"Captain Li, if I don't come to you, you won't come to me? Do you look down on me, Yang Yu?"

Li Xun is dealing with official duties. There have been a lot of things recently. Other things can be said, but something has happened in the army. Military pay has not been paid for several months, and the treatment is getting worse day by day. Yuan He has sent letters several times, saying that he is in the army.

The soldier's dissatisfaction was already very great, and if it continued like this, it would be difficult for him to suppress it.

This matter gave Li Xun a headache. Being a soldier and eating food is a simple matter. If you are a soldier and you can't even keep basic food and clothing, then what kind of soldier do you want to be? Why should I follow you to risk your life with others?

?Bad treatment will definitely affect morale. If morale is bad, combat effectiveness will naturally be poor. This is a vicious circle.

Li Xun used to be the requester. After several battles, Zhao Zhi's reward was delayed. He used to be very angry and had many complaints in his heart. Now that he has become the requester, Li Xun finally realized that Zhao Zhi once had

All kinds of troubles can be summed up in two words: no money.

Li Xun stopped what he was doing, looked up at Yang Yu, and said with a wry smile: "Master Yang, you also know a thing or two about what I have been through. I am worried all day now. If anyone can help me, I can recognize him as my father."

, I am willing to do both."

Yang Yu found a seat and sat down. Seeing Li Xun's appearance, he was quite surprised and said: "You are short of money. Of course I know that. I just didn't expect that you would reach such an extent."

Li Xun sighed: "When you serve as a soldier, you need to eat food to protect your family and country. Having enough food is the primary purpose. If you don't even have food to eat, how can you talk about protecting your family and country? Governor Yang, you don't know. I'm already here."

We have already run out of food. The 20,000 soldiers in my hands are eating food that I shamelessly went to those merchants on credit. As the governor of Wuzhou, I am really a coward."

Yang Yu asked in confusion: "Why don't you go to Wang Renzhi? He is responsible for the distribution of materials in the entire Longyou Road."

Li Xun shook his head: "Wang Renzhi? He is no better than me. Don't you know that when I asked him for food, he didn't even dare to see me anymore? Do you think I can get food from him?"

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Yang Yu nodded and his face became serious. He was the governor of Wuzhou and a civil servant. He never took the initiative to inquire about Li Xun's affairs, so he didn't know much. After he said this, Yang Yu realized

Here comes the seriousness of the problem.

"Li Xun, there is a severe drought in the Central Plains this year. Even the Jiangnan area, which is always rainy, has not had a decent rain for nearly three months. The imperial government's finances are already tight, and now such a severe drought has occurred.

On our side, I’m afraid we can only rely on ourselves.”

After listening to Yang Yu's words, Li Xun closed his eyes and reached out to rub his eyebrows. His head hurt even more.

Even if Li Xun was far away in Wuzhou, how could he not know about the news of the severe drought in the Central Plains? In fact, a drought broke out in the Central Plains last year. The reason why it did not attract too many people's attention and unrest is because of the following reasons

Two, Longyou's victory was a major event that shocked the whole country. Its popularity has not completely subsided, and the people are still in a state of excitement. The second reason is that last year's drought was not too serious, and

The major military governors paid tribute to the court one after another, which was very vigorous and contributed a lot of property. The financial problems of the court were alleviated for a while, and they were able to carry out disaster relief, so the matter was finally controlled and alleviated.

But this year is different. The drought has continued since last year and has become more serious. Liu Xie’s monthly letter to Li Xun mentions the price of food in Fengjing several times, and the price span is wider each time.

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Therefore, even if Li Xun is no longer in the Central Plains, he can already predict how miserable the people of the Central Plains are today.

The hand rubbing his eyebrows suddenly stopped. Li Xun opened his eyes suddenly. He suddenly thought of one thing, that is, the letter he wrote to Zhao Zhi. The content in it was very simple, just one thing, or

It is a suggestion. Li Xun put forward a word and business method that is quite new in this world, "arrangement".

One or more commodities are completely handed over to one person to take care of, and he is fully responsible for the transactions with the Dashi Empire. At the end, Li Xun said the benefits of doing so. So many businessmen have made a lot of money in business, but they

There is no need to pay taxes. No matter how much money they make, what good will it do to the country? It is better to give something to one person to do. If it is done successfully, the court will definitely gain huge benefits from it.

After Li Xun wrote this letter and reported it to Zhao Zhi, he actually didn't have much hope because he felt that this suggestion or model was too advanced in thinking for this world. Li Xun just

It doesn't matter if he doesn't succeed, he has already thought of a backup plan, bypassing the Shipping Department and letting Ruan Donglang completely monopolize the grain trade.

After this incident, due to many official duties, Li Xun put the matter aside temporarily and did not think too much about it. After Yang Yu's conversation today, Li Xun suddenly realized that some things are often not based on his own ideas.

Do it, even if you don't want to, the overall situation pushes you and you have to do it, because there is no choice at all.

Now that there is a severe drought in the Central Plains and the imperial court's financial crisis has completely erupted, Zhao Zhi is probably very worried and is thinking of all possible ways to find a way out.

In the past two months, Li Xun has clearly felt that the grain trade has been greatly reduced. In the past, he asked merchants to borrow grain on credit. Those merchants were very generous and would borrow if you wanted. However, in recent times, Li Xun has not been able to borrow grain.

There was no one to be found at all. Li Xun now understood that those people were probably hiding from him on purpose.

Businessmen have an extremely keen sense of smell. The drought in the Jin Dynasty may have spread to Dashi. What they have to do now is to reserve a large amount of grain and jointly raise the price of grain. They intend to take this opportunity to

The idea of ​​making a lot of money was probably the same idea and practice among many businessmen in the Jin Dynasty.

In this way, Zhao Zhi will not think too much about Li Xun's intention of writing this letter to him. He will most likely give Ruan Donglang an opportunity to get the grain back to the Jin Dynasty at the lowest price and into the hands of the imperial court.

, it’s best if you succeed, if you don’t succeed, you won’t suffer any loss.

After thinking about this, Li Xun became energetic for a moment, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

Li Xun looked at Yang Yu and said, "Master Yang, why did you come to me today?"

Yang Yu shook his head and said: "It's not a big deal. Take some time in the past few days and I will introduce a few people to Governor Li. You will know when the time comes."

"Just for this matter, do you have to go all the way?"

Yang Yu smiled bitterly and said: "There are some things that I originally planned to tell you, but seeing you like this, I can't say much more. We will talk in a few days."
Chapter completed!