"It's not good!"

Li Tai stood in front of the Chengnan Mansion, looking at the carriage that was gradually moving away, with mixed feelings.

The visitor he met in the city before to solicit business was named Liu Heng, and the service was indeed warm and thoughtful, not only preparing the food and groceries they needed to buy at one time, but also taking the initiative to bring people to deliver them to the door, and agreed that the purchases in October and month would be delivered on time, so that they would not have to trouble going back and forth to the market.

But such a warm and thoughtful service, the price is also very expensive, this person sent a total of a month's rations and fresh vegetables for the family, while Li Tai and the others spent a hundred horses of silk and a pound of eight taels of gold.

Whether this price is expensive or cheap, Li Tai has no way to judge, because Guanzhong doesn't have a standard price scale at all!

In addition to home delivery, this person also gave Li Tai an economic lesson in Guanzhong.

Since the Wuhu Rebellion, the world has been divided for hundreds of years, and as long as the world is in chaos, Guanzhong will be in chaos for as long as it is. The frequent regime changes not only greatly hurt people's livelihood, but also caused the entire Guanzhong currency system to collapse several times, and the credit power has almost been exhausted.

Liu Heng told Li Tai that when Guanzhong was still making money, there were all kinds of coins at the same time, such as Han five baht, Wei five baht, Hou Zhao Feng goods, Taihe five baht, Yongping five baht and so on. In addition to these officially minted coins, there are also a large number of privately minted coins in various states and territories.

Most of these coins are shoddy and have lost weight, and even if good money is issued for a while, it will be melted and reminted by profiteers.

Although it is said that human life is very cheap in troubled times, no one is a fool and is willing to exchange the fruits of his labor for a pile of bad money. So gradually, the currency of copper money withdrew from the trading market, and everyone would rather tear the cloth into pieces for trading than exchange for bad money that could not be spent at all.

A few years ago, the Western Wei court minted a batch of new money, but it was also in poor condition, mainly for the piracy of the Eastern Wei Dynasty's Yongan five baht to go to Hedong, Hebei and other places to sweep the goods, by the way to reward the heroes, the share of the market into the market is very small.

Yuwentai rewarded Gao Zhongmi mainly with the newly minted pirated five baht a few years ago, probably because the Eastern Wei Dynasty was too tight to spend, and he rewarded 500,000 yuan at one time.

Li Tai also saw the money, it is really a good thing to play in the water, and if it is smashed on the surface of the water, it can't sink if it is more than a dozen floats, and it can basically be said that it is a waste of money.

The purchasing power of money plummeted, which was a problem that the Eastern Wei and Western Wei dynasties, and even the Northern Wei Dynasty before it, had to face.

In recent decades, the highest purchasing power is still the Taihe five baht minted by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty after moving the capital to Luoyang, which once reached the level of two hundred coins a silk, but the Taihe five baht is only circulated in the Luoyang area. When they go to other places, they are seriously stolen, and private money is still used in various places.

Of course, there were also scenes of using money in the Western Wei Dynasty, but it was mainly the official forced purchase, and the inflation was very serious, with a premium of more than ten or even dozens of times compared with the Taihe period, and the price of money was even much cheaper than the price of the same amount of copper.

This is really a great spectacle, the money is minted to make money, and the result is to take the artificial smelting, and the final money is not as valuable as the original copper material, which shows how bad the monetary policy of the Northern Dynasty has been, and the masses have reached the point where they see the money change.

Yuwentai gave a total of 500,000 yuan, and more than 20,000 yuan was spent on the account. It can be seen that Buddhism has a high consciousness after all, and everyone is unwilling to ask for bad money and bad money, and they all laugh at it.

That Liu Heng said that he could also collect money, but it could only be used to buy and sell cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock and forage.

He did not hide his way to sell money, that is, to transport it to the northern Shaanxi Prefectures, where there were many groups of people with mixed beards, there was almost no output of cultivated and woven products, the price of grain and silk was extremely expensive, and the city residents could only trade with money to live, so all kinds of animal husbandry could only be used to sell for money.

Li Tai didn't know the price of goods in the northern states, but he couldn't accept the price offered by Liu Heng, a foal cost more than 30,000 yuan, and the price of sheep was a little lower, but it also cost thousands of dollars.

More than 400,000 yuan sounds like a lot, but it's just a few baskets, and Li Tai would rather leave it at home than do this obvious wrong. If the money can't be spent, then the only thing they can use is gold and silk.

Although gold is not a circulating currency in Guanzhong, there are quite a lot of Hu merchants in Hexi, who use gold and silver money to trade, as long as the trade is large enough, they will not worry about not being able to spend it.

During the conversation, Li Tai also interrogated the details of this Liu Heng, whose family is a big tyrant in Nanbaishui County on the west bank of Luoshui, and his family has hundreds of hectares of fertile land, and the transactions sent to the palace are basically produced by his family, which makes Li Tai even more excited.

"Huazhou Ju, it's not easy, sure enough, farming is the future!"

Li Tai sighed in his heart, turned around and returned to the mansion, and saw Gao Bailing coming towards him in the front hall: "Thirteen Lang, the goods have been warehoused." But this is really not a long-term solution, so should you think about the deal Liu Heng said? ”

When Li Tai heard this, he shook his head directly and said, "I have my own plans for these soldiers, and I will never sell them!" ”

Before Liu Heng entered the house, he saw the full number of soldiers standing in the house, so he proposed to buy some and pay for it with grain, which not only reduced the pressure of supporting the family, but also gave him an extra income.

But Li Tai directly refused, saying that he could accept gifts from others to him regardless of whether he had double standards or fake Qinggao, but he didn't want to make a living by trafficking in human beings.

Regardless of whether or not to respect human rights, Liu Heng was willing to offer a considerable price to buy the soldiers, which shows that these manpower is also very profitable, and there is still a shortage of labor in Guanzhong Township.

The Western Wei court was in a financial emergency, and there were really not many financial rewards for meritorious soldiers, so giving to soldiers has always been an important content. Therefore, the generals such as He Batsheng and several Hui each have a large number of soldiers, and they are not distressed to give Li Tai dozens of them.

But at all times, people are the most valuable social resource.

Those generals are out on the battlefield and don't have time to manage their business carefully, so they feel that the soldiers are bloated and a burden. But when the foreign war stops for a while, and they have the energy to invest in industries and use manpower, they may not be so generous.

Why can Gao Huan achieve hegemony in Hebei? It was because of the acceptance of the townspeople of the Six Towns who were regarded as a burden and a headache by the Erzhu family that the military power of the Eastern Wei Dynasty always overwhelmed the Western Wei Dynasty, and it was precisely because a large number of the townspeople of the Six Towns stayed in Hebei.

"Living in the city for a long time is indeed not a good plan of the businessman. Now that the Western Dynasty has granted the countryside, I plan to lead a group of soldiers out of the city and eat in the countryside tomorrow morning. Now that it is the beginning of summer in April, the agricultural season is coming to an end, and if you miss this season's agricultural time, it will be even more difficult to make a living in the future! ”

At dinner, Li Tai told Gao Zhongmi about his plans.

"Apan, since you have such a long-term plan, I will not stop you. Fortunately, I am not far away, if there is any difficulty, I can return to the mansion to report. ”

Although Gao Zhongmi didn't ask about family affairs, he also saw that he spent so much money on a single purchase, and he no longer confidently said that he would have no worries about making a living for a year, and after saying this, he just held the wine glass and drank silently.

Although the Western Wei Dynasty officially banned alcohol and did not sell koji to the people, at most it could only be managed in the city market.

If you don't pursue quality and taste, the technical threshold for moonshine is not high, and the wine that Gao Zhongmi is drinking is exactly what Liu Heng gave as an addition in this transaction.

Since Gao Zhongmi did not object, the matter was finalized.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Li Tai gathered his troops again, and selected eighty strong men and twenty women as the first entourage to accompany him to the manor outside the city. These people are either loyal and reliable, or they are skilled enough to be the first to go into production.

"Twenty knives, thirty spears, ten bows, tabernacles, felts, drills, gravels, and other miscellaneous items were prepared, and the chariots were ready to be loaded when they arrived. There are also other items needed for the camp, the names are listed, and they are purchased in the township, and the thirteen lang must be collected. ”

Gao Bailing checked his outfit over and over again, and Li Tai looked at the equipment, and felt that going out of the city this time was like robbing a house rather than going to the countryside to farm. However, considering the fierceness of the people in Guanzhong, it is safe to bring these weapons.

Gao Zhongmi's mood was low and sensitive, and he was sad and disgusted, although he got up very early, he did not enter the front hall, and only told Li Tai to send someone back as soon as he entered the township.

There are too many bags, and the car at home is insufficient, so it is necessary to rent it from the Governor's Mansion in the south of the city. However, it is also the same that copper coins are not charged, and payment is made in cloth.

It can be seen that the Western Wei court is indeed not particular, and it refuses to accept any money.

In addition to this, the Governor's Office also provided another service, which was the exchange of gold and silver.

Precious metals in Guanzhong are not in circulation, and Li Tai wants to buy materials and tools in the countryside, so he must prepare cloth.

Gao Zhongmi provided five catties of gold as a farming fund, and Li Tai exchanged three catties at the Governor's Mansion, but only received fifty horses of silk, one hundred and twenty pieces of cloth and twenty catties of cotton. Whether this price is high or low is naturally impossible to measure, but thinking of the poverty of the Western Wei court, it is obvious that it will not benefit the people.

In the morning, the carriages rented by the Governor's Office were distributed, not standard official cars, but requisitioned men and vehicles for service. When Li Tai saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh that no matter when the government is good, this business is comfortable.

When the car was loaded, the group went out of the city, accompanied by a county official of Wuxiang County, who was responsible for contacting the township and measuring the number of acres of land given.