Luoshui is the largest river in Weibei, and the area it flows through is also rich.

The business reason is that it is washed by Luoshui and its tributary ditches all the year round, and the landform is mostly an east-west plateau, and the upper and lower plateaus are mostly fertile fields.

"Lang Jun really wants to go to Shi Shiwu? Before I went to visit Shi County Lieutenant in the city, please don't see him, he is arrogant and domineering, testing whether Lang Jun is eager for your wishes. Fang was denied to see it, and now he is visiting his hometown, which is really a bit ......"

On the dusty country road, Zheng Man rode his horse with Li Tai and exhorted: "Even if you buy those raw hemp, there are only three months left in this mere area, and it will not be enough to spin it into cloth." Even if it is spun into cloth, it is not enough to buy grain and ten thousand stones! ”

"Shi is not good-intentioned, of course I understand. But since this agreement was made with the county government, he should do his best to do it, and he can't let Zheng Cheng suffer from it. ”

Hearing Zheng Man's advice to himself, Li Tai said with a smile: "These big families are holding goods for their own weight, even if they are not hemp materials, they must be subject to other things." If you have to visit sooner or later, it is better to delay it than to hurry, and the more urgent it is, the more you are restricted. ”

Shi Gong, the county magistrate, prevented the county government from taking raw hemp materials for himself, and simply forced Li Tai to go to his house to buy them and take the opportunity to raise the price. After all, raw hemp is a cheap material, not a scarce product, and in the eyes of outsiders, Li Tai has no reason to buy it.

The reason why the county lieutenant of Nashi still wants to be a bad guy in vain is nothing more than to warn Li Tai that he needs to divide the host and guest into the village and the idle in doing things. The deal he reached with the county government broke the pattern of getting along with the county government and provided the county government with a new way to raise materials bypassing these local tyrants.

This is undoubtedly offending the scales of those local tyrants, Shi County's obstruction this time is just a small show of his arms, if Li Tai can't wake up and bow his head, a more serious blow is still to come.

For example, even if he had sufficient resources, he could not buy enough grain in the county to complete the transaction agreement with the county government.

In the final analysis, these local tyrants who control a large amount of land and population are the real masters of this country. Even a high-ranking and powerful general like He Batsheng had to avoid suspicion a little because he could not interfere with local politics, and he did not dare to directly use Li Tai's hand to lose grain to the county government.

If tens of thousands of stones of grain cannot be purchased on the spot, the cost of transportation alone is a huge consumption, and it may not be able to be bought and transported back in time.

If Li Tai's farming plan is faced with such a tricky situation, if he does not cooperate with the county government, he may not even be able to produce normally under the exclusion and instigation of the surrounding big households. After cooperating with the county government, the big local households no longer dared to openly resist, but in other places, the clamping down was even deeper.

Within the established local rules, even those military leaders and nobles had to be subject to many restrictions, and Li Tai, a powerless and powerless Dongzhou descendant, would inevitably face deeper constraints.

This kind of nostalgia with the roots of an old tree, even if he has the support of the upper echelons of the Western Wei Dynasty, it is not easy to break the situation, not to mention that He Batsheng will not support him without a bottom line and without reservation.

But it is not Li Tai's character to be submissive, and after weighing it, he still decided to take the initiative.

The dock wall of the township tyrant Shijia is located between two plateaus, and the cultivated land on the left and right plateaus is full of acres of his family's fields, which extends to the rocky beach on the east bank of Luoshui.

This dock wall is also built very magnificently, the scale is larger than that of Shangyangshu, Li Tai and his party are still nearly a mile away from the dock wall, and they were stopped by Zhuang Ding, who was guarding outside.

Zheng Man posted his name before entering, and after some back and forth, when Li Tai and his party entered the dock wall, more than a quarter of an hour had passed.

"I knew that the famous people in the township were well-dressed, and the farming was busy, and there was no time to visit, but Langjun came today, and it was rude and rude."

Inside the dock wall, a middle-aged Hu man walked wide surrounded by all the wealthy slaves, pointed at Li Tai from a distance and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the style of the famous clan is not the same as the vulgarity!" ”

The middle-aged man's name is Shi Jing, the younger brother of the county lieutenant Shi Gong, one of the two brothers is an official outside the home, and the other is a common match for the powerful family nowadays.

"When the younger generation is new to the village, it is natural to visit the village elders. is also trapped in the cultivation of mulberry business, so I have only come to see it so far, and I hope that Shi Hou will not be guilty. ”

This Shi Jingbai lives in the countryside and has no name, and Li Tai's title is just an honorific title.

"Haha, the famous talents are here, let me shine."

Although Shi Jing is a Hu man, he is thin and small, more than a head shorter than Li Tai, he stood outside the zhang and pointed at Li Tai and smiled left and right: "You wait for everyone to come and take a look, this one is a high-footed disciple of the Li family in Longxi, and he has always been a guest of the powerful family, how can we see it in the township?" ”

After hearing this, all the house slaves also looked at Li Tai unscrupulously, and their attitude was very polite.

Li Tai raised his hand to stop Zheng Man, who was about to speak, and still maintained a smile on his face: "Boshan is not a rare figure in the world, he is only educated and knows how to treat people with courtesy. Shi Hou Zhijia is solemn, although he is only a vegetarian household, he also shines on his own, and when he enters this virtuous door, I am also ordinary, but it is not worth watching and admiring. ”

When Shi Jing heard this, the slightly presumptuous smile on his face was slightly retracted, and he waved his hand to retreat from the house slaves, not wanting to appear to have no tutor in front of outsiders.

"Distinguished guests come to the door and deserve to be treated. It's just that the family is busy and there is no time to entertain guests, if Lang Jun has something to say, he might as well say it here. ”

Shi Jing did not invite Li Tai into the hall, and stood directly in place and said.

"When I came to visit today, I did ask for something."

Li Tai still maintained a polite smile, and bowed slightly, not letting his gaze appear too condescending: "When you enter a new home in the countryside, everything is to be done, but there is a lack of materials, and the soldiers are only for leisure." The former Zhizun Mansion has a surplus in the treasury, so he took the liberty to visit, please dispel the disturbances for Shi Hou. ”

"Aren't you just buying hemp?"

When Shi Jing heard this, he asked in a little surprise, then paused, and then glanced at Li Tai before saying: "My family also has to make a living, and the materials are used for each other, so you can't sell them at will!" ”

"Of course, of course! Because of the convenience of the Lord, the guest does not dare to disturb the livelihood of the master. ”

Li Tai said with a smile again, even if he wants to coax the other party into the game, the initiative is not in his hands at the moment, of course, he should be polite.

His respectful and polite attitude made Shi Jing feel satisfied, so he stopped talking nonsense, and directly led them to a warehouse in the dock wall, let people open the warehouse door and said: "There are ten thousand catties of hemp stored here, and there are good households in my hometown to support their families, and they are not businessmen who sell goods and enrich themselves." Since Li Lang came to ask for it, it was inconvenient to refuse, so he gave Lang Jun a favor at the current price, did Lang Jun want to enter the warehouse and check it? ”

This is quite polite, but Li Tai just took a look at it, and found that more than half of the Chen Ma in the library was obviously not stored for a while.

Although linen cloth is also a basic material related to the clothing of the people, the price is much lower than that of silk, and the labor for weaving is relatively low.

Therefore, even if these large households in the township spin and weave cloth, they only produce a moderate amount, and the income is not as good as that of silk and silk, and there will be a lot of raw hemp left every year. After a few years of accumulation, there is such a scale, the longer it is stored, the lower the value, which not only occupies space, but also prevents fire and moisture, which is really a chicken rib.

Shi Jing said that it was the current price, which meant that he wanted to sell these old hemp to Li Tai at the price of new hemp, which was simply a lion's mouth.

"The only way to help the poor is to be faithful. Since Shi Hou favors me, how can I be a villain? The next day, his family sent cloth, and the carriages and horses came and went, disturbing the quiet, and I asked Shi Hou to forgive me. ”

Li Tai smiled magnificently, waved his hand and said.

When Shi Jing heard this, he immediately had a good impression of Li Tai, the wronged leader. The hemp in this warehouse is only more than 8,000 catties, and he directly lied about 2,000 catties, and half of them are old hemp that has been stored for more than three years, and it can no longer be used for weaving.

The Shi family has a huge business, and they don't think much of this deal, but who doesn't like the benefits of picking up for nothing?

Making a living in the township, who is not careful about budgeting? Li Tai, a wronged boss who does not know the difficulties of material resources, is really rare.

For a while, Shi Jing was reluctant to let him go like this, so he said again: "Li Lang is so bold, and I am not a stingy person. As mentioned earlier, there is also an urgent need for other materials, and if I have a lot of surplus at home, I am also willing to help. ”

"There are indeed other materials that need to be purchased, may I ask Shi Hou, is there a lot of flax and sesame oil stored indoors?"

Seeing that this guy was so good, Li Tai said with a smile again.

"Sesame oil...... That's really not much. ”

Shi Jing shook his head with some disappointment after hearing this, he wanted to grab this fat sheep and dump some useless and discarded inventory garbage, but there are not many flax plants, and sesame oil also has various uses, even if it is sold in the market, he will not worry about sales, so he doesn't want to do this deal.

"I float out one percent to buy these two ingredients at the current price, if you can pass a hundred hundred, you can float two percent, the more the merrier!"

Li Tai hurriedly said again, the fish finally bit the hook, of course he couldn't let it go.

"Twenty percent?"

Shi Jing heard Li Tai's proposal to increase the weight, and suddenly became moved again, the numbness hurt the ground, and the oil pressure was labor-intensive, both of which were already expensive, and the current price was increased by two percent, and the premium was quite considerable.

"I'll let the house slave check it first, and ask Li Lang to enter the hall first and wait."

Shi Jing quickly thought about it in his heart, and his expression suddenly became enthusiastic.

Li Tai and his entourage entered the hall and sat down, Shi Jing and the staff prepared drinks and meals, and after a while, there were house slaves in the hall and whispered, Shi Jing's face changed slightly after hearing the words, and said to Li Tai: "The flax stored in the house is only thirty-six hundreds, and the sesame oil is only more than seven hundreds, which will disappoint Li Lang." ”

One Hu is one stone, one hundred and twenty catties, to be honest, this stock is already a lot. Before Li Tai came to visit the Shi family, he had already visited the countryside, even if the people had storage, it was only based on the promotion of buckets, but the Shi family had collected thousands of catties, which showed the growth of his local power.

"I also have a compromise here, how much inventory is now, I will collect 20% of the high current price. But by the time the flax is harvested this autumn, Shi Hou needs to make up for the number of hundreds. ”

"Then the delivery after the autumn will be the same as the height of two percent?" Shi Jing hurriedly asked again.

Li Tai shook his head with a smile: "It can only be based on the current price, but I can order 20% of the silk first." Because of the delay in delivery, a contract is required! ”

"Yes!"

Shi Jing hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, and they discussed it in the hall and put this agreement on paper.

After sending Li Tai and his entourage away, Shi Jing returned to the hall and looked at the contract, and laughed: "These clans think they are shrewd, but they are just fools with empty stomachs. Flax is planted in summer and harvested in autumn, the price of planting is high, and the price of harvest is low, he is more than today's price to plan the harvest after autumn. ”