If every order could be made with so much profit, the officials of their Ministry of Etiquette would pay it forward!
This does not require the benefits of those noble families, eating this can make them full!
"Haha! How many do you think such an order should be?"
Lin Fan asked.
this……
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue were all stunned. What did His Highness mean? Didn't he ask them to choose the person to whom the commission was given this time?
Why didn't you give in again?
"Haha! You won't understand now. Let's conduct the second round of election. I will tell you the reasons for each victory in a moment."
Lin Fan said with a smile.
Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War hurriedly walked out. After the last time, this campaign was much faster, and they came back not long after.
Taking the second order, Lin Fan asked after reading it: "If I guessed correctly, did the price of the previously selected one increase and give you more profits?"
The official from the Ministry of Revenue said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, how do you know?"
"It's very simple, because if you choose them for the first time, they will think that you are greedy for money. If you want to win the election the second time, all you need to do is increase the benefits to you."
"If you still choose him, the benefits he will bring to you will increase in the next election. Choosing him will be more and more beneficial to you!"
"Now, the price of food has been reduced by this prince. I don't care about fifty, forty, fifty-five, etc., but you have to think about one thing clearly."
"If out of ten orders, five or even ten are his, that means watching him grow bigger. Which grain merchant in the entire Ming Dynasty will be his opponent in the future?"
"At that time, the imperial court's military supplies will all depend on him. If he gives up and quits, will you be able to find someone else temporarily?"
"You can't find it. Is this prince going to chop off your heads, and the people from the Ministry of War are going to fight you to death? Can you bear it?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
hiss!
The officials from the Ministry of Revenue took a breath of cold air. Why didn't they think of this?
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reminds me that we are not thinking carefully about things!"
The official from the Ministry of Revenue said hurriedly.
"Don't just look at the small profits in front of you. If you all choose one person, or if you all choose a type of person, if they join forces, you will all be blackmailed by them!"
"Does it feel good to be blackmailed?
You must have all been blackmailed, right?"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Ahem!
The official from the Ministry of Revenue coughed a few times and said, "Your Highness, I understand your mistake!"
Lin Fan waved his hand and said: "What do you know is wrong at this time?
This prince is teaching you how to live a long life. Sometimes, it is not the king who wants his ministers to die, but the ministers who have to die!"
"If I weren't here today and didn't remind you that you failed to handle this matter for your own interests and were blackmailed, causing the court to be threatened again by grain merchants, what do you think, should you be killed or not?
"
hiss!
After Lin Fan said this, all the officials present took a deep breath!
Your Highness, the Crown Prince, revealed the truth with one word. In history, those officials who had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated were all cruel to the emperor. However, who has ever thought about how much he has done?
"What His Royal Highness the Prince said is reasonable, and I know it!"
Officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs all said.
At this moment, they were filled with admiration for Lin Fan, the prince, and surrendered from the bottom of their hearts. Lin Fan's goal of winning people's hearts was achieved.
"Very good! I am very pleased that you can understand this. Next, I will teach you how to make it. Two or three orders like the one just now are enough!"
"These people are strong and can supply food stably. With them, even if there is a problem with one or two grain merchants, you can urgently dispatch a group to support them for a month or two. It will not be a big problem. This is insurance!
"
"What's left is to support the newcomers! Don't limit them to a certain area, but spread them all over the world. Let them spread out so that they won't join forces!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, you are really wise! I understand!"
The official from the Ministry of Revenue said hurriedly.
They selected a grain merchant who quoted 40 cents per pound, and in the third round of elections, they chose a grain merchant who quoted 38 cents per pound.
In the fourth round, I chose the one who quoted forty-one cents. After ten rounds, I selected all the grain merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty, and most of them were relatively small grain merchants.
When those powerful grain merchants saw this result, they were all confused.
"what happened?
When we ran for the first time, we gave them a profit of ten cents, and they won the bid directly. The second time, we gave them even more profit, but they lost the election!"
"That's not all, we have been increasing the price, even lowering the price to forty-five cents, and still giving them a profit of ten cents, and they still don't choose us!"
"Haha! Guys, are you also wondering?
I have already inquired about it, and there is something fishy about this election. I gave you benefits and won the deal, but no matter how many benefits I gave you later, I didn’t win!"
"However, someone won the prize for forty-two cents without giving any benefit. This is very strange. I suspect they are guarding against us!"
"Well! Be on guard against us! Hiss! This must be what the prince means. With him around, the court will become more and more difficult to deal with!"
The grain merchants said solemnly.
All the orders have been distributed, and this matter has come to a successful conclusion. The grain merchants who won the bids all went back to prepare grain and prepare for their first business with the court.
But Lin Fan has a bigger plan!
Now, the Ming Dynasty's national power has almost recovered, and it is time to take back the territories occupied by enemy countries, such as Yunnan!
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the country's national power was weakening, Yunnan was taken away by Annan. This was a great shame and humiliation. Lin Fan had always wanted to organize troops to take Annan back.
"Here comes someone! Find Xue Bingtian, the Minister of Rites!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
The servants at the prince's residence left in a hurry, and not long after, Xue Bingtian, the Minister of Rites, arrived at the prince's residence.
He felt very uneasy now. After all, the prince was known to be a idle person. If there was no important matter, he would not approach him, the Minister of Rites.
Is it a matter of compiling books?
Is it a school thing?
Or rather, it’s something else!
While thinking about it, Xue Bingtian's feet became faster and faster, and he came to Lin Fan, knelt on the ground and saluted: "My lord! Xue Bingtian, the Minister of Rites, has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"