Zhang Yang took out a small jar and handed it to him, "I have some business that I would like His Highness, King Wei, to do."
Li Tai opened the small jar and looked at the sugar inside, "Sugar?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, does he know how much this jar of sugar is worth?"
Li Tai tasted the sugar: "Is it just money?"
This is a very conservative price, and Li Tai even said it was higher.
"No, the value of this thing is floating. It doesn't mean that it can be bought for ten cents or a piece of money."
Li Tai looked at the white sugar in the jar and knew that this thing was made by his brother-in-law. Although the cost was high, ten pounds of brown sugar could only make three or two pounds of white sugar.
Seeing Xiao Wu and his wife roasting chicken, Zhang Yang patiently said: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, still remembers the process of buying soap?"
"Of course I know."
"At that time, His Highness the King of Wei also said that he wanted to continue doing this kind of profitable business."
After being stunned for a long time, Li Tai put down the can of sugar, "I thought so at first, but I know that this kind of business can't be done for a long time. It can only be like this for half a year and a few months. When we have more and more soap,
, the profits of soaps have also stabilized. The so-called huge profits are not always available."
“What if I control the production of sugar?”
Because now white sugar is only available in the hands of my brother-in-law, and there is no trace of white sugar on the market at all.
If sugar is not mass-produced like soap, you can indeed make a lot of money, and the use of sugar is not like soap.
White sugar will only become less and less the more you use it, and it even depends on how much each person uses.
Li Tai was confused, "What does brother-in-law plan to do?"
Zhang Yang smiled clearly, "It's a rare commodity. I hope that all white sugar will become something that aristocratic families crave, so that they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy white sugar, and through this, His Highness the King of Wei can raise the price of this thing again."
He still has the innocence and kindness that a child should have in his heart, but Li Tai's eyes are hesitant and wavering. This is a very bad path.
"My king's conscience will condemn him."
Zhang Yang patted him on the shoulder, "His Royal Highness King Wei is right, our conscience will be condemned if we do some bad things, so I will let the people in Chu Mo's hands do a good job of investigating the families, and the money in the hands of those wealthy families will be
Does it have to be clean?”
"I have indeed heard that they have done many bad things."
"For us, conscience is the foundation of our lives, but for them, they can make more money without conscience. Besides..." After a pause, Zhang Yang whispered to him: "This matter
Your father was also involved in the matter."
Li Tai slowly raised his head and looked at his brother-in-law.
"Your Highness, King Wei, there are too many bad people in this world, and these bad people have been ruined. However, it is also a good thing for us to rob the rich and give to the poor, and to help those in need."
Holding his forehead in pain, it is actually not difficult to do this kind of business, and I have used this method to sell soap before, but it was only in Chang'an City and the scale was very small.
Now the white sugar has to be sold to the Central Plains clan. This is not a trivial matter. This is a bigger situation. The white sugar is like a knife.
Li Tai listened to his brother-in-law's whispers. These words were like the whispers of a demon, pulling him down into the abyss step by step.
"Both brother-in-law and father are not good people." Li Tai drew circles on the ground aggrievedly, "I want to be a good person."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Your Highness, King Wei, are there any good people in the Tang Dynasty?"
"Yes! That's me."
"I want to use sugar as money for the merchants to exchange goods directly, let them know that sugar can be worth silver, and let them use more silver and gold to repay our sugar."
"Brother-in-law, you are crazy. Father is also crazy." Li Tai grabbed his scalp and then his hair, "Brother-in-law, don't force me. I really don't want to do this kind of thing anymore. I'm not an adult yet."
, I’m only fourteen years old, and I haven’t gotten married yet.”
Seeing Li Tai's painful look, Zhang Yang whispered to him again: "Your father is short of money, and your father has no determination to wield the butcher's knife against the aristocratic family, but the King of Wei knows very well that the family members use their power to hide their wealth, and
Controlling a state capital not only endangers the future, but also poisons the existence of one party. We should always stand on the side of the people."
Seeing that Li Tai was still in pain, Zhang Yang shook the fan in his hand and said, "If His Highness the King of Wei doesn't want to do this deal, I won't force him. He can find someone else to do it, such as His Highness the Crown Prince."
Hearing this, Li Tai quickly picked up the jar of sugar on the ground and said, "We can't find the prince."
"If His Highness the King of Wei does not agree, then the only candidate I have left is the prince. Maybe the prince is more willing to do this kind of profitable business."
Li Tai first screamed in pain and grabbed his hair in a daze, "You are all bad people, all of them, no one is good!"
Seeing how he was about to collapse, Zhang Yang smiled and said: "When doing this, we can do it as secretly as possible, and find more cooperation from Chu Mo. With previous experience as a basis, I think His Highness King Wei will be very successful.
As I said, I must keep it hidden so that others don’t know that King Wei and Lishan are controlling the sugar."
"I haven't agreed yet!"
"Then has His Highness the King of Wei thought about it?"
Li Tai took the can of sugar and walked away step by step. Taking away the sugar was the best response.
"Your Highness, King Wei, don't you want to eat this chicken?"
"No more eating!"
"You must remember to sell to specific people, and do thorough research before selling. Don't sell to people you shouldn't sell to."
Li Tai shouted frantically, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, this matter will be done well."
Li Yue had been listening to the conversation between the two, "Isn't it inappropriate to leave this matter to Qingque?"
Zhang Yang turned the chicken over and continued to grill it, "Despite his young age, he can mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources, and he can also get information from Chu Mo. The table and manpower have been prepared for him.
, it depends on when to start."
It is not difficult to understand the husband's conspiracy. It makes those wealthy families think that sugar is a valuable commodity, and they really treat it as barter, something comparable to silver.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! People’s desires are endless, let them indulge in the dream of wealth shrouded in white sugar.
This is a huge scam and a powerful tool for harvesting wealth.
It's very easy to make them bankrupt. As long as they hoard enough white sugar, Lishan will produce enough white sugar, and after countless white sugar pours out, these sugar hoarders will go bankrupt in an instant.
This strategy is very powerful and can accumulate a lot of wealth in a short period of time.
White sugar is something that has never appeared in the world before, and the way it works makes it easy for inexperienced people to be fooled.
Tubo is a fat sheep, but to the husband, those aristocratic families with backward economic strategies are also fat sheep. With this money-first approach, the husband can bankrupt these aristocratic families.
Li Yue stepped forward and whispered: "Are you familiar?"
Zhang Yang carefully applied the sauce and it was ready.
In May of this year, the weather was very hot and summer came early. Zhang Yang wrote a memorial asking the central government to prepare for droughts and floods and submitted it to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
When walking out of the imperial city, Zhang Yang saw Li Chengqian leaving in a hurry with a group of officials.
It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also working very hard.
When Zhang Yang came, Xu Jingzong stepped forward and said, "The military report sent yesterday said that the Tibetan army was retreating steadily. General Su Dingfang, General Li Daoyan and General Niu Jinda combined their forces to drive away Songtsen Gampo's army."
Arriving at the Sugan River area."
After Tubo lost its geographical advantage, the Tang army's experience in military tactics and warfare was overwhelming to the Tubo people.
In the past, soldiers who were able to fight on plains and mountains adapted very quickly to plateaus.
Xu Jingzong whispered: "Songtsen Gampo is still resisting, but recently there is another news from the Western Regions."
"what news?"
Keeping up, Xu Jingzong continued, "The news was sent by people from the Western Regions, saying that General Su Dingfang killed a cannibal on the way to Tubo, and this cannibal was a member of the Mohammed royal family."
Stopping for a moment, Zhang Yang said in surprise: "Is there such a thing? Aren't they west of Persia?"
Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "I also asked the Prince of Persia and he said that Persia is now at war with Dashi. It is not surprising that Dashi people will appear in the Western Regions. It is said that Muhammad was hailed as a prophet in Dashi."
While talking and continuing to walk, Xu Jingzong frowned, "Xiaoguan has been considering whether to send troops to aid Persia recently. Once the cannibals defeat Persia and cross Persia and approach Tubo, will they also attack?
The Western Regions, and they are still on their way to the east, but I heard from people in the Western Regions that Muhammad is indeed dead."
Zhang Yang looked at the vegetable stalls on the streets of Dongshi and warned: "The big cannibals may not come to attack the Central Plains, and there is a desert across the country. Even if they come, there is no need to be afraid of them. They are just a group of barbarians who like to use brute force.
That’s all.”
Zhang Yang bought some celery and some pork, "If you are really worried about the food shortage, you can continue to ask people for information, or even send someone to Persia."
The steps stopped again, Zhang Yang frowned again while holding the vegetable basket, "There is one more thing."
"Zhang Shangshu, please speak."
"At the beginning of the year, we said that we would build the Anxi Protectorate and rectify the four towns in Anxi. Are the officials who will be sent to the Western Regions ready?"
Xu Jingzong replied: "Four officials were selected from Honglu Temple and have already gone to the Western Regions. The Ministry of War has also arranged for 600 soldiers to go with them. They will arrive in Gaochang by mid-June."
"Old Xu, I have little experience in being an official, let alone handling various affairs of the Ministry of Rites. In the future, the position of Minister of Rites will eventually be given to you."
"Zhang Shangshu was young, why did he say this?"
Zhang Yang said helplessly: "How many years have I been an official?"
"It has been three years since the beginning of the Ministry of Rites."
"How much experience do you think you can get by serving as an official in the Tang Dynasty for three years?" Zhang Yang said to him earnestly: "They are right. I am a country boy. I don't know how to employ people or how to deal with them.
Official affairs, I have to leave this matter to you to take care of. Although I usually don’t come to the Etiquette Department or ask about the Etiquette Department, in fact, I really have nothing to ask about."
"Well, you are all excellent and hard-working. I only served as the Minister of Etiquette for a short period of time. In fact, it's not like I haven't thought about learning from you and making progress together with you. But after thinking about it, I always feel that I am not the material.
"
Listening to Zhang Shangshu's heartfelt words, Xu Jingzong's expression became more serious.
"Old Xu, I will rely on you more in the future. Thank you for your hard work."
Xu Jingzong sniffed, as if his hard work in supporting the Ministry of Rites in the past two years was no longer so hard. It turned out that Zhang Shangshu also had his own difficulties, "I will definitely live up to Zhang Shangshu's trust."
Zhang Yang nodded, "Go and work hard. The contribution of the country lies with you, for the future and for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."
"I'll take my leave first."
"Walk slowly."
Seeing that he finally turned around and walked into the crowd step by step, Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
"I didn't expect that my brother-in-law knows how to employ people."
This little fat guy Li Tai appeared out of nowhere and startled everyone.
"If I didn't say this, how could I have moved him so much that he was willing to return to the Foreign Affairs Yuan?"
"So that's it, is it all hypocrisy?"
"How has His Royal Highness the King of Wei arranged our affairs?"
"Don't worry, brother-in-law, everything has been arranged."
"Just arrange it and it will take as long as His Highness the King of Wei thinks it will be effective."
Li Tai thought about it: "Within three months, they will know that sugar is not something that my father only has, and they need some sugar. I will ask people to raise the price and find a suitable person to sell it to him, and he will
The value of this sugar will be boasted very high and people will buy it at a higher price."
Zhang Yang nodded, "Congratulations to His Majesty the King of Wei, for gaining more business experience, although this experience is not good."
Li Tai, my brother-in-law, is fat and not very tall, but when he generously buys a whole leg of lamb, the way he pays will make people think highly of him.
You should buy early in Chang'an City, for example, at this time, all the high-quality and cheap things in the East Market have been bought.
The house was still short of some salt, so Li Tai paid for a pot of salt and then returned home.
The family would definitely not be able to finish such a large leg of lamb. In Li Tai's words, the uneaten portion could be shared among his guards without wasting food.
At home, every time the little bear sees Li Tai enter the house, he will walk back and forth cautiously.
Li Yue was washing the meat and vegetables carefully, while Xiao Wu was helping to change the water.
Originally, the food at home was very simple, because Li Tai's arm now had a big roasted leg of lamb in the house.
After lunch, Xiao Wu went on to do the questions.
Li Tai talked about the current situation on the grassland.
Li Yue held the account book in her hand, "In other words, the Turks are now very satisfied with pasture management?"
Li Tai nodded and said: "There are already other grassland herdsmen who want to ask if they can sell their pastures to us. The price is the same as originally negotiated."
Zhang Yang drank tea, "The price should be lower than before, but not too low. When we have an advantage, we must increase our offensive."
Li Yue nodded, "According to the money we have on hand now, we can still spend about 8,000 guan."
"Sister Huang, please don't worry, brother-in-law, I will make arrangements." Li Tai drank the tea in one breath, "The wool will arrive in a few days, and it will be placed in the warehouse in Lishan for brother-in-law to deal with."