At noon, there was no cloud and the scorching sun was in the sky.

In the east of Guangling, ships on Zhongdushui (Hangou) were shuttled. On a boat sailing north, Zhang Ying looked at the scenery outside the window and fell into deep thought.

What a great opportunity, but something happened to King Poyang.

The murder of King Xiao Fan of Poyang was killed. This sudden incident caused Zhang Ying's previous plan for Li Li to fail in an instant. Thanks to Li Li's quick reaction and helped the prince Xiao Si reverse the situation.

Xiao Si now succeeded the throne of Poyang, and was given the love of the little emperor (the empress dowager) and stayed in the capital to serve, and at least kept some of his status. Therefore, they could only wait for the opportunity in Hanshan.

Zhang Ying was a little unwilling to accept it. He felt that Li Li shouldn't have stayed in Hanshan and stayed away from the center, because the stage in Huaibei restricted Li Li's

However, without the central backer of "recording the Shangshu", even if Li Li returned to the capital, he would only be underestimated by high officials and generous salaries, wasting his time in Jiankang.

If so, it would be better to continue operating in Huaibei.

Zhang Ying was very disappointed with the performance of the Poyang King. It seems that Li Li could only rely on himself. Since he had no foundation in the center, he took root in Huaibei.

However, when will Jiankang change?

Or, in a few years, will the little emperor become the Marquis of Donghun, do whatever he wants and make people lose all their hearts?

Zhang Ying always hoped that Li Li could break through the boring moral constraints and follow the trend like Emperor Gaozu Xiao Yan.

On the grounds of attacking the tyrant emperor, he supported the royal family as the emperor, raised an army in Fangzhen, and attacked Jiankang, then took power and was promoted to the emperor by Zen.

At that time, Xiao Yan, the governor of Yongzhou of Qi, was thirty-eight years old and was praised as emperor.

Now, Li Li is over thirty years old. Could it be that he will have to wait until he is thirty-eight? Zhang Ying felt that a few years passed in the blink of an eye.

According to Li Li's military strength, at least no one can beat it south of the Huai River. Not to mention anything else, just talk about artillery. Once it is officially put into combat, who can stop it?

But what made Zhang Ying depressed was that Li Li was not sure whether he was trying to save face or had other long-term plans, and he always thought about "farming" in Xuzhou.

Li Li’s statement is “building high walls and accumulating grain”. Zhang Ying thinks this statement is correct. Grain (or grain production land) is indeed Li Li’s weakness.

But he believed that it was impossible for Li Li to be a pillar of Liang State to die well, so he always had only one choice.

Since you can't erase your sternness, it's better to learn from Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai of Wei, control the center with force, open the Ba Mansion, and undermine the emperor and the court.

He took the emperor to command the princes.

On this basis, we gradually eliminate dissidents, build our own ruling team, and manage them for more than 10 to 20 years. If it comes naturally, the dynasty can be changed.

This is true for Gao, and isn’t Yuwen’s the same?

Zhang Ying had inquired carefully and learned that when Gao Huan took over the power of Wei, he was about 36 or 37 years old.

When Emperor Wei surrendered to Guanzhong in the west, Yuwen Tai was less than thirty years old.

The two of them each took power in the Ba Mansion and arranged close friends to take important positions. They were in charge of the local area for nearly twenty years. After their death, their son was appointed as emperor by Zen and established Qi and Zhou.

Zhang Ying felt that it would be good to take the Bafu route to achieve dynasty changes, which is suitable for people like Li Li who have poor backgrounds and have poor foundations.

He advocated taking advantage of the murder of King Poyang, Li Li raised an army directly from Xuzhou, and rushed over with artillery all the way to attack Jiankang, hostage the young emperor and the queen mother, and control the center.

At the same time, his wife's family also raised an army in Poyang, captured the city of Feng, searched for the Yangyang, and blocked the upstream army's way into the capital.

With Li Li's foundation in Poyang, this move must be like a response.

To the west, the Yangtze River waterway is blocked by the city of Shuo, and to the north, Xuzhou is shocked by the two Huaihe Rivers. Who dares to raise an army to attack Jiankang? Pass the artillery level first.

Li Li closed the door in the downstream Sanwu area to eliminate dissidents. Even if the powerful and local tyrants in the capital are making trouble, what can they do?

Even if the local Mushou in Mianbei and Huaibei rebels and surrenders to the enemy country, it doesn't matter. With Li Li's ability, as long as he manages for a few years and gains a foothold, he can send troops to recover lost territory because there is no army that can block artillery.

By then, those who dared not accept the government and the country would be cleaned up completely. Li Li could control the government affairs with the Ba Mansion and slowly plan to do so.

When Li Li was alive, he was still a loyal minister of Daliang. After about ten or twenty years, his sons also grew up and experienced them.

When Li Li died, the prince succeeded him, and then received Zen. Li Li was posthumously honored and became the "Last Emperor" of the New Dynasty. The other sons were left as royal families and were as stable as they could not be more stable.

In this way, Li Li has face and is in his heart.

Zhang Ying thought about it and felt a little depressed: But Li Li ignored it!

Every time he "reasoned" with Li Li, he could not tell the other party. Li Li always had all kinds of strange reasons to refute Zhang Ying's claim.

Okay, you can keep calm, and I, as a senior official, have to be calm.

Zhang Ying withdrew his thoughts and began to think about the situation in Jiankang.

The King of Xiangdong once again "recorded the affairs of the Shangshu", and Zhang Ying did not think that the vassal king would be honest.

The Empress Dowager has no family to rely on, so she can only rely on old friends in the East Palace and court officials to restrain each other and engage in checks and balances of power.

However, history has proved that this checks and balances will not last long and will be out of control.

The King of Xiangdong had many old officials and was also the son of Emperor Gaozu. If he had thought about it, he might be the ministers of the regents.

The new Poyang King Xiao Si didn't know what he was busy with for so many years. He recruited talented people around him and felt that his abilities were average.

So it would be very difficult for Xiao Si to fight with Xiao Yi.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ying was a little expectant: It is said that in a few years, the King of Xiangdong will eliminate dissidents and shovel them to Xuzhou.

I was so anxious that Li Li was so exciting!

......

Li Li, who was on a tour in Hanshan, was in a "special supply store", looked at the crowd gathering at the door of the store and felt that the famous saying was correct:

Once there is a proper profit, capital will become bolder. If there is a 10% profit, it will be guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is a 20% profit, it will become active.

Now, the second-deaven dealers are becoming active, because the profit of redeeming the coupons after purchasing and exchanging the coupons has exceeded 10%, approaching 20%.

Today is the day when the public office issues redemption coupons. The officials who get the redemption coupons will immediately come to the "special supply store" to buy "special supply goods".

Several designated merchants have already prepared the goods, and the second-department dealers have also set their sights on these officials holding the exchange coupons.

They did not dare to block people at the gate of the public hall, so they gathered in designated merchants everywhere to surround officials who came to buy "special products".

With the fact that it is not bad, it can really impress some people and sell the exchange coupons in their hands to "sell them at a high price".

Then, the second dealer resells the exchange coupons to merchants who are eager to purchase goods, and makes a profit.

Merchants bought goods in time and sold them to other places. Everyone can make a profit and everyone is happy.

Because redemption coupons are so popular, selling special goods can give merchants additional stable income and significantly increase their "cash flow".

Therefore, those big merchants who are able to ensure stable supply are eager to become "specially supplied designated merchants", and in Hanshan City, the reputation of redemption coupons is becoming increasingly popular.

Most people know that this is a game of passing flowers by beating drums, but everyone feels that they can pass the flowers in their hands before the drums stop.

Therefore, more and more people participate in the game.

The "hotness" of redemption vouchers has increased rapidly. After only three months, its issuance has increased significantly.

No one thinks that this move is inappropriate, because everyone sees that the exchange coupons are profitable and wants to earn more benefits before the exchange coupons collapse.

Li Li walked along the street to the other side, and heard pedestrians talking about the exchange coupons along the way.

According to later generations, when old ladies who buy groceries on the roadside are discussing stock prices, it means that the stock market collapse is not far away.

The redemption coupons will not collapse because Li Li has enough self-control to ensure that the redemption coupons are issued with corresponding "reserves" and that merchants can have channels to prepare sufficient "special products".

However, "reserves" have to be earned elsewhere. To make money, you have to do business or operate industries. There are many types of special products that have to be transported from other places.

Once a large-scale war breaks out, leading to the decline of all industries, the exchange coupons will really collapse.

As he thought about it, Li Li sighed: Building high walls and storing grains is simple to say, but it is really difficult to do...

His shortcomings are shortage of food. No matter how hard the soldiers can fight, it will be useless if they don’t have food.

I originally dedicated the gift to the King of Poyang, and wanted to make a breakthrough and strive for greater room for improvement, but the result...

Fortunately, he still has Xuzhou. As long as he manages Xuzhou well, he will be invincible.

The four battles in Xuzhou are surrounded by empty spaces. It is a good place for granaries during the peace season. However, in chaotic times, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the difficulty of farming increases dramatically.

Regarding strategic terrain, there is a saying that "golden horns and silver edges are grass belly". Li Li now takes "grass belly" as the foundation, so of course he has to pay more attention to farming.

Moreover, farming is about eating when you are alive. Once there is a natural disaster, you will easily lose your grains and be busy for a year.

So, instead of working hard to farm, it is better to grab it directly?

Li Li felt that this view was wrong. History has proved that a stable base that can shelter from wind and rain, and a base that can provide a large amount of military resources and tax revenue is a very important basis for doing big things.

If he wants to open up a solid territory (base) in Xuzhou and even Huaibei, he must be patient and not think about taking shortcuts every day.

We must convince countless followers that he has the ability to create a wonderful new home for everyone.

In this new home, farmers, workers and businesses are booming, and ordinary people can support themselves and their families.

The cold people have room for growth and can climb up "within the system" by relying on their abilities.

Although foreign enemies are eyeing each other, the army has enough strength to protect this home and keep the tigers and wolves out of the fence.

Such confidence is very difficult and time-consuming to build, because it is equivalent to starting from scratch.

But he was confident that in a relatively short period of time, Xuzhou would be built into a solid base, so that the people would live and work in peace and contentment, and Xuzhou would become a "demonstration zone".

Let people know that Li Sanlang is not a reckless man who only knows how to fight, but is a capable man who can manage the place and clean up a mess.

As for the troubles saved by taking shortcuts, sooner or later, we will have to pay back twice as much.
To be continued...