"The food is getting worse and worse, and there are complaints everywhere, so I naturally put out the fire everywhere."

Li Mao said, sat on the small pestle opposite the clerk's case, took the cool white drink handed by the clerk, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "The project money has been a little tight recently, right?" ”

"I won't hide it from you, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it for half a month, and now Yunzhou will have a good show to watch."

"The main reason is that the cost of loess is too big, two buckets of rice in a boatload of soil, too high, too high."

"So what to do, you can't refuse to accept it, and now the government and the people don't trust each other, I will stop the money here, pass it on ten, ten to hundred, and no one will come over tomorrow, do you believe it or not? Alas, it's only to blame for the thoughtlessness at the beginning, who would have thought that this rain would be so heavy, I originally planned to buy a hundred and ten boats of soil a month, but now it's good, at least seven or eight hundred boats a month to coax over. Yunzhou is sending this drop of water, but I'm leaking the flood, how can I withstand it. How to survive, I don't have any bottom in my heart now. Alas, look at me, my hair is all white. ”

Li Mao smiled, took another sip of boiled water, and said, "I have a plan or a try." ”

"Tell me about it." During the period of dating Li Mao, he found that Li Mao not only had a burly figure, but also surprised the warriors who were the best at hand-to-hand combat in the Qing Navy, but he could also often come up with some amazing "schemes", although sometimes these schemes made people feel unbelievable, and even laughed and cried.

Li Mao looked left and right and refused to speak, the clerk coughed, called the guards in and ordered them to go out and guard, and no one was allowed to enter unless they were transmitted. Although the clerical officer is not big, he is the chief of internal affairs that Yu Hualong relies on the most, and his status has long surpassed that of ordinary grain officers, and has become one of the core members of the Qing Navy. The guards answered their promise and set up a guard post outside the tent.

Only then did Li Mao reveal all his plans. The clerk was stunned, and opened his mouth and said: "This plan, you can think of such a plan, this is simply ...... It's also too ...... Well, maybe give it a try too. ”

After pondering for a long time, the clerk twisted the three locks of beard and agreed to Li Maoxian's plan.

The next day, a shocking news spread throughout the city of Caozhou and the surrounding Yanzhou, Puzhou, and even Xuzhou, Songzhou and other neighboring areas, the newly built Gushan Town because of the large amount of loess, for the first time to offer a boatload of soil for a boatload of rice.

A boatload of soil for a boatload of rice, this price is really outrageous, and outrageous things often spread very quickly, just when people will be skeptical, those bold people have carried a boatload of white rice noodles, happily returned to their hometown. Facts have proved that although this matter is a bit outrageous, it is a real thing, Gushan Town is really to exchange a boatload of high-quality rice and flour for a boatload of loess, hand over the soil and the other hand over the grain, pay in person, and never default.

More than 20 counties in the four states caused a sensation, thousands of boats of all colors flocked to it, boats of loess poured to the east wharf of Gushan Town, and the white-flowered grass lake was full of black and dirty earth-moving boats and faces full of anticipation.

But the unfortunate news came out immediately, because there were too many people from all over the country to send soil, and the soil on the construction site was enough, and now Hugh wants to say that a boatload of rice for a boatload of soil, that is, a pound of rice for a boatload of soil and grain officials will not do it, the reason is very simple, the soil for people to build the city is enough, there is no reason to exchange rice for soil, and a pound of rice is also rice.

So the scolding was everywhere, and the people who sent the soil from hundreds of miles away accused Gushan Town of having no faith, and had to come forward to explain that the construction period was tight a while ago, and a large amount of soil was indeed needed, so such a high price was offered, but it was only for some familiar boatmen, and the quantity was limited, so it was first come and first collected. Gushan Town has never advertised it widely, sought to buy land from the outside world, and did not make any promises to pay for the land when it sees it, which has caused today's tragic situation entirely because some people are too gullible, too blind, and too greedy, and has nothing to do with Gushan Town.

This statement can be tenable, Gushan Town did not post any notices before, saying that one boatload of rice for one boatload of soil, and before that, whether it was buying bricks or wood, or even two buckets of rice for one boatload of soil, there were notices posted to agree on specifications, prices and deadlines for delivery.

The boatmen, who felt that they had been swept away, were angry and dumped the earth in the boat pond, but they were arrested and fined by the garrison on suspicion of blocking the river and obstructing the construction of the military city, which was a very serious crime, and after punishing a few early birds, no one dared to violate it again. The earth did not dare to be poured into the river, and it could not be transported back, so the boatmen had to unload the soil on a wasteland near the wharf.

Just two days later, a dirt mountain rose there.

Qingmo looked at the mountains of soil that were piling higher and higher, and asked Li Mao: "If so much soil is bought at the original price, it will cost a lot of rice, right?" At least two thousand boat meters, or more. Li Mao's gaze still remained on Tushan, he didn't answer, but asked Qingmo: "Causing so many people to run away empty, isn't my idea a little damaged?" Qingmo nodded and said, "It's a loss, I really didn't expect you to have such bad water in your stomach." But then again, whoever made them believe that a boatload of soil can be exchanged for a boatload of rice, it was not you who caused them to run in vain, it was blind obedience and greed that caused them to run in vain. ”

Li Mao laughed, and Lianzan could speak.

Yu Hualong stood on the lookout platform of the camp with a horsewhip in his hand and looked at the earth and mountains, his eyes were a little tired after squinting for a long time, so he blinked vigorously and said to himself: "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, do whatever you want, use it for me." This kid has some potential for a general. He turned around and asked the clerk, "What do you think of him, is it worth the effort to cultivate?" ”

Li Maoxian's strategy allowed the clerk to exchange the price of three hundred boats of rice for enough loess to build the city, not only saving a lot of money, but also filling in the bottomless pit dug once and for all because of his thoughtless thinking, the clerk was full of gratitude, and was thinking about how to repay, but the opportunity came, he pondered it for a while, and replied briskly: "It can be cultivated." Yu Hualong suddenly asked again: "Last time you let him buy the land, what did he do?" ”

Scribe Cheng Dao; He used the capital of Chengwu County to buy the land, and sold it to Yunzhou at a price increase of 30%, and the proceeds deducted 20% of the land purchase money that the county should bear, and the balance was confiscated. One in and one out, the hands and feet are clean, and there is no penny. ”

Yu Hualong nodded approvingly, and said: "Our old friend Que Laosan has returned to Haizhou, Yunzhou will not let go of this opportunity to toss us, transfer Li Mao to you as an assistant, take him for two months, and then you will go on the expedition." ”

The third bird was originally a pirate with the same name as Yu Hualong, and was called "North Fish (Yu) South Sparrow". Later, Yu Hualong returned to the imperial court, went ashore from the good, the third bird was still in the sea to do some murderous and over-the-top goods, the two brothers who used to drink a big bowl of wine played the game of officers and soldiers to catch pirates, after seven or eight years of competition, the third bird recognized, led his subordinates to burn the camp, went to Yangzhou to beg for a living, and once also mixed with the wind and water.

However, the good times did not last long, after Du You served as the envoy of Yangzhou Festival, he changed his predecessor's connivance with pirates and salt lords, and turned to use troops to clean up.