When Li Jing came to Li Tai's camp, Li Tai was not afraid that Li Jing would do anything detrimental to him, so he was quite calm when facing Li Jing.
Because in the final analysis, Li Jing is a fence-sitting person. This kind of person may only be the icing on the cake and will not provide help when the time is right, but he is definitely not the kind of person who is willing to charge into the battle for the prince.
He is not even willing to fight for Li Shimin. He is now over 60 years old. Is he still young?
So how much face does Li Chengqian have to have? I'm afraid he must have the legendary luck of being a son of face position.
Li Tai muttered in his heart, but his hand movements were not slow after all. He served Li Jing some local tea, and then said calmly,
"Manager Li, you came to camp with me today, but you are also interested in joining the development of Qinghai?"
"So what if it is, so what if it's not!" Li Jing said calmly after hearing Li Tai's words.
"Yes, of course you are welcome. If not, then please tell me directly what the purpose of Mr. Li's coming here is!" Li Tai said.
Li Jing was stunned by Li Tai's directness, but said calmly, "I just heard that King Yan is interested in developing Qinghai, so I also plan to take a share here. Fifty thousand livestock should be enough!"
"Then I'll accept it!" Li Tai said calmly when facing Li Jing, "As long as you, the manager, are not afraid of losing money!"
Li Jing looked at Li Tai's posture and said to Li Tai, "I have always known that King Yan is good at planning and likes to kill two birds with one stone. Let the soldiers participate in this, I am afraid it is not just for the development of the West Sea!"
"Yes and no!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "It is indeed difficult to develop Qinghai by relying solely on the Yue Palace.
After all, if I could really develop Qinghai with the efforts of Yue Wangfu and my family, it would take a lot of time and experience.
The current generals are participating and will directly use the wealth plundered from Tuyuhun to build a city in Qinghai, thus minimizing unnecessary losses."
"The construction of Qinghai is indeed inevitable!" Li Jing couldn't help but sigh,
"If we can't defend the West Sea, Hehuang Valley, we may be tired of dealing with the new generation of Tuyuhun people in ten or twenty years.
But now the two are dependent on each other and can become the northwest barrier of the Tang Dynasty to the greatest extent, so I have no objection to King Yan's move to build the city."
This is also the reason why Li Jing supports Li Tai, because from a national level, establishing a forward base in Qinghai is really meaningful!
"I think you will also find that Qinghai is different from us down here!" Li Tai looked at Li Jing and said.
"What King Yan means...miasma!" Li Jing understood immediately after hearing Li Tai's words.
Compared to the alien race itself, relatively speaking, miasma or altitude sickness was Li Jing's biggest headache.
After all, the soldiers he brought with him were almost wiped out when they first arrived on the plateau. If someone with a similar level to him had come, the Tang army would definitely be gone. This opportunity would be great for anyone who wants to attack the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
fatal.
Li Tai explained: "So, the generals need to have interests in Qinghai, so that the generals will defend Qinghai to the death.
Because this place is gone, the best horses in Datang will be gone, and their steady stream of dividends will be gone too.
And with benefits, they will come to understand Qinghai and know that it is different from the mountains below.
Not just anyone can bring troops here to win the battle. If you bring troops from the mountains, altitude sickness will be the first hurdle!"
"King Yan, although I have no objection to building a city here in the West Sea, I always feel that you are taking it too seriously!"
Li Jing looked at Li Tai and asked what was in his heart.
Li Jing really didn't understand why Li Tai was so worried about this place and even roped in everyone into it.
To be honest, Li Jing felt that Li Tai's mentality was a little wrong. For Datang, wouldn't any enemy be pushed all the way?
And Li Tai heard Li Jing's disdain for this barbaric land. To be honest, Li Tai also understood why Li Jing felt such disdain. The reason was very simple. Since ancient times, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has never had a threat to China.
civilization.
The enemy of Chinese civilization has been the north since ancient times. Under such circumstances, what should we pay attention to in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?
Li Tai said to Li Jing, "Manager Li, please wait a moment!"
Li Tai said and returned to his room, quickly found a box and placed it in front of Li Jing.
Li Jing took the box and opened it, only to see some stir-fried highland barley inside.
Li Jing couldn't help but frowned when he looked at these highland barley, and asked in confusion, "King Yan, what are these?"
"Highland barley is a type of barley and is the staple food here. Around Qinghai, basically only this kind of food can be grown!"
Li Tai said, "I don't know how big the area is north of Dafeichuan, but as long as there is land in the Guanzhong Plain where it doesn't rain, a country that can threaten Datang is likely to be born opposite Dafeichuan.
At least it can threaten Qinghai!"
"I'm afraid King Yan is overly worried!" Li Jing couldn't help but shake his head after hearing Li Tai's words, "I've never heard of any powerful countries around the Western Sea since ancient times, they're just some Qiang people!"
"It didn't happen before because the temperature wasn't high enough, but Mr. Li, don't you think it's getting hotter and hotter in recent years?"
Li Tai looked at Li Jing and said, "As long as the temperature is high, the ice and snow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will melt and there will be water.
And having water is the foundation for everything.
Because the weather is getting hotter, we in the Tang Dynasty are likely to face a country that we have never expected before."
"What King Yan said is a bit unfounded!" Li Jing heard Li Tai's words and shook his head after thinking about it.
Although Li Tai's words sound a little logical, China has never had any trouble over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for so long, but you suddenly jumped out and said that there will be a country here that threatens the Tang Dynasty, even if someone like Li Jing
People don’t believe it either!
Li Tai smiled helplessly, but with a bit of sadness.
Even Li Jing couldn't explain it, so other people might not believe his guess even more.
Li Tai said slowly at this moment, "That's it. Manager Li, why don't you help me with one more thing?"
"King Yan, please speak." Li Jing heard Li Tai's words, but he replied with a bit of solemnity.
Li Tai said, "I asked Manager Li to truthfully write down the matter of raising people to seize and build the city in the memorial to Aye.
As for everyone’s names and numbers, there’s no need to hide them and just tell Aye!”
"Oh!" Li Jing heard Li Tai's words and looked at Li Tai with a bit of surprise.
"This is a business matter, so of course I can't tell anyone anything!" Li Tai said frankly as he looked at Li Jingtan.
"The King of Yan is so righteous!" Li Jing couldn't help but salute Li Tai when he heard what Li Tai said, "I will definitely report it truthfully!"
After Li Jing finished talking to Li Tai, he bowed and left without intending to stay any longer.
The reason why Li Jing will invest in Li Tai is not because he is optimistic about what Li Tai will do, but because he is already over sixty years old, which was considered old in ancient times.
Li Jing thought that he would definitely not be able to participate in the struggle between Li Tai and the prince in the future. In this case, why didn't he participate in this kind of activity that the military was involved in? After all, even if he is a prince, he still has to support his family!
At this moment, with Li Jing leaving, Li Tai's involvement in recruiting people into the gang has more or less come to an end.
Li Tai looked at Li Jing's leaving figure and couldn't help but think:
“It seems necessary to create a reservoir for orderly harvesting of top-level wealth.
Otherwise, the wealth at the top level will continue to accumulate. If the money and food system created by me is also used, things will still be easy to happen!
For the common people, I can incorporate the wealth of the soldiers into my own system in an orderly manner through scissors, and there is an increasing trend.
But if these senior executives who hold a lot of wealth collectively use their food stamps to cash in, although they are not afraid, it will still be somewhat troublesome. After all, in finance, in the end, you still have to play with confidence!
Hey, the main reason is that I currently have too few basic materials, only grain, salt and charcoal. Before large-scale cotton cloth comes out, I dare not say that I have mastered cloth. After I create fried tea, maybe I can cultivate and cultivate the market.
Matures quickly.
As for the reservoir, the time for things like the stock market is not yet ripe. We need to wait until the Silk Road is really busy and let everyone raise funds to do business together, and then launch the stock market. If we launch it now, it will die.
On the other hand, when I go to Luoyang, I will figure out futures, and then I can really make money from commodities!"
Li Tai sighed and pulled these generals to build the city. To be honest, he really had both public and selfish motives.
The most important reason is that if these big guys have too much money, I am afraid that the credit currency system in the name of food stamps will not be able to withstand the impact of these big guys suddenly withdrawing a large amount of money.
So we need to find ways to create a new reservoir to guide these big guys to invest their money elsewhere.
Instead of directly hitting your own money and food system, otherwise your money and food system will be able to withstand it, and there will be an impact.
This is why Li Tai proposed the completion of this project. It will take time for his own money and food system to grow.
As for why, Li Tai has always used food stamps mainly, and other bills are just supplements. One of the important points is that although there were coins such as Kaiyuan Tongbao in the Tang Dynasty, the most basic currency was grain, cloth, and gold.
precious metals.
However, for the common people, it can only be used at the level of cloth, and the payment of food stamps actually vaguely replaces the grain transaction. Although it is pronounced as food stamps, in the common people's transactions
, actually circulated as currency.
This kind of food stamps are basically replaced once a year. When the new year comes, the time for food stamps and other bills expires.
Then the common people need to go to the designated granary to collect food, or exchange food stamps for a new year, otherwise the old food stamps will not be exchanged after a period of time, but generally there is a three-month period, so it is definitely time.
After all, these food stamps are just a currency in the transitional period. It still takes time to really turn it into paper currency.
However, these people at the bottom need to exchange currency within a limited time, but these generals and customers, as long as they use food stamps, will come to their homes at the designated time every year to help them exchange.
Therefore, these generals living in Chang'an all recognized these food stamps.
Because unlike the big-headed soldiers, they had actually taken these food stamps to Gaoling to spend money, and they knew the value of these food stamps.
And to put it a step back, these food stamps are actually bonds. If King Yan really can't get the money and food, the people will definitely not be able to get the money back, but these generals are more or less qualified to meet the saints.
As long as they lose their shame and go to the court to cause trouble, the court will still take care of it. Even if the court dare not take care of it, the saint will still take care of it.
After all, it is natural for the government to repay debts, so the court can still rely on itself.
Just like this, these senior officers feel confident using the food stamps given by Li Tai.
Precisely because they can use it with confidence, Li Tai needs to find some place similar to a water reservoir to guide them to invest, instead of waiting to buy up Chang'an's salt or rice like a nouveau riche after returning.
In any case, whether it is through deception or deception, or even relying on the famous brand name of the prince, at least these embryo killers are willing to invest money to develop Qinghai.
Li Tai was also afraid that these guys would calm down and regret it after a long time, so he decided to take his personal guards to find a suitable location for the main city.
For this reason, Li Tai first suffered from altitude sickness. It has to be said that even if he drank saffron, it was still quite painful.
Fortunately, I was in good health, and by exercising every day, I finally got through the most painful period.
Then they searched for a suitable location for building the city around Qinghai Lake.
There are two things Li Tai admires. One is the place now called Haiyan County. It has the advantage of being at the source of the Huangshui River, and supplies from the Huangshui Valley can be delivered quickly.
Likewise, the output here can be quickly produced and sent to the Hehuang Valley. After all, water transportation is the lifeline of the city.
The other one is now called Gonghe County and was called Xihai County in the Tang Dynasty. It also has the ruins of Xihai County established by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty when he personally conquered Tuyuhun. Seeing it made Li Tai sigh for time.
However, it is much more difficult for Xihai County to obtain supplies from the Hehuang Valley than from the source of the Huangshui River where Haiyan County is located.
But here lies the Riyue Mountain Uplift Belt and the Qinghai Lake Basin in the north, the Nanshan Mountains in Qinghai and the Gonghe Basin on the south side of the mountains in the middle, and the Ora Mountains and the Yellow River Valley in the south. It is the only way to enter Tibet, and it can even be regarded as "Qinghai-Tibet".
throat".
In terms of the importance of geographical location, Li Tai felt that Xihai County was more important. The most important thing was the basin. Li Tai felt that it was a pretty good place for grazing.
After returning, Li Tai discussed with Li Jing, hoping to use his military perspective to see whether one of the two places was more suitable.
In the end, Li Jing thought over and over again and chose Xihai County.
After meeting Li Jing and making a decision, Li Tai had nothing to hesitate and naturally chose Xihai County.
Not long after the decision was made, the governor of Xihai County, who Li Tai had been waiting for, finally arrived belatedly.
Wang Xuance, who set out from Youzhou, arrived all the way to Shanzhou, and then went directly to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to find Li Tai, finally appeared in front of Li Tai, and saluted Li Tai with a bit of shyness,
"Prince Yan, Prince Xuance of Luoyang has arrived as promised!"