"Start now! Master Guo, you coordinate with Huang Sheng and Albert, and be sure to build a firepower water lifting system that can successfully divert water as quickly as possible, and repair it to the nearest field! ”

Li Xinyao pointed to the barren fields not far away. Obviously, the wheat seedlings in that field did not produce either. Master Guo just wanted to complain about the unreliability and difficulty of this matter, but he saw that the general's face was full of sternness, and his tone was unquestionable. After brewing for a long time, he still couldn't say it, and he took the order and left.

After that, Li Xin stared at the southbound Fenshui for a long time, and then led Tian Fuzhen back to Taiyuan City. The reason why he did not point too much fingers at the construction of drinking water facilities was because he found that the wisdom and ability of the ancients were not much better than those of modern people in the more than a year he came to Daming, and sometimes he interfered too much in the details, which made those who were in the front line of design and construction unable to let go, and in the end it would be counterproductive.

It is precisely based on this understanding that in this kind of highly technical work, he generally only puts forward a goal and some key suggestions, and the specific implementation is completely left to the people below.

Just like coal mines and trading companies, under the leadership of these top insiders, they are all well organized, and even pop up some surprises from time to time.

Tian Fuzhen, who followed behind Li Xin, agreed with Li Xin's idea of using a firepower water lifter to lift water to irrigate farmland, and through his observation, the power of the firepower water lifter consumes nothing more than water and coal, and there is water in the Fen River, which is naturally not lacking, and there are many coal mines around Taiyuan, and coal is naturally not lacking, even if it consumes a lot, but if it can really ensure the water consumption during sowing, it is also worth it.

However, even if the irrigation water for sowing is solved, it will be solved in the long term, and they still have an almost fatal near-term concern at the moment. Since it rained all spring, most of the wheat sown last year did not survive, and when the wheat harvest was exhausted, it was certain that the famine would break out 100 percent, but I did not know what the general could do to solve it.

This kind of thinking has almost become a stereotype among the officials of Li Xin's lineage, and whenever they encounter problems that can hardly be solved, everyone counts on Li Xin, because it is this warrior who leads the troops and fights well to create miracles again and again. Even people like Tian Fuzhen, who were born on the right path and were born in the right path, followed Li Xin for a long time, and they unconsciously produced a kind of secret trust and dependence that was not there.

In fact, Li Xin is also powerless at the moment, he can't stop the process of natural disasters, a month later, the stock of grain is exhausted, and the new grain can't be harvested, let him scatter beans and become a soldier to conjure up the supply of food?

After going back, Li Xin gathered officials from all over Shanxi to work together, and even people who did not belong to Li Xin's camp, such as Lu Sizhen and Liu Lingyu, were called to a meeting to make ideas.

In the end, a more conventional method was discussed, which was mainly aimed at two points, one was to prevent the grain that profiteers had rushed to buy at high prices from leaving the customs and going north, and the other was to hoard grain for the famine during the wheat harvest.

But both of these points are very difficult. The first point is that the imperial court has strictly prohibited the smuggling of salt, iron, grain and other things, but it has been repeatedly banned for many years, and the Jin merchants have become more and more arrogant, and even have a lot of trouble with the border generals.

The second point is to hoard grain to cope with the green and yellow shortages that will begin in June, but there is an important problem, there is no money in the treasury of Taiyuan Prefecture, and there is not a single tael of silver. Not only that, but there was no money even in Li Xin's joint trading company, which of course could not be put on the surface. But all in all, it's one article, two words, no money!

"The villain has a way that is not a way!"

As Master Guo, who has no fame, he relied on Li Xin's support to sit in on the audience, but when he heard a group of old men only talking about difficulties over and over again, but they didn't want to find a way to solve the problem, he was indignant and blurted out a sentimental word.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone in the hall shot at the little old man behind Li Xin, making him unnatural for a while.

"Humph! None of you dare to assert that you dare to say that you are white, and if you are intended to entertain, you should understand the consequences......"

It was Lu Sizhen who reprimanded Master Guo, because his son Lu Huizhong was involved in Zhang Shi's murder of his wife, he had no good impression of this person, even if he had fallen to Li Xin's side, he definitely couldn't see such a villain shaking his head and tail like a powerful man.

On the surface, Master Guo didn't take the threat of Lu Sizhen with a gun and stick to his heart at all, but in his heart he regretted it, and said that the rafters at the head were rotten first, how could he still come out in a daze, and this method was actually the magic eye of everyone in the hall. But as soon as the words came out, there was no reason to take it back, so I had to bite the bullet and say:

"Why don't we treat others the way they do?"

Governing others the way they do? Li Xin almost doubted whether he had read the martial arts novel that swept later generations.

"Oh? Please tell us more about Mr. Guo! ”

Master Guo is the general office in charge of one party's affairs in the trading company, although he is majestic, but after all, it is a cheap business, and it is not worth mentioning in front of all officials. This person is officially Taiyuan prefect Tian Fuzhen, and the two have had an experience of living and dying together in Xinzhou City, and their friendship is naturally not enough for outsiders. Master Guo smiled at him gratefully.

"The so-called way of governing others is that we also do the business without capital!"

As soon as this remark came out, the hall was in an uproar, this is worth it, the Ming Dynasty is an upright teacher, how can it do this kind of trick of roosters and dogs? It is not in line with etiquette, it is not a gentleman's doing! And so on and so forth.

Li Xin's eyes lit up, this is indeed a good way, they bought it at a high price and it must be shipped out of the side wall, as long as they look at it and grab it together, Daming will double the profit.

After getting this idea, Li Xin felt that there was no need for this meeting to continue, so he waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting. Master Guo was very proud to get Li Xin's approval, and his previous apprehensions were swept away, and he held his head high in the dissatisfaction of everyone, just like a demonstration.

This method is naturally good, but there is still a set of measures to do it, Fan Yongdou's traditional sphere of influence is in Wanquanwei, and most of the grain must be out of the border wall here, because further east is Jizhen, where there are dangerous passes, and the Ming army will definitely not let it go. And to the west is the territory of Li Xinsanwei's general army, and Zhenyuwei, Yang and Wei will definitely not let him go, and they will definitely confiscate all his things, and even the bones and dregs that are swallowed will not be left to him.

Based on this judgment, Li Xin decided to send out the intelligence troops of his new organization, and first cast a net to Wan Quanwei to spy on the information of the border wall grain team with Fan Yongdou as the proprietor behind the scenes, and at the same time ordered Lu Jiu to disguise all the cavalry under his command as horse thieves, go out of the border wall to wait, and once he got the exact news, he would rob them on a large scale.

Originally, Li Xin no longer planned to let Lu Jiu get involved in front-line battles, and was solely responsible for intelligence work, but he had no choice but to let him return to his old business, and the intelligence unit that had just had a prototype was handed over to Gu Shishi, who was transferred from the infantry battalion. And Gu Shishi has a gloomy personality and rarely shows it, so he is also an excellent candidate for this business. After he took over, he proposed a set of measures that Li Xin also admired, and he proposed to further expand the intelligence resources on the basis of the branches of the merchants of the trading company throughout the country, so that as long as the integration was done properly, a fat and tight intelligence organization could be established almost overnight.

That night, all the relevant people left Taiyuan City overnight and went straight to the north, and Gu Shishi, as the intelligence chief, also decided to go to Wanquanwei in person to deploy the mission.

In addition, Li Xin also made further arrangements against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and at the instigation of Fan Yongdou, since they stopped borrowing from most of the Jin merchants, on the basis of strengthening the material embargo, they carried out a large-scale price increase on all goods produced in and through Shanxi. Among them, salt, iron, leather and grain are the first.

The reason why Li Xin dared to raise the price so much was that he was confident. Every year, a large number of goods are exported to the border wall, and seven or eight out of ten of them are from Shanxi. Although there are goods in the south, but the road is far away, and the cost is even higher than the price of the goods themselves, so in addition to the specialties of the south, other things are the most advantageous goods nearby.

Once Shanxi raises prices and tightens the exit of the border wall, the blow to both Manchu and Mongolian Tatars outside the border will be extremely severe. Nowadays, more than a dozen trading companies in Shanxi have all been caged into the United Trading Company, which can be said to be a response, and naturally has the right to speak on the whole Shanxi trade route.

At the same time, Lu Jiu's side carried out a horse-thief-like attack on the traitor caravans in the Wanquan area, and the two-pronged approach did not worry about the Tartars not giving in over time, but re-relied on other Jin merchants and issued borrowed silver. As long as Huang Taiji can continue to borrow money, Li Xin will have a way to take the opportunity to lay eggs, and then hollow out the Manchu Qing little by little.

Although Tian Fuzhen also felt that it was a little inappropriate for the officials and soldiers to pretend to be thieves and rob their own people, the people targeted were actually traitors and people who betrayed the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Gao Shiming, the representative of the ceremonial supervisor in the trading company, had nothing to say, he had no moral baggage, and he started from practical interests, since the other party was unkind, his own injustice was also a matter of course. But he apparently had other ideas.

"We still have a builder, since Lu Jiu is pretending to be a horse thief, he does not represent the Ming Dynasty, and the things he robbed should have a share of the people, and we have a share of the others, what do you think?"

As a representative of the eighteen trading companies, Huang Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up, "Gao Gong's words are wonderful, from the villain's point of view, not only can you rob the traitors and traitors, but even the nearby Tartar tribes can also rob them together, so the income must be able to expand ......"

Master Guo also nodded frequently, agreeing with the opinions of Gao Huang and the others, while Li Xin fell into a speechless state and sat on the ground to share the spoils, which really regarded himself as a horse thief.