Chapter 120: The World Is Difficult

For Liu Tai, there are many strategic issues, and Liu Tai will have the courage to make decisions because of his long-term vision.

This minimizes unnecessary internal friction, after all, the Holy Monarch Imperial model should theoretically be the most efficient in governance.

It's just that even the sage monarchs in this world dare not guarantee that they will never make mistakes.

It is only Liu Tai who comes from the lower class of history that can have a relatively broad vision.

It's like trading with Shile, to be honest, if such a policy is discussed internally, even if it is proudly passed, it will cause a tear internally if it is discussed in itself.

Therefore, Liu Tai directly decided this matter, and when the time came, whether it was right or wrong, he would be responsible for himself.

After all, for Liu Tai, this mutual market is still quite important, and on the surface, of course, he is exchanging salt for horses, so as to enrich himself.

He can even get some more products to dump at Shile, and even get some plans from Guan Zhong to guide the development of the Shile region, but Liu Tai believes that Zhang Bin will definitely be able to see through it.

But in fact, Liu Tai's real purpose is to promote his salt stamps in Shile's territory, establish his own monetary reputation through the construction of salt stamps, go to Shile to buy materials, and even wait until the war with Shile, he didn't say that these salt stamps can't be used, but no matter what, they can only be used on their own territory!

If you can use it casually in Shile's territory, then you will print a bunch of materials for the people in Shile's territory to sweep them.

Of course, if these salt tickets are really returned to their own territory, and such a large number of salt tickets are circulated, then they will naturally check one by one, and even through the numbers on these salt tickets, they may easily uproot the entire investigation organization of the other party.

As for the stolen money that was confiscated, the part that was specially printed by himself was burned directly according to the number.

Well, this reasonably recovers the money supply of the entire society, and it can't affect the order of salt tickets in their own territory anyway.

All in all, you think I'm playing with you BC's tricks, hehe! What Lao Tzu is ready to play with you is the financial war of the 21st century.

And these things are not clear to his subordinates.

Since this is the case, we should directly determine the matter of mutual market with Shile first, and continue to watch the development in the future.

"The most outstanding product in our Qingzhou now should be table salt!" Xi joined the army and took the lead in speaking:

"Since ancient times, salt has been a best-selling commodity in Qingzhou to the inland, especially when sold to the old Zhao land!"

"Hmm!" Liu Tai heard Xi's words to join the army, and nodded approvingly, "This salt really has to be counted, and it is best for us to open a salt hall in Anping, so that we can use salt tickets here." ”

When everyone heard Liu Tai's words, they didn't object, because they all felt the convenience of salt stamps after they became popular.

The most important thing is that Liu Tai has mastered the highest salt production technology of this era, which not only brings Liu Tai can sell salt at a lower price, but more importantly, he has the foundation to stabilize the price of salt in his own region.

In this way, salt stamps are actually more convenient to use than food stamps.

After all, with the arrival of the Xiaoice River period, food income is actually not a stable thing, and maybe the harvest will fail next year.

There is no granary that the whole country can eat for three years, and it is still easy to play with such a thing as issuing food stamps.

And food is a special material, if the people are forced to have no food to eat, it will definitely cause riots.

Therefore, even if you want to make a lever, it is not convenient to do it.

But salt is different, as long as the technology is rolled out and the output is improved, the output of salt is quite stable.

After all, there is no nuclear contaminated water in this era, even if the salt drying is affected by extreme weather, resulting in a decline in production, but it is really in a desperate situation, even if the salt boiling method is restored, even if it is a little loss now, it can stabilize people's hearts and ensure salt production.

And as long as the hearts of the people in the market do not collapse, then as long as you dare to use salt tickets, I dare to return salt.

After all, sea salt is an inexhaustible resource, at least until the water is discharged into the contaminated water.

Even if someone really frantically collects tens of billions of tons of salt tickets, Liu Tai said that these salt veters can afford it, and they will bury your home directly with salt!

"You can also sell some weaving ice embroidery pure and beautiful things, these are originally the specialties of Qingzhou, but unfortunately since the end of the Han Dynasty, the weather has been cold, and the silkworm is difficult to cocoon, but it was taken away by the Shu brocade!" Cao Wei was somewhat indignant.

When Liu Tai heard Cao Wei's words, he was a little more thoughtful.

Historically, Qingzhou has always been the center of the textile industry in China after Guan Zhong, and even if it was the Silk Road opened up by the Han Dynasty, a large part of the silk was also provided by the Qingzhou region, but at the end of the Han Dynasty, the latecomers of Shu brocade came first.

Among them, in addition to the Three Kingdoms era to smash Qingzhou, and Zhuge Liang created a perfect Shu brocade system in the Western Shu region, the most important reason is that the arrival of the Xiaoice River period made the weather colder, so that the silkworms in the Qingzhou area did not have a suitable temperature cocoon.

This increased the cost of obtaining silk in the north, and led to the inevitable migration of the entire silk industry to the south.

Of course, who let the current re-enter the troubled times, the trade routes are blocked again, anyway, don't say that there is any Shu brocade that can come to the Kanto side, at least in this era, there is a life worry-free, full of food and clothing is already the life of a master.

Therefore, this makes the fabric in this area of Qingzhou competitive again.

When Liu Tai heard this, he said to Cao Wei, "Since the weather is getting cold, then try to find someone to cultivate some cold-resistant silkworm seeds, select the best of the best, and eliminate and re-cultivate new silkworm seeds step by step."

In addition, high-quality satin needs to be valued, and the wider audience of cloth should also be valued, are you interested in staring at this matter? ”

"Don't don't, don't, Guanggu City still wants me to worry about it! These things can be left to the Xu family, anyway, their women are also better at weaving and understanding! When Cao Wei heard Liu Tai's words, he decisively shook his head at Liu Tai and refused the matter.

When Liu Tai heard Cao Wei's statement, he nodded approvingly, indicating that he knew.

Then everyone gave examples of some items, such as salted fish, paper, or dried fruits, but Liu Tai knew that these things could not be scaled up yet, but it was always good to have a market, so he also approved these things to be added.

At this time, Zhang Song spoke, "Compared to us selling these things, I don't know what Thorn Shi needs us to buy!" ”

"Horses and population!" Liu Tai looked at everyone and said with a serious expression,

"I've stressed the weight of horses many times, and I think you all know that.

In particular, we have always been preparing for a decisive battle with Wang Jun, if we can cultivate a cavalry before that, let alone defeat the Xianbei cavalry, even if we can contain them, we will not be passive in tactics.

Therefore, it is very important to buy horses, buy as many as you want! ”

When everyone present heard Liu Tai's words, their expressions couldn't help but become serious, these people were all from the battlefield, whether they had military merits or not, but at least they had seen the danger of the battlefield and understood the importance of cavalry.

So they are very clear about Liu Tai's repeated emphasis on the importance of horses.

"When the general buys the population, is it mainly to buy women as before?" Zhang Song couldn't help asking.

"Women want it, men want it, children want it, and the elderly with a skill want it even more!" Liu Tai looked at Zhang Song and said solemnly:

"For example, if there is chaos today, the people are displaced, and our Qingzhou is in ruins, and labor is needed everywhere.

Not to mention anything else, the Guanggu City built by Cao Changshi does not always need manpower, and we are very short of labor! Liu Taidao.

"But by the middle of next year at the latest, this Guanggu City will be repaired, if too many people become landless and jobless homeless, I am afraid it will have a very big impact on the security of the entire Qingzhou!" Cao Ying couldn't help but say worriedly.

"It's okay, I remember that there is a Beiyang River in the north of Guanggu City.

After the construction of Guanggu City is completed, you and Guo Pu will continue to find a way to widen the waterway of the entire river to Judian Lake.

One is to further strengthen the defense facilities of Guanggu Castle and let it have a moat.

At the same time, a dock was built in Judian Lake to facilitate shipping and transportation.

Of course, the river from Judian Lake to Xiaoqing River needs to be maintained, and it will become one of the busiest waterways in Qingzhou in the future! ”

Liu Tai said to Cao Wei, "Look, we all have so many things to do, and the current population of Qingzhou is definitely not enough!" ”

"Do you want to widen this entire waterway!?" Cao Wei was a little dazed when he heard Liu Tai's words.

Because he felt that such a large project was indeed a little beyond Cao Wei's expectations.

"Thorn Shi, you are so squeezing the people's power, no wonder you need to buy some people from outside!" When Zhang Song heard Liu Tai's words, he was suddenly a little stunned, and even more anxious.

To tell the truth, Liu Tai's behavior has always been to love the people, and it is indeed a love for the people, and when there was a plague, he took the initiative to go to the front line, forcing the entire Qingzhou bureaucracy to integrate forces to suppress the plague.

But Liu Tai used it against the people, and it was really cruel, this scale of conscription, Zhang Song just listened to it and felt that if Liu Tai was in the Qin Dynasty, he was afraid that he would have a common language with Qin Shi Huang, where in this world could there be such oppression of the people.

Cao Wei listened to Zhang Song's tone and knew that Zhang Song had misunderstood, but he still said carefully, "Assassin Shi, do we still have enough money?" ”

"Money, what money?" Zhang Song and Xi Senjun heard Cao Wei's words, but they couldn't help but have doubts on their faces.

Is it still necessary to pay for conscription in this year?

Which family is so rebellious, he should be well educated, and education will give him a long insight, what to teach the iron fist of autocracy.

"Don't worry, as long as you are willing to go with you to widen the canal, you still have to eat and live in charge of salt tickets." LIU Taidao,

"After all, I don't have anything else in Qingzhou, but the salt is enough, you can just recruit people!"

Well, when Cao Wei heard Liu Tai make such a guarantee, he didn't say anything more.

However, Cao Wei also discovered that with the circulation of salt stamps, especially after the wheat harvest, Liu Tai opened some shops near the salt hall that bought and sold flour or flour food, as well as some stores of department stores.

After the people took the salt stamps and bought and sold what they wanted from these places, the people's acceptance of the salt stamps became very high.

In particular, these shops occasionally offer discounts when buying things with salt stamps, and the people love salt stamps even more.

The main thing is that Liu Tai intends to learn the policy when Alipay was implemented, Alipay has just been implemented in the past few years, people use Alipay to buy and sell various items, they can enjoy discounts and discounts, and later with Alipay gradually occupying the market, mobile payment has become the mainstream means of payment, this kind of discount promotion has slowly become a thing of the past.

And as long as the salt stamps can be exchanged for the city's basic materials, as long as they stay for a long time, the conscripts can basically accept the salt stamps to pay the bill.

And even if the new conscription can't accept the salt ticket for a while, it can be used as a coin, but the coveted labor here can be eaten and sheltered, and for the people of this era, this is already a very happy life.

"When the river is widened to facilitate the shipping of materials, the next step is to repair the large and small roads in Qingzhou, we Qingzhou is a place where we need to use people, and now the population of Qingzhou is far from enough!"

Hearing Liu Tai say such words, Cao Wei vaguely felt that he had promised to build Guanggu City too easily, how to listen to Liu Tai's tone, it seems that there are still many projects waiting for him in the future!

Liu Tai naturally didn't know Cao Ying's talent in the construction industry, and he didn't know that the historical Guanggu City was also built by Cao Wei.

But Liu Tai knows very well that civil engineering is a major with considerable experience, and since Cao Wei has already started this thing, it will be good to specialize in this thing in the future.

After all, in addition to him, there is also Guo Pu on the side, Liu Tai may not believe in Cao Wei's ability very much, but Liu Tai believes in Guo Pu, a famous feng shui master in history.

He may not be as talented as Ge Hong, who is almost a once-in-a-century talent, but Guo Pu is definitely one of the people who understand the potential of mountains and rivers in this era.

With the completion of this meeting, everyone also unified their minds and decided to give Yuan Yan face to support Yuan Yan.

In terms of strategy, it should be regarded as easing Shi Le and facing off against Wang Jun.

At this time, Yuan Yan finished running Liu Tai's Qingzhou, so he naturally ran to Xiangguo where Shi Le was located for the first time.

After all, Liu Tai agreed to the news of the exchange of markets with Shi Le, not to mention whether Liu Tai took the initiative to bring it up, in essence, this can be regarded as the result of his communication with Liu Tai, and with this result, Yuan Yan wants to take Shi Le down!

Yuan Yan entered Xiangguo, and saw that the people of Xiangguo were already happily harvesting in autumn, and it was obvious that Shi Le's subordinates also had the same governance ability as Liu Tai.

Liu Tai is excellent, and Shi Le is also excellent, but the two of them are incompatible.

As soon as Yuan Yan thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh, why did he want to be sandwiched between the two of them!

The world is hard!

Don't wait much for today.

(End of chapter)