Li Mi has never forgotten to grow grain, but the harvest is still the same, and even the cities and counties in Wagang's sphere of influence have not encountered natural disasters, and the harvest is similar to before.

Not to mention the increase in production, the current situation has regressed a lot, and this aspect is reflected in the annual tax collection, and the lack of tax will naturally reflect the problem.

Li Mi's ambitions were all in his plans, and the people didn't expect anything, so he didn't feel any pressure at all.

However, his strategy is still very reliable, and the key to success depends on execution.

After Shan Xiongxin escorted the caravan to Youzhou and saw Xu Maogong, he found that the other party had lost some weight, and the change from before was really big, and he almost didn't recognize it.

"Mao Gong, what's wrong with you, people look a little haggard."

Shan Xiongxin is still very concerned about this military advisor, and Xu Maogong is not in a state at this time, thinking that it may be because the procurement matter has not been negotiated and has been hindered.

"The letter brought by Duke Wei."

Xu Maogong himself knew that Tong Fu often dragged him to the tavern during the time he was waiting for the news, but it was different from the tavern he went to before, it was not the kind of high-consumption place.

The tavern they chose was smaller in size, and there was music, singing and dancing, but it was not very noisy, and the price of drinks was normal, not only wine, but also staple food, and many dishes.

He is thin but healthy and thin, but there is no way to do this kind of thing, he can only rely on himself.

Today, when he saw Shan Xiongxin personally leading the team, he understood what Li Mi meant, don't look at a person who led the team, and there were many of them.

It was precisely because of the price of this purchase that Li Mi knew that in fact, without the support of Youzhou, Wagang City still lacked confidence.

As a result, when Shan Xiongxin said that he came over this time, it was good to hand over some mercenaries to the city guard, and the most important thing was the purchase of armor.

"What, 20,000 sets of exquisite armor, do you know how much money it costs?"

Xu Maogong had to be surprised, the armor used by the elite of Wagang now was already the lowest price, and even so, the price was not something that any force could afford.

How much money does it cost to buy 20,000 sets of more refined armor, the core things of Wagang City are not available to him now, but from some external trivial expenses, he can know that he is definitely not as rich as he imagined.

"Don't worry, this time the caravan is fully dispatched, and all the iron ore is pulled."

After Shan Xiongxin finished speaking, Xu Maogong was silent, he was so angry that he wasted these resources, it can be said that in exchange for exquisite armor, he actually took out all the reserves of Wagang in recent years.

Don't look at it, it's just iron ore, not gold and silver jewelry, but the value between them is equal.

Wouldn't it be better to have so much iron ore than to build a delicate weapon by himself, but thinking about it, he could understand Li Mi's thoughts.

The blacksmiths of Wagang really can't compare, otherwise they wouldn't have offered to buy exquisite armor, and what made him even more silent was Li Mi's attitude towards things.

For the sake of vanity and his own desires, he even ignored the development of Wagang City, and in his opinion, if this continues, the only thing left is despair.

Sadly, he doesn't have any authority, and this kind of thing shouldn't be his own.

"Maogong, what's wrong with you?" Shan Xiongxin saw that something was wrong with Xu Maogong.

"It's okay, but I think the cost this time is a bit big."

"Now that the iron ore has been taken to the city guard mansion for handover, the procurement should be done as soon as possible, and Duke Wei has repeatedly instructed us to rush back within the specified time."

"Yes."

As soon as the two met, they began to go their separate ways.

Xu Maogong went to Tong Fu to talk about procurement, and this time the purchase price was no longer an obstacle, so the discussion went very smoothly.

It has been agreed that the other party's caravan will be loaded into the truck at the designated location, and after the goods are handed over, the people of the city guard will not care.

After that, the caravans in Wagang were all in charge, and if they needed to hire caravans, several of them in the city could provide services at any time.

However, the caravan brought by Shan Xiongxin definitely did not need such a service, and they were all ready to transport the second trip.

The caravan was full of grain, so much grain made Shan Xiongxin a little nervous about transportation, but Xu Maogong did not follow back, because he still had to wait for the caravan to return and transport the rest of the goods before he could go back.

So Xu Maogong was idle again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tong Fu put aside some work and contacted him again, and the things he talked about became more and more relaxed, and the scope of his involvement became more and more extensive.

In Youzhou, there is such a relaxed mood, because no matter what words are spoken, no one cares.

The think tank's poaching plan has been unfolding, and today is a very important action, that is, to make Xu Maogong drunk.

After being suppressed for a long time, someone took the initiative to guide him, and the result was that Xu Maogong began to complain unabashedly after drinking high.

When he woke up the next day, he didn't realize that his drunken behavior had been overheard by the people who accompanied him, and he was unaware of it.

Tong Fu completed the task, the person who went to guide was not him but some passers-by who deliberately guided, if the people from Youzhou were dispatched, they would definitely be suspected, this kind of risk must not be taken because it is not necessary.

Many of the people in the tavern are impossible to verify, and even if they happen to be found, there is no evidence.

Besides, this kind of thing of guiding the mood can lead the parties to deviate from the conversation, which is a small means in the eyes of the think tank.

The effect is very obvious.

After Xu Maogong returned, Li Mi would know what was happening in Youzhou, imagine how it would be if your boss heard that his subordinates were complaining about him behind his back.

What's more, Xu Maogong has a certain prestige and connections among the Wagang soldiers, if he really wants to do something unfavorable to Wagang, he can sell a lot of news in minutes.

Li Mi is a cautious person, and the problem of extravagant life style does not affect him to be a capable person, so he thinks a lot about Xu Maogong's problem, after all, it is not something that can be cut off with one knife.

Some of his subordinates joined him later, and if he really made Xu Mao public, it would actually have a great impact on him.

Besides, his next important thing is to become the emperor, if he does something that affects the internal harmony, it will be purely unpleasant.

What's more, he knew about this matter under the guidance of someone to see it, so he couldn't say it directly, because that would have a greater impact.

can only write down the matter first, anyway, Xu Maogong now has no core right to let him do something else, out of sight, you just don't bother.

Xu Maogong didn't know that in the future, his work would be completely transformed into an idle job, and there were still many things waiting for him to deal with before, but this time he was directly not assigned a job.

Li Mi didn't do it all at once, so he handed over the matter of the celebrant to Xu Maogong, who was responsible for etiquette, clothing, honor guards and other things.