Some things can be done slowly, and some things can be done overnight. Whether it is fast or slow depends on the specific situation and specific analysis, and it also depends on the position of the analyst.

Historically, the Western Wei Dynasty and Shu are a little logical and natural, which perfectly fits into the process of civil strife in Nanliang, and belongs to the kind of situation that God feeds. Even the Great Demon Mentor Liu Xiu's pacification of Shu was not as smooth as the Western Wei Dynasty.

For today's Li Tai, of course, he doesn't want to cut down Shu too early.

The reason why the Jingzhou Governor's Office has grown so fast, in addition to a series of achievements in external expansion, is also because the incremental prospects brought about by the civil strife in Nanliang have not yet been digested.

Now that his right to speak has not been weakened, of course, it is necessary to create a situation that is more favorable to him as much as possible.

After thinking about it for a while, he took advantage of this train of thought to continue: "The reason why the military affairs were good last year was not only because King Wuling licked the calves deeply, but also because he was self-reliant and didn't want to fight with me too much. Now I can also take advantage of his mind to send him to blame, force him to do me, lose his character to entertain my heart, if he does not allow it, he will suffer from the enemy on his back, and I am afraid that it will not be long. One of them is taken in the day, and the hundred are full for a long time, and when the people and land are trapped, they will no longer be enemies, and then they will be able to get Shuzhong. ”

When Yu Wentai heard this, he also stroked his palms and laughed: "Yes, yes, Boshan's plan is very good." If you can make them cut the flesh and feed it to me, you don't have to rush to do it for a while. Besides, I am very respectful to his disciples, and I will inevitably panic and ask for it, and it will not be long before all the personnel will be for me! ”

Although the battle did not go well last year, it does not mean that the Western Wei Dynasty did not have a deterrent effect on Shuzhong. Although the previous Western Wei Dynasty was a small scum in the Later Three Kingdoms, it was much stronger than today's Southern Liang, even Li Tai, who was not born out of nowhere, was also holding the Xiao family's goods.

Even if the Western Wei Dynasty could not threaten the survival of Xiao Ji, the Shuzhong regime, in the short term, there was still a strategic threat. Once it started a full-scale war with the Western Wei, then there was no next strategic choice, only to trap Shuzhong on the way, and it was impossible to attack Jiangling before the Jiangling forces were completely recovered.

Today's Wuling King Xiao Ji is like a porcupine full of spikes, if you bite hard, it will definitely hurt a lot, but if you just say a few crazy words, he may take out his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys for you to eat. After all, for his people, the friction with the Western Wei Dynasty is a secondary contradiction, and the relationship with Jiangling is the fundamental contradiction related to life and death.

After a little praise and agreement, Yu Wentai looked at Li Tai again and said with a smile: "What I saw in Yibo Mountain, where should I start if I ask for Shuzhong this time?" ”

"Shu brocade! The Shu people have this as a strange commodity, and it is difficult to find a daughter in Hexi, which is a treasure gathered by the labor force of Shu. Now Shuzhong can use this to exchange markets, and it is not allowed to resell to other parties. If I get Shu brocade, I can not only hold this Shu land, but also open up the Hexi business road and benefit all sides! ”

After hearing this question, Li Tai didn't sell it, and even said it.

When everyone present heard this, their eyes immediately lit up, and the word "Shu brocade" alone had a refreshing effect, which shows the high recognition of its value nowadays.

In recent years, Changsun Jian, who has studied Li Tai's various operations deeply, heard this, and said with some uncertainty: "May I ask Taiyuan Gong, is this plan based on Guanzi Crewe's plan?" ”

Li Tai was obviously stunned when he heard this question, and the other people also had a lot of dazed expressions on their faces, and they were a little unfamiliar with this pipe Crewe.

The eldest grandson Jianjian saw that he talked about the blind spot of everyone's knowledge, so he explained with a smile: "I borrowed several volumes of "Guanzi" from the Longyuan Academy before, and I saw that the Guan Zhong contained in the volume was Qi, because I saw Lu and Liang weaving for business, so I advised the king of Qi to serve the silk, and sent people to buy this goods on a large scale, so that the two countries would waste farming for profit......

Hearing this, Li Taicai gradually remembered this story, similar to going to Chu State to buy deer, buying white fox skins on behalf of the country, etc., all of which are economic warfare operations that manipulate prices to attract people to profit and thus abandon farming. This seems to have an allusion to Qi Lu Min in later generations, but in fact, Qi Lu Min's original intention only refers to high-end silk fabrics, which does not match these stories.

"Boshan is already good at managing everything, and it is not surprising that there is such a scheme. What the eldest grandson Sima said, is it in line with Boshan's plan? ”

After listening to the allusions to what Changsun Jian said, Yuwentai looked at Li Tai and asked with a smile.

When Li Tai heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what is it called talking on paper? That is, learning a little concept is nonsense.

Let's not say if he means this, what era is the person in charge of the middle of the plan?

At that time, due to the limitation of productivity, the capacity of manual production was already limited, so it was possible to lure labor by manipulating prices. However, the development of the Shu brocade industry in Shu has been developed for hundreds of years, and it has already had a mature technical inheritance and industrial scale, so how can it be easily influenced?

There is also the fact that the people have the advantage of fish and salt, and they themselves have the national strength and heritage to launch economic warfare.

Li Tai remembered that Changsun Jian used to be quite a stable person, why did his brain become a little less bright because he was wandering in the ocean of knowledge in his own collection of books? Is it because of luck?

"Guan Zhong Kru is because the force can't control it and needs to rely on things, but now Shu is afraid that I will come to things, although it is said that it is a mutual market, in fact, it is not similar to the wisdom of the previous sages."

In order to prevent everyone from continuing to misunderstand, Li Tai opened his mouth to explain again.

When Changsun Jian heard this, his old face suddenly turned red, his mother thought it was too complicated, and he thought that this Li Boshan was going to engage in some high-end economic war, but it turned out to be a simple and unpretentious extortion!

Although the eldest grandson Jian miscalculated, the others were very enthusiastic about Li Tai's plan. Nowadays, there are occasional Shu brocade outflows on the market, the price is all very high, but the market demand is very strong, not only Guanzhong local, other regions also have a lot of demand, if you can grasp the channels of Shu brocade circulation, grasp the source in one fell swoop, the benefits are naturally very considerable.

"If it is really as Boshan calculated, Shu Zhong is willing to pay tribute to me Shu brocade, and good use of it can indeed greatly benefit the country!"

Yuwentai was most interested in the matter of money, and after inquiring a little about the Shu brocade market to the people near the left, he suddenly said with anticipation, but he said with some uncertainty: "With such heavy goods, I am afraid that Shuzhong may not give in easily." ”

When Li Tai heard this, he also nodded and said, "Things are indeed as the Lord is worried about, and they may not be as good as they should be. But in addition to sending envoys to order, it is not all without other plans, it depends on how much Zhang Wugong exerts. ”

"Me?"

Yuwendao was just sitting in the middle of the table to listen to the discussion, but he didn't expect Li Tai to turn his head and lead the topic to him, and he was quite surprised in his heart.

"Yes, now Zhang Wugong is sitting in Longyou, raising the control of Diqiang, if he can coax the place, cut off all the trade routes in the west of Shu, and cut off the way for goods to enter and exit. Then everything in Shu is dead, only I can hope, and the king of Wuling is eager to harvest to strengthen his momentum, and he is forced by me to ask for it, so he naturally asks me and does not dare to disobey. ”

Li Tai looked at Yuwen Dao again and said with a smile, Now there are two governors in the country, don't be too busy with me, find something for you to do, you should also hurry up!

Because the overall development of productive forces in Guanzhong is still relatively backward, and there are not enough commodities to put into trade, even if the Hexi Corridor is controlled, the value of the benefits of east-west trade is still not fully reflected.

Productivity constraints are hard indicators, not obstacles that can be bypassed by opportunism. Only by winning a high-quality source of goods like Shuzhong can we gradually enhance the right to speak in commerce and trade.

Of course, putting aside these clichés, an important reason for Li Tai's proposal is to let Yuwen guide it, so that the deterrent power of the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion will be more externally released, rather than just used to balance the country, what am I doing!

The Di and Qiang tribes he mentioned were only minor troubles in Longyou, and stubborn enemies such as Tuyuhun needed to be dealt with with with in good spirits.

Although it is said that the Western Wei Dynasty does not have the strength to wage war on multiple fronts, but for the sake of long-term planning, the confrontation that should be there must also be created, and everything can not be temporarily clinging to Buddha's feet, even if there is no plan to conquer Tuyuhun at the moment, it must be restricted through some precautions and sanctions, and then I will give a wave of peace when I take power in the future!