Great Song Pirate

Chapter 265 Returning to the South
Xu Yi shook his head and smiled wryly: "People are such animals. Many people don't have their own opinions. They just follow others' opinions. Sometimes it is better to rely on suppression than guidance. Although these poor people have no skills, they have read books after all, and their tongues are worse than ordinary people. Powerful, words have weight, that's why this kind of thing happened, I just want to try this method, I don't have much confidence, if they can't, I can only persuade Mutian to close the stall and stop doing it Such a thing!"

These poor people were really frightened by Xu Yi. After they were driven out of the kiln by Daniu and others, they immediately split up and hurriedly went to find their fellow villagers. Rotten tongue, boasting that the south is as beautiful as heaven, saying that the good people here have a large area of ​​land in the south, and they need people to cultivate it. Anyone who goes there is guaranteed food and lodging, etc. If they don’t go, there will be no relief here. Let them leave to make a living on their own, and advise their folks to move to the south, where they are far away from swords and soldiers, and they will not worry about being harassed by barbarians. Zao didn't dare to stop, for fear of failing to meet Xu Yi's request, he would be kidnapped and sent to the government for punishment.

These refugees who originally planned to wait here for the peace of the north were a little strange at first. When they asked them why they suddenly changed their views, they were shy and dared not say that they were dragged away and slapped, let alone that if they did not persuade The refugees will be sent to the officials and bandits to be accused of being spies. He said that he didn't know the reason of the incident before, but he changed his mind after finding out the situation just now, so that these refugees must not lose this opportunity and hurry up to follow their instructions. Arrangement, just move to the south. Anyway, they all tried their best. In less than a day, they really moved a large number of refugees. These refugees saw that these scholars said that the south is better than their hometown, and each of them was a little bit moved. , although they are not familiar with the place where they live and don't know what the future will be like, but they are desperate now. After they don't give them relief here, they really don't know where to find food, so they all agreed to move south to see the new place. At most, it is not as good as these scholars say, and it will not be worse than the current situation.

Of course, the persuasion work of these poor people may not be smooth sailing, some people still jumped out to sing the opposite, so these scholars immediately took out the tricks they learned from Xu Yi, and shouted that these opponents had ulterior motives and wanted to sabotage the relief. They might be the spies of the Liao people, and they frightened the people who opposed them half to death, so they quickly shut up and dared not speak anymore, don't look at these poor people who don't have any great skills, But there is still a lot of ability to learn from others. He actually suppressed different voices and solved ideological problems by putting on hats. It seems that he has a certain potential to be a political commissar!

People are like this, as long as someone deliberately guides them, people's thoughts are still easy to change, especially when the opinions of the majority of people are unified, even if a few people are not willing, they start to waver, and finally follow the trend, Agreed to move south.

Li Mutian left the matter here to Xu Yi to take care of. He slept with his head covered for a long time. After getting a cup of tea and drinking it, he asked Xu Yi, "Brother Xu seems to be very relaxed now! Could it be that he has already thought of a solution?"

Xu Yi said with a smile on his face: "The old troubles are gone, but the new troubles are coming again!"

Li Mutian was so frightened by his words that he almost choked water into his trachea, coughed a few times, threw down his teacup and said anxiously: "Don't scare me, I'm going crazy these days, I didn't expect these troublemakers to be so difficult Tangle, tell me quickly what old troubles have gone and new troubles have come?"

Xu Yi was really amused by the nervousness on Li Mutian's face: "Okay, it's okay, the old problem is that those refugees who plan to live here have decided to move south to where I am, and the new problem is that you have to quickly arrange people to take care of them." They were sent to Yangzhou in batches!"

Now, Li Mutian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, didn't you deliberately trick me? Why did those unscrupulous people agree to move south after I just woke up from sleep? Could it be that you are really a god who did something to them?" Can’t spell? Sigh! Forget it, I won’t ask any more. Anyway, many things seem to be much easier in your hands. It’s useless to ask. I will arrange people to send these people away. Please God It’s easier to send God away than it is!” He ran out in a hurry, called a few servants to come over, told them to collect the money, and hurried on the road, sending these people away first, he had already been troubled by these refugees About to go crazy, send An Sheng away!
After Li Mutian turned back, he asked about Xu Yi's trip to Wu'an. Xu Yi didn't tell him the details, but said that everything was going well and there was no trouble. I went to Xingzhou, I want to break up with Li Mutian and go back to the south.

Li Mutian was shocked and said: "Brother Xu, why are you in such a hurry to go back? If you leave, wouldn't it be safe for me to go to the north? The road is not smooth now!" He was telling the truth. He was worried that after breaking up with Xu Yi in Xingzhou, there were not many skilled people around him, and he was worried that he would make mistakes on the road. Now that Xu Yi didn't even go to Xingzhou, how could he not be in a hurry?

After Xu Yi thought about it for a while, he suddenly had an idea. He doesn't have the financial resources to buy more steel, but it doesn't mean that the Li family doesn't have the financial resources!Their family's business is so big, Laodi must be stronger than them, so he said to Li Mutian: "Don't worry, Mutian. I will not take all these brothers away when I turn around this time. I will leave Qiangui Here you are, I will leave you another twenty brothers and let them escort you to the north. As long as you travel lightly and don’t make too much publicity, you should be fine. You have to deal with the business here as soon as possible. Now you have seen the situation. It is basically the same as I expected. The Jin people are not a good thing. Be polite to us Da Song, no matter what happens in the north, don’t trust the Jin people, the chaos here is only a matter of time, remember! Also this time I underestimated the amount of iron produced in Xingci and Xingci, with my financial resources At present, the margin of eating Wu'an has reached my limit. I think you Li family should not let this opportunity pass. The price will definitely rise sharply. You might as well learn from me and buy some steel in large quantities and transport it back to the south for storage. Maybe you will make a lot of money in the future. If you don’t seize this opportunity now, don’t blame me for not reminding you in the future !"

Li Mutian thought about it, right?Now that this side has become such a mess, it seems that the future is likely to be as Xu Yi expected. Now that their Li family also eats a large amount of steel, as long as there is chaos in the north, they will definitely make a fortune, so hurry up Xi said: "Thank you brother Xu for reminding me, I will not let go of this opportunity. If we get rich, our Li family will never forget the benefits of brother Xu! I will send someone to notify my father immediately to mobilize the money. If you don’t go, I’ll go to Xingzhou this time, and I’ll reserve more if I say anything! Thank you, thank you!”

Seeing the excitement on Li Mutian's face, Xu Yi felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart. The reason why he could think of such a thing was entirely based on his understanding of historical development, and the reason for doing so was not to get rich, but to To lay a good foundation for the future, so he said earnestly: "Mutian, I also have a word to remind you, although it is true in business, but you have to remember that if there is a loss in the north, even if your Li family gets rich, This wealth can only be said to be the wealth of the country's disaster. Don't forget that the money you earned has the blood of our Song people in it. I only hope that after you get rich, you will not forget our Song people, and then reach out to help the refugees. I It’s not in vain to make a friend like you!”

After Li Mutian heard Xu Yi's words, his heart was also quite shocked, and he immediately put away his smiling face and said to Xu Yi seriously: "Brother Xu, don't worry, we have known each other for so long, and you know how I am, Li Mutian. You can only be regarded as timid and fearful, but you are definitely not a profiteering businessman. If one day the national crisis comes, although Li will not join the army, he will definitely contribute a small amount of effort to do something for Song Dynasty of!"

Xu Yi nodded, and patted Li Mutian's shoulder vigorously to express his appreciation, but Li Mutian immediately grinned and shouted: "Brother Xu, be gentle, why are you getting stronger and stronger now? If you keep patting me, I won't be able to lift my arm." Already!"

Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed. It seems that his kung fu is considered to be a small one now, at least he is no longer the Xiaobai character he was when he first came.

The two looked at each other and laughed a lot, sat down and began to discuss again, now that Xu Yi is about to return to the south, there are many things to be arranged here, the main one is the transportation of the steel purchased from Wu'angu Town, although the agreement is for iron and steel The merchant wants to send the steel to the Yellow River Ferry, but there still needs someone to pick up the goods here, and to arrange the shipment, enter the Bianhe River through the canal and then transfer to Yangzhou, and Xu Yi is not familiar with the place in the north. It's a bit embarrassing, so this matter has to be arranged by Li Mutian in advance, and this matter is not a big deal for Li Mutian, and it just so happens that he also needs to transport refugees for Xu Yi, so the two things were solved together, and he arranged for a subordinate to accompany him. When Xu Yi went back, it was Li Bai that he brought out this time. With him, Xu Yi didn't have to worry about anything, and after he arranged this matter, he accompanied Xu Yi back to Hangzhou, and asked Li Mingshan for instructions, asking him to transfer the money When I arrived in Xingzhou, I was going to buy a large amount of steel and hoard it.

Xu Yi then told Li Mutian how he lowered the prices of many iron merchants this time, and Li Mutian applauded. It was the first time he had heard of doing business in this way, and he immediately understood the mystery of it, and praised it fiercely. Xu Yi is so powerful that Xu Yi was sweating a lot. In addition, Xu Yi also handed over the letter written by Zhao Xu to Li Mutian. With this relationship, although it is of little use to senior officials, it can be used by ordinary local officials. The body is almost the same as the imperial decree, at least it can facilitate many things for Li Mutian, which moved Li Mutian very much. He also knew the weight of this letter, he hesitated for a while and said: "Brother Xu may need this on the way back. If you give it to me, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you!"

Xu Yi smiled and stuffed the letter into his hand and said: "Don't forget that I still have King Ji's badge on me. It's still useful to show it when necessary. You have to do a lot of things along the way, more than I need this." , just hold it, and take care of yourself all the way, I will not accompany you any more!"

In the early morning of the next day, the refugees who had gathered outside packed up and saluted. They followed the Li family and began to move south. Even those few poor scholars went south with them. The outside of the kiln suddenly became deserted. Li Mutian and the people in charge here were greatly relieved, and this trouble was finally solved. In the days to come, there were still some refugees coming every day, but they were quickly divided by the people of the Li family according to Xu Yi's method. There was no further gathering of large numbers of refugees. As for the impoverished man who was tied up, he was allowed to leave after a lesson. As for where he wanted to go, it was his own business.

A few days later, Yang Zaixing and others escorted a group of Lei Tong's apprentices and their family members to come here. This time, some of Lei Tong's apprentices even brought some good craftsman friends over, asking Whether Xu Yi wants it or not, Xu Yi has no reason not to. Of course, he welcomes it with both hands. What he is most afraid of now are these skilled craftsmen. There will be too many of them in the future. Otherwise, he really has so much steel in reserve. If it is, it can only be seen as a decoration. With such a large group of craftsmen, many things can naturally be done.

Now that Yang Zaixing has returned, it is time for Xu Yi to set off to return to the south. He originally wanted Yang Zaixing to be familiar with him in the north, and wanted to keep him to escort Li Mutian, but after a few calculations, he still had selfish motives. If something goes wrong here and he runs away with others, it will be too late for him to cry, and Qian Laoben also confessed when he came out this time, please let Xu Yi let go and discipline Qian Gui, and you might as well practice him more, so After much consideration, Xu Yi still left Qian Gui to Li Mutian, and specifically told him to follow Li Mutian to go north this time, to be more careful in everything, absolutely not to be impulsive, to use more brains when encountering things, to be patient, not to make trouble, money is expensive He was very concerned about Xu Yi's explanation, nodded and agreed one after another, Xu Yi was still worried, called Li Mutian, and told Li Mutian that he had to restrain Qian Gui more, so he bid farewell to Li Mutian, making Li Mutian reluctant for a while, and kept Xu Yi Yi and the others traveled more than ten miles before turning back to the kiln, preparing for his continued northward journey.

(Chapter 2 is here! Brothers, let’s vote!)

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