Now, His Majesty Li Er didn't care about continuing to be sulky with Su Chen, and looked at Su seriously.
"Do you remember the plan I told you about letting the East Turks raise sheep when we were in my hotpot?" Su Chen asked.
"Uh huh huh!"
His Majesty Li Er and the other three nodded in agreement.
"So, do I still need to say this? Just draw inferences from one example!"
Hearing this, the four people's faces turned dark.
Do you think things are really as simple as you think?
If they don't understand this truth, if they can figure it out, why would they bother to come to you?
"But there are no sheep in Tubo!" Du Ruhui said in a deep voice.
"Who said you have to raise only sheep?!"
Su Chen hated the iron and said: "Old Du, your thinking is still not active enough!"
"Let me ask you, is the grain output in the northwest plateau not high?"
"Yeah." Du Ruhui nodded.
"Then let me ask you again, is the food they eat most often highland barley?!" Su Chen continued to ask.
"Yeah." Du Ruhui nodded again.
"Isn't this enough? Just do some tricks on the highland barley!"
"This... what else can be done with highland barley?" Wei Zheng couldn't help but ask.
"Making wine!"
Su Chen said casually: "You can use the high price of grain to exchange highland barley wine with Tubo, and then sell the highland barley wine to Guanzhong in exchange for grain. Wouldn't that be enough?"
"If we believe that we can really destroy Tibet, then with their political power, they will be unable to resist for a while."
"And when the time comes, they won't return to our disposal?"
"We are asking us to replace highland barley wine with grain, so won't they have to eat only grain? And the people in Tubo will definitely be scrambling to use highland barley wine."
"At that time, once they form the habit of using highland barley to make wine, and if they resist, then stop trading and see what else they eat. By then, won't they be completely controlled by our Datang?"
Changsun Wuji frowned and thought for a while, then quickly shook his head and said: "How can it be so simple? They won't really use all the highland barley to make wine. There will definitely be some leftover."
"Old Sun, it seems you still don't understand what I mean."
Su Chen continued to give instructions and said: "What I mean is to consume their food reserves!"
"If they use all their grain reserves to make wine, even if there is still grain growing in the fields, can it be eaten by the people of their country?"
"That's definitely not enough. With Tubo's agricultural productivity, after so many years, having enough to eat is still a problem."
"Not to mention the formation of a deal by then. Once they resist, without enough food supplies, will their army still have any combat effectiveness?"
In an instant, several people suddenly understood!
Su Chen's trick is really amazing!
In this way, even if Tibet resists, it will not be a success and they will still be slaughtered by the Tang Dynasty!
Du Ruhui also admired Su Chen's strategy.
If he can become His Majesty Li Er's right-hand man, he must have considerable ability.
However, when he said this to Su Chen, he felt a little inferior.
But he was not unhappy because of it. Instead, he remembered the excitement in his heart!
The Tang Dynasty could have a talent like Su Chen, so why would it worry about not being strong in the future?!
Now, His Majesty Li Er is in a very good mood. He has completely forgotten all his previous unhappiness and started drinking and talking with Su Chen.
"In the past few days, I have heard my two daughters keep saying that you have invented a new paper-making method that does not require a high cost. Is it true?" His Majesty Li Er asked with a smile.
"Well, it is true." Su Chen nodded.
"With the current price of paper, I'm sure we can make a lot of money from the sale. Do you want us to cooperate again?"
His Majesty Li Er continued: "It's still the same routine as selling colored glaze. Just leave your skills to me. I'll split the money earned by you in half!"
To the surprise of His Majesty Li Er, Su Chen did not readily agree this time, but shook his head and said: "Old Li, it's not that I want to hide these things, but that I really can't hurt you anymore!
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"How could that be? If you could make money, how could you harm me?"
His Majesty Li Er hurriedly said: "Look, I have even sold the glass, am I still afraid that these papers will cause a big storm?"
"Lao Li, that's not what you said."
Su Chen patted his shoulder and continued: "Last time it was because you were in urgent need of money, so I asked you to sell Liuli. Although you cheated them, there is still a few years of buffering time."
"But paper is completely different. If you suddenly lower the price of paper, will those aristocratic families still fight against you?"
"I guess even your own family won't agree with what you did, so you'd better not think about it."
Hearing this, Du Ruhui was shocked and looked at His Majesty Li Er with shock in his eyes!
Before coming here, he had never heard that Su Chen actually had a way to make paper at a low price!
Moreover, the batch of Liuli that shocked Chang'an was actually planned and sold by His Majesty and Su Chen!
Of course, Du Ruhui is more concerned about His Majesty Li Er's attitude towards the aristocratic family.
Could it be that Your Majesty wants to take action against the noble family?!
Du Ruhui couldn't help but breathe quickly.
Su Chen is right, if the price of paper suddenly plummets, those aristocratic families will definitely be unable to sit still!
And when the time comes, it will definitely trigger a big turmoil!
Not only was Du Ruhui worried about this, Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng were also very worried, frowning and lost in thought.
"Don't worry, I've thought about what you said. It's impossible to suddenly lower the price of paper."
His Majesty Li Er said with a smile: "When the time comes, I will lower the price a little first and print some books to sell to those aristocratic families. When the time comes, I will make a lot of money little by little!"
"They have been collecting books for hundreds of years. As long as they are books, no matter how expensive they are, they will buy them!
"Anyway, I've tricked them once, so there's no harm in tricking them again!"
After His Majesty Li Er finished speaking, Su Chen hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.
If you really do it well, then there really won’t be much risk and you can still make a lot of money!
Su Chen couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Old Li, I found that you are not real!"
"You also said you stare at Li Er's pit every day, don't you yourself also stare at the Shijia pit every day?"
"Your plan is very good, then I'll leave it all to you when the time comes and come to Dali!"
"What's the point of this? Isn't it all just to make more money?"
His Majesty Li Er laughed loudly, raised his glass and said, "Come on, let's celebrate in advance and make a fortune!"
"Okay! Wish us a big profit!"
Su Chen picked up the wine glass and clinked it with His Majesty Li Er, then drank it all in one gulp.
