At noon two days later, the sky was overcast and a storm was coming.
It was quiet in the Ganlu Hall, with only the sound of Li Er turning the pages of the memorial. Floods in the south of the Yangtze River, changes in the western frontier, and instability in Tubo. Each of them made people anxious. Inexplicably, Li Er remembered what Qin Huaidao said on the day of his wedding. Looking back now,
It seems that he is really working hard and is not as carefree as Qin Huaidao. Unfortunately, this son has a heavy mind and is unmatched in literary and military skills. In addition, he is unruly and difficult to control.
Pity……
Li Er sighed, raised his head slightly, and looked at the gloomy sky outside the window in a daze. He couldn't figure out when the Weng and his son-in-law got to where they are today.
At this time, Wang De hurriedly came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the head of the Li family wants to see you."
"Xuan comes in. By the way, can the return promised by the Protector of the road be fulfilled?" Li Er asked.
Wang De was stunned for a moment, but he responded quickly and said quickly: "The returns promised by Mr. Qin are fulfilled every month and handed over in proportion. There are no mistakes."
Li Er nodded and asked no more questions.
Wang De didn't dare to ask any more questions and hurriedly retreated.
Not long after, the head of the Li family strode in, his face flushed and high-spirited. Li Er asked with some surprise: "Is there any good news for the head of the Li family to see me?"
"The Holy Spirit has a wise eye like a torch and can see everything clearly."
The head of the Li family flattered him, then bowed respectfully, and said sternly: "Your Majesty, I have convinced all the salt merchants in Chang'an City to sell at a loss. They took out all their stocks and paid three cents per catty. In the past two days, they have sold about ten thousand shi.
The people of Chang'an were grateful and the salt problem was alleviated."
Li Er's eyes lit up and he was overjoyed. Once the salt problem was solved, the people of Chang'an would be stable.
Then I thought about it, Qin Huaidao is a great talent in helping the world, how can he be so easy to deal with? I couldn't help but ask: "The head of the Li family is working for the court. I feel very relieved. I will record one merit first and then reward him later. Tell me, this salt city
Who was sold to?"
"Of course they are the people in Chang'an City."
"That's good." Li Er felt relieved, but felt something was wrong. He knew Qin Huaidao's methods and couldn't be so vulnerable. He thought carefully, but didn't know what was wrong, and asked: "What's the price?"
This is what the head of the Li family was waiting for, and he quickly claimed the credit: "Going back to your Majesty, the cost of transporting salt to Chang'an is more than five cents per kilogram, but I will keep in mind the Majesty's instructions to 'let the people afford salt and reduce their burden', and persuade them."
All the major salt merchants supported it, and they also sold out a lot of Li's interests for this purpose, and finally everyone agreed to sell it at a loss, and the price was three cents per catty, which was one cent cheaper than the salt of the Protector."
First he raised the difficulty, then he showed his merits, and finally he stabbed Qin Huaidao in the back.
Hearing these words, Li Er was filled with joy and said: "Three cents per catty, I am truly sincere. I have remembered this loyalty, and everyone said that I will definitely repay you if I have the opportunity. I can't let you lose."
"I don't dare. It's our blessing to be able to share your worries for Your Majesty."
Li Er became more and more interested in it and thought about selling it at the price of three cents. The salt from Qin Huaidao would certainly not be sold, so why should he fight for it? He asked: "Three cents is a good strategy to benefit the people. How long can it last?"
"I will hold on as long as your Majesty wants. Once the floods in the south of the Yangtze River are gone and the roads are opened, a large amount of sea salt will enter Chang'an. The price is guaranteed to be the same. The entire city of Chang'an, no, the entire thirteen counties of Jingzhao Prefecture will be able to eat the cheapest food."
"Salt, we are still willing to share your saint's worries and send a large amount of food to the south of the Yangtze River to help the people."
"Okay, your loyalty is commendable!"
Li Er was overjoyed. He looked at the head of the Li family with more admiration and said: "After the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, everything is waiting to be renovated. Food is the foundation. You should prepare it as soon as possible. When the road is opened, we can quickly transport it. I will not be stingy with rewards in the future."
, a county baron cannot do without you."
There is no knighthood without military merit, this is the rule.
Li Er directly presented the title reward. Although it was only from the fifth rank, the lowest title, it also showed the importance he attached to transporting grain to Jiangnan for disaster relief and his satisfaction with the head of the Li family.
Even the lowest title was an unreachable sky for the head of the Li family. He was so happy that his whole body was trembling with excitement. He vowed to do it when he got back, and he would definitely do it well. He cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your grace. I will live up to my mission."
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"Go." Li Er waved his hand with satisfaction.
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Almost at the same time, Qin Huaidao was engraving copper plates for printing banknotes in the study. Xue Rengui hurried in and said with joy: "Young Master, everything went as you planned. All the salt dealers in Chang'an City have uniformly reduced their prices. Thousands of people have been organized to take turns to go to different salt dealers.
During the store purchase, we have purchased more than 7,000 stones so far, and will soon exceed 10,000 stones."
"Only 10,000 dan is far from enough. Increase the intensity of acquisitions." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
"Understood, Jia Guanjia has increased manpower. He buys it for three cents and reprocesses it into snowflake salt. He sells it for four cents and still earns one cent. Naturally, the more the merrier, and everyone is used to eating snowflake salt. No one wants to eat it anymore.
Buying other salt is just an extra cent, so we are willing to give up. In the end, all the salt from the salt dealers fell into our hands, and they were busy in vain and became our transportation team." Xue Rengui said excitedly.
"Hahaha, if the transportation team is good, how much profit can we make in Chang'an? The profit is more than ten times higher if we transport it to the grassland. If it weren't for the difficulty for the people, we would earn even more if we transport it all."
Xue Rengui thought it right and said with a smile: "Young master is benevolent and righteous, and does not want to see the people suffer. Xue is taught. However, there is a transport team here. We are not inferior to Chang'an City. When the floods in the south of the Yangtze River subside and the new salt enters Chang'an, they will
The price will never rise if we suppress it. In order to maintain the dignity of the court and in the name of benevolence and righteousness, the Holy Spirit will not let the salt dealers rise. Otherwise, no one will buy their salt and the situation will return to the original situation. We will definitely win."
"Businessmen are chasing profits, why do those salt dealers follow the Holy Master to play like this?" Qin Huaidao took the exam.
"Yes, a loss-making business, why?" Xue Rengui asked, with a confused look on his face.
Without the baptism of commercial capital, Xue Rengui could not see through the puzzle, but Qin Huaidao had a clear mind and said: "The Li family of Zhao County assisted the King of Jin to go to Jiangnan to provide disaster relief. The King of Jin lacked local governance experience and would definitely be ignored. The entire Jiangnan area will be taken over by the Li family."
Under control, once the floods are over, a lot of food will be needed."
Xue Rengui also reacted and asked in surprise: "Young master, you mean they will sell grain to Jiangnan to make huge profits? And selling salt at a loss is just to please the Holy One and gain the right to sell?"
"Nine times out of ten, businessmen pursue profit and cannot do business at a loss. Salt is sold at a loss and must be recovered from other places. Grain is the best breakthrough." Qin Huaidao said in a deep voice. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he became, and he immediately added
: "Hanzhong is one of the granaries. Next month will be the harvest season. Immediately arrange for people to go there and reserve all the grain. They will give half the deposit first and sign the documents. If they regret it, they will be compensated ten times to prevent them from selling to others. Be quick."
"But what if the judgment is wrong?" Xue Rengui reminded.
"It doesn't matter if you make a mistake in your judgment. The grain can be used to make wine, and the wine can make greater profits. It can also be sold to the people who work for us at the original price. In short, there will be no loss. If the judgment is correct, it can be brought to Jiangnan without giving them the opportunity to increase the price.
, just like salt now, another wave of acquisitions will force them to lower their prices.”
Xue Rengui's eyes lit up, he smiled, and he said sincerely: "Young master is wise, let's make arrangements now. However, a large amount of grain has been transported and needs space to be stored, and the warehouse must be expanded."
"Then let's expand. I'm going to add a few caravans and need a large amount of goods. I'll wait for the five thousand people to get familiar with it and adapt to the work before recruiting another five thousand people. We can't do it without a warehouse."
"Here!" Xue Rengui hurried away.
Seeing Xue Rengui leave, Qin Huaidao looked out the window with a colder look and whispered to himself: "Your Majesty, our competition has begun. Prepare to accept the iron fist of capital."
After pondering for a moment, Qin Huaidao came to the front yard and saw Cheng Chuliang practicing horse racing. He was sweating profusely, and the tiger tiger dance of horse racing was so windy. His hands suddenly itched and he stepped forward suddenly. An iron mountain support knocked Cheng Chuliang away.
He was throbbing in pain and asked in disbelief: "What kind of attack are you doing?"
"You made it yourself, do you want to learn it?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
"You must think, teach me quickly." Cheng Chuliang got up, his eyes shining.
"Teach me for seven days. How much you can learn depends on you. Form a caravan within these seven days and lead the team to set off after seven days. The conditions are the same as other caravans. We are all brothers. We can't favor one over the other. Do you want to do it or not?"
"Do it, why not do it? The old rule is, we will hit wherever you point, no ambiguity." Cheng Chuliang was overjoyed when he saw that his opportunity had come, and he agreed wholeheartedly.
"Li Derjian and Luo Zhang went to the northern grasslands. Your eldest brother was originally on the Goguryeo front line. After the Chanyu Protectorate rebelled, he moved to the Lingnan front line. Yuchi Baolin went to the Jiangnan front line. Li Jingren went to Longyou Road. Currently, the Goguryeo front line is vacant, but I heard that
There are constant bandits, do you dare to go?" Qin Huaidao asked with a smile.
Cheng Chuliang, known as the Little Demon King, was full of courage. He patted his chest and said, "Why don't you dare? It's not like I haven't been there before. The terrain is familiar and the people are familiar. This trade road belongs to me."
"Well done, tell your father later and prepare the caravan guards. Don't worry about your own people. Qinjiazhuang will prepare the rest."
"Okay, teach me the move just now." Cheng Chuliang, who is also a martial artist, urged.