Li Hao returned to the yaya for a while, Lu Yun came over with a large group of craftsmen in tattered clothes, as soon as they met, all the craftsmen knelt down and kowtowed, and began to beg for mercy: "Adults spare their lives, villains have not done anything wrong, and they have no money and food to pay taxes, adults spare their lives." ”

Li Hao frowned when he heard this, and when he saw their tattered clothes and the frosty color on their faces, he felt sad for no reason, is this the people under his rule, what kind of life are they living here, they are about to catch up with the beggars on the street.

Although he felt sorry for these craftsmen, his official authority could not fall, so he suddenly slapped the case and shouted: "Shut up!" ”

All the craftsmen were suddenly so frightened that they didn't dare to scream anymore, and they all bowed their heads and knelt under the hall, Li Hao asked: "You just said that there is no money and grain to pay taxes, and the taxes in Tingzhou are very heavy?" ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly shook their heads again and again, and said in a frightened voice: "It's not heavy, it's not heavy......"

Li Hao knew that they weren't telling the truth when he saw their scared looks, but he couldn't ask the reason for this posture now, so he put this topic aside for the time being, and said, "Lu Yun, who are the blacksmith and his two sons with the best craftsmanship you are talking about?" ”

Lu Yun pointed to the three people kneeling in the front, Li Hao took a look, it was a middle-aged man with dark skin, his face was wrinkled like a knife, but his muscles were strong, his temples were slightly white, if it weren't for his strong muscles and black hair, Li Hao really thought that this person was fifty or sixty years old.

Two young men of about twenty years old knelt beside him, also with dark skin and tendons, which may be the common problem of all blacksmiths.

Li Hao stepped down from his official position, came to the three of them, and asked, "What are your names?" ”

The middle-aged blacksmith hurriedly said, "Villain Qin Er." ”

The young man on the left followed: "Villain Qin Niu." ”

The young man on the right said, "Villain Qin Yang." ”

Li Hao frowned after hearing this, no culture is not good, what pigs, dogs, cows and sheep always like to use in the name, if such a name is in the future world, it is estimated that there will be dozens of nicknames before graduating from primary school.

But now the focus is not on the names, but on their craftsmanship, so he took an arrow from the case, handed it to them, and asked, "Can you make this arrow?" ”

"This is ......" Qin Er was stunned, he didn't dare to take the arrow, he was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled to the ground, "The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare!" ”

"What don't you dare!" Li Hao snorted coldly, "Tingzhou is a border area, and now there is not even a single arrow in the arsenal, and the imperial court does not allocate it, if a horse thief or a foreign clan comes to attack, do you want this official to use a wooden stick to kill the enemy, you just tell this official, will you do this kind of arrow!" ”

Qin Er and his two sons took the arrow and looked at it carefully, and found that this kind of arrow was short and thin, and the arrow head was much smaller than that of ordinary arrows, which was the arrow used in the crossbow.

"How's that, can you do it?" Li Hao saw that they had been studying for a long time, and asked a little impatiently.

Qin Er hurriedly nodded: "If you go back to the adult, you can do it, as long as you make the mold first, this is not difficult to do." ”

"Don't overload it just yet." Li Hao said with a serious face, "I require all arrows to be exactly the same size." As he spoke, he grabbed seven or eight arrows from the table and handed them to him, his repeater has very high requirements for arrows, once the size of the arrow is wrong, it is easy to get stuck in the crossbow, commonly known as "jammed", if there is a jam in the battle, it is fatal.

Qin Er took a closer look, and sure enough, he found that all the arrows were exactly the same, and the craftsmanship was very exquisite, but Qin Er still said very confidently: "Lord Hui, as long as the mold is well built, the size is not easy to be wrong, and the size can also be adjusted when grinding." ”

Seeing that he was so confident, Li Hao said happily: "Okay, you and your two sons will choose two more people to create this special arrow for the official, and the official will open a workshop for you in the Assassin's Mansion, and also take care of food and housing, a meal of meat every day, plus a reward of fifteen wen." ”

Qin Er's father and son were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The villain doesn't dare to ask the adult for money, and the villain does things for the adult, how dare he collect money." ”

"Bastard! Is this official a bandit! Li Hao glared when he heard this, "The imperial court has its own laws, and this official hires you to work, so naturally you have to pay for it, how can there be a reason for forced hard labor!" ”

Qin Er saw that Li Hao was angry, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly thanked him again and again, kowtowing more than once, Li Hao raised his hand to stop them, and then looked at the other blacksmiths, and said slowly: "As for the others, they also stay together to build arrows, but they are ordinary arrows, and that thing is relatively simple, so the salary will be a little less, ten wen per person per day, but the official has a word first, during the work period, you are not allowed to go out, the official will send heavy troops to guard the assassination of the Shifu, if anyone dares to violate it, die under the guard's knife, don't blame the official for not reminding you at that time." ”

"Yes, yes......" everyone said repeatedly.

Next, Li Hao sent people to buy scrap iron tools around the city, and at the same time sent people to move all the furnaces of these blacksmiths' workshops to the Thorn Shi Mansion and began to arrange the blacksmith workshop.

In the afternoon, Li Hao went to see Hu Shang Shi Najie, and asked him to help mine and transport a large amount of pig iron and timber to Tingzhou, the price was negotiable, Shi Najie was very righteous, and agreed without saying a word, and then let the caravan start to prepare, planning to leave tomorrow.

The sun was in the west, Li Hao was writing the development plan of Tingzhou in front of the case, and Lu Yun suddenly came to report: "Young master, Cao Tian is back." ”

"Oh?" Li Hao got up when he heard this, and then sat down suddenly, feeling nervous for no reason, this legendary Cao Tian is finally going to appear, and he has taken advantage of his absence to cut a lot of walls in the past few days, I don't know how he will deal with himself.

"Young Master, what are you going to do?" Lu Yun asked him in a low voice.

Li Hao frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Ignore him for now, everything is as usual, and wait for him to make a move." ”

Lu Yun nodded when he heard this: "It should be so, it is not appropriate to take the initiative at this moment, first find out his attitude." ”

"That's what I thought too." Li Hao nodded and continued to bury his head in the plan.

The plan made by Li Hao is actually not complicated, and the content is not very detailed, it is all some general things, and it roughly writes the direction of Tingzhou's development and various projects, the most important thing is the order.

The construction of a city is divided into economic and political aspects, and the economy is divided into agriculture and commerce, and the political aspect is nothing more than the appointment and dismissal of officials.

Now that Cao Tian is back, Li Hao has temporarily given up his plans to appoint and dismiss personnel, after all, the most important position has been taken, so the next step is to work hard to develop the economy.

Tingzhou is located on the edge of the desert, the soil is poor, not suitable for planting, agriculture is still based on animal husbandry, Li Hao plans to open a piece of land, plant some corn to try, his corn is cold and heat resistant, waterlogging and drought resistance, maybe in Tingzhou This kind of place can also be planted, if corn can grow normally here, then many things are easy to do, he can use corn to make wine, and then large-scale chickens, sell chicken wishbones.

This chicken wishbone can not only be sold at home, you have to open a franchise store, buy wine and open a franchise store, let some merchants in the city join, in this way, those who join the merchants will make money, merchants make money, people who work for merchants also make money, from the store to the chicken farm, as well as the winery, so that it can virtually solve the work problems of many people in the city, at the same time, he can also let the people in the city raise broilers, so that every household can follow to make money, as long as this plan is successful, there is no need to attract foreign investment, He is a super merchant, and he is still the boss of Tingzhou, so there should be no resistance to all actions, so the feasibility of this plan is very high, but the premise is that corn can be grown here.

The series of business chains generated by planting corn is Li Hao's first business development plan, and it is also the most effective, but the plan has not yet been decided, and he will try to plant a batch of corn first.

He also has a second business development plan, that is, the catering and service industry, that is, restaurants and inns, Tingzhou is an important town on the Silk Road, although this Silk Road is now a little depressed, but on average, every half a month to a month there will be caravans passing by, each caravan will rest here for a few days, at least two days, the consumption power of the caravan is amazing, if you want to make money from the caravan, then it is a good choice to open a restaurant and inn.

It's just that there is a problem, opening a restaurant and inn requires a lot of capital, and the merchants and people in Tingzhou have been exploited by Cao Tian for many years, most of them are poor and white, those who open restaurants and inns are Cao Tian's relatives and friends, and the financial strength is strong, and it is a little difficult to follow them to grab money.

However, Li Hao soon had a way to deal with it, he was going to open a money bank in Tingzhou, which could deposit money or take out external loans, yes, it was the function of the bank, and the people had no money to do business and could borrow money from themselves, anyway, he was a thorn in history, those who borrowed money only need to send their children to their own homes to do hard work, and they are not afraid that they will take the money and run away, and they will also make money by doing hard work here, killing two birds with one stone.

Loans in the money village can also send welfare, all those who take out a loan in their money village to open a restaurant, Li Hao gives three delicious cooking recipes for free, to ensure that those who open a restaurant business is booming, crowding Cao Tian's group of relatives and friends, as for those who are too poor, you can take out a loan to raise pigs, Li Hao will teach them the gelding pig raising method, pork to the major restaurants, so that many people can get rid of poverty and become rich.

Finally finished writing the plan, Li Hao began the first step of the plan, planting corn, the first thing is to find a place where the soil is slightly fertile, there is a field outside Tingzhou City, but the soil is poor, the harvest is very low, he called Peng Hai, asked him if there is a person who is good at farming in the right Xiaowei, Peng Hai replied that there is a good farmer, called Tian Mi, so Li Hao sent this task to Tian Mi.

As soon as Peng Hai was sent away, Feiying suddenly came into the yagong to report: "Master, the housekeeper of Cao Mansion sent Cao Tian's invitation." ”

"Show me." Li Hao beckoned, Feiying handed the invitation to Li Hao, Li Hao unfolded the invitation and looked at it, the corners of his mouth raised lightly, and let out a sneer.

Lu Yun asked curiously: "What does the post say?" ”

"Invite me to Shengfu Restaurant for dinner." Li Hao threw the post to Lu Yun as he spoke, and asked with a smile, "Lu Yun, what do you think?" ”

Lu Yun looked at the post, he did invite Li Hao to dinner, what did he say, it was just hehe, Lu Yun thought about it and said, "Young master, he is testing your guts." ”

"yes." Li Hao said leisurely, "If I go, I'm afraid it's a Hongmen banquet, if I don't go, but it seems that I'm afraid of him, it will be detrimental to my official authority, and it will be difficult to deter the officials in Tingzhou in the future." ”

"Exactly." Lu Yun said slowly, "Young Master, how do you crack this move?" ”

"It's not hard." Li Hao grinned and asked Feiying, "Is the housekeeper of Cao Mansion still outside?" ”