Chapter 298: Beacon Fire in the Western Regions (7)

"Li Dudu, if I don't come to you, you won't come to me? Don't you look down on me Yang Yu! ”

Li Xun is dealing with official business, there have been a lot of things recently, and the others are good to say, but there are some things in the army, and the military salary has not been paid for several months, and the treatment is getting worse day by day.

This matter, Li Xun has a great headache, being a soldier and eating food, this is a simple thing, if you are a soldier, you can't even keep a basic food and clothing, so what kind of soldier is you? Why should I follow you to play with others? If the treatment is not good, it will definitely affect morale, and if the morale is not good, the combat effectiveness will naturally be very poor, and this is a vicious circle.

Li Xun used to be the requester, after a few big battles, Zhao Zhi's reward was delayed, he used to be very angry, and there were many whispers in his heart, but now he has become the requester, Li Xun finally realized that Zhao Zhi's various troubles were just two words, no money.

Li Xun stopped what he was doing, looked up at Yang Yu, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Yang, you also know a thing or two about what happened to me, I am sad all day now, if anyone can help me and recognize him as a father, I am willing." ”

Yang Yu found a seat and sat down, and when he saw Li Xun's appearance, he said in surprise: "You are short of money, I naturally know this, but I didn't expect that you would reach such a point." ”

Li Xun sighed: "When a soldier eats food, protects the family and defends the country, this full meal is the primary goal, if you don't even have to eat, what else can you talk about protecting the family and defending the country?" Yang Tingshi, don't you know, I have already run out of food here, the 20,000 soldiers in my hands, the food they eat now, or I am cheeky and go to those merchants on credit, I, the governor of Wuzhou, am really a wreck. ”

Yang Yu was puzzled and said, "Why don't you go to Wang Renzi?" He is responsible for the distribution of materials in the entire Longyou Dao. ”

Li Xun shook his head: "Wang Renzi? He is no better than me, don't you know, I asked him for food, and he didn't dare to see me anymore, you think I can get food from him? ”

Yang Yu nodded, his face became serious, he was the assassin of Wuzhou, he was a civil official, Li Xun's affairs, he never took the initiative to inquire, so he didn't know much, after he said this, Yang Yu realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Li Xun, there is a big drought in the Central Plains this year, even in the Jiangnan region, which has always been rainy, there has not been a decent rain for nearly three months, and the finances of the imperial court are already tight, and now there is such a serious drought, on our side, I am afraid we can only rely on ourselves."

Listening to Yang Yu's words, Li Xun closed his eyes, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, and his head hurt even more.

The news of the drought in the Central Plains, even if Li Xun is far away in Wuzhou, but how could he not know about such a major matter? In fact, last year, the Central Plains has broken out of drought, the reason why it did not attract too many people's attention and turmoil, there are two reasons, a big victory for the right of Long, this shock to encourage the country's major events, its heat has not completely subsided, the people are still in a kind of excitement, the second reason, last year's drought is not too serious, plus the major festivals have made tribute to the imperial court, the intensity is very large, the property offered is very large, the financial problems of the imperial court, for a time to alleviate, the ability to carry out disaster relief, So things were eventually brought under control and eased.

But this year is different, the drought has continued to the present since last year, and it is even more serious, Liu Xie sent a letter to Li Xun every month, mentioning the price of grain in Fengjing several times, and its price is larger than the span of one time.

Therefore, even if Li Xun is no longer in the Central Plains, he can already imagine how fortunate the people of the Central Plains are today.

Rubbing his eyebrows, he suddenly paused, Li Xun opened his eyes violently, and he suddenly thought of one thing, that is, the letter he wrote to Zhao Zhi, the content of which was very simple, just one thing, or a suggestion, Li Xun put forward a word and way of doing business that is quite fresh in this world.

Leave one or more commodities completely to one person to take care of, and be fully responsible for the transaction with the Dashi Empire, in the end, Li Xun said the benefits of doing this, so many merchants have made a fortune in business, but they don't need to pay taxes, no matter how much money they make, what good is it for the country? It's better to give something to one person to do, and if it is successful, the imperial court will definitely be able to get huge benefits from it.

After Li Xun wrote this letter and played Zhao Zhi, he actually didn't have much hope, because he felt that this suggestion or model was still too advanced in terms of thinking for the world, Li Xun just gave it a try, and it didn't matter if he didn't succeed, he had already thought of a follow-up move, bypassing the city and letting Ruan Donglang completely monopolize the grain trade.

After this incident, because of many official duties, Li Xun put this matter down temporarily, don't think about it, today after Yang Yu's conversation, Li Xun suddenly realized that some things are often not done according to their own ideas, even if you don't want to, the whole overall situation pushes you, you have to do it, because there is no choice at all.

Now that there is a great drought in the Central Plains and the financial crisis of the imperial court has completely broken out, Zhao Zhi is probably already anxious now, and he is thinking of all ways to find a way.

In the past two months, Li Xun obviously felt that the grain trade had been greatly reduced, and he used to ask businessmen to owe grain on credit, and those businessmen were very face-saving, so I would borrow if you wanted it, but in recent times, Li Xun has not been able to borrow, but he can't find anyone at all, Li Xun now understands that those people are probably deliberately hiding from themselves.

The businessman's sense of smell is extremely keen, the Jin Dynasty drought broke out, I am afraid that it has been introduced to the Dashi country, what they have to do now is one thing, a large amount of grain reserves, jointly raise the price of grain, the intention to take this opportunity, make a lot of money, this idea, I am afraid that many merchants in the Jin Dynasty, the same idea and practice.

In this way, Zhao Zhi will not think too much about Li Xun's intention to write this letter to him, and he will most likely give Ruan Donglang a chance to let him get the grain back to the Jin Dynasty at the lowest price and get it into the hands of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Li Xun came to his senses for a while, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Li Xun looked at Yang Yu and said, "Lord Yang, what are you coming to me for today?" ”

Yang Yu shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal, these days, take some time, I will introduce a few people for Li Dudu, and when the time comes, you will know." ”

"Just for this matter, you have to travel all the way?"

Yang Yu smiled bitterly: "There are some things that I was originally going to talk about to you, but seeing you like this, I don't have much to say, in a few days, we will talk." ”

Li Xun glanced at Yang Yu, nodded, and didn't ask more. 2k reading web