Shang Yuan had a big wrong, and actually pre-harvested the flax after autumn at the summer price, and the matter soon spread throughout Wuxiang County, and even in Nanbaishui County on the other side of Luoshui, there were large households that sent domestic slaves to inquire.

"Although there are few flax plants in the township, it is not just a complete harvest. After autumn, the new harvest water vapor is too strong, and it is pressed oil cutting. More than half of this year's agricultural season is over, and a bumper harvest can be expected, and the current price will be lower again. ”

Liu Heng, a local tyrant from Nanbaishui County who had done business in Huazhou City before, also came to Shangyuan, and when he saw Li Tai, he said with a puzzled face: "Lang Jun is so eager to buy the flax of the Autumn Queen, and it has become a gimmick in the township near Zuo. But as far as I can see, Lang Jun is by no means an unwise person as rumored, and there must be something hidden in this operation? ”

Li Tai smiled slightly when he heard this, and he had heard what kind of fool the rumors in the countryside portrayed him. His mouth grows on other people's faces, and he can't control what he wants to say.

Hearing Liu Heng's question, he took the other party to the newly built workshop in Zhuangbei, pointed to the wall that was already more than half a person high, and said with a smile: "Villagers rarely see little knowledge, and they make a fuss when they see things that are different from common sense. Entering this village, the villagers saw that the efficiency of oil pressing was inferior, and the oil produced by a flax was only more than 30 catties. But I know that Hebei has oil pressing techniques, and a piece of flax can produce nearly 50 catties of oil. The difference is enough to work. ”

"I see, I see! The prosperity of Hebei agriculture and industry is far better than that of Kansai, I already knew, but I didn't expect such a big gap! It is even more rare for Lang Jun to anoint the Liang Chinese people, and they are so familiar with small farmers' operations. ”

Liu Heng's face suddenly realized after hearing this, and after a while, he said with some embarrassment: "My family has also planted flax for half a hectare this summer, I don't know if I can make this contract?" ”

The target that was sent to the door on his own initiative, Li Tai naturally would not let it go. In order to ensure the scarcity in the region, Nanbaishui County was also within his target range, so he happily signed a contract with Liu Heng to receive 80 sesame seeds in advance, and asked him to take away 20% of the price of cloth as a deposit.

In the central hall where the manor had just been built, He Batsheng pointed to the basket full of contract orders, and said half-distressedly and half-puzzled: "Thousands of horses of cloth and silk in exchange for such a basket of waste paper?" ”

"If I was doing my own work, most of the paper would be waste. But since there are uncles and things, these heroes on the surface have to consider whether they dare to break the contract! ”

When Li Tai heard this, he said with a smile, and combed through these contracts again, and there were more than 1,700 sesame orders, of course, the price was more than a few thousand pieces of cloth, and he only needed to pay a deposit of 20%.

A considerable part of the thousands of pieces of cloth produced by He Batsheng were still for the purchase of sesame seeds and oilseeds.

"They don't dare to break the contract, that's a bad thing. Could it be that after autumn, it is really necessary to raise tens of thousands of cloth and silk to go to the countryside to buy these flax from house to house? ”

When He Batsheng heard this, he was even more worried: "I thought that your kid had some tricks for fighting in the countryside, but it turned out to be just a bulk invitation." I can tell you clearly, taking out these thousands of pieces of cloth is already the limit of my financial resources, and I am afraid that my family will not have enough clothes to add clothes this winter! I'm crazy to make such a big bet on your words. ”

"Uncle, please rest assured, these people will only end up selling the goods, and they will never dare to come to the door to ask for it. I'm confident that the price of flax oil will only soar after that. ”

Li Tai said confidently that he was quite excited about operating such a large-scale futures trading.

After hearing this, He Basheng was not without worry: "I warned you before, Daxingtai focuses on people's livelihood and will never allow hoarding and treacherous schemes to harm the city!" If you break the order because of this, even I can't protect you! ”

"The oil and hemp materials in my warehouse are all collected at a higher price than the current price, and the original intention is to lose the official rather than hoard, and damage my fat country, what is the crime?"

Li Tai was shocked by this, and pointed to those contracts and said: "These paper contracts, half a grain of flax, and dots of oil stains, why do you hoard them?" ”

"This is also true, Daxingtai does not say that you can't make a long-term contract for trading, who can say that I am illegal!"

He Batsheng was also happy when he heard this, twisted his beard and said with a smile, but frowned again: "So you want to wait until after losing the reward Gebu Xing, with the oil spot in your hand, force the villagers to bow their heads, and then let them redeem the spot from you at a high price?" ”

Li Tai hurriedly shook his head and said: "Daxingtai hangs the levy and rewards the people, in order to let the court people get both, if I make a noise, it is a greater sin than hoarding and harming the city, how dare I do this!" But if other villagers and tyrants are afraid of my power and search for and raise prices in the township, this will not be on my head. ”

The reward for losing and losing drawn up by Daxingtai is not just a simple transaction of money and power, in addition to supplementing material use, there is also an intention to bring the powerful and powerful in Guanzhong into the rule.

In this era, those who can raise enough donated materials within the time limit are all local tyrants who own a large amount of land and population. Their success in losing goods meant that their respective productive forces and means of production also became part of the Western Wei regime, and Yuwentai also gained all the characters.

This is an important project for the Western Wei Dynasty to prepare for the government and military system, if Li Tai dares to intervene in the destruction, no matter how clever his words are, Yu Wentai is afraid that he will have to clean him up, and this bottom line must not be touched.

Li Tai's goal is to let these local tyrants in the left near involution consume themselves.

Under the conventional format, once the reward price is announced, the big families in the township will naturally choose the most beneficial and cost-effective donation method for themselves in exchange for official positions according to the current situation of their respective family businesses.

But now, Li Tai has a large amount of oil in his hands, which is already well known to everyone in the township, which makes the villagers have no room for a calm choice. On a runway, everyone is gearing up at the starting point, but people are already standing at the end and one step on the line, how can they fight?

If the official position in exchange for losing the reward is another official position, but it is the official position of the governor and the commander who control the township soldiers, these local heroes will not allow it to fall into the hands of others, and will definitely use their own local resources to block it.

Li Tai doesn't even need to make any more momentum, these local tycoons will mess with themselves.

The local tyrants' response was even quicker than Li Tai expected, and one day in late June, the county governor Shi Gong and his brothers came to visit in person.

Li Tai didn't deliberately set up the score, and let the song introduce the two brothers directly into the hall.

After boarding the hall, Shi Gong strode forward, first made a deep slap at Li Tai, and then turned his head and glared at his brother Shi Jing and scolded: "Bad thing, don't you quickly go to the hall to apologize to Li Lang and beg for forgiveness!" ”

That Shi Jing limped forward, knelt in front of Li Tai's seat with a plop, Li Tai hurriedly avoided the table, and pretended to be surprised: "What is County Lieutenant Shi doing?" Elder Shihou Xiangxian, how dare I accept such a great gift! ”

"Alas, the family is unfortunate! Before Zheng was engaged in the government service, I was in charge of the county's public property, and I did not dare to be negligent. I also knew that Li Lang had trapped materials, so I handed over the message to inform ......"

Shi Gong said with a shy face, and Li Tai smiled again after hearing this: "Yes, I want to thank Shi Hou for favoring me, enough for the supply of raw hemp materials, and the urgency at home is relieved." ”

Shi Gong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and Shi Jing also raised his eyes to look at Li Tai, and was about to stand up, but he was kicked to the ground by the five big and three thick brothers.

"Li Lang, you focus on honor, or don't ask about your subordinates. But I don't dare to hide it, this scum was born in the door, greedy for temporary material gains, and actually used the inferior to replace the good, and the less to fill the more, corrupting the righteousness of the village, which really made my family ashamed! ”

Shi Gong made another long gesture, and then said with a shy face: "I have been in the yazhong for a long time, and I don't ask much about housework, and I will only interrogate and verify when I return home this day, so I caught this disgusting thing and came to ask Li Lang for guilt." This matter is at fault with my family, and the cloth obtained by the former will be returned together, and I implore Li Lang to understand! ”

"Is there such a thing? I really don't know. ”

Li Tai still pretended to be confused, watching the brothers continue to perform.

Shi Gong was really ruthless, kicking and kicking his brother, and it didn't take long for Shi Jing, who was already thin, to have bruises and bruises on his face.

Li Tai saw that the heat was almost the same, so he raised his hand to signal their brother to stop and generously expressed his forgiveness.

"I'm ashamed of the bad materials that hurt the workers before. Fortunately, Li Lang has the skill to govern the industry, the new oil mill, and the long-term industry is Hengying. I heard that Li Lang collected seed oil ointment in the township before, and now it should be abundantly stored, right? ”

How arrogant he was before, how embarrassing he is now, Shi Gong used this bitter trick to pave the way for a long time, and finally said the fundamental meaning of this trip.

"Things in the township are really smooth. The oil mill in my household has not yet made cakes and pressed, and the county lieutenant already knows about it. The lack of soil can only rely on this industry to make a living, and it is not as decent as the big clan's cultivation and constant production, which makes the county lieutenant smile. ”

Li Tai smiled when he heard this, this is the home of others, and what words and actions he has are naturally in the eyes and ears of others.

"I take the liberty of asking, how much does Li Langhu have to store ointment?"

Shi Gong hurriedly said again, and then pretended to be calm and said: "Don't hide it, a few days ago, the Yazhong assembly will be a fellow official, and Daxingtai will award a reward for losing." Although I don't dare to be greedy for power, after all, I am also a good citizen living in Kansai, and when I learned that the country was in trouble, I wanted to help as much as I could......"

"This time, the reward will be given to the township commander. Li Lang, you are a newcomer to Dongzhou, even if you lose the reward and win the official, how many local people do you know? At that time, the soldiers do not know the generals, and it is difficult to give orders, which will add to the trouble. My family is willing to redeem ...... at the old price."

Shi Jing hummed while covering his beaten pig-like face, and before he finished speaking, he slapped his brother again.

This man is clumsy, but what he says is true. The people of Kansai are fierce, and they have to be the choice of the hometown, and they cannot deter the public. Li Lang is a talented man of the Chinese family, who does not suffer from his background, and is the so-called Xun Xun is different, and he is selected by Qingliu, and he wants to disdain the obscene officials. ”

The two brothers each role-played, but they also made their intentions clear.

"The county lieutenant came to visit, it turned out to be for this. I was in the palace of the master of Heba, and I also heard about it. It happened that I was going to build an oil mill, which was a coincidence. ”

When Li Tai heard this, he smiled and pretended to be arrogant: "I am simple by nature, and I really don't like to be the head of the army. Since Shi County Lieutenant asked sincerely, I don't hide it, now there are more than 300 oil ointments stored indoors, and after the oil mill is built, I want to be able to replenish it, but I have no intention of selling it for the time being. ”