Awesome, a slut is not a bragging, and a mountain is not a pile of people!

Ten million stones of grain are not a small amount, they are piled together like a hill.

Of course, the current price of grain is not expensive, and the Duan family cannot afford it. Not to mention ten million stones, or twenty million stones, it is no problem to rely on the financial resources of the Duan family.

But the problem is that the grain cannot be sold if it is collected.

In previous years, Duan's family's annual grain trading volume was around 2 million stones. After all, Taiyuan produces only so much grain. It even had to buy grain to survive in a famine. So Duan Yuntao dared to plant the flag and shouted the slogan of how much it would be.

Now, Li Hao can only talk to ten million stones a day. Not to mention Duan, even if the Wang family in Taiyuan comes, he will have to die.

Duan Yuntao was awakened and looked at Li Hao pitifully: "Hou, Master Hou, I know my mistake, I will never dare to speak nonsense again."

Li Hao snorted: "This time I'm just giving you a lesson. If you dare to talk nonsense again next time, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Yes, yes, I remember, remember." Duan Yuntao nodded while wiping his sweat.

Backed by the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Duan family is indeed quite awesome in Taiyuan Prefecture. Sometimes the government even had to give their family a little face. When encountering a deserted year or something, the county magistrates from several nearby counties even took the initiative to come and beg Duan Yuntao to help get some food.

But facing Li Hao, Duan was really not awesome. The master behind him had already stood there. In addition, Li Hao's back was no worse than Wang's. The two overlapped, Duan could not even be considered a bigger ant in his eyes.

After attacking Duan, Li Hao did not continue to take advantage of the situation. He glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, the reason why cooperatives are called cooperatives is that they benefit from each other, and if they share, they suffer from each other. I can guarantee you that as long as it is not a very special industry, the cooperative can meet all your needs in a year.

Grain, raw silk, livestock, even pig iron, salt, tea, etc. are not unmanaged. This mainly depends on whether you have confidence in the cooperative.

Here I can guarantee that our cooperative has enough economic strength and material foundation to meet any of your needs, and the price will definitely satisfy you, but you only need to pay two words... Trust!"

"We believe in Mr. Hou."

"Yes, we all believe in Mr. Hou."

For these businessmen, speaking a few words without any expenses are nothing.

Moreover, the people who came today may not really want to make a fortune. Although Li Hao’s idea seems a bit too whimsical in their opinion, it is not impossible to realize it.

As long as there is enough funds and as long as the people can be mobilized, the economy of Taiyuan and even the entire Bingzhou will make an extremely high leap in the short term. This is beyond doubt.

"Master Hou, I just made a mistake, I have been guilty of being so virtuous." Duan Yuntao seized the opportunity to come to Li Hao and bowed with him with a smile.

As the saying goes, "Li Hao is not the kind of person who is killing all the people with his hands. He smiled and said, "Wen Duan, I was just talking about things and people before, and I have to let you know what's wrong with them, and I have to say anything wrong with them."

"Mr. Hou is kind and righteous." Duan Yuntao smiled embarrassedly, knowing that Li Hao's words could not be taken seriously. After a few polite words, he said with a worrying look: "Mr. Hou, I have something I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Tell me," Li Hao smiled harmlessly, not at all, as if he had a harsh look before.

Duan Yuntao hesitated, but after thinking about it, he said: "Master Hou, maybe I am too pessimistic, but have you ever thought that if you encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, it would be like this severe drought in Guanzhong and the people were unable to harvest. How should the cooperative deal with it?"

Li Hao touched his nose and looked at Duan Yuntao deeply. He was worried about defeat before he could win, which was not bad.

Duan Yuntao's back was cold when he was seen, and he said worriedly: "Master Hou, but what did I say wrong?"

"No, you're right, your worries make sense." Li Hao smiled: "There are sometimes inevitable, and the losses caused are difficult to estimate."

Duan Yuntao felt a little relieved. After many years of business, he had also experienced some storms and waves. After his emotions recovered, he immediately thought of more things and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Hou is confident, and he is talking too much."

Li Hao smiled, but waved to the maid standing in the distance, and immediately someone walked up with a tray with fine wine.

Li Hao calmly took two cups, handed one of them to Duan Yuntao, and sighed and said, "Wen Duan, people's lives are not easy. It is really difficult to live a disaster year or something. So in this regard, the cooperative society considers bearing the losses caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters alone, thereby reducing the pressure on the people. Do you think, how do you deal with it like this?"

The big shots from Chang'an are different. They are amazing. Duan Yuntao can't do it even if he wants to say something but doesn't agree.

Holding the wine glass, he nodded heavily: "Mr. Hou has such courage, which is indeed a blessing for the Bingzhou surname. I am willing to follow Mr. Hou to the death for the rest of my life, but I have given me instructions and will never refuse."

Li Hao looked at Duan Yuntao with a smile, and suddenly realized that this old man was actually quite interesting.

First, he planted a flag and said that his family was not short of money, and then used the so-called reminder to show loyalty. Is this planning to change the family and not follow the Wang family?

If it were normal times, Li Hao would never have any good looks to this guy, nor would he agree to his so-called loyalty. It was not that he looked down on this person's character, but that he looked down on his abilities.

It's just a squire and landlord in a place, but it's not enough to seek refuge with him, the promising Master Hou.

However, the situation is a bit special now. Li Hao needs someone to open up the situation in Bingzhou. In this case, he has to reposition his relationship with these Taiyuan Tigers.

"I didn't expect that Duan Weng was also a great charity who cared about the people of the world. I misunderstood you before." Li Hao thought of a way to deal with it in a very short time. He first praised Tao Yuntao, and then cried with him for a cup, encouraging him: "Since Duan Weng also has confidence in the cooperative run by me, then we will work together to run the cooperative together. How about it?"

Although Li Hao's words were obscure, Duan Yuntao 'understood' the implication and nodded heavily: "Mr. Hou can trust the Duan family, and the Duan family is willing to be a tragic person for Mr. Hou."

After a sincere and in-depth conversation, Duan Yuntao left the Liu family mansion with surprise.

The other gentry and wealthy businessmen who came to the banquet also said goodbye one by one and went back to discuss the issue of how to cooperate with the cooperative.

At the same time, Li Hao's series of measures in Taiyuan also spread to Chang'an.

Li Er took the letter from thousands of miles away and looked over and over again. Finally, he couldn't help but mutter: "This little bastard is really not worry-free."

"Your Majesty, which kid from another family made you angry?" Queen Changsun asked while fiddling with Li Zhi, who was kicking his arms and legs.

"Who else can you?" Li Er put the letter on the table, frowned: "Isn't it just that little bastard in the Li Jing family."

"Li Dejian? What happened to this little guy?" Empress Changsun became a little serious.

She knew where Li Hao went, Bingzhou.

It is located on the edge of the Hetao region and has a large number of naturalized Turkic tribes, which are not as good as the mainland of Guanzhong.

If the Turkic people have bad personality and temper, they will cause trouble.

Li Er waved his hand and signaled that Empress Changsun should not be so nervous: "It's nothing big, I just can't understand why this kid always has so many tricks, so he can't let me save my attention."

Empress Changsun's curiosity was aroused, she handed Li Zhi to her wet nurse's arms, got up and came to Li Er, and picked up the letter on the table.

After a moment, Empress Changsun frowned with her beautiful eyebrows: "Cooperative? Special Economic Zone? Your Majesty, is this reform?"

After all, he is the queen, and his vision is different from that of ordinary people. He can see the essence of things through his appearance at a glance.

Li Er sighed: "Isn't that the case? What are you talking about in the special administrative regions or agricultural cooperatives? In fact, it's just the essence of reform. I thought this kid was just saying that, but I didn't expect that he would be serious when he went to Bingzhou."

"Your Majesty know?"

Li Er nodded. He must have known such a big thing, but he never thought that Li Hao would move so quickly.

Empress Changsun was a little worried: "Then..., there won't be any trouble if you do this?"

Li Er smacked his lips: "It shouldn't be. When that brat told me about this, he focused on mentioning that the reason why the past reforms failed was that the coverage was too wide. He rushed to promote it without seeing the actual results. In the end, it caused failure because it harmed the most profits of many people."

Empress Changsun thought about the historical reforms that had been recorded in hundreds of years before, and suddenly found that this conclusion seemed to make sense, which made her a little difficult to accept. She sat next to Li Er and whispered: "Your Majesty, do you think this might have been come up with a teenager? Could it be that Li Jing wanted to use his name to raise this matter to His Majesty?"

"No, I know Li Jing's ability. No one can compare to the Tang Dynasty in terms of commanding troops, but in terms of government affairs..." Li Er stopped, feeling embarrassed to say that Li Jing was a political idiot.

"What about the others?"

"It is even more impossible for others. You know, if the reform is successful, the impact on the Tang Dynasty will be almost subversive. No one will give such great contributions to others." Li Er turned to face Empress Changsun and said seriously: "I actually hope that he can succeed. As long as he can succeed, any aristocratic family will never affect the court again. This is what I hope to see."

"But... is this possible?" Empress Changsun was a little uncertain. After all, Li Er's wish seemed a little out of reach. If the aristocratic family and aristocrats were really so easy to deal with, they would have been dealt with countless times.

You should know that the administrative institutions of the Tang Dynasty seem to be very sound on the surface, but in fact, the control is at most at the local county magistrate, and further down, they have to rely on gentry, clan leader, village chief, etc.

In the countryside, these gentry, patriarch, and village chief often have a greater effect than Tang Lu.

After all, the Tang Dynasty was still an era of family affairs. In the eyes of the people, family laws were far greater than national laws.

Of course, the country and the world are not limited to the Tang Dynasty. Even in the later generations of the 21st century, some remote villages still have family laws that are greater than national laws. Otherwise, there would be no such farce that even though a child was abducted to a certain village, he could not rescue such a farce in the end.

It is precisely because of this that Li Er, the imperialist leader, hated the aristocratic families and the gentry to the core.

I think he was the emperor of the Tang Empire and did not even speak as well as an ordinary old man among the people. How could he bear it?

Therefore, reform is necessary. How could the people of the Tang Dynasty look down on their emperor so much? This is absolutely not possible.

"If it was promoted throughout the Tang Dynasty, this would definitely not work, but it would not matter only in Bingzhou." Li Er thought for a while and said, "Although Li Dejian is often confused about small matters, big matters never disappoint."

Empress Changsun glanced at Li Er in surprise.

This is so unconfident, don't you believe it yourself?

But forget it, I couldn't stop it. I didn't see my husband even giving the sword to that kid, which shows how determined he is to reform.

...

In Bingzhou, the cooperative's work was in full swing, adding firewood to the winter of the three years of Zhenguan.

Almost all the people in Taiyuan Prefecture are about to be crazy. As long as there is a guarantor and an official certificate, they can receive seeds for next spring plowing in the cooperative, as well as various farm tools, even plowing oxen and land.

Good thing, this is a great thing.

The people are not afraid of hardship or fatigue. What they are afraid of is that they will not gain anything after hardship.

Now, there is a cooperative that endorses them. As long as they are willing to contribute, 90% of their income will be their own. If you want to sell the grain you grow, you can keep it if you want to.

The timids simply apply for dozens of acres of land, while the timids even apply for one hundred acres or two hundred acres directly.

Anyway, there are cooperatives that provide agricultural tools, so at worst, you can use the autumn harvest and use the food to charge the cost.

The officials and yamen runners were soon not enough in some places, and even county magistrates had to go out to the ground to measure the land.

There is no way, the people are too enthusiastic. As more and more people receive next year's food, the people in Taiyuan Prefecture will go crazy. Many people even slept at the gate of the cooperative with salutes.

The Taiyuan Instigator Li Guan was so sad and happy. On the one hand, the people signed up so enthusiastically that the harvest of Taiyuan Prefecture will definitely increase several times compared with previous years. On the other hand, the arable land available to Taiyuan Prefecture is beginning to be insufficient.

Before, due to insufficient productivity, people relied on manpower to farm, and each person would have to cultivate about dozens of acres of land.

But now, the damn Li Dejian got nearly a thousand cows from somewhere, and patted his chest to promise the people that they could rent livestock at a discount on grain.

Now, the people can’t avoid being crazy and apply for more land.
Chapter completed!