"Woo! I'm really hungry. Give me one thousand catties, no! I have a lot of people in my family, so two thousand catties! Lin Fan, I will remember you!"
"Damn it! I want three thousand pounds. There are too many people in my family. Lin Fan, just wait for me. I will go back and get the money now!"
"Lin Fan, I'm not done with you. Leave me two thousand catties. I'll go back and get the silver now. Oops! I'm so hungry that I have no strength. Someone help me!"
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The officials were so angry that they still wanted to buy Lin Fan's food. Not long after, Lin Fan got more than one million taels of silver.
Tsk tsk!
Lin Fan couldn't help but sigh, the money was returned too quickly, and next, he would steal the money from the old boy Chongzhen.
Just as Lin Fan was about to talk to Chongzhen about this, Li Jiantai on the side saw that all the officials had bought grain and went back, so he stepped forward and said: "Ahem! Your Majesty, now that the officials of all ministries have bought grain, can the rest be used?"
Is it for the ministers to recruit soldiers to defend the capital?"
Li Jiantai had a ruthless eye and never left the mountain of grain. The officials bought only a small part, and the rest was at least 90%!
Lin Fan knew that if this food was given to Li Jiantai, he would definitely have to bring home several thousand kilograms of it first.
"By the way! Fan'er! Li Shangshu recruited troops during this period just because there was no food. At this time, he has only recruited more than 5,000 people. Look at this food..."
Chongzhen wanted to speak but stopped.
Lin Fan rolled his eyes at Chongzhen and thought to himself: "Oh no! No way, you old boy wouldn't help outsiders cheat your son, right? After all, I bought this with my money!"
"Li Jiantai wants food. You can use the money from the treasury to buy it for me. It will give me some blood. There is a lot of food in Xi'an waiting for me to go back and pay for it."
With this thought in his mind, Lin Fan naturally couldn't say it out loud, otherwise, if these ministers knew that he was still raising prices to buy food in Xi'an City, these ministers would go crazy.
"Ahem! Your Majesty, I did buy these grains with real money. Li Shangshu needs grain to recruit soldiers, so you can come to me to buy it!"
"Moreover, there is no connection between recruiting soldiers and food. How many of those who join the army to have enough food to eat can fight on the battlefield?"
Lin Fan coughed twice and said.
Chongzhen was a little stupid. His son was really ruthless! He had to earn all his own money.
"Master Lin, don't tell me that if His Majesty asks you for food, you have to pay for it, right?"
When Li Jiantai looked at Lin Fan, there was a hint of disgust in his eyes.
He prides himself on being a pure man, and he despises people like Lin Fan who are greedy and take advantage of others. What time has it been now, and he is still thinking about his own interests.
"Well... this is natural. If you don't give me money, I will definitely not give you this food. After all, the money in the treasury is just sitting around. If it is not spent, it will always be a dead thing!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Haha! If the money from the treasury is not spent, old man Chongzhen can't keep it. If I don't watch it, I will be tricked by you people. So, it is safer to leave it here!"
Lin Fan thought in his heart.
When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately understood Lin Fan's good intentions. Indeed, during this period, these ministers were trying to get money out of the treasury.
If Bai Husi hadn't been so careful, the money would have been gone long ago. If you think about it this way, it would be safer for Lin Fan.
"Lin Fan, you are going too far. I am recruiting soldiers to defend the imperial city. If there are no soldiers, when will the territory of the Ming Dynasty be recovered?"
Li Jiantai asked in a deep voice.
"If, as you think, the country can be recovered by recruiting soldiers, I can give you all the food. What if the country cannot be recovered?
Cut your head off?"
Lin Fan said coldly.
"you!"
Li Jiantai was speechless by Lin Fan.
Chongzhen said: "Stop arguing, I bought this grain."
"Your Majesty! Alas! Okay, Lin Fan, if His Majesty wants to buy your grain, just sell it at whatever price you want. This is Your Majesty!"
Li Jiantai looked at Lin Fan and said.
"Five times the price, I always sell it at the lowest price!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Okay! What a Lin Fan, you are really evil. Your Majesty, you must not buy this food. I think Lin Fan will be relieved of his official position!"
Li Jiantai said angrily.
Chongzhen said: "I want it all! There are still 20 million taels of silver in the palace, plus the 2 million taels in the White Tiger Treasury, that's 22 million taels, all for you!"
kindness!
When Li Jiantai heard what Chongzhen said, his eyes widened instantly and he looked at Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty! You! You are crazy!"
"Li Shangshu! If you keep this money there and don't spend it, it will be dead. It's better to use it to buy food and save the hearts of patriotic people!"
Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will use the extra money to buy food for Your Majesty!"
Lin Fan said with a smile.
"This! Alas! Your Majesty, since you have spoken, I have nothing to say, so just buy this grain!"
Li Jiantai said.
"Anyway, with this much food, enough to feed an army of 300,000 people for a year, I can recruit more soldiers!"
Li Jiantai said.
"Master Li, do you plan to use this much food to recruit soldiers?"
Lin Fan looked at Li Jiantai and asked.
"You! What else do you want?"
Li Jiantai asked.
"Of course we have to give 80% of it to the people in the city and sell it to the people at normal market prices to stabilize the price of food in the city and solve the hidden dangers in the capital!"
Lin Fan said.
"Eighty percent! Why don't you go and grab it!"
Li Jiantai almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
"If we go to grab it, can we get so much food?"
Lin Fan followed his words and said.
"Your Majesty! This Lin Fan is a traitor! He is a huge traitor!"
Li Jiantai looked at Chongzhen and said.
"Li Aiqing, let's handle this matter according to Lin Fan's wishes. Take away 20% of these grains and leave the rest to Lin Fan!"
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
Li Jiantai opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth again. Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and asked Li Jiantai to leave with the food.
Lin Fan ordered Hubao to ride to the city to sell grain. Naturally, the money he got from selling the grain would be taken away by him to pay Xi'an City's grain debt.
After Li Jiantai and Hubaoqi both left, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan and said, "Fan'er, what do you think of the name Zhu Cixin?"
Forehead……
"No way! No way, the name that old man Chongzhen gave me can't be so old-fashioned!"
Lin Fan was thinking in his heart, but said: "Ahem! This is a good name, it looks like a girl's name."