No matter how cleverly Li Siye raised the issue of buying and selling to Lai Yao, the other party always pretended to be stupid and blocked the question, which really made him feel angry.
"Captain, I would like to ask you boldly because of my humiliation, where did the armor of our 20,000 athletes from Anxi come from?"
"Of course I know this. There is an armory supervisor under the supervision of the imperial court, who is responsible for supervising the production of armor and weapons, and then depositing them in the arsenal. The armor worn by the imperial soldiers must raise their own money to purchase from the arsenal. Later, the imperial court established various military towns.
The Jiedushi can recruit troops on his own, and the required armor will be purchased from the arsenal by the Jiedushi allocating money from the rent in the military town."
The Governor of Laiyao finally came to his senses and said angrily with wide eyes: "You Li Siye! How dare you do the business of this Governor, how dare you make money from the imperial court!"
Xiao Ting stood aside and did not miss the opportunity to strike. He raised the corner of his mouth and said: "As a guard, Li Siye privately summoned military households to cultivate fields, plant cotton, and make cotton clothes and quilts with the intention of selling them. This is not a mistake."
Do you regard yourself as the treasury of the young governor? As a shouchu under the rule of Anxi, he actually started business in the Protectorate. How ambitious is he?"
Li Siye glanced sideways at Xiao Ting, the director of the affairs department, and thought to himself that I have no grievances with you, so how could you look good to me in person? Am I at odds with you?
Although Lai Yao was angry that Li Siye wanted to do business with him, he did not exaggerate his crime. He just stretched out his hand and slapped the case, stood up, pointed at his buttocks and shouted: "How dare you even think about it! How dare you mention it!"
Are you blatantly making a fortune? For the sake of providing cotton-padded clothes and quilts to our Anxi soldiers, I will write down your head for the time being!"
Li Siye had no intention of repenting at all. He bowed and crossed his hands and said with a grimace: "I am doing this not for myself, but for Congling, and even more for Anxi."
Xiao Ting stood beside him and smiled coldly. He had never seen anyone talk about making money in business so confidently.
"It's really shameless and unheard of. Please tell me how you do it for the sake of Congling."
Li Siye straightened his chest and faced Xiao Ting and said: Xiao Ting joins the army. How old is the oldest soldier in Congling, and how old is the youngest soldier? I don't know, I'll tell you!"
"The old soldiers in Congling are in their sixties and white beards, and the younger ones are already in their twenties. The father and son soldiers are two generations of soldiers guarding the border together. There are only people buried in the loess in this place. No one is willing to come and become a guard. Isn't it?
Is life difficult in this high and cold land? The Anxi soldiers suffered the most among the athletes of the Tang Dynasty. The Anxi soldiers suffered the most hardships than Congling Shouzuo. The former Shouchuo suffered from gout, and he died there because there was no doctor or medicine.
After taking office, there is only a thin wooden coffin after death, and a cup of Sanle pulp can tell the story of one's life!"
Li Siye's words were excited, his voice was high-pitched, and his expression seemed to be depressed. The old guard of Laiyao had been guarding Anxi for decades, and he had the most affection for his soldiers. When he heard Li Siye complaining like this, his eyes turned slightly red and his true feelings moved.
He sighed and said: "Compared to other places in Anxi, Congling is indeed a bit more miserable, but what does this have to do with you making money?"
"Captain, you are doing this under your humble position, but it is just to provide a source of running water for the old and young men who are guarding Congling. They are already suffering enough. If we can't provide them with improved living conditions, who will be willing to come to Congling."
?The city wall is in disrepair and needs to be repaired. The thatched huts of the military households leak in the winter and rain in the summer and need to be repaired. The soldiers in Kucha can go to the wine shop to drink Sanlejiang, Guanzhong liquor, and wine, but
The men in Congling had to rush to drink even a bottle of Sanle pulp filled with soil and water. The soldiers in Shule could also go to the kilns... Well, they put all their bodies in order to make these cottons and quilts.
I spent what little money I had left, and I just wanted to improve their lives."
"That's nonsense." Xiao Ting snorted heavily and quickly crossed his hands and said to Lai Yao: "The Protector must not be misled by this person. He just wants to pursue business profits and line his own pockets! Congling Bitter Han, Bitter Han is you.
Is it an excuse to make a profit? I, the Anxi Protectorate, have supplied you with food and grass and paid you wages! If this is the case! Should we cut off your wages and let you spend your own money to buy food!"
"That's right!" Lai Yao suddenly came to his senses, pointed at Li Siye and said angrily: "Well, Li Siye, I almost fooled you! The Anxi Protectorate has supplied you with food and grass for so many years, and now you are asked to do so.
Give me some quilts and jackets, how dare you ask me for money!"
"Let me tell you, Li Siye! This winter, you can quickly get me 10,000 sets of quilts and cotton-padded jackets! Send them to Qiuci, otherwise I will protect your head!"
Sure enough, it was a scholar who met soldiers, and he couldn't explain why. These military men were unreasonable at all. He also wanted to turn Congling into a cotton planting base. But now, there is no reward. The military households in Congling are very motivated to produce.
It will be interrupted. Who is still willing to grow cotton? If he can't get his money back, he will definitely lose blood this time.
Of course, Li Siye was not willing to suffer such a big loss like this. He had to make up for the loss. He lowered his head and crossed his hands and said: "Ten thousand sets of quilts are difficult to achieve despite my humble position. The green ridge is only 500 acres of land. An adult man can only make 10,000 sets of quilts in a day."
With the ability to stretch eight or nine kilograms of cotton, a woman could only sew one cotton coat a day. We worked for two months to make two thousand sets of quilts and five hundred sets of cotton coats. We were afraid that we would not be able to meet the supply of the soldiers.
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Xiao Ting sneered and continued to hit the target: "Aren't you afraid that if you give all these to the Protector, you Congling won't be able to get your money back? You seem to be such a selfish person, how can you be credulous? Protector, I humbly suggest that I take the lead.
One group went to Congling, monitored all military households, and also controlled the existing cotton quilts and cotton-padded jackets to ensure that all quilts were transported to Kucha in one piece."
Li Siye stared at each other, why is Xiao Ting so eager to make Mao hate him? What bad things have I done to make him hate me so much?
"Protector! If Li Siye was a selfish person, he could have concealed it from the Governor's office and sold these quilts to passing business travelers, but we didn't do that because we were thinking about the well-being of the 20,000 athletes in Anxi, and even more about the countless people in Anxi.
The safety of the people! The sincerity of Heiye can be learned from heaven and man!"
"If some people don't believe it, you can go to the garment workshop in Kucha City and ask how long it takes to make a sandwich jacket. The humble duty of Protector-General cannot supply all the Anxi Army's quilts and jackets, but it can make the market more popular.
The prices of sheepskin jackets and woolen quilts have dropped.”
"Oh?" Gao Xianzhi, who was sitting in front of the desk, was just looking at it coldly, but suddenly asked: "What method, please tell me."
Finally, someone was willing to take the initiative to inquire and express interest. Li Siye immediately faced Gao Xianzhi and said: "The humble job will bring two thousand cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded jackets from Congling. One thousand pieces will be supplied to the Duhu Mansion, and one thousand pieces will be placed in the Qiuci market.
Sell the sheepskin jackets and woolen quilts at the cost price, and engage in a price war. As a result, the sheepskin jackets in the hands of unscrupulous traders cannot be sold, and they can only sell them at a lower price."
"No!" Xiao Ting said with a sinister smile: "In the end, you still have to do business! You don't need to worry about the sheepskin and wool that are maliciously raising prices in the market. You just need to give away the quilts and jackets in your hands one by one.
Just come out."
Lai Yao stood on the floor and walked around twice. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and said, "Okay, Li Siye, I will do as you said. There are two thousand cotton-padded jackets and quilts each. How much does one cost?"
When Li Siye saw that there was a way, he quickly said: "The cost is three hundred yuan."
Lai Duhu chuckled: "Cut your cost in half, one hundred and fifty yuan. How many pieces you send here will be paid to you by the Duhu Mansion. Another thousand pieces can be sold to the market in Qiuci
Sell it at a lower price, and you must not let me down."
Li Siye was dumbfounded, the price was so high! He suspected that Lai Duhu did not belong to this world, otherwise it would be impossible to have such an accurate positioning.
Xiao Ting also stood aside in disbelief. He really didn't expect that the Lai Duhu would actually agree to this person's request. This Li Siye is really not inferior to others. He can make waves in a remote place like Congling!