Xu Mao couldn't talk about it, so he could only let people pass the word back, and it was not a good thing for him to not complete the task this time.

In the palace in the city of Wagang City, Li Mi was admiring his five-clawed dragon robe, he had been thinking about the matter of the emperor for too long, as today, the time and place are favorable, and the people are already available, he doesn't want to wait.

When he came back from purchasing materials from Youzhou, he would announce the news, and when the time came, he wanted to invite the leaders of the world's forces to visit Wagang.

If they don't come back, he will still have the credibility of letting Youzhou come forward to coordinate when the time comes, and the purpose is naturally not to do things when he is the emperor.

Even if he could, he wouldn't be able to do that, that would undoubtedly be self-defeating.

It can't be said by himself that the emperor is called, but not like Li Yuan, he needs to let many people witness it, and he will send an invitation letter to Chang'an when the time comes.

"The letter sent back by Duke Xu Mao from Youzhou needs to be opened by Duke Wei himself."

The personal guard interrupted Li Mi to admire his imperial robe, which made him a little unhappy, thinking that maybe Xu Maogong had already completed the procurement, and it should be almost a month after calculating the time.

He wasn't worried about what would happen to Xu Maogong, because the guards he followed were all people he arranged, but he didn't know that those guards had all let themselves go after they arrived in Youzhou.

Where are so many fun things to follow Xu Maogong closely, and as long as Xu Maogong doesn't leave Youzhou privately, it's really not so strict to be secretly guarded.

Otherwise, Xu Maogong would not have gone out to drink alone.

Li Mi opened the letter and looked at it, only to know that something was really wrong, and Youzhou was not satisfied with the price of procurement, and many materials raised price problems.

Where did he have the heart to think carefully about these problems now, and immediately hand over the matter to his subordinates to calculate the matter of their material reserves after changing the price.

After the results were out, Li Mi generally understood that after the price increase, it would be about 20% lower than the total amount of materials to be purchased, which would have an impact on the material reserves.

According to the market price, it is the same, which means that there is no preferential and low-cost freight, Li Mi thought about objecting, but from the cooperation agreement, he did not have any reason at all.

Thinking of the 60,000 elites in Wagang, it seems that they have not taken the initiative to go out on a mission since they were formed, which is equivalent to losing cooperation with Youzhou, which makes people feel angry, it is inevitable to say it, if it is replaced by him, it will be the same, and he will be angry.

Youzhou's current attitude is quite good, if they directly decide to sell materials, they will really have no choice.

"Send a caravan to Youzhou to meet Xu Maogong."

Li Mi also wrote a letter, they had no confidence in price negotiations, so they could only agree, who let him have more important things to wait for these materials.

The caravan also eradicated the adjusted price, and transported another sum of money, several of which were carts of iron ore, and the less than 20% had to be replenished.

At the same time, he sent Shan Xiongxin to the past, and now the relationship between the two sides is a little delicate, so let him pull the relationship into the past.

Although it is impossible to purchase armor on a large scale, it is still necessary to buy some on a small scale.

Shan Zhixin immediately took the soldiers and horses to prepare to set off after receiving the notice, in Li Mi's opinion, the money spent was not much, after all, the guards of his palace could not be too shabby, so he decided to purchase 20,000 sets of good armor.

The grade is more advanced than the elite armor of Wagang City, and Li Mi will not take into account the cost of buying things for himself, so he has changed from a few carriages of iron ore to all the iron ore transported by the caravan.

It's really unaffordable not to pay so much.

When he ascended the throne, he couldn't shiver too much, so the money that should be spent was spent, and besides, it was not a waste to buy armor to improve the combat effectiveness of the palace soldiers, and then pull them out to fight.

Who knows if it will be able to be dispatched in the end.

Shan Xiongxin stayed in the barracks every day, and he felt that the affairs of Wagang City had nothing to do with him, after all, there was nothing for him to stay in, and he almost didn't know what to do.

The soldiers and horses can't move, all he can do is to supervise the training of the soldiers, and if he wants to mobilize the captain, he can't go hunting, and he has to rely on his hundreds of personal guards.

In his opinion, Li Mi has not had much fighting spirit since the construction of Wagang City, and he has changed to a rich young master who has not been put in the barracks except for doing some commercial things.

This time, he was finally able to get out of the barracks and took on a freight mission, not to mention that it was a freight mission, but he knew that the iron ore transported by the caravan was used in exchange for necessary supplies.

When they go back, they will be carrying a large amount of rice grain and commercial goods, and the materials purchased according to Li Mi's plan may not be able to be transported in one trip, and they will be able to go out and walk more when the time comes.

"General Shan, this transportation depends on you, and there must be no situation."

Li Mi still came over to personally supervise the soldiers and horses to go out of the city, although it was just a formality, but it was put out for the people to see.

When a large amount of supplies are brought back, I believe that the people in the city will be at ease, because so much grain will become the foundation of Wagang City.

He has decided that the next work is to let the people grow more food, and according to the model of Youzhou, people can do it, and they can do it too.

I just don't understand that there is only one metropolitan governor named Li De in Youzhou, is it easy to reclaim the land, obviously not.

Judging from the experience of cultivating fields in Youzhou, the first thing to do is to have a large enough land, which is a necessary condition, there is no land to cultivate, so land is a must, followed by production tools.

The tools used in the reclamation are all made of iron and are made of good materials, which are not affordable for ordinary people according to market prices.

These tools are provided in Youzhou, and the grain is used instead to charge only the cost price, not the current year.

Because the fields cultivated in the first year are all in Youzhou now, and the money for the tools will be collected from the next year, and the money will be used to offset the grain.

After that, there was no such thing as taxation, and the castle guard government would still purchase a small amount of grain according to the three-year agreement, and then all of it would be carried out in the form of the market.

At the beginning of the development of Youzhou, most of the power of Youzhou was used for farming, so the tools were all regarded as enjoying benefits, and the strategies of the people who joined later would change, after all, it was not a stage of sharing weal and woe.

It's impossible for people to come and enjoy such good benefits, that's absolutely impossible, so some money still has to be paid.

Even so, the city guard is responsible for helping the people to reclaim the land.

The third is that the increase in the amount of land is related to the improved varieties cultivated for many years, and there is more scientific planting technology support, and the most important thing is the use of a variety of chemical fertilizers to achieve this achievement.

Unless the manager is a person with great perseverance and courage, there is some hope for persisting in a way similar to Youzhou.