Several people looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and the scene looked very funny.
Liu Zizheng and others never expected that Li Qi would just complain. Although he reminded them, he did not give them enough time to react. The three of them, including Gu Yanfu, had tears on their faces. It can be said with certainty that
In the previous sentence, if anger can also generate heat, then the water droplets on their faces will surely turn into white gas in an instant.
"you---."
"Cough cough cough."
Liu Zizheng wiped his face and was about to roar when Gu Yanfu suddenly choked and coughed, announcing that he had woken up from his coma.
"Hey, Bachelor Gu is awake." Li Qi exhaled softly as he spoke, and said with a deep look: "Now it seems that I have not forgotten all my medical skills!"
What kind of medical skills? Everyone knows this! All the old people are ready to scold me.
When Gu Yanfu woke up, he vaguely looked at the person standing in front of him. When he saw the person in front of him, he waved and smiled: "Hi, Grand Scholar Gu." He blinked and everything in front of him gradually became clear.
Seeing that it was Li Qi, he became angry and pointed at Li Qi, saying: "You---you---."
Looking at this posture, it seems that there is a possibility of fainting again.
Liu Zizheng and others quickly advised him: "Brother Gu, don't be angry, your health is important, your health is important!"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Master Gu, don't be too busy thanking me. Helping the elderly is what juniors have been doing all this time. Please invite me to the house." He had almost finished playing. If he continues to play, he might
It will kill people!
Seeing that Gu Yanfu was so weak, Liu Zizheng did not dare to neglect him, so he and several others quickly helped Gu Yanfu to the big room in front of the school ground.
Arriving at the big house, Li Qi acted like a master. He sat on the front seat and had someone serve them a few cups of tea.
Although Gu Yanfu now has a lot of swear words to "talk" to Li Qi, but his body is not strong enough. The more he wants to curse, the more anxious he becomes, the more anxious he becomes, the more he breathes, and the more he breathes, the less he can curse. It's a nauseating cycle!
Seeing his anxious expression, Li Qi broke into a cold sweat for him!
After Liu Zizheng and others persuaded him, Gu Yanfu took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down his emotions.
After a while, Gu Yanfu came to his senses. He was about to ask Li Qi for an argument. Just as he opened his mouth, he suddenly saw Li Qi dozing off on the chair. He almost burst into tears. What are you doing?
You want to make me angry to death!
Liu Zizheng was afraid that Gu Yanfu would faint from anger again, so he coughed several times.
Li Qi was startled for a moment, woke up, and said hurriedly: "Grand Bachelor, what did you say?"
Gu Yanfu took a deep breath and asked, "Economic envoy, you are quite courageous. You dare to seal off our Gu family's land."
Li Qifeng said calmly: "It turns out that this is why the bachelor came to me!"
"Is it possible that I came to you to reminisce about old times?" Gu Yanfu roared.
If that's the case, I won't bother to see you. Li Qi smiled slightly and said, "Don't be angry, bachelor. In fact, this can't be regarded as a seal. It can only be said to be a requisition. I believe the person I sent has made it clear for the reason."
Of course, I have to make it clear that I am not targeting any particular person."
Gu Yanfu said: "You don't want to call it a target. You have sealed most of our Gu family's fields. You are trying to kill our Gu family! I will settle this debt with you in the future. You can let yours go immediately."
Come back, martial artist."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Grandmaester, you can't say that. The defense of the capital is a whole, and I can't change it if I want. This can only be blamed on your Gu family's fields not growing well, and you can't blame me. As for the unblocking,
, that is absolutely impossible. In fact, this has nothing to do with me. I am just following orders. If I unblock it, wouldn’t that be disobeying the emperor’s order? No, no."
Gu Yanfu said: "Don't use the emperor to suppress me. Don't think that I don't know what tricks you are playing. Let me tell you, if you don't unblock me today, I will make you look good."
Oh, you are threatening me! Then you have really found the wrong person. Li Qi sneered and said: "Grand Bachelor, I will treat you with courtesy. Don't rely on your old age and want me to unblock you. OK, bring me the imperial edict, otherwise,
Even if you kill me, I can't unblock you. I'm working for the emperor, not your servant."
"you---."
Li Qi didn't wait for him to finish, and said: "Okay, if you guys are here just for this matter, I don't think there is anything more to talk about. Please go back. Come and see your guests off!"
Gu Yanfu knew that Li Qi was arrogant, but he never thought that he would be so arrogant. He wouldn't even give him a piece of noodles. He stood up suddenly and said: "Okay, okay, you boy, just wait for me. I will definitely join you in the emperor's presence."
Book."
"Please!"
Gu Yanfu and others glared at Li Qi angrily and left angrily.
Li Qi looked at their angry backs, sneered, and said: "You old worms have no ability. You love to stir up trouble every day. You are almost dead. You are still relying on the court. You don't know how much money you take from the treasury every year. You don't give me any money."
If you look at the colors, you really don’t know why the flowers are so red.”
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It is said that after Gu Yanfu and others left the school grounds, they immediately went straight to the palace. When they saw the emperor, they burst into tears. He cried so miserably, as if his parents had been killed and his wife and daughter had been insulted.
Song Huizong had a severe headache after hearing this, and quickly stopped them. They had something to say, and I was already annoyed.
Gu Yanfu told the story of how Li Qi "occupied" their fields.
It was because of this matter that these ministers usually said nice things, but when this problem arose, they all cared about their own interests and did not take my safety into account at all. The more Song Huizong listened, the more angry he became. He slapped the table and stood up suddenly.
rise.
Seeing that the emperor was furious, Gu Yanfu was overjoyed and believed that Song Huizong would definitely seek justice for him.
Unexpectedly, Song Huizong reprimanded them face to face, and then told them to go back and face the wall to think about their mistakes, without showing any mercy to them.
It was only then that this group of old die-hards finally realized why Li Qi was so arrogant. They also understood that they had completely lost this time. Seeing Song Huizong's eyes that were almost killing people, they didn't dare to say anything more.
He retreated dejectedly.
Even so, those businessmen still thought that Li Qi was just forcing them to submit. They also thought that there was room for maneuver in this matter. Unfortunately, they were wrong again.
In the next three days, the military began to strengthen defenses outside the four cities of east, west, north and south, and renovated more than fifty acres of land. Of course, part of the food produced in these fifty acres was given to the farmers, and the rest was confiscated.
.
In fact, these lands belong to the military. They should not be used for farming. Just because the court was corrupt, these ministers did everything they could to dig holes everywhere. Because the military was a vulnerable group in the Northern Song Dynasty, plus it was
Gao Qiu is in charge. Therefore, everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out, allowing them to destroy the entire defense system.
Li Qi's approach can be said to be extremely rare in the Song Dynasty, because this is the country of scholar-bureaucrats after all. Whose fields do you enclose? You can't enclose their fields. You really think that the scholar-bureaucrats are just decorations. But the problem is that the Song Dynasty Zheng
Facing the fierce attack of the hungry tiger in the north, in extraordinary times, extraordinary measures should be used. Song Huizong would not worry so much anymore. His own life is important, and your fields are nothing!
Panic!
Now these black-hearted grain merchants were completely panicked. Seeing their land being transformed into a fortress or a trench, they were heartbroken!
However, their losses were not too big now, just dozens of acres of land, and could still be recovered. They hurriedly ran to beg Cai Jing, Bai Shizhong, Zhao Huan and others to ask them for help and asked Li Qi to give them
They have a way to survive.
And those grain merchants also went to the Commerce Bureau all day long, begging grandpa and suing grandma, hoping to talk to Li Qi again.
Cai Jing saw that the situation was almost over, so he asked Li Qi to stop as soon as he saw fit. They were already several decades old, and they were all famous and well-established people. Don't go too far.
In fact, the main reason Li Qi did this was to control the price of grain. In a war, if this black-hearted grain dealer fails to do something right, it can be fatal. He can lose, but he will never allow such an accident to lead to a complete defeat.
Therefore, three days later, Li Qi finally met with these grain merchants at the Commerce Bureau again.
Although there was only less than a month between them, the situation had undergone earth-shaking changes. The grain merchants were all dejected, like roosters that had been defeated in a fight.
This was the second time they lost to Li Qi, but this time, they lost even more completely. If Li Qi were more vicious, he might really uproot them.
Li Qi glanced at them and said: "I believe you all have already understood that I, Mr. Li, never speak big words, especially in official matters. I can tell you clearly that I still have many methods that I have not used.
No matter which move you take, you can't afford it. If someone hadn't interceded for you, I tell you, this matter is definitely not over yet. What the hell, when you make money, you all come to the Commerce Bureau to burn incense.
Once a conflict arises, you will try your best to throw shit at the Commerce Bureau. I dare you to treat the Commerce Bureau as a tool for making money. It is really unreasonable. You must understand that it is the Commerce Bureau that leads you, not you who rush to do business.
As we move forward, we must clearly distinguish priorities."
"Yes, yes, we must bear in mind the economic envoy's teachings." Boss Gu nodded and bowed hurriedly, admitting his mistake.
"Is this what a person should say?" Li Qi snorted and said: "Of course, the goal of our Commerce Bureau has never changed, which is to enable you to make more money, the national treasury to be abundant, and the people to have enough food and clothing.
.So, if you follow the footsteps of the Commerce Bureau, the benefits will definitely come to you, otherwise, you will just wait to go to the streets to beg for food."
A group of businessmen nodded quickly and expressed their willingness to follow the Commerce Bureau to the death.
Li Qi waved his hand and said, "Give it to them."
I saw some servants holding contracts in front of them.
Li Qidao: "Today is an extraordinary period. In order to avoid unnecessary chaos, our Commerce Bureau must make some changes. In order to protect the rights and interests of Tokyo businessmen, we can no longer allow freedom. Therefore, starting from today, our Commerce Bureau will
Use some extraordinary means to intervene in Tokyo's prices. After signing this contract, you must obey the deployment of the Commerce Bureau. Of course, the 'obedience' here is only in certain aspects. It is stated in detail above that our business
The bureau will not ask you for a penny, nor will you lose all your money. Our Commerce Bureau just wants to help you make money while rationally planning prices and handling them uniformly. This is not for you, but for businessmen in Tokyo as a whole.
Many businessmen have already signed, and you are the only one left. Of course, you have the right not to sign, but those who do not sign will be abandoned by our Commerce Bureau. If there is any problem then, you should not come to our Commerce Bureau.
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threaten.
"chiluo" naked threat!
But people have this book, and it’s really hard not to listen to it.
These grain merchants carefully looked at the contract and found that it was much better than they expected. At least it stated the bottom line of grain prices. This bottom line was much higher than they expected, and even exceeded the grain prices at the beginning of the year. It can be seen that Li
Qi still took into account the factor that things are rare and valuable.
If this was a month ago, they might have thought Li Qi was too domineering, but now they think Li Qi is so kind and signed the contract quickly. They are really mean-spirited!
Li Qi smiled with satisfaction and said: "It would be great if you had done this earlier, and I would have saved a lot of trouble. Well, I will return some of the land and confiscated grain to you as appropriate. A small part,
They will still be expropriated, and this can be considered as a lesson to you. Of course, these losses are nothing to you. Deputy Economic Envoy Qin will explain to you in detail about the price of food later."
There was nothing he could do. After all, the grain merchant still had a large amount of grain in his hands, which he urgently needed. Therefore, he did not kill them all.
Based on the existence of this contract, Li Qicai truly controls the entire Kaifeng Mansion's food supply, which is extremely precious in the current situation, because if he wants to win this war, the amount of food stored
, plays a decisive role, and the whole people must be united as one. If everyone is divided internally, how can we fight? It is difficult for people to see the hope of victory.