Only when the grain merchants heard this did they realize that Li Qi was trying to ridicule them. Although they were not hard-hearted, they would never be easy to deal with.
One person said: "Economic Envoy, it's too far-fetched for you to blame all this on us. This is a matter that the court should take care of, and it has nothing to do with us. You also said just now that things are rare and valuable.
There is little food, so it is naturally expensive to sell it. This is understandable. When it comes to business, you are the immortals. Your products are unparalleled in the world, including Hanbao and canned food. Which of them are not expensive? "
This man is the owner of Sima's rice shop in Nancheng, and his name is Sima Hao.
Li Qi shook his head and said: "You are not taking advantage of scarcity, but killing the goose to get the eggs. If you are talking about business, you are my enemy, or even the enemy of any businessman. When we do business, we do business, and no one buys it, how can we do it?"
To sell? This is especially true for you. If there is one less person in the world, you will lose one customer and one less employee. You will kill your own customers with your own hands. Similarly, you will also kill the customers of other merchants, including me.
Including Zui Xianju, if you come here a few more times, I can tell you with certainty that you will follow in their footsteps. If your skin is gone, your hair will be gone."
Gu Yuanwai said: "Economic envoy, in any case, what we did did not trigger the law. As an official of the imperial court, you are targeting us in this way, are you using public affairs for personal gain?"
"No no no."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Before today, I have never intervened in this matter as an economic envoy. If I want to use the public for personal gain, just rely on you. I will bankrupt you within three months."
Sima Hao snorted and said: "The economy makes this statement a bit exaggerated."
"Really?" Li Qi laughed and said: "If you don't want others to know, unless you don't do anything, you have evaded countless taxes and even concealed a lot of land. I won't talk about it. The last time Fang La uprising,
The imperial court is short of food. You colluded with the Third Sisi and sold the food mixed with half of the weeds and pebbles to the imperial court at a high price, defrauding the imperial court of money. Do you think I don’t know? As the saying goes, a wise man will make a mistake after thinking a lot. You did it
There are so many wrong things. Is it true that every one of them is done without leaving any trace? I think it is difficult. Of course, you are all powerful businessmen with a strong background, but have you forgotten the lesson learned by the scholar-bureaucrats this time?
, as long as I collect your evidence and publish it to the world, even if the court wants to protect you, I am afraid it will be unable to do anything. Anyone who wants to try publishing in the newspaper, I will be happy to satisfy him."
When the grain merchants heard this, they remembered again the tragic situation of the scholar-bureaucrats. There were more and more beads of sweat on their faces.
Huh! This must be the truest portrayal of a guilty conscience. Li Qi naturally wanted to scare them on purpose. If he really did this, it would be a dead end and his life would never be easy. He smiled and said: "My only
Using the economy to involve one's identity is what I just said. I am just reminding you not to covet the small profits in front of you. When the time comes, the country will be ruined and the family will be destroyed, and no matter how much food you have in hand, you will not be able to sell it. No.
I'm going to hide it from you all. In fact, I always thought that it was normal for you to do this. The emperor planned to put pressure on you directly to lower the price of food, but I stopped you because you did not break the law. If the court wanted to intervene, it would not stand.
Stop it, so I chose another method. My purpose in doing this is not to harm you, but I just want to remind you that what you did before was wrong, and it was so wrong."
Gu Yuan said: "Then I don't know what the economic envoy has to teach me? Gu is willing to hear the details."
"It's very simple, cooperate with our Commerce Bureau." Li Qi opened his hands and said.
"How to cooperate?"
Li Qidao: "The first thing is to cooperate with our Commerce Bureau to stabilize food prices."
"How many?"
"At least, two hundred coins per bucket."
"How can this be done? It would cost at least two hundred and fifty coins. When Fang La had not yet rebelled, it would have cost two hundred and sixty coins, let alone now."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, everyone. I haven't finished talking yet. The first thing is to stabilize food prices. Secondly, we plan to control food prices within three years during the reign of Emperor Zhezong."
When everyone heard this, they looked at Li Qi in disbelief and thought to themselves, we would rather you hadn't finished speaking.
Li Qi laughed and said: "You must think that I am talking nonsense, but have you ever thought that the grain business is actually difficult to do? If you buy low, you can't make any profit. If you sell high, the court will be unhappy, and the people will be unhappy, too.
It’s hard to be a good person when you’re being scolded by others.”
Gu Yan hummed and said, "It would be nice if the economist knew."
Li Qi said seriously: "Food is the most important thing for the people. This food is the foundation of our Song Dynasty. Furthermore, the common people and farmers are the foundation of the Song Dynasty. Who are you hurting by hoarding it? It can't be the rich like us."
People, it’s just those farmers. The farmers are starving to death. Who will grow food? You or me? Isn’t this just killing the goose to get the eggs? But there are still more chickens now, so we won’t see the effect for a while.
Your descendants' generation will always experience the consequences. Why can't you look further ahead and help farmers first, and the money will come naturally."
The elder brother of Xujia Mipu, Xu Fei's brother, said: "Economic envoy, we all know what you said, but we also have our own difficulties. We still have to hand over a large part of our profits. If the price of food is too low,
, then we won’t be able to do it anymore.”
The others nodded one after another. There were people above them who had to pay a prescribed amount every year.
Li Qi nodded and said: "I understand your difficulties very much, but I'm sorry, the court's recent policy changes require your help. Even your backstage must cooperate. Of course, if your backstage is strong enough, you can
If you are older than the Emperor, then just pretend that I didn’t say anything.”
Everyone was silent for a while, who dared to be more powerful than the emperor, but judging from Song Huizong's recent attitude, we also knew that Song Huizong was on Li Qi's side.
The pressure has been given and the ugly words have been said. It's time to throw out temptations. This is Li Qi's usual method of doing business. First, suppress your momentum and then talk about business. In that case, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
Hehe said: "I don't know if you have ever thought about it. In fact, with your strength and advantages, you can develop more ways to make money, which are much easier to make than food."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they all said in unison: "What's the way to make money?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Processed food."
"Processed food?"
Everyone looked at each other and didn't know why.
Li Qi suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Bring it up."
I saw more than a dozen servants coming up with trays. On the trays were cups of hot milk and various pastries, some golden, some yellow with green, some gray. There were milk.
White.
After the servants saw the milk and cakes being distributed to the grain merchants sitting there, Li Qicai said: "This is the milk and cookies I have recently developed. You may wish to try them. They are not available on the market."
Just eat, I'm afraid you won't succeed.
Everyone casually picked up a piece of biscuit and put it into their mouths, then bit into it. The expressions on their faces changed.
Gu Yan held a piece of scallion pancake and exclaimed: "It has such a rich onion flavor!"
Someone next to him said: "My cake is also extremely crispy, wheaty and delicious."
"My piece also has almonds in it. It's really delicious."
...
Everyone was full of praise for this biscuit after tasting it.
Li Qi added: "Everyone, this biscuit will be even more delicious if you drink it with hot milk."
Nowadays, the brains of these grain merchants have been occupied by delicious food. They don't think about anything. They do as Li Qi said and drink another sip of hot milk. This immediately changes their view of milk. Not only does it not have any fishy smell at all,
On the contrary, it is full of milky and sweet taste. It is really delicious when eaten with biscuits.
A mouthful of biscuits and a mouthful of milk. In less than a moment, they had wiped out all the cakes on the plate, but they still had some unfinished food.
Li Qi chuckled: "What do you think?"
"The craftsmanship of an economic master is naturally nothing to say."
"I believe these cookies and milk will help the economy make a lot of money."
"Yes, yes, the economy will definitely bring our business to a higher level."
.......
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "No, it should be said that it helps us make more money. These biscuits are just processed food."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Sima Hao said: "Does the economic envoy want to cooperate with us in this business?"
Li Qi nodded and said, "Do you think I am afraid that you will be hungry and eat me?"
Everyone had just finished eating, and then they remembered what Li Qi had said just now, and almost didn't spit out their words. Not only was this economic envoy a lunatic, but he also liked heavy flavors.
Li Qi smiled and said: "It's also grain, but if you process it a little, the price will double. And it's the only one in the world. This is the real huge profit, and biscuits are just the tip of the iceberg among grain processing products.
We can also cooperate to develop more processed foods. This is like those fruit trees in the orchard. The business you are doing now is undoubtedly digging up the roots of the fruit trees and selling them as firewood. How much profit can you make?
How long can you make money? However, processed food is like planting fruit trees first and then selling the fruits. This is the right way."
Gu Yan said: "This business economy allows you to do it alone. Why should you give me an advantage? I don't think it's that simple."
Li Qidao: "Guan Yu is wrong. This biscuit is not a dish. It must be made and eaten fresh. It can be stored for a long time, similar to canned food. In other words, it can be sold to surrounding countries. It covers a wide range. I
It will take a long time for one person to eat such a big piece of cake. If everyone helps, the biscuits will soon be sold all over the world. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but I prefer Zhong Le Le
.”
Those grain merchants will definitely not believe what Li Qi said. If you like this, then you can share it with the cans of Tianxia Wushuang! Gu Yan said: "That's it?"
Sure enough, they are all old fritters! Li Qi exclaimed: "Of course not. This processed food is one way to make money, but it can also open up another way to make money."
"Oh? I wonder where this way of making money is?"
"Seize food from abroad."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Li Qi smiled and said: "The reason is very simple. You first use these processed foods to enter the foreign grain industry, and then take the opportunity to purchase grain from their countries, transport it back to our Song Dynasty, and then make it into biscuits at a high price."
If you sell them abroad, you can also hoard them and speculate on the grains from various countries in order to make huge profits. The imperial court will also secretly support you. The only requirement of the imperial court is to stabilize domestic grain prices and never allow high prices to appear again.
Food, and the phenomenon of cannibalism. As long as you are willing to cooperate with the court, I can guarantee that there will be milk and biscuits, and they will not be less than what you make now. It will even be of great benefit to your backstage.
"
The grain merchants looked at each other, thought for a while, and then said, "I'm afraid we have to go back and discuss this matter carefully."
Li Qi also knew that many of them couldn't make the decision, so he nodded and smiled: "Of course, but I don't have much time to wait for you. After all, you are not the only grain merchants in the world. There are many people waiting for me to extend an olive branch. Oh.
, I have to remind you that you also have no time to wait any longer, the price of food outside has dropped to 170 yuan."