Chapter eight hundred and thirteenth scary food prices
On the day Li Qi took office again, all the "guests" on the streets of the capital disappeared within half a day, just like the violent storm, they came and went as fast as they came.
The next day, all the closed restaurants, workshops, and shops in the capital opened at the same time, with a tacit understanding that gave people the illusion that this incident had never happened at all.
It can be seen that no matter how humble people are, as long as they are united together, no one dares to look down upon them.
Many scholar-bureaucrats saw this and murmured to themselves, there are also many people in our family, maybe we can follow suit next time.
However, if they use this trick, will it go so smoothly?
The answer is no.
Because the key to Li Qi's success this time was the strong support of Song Huizong. If Song Huizong hadn't avoided going to court and suppressed the ministers, how could Li Qi have won so easily.
The Song Dynasty Times Magazine also reappeared in front of the world with a new layer of packaging. This excited the literati. They were used to reading newspapers and reading news during morning tea time. There was no Song Dynasty Times Magazine in this section.
In those days, I couldn't help but feel so uncomfortable.
Since this incident damaged the reputation of scholars, the content of this issue is to vindicate scholars and regain people's trust in scholars. To this end, Li Qi also used "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as an introduction to attract
Readers, the headline is that the second part of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", is about to be released in Song Dynasty Times.
But the headline is surprisingly short, just two lines. As for the content of the book, there is no mention of it, not even an introduction. This is also for fear of overshadowing the main topic. The title immediately below is "Knowledge and Money". The content is not
The vulgar process of studying, becoming an official, and being greedy for money is about how to use knowledge to get rich and the importance of knowledge to the people. Anyway, the whole page is about promoting reading.
However, the most attractive thing is the short four-character "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Especially those martial arts fans. At the end of "Shooting the Condor Heroes", they really want to know whether Li Qi can write it again. Now that they hear this
When I heard the news, my eyes filled with tears and I was so excited!
This name is very attractive to them. Everyone knows about the eagle shooting, but they are a little confused about the divine eagle. They gather around to guess what kind of magic this divine eagle is, and even
There were many people who spent a lot of money to buy the gossip, and this idiot Gao Yanei was one of them. He even offered a reward for guessing the divine eagle. When Li Qi learned the news, he couldn't laugh or cry.
Of course, in addition to the divine sculpture, there are also many people who are very interested in the main content below. Nowadays, everyone is talking about scholars, scholars, and scholar-bureaucrats. When it comes to eloquence, naturally those talented people and literati have the upper hand, and they use this to start publicizing
The benefits of reading vindicated the scholars. Without Li Qi's obstruction, they quickly and easily won the public opinion war.
Not only that, studying and doing business has also become a novel topic. In fact, Li Qi only raised this issue from the side, but it achieved miraculous results. Although the number of people admitted to Jinshi every year in the Northern Song Dynasty has reached unprecedented heights, in the huge
Among scholars, only a small number can pass the Jinshi examination. What should the remaining scholars do? What is their future? After all, life only lasts for a few decades, and business undoubtedly provides them with another way out.
This is also directly related to people's livelihood, so this topic is also discussed very intensely. Those on Li Qi's side naturally think that this move is feasible, but those die-hards still look down on businessmen from the bottom of their hearts and think that it is a sign of weakness for scholars to do business.
No matter what the result is, Li Qi is already very satisfied. The more fiercely they argue, the better it will be for the businessman. Maybe it won't be accepted by the world for a while, but Li Qi believes that one day, sooner or later,
Everyone will take this for granted.
In addition, Li Qi's prediction came true again, that is, on the second day of the restaurant's opening, major grain merchants in the capital simultaneously raised grain prices. This is definitely an explosive news. You must know that when the restaurant closed, these
The grain merchants are driven crazy. Since you are unkind, don't blame us for being unjust. They not only want simple profits, but also have a strong desire for revenge. They are determined to make these restaurants pour tea to them and admit their mistakes.
Food prices have been rising, and the people who are most directly affected are naturally the people. The most difficult thing to do is restaurants. If food prices rise, then vegetable prices will inevitably rise. But today's prices are already high enough. If they rise again, it will be difficult for customers to get customers.
Acceptable, but if it doesn’t increase, you won’t make much money.
Due to the rise in food prices, the capital once again fell into panic. However, at this time, the court had nothing to do and could only stand by and watch.
The Zhengmenghui once again held an emergency meeting. Within this year, the Zhengmenghui played a significant role and everyone showed unprecedented unity.
The protagonist of this meeting was still Li Qi, so Li Qi had to go. After breakfast, he and Wu Furong rushed to Qingfeng Tower.
"Master Li, congratulations on your return as economic envoy."
"Yes! With the economic envoy here, we will feel at ease."
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As soon as Li Qi arrived, all the officials came forward to congratulate him and flatter him, which was never a wrong thing.
Li Qi returned the gift one by one, then suddenly raised his hands, pressed them down, and said apologetically: "Everyone, everyone, I'm really sorry. To be honest, it's not until today that I realized that what you have done recently is very serious.
To some extent, they are all to help me, Li Qi. Oh, blame me, blame me for not being smart enough. I didn’t understand your deep meaning at the time, so I couldn’t stand on the same front with you. It’s all my fault. Next time
Please tell me clearly. Li Qi doesn't want to feel guilty anymore. No matter what, I still have to thank you all. I'll pay for all the money in the bar tonight. You must go."
Hypocrisy? If this word is used on Li Qi, it is an insult to him.
The proprietors of these restaurants, this is the first time they have seen such a hypocritical person. At this point, they are still unwilling to admit that you are the cause of all this and you are still pretending to be innocent. What is even more disgusting is that he
These words completely wiped out the relationship, and had to make people nod and say yes. The most helpless thing in the world is to meet a hypocritical person like Li Qi.
"Where, where. The economy is dedicated to us businessmen, and we should repay kindness with kindness."
"Yes, we are also helping ourselves."
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Although everyone's faces were full of smiles, there was a hint of helplessness and a hint of contempt in their voices.
Zhang Chun'er suddenly said: "This is what we should do, but if we go to the bar tonight, I'm afraid no one is in the mood."
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed, and they all sighed, feeling as depressed as they wanted.
Are you the only one who knows how to pretend? I can, too. Li Qi pretended not to know: "Oh, is something big happening?"
Qi Feng was completely speechless for Li Qi. He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "We will discuss this later. Please take a seat, Economic Envoy."
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "Farewell, President Qi, this seat is yours. There are no rules and no rules. Since I am attending this meeting today as the owner of Zuixianju, you should sit here. If you say that again, I will go out and turn right."
Turn right when going out? Qi Feng was stunned. Then he realized that he didn't dare to be humble anymore. He asked everyone to sit down first, and then he sat on his seat. He coughed lightly and said: "I guess everyone, except for the economic envoy, already knows that this time That’s the purpose of the meeting.”
Wow! I didn’t expect that the president would be the one who must report his flaws. Li Qi’s face turned red and he said sarcastically: “Actually, I know that too. There is no need for the president to explain it to me alone.”
Qi Feng is also a good actor. He said, "Really?"
Li Qi gritted his teeth and nodded.
The others lowered their heads and snickered.
Qi Feng also stopped and said: "In that case, I won't say more. Everyone knows that when Yuanyou came out, my Kaifeng granary was fully stocked. When the price of food in Tokyo was at its highest, it was not higher than one hundred Wen, but Even so, the imperial court thought it was too high at that time and opened granaries to release grain, reducing the price to sixty-seven cents. However, in the early years of Xuanhe, due to the recent military campaigns of the imperial court, the granaries were empty, and the big grain merchants They took the opportunity to hoard food and raise the price of food. Now it has risen to 300 wen per bucket, more than three times. We dry restaurants were forced to follow the price increase, but they also lost many customers. Now, Those grain merchants raised the price of grain to 330 cents in just a few days, a full increase of 30 cents. How can we, the restaurant owners, afford it? And now that the autumn harvest is around the corner, if they can easily If it succeeds, they will definitely stock up on grain again on a large scale and will not let the price drop, so we must find a way to prevent them from doing whatever they want."
Fan Shaobai sighed: "Not only that, they also released news that there was a shortage of food, which made the people even more panicked."
Zhang Yuanwai said: "But what can we do? The fields near the capital are basically controlled by them. The fields owned by the people are extremely limited and are not enough for us. If we want to transport grain from other places, we have to It will take a long time and it won't work at all, and they don't have the final say on the price."
Everyone sighed, unable to do anything, but they all secretly looked at Li Qi.
Sweat! You are so hypocritical. If you want me to take action, just say so. Do you need to pretend to be pitiful to gain sympathy? Li Qi chuckled and said: "Don't worry, everyone."
Seeing that Li Qi finally spoke, Qi Feng felt happy and said, "Does the economic envoy have any good ideas?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will never let them succeed. I believe you all know that a few days ago, several grain merchants from Jiangnan swept away all the low-priced grains on the market---."
Zhang Chun'er said: "Is it because of the economic envoys?"
"Of course not." Li Qi shook his head. He understood that everyone sitting here was a mirror, but he would not be stupid enough to admit that it was his doing. He changed the subject and said, "However, I bought all the food. , allowing those grain merchants to make a fortune on the spot, and of course, the price I charged was also very low."
Qi Feng said happily: "That's really great."
Officer Qian said: "I just don't know if the economic director is willing to take a share of the pie."
Li Qi said very cheerfully: "Of course I am willing. If you want food, just go to my Zuixianju to pick up the food. The price will be based on the lowest price."
Li Qi was a rare generous person. Everyone sitting here was shocked and couldn't believe it.
Zhang Chun'er asked suspiciously: "Does the economy make this statement true?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "You will know as soon as you go. However, I want to ask you, do you want to solve this urgent need immediately, or do you hope to force those grain merchants to lower the price of grain, or in other words, to obtain a sustainable
What is the price of grain? Everyone must know how much that batch of grain is. If this batch of grain is given to one of our restaurants, it will be a huge amount. However, if it is divided equally among everyone sitting here, it will be very limited.
It will definitely not last beyond the autumn harvest."
Everyone nodded again and again.
Qi Feng asked: "May I ask if the economic envoy has any good ideas?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "If you believe me, I promise to lower the price of food. However, this also requires your support."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, Zhang Chun'er said: "I wonder what the economic envoy wants us to do?"
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "It's very simple. You only need to do two things. First, don't buy food from those grain merchants, even if it's a grain of rice. Second, raise the price of the food."
Go up, lift it up as hard as you can, and the price of wine will also go up."
Everyone was confused. Are you helping us or are you helping them?
Fan Shaobai said: "But we don't have much food, so we can only last for seven or eight days at most."
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, we have raised the price, and the number of customers will definitely decrease. It is not a problem to survive for more than ten days. If you are really in trouble, come to me and I will give you food. You just need to support it."