Qin Yang and Ma Shan both felt nervous at the same time. They were both experienced in the society for many years. How could they not hear Zhao Kang's subtext?
Qin Yang immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, our Qin family is willing to donate a thousand dan of food to the court for disaster relief!"
If you block the conversation first, it will be difficult for the other party to rip you off again.
No matter how senior you are, you still have to be reasonable, right? Do you want me to donate the entire Qin family?
Mashan is worthy of being an old fox who has known Qin Yang for many years. He immediately said: "Mr. Zhao, our Ma family is also willing to donate a thousand dan of food to help the court in disaster relief!"
After saying that, both of them looked at Zhao Kang cautiously. They never thought that Zhao Kang would directly applaud and applaud: "Okay! Brother Qin and brother Ma are indeed my good friends with Zhao. Come and have a drink!"
Two thousand dan, which is 120,000 jin, is quite a lot in good conscience.
Especially now that food prices are so high.
But for the disaster situation in Qingzhou as a whole, it is still a drop in the bucket.
But Zhao Kang had nothing to be unhappy about, after all, he prostituted himself for free.
Seeing him laughing heartily, Ma Shan and Qin Yang's hearts dropped. Mr. Zhou quickly picked up the wine glass and drank a drink with Zhao Kang.
Only Xiao Xuance was a little unhappy, secretly scolding Ma Shan and Qin Yang for being stingy.
After all, with the Wu family in front of them, who had emptied their wealth, these two thousand shi of food seemed a bit unattainable.
After finishing the glass of wine, Qin Yang asked cautiously and tentatively: "Mr. Zhao, now that the disaster relief minister is here, does that mean that our Qingzhou grain merchants must follow government regulations when selling grain?"
Mashan didn't seem to care, but in fact he pricked up his ears. If Zhao Kang said yes, the court would forcibly suppress food prices this time.
Then they businessmen can go back and think about countermeasures.
Food shortages were not uncommon in the history of the Qian Kingdom. Governments and courts only provided relief for disasters.
Open warehouses to release grain and distribute relief money.
If that doesn't work, then issue a decree to suppress grain prices, and then the government and the court will step in to purchase grain from a large number of merchants with stock for disaster relief.
But there will definitely be a lot of wrangling during this period.
The government wants to buy at a low price, and the merchants want to sell at a high price. With this in mind, there is no way to get food unless some victims starve to death.
Some officials with evil intentions colluded with profiteers, asking merchants to raise prices and then refused to buy food.
When the disaster spreads and many people die, they will report to the court for additional disaster relief funds, and then buy grain with the merchants at the agreed price.
In this way, he can put the money of the imperial court into his own pocket. It is not an exaggeration to say that such people are moths.
Qin Yang asked this question because he wanted to test Zhao Kang's attitude. After all, the Wu family where Zhao Kang lives now is distributing free food for disaster relief.
It is enough to show that Zhao Kang is different from those worms who are greedy for the court's money. This needs to be dealt with carefully.
Hearing what he said, Zhao Kang's eyes were filled with confusion: "Brother Qin, what are you talking about? As long as you businessmen do business, it's none of the government's business as long as it doesn't break the law?"
"The laws of the Qian Kingdom do not stipulate what the price of food must be. You can sell it however you want."
"If you have the ability to sell a pound of rice for one tael of silver, that is also your ability. I will guarantee the relief. The Disaster Minister will not interfere with it!"
Hearing this, both Ma Shan and Qin Yang were stunned and said in disbelief: "Is this true?"
"Trying you to get candy?" Zhao Kang asked with a smile.
"No, Mr. Zhao? Can we really sell as much as we want?" Mashan said stupidly.
Zhao Kang hummed and nodded: "The Minister of Disaster Relief is here to only provide disaster relief and not care about other matters. Selling food is your own business. You can sell it however you like. We will not interfere."
"Of course, Brother Qin and Brother Ma, don't interrupt our disaster relief, otherwise I, Zhao, will be angry. If I get angry, the consequences will be serious!"
"Don't worry... Don't worry, we will definitely not live or die!"
Qin Yang and Mashan were both happy. They didn't expect Zhao Kang to be so easy to talk to.
This made them somewhat incapable of handling it. Qin Yang subconsciously said: "Mr. Zhao, do you think the price of food is a bit high now?"
"Hey, it's not high. Food is very expensive now. Qingzhou has been hit by the disaster. It's normal for food prices to be higher. Just sell it with confidence. How much does it cost per kilogram now?" Zhao Kang chuckled.
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Ma Shan said smoothly: "Old rice costs twenty-five cents per catty, and new rice costs thirty-five cents."
Xiao Xuance on the side was almost beaten when he heard this.
Zhao Kang smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, anyway, it's the same thing. How you sell it is your business. Oh my, a pound of new rice costs thirty-five cents. Why don't I go buy rice with you? It's too much.
Mom makes money."
"But after selling for so many days, you two, your family probably doesn't have much food left, right?"
Qin Yang said cheerfully: "Don't worry about this, Mr. Zhao. Even if there is no rice in the whole Daqian, we can still come up with food."
"Oh, that's all my worries are unfounded."
Zhao Kang pretended to be surprised, and then said: "But you still can't do it. The price of food is so high now. If I were you, I would go and collect all the rice from the small grain merchants. Wouldn't I make a damn profit by selling it myself?"
A lot of money?"
Qin Yang and Ma Shan's eyes lit up when they heard this. They had never thought about this before, but they had been worried about the disaster relief minister coming.
After all, it would be bad if the court's efforts to provide disaster relief this time were very strong and they brought a lot of money to buy low-priced grain from them.
After talking to Zhao Kang now, I feel confident that since the court doesn't care about the price of food this time, we can sell it however we want.
Thinking that these two people were getting ready to make a move, Zhao Kang stood up at this time and said: "Okay, brothers, we are almost drunk. I have something else to do and I won't accompany you. Tiedan, let's go."
His Highness the Prince stood up glumly, and Qin Yang and the other three quickly stood up to see each other off.
Waiting until Zhao Kang and the two left their sight, Ma Shan smiled and said: "The wait this night was not in vain!"
"No, what do you think?" Qin Yang said.
Ma Shan narrowed his eyes: "Since the court doesn't care this time, it's time for us to get rich!"
"You two, don't forget me." Mr. Zhou suddenly joined in.
Qin Yang smiled slightly: "What did Mr. Zhou say? How could I forget you? Let's start collecting grain today, Mr. Zhou. In addition, Mr. Zhou's small grain merchants will be left to you to lobby."
"There is no problem with this matter, but afterwards..."
Qin Yang secretly cursed corrupt officials, but said with a smile on his face: "Of course, Lao Ma and I will give you 10% profit when the time comes."
The three of them looked at each other and smiled like old foxes.
