Under the careful search and rummaging of the cancao scribes, the old books and documents of the nine years of the Great Unification have been sorted out one after another.

However, as Huang Fumu said, most of these scrolls were seriously damaged due to poor storage, moisture, or insect damage. Even if some of them are still in good condition, the paper has become thinner and brittle, and it is no longer able to withstand frequent handling and repeated reading.

When Li Tai saw this, he simply stopped ordering him to return to the straight hall, and went directly to the office, finding a free and quiet room in this scripture writing field, leaving a few small officials in charge to answer questions here, and then began to read these documents carefully.

Huangfu Mu watched from the side for a while, and saw that Li Tai looked focused on burying his head in the file and having no distractions, although he didn't know what his specific intentions were, but his heart was finally more balanced, so he didn't bother anymore, and returned to the straight hall to continue what he hadn't done before.

When people are concentrating on things, time flies. When the emperor in the straight hall raised his head and looked out of the hall again, the afterglow of the setting sun was spilling into the hall from the western edge of the sky, and some of the colleagues in the straight hall had already completed the affairs of the eucalyptus, and some were planning to fight at night.

Seeing that Huang Fu Mu had stopped the business at hand, the officials who were waiting on the side hurriedly rushed forward to present a summary of today's matters.

Huangfu Mu looked at these things, and found no mistakes, so he subconsciously touched his waist to prepare to use the seal, and when his hand touched the air, he suddenly remembered that he was no longer a long history, and he felt a little dark in his heart, and then remembered Li Tai who had stayed in the scripture writing field before.

"Maybe you've left ......"

After walking out of the straight hall, seeing that the sky was already a little dark, and Huangfu Mu, who had been busy with affairs for most of the day, felt hungry, so he guessed that Li Tai might not have the patience to continue to stay there, and planned to have dinner first and then make inquiries, but after thinking about it, he still raised his legs and walked in the direction of the scripture writing field.

When Huang Fumu came to the scripture writing field, the sky was already completely dark, and some of the scripture writing rooms were already lit up. And the room where Li Tai stayed before was even brighter.

Huangfu Mu stepped into the room, and saw more than a dozen people sitting or standing in the room, all Cangcao officials, all of them were contemplating, even if they were aware of Huangfu Mu's arrival, they only bowed their heads and did not say hello.

When Huangfu Mu saw this scene, he was suspicious, turned his head to look into the room, and the first thing he saw was the book and paper stacked on the book that was more than half a person high.

"Have you already reviewed these papers?"

Looking at the pile of scrolls that were up to his chest, Huangfu Mu asked in disbelief.

With his opening, the silent atmosphere in the room was suddenly broken, Li Tai's action of flipping through the transcript stopped, and Cang Cao, the state capital, who had been laying paper and ink next to him and observing and studying, suddenly raised his head with a displeased face and reprimanded: "Who is making a noise...... The emperor's long history and ...... joining the army"

Huangfu Mu ignored the cangcao joining the army, pushed away a few people next to the eucalyptus and walked to Li Taixi's side, and pointed to the pile of books and said to Li Tai: "Li Changshi has already reviewed these papers?" ”

Li Tai stopped, and suddenly felt that his shoulders and limbs were a little sore and stiff, and he stood up and moved a little, and nodded to Huangfu Mu and said, "I just read it roughly." ”

As soon as he said this, the Cang Cao next to him shook his head again and again and said: "The long history has recorded all kinds of things in great detail and precision, so skillful in managing things, I have never seen anything in my humble position!" ”

As he spoke, he flipped through the ink that had been dried in ink by Li Tai and showed it to Huang Fumu, explaining the convenience of this way of remembering.

In fact, Li Tai did not use any too complicated skills, nothing more than some basic statistical applications, first sorted out the elements of events that appeared in the document, outlined the frequency of different matters being recorded, and then reviewed the dynamics of the material revenue and expenditure involved for a period of time, so that the general situation of changes in financial revenue and expenditure in this period can be naturally obtained.

There is not much intellectual gap between the ancients and their descendants, but the information that the descendants receive and need to process every day is beyond the reach of the ancients. Even if it is a dead house in later generations, what he sees and thinks will surpass that of a county magistrate in ancient times.

Therefore, when it comes to the extraction and combing and summary of complicated information, because of the difference in living environment, future generations will far exceed those of predecessors, of course, it is necessary to exclude some people who give up self-thinking and indulge in the popularity of public account hunting.

Li Tai's previous subordinates were already surprised by his ability to be almost talented, but they didn't expect to cause a wave of amazement after coming to Longyou. It can be seen that when people lack a sense of accomplishment in life, they may not only improve themselves to regain it, but also change the map.

When Huangfu Mu saw the financial revenue and expenditure of Qinzhou in recent years sorted out by Li Tai, he couldn't help but stare in amazement for a while.

He had been here for a long time, and he knew many things by himself, but his memories would also change with time and energy, and the detailed numbers recorded on the paper made his memories come alive again, and they were very different from each other.

If you only talk about the understanding of state finance, Li Tai's efforts in this afternoon are comparable to his years of hard work! Of course, he is not the only one in the past few years, but Li Tai's efficient grasp of the state affairs undoubtedly proves that he has a very outstanding talent.

"No wonder the lord praised Li Changshi many times before, but I am narrow-minded, only because of my preference and reputation is too much, today I have to see the long history of things as simple as the work, only to know that what I have seen is short, I don't know the talent, and I hope that the long history can tolerate the previous cold face offense!"

Huangfu Mu carefully put the notes made by Li Tai back on the eucalyptus, and then apologized to Li Tai in a deep voice.

Li Tai was naturally not open-minded, and he was quite unhappy with this Huangfu Mu's attitude towards him before, but he also knew in his heart that it was precisely because there was such a person in the state capital who could concentrate on things that his father-in-law was relieved to arrange for him to stay behind and take care of affairs.

So when he saw Huangfu Mu bowing his head and apologizing to himself with a ashamed face, he didn't have the villain's ambition to laugh at the other party's eyes and ignorance of Mount Tai, but just said with a generous smile: "I'd rather have a split eye with a gentleman, and don't have a relationship with a villain." When the emperor joined the army, you were open-minded and sincere, and it was normal for people to be suspicious because they didn't know before, but there was no need to worry about it. I still have many doubts about state affairs, and I hope that the emperor will be able to give advice when he joins the army. ”

"Please rest assured Li Changshi, but if you ask, I must know everything and say everything!"

After hearing this, Huangfu Mu hurriedly said that he was not good at interpersonal communication, and he had already recognized Li Tai in his heart, so he wanted to show more in things. But after saying this, his stomach rumbled uncontrollably.

The sound was like a signal, and several more people in the room screamed in their stomachs. Although Li Tai ate a lot of breakfast, after hearing this movement, he also felt hungry, and when he saw that it was getting late, he said with a smile: "Today, because of my instructions, the people in Cangcao are not lightly tired, and they are afraid that there will be no hot food when they return home, and they will stay in the public kitchen for dinner." ”

When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter. Although the state government has a public chef, only the subordinates who are in the food can enjoy the benefits of two meals in the morning and evening, and the general officials have to eat and drink at their own expense.

None of the wealthy children from better families would commit themselves to being beaten and punished at every turn, so a meal is also very happy for them.

When Li Tai was flipping through the papers, he noticed that the annual material expenditure of the state chef was not a few, and the most was the 11th year of the Great Unification that had just passed, and the various ingredients and materials consumed in the whole year were reduced to more than 100,000 horses.

So on the occasion of dinner, Li Tai personally came to the public kitchen located on the side of the state capital to see how good the food standard of Qinzhou's working meals was, and he actually ate more than a dozen Gao Ao Cao every year!

The scale of this public kitchen is not small, with two rows of large houses, and a stable for cattle and sheep and other meat animals. When I learned that the long history of the pro-in-office came, the cooks and men in the public kitchen all lined up to greet them, and there were more than 100 male and female helpers, but I couldn't see any fat body with brains.

Being a cook in this era is not a beauty difference with a lot of oil and water, if you really want to meet a boss like Wang Zhen who has to weigh the wine and meat by himself when he invites guests to dinner, he dares to make any small moves, which is to find death.

Although Dugu Xin is not so trivial and harsh, his generals are not kind-hearted kind, so there are no big rats in this state canteen.

Li Tai took advantage of the dinner order to observe and inquire about the daily food level of the state capital by the way. It is necessary to provide meals for more than 100 people in the two prefectures every day, and each provides different grades of food according to the rank, and the daily food consumption is about 50 horses of silk.

Such a food standard is already very generous, even if the price standard is higher than that of Guanzhong, Longyou, it is enough to provide a hearty meal. Even if the banquet is held every day, according to normal standards, the annual consumption of the state capital is only two Gao Aocao.

While waiting for the chef to prepare the meal, Li Tai asked Huang Fumu his question why the state chef's expenses were so large last year, far higher than the normal level!

Huangfu Mu heard Li Tai raise this question, and after sorting out his thoughts for a while, he said: "Last year, Tugu Hun was far away from the east thief, which caused the situation in Longbian and Hexi to be tense, and it was also unpredictable for Deng Yan of Guazhou, Yuwen Zhonghe of Liangzhou and other Fang Mu.

The lord is not born outside but is born inside, so he has been trying to appease the wealthy people in the realm and the Qiang Qu Shuai, listing banquets in the house, three days and two works, Xuanwei and coins, and diligent contact, so that there can be a turnaround. The former Shen Hui envoy was in Hexi, so he was able to capture Deng Yan smoothly, and after all, the people of the state were also very strong. ”

Li Tai only understood when he heard this, and he felt that Qinzhou had been eating and drinking at public expense for the past year, which ensured the stability of order in the realm, and even Guazhou was eaten back.

This part of the matter will not be recorded in Cangcao's income and expenditure book, Li Tai pondered for a while, and then asked: "Then the name books of the wealthy families and Qu Shuai who attended the banquet last year, is there any record in the state capital?" ”

After hearing this, Huangfu Mu nodded and said: "Yes, after each banquet, the lord must order someone to record the people present and the rewards, so as to serve as a proof of the use of skills in the future. ”

Li Tai heard that this was another joy, it seems that this old man is not just blindly arrogant, he ate him and took him in a small notebook.

Anyone who can attend the banquet is naturally not a simple person, so a book formed is equivalent to recording the situation of the hometown power in Longyou Prefecture, which has great application value.

The wine and food prepared by the chef were delivered one after another, and this problem was put aside for the time being, and Li Tai was eating while combing through the financial situation of Qinzhou that he had sorted out and learned about today.

Generally speaking, the largest and most stable income of a state's finances must be the rent paid by the residents per household, and the other revenues are fluctuating and contingency, and it is difficult to plan expenditures as a constant increment.

However, Qinzhou is different, although there are more than 10,000 households under its rule, and there is a large scale of military tun industry, but this part of the income does not even reach one-third of Qinzhou's overall fiscal revenue. In other words, more than half of Qinzhou's fiscal revenue is unpredictable, and it may be more or less.

However, Qinzhou's financial situation has not increased because of this, and the situation is very bad, but it is very healthy, not only can meet the huge army maintenance and administrative expenses, but even has a large amount of surplus every year, compared with Huazhou Bafu Yin, who eats grain and is so poor that his eyes are green, it is simply not too nourishing!

This is because Qinzhou has a large scale of official workshops, from people's livelihood to military manufacturing. Even at the beginning of the ninth year of the Great Unification, a batch of bows and arrows produced by the Qinzhou official workshop were handed over to the Bafu as a substitute for rent and adjustment to arm the six armies, but they were all lost in Pishan.

The development of Qinzhou or Longyou's handicraft industry is more prosperous than that of Guanzhong, if it weren't for the conclusion that he came to from a bunch of information, Li Tai couldn't believe it.

In his impression, the Longyou Han Dynasty was chaotic and chaotic, and there was no way to guarantee even agricultural production, let alone a handicraft industry with higher environmental requirements.

But the fact is that not only the general handicraft industry development in Longyou is not small, but even some high-end gold and silver wares, including the coffin coffin secret utensils used in the funeral of princes and ministers in Chang'an City, are all made by craftsmen of Wudu Palace in Qinzhou.

Li Tai's understanding of this phenomenon is that the arable land in Longyou itself is very narrow, and it has been occupied by many local wealthy and powerful households, and the perennial disputes cannot provide the common people with a long-term stable environment for reclamation and production, and many people cannot obtain stable output in the land, so they can only find other solutions.

The many Qiang tribes in Longyou could not be self-sufficient in their life and production methods, and they had to obtain the means of production and living through foreign trade, coupled with the important trade route of the Hexi Corridor in Longyou, so the handicraft industry developed rapidly. People don't have to be tied to the land, and their living space is expanded.

As for the creation of high-end luxury goods, one is the gold and silver materials brought by the trade routes of the Western Regions, and the other is that at the beginning of the establishment of the Western Wei Dynasty, Longyou was still under the jurisdiction of the Yuan Wei court, so a considerable number of Fengyu craftsmen from Luoyang were placed in Longyou.

In addition, the handicraft industry developed by Longyou based on religious needs, such as pottery, carving, painting and scripture writing, etc., makes the development of Longyou's handicraft industry far more active than that of Guanzhong, and it is also very profitable.

For example, the scripture writing field that Li Tai originally wanted to cut down is second only to the Dunhuang scripture writing field in Guazhou, and it is the second largest in Longyou Hexi.

Translating and copying scriptures, although a highly religious act, is accompanied by great benefits, not only in money, but also in terms of local prestige and political resources.

Li Tai naturally knew how to use religion to make money, so he built the Shifo Temple in northern Shaanxi, and attracted a large number of Jihu people to rely on investment.

After all, Buddhism here should be more prosperous, and the monks in many countries can not go to Tianzhu to learn scriptures, at least they can get a circle of Longyou Hexi to be considered gold-plated, otherwise they are not worthy of being called monks.

Qinzhou, a scripture writing field, has existed for many years, and has already been fully operated, which can bring tens of thousands of silk benefits and tens of thousands of servitudes to the state capital every year. Every year, the governor of the state government also gathers here to give lectures and spread the law, which is of great significance to the governance of Qinzhou, and it is by no means something that Li Tai can close with a single thought.

In addition, Qinzhou also has official and animal husbandry industries, salt and iron income, and considerable commercial taxes, which made Li Tai's eyes red for a while, no wonder the chaos in the east of Longguan during the Wuhu Chaos period, but in the west of Longyou Hexi, there are all the Liang regimes, including their Longxi Li family, are very nourishing.

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With such a job in hand, even if he operates with his eyes closed, even if he can't compete with Guanzhong, Li Tai feels that he can't be forced to commit suicide at home by Yuwen Hu.

With regard to Qinzhou's fiscal revenue structure alone, Li Tai saw a fatal flaw in Duguxin, that is, his influence was insufficient, and he had almost no right to allocate and dispose of core resources.

To be honest, it is a bit of a waste of this historical opportunity, in addition to Duguxin's own confidence that he is not particularly determined to fight against Yuwentai or even replace him, it is probably because he has been displaced for most of his life, which has made him a little unsure of how to develop his own power in depth, and he has lost his inertia.

Now Li Tai and Duguxin's political life is also closely related and prosperous, although it is quite reluctant in terms of time, but he still wants to work hard to manage Duguxin's things that he has not been involved in before and has not done enough, in order to get more returns in the future.