"Um... I won't disturb the king as he handles business, and I'll take my leave first!" Yan Wan said quickly.
After Yan Wan finished speaking, she covered her face and ran away decisively, with a slender white fox tail hanging on her back dragging the ground.
"Tsk tsk, isn't it just cosplay? What are you doing running so fast? In fact, in the future, you can also play Chang'e flying to the moon, Xizi holding your heart, Farewell My Concubine, etc. to enhance the friendship between husband and wife!"
Li Tai watched Yan Wan run away shyly and couldn't help but sigh. He finally had some free time and allowed himself and Yan Wan some private space, but it was destroyed by Bai He.
However, fun is fun, and at this time Li Tai still focused on the information given by Bai He.
Li Jingxuan was the governor of Guzhou, Li Xiaoqing, but Guzhou was removed long ago and is now called Guangzhou.
Regardless of his junior official position, Li Tai may not be able to recruit him because he comes from the southern ancestor of the Li family in Zhao County with five families and seven surnames, so he may not pay attention to Li Tai.
Zhang Daan's father was Zhang Gongjin, whom Li Tai knew. Zhang Gongjin was the governor of Xiangzhou. He suddenly fell ill while he was in office and died suddenly.
If they were in Chang'an, Sun Simiao could help and rescue Zhang Gongjin like he rescued Du Ruhui, but there was really nothing he could do far away in Xiangzhou.
And Zhang Daan is Zhang Gongjin's third son. With his father here, Zhang Daan doesn't need to help him.
As long as he shows his talent, I believe Li Shimin will definitely give him a reasonable arrangement. Li Tai has no doubt about this.
However, looking at Zhang Gongjin, Li Tai couldn't help but think of Zhou Gongjin. He wondered if people named Gongjin these days had the attribute of dying young. He should avoid these two words when naming his children in the future.
But I have to say that Zhang Gongjin is actually a person with the same development potential as Zhou Gongjin.
If he is still alive, then after Hou Junji, at least in Li Shimin's opinion, the person most worthy of training is probably Zhang Gongjin.
In the future, maybe the successor of the Tang Army God will be Zhang Gongjin rather than Li Ji, but history has no ifs.
"Another guy who can't handle it!" Li Tai sighed and turned his attention to the next one, "Pei Xingjian? What kind of unknown guy is this? He has no impression at all!"
This can’t be blamed on Li Tai. He didn’t even know Su Lie, so how could he know Pei Xingjian? If Pei Xingjian asked Baili to keep his promise at this time, then Li Tai would more or less set up a stage for him, and he would definitely be treated like Xue Rengui.
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Li Tai looked at Pei Xingjian's information and said, "The son of Pei Renji comes from a family of generals. No wonder he plays chess like a soldier.
In other words, he had a romantic relationship with Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong and others, and his father gave him the posthumous title of Zhong, so there must be no problem with the political review.
It seems that if we work hard to win over him, it might be a good choice to command Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and other troops in the future."
Li Tai knew very well that not everyone could grab it in his hand.
Like Xue Rengui, who was poor and had nothing to do. Although his ancestors had some reputation, he could only brag about the reputation of his ancestors, which could not give him any real help from connections.
So I gave him my academy soldiers. He could only be a direct descendant of the Wei Palace, and there was no other choice.
But I can't win over other forces by just saying a few words. Even if Cheng Zhijie suddenly says at this time that I want to side with you, King Wei, and I am willing to go through fire and water for you, I will believe it or not.
And even if he gained power in the future, he would not be able to arrange for Xue Rengui to lead the troops brought by Cheng Zhijie.
After all, as long as he doesn't have the kind of record that can convince the public, even if he becomes the emperor, Xue Rengui will at most be in charge of the Central Army. It's not that he can't command Cheng Yaojin's soldiers, but he just doesn't have the success of commanding his own Central Army.
Therefore, I need to arrange for someone to inherit the soldiers of Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong and others.
Now it seems that Pei Xingjian is very suitable. At least he has a close relationship with Cheng Yaojin. If he is willing to invest corresponding resources, he may get a good return.
As for Pei Xingjian's appearance as a scholar, Li Tai didn't care. A Tang Dynasty scholar who didn't know how to kill was considered a fart scholar.
It was a very normal operation in the entire Tang Dynasty to appoint generals and prime ministers. Wang Xuance looked gentle and polite like an ordinary scholar, but who knew that he had such abundant martial virtue genes that he could destroy people and destroy their country.
Li Tai was patient and waited for the next game. Soon, Shiban chess continued to play against each other. In the process, although the players were exhausted mentally and physically, their fighting spirit became more and more high. In contrast, there were chess players on the Luohe River from time to time.
The bettor jumped off the dog, apparently because he was heavily in debt and had bet heavily. After losing the bet, he immediately jumped into the river.
For this kind of thing, the only thing Li Tai can do is to arrange for bad people to rent a boat and patrol it. If someone jumps into the river, he will send someone over to fish him out. God has a good life, not to mention Li Tai
Huh!
"Leave me alone, just let me die. I'm gone, I've got nothing!" The man couldn't help crying.
At this time, the bad guys said in a very amiable manner, "It's not like you have nothing, you still have life!"
"I owe a huge debt. I can't afford it in this life. Just let me die!" Gambling Dog couldn't help crying.
"Although I don't despise your gambling behavior, King Wei is kind and gives you gambling dogs a way out.
In the future, if you go to work in the mines, the money you earn will be divided into two parts. One part will be used to repay as much as you can, and the other part will be saved by the government.
The Game of Luoshui is held every three years, and the remaining money will be paid back to you in one lump sum.
You want to gamble again or use the money to pay off debts, it’s up to you!”
The bad person should give good advice to the person who jumped into the river.
"As for you who owe huge debts, with King Wei here, as long as you work hard, those creditors can't find you. As long as you live, there is still hope of repaying the money, right?"
"Hope..." The gambling dog couldn't help but feel the desire to survive when he heard the bad guy's words.
Catching a bad person is like grabbing the hope for the future, he said,
"Thank you, Mr. Lang, for saving my brother! I've already died once, so there's nothing I can't look away from."
"It's good to know!" The bad guy nodded, "If you want to thank the King of Wei, thank him. If he comes forward, the loan shark you owe will be locked up.
I will never compound interest in the future. Work hard and work hard, and you will eventually be able to pay back the money."
"Thank you, King Wei, for your kindness." When the gambling dog heard these words, the despair in his heart diluted even more.
Although I owe a lot of money, at least I can't pay it all in this life. I still have hope in this life!
Li Tai watched Wei Xu send bad guys to patrol the Wei River and rescued a gambling dog. He couldn't help but feel that his soul had been baptized. He was indeed a good person!
"Wang Xianming, Wei Wang, there are many gambling dogs these days who put their lives and wealth on the gambling of Shifanqi. If you had not asked your subordinates to send people to patrol the Weishui River, I am afraid that hundreds of lives would have been caused by the Weishui River."
Wei Xu couldn't help but sigh, "I hope these gambling dogs can learn some good and bad things and quit gambling, and your kindness will be in vain."
"Yes!" Li Tai nodded and said, "Those who are willing to work to repay their debts, we must give them a chance to change their ways. No one can make mistakes without being a sage. If you give others a chance, you should give yourself a chance!"
To be honest, Li Tai doesn't understand why capital drives people to the point of committing suicide.
Don't you know that people are just like leeks? As long as people are alive, their consumption and production will eventually generate wealth.
But for Li Tai, he always firmly believes that people are the most precious resource in the world, even if he bets on dogs, he is still a human!
Compared to other people, gambling dogs don't need to give him too much. Just letting him survive and giving him a chance to make a profit is enough.
Instead of giving them a little money every month, these gambling dogs don't appreciate the preciousness of the wealth in their hands. They might as well leave it to themselves, manage them like prisoners, and finally give them a piece of gambling capital.
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Of course they can leave, but as long as they leave, the loan shark organization he owes money to will come to them and force them to repay the money. By then they will know that they have nowhere to go but Li Tai's protection.
go.
For loan sharking organizations, although they are naturally very opposed to the inability to compound interest, they know better that if Li Tai does not intervene and these people directly dive to their death, then it will really be a loss, and they will really get nothing.
arrive.
Therefore, some conscious loan shark organizations will still choose to cooperate with Li Tai.
As for the loan shark organization that doesn't cooperate with Li Tai, what else can such an organization that cares about human life do? Lu Cai checked their old accounts for me, and Wei Xu checked their hometown for me.
In an instant, before those gambling dogs entered the mines to work, these members of the loan shark organization went in to serve for life.
Seeing Li Tai's resolute attitude, other loan shark organizations could only bow their heads and accept their fate.
Who makes Li Tai really want force and financial resources? As for his background, who can be tougher than Li Tai!
What can they do in the face of the knife-like dragon crossing the river? They are also very helpless!
Therefore, as long as those of the large and small loan sharking organizations in Luoyang survived basically signed a contract with Li Tai.
That is, the King of Wei does not care how much interest there is before signing the contract with the King of Wei, but after signing the contract with the King of Wei, the interest rate is not allowed to increase!
Then, those who signed the contract went to mine obediently.
Although in the first month, these organizations, large and small, still had some complaints.
After all, King Wei was too unreasonable, but when the wages of these gambling dogs arrived in the first month, these large and small loan sharking organizations stopped saying anything.
Even after waiting for a few months, some people who couldn't afford to borrow money from loan sharks appeared. Just when they were about to wipe their necks, the loan sharks knelt down on the spot and tried to persuade them:
"Why are you committing suicide? Go to Prince Wei's Mansion and sign a contract. You will work hard there and then repay the debt.
Is there any threshold that cannot be passed? Only when people are alive can they have hope! You don’t have nothing, you still have life!”
For these loan sharks, they knew very well that King Wei did not like to use loan sharks to force people to death.
What if King Wei gets angry and refuses to sign a contract with his organization in the future? How can he still hang out in Luoyang?
After all, what is most important to loan sharks is, of course, the liquidity of funds.
If liquidity is cut off, loan sharks may be the first to pack up and run away.
After all, you really think that the loan shark money is your own money. For loan sharks, you also have to pay dividends to your upline.
(The author couldn't help but recall that when he was young and ignorant in college, he lent money to his classmates and charged 10% interest a month according to the standards of a Monopoly. He thought he was helping others, but now that he thinks about it, he was so cruel.)
Therefore, although the person who works for them does not earn much money every month, it is better than stability.
For loan sharks, stable income and stable liquidity can be said to be the most precious things.
Therefore, when they have been making steady profits for several months, they are still happy to cooperate with Li Tai even if Li Tai still pressures them.
In this way, a closed cycle system emerged that gave gambling dogs hope of recovery, provided money to loan sharks, and continuously provided labor for the Litai Mine.
Of course, Li Tai knew very well that his own system could not save gambling dogs.
Because the only way to save a gambling dog is not to gamble, but Li Tai knows very well that it is easy for humans to want to talk to others, but it is difficult to overcome their own nature.
There are so many people who take the initiative to work in the mines. When they get the wealth they have accumulated for three years and watch the upcoming Luoshui Game, they reach a crossroads of life choices.
Whether they choose to take the plunge and turn their bicycles into motorcycles, or to repay the money honestly and ask for a fresh start, I am afraid that only they can make the final decision at that time.
But Li Tai knew that at least 99% of them were afraid that they would gamble away the wealth they had accumulated over the past three years, and then go back to the mines to accumulate wealth and continue mining and accumulation, over and over again, until they continued to work.
There is no qualification to sell labor force.
Li Tai understood that the last glimmer of hope he gave them was not hope at all, but the greed that completely wiped them out and blew out the last bit of oil and water.
But at least they are still alive and enjoying the treatment that ordinary miners can enjoy in the mine. Basically, except that they cannot leave the mine, there are not many restrictions on them. At least they still have the treatment that humans should have.
And if they leave here, they may no longer be adults.
So they will still stay with little hope and be exploited by Li Tai obediently, squeezing out the last remaining value from them.
In Li Tai's action to save the gambling dog, soon the top four of the game also appeared one by one according to the points they obtained as the ten rounds of chess ended. They were Fan Yuefeng, Zhang Daan, Yuan Keshi, and Bianji Monk.
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Pei Xingjian was one point behind in defense. Looking at this result, Li Tai felt that it was time to talk to Pei Xingjian.