Interests can bring two strangers together, and interests can also make brothers turn against each other. At first, all the businessmen in Tokyo were united, and everyone followed Li Qi's lead, but now these grain merchants finally hoped for the big deal.
Disaster, weren't the grains they had hoarded for a long time been prepared for today? Of course, they did not realize that the Jin Kingdom wanted to completely destroy the Song Dynasty, so much so that they did not hesitate to fall out with Li Qi over this.
Li Qi is both a businessman and an official, and he doesn't know whether to evaluate them as smart or stupid, but no matter what, he must keep these businessmen in sync with him, otherwise, this battle will not be fought at all. He looked at Boss Gu coldly,
He laughed secretly, and his defeated generals actually dared to take the lead. He said: "Isn't it appropriate? You still have the nerve to say this to me. Now my country, the Song Dynasty, is facing a catastrophe, and instead of helping, you stabbed me in the back.
Is this how you serve your motherland? You are all grown up, so why don’t you even understand such a superficial truth that there are no eggs left after the nest is overturned?”
Boss Gu snorted and said: "My Gu family has been doing business for decades, and I have never seen any big storms. Back then, we were at war with the Liao Kingdom and Xixia. The situation was even worse than today, but we all survived. What you said
You can't scare us." He thought to himself, it's not like I took the lead in doing this, everyone was like this before.
"Survived? I think it was sent all the way. For you, this kind of moment is simply a God-given opportunity. You may even hope to fight." Li Qi said hoarsely.
Throughout the ages, whenever there is a war, there will always be businessmen who make war fortunes. This law may be second only to the law of conservation of energy.
Gu Laodaodao: "I didn't say that."
Li Qi glanced at the crowd, held up his hands, and said, "It seems that no one is willing to cooperate with my Bureau of Commerce?"
No one said a word.
"Very good, very good!" Li Qi laughed a few times and said, "I have done my best to be benevolent and righteous. From now on, the friendship between us will end here. If I do something in the future,
, don’t blame me, after all, I informed you in advance.”
As soon as these words came out, most businessmen trembled in their hearts. They had all seen Li Qi's methods before. It was really killing without blood.
One person said: "Economic envoy, you are an official, you can't know the law and break it!"
Another person said: "Although you are a third-grade official, we are not afraid of you."
"I know you are not afraid of me. I also know that you all have backers in the court."
Li Qi smiled and nodded, then suddenly his face changed drastically, and he slammed the table, which made everyone shake violently in fright, and shouted angrily: "But I am also very scared, now that it comes down to this.
I am not afraid to tell you clearly, three days, I will only give you three days. Within three days, if the price of food is not lowered to me and the granary is not opened, I will use all means to greet you. I will not let you
If they are defeated one by one, I will no longer be the economic envoy. You are just like birdies. I can support you as many as you want. Could it be that without you, any piece of land will not grow food? I really gave it to three people.
You want to open a dyeing workshop according to colors. Go and call me your backstage people. Look at me frowning. Damn, your interests are nothing. The interests of the country are the greatest. Now you
Everyone, get out of here. Get out!"
As he spoke, he pointed toward the door with his hand.
Those businessmen were all deceived. Although Li Qi used to be cruel in his methods, he was always kind and gentle on the surface. He even cursed people with a smile. It is not an exaggeration to call him a tiger with a smile on his face. He had never lost such a big temper.
The atmosphere became very awkward.
Those people didn't want to leave, they didn't want to stay, they didn't know what to do.
Li Qi shouted: "Come here, give me a stick and drive the people out."
When the businessmen heard this, they knew that Li Qi was serious. They felt very depressed and regretted that they should not have said the words so harshly. Now there was no room for redemption. When they saw that those people really rushed with sticks.
Come in and quickly disappear.
"These bastards, if they don't show off their power, they really treat me like Hello Kitty." Li Qi let out a sigh and cursed loudly.
Hello Keti? Qin Hui, who was standing aside, never expected that the scene would become so tense, but of course he supported Li Qi and said: "Sir, please don't get so angry."
Li Qi was startled and asked with curiosity on his face: "Do I look like a sign of fainting?"
Qin Hui nodded cautiously.
Li Qi chuckled and said, "I even fooled you. It seems that my performance was pretty good."
Qin Hui groaned and said, "My lord, you just scared them on purpose."
"Of course. It's just these bird people. Do I have to be angry? It's just that--it's just that my mouth is a little dry." Li Qi said, picking up his cup of tea and drinking it down in one gulp.
Mouth---Dry mouth? Qin Hui broke out in a cold sweat. This man was so neurotic that it was impossible to figure out which one of him was the real him! Qin Hui felt that he was about to have a split personality and said carefully: "Sir,
I have something I don't know whether to say or not."
Li Qi waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
Qin Hui said: "Since ancient times, whenever there is a war, the price of food will inevitably rise. They, the grain merchants, are hoarding food, just waiting for this day. Although my lord, you seemed really angry just now, I think they still won't
To give in, perhaps previous cases have made them fearful of adults, but at most this will only make them restrain themselves a little and slow down the growth of food prices, but it is absolutely impossible to bring them down."
Li Qi smiled and said: "I know this. With their urinary nature, they look forward to the stars and the moon, and finally look forward to this day. How could they be willing to miss it?"
"Since you know it, sir, why do you still say that, just in case, by then--by then--." Qin Hui stopped talking before he could speak.
Li Qi laughed and said: "You want to say that if I fail to do what I just said, then I will also get out of this commerce bureau."
Qin Hui smiled and said: "Sir, they are not easy to mess with. If you want to defeat them, I think it is almost impossible."
"Don't you think that what I just said was just to scare them?"
"Is not it?"
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said: "Of course not. I know I can't scare them, so why should I scare them? What I do is called courtesy first and then attack. Just wait and see, I have tamed them all at once. If I don't do it now,
Stop this situation. It will be even more impossible to stop it in the future, MD, don’t die at the hands of the enemy, but starve to death for your own people, that would be really sad."
In fact, he had already expected such a day, and had already thought of ways to deal with these grain merchants. On a certain level, he actually hoped that those grain merchants would increase their prices from the beginning, because this would give him a
Use the topic as an excuse, otherwise, if you put it off until later, he might be unable to do anything.
Hearing Li Qi's tone, Qin Hui really didn't sound like he was watching a joke. He felt a cold sweat in his heart for those grain merchants. You really don't have a long memory. It's not good to offend anyone, but you offended this lunatic.
Two days passed quickly.
As expected, as Qin Hui expected, the increase in food prices began to slow down. But it still kept rising.
Interest kills people!
Although those businessmen are very afraid of Li Qi, they are still willing to give it a try when facing such huge interests. They do not believe that Li Qi can defeat them. Is there any way to do this?
Taishi Mansion.
I saw Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, Li Bangyan, Cai Sui, and Bai Shizhong all sitting inside.
These people can be said to be Li Qi's political allies.
Li Qi stood in the middle, cupped his hands one by one, and then said: "I invite you all to come here today. There is something I want to discuss with you."
Cai Jing still had the usual smile on his face now. He was upset and said casually: "Just tell me."
Li Qidao: "I am very familiar with all of you seniors. I believe that you all know my character. If something is profitable, I will think of you as soon as possible. I have done so in the past, now and in the future. However, at this time,
, our country, the Song Dynasty, is facing a catastrophe. I believe that our interests at this time are absolutely the same, which is to prevent this catastrophe. If our country, the Song Dynasty, is good, we will be fine. If it is the Song Dynasty, then we will decide.
Not immune."
Cai Jing's face lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked: "Do you have any good ideas?"
Everyone also looked at Li Qi with hope, after all, Li Qi had brought them too many miracles.
Unfortunately, this time Li Qi shook his head helplessly and said: "Not at the moment."
Everyone felt very disappointed!
Li Qi added: "But I think we should be fully prepared and never allow anyone to undermine our interests."
Liang Shicheng said: "It goes without saying that if anyone dares to cause trouble at this time, our family will not be the first to spare him."
He relied entirely on Song Huizong. If the Jin Kingdom really called, maybe Li Qi and the others could still get the appreciation of the Jin people with their talents, but he had an old eunuch who was useless and would definitely die.
, he didn’t want the Song Dynasty to collapse like this from the bottom of his heart.
And Li Qi caught their mentality and said: "Hidden Xiang is right. However, now there is a group of people who are slowly encroaching on our interests and putting us in danger."
Liang Shicheng played the ball directly and said, "Who dares to do this?"
Li Qidao: "The hidden prime minister usually lives in the palace. He may not know that the price of food outside has risen to an unacceptable level. However, this is just the beginning. The news of the war with the Kingdom of Jin has just begun.
The news has already made people panic. Now that food prices have risen so much, sooner or later there will be unrest. Even if there is no unrest, the people will have nothing to eat. How can we talk about uniting to fight the enemy? You are all elders and you eat more salt than
I eat more rice. I believe you all know better than me about the principle that food is the most important thing for the people. How can these people still work for us if they have no food to eat? If the hearts of the people fall apart with me, the Song Dynasty
, then our situation will become very difficult, and internal and external troubles may really cause irreparable consequences, and we have to guard against it."
"The price of food!"
Liang Shicheng's eyes were a little evasive, and he sat back again, his expression hesitant.
There are thousands of acres of fertile land in "xiaojiji", so it must be one of them. Li Qi said again: "Everyone, this money is endless, do you have to fight with your own life? I don't think it is necessary, as long as
Our Song Dynasty is stable and we will make money in the future, so why should we fight for it day and night?"
Cai Jing nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but even if we lower the price of food at our food store, it will only be a drop in the bucket and will not have any effect at all. Do you have a way to prevent the increase in food prices?"
Li Qidao: "I have already thought of a way. I can take on this matter wholeheartedly. I just hope that you can give me your support secretly."
Cai Jing turned to Liang Shicheng and asked: "Yinxiang, what do you think?"
Liang Shicheng thought that what Li Qi said was very reasonable. If the Song Dynasty collapsed, no amount of money would be used, so he said: "Then how do you expect us to support you secretly?"
Li Qidao: "It's very simple, the two don't help each other."
Don't you want to help each other? This is too simple. Liang Shicheng said readily: "Okay. Our family promises you."