The large group of troops actually couldn't move very fast. Pei's inspection department of the front army had already arrived at Yanshi, and Xue Rengui's department of the Chinese army had just arrived at Goushi. As for Yunchu's rear army, the Luoyang city wall could still be seen on the horizon.
Judging from the march route map, Li Zhi did not intend to cross the river, and basically took an eastward road parallel to the Yellow River.
Because they had just left Luoyang and everyone's food reserves were still sufficient, Li Si's business was not very good.
As long as Li Si thought about the loss caused by the transportation of one hundred thousand tons of food and materials, she would get angry and get two blisters at the corners of her mouth. Whenever she opened her mouth, her mouth would hurt terribly.
Wen Wen watched three little boys and a little girl having a serious meeting. After eavesdropping for a while, she came back and whispered to Yun Chu: "They think the food brought by the rear army is a hindrance."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "You don't want to set it on fire, do you?"
Wen Wen shook his head and said: "My son suggested spreading rumors. He said that Bianzhou, Weizhou, Qizhou, and Chenzhou under the Henan Province were hit by autumn grain disasters. It was almost impossible to buy food there. Use rumors to force those people to buy more food.
.”
Yun Chu took a look and said softly: "There is no doubt that Wen Huan is your son."
She smiled softly and said, "I also think that's my seed."
"What else did they say?"
"Li Si decided to ask Li Ji for advice on how to quickly sell grain to those rich people, so as to quickly reduce his own transportation costs."
"Oh? It's amazing to think of this."
"What's even more amazing is that they think that letting those people buy the grain is equivalent to helping them transport the grain. When the time comes, they will get the grain from those people and help them process the grain into delicious meals. In this way,
I can make money twice."
"Oh, the ghost has a good idea."
"Yunjin thinks that he has attended other people's weddings and funerals on your behalf in the past two years, so he has met many legitimate sons of other families. He plans to take a carriage tomorrow to socialize with them one by one. It is best to introduce all those legitimate sons into the business.
, In this way, Li Si can be the big shopkeeper, and those legitimate sons can be the little shopkeepers."
"Well, it's pretty good. His mother likes to seize the upper reaches, but it's a bit embarrassing for him. What did Di Guangsi say?"
"That kid is stupid. He just smiles and nods his head and applauds everyone's ideas."
Yun Chu thought for a moment and said, "Have they sorted out the order of execution?"
Wen Wen shook her head and said, "I didn't hear that. When Li Si saw that I was eavesdropping, he kicked me away."
Yun Chu nodded and said: "Tell the shopkeeper below that no matter whether it is good or bad, we will strictly follow the ideas of the four of them and do not disobey them."
Wen Wen shook his head and said, "This is a waste of money."
Yun Chu sighed and said: "Planning is easy, but how to ensure smooth implementation is a very difficult thing. There are often many unexpected situations in the process.
Let’s see how they face it.”
Wen Wen nodded, feeling that Yun Chu was right to do this. Anyone can plan something, and those who can really implement their plans are true heroes.
After Li Si discussed it with Yun Chu and the others, they came to Li Ji's chariot again.
Li Ji was smashing walnuts alone in the chariot. After Li Si came in, he helped Li Ji smash them with a small hammer. So, one ate and the other smashed, and the scene seemed very warm.
After Li Ji finished eating a few walnuts, he looked at Li Sid and said, "I don't owe you anything anymore."
Li Si put down his little hammer, knelt down opposite Li Ji and said, "Master gave me one hundred thousand guan, and I bought all the money into grain, which I planned to sell out on the 1,200-mile journey to Mount Tai. You
Do you think it’s feasible?”
Li Ji was surprised and said: "One hundred thousand strings?"
Li Si nodded and said: "Master gave me one hundred thousand guan, and I took another 20,000 guan of my personal savings. Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi also pledged the various gifts he had accumulated since childhood in Qujiang, Chang'an, in exchange for
Eight thousand strings.
Now, all the money is in my hands, how can I earn more than double the money after completing the Fengchan Taishan?"
Li Ji covered his mouth and coughed for a while, then said softly: "Even if you sell all these grains, you won't make more than double the money.
There are three reasons.
Firstly, your father’s journey this time was so mammoth and the army was overwhelming. You can’t make any of these expenses, they are all paid for with national funds.
Secondly, if you maliciously raise the price of food in this team, if your father finds out, he will confiscate all your food.
Thirdly, if my prediction is correct, if you want to earn the money of the 30,000 nobles who are accompanying the army, you have 128,000 guan in hand, and twice that is at least 250,000 guan. On average, it will cost 30,000 guan.
With more than eight guan of money, girl, do you know what this means to those honorable men?"
Li Si frowned and said, "They are rich. A jar of wine drunk by the gentle Aye is worth ten guan."
"Not all nobles are as rich as Yun Chu, Wen Wen and others. To be honest, the nobles of the Tang Dynasty really didn't make much money because of the peace in the world.
Therefore, if you invest so much money this time, it is almost impossible to get it back from these 30,000 people.
Girl, listen to me... If you want to make money... you can't take the ordinary path... Just like I command a war, the key point is to be unexpected. You can't make hard copper coins with soft coins, and others don't want to.
Here... At this time, we have to use the overlord's method to make them spend money even if they don't want to... As for how to achieve this step?
You must start looking for the weak points of these 30,000 people from now on. If you grasp the weak points, we can give him a soft business."
Li Si's eyes were shining, and he poured Li Ji a cup of hot tea with admiration. Just by looking at the jasmine flowers floating in the tea cup, he knew that this fragrant tea with the taste of flowers should come from Yun Chu's collection.
"What is their weakness?"
"Then it depends on how willing they are to go to Mount Tai with Your Majesty even though they are traveling thousands of miles away. There must be some benefits in this."
Li Si suddenly realized: "My father is going to tell the world in Mount Tai this time, and he has to arrange a new seat for the family. Not only is it beneficial for my father's side, but my mother's place also needs to be sealed by my father's imperial edict."
lady……
Oh, no, it’s not something I can get involved in.”
Li Ji looked at Li Sid with a smile and said, "Then don't make any money."
Li Si shook his head firmly and said, "No, we must make money."
"If you want to make a lot of money, you have to find a way to be useful to others. The more useful you are, the more money you will make."
"How can I become a useful person to others?"
Hearing this, Li Ji showed a sinister smile on his face, touched Li Si's head and said, "You are very smart, you can think for yourself."
Watching Li Si leave thoughtfully, Li Ji took out a few more walnuts from under the table, smashed them and said to himself: "A very decent little girl does not look like my princess of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Si left Li Ji's chariot and returned to his own carriage. He held his chin in his hands and thought for a long time. Finally, he said to himself: "This old thief wants to harm me. I can be more respectful to him tomorrow. I will be more respectful to him in the future."
When I do something bad, I can say that it was the old thief who taught me."
When Yun Jin came back, she might have eaten too much. Not only was her belly bulging, she was also hiccupping all the time.
Li Si made him a glass of hawthorn water and watched him drink it before saying, "Why are you eating so much?"
Yun Jin smiled stupidly and said, "We can't drink, so we have to eat and talk at the same time."
"How's the effect?"
"It has no effect. Those people only know how to eat, and they have to listen to Aye and Aniang for the rest. They have no independent opinions at all."
"I'll go there again tomorrow. If I don't want to eat, I'll tell them that my father-in-law bought 10,000 kilograms of grain at once."
Yun Jin scratched his head and said, "Wen Huan's rumors haven't spread yet."
Li Si pressed Yun Jin's belly and rubbed it vigorously. After Yun Jin let out a long burp, he said to him: "Not many people are willing to believe what Wen Huan says, but Guang Si's words are better for others."
It feels more credible and spreads faster.”
Yun Jin thought for a moment and said, "Are you short of money?"
Li Si shook his head and said: "Money is a kind of power. Once there is more money around me, I will have the power to distribute the money. As you know, I am the princess of the Tang Dynasty. How can I do anything without power."
Yun Jin said: "Aye, my mother-in-law is really not that good. If you were my sister, you wouldn't have to work so hard. Aye, my mother-in-law will help you prepare."
Li Si smiled and said: "Now you have prepared it for me. I need to reach out and get the rest. When I have enough, I will stay in my yard quietly and not go anywhere."
Waiting for you to grow up and marry me."
Yun Jin nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, I'll marry you."
Li Si's eyes curled up in a smile, and he took Yun Jin's hand and said, "Marrying me is the most cost-effective option."
Yu Xiurong wrapped the sleeping Yun Luan in a blanket and placed it in the innermost part of the carriage. He turned around and covered Yun Jin with a quilt. After taking care of the two children's affairs, he looked at an empty seat in the carriage in a daze. This place was supposed to be
This is where Yun Jin sleeps. Unfortunately, this child would rather share a carriage with Wen Huan and Guang Si than sleep in the same carriage with her, a mother.
Someone was knocking on the carriage door. After the maid opened the door, Cui got in. Seeing that Yun Jin and Yun Luan were both asleep, she whispered: "The old slave helped Guang Si spread some rumors and secretly asked
Some people have started buying grain, and starting from tomorrow, Li Si and his family’s grain business should see some improvement.”
Yu Xiurong said: "The food on the road will naturally be sold at a stepped price. Every day we move forward, the price of food will rise by one point. If the horse comes back and says that there is a shortage of food ahead, don't buy the food. Supply yourself."
People’s food comes first.”
Mrs. Cui said, "I don't know anymore. I'll tell Sisi what my wife said later."
Yu Xiurong shook his head and said: "I don't know why, but the girls raised by the Yun family are all greedy for money. The Lord is not a greedy person, and neither am I. I don't know who I learned this from."
Mrs. Cui said with a smile: "The girls in our family will do big things in the future, how can they do it without money?
Sisi is a very successful kid, and it's very rare that she can start a business in a decent way just one day after setting off."
Yu Xiurong snorted coldly and said: "Tell Mrs. Chunyu that our family did not take her out of the fire pit to let her enjoy happiness all day long. The only purpose of her staying with Sisi is to guard against evil.
If she can't even do this, I will consider whether she is qualified to stay by Sisi's side."
Cui said: "So far, it seems that it is quite useful. Judging from the fact that she helped Sisi handle the shopkeeper's affairs, she can play the role of an old lady.
The only bad thing is that she spends too much time on other things.
The old slave will be watching her from behind."
Yu Xiurong looked at Yun Jin and Yun Luan who were sleeping heavily and sighed: "Yun Jin is only eight years old and has already started to be busy. I wonder if Jin Xiu'er and Feng Feng'er will also start to be busy in the future, I will be useless as a woman."
Ms. Cui lowered her voice and said: "The Lord is in good health, and my wife has always been in good health. Why has there been no good news in my wife's stomach since the birth of Fenghuang'er?"
Yu Xiurong rolled his eyes at Cui and said, "It's because God refuses to bless you, it's not because we two don't work hard."
Mrs. Cui chuckled, making Yu Xiurong blush.
Although Yu Xiurong's carriage was within the guarding range of the rear army led by Yun Chu, Yun Chu could not stay with Yu Xiurong and continue to work hard for the reproduction of the family's population.
After inspecting the military camp, Wen Wenwen hurriedly entered Yun Chu's tent without waiting for Yun Chu to take off his armor.
"Pei Xingjian killed someone in Yanshi. The person he killed was the chief registrar of Yanshi County. Why he killed him? Pei Xingjian seems to have blocked the news. It is still unknown."
Yun Chu stopped removing his armor and frowned: "There should be people from Chang'an in Yanshi County, why can't even a single news get out?
Is there any news from the prince?"
Wen Wen shook her head and said: "No, but from a behavioral point of view, Pei Xingjian has exceeded his authority. Now I don't know what can force Pei Xingjian to ignore the murderer's chief accountant. In short, the matter should be big."
There is no news about the place where the incident occurred, and there is no news from the prince's side either.
Things have gone crazy.”
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "Pei Xingjian left some leeway, which means that the matter was not out of control. Otherwise, he should have killed the county magistrate, not the chief registrar.
Go back and get some rest early, this big deal has nothing to do with us."
Wenwen glanced at Yunchu and said, "Did you really give Li Si one hundred thousand yuan this time just to let her do business with those three children?"
Yun Chu nodded seriously and said, "As you can see."
Wen Wen nodded and said, "Okay, let me take a good look at Sisi's business skills."
After sending Wenrou away, Yunchu lay quietly on the cold bed. A bright moon shone on the ground from the tent window, like hoarfrost.
Looking at the white ground, Yun Chu unconsciously recited: "There is bright moonlight in front of the bed, I suspect it is frost on the ground..."
Li Si didn't sleep. She, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi were crowded into a carriage. The four villains buried their legs and feet in the same quilt, and they were whispering about who would be the most cost-effective to trick first tomorrow.
There was too much food in their hands, and the quantity was so large that it hindered the advance of the army.
What needs to be done now is to distribute the excess food as quickly as possible to the homes of the nobles who accompanied the emperor to Mount Tai.
The previous plan still had some effect, but the numbers those people wanted were not large enough to help Li Si get out of the predicament.
It's true that Xungui's family has a lot of money, but they don't have any fools. They have long seen Li Si's predicament, but they just don't say it. Now they buy a little bit, no more, no less, just to give face to Yunchu and his wife.