After wandering around in Taiwan for most of the day, Li Tai found that his popularity in Taiwan was really so-so.

He visited several people one after another, and although he was embarrassed, everyone greeted him with a smile. But when he talked about recruiting subordinates, most of the people laughed, refusing to talk about reality, and didn't pay much attention to it.

In the end, only an old colleague Pei Han recommended a cousin of his to Li Tai, so that Li Tai would not be busy.

This result naturally makes Li Tai a little unacceptable, is everyone so high-spirited? Am I the only one thinking about public power and private authority?

With this doubt, Li Tai returned to the secret residence of Gao Zhong in the city, and as soon as he sat down, the servant came to report that Li Mu had come to visit.

This old boy is still not dead?

Because of the unpleasantness of the last meeting, Li Tai was naturally wary of Li Mu's visit, but now that he was at home, he had nothing to fear.

After a little muttering, he asked the servant to invite Li Mu in, and he himself stood outside the hall to greet him.

Without a twist, Li Mu strode into the courtroom, and in addition to him, there was another burly middle-aged man accompanying him. This middle-aged man is half a size older than Li Mu, and the robe on his body is stretched by muscles, and he looks like a brave general.

"This one is Enyang Gong and Li Yitong, the general of the chariot and cavalry, who knew that I was visiting Langjun today, so he went along."

When they met again, Li Mu was not as domineering as before, and after greeting each other, they smiled and introduced the mighty companion to Li Tai.

"It turned out to be Enyang Gong, forgive me for being clumsy, disrespectful and disrespectful!"

After Li Tai heard about the other party's official title, he hurriedly saluted, thinking about the accurate identity of this person.

"It's not the first time I've met Li Lang. Before the funeral of the late Taishi, a certain was also listed, because he saw Li Lang's elegy sad and moving. Maybe I was sad and fascinated at that time, and Li Lang never saw me. ”

Li Yitong was not arrogant, nodded and said to Li Tai: "I heard before that Li Lang treated the heirs of the late Taishi, and those of us who had accidents also deeply felt Li Lang's high righteousness. Hearing that Wu Angong and Li Lang had an affair, he cheekily asked him to introduce him on his behalf. ”

He Ba Jingwei extorted 100,000 horses of silk from Li Tai, although it is not well known, but it is not a secret. Most people are only concerned about the sensational number, but few are interested in asking how it was solved and whether it was paid or not.

When Li Tai heard this, he finally remembered the identity of the other party. It turned out that this person's name was Li He, who was originally a local tyrant chief from Xiazhou, and was once cited by He Bayue as the governor of the tent, and later followed Yuwentai.

Among Yuwentai's descendants, there is a group of people who are more special, that is, the chieftains and staff recruited in Xiazhou when he served as the assassin of Xiazhou under He Bayue.

In the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, after Er Zhurong was killed, Gao Huan rose in Hebei and established Emperor Xiaowu in Luoyang. At that time, He Bayue in Kansai wanted to balance Hou Mo Chen Yue in the same realm and Gao Huan outside, so he appointed Yu Wentai to serve as the assassin of Xiazhou to expand his power.

Xiazhou was once the territory of Helian Huxia, with abundant water and grass, and was an important grazing land west of the Yellow River. After the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Xia, in order to prevent the resurgence of the ashes, a part of the eastern Xianbei was relocated here, including some people from the Yuwen Department.

In the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Six Towns revolted, and Xiazhou was inevitably affected. At that time, the Ministry of Yuwen already had a lot of power in Xiazhou, and the representative of this was Yuwengui. There is also Yu Wensheng, a native of Woye Town who reported Zhao Gui's rebellion in the early Northern Zhou Dynasty, and also led his troops to move to Xiazhou during this period.

Yuwentai was able to stand out among the generals of He Bayue and serve as the assassin of Xiazhou, in addition to his own outstanding talent, it is also related to this part of the historical origin. Soon after he came to Xiazhou, he recovered many nomadic tribal forces such as Xianbei Yu and Fei Yetou in this realm.

Yu Wengui, who was born in Xiazhou, was already holding an official position in the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, but soon after following Xiaowu to move west, he chose to attach himself to Yuwentai, which shows the appeal of Yuwentai among these Xiazhou heroes. Although the emperor is noble, Daxingtai treats him as a relative of the same clan.

The Xiazhou tribe also became an important force under Yuwentai, and made no small contribution to his defeat of Hou Mo Chen Yue and the stabilization of the situation in Kansai.

Li He belongs to the Xiazhou Haoqiang, although he was originally founded by He Bayue, but under the call of the township, he is now also an important member of the Xiazhou forces. Although the Xiazhou group is not known for its powerful position, it has always been used by Yuwentai as a henchman.

This Li He said that he heard that Li Tai was so righteous and wanted to come to meet him, and Li Tai naturally didn't believe this nonsense. But after glancing at Li Mu next to him, he realized in his heart, are you planning to form a group to put pressure on your relatives?

He is not persecuted paranoia, he feels that his family is famous and expensive, and he is greedy for a surname Li, and Li Hu is not interested in it at all. There is really a precedent of Li Mu in front of him, and Li He came with him, so it is inevitable that he will subconsciously think of this.

muttering so much in his heart, his face naturally did not show it, and invited the two into the hall and sat down separately with each other.

This time they met, Li Mu's attitude was much better, he was no longer as aggressive as the previous time, and after sitting down, he said with a smile: "Lang Jun, you have been promoted to a new position, and the kindness of Daxingtai is really enviable." ”

"Late entry and young foolishness, how dare you boast in front of the two ministers of the country? Trembling, do your best, I hope to live up to the favor! ”

Li Tai also said with a haha, although his promotion speed is quite amazing, he really has nothing to be proud of in front of these two people.

Li Mu smiled again: "Lang Jun is too modest, Daxing Tai is holding you to rule Luoshui, and the mediocre people in the world only do things and are turbid, and they are not pre-noble." But the real governor understands that he is giving his farming and herding heart to the capable minister! Brought by a water, deeply cut for national use, Lang Jun has made contributions here, not inferior to the battle to kill the stubborn thief! ”

This is true, and Luoshui is among the best in the entire Kansai water vein network, both in terms of river length and the area through which it flows.

The upper plateau and hilly area is an important grazing area, and there are many Fei Yetou clans, and Fei Yetou is a general term for the herdsmen and untouchables in the Xianbei of the Northern Wei Dynasty. With the development of the times, many powerful chieftains have emerged among the Fei Yetou pariahs.

The middle and lower reaches of Luoshui enter the Guanzhong Plain, which is the most important agricultural area in Guanxi outside the Weishui Basin and the Jingshui Basin. It is not an exaggeration for Li Mu to call it the heart of cultivation and herding.

Li Mu's visit this time was not just for sycophancy.

After some greetings, he smiled again and said: "The new responsibility is heavy, and it is inevitable to hesitate." I heard that Lang Jun has repeatedly visited the virtuous and good people in Taiwan today, and he is loyal. If the selection of personnel can be in line with the matter, it will naturally get twice the result with half the effort, otherwise, although there are clever decisions, it will inevitably be difficult. ”

"That's true, can Gong Wu An teach me?"

When Li Tai heard this, he nodded, looked at Li Mu and humbly asked.

"If Lang Jun is only interested in downstream cultivation, I don't dare to give advice. But if you want to govern the whole region well, there is just one person in the table who can recommend Lang Jun to solve your worries! ”

After Li Mu said this, he smiled and looked at Li He, who was sitting in the other seat.

Li He was no longer silent at this time, and after hearing Li Mu's words, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wu Angong's words are too famous, and Li Lang's talent is even appreciated by Daxingtai. What strategy do I have to boast about? It was just that the subordinate personnel happened to be in this matter, and when they heard that Li Lang had a difficult envoy, they wanted to take the liberty of recommending them to use them, and whether they took it or not, it was still in Li Lang's mind. ”

After Li Tai heard this, he hurriedly stood up and waved at Li Hechang: "In front of Yu Gong and other people who have reached the first place in the matter, how can I boast of my wisdom!" If you can teach the maze, I would be grateful! ”

Seeing that Li Tai was so polite, Li He smiled more kindly, so he spoke again: "The upper reaches of Luoshui, with all the states, in addition to the convenience of water and grass grazing horses, there are also the benefits of the salt pond in Xi'an Prefecture......"

Li Tai's previous knowledge of the Luoshui Basin was mainly concentrated in the agricultural areas of the middle and lower reaches, but he did not know much about the Loess Plateau in the upper reaches.

At this time, after listening to Li He's explanation, he realized that the upper reaches of Luoshui were equally important to the Kansai regime. In addition to providing war horses and various animal husbandry, the upper reaches of Luoshui are not far from the important salt-producing areas of Kansai, and are an important salt production and transportation channel.

There are many salt ponds and salt wells in the territory of Wuyuan, which was once a more important salt-producing area than the Hedong Theater. Because of the abundant resources in the territory, there is also a constant struggle.

In the early years of the Great Unification, Yuwentai introduced many Xiazhou armed forces into the heart of Guanzhong, so that the garrison in the north was insufficient, and there were invasions from time to time in Rouran, and Jihu who was active in the territory was also an unstable factor.

In the seventh year of the Great Unification, Liu Ping, the leader of the Dongxia Prefecture Assassin Shi Jihu appointed by Yuwentai, raised troops to rebel and was pacified by Yu Jin. Later, the imperial court sent Xiazhou Hao Chief Yu Wengui to serve as the assassin of Xiazhou, hoping to use his prestige to trap Zhuhu elsewhere, but the effect was still not good.

After the Battle of Bishan, the Western Wei Dynasty's finances and military strength were not enough to support a large garrison in Xiazhou, so Beihuazhou, where several Hui were located, became the first line to deter these destabilizing factors in the north.

Last year, the imperial court added several fortified cities in the upper reaches of Luoshui and sent troops to garrison them, mainly to guard the salt road connecting Xi'an Prefecture, and the garrison here included many of Li He's Xiazhou tribes.

So if Li Tai just reorganized the upper and lower reaches of Luoshui, he didn't have to pay too much attention to Li He. But if you want to control the upper reaches of Luoshui together, you must cooperate with this Xiazhou military leader.

The reason why Li Tai values the potential of the Luoshui Basin is that Luoshui can be cultivated and pastured, and of course it is impossible to give up the upstream area. At this time, Li He took the initiative to come to the door to seek cooperation, of course he had no reason to refuse, and when he heard Li He's statement that he recommended his son and nephew to serve as Li Tai's subordinates, he directly agreed.

"When the former met, they were arrogant. I am deeply ashamed to return to self-examination! Blind date and common righteousness are not something that can be done in a hurry, but being able to help each other in things and prosper together in the world is also a good deed that benefits each other! ”

Seeing that Li Tai and Li He were having a good discussion, Li Mu also expressed his attitude in the banquet and said that his attitude was much more sincere than before.