly when he looked at Li Tai's letter. King Yan didn't even ask him if he was willing, so he let him go so domineeringly.
This is the journey from Youzhou to Hehuang Valley, which should take several months at least.
"Xuance, in the letter from King Yan, is there any panacea that can relieve the depression in your heart?" Liu Ren tracked.
"Zhengze is making fun of you!" Wang Xuance put the letter away calmly, and then said, "I, the Tang Dynasty, have taken over the Hehuang Valley, and I think the war with Tuyuhun has been won, so King Yan asked me to help
That’s all!”
When Liu Rengui heard Wang Xuance's words, he congratulated Wang Xuance with a smile on his face and said,
"Then I am here to congratulate Brother Zhengze. I have traveled thousands of miles, and my grand plans will reach the sky!"
"It's all supported by King Yan. Without King Yan, I wouldn't have returned to Youzhou from Chang'an in despair!" Wang Xuance shook his head at Liu Rengui and said, "Thank you brother Zhengze for sending the letter today. Let's stay together and make a tooth sacrifice."
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"Then I will take advantage of you!" After hearing Wang Xuance's words, Liu Rengui replied with a smile.
After all, apart from this place, even wealthy people in other places may not be able to eat meat every day, but here, at least roasting whole lamb is guaranteed.
After basically finishing the meal with Liu Rengui, Wang Xuance set off in a hurry and went all the way down the Grand Canal.
From Youzhou to Shanzhou, it is almost the easternmost to the westernmost point in the Tang Dynasty. It takes several months to travel.
At this time in Qinghai, Li Tai took the initiative to approach Li Jing and said, "Manager Li, leave those assets belonging to the soldiers to me, not counting the millions and millions of hairy ones. Do you still expect to let me handle them?"
Are the soldiers taking these livestock back to Chang'an?"
"King Yan, part of these spoils of war must be given to the imperial court. I can't be the master of this!" Li Jing couldn't help but say.
"Manager Li, I don't want to touch the court. I'm just asking, are you going to let them eat all the cattle and sheep you gave to the soldiers now, or are you going to take them all back to the court?
Save it, you take these things on the road, do you know how to take care of them?
I'm afraid most of these livestock will die on the way, so why bother!" Li Tai pestered again.
Hearing Li Tai's insistence, Li Jing paced back and forth, as if he was hesitant to speak, but finally couldn't help but said:
"But King Yan, you just took the handwritten food stamps and said you paid without even sealing them. Isn't it too much?
You are a prince, but you can’t treat all your soldiers as fools! If you don’t handle it well, the soldiers will riot!"
To be honest, Li Jing had no problem with Li Tai wanting to take over the various supplies he had captured during the Tuguhun battle.
After all, Li Jing has come to understand these days that Li Tai is really capable, and very capable.
Needless to say, in two months, the people of Shancheng, who had been plundered by the Tang army, did not say anything about eating pots of milk to welcome the king's army, but they actually obeyed King Yan's instructions and assisted the Tang army in handling logistical matters.
The enthusiasm seems quite high.
Li Jing didn't know how King Yan did it, but with such logistics, Li Jing could really breathe a sigh of relief.
But even so, this time Tuyuhun was destroyed and so many supplies were seized. According to the rules of the army system, the soldiers had one share, the generals had one share, and one share was handed over.
Many soldiers participated in the battle, not necessarily for military glory, but more knowledge for the capture after victory.
After all, military merit mainly depends on whether your superiors like you and whether they are greedy for your merits, but if you go to the battlefield and stuff it into your pocket, it is yours.
No matter how domineering a general is, he usually turns a blind eye to the seizures that his soldiers have made by fighting with their lives.
This is the inevitability of the government's military system. After all, in this system where soldiers and peasants are integrated and almost all equipment except armor is borne by themselves, do you really think that you can get ahead by fighting.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, Xue Rengui was the only one who rose to prominence because of the imperial military system. Because he was wearing a white horse and a silver spear, and his combat prowess was off the charts, he was spotted by the emperor.
As for other low-level generals from the military system, there are almost very few, so for the low-level military officers, they really don't expect to be promoted, but they only hope to get rich after winning battles.
As for their desire to make a fortune, even Li Shimin had to use his own internal funds to redeem it in order to save the soldiers from robbery.
Therefore, when Li Jing watched Li Tai use the food stamps written by himself to redeem the captured goods from the soldiers, Li Jing thought that this was pure money fraud. If the soldiers started to make trouble, Li Jing felt that something big would happen.
Li Tai pressed his temples and said to Li Jing,
"Manager Li, although you have eliminated the main force of Tuyuhun, because a city is to be built here in Xihai, Aye probably didn't let you return to the court immediately.
At least the area north of Dafeichuan and south of Xihai must be swept away so that I can take over!"
When Li Jing heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help but look at Li Tai and said, "What are you going to do?"
Li Tai nodded, but continued:
"Since there are not that many soldiers used, let's let the soldiers take turns to rest.
However, the local population is limited, with a maximum of 3,000 people in one batch. I will organize nülu, hot springs, and local specialties.
He even helped the soldiers clear their clothes and other chores, so that the soldiers were willing to hand over what they had seized."
To be honest, I may feel a little morally ashamed about organizing a brothel for women, but from the perspective of the ruler, if local women become pregnant as a result, it will be a good thing.
After all, I had originally planned to annex this place. Nothing could stabilize the local situation better than these children with Chinese blood growing up. Even if I just relied on education, I was afraid it would take decades to assimilate this place.
But now, as long as I have the motivation behind it, when these children grow up, the Chinese blood flowing in their blood will allow them to quickly help the local people of Shanzhou integrate into the Chinese.
Therefore, Li Tai asked Xue Rengui to bring the household registration information for the throne to select a woman.
Many of them are widows and one-woman households. They are from the Qiang ethnic group who do not have a strong concept of chastity and have no objection to selling their bodies.
After all, it is not despicable to survive.
Not to mention ancient times, every time disorder in modern society makes life difficult, it will lead to the decline of women's status in life.
At this time, selling one's body is often the last way for women to survive. After all, a grain of sand falling on one's head is like a mountain.
Whether it is Japan after the baptism of the new crown, or Ukraine when the Russo-Ukrainian war broke out, this is proven.
Of course, Li Tai was not hypocritical in thinking that he had saved these women by giving them a way to survive.
I just hope that the same disaster will not happen to the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future. It is better to earn this money first.
This is just like after World War II, a large part of Japan's start-up capital was obtained by providing various services to the US military stationed in Japan.
Now that the Tang army defeated Tuyuhun and looted Tuyuhun's wealth, it would be meaningless if these wealth could not be realized in the hands of Tang soldiers.
But with Li Tai's appearance, he could use his credibility to exchange the captured soldiers into food stamps. Of course, salt stamps are also available.
At the same time, he quickly pacified Shancheng and restored order to Shancheng, and even built many supporting facilities in Shancheng.
The establishment of these supporting facilities, especially the efforts of local people in Shancheng, has enabled Shancheng to undertake a certain level of consumption.
Of course, if the soldiers poured directly into Shancheng in one go, the Shancheng conquest facilities would definitely be overwhelmed.
So Li Tai initially set a quota of about 3,000, and it should be gradually expanded to 5,000, but that's about it.
If the city continues to increase consumption, it may not be impossible to continue to undertake it if it transforms, but this is inconsistent with Shancheng's original positioning.
Therefore, it is really unaffordable for a city of 30,000 to 50,000 people.
And this is a process for the soldiers to adapt to food stamps and salt stamps.
Of course, if they don't want to spend money and just want to exchange for food stamps or salt stamps and take them home to spend money, Li Tai won't object or even ask for it.
After all, when they return to Chang'an, the possibility of them exchanging food stamps for food stamps will be even smaller.
After all, there is no shortage of food in Chang'an now, wouldn't it be a good idea to exchange for other daily necessities?
So a month later, Li Jing was dumbfounded when he saw that almost all his soldiers had exchanged all their seizures for light food stamps drawn by Li Tai without any orders from him.
However, before Li Jing came to his senses, Li Tai came to Li Jing again and said, "Manager Li, I have a list here, please help me count it.
If the soldiers are in need, they can use my food stamps and salt stamps to go to the designated market in Chang'an to exchange for daily necessities at a price nine levels below the market price. This can be regarded as my gratitude to the soldiers!"
Li Jing looked at Li Tai with very complicated eyes. Although he couldn't understand Li Tai's operation, Li Jing still said to the generous Li Tai,
"King Yan, have you made a lot of money?"
"Being convenient for others and yourself is all about serving the country. There is nothing to gain or not!" Li Tai said sincerely.