Lin Fan looked at the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and asked.
After hearing this, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue couldn't help but tense up and said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness, the ministers and others are trying to find a way to solve this matter, and they will never let the matter get worse."
"Alas! Let you people solve it. In the end, we will probably stop selling food for the time being. Let me tell you!"
"Strive to support newcomers and promote the lower-level merchants of those grain merchants to differentiate them. In this way, the grain problem is solved and the grain merchants become rootless duckweeds, and in the end they have to give in."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, what does this vigorous support of newcomers mean?"
The official from the Ministry of Revenue asked hurriedly.
"This is not simple. How do those grain merchants collect grain?
It can't be collected from people's homes door to door, right?
There must be a small grain merchant collecting it for them!"
"Those small grain merchants also have a backlog of grain in their hands at this time. The big grain merchants are now afraid to accept their grain, and their grain is also squeezed into their hands."
"At this time, you go to them and tell them that as long as they are willing to sell grain at the price set by the court, you will give them business qualification certificates for free!"
"Moreover, if you directly give them a ten-year business qualification certificate, you will save a hundred taels of silver. That's not all. If you tell them again, as long as they are honest and obedient, they will be given benefits in the future!"
"Not only that, if you make a promise again, as long as they can firmly control the people in their hands, harvest the food on time, and calculate an approximate amount."
"You can do business directly with the imperial court. The grain they collect for thirty cents can be resold to the imperial court for thirty-five cents. You can make a lot of money!"
"With the imperial court backing them up, their backbone will become stronger. After all, they can develop into a famous family. Do you think they will miss this good opportunity?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
hiss!
After hearing this, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue couldn't help but gasp. His Highness's move could be said to be a blow to the bottom of the cauldron, cutting off the roots of all the world's nobles!
"Your Highness, I understand, I will do it now!"
The official from the Ministry of Revenue said hurriedly.
While those grain merchants were still proud of what they were doing, officials from the Ministry of Revenue had already contacted many low-level grain merchants.
In a landowner's home.
These landowners are grain merchants under the aristocratic families. Generally speaking, these people have a large amount of land in their hands, and the people around them are also afraid of them.
Therefore, when they purchased grain, the common people did not dare to resist, and most of the landowners lived within a radius of ten miles, and they were the only ones.
Imagine that people within a radius of ten miles can grow hundreds of tons of grain in a year. If they harvest half of it, that's a lot!
"Master Liu, is everything you said true?"
At Landlord Zhang's home, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs were talking to him.
"Haha! Brother Zhang, you and I are old acquaintances. Although I am not working in Beijing, I am still affiliated with the Ministry of Household Affairs. This news cannot be false!"
Master Liu said with a smile.
"Hiss! Does His Royal Highness really want to support us?
Although the profit is very small, it is still more than what I made in the hands of those people!"
Zhang Di took the initiative.
You know, the grain he received was sold to those big grain merchants, and the profit was only about ten cents, although he could only earn five cents from selling it to the court.
However, the Ministry of Household Affairs can give them a ten-year business qualification certificate, which those grain merchants don't have now. This means that his profit suddenly increased from ten cash to fifteen cash!
Not only that, he was completely freed from the control of the aristocratic family. With the support of His Royal Highness, it is not impossible for him to become a noble of the aristocratic family one day.
"Master Liu, let me think about this matter!"
Landlord Zhang said in a deep voice.
"Brother Zhang, I want to remind you about this. If you agree now, you can get the business qualification certificate now. If you don't agree now and someone else agrees, it will be difficult!"
"After all, this good business doesn't wait for anyone, and in the early stages, His Royal Highness will turn a blind eye, and you can sell it for sixty cents per catty."
Lord Liu said in a deep voice.
This was decided by the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs after deliberation, because too many people sold them to grain merchants for fifty cents per catty.
Therefore, they plan to support some people and sell it for sixty cents per catty in the early stage, while their granaries will limit the supply and drive away those faces that often appear.
In this way, people who resell food can be fundamentally eliminated.
"This... Mr. Liu, I did it!"
Landlord Zhang gritted his teeth and agreed to the matter.
Mr. Liu was also very happy and took out the business qualification certificate he had prepared in advance. Landlord Zhang already had a shop in the county.
It was directly converted into a grain store and opened with great fanfare. Moreover, the grain price was sixty cents per catty, and the court's granary was later changed to a limited supply.
Now, the people who were reselling food were completely stupid!
"what happened?
Why is there suddenly a limited supply of food?”
"All my food has been sold, and there is nothing to eat at home. Woohoo! I still want to make some more money so that my children can live a good life!"
"A grain shop has opened over there, selling it for sixty cents per pound. If anyone hasn't bought grain, you can go there to buy it temporarily and come early tomorrow to queue up!"
"Sixty cents per catty of grain! Isn't it stipulated by the imperial court that you can't sell it too expensively?
Their price of sixty cents per pound is too high, we are going to file a complaint with the government!"
"What! This is a special approval from His Highness the Crown Prince, saying it is to form an effective market competition model. This! If I had known earlier, I would not have sold my food!"
"Alas! I have made a few taels of silver by reselling grain these days. Let's buy a few kilograms of grain and eat it first!"
Although the people all complained, they had nothing to do. They all honestly bought a pound of grain for 60 cents and went back.
The grain merchants were still at home waiting for people to come to sell grain, but on this day no one came to sell grain.
"kindness?
Why is no one here to sell food today?
Did the imperial court stop selling grain because it couldn't hold on any longer?"
"Haha! I have known for a long time that His Royal Highness does have a large amount of food in his hands, but he cannot withstand so many people eating it!"
The grain merchants laughed heartily, feeling that they would definitely win this time.
"Sir! It's not good! There have been many newly opened grain shops in the city recently, and the price of grain is sixty cents per catty, and the imperial court's granary has limited supply every day!"
At this time, a servant hurried in to report. When the grain merchants heard the news, they were stunned.