Chapter nine hundred and ninetieth cunning cannibal
"I have seen you sir."
"You're here! Sit down."
"yes."
After Qin Hui sat down, Li Qi smiled and said: "I'm really sorry for asking you to come here while eating. I originally planned to go to the Bureau of Commerce in the afternoon, but I never expected that after this round, I would end up like this.
It's time, but I don't like to push today's things to tomorrow, so I ordered you to come here and let's talk while eating."
Regarding work matters, Li Qi still keeps things business-like and tries his best to explain things clearly.
Qin Hui said quickly: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Your Excellency is busy with official duties. I should cooperate with you. I can still have a free meal. I should say thank you."
Li Qi chuckled and asked, "The Chinese New Year has passed, so the Commerce Bureau must have been very busy recently."
Qin Hui nodded and said: "It is true. There are more and more businessmen nowadays, and the Commerce Bureau directly faces them. Therefore, many businessmen come to inquire or ask for help every day."
Li Qidao: "So how is the recent situation?"
"Not too optimistic. I am also preparing to report this situation to your Excellency." Qin Hui shook his head.
Li Qi's face was as calm as water and he said: "Tell me."
Qin Hui saw that Li Qi was so calm and knew that he had expected this situation, but he still said truthfully: "Recently, many big businessmen have come to ask if our Commerce Bureau will issue any new policies in the near future. Although they did not say it explicitly, they will tell the truth.
Officials know that they actually want to know whether the imperial court will apply Jiangnan's policies to Tokyo and forcefully intervene to lower prices."
Li Qidao: "Then how did you answer?"
"I don't know what my lord meant, so I didn't give them a definite answer. I just told them that we are still studying it." Qin Hui said, with a trace of worry on his face, and said: "My lord, I dare to say this.
In a word, it’s time to rectify Tokyo’s commodity prices.”
"How do you say this?"
Qin Hui said seriously: "Due to the large-scale price reduction in the Jiangnan market last year, the value of currency has been increased, which has also directly affected Tokyo, Xijing, Damingfu and other places. Since the imperial court's policy has not yet been released, so in these places,
Businessmen did not dare to act rashly. Sellers waited for policies and buyers waited for price reductions, so that there was a stagnation phenomenon. Those wealthy businessmen saw that Tokyo's economy was stagnant, so they simply transferred all their living money and goods to Jiangnan.
Because goods in Jiangnan are cheap, labor is cheap, land is cheap, and circulation is fast, many businessmen now tend to go to Jiangnan to do business, and this trend has intensified, resulting in a shortage of goods in Tokyo. On the contrary, prices are slowly rising, and those
Businessmen and landowners are in a stalemate because the new policy has not yet been released. If this continues, I am afraid that the new law will have a negative impact."
Li Qi's face remained calm and he smiled and said: "Xiao Qin, you are really a talent. You have only been in the Bureau of Commerce for less than two years, but you have seen everything inside. I am really pleased.
"
Qin Hui said: "Your Excellency, this is a compliment. This is the duty of a lower official."
Yu Qi also suddenly said: "Supervisor, I also think that the price difference between the two places is very different, and if it goes on for a long time, it will lead to disaster."
Li Qi coughed lightly and said seriously: "Tokyo is the economic hub of our Song Dynasty, and it can also be said to be the economic center of neighboring countries. Businessmen all over the world are staring here, and the currency price is still dominated by Tokyo. Now it is
It's the time when we are shipping goods in the Song Dynasty. If you lower the price at this time, it will be equivalent to losing a lot of money for no reason. Although most of the sales have been settled, as soon as people turn around, you will immediately raise the currency price. They
You will feel cheated, and another thing, I don’t know if you have noticed, is that many food merchants have not returned, and many Islamic believers have appeared in Tokyo."
Qin Hui frowned and said: "I have also paid attention to this. As far as I know, they still have a large amount of gold in their hands."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Nowadays, food merchants are running rampant on the sea lanes. Maritime trade is much better than ours, and they are all as smart as ghosts. They stay here because they are waiting for new policies."
Qin Hui looked shocked, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is this what your lord means?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "I have been paying attention to them and found that they were secretly exchanging my copper coins from the Song Dynasty. I think they must have seen that the imperial court would definitely raise the value of currency by lowering prices, so,
They took the opportunity to exchange copper coins when their value was at their lowest. When the new policy comes out, they will use these coins exchanged at a very low price to buy goods from our Song Dynasty. In addition, they purchased several existing ships.
The large cargo ships are now parked in Laizhou. When they exchange all the money for goods, they will then use these cargo ships to transport them overseas. You must know that Goryeo, Japan and other overseas countries all use our Song Dynasty currency, and the value of our currency has increased.
, but it will take some time before countries like Goryeo, Japan, etc. will be in step with the Song Dynasty. If I am not wrong, they plan to use this gap to sell all low-price goods overseas at the current price.
Wait for the country to exchange them for a large amount of copper coins again, and then return to the Song Dynasty to buy the goods they want, and finally return to Dashi. In this way, after this cycle, they will get several times, or even more than ten times.
profit."
Qin Hui sweated profusely after hearing this, and said: "If this is the case, Dashi will be the biggest winner in this transaction, and we, Korea, Japan and other countries are all losers."
Li Qi nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
Yu Qi said: "But sir, they can go to Jiangnan to buy goods!"
Qin Hui was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled and said: "Deputy Supervisor, you are overthinking. Your Excellency has already made arrangements to guard against this move. When Jiangnan was rectifying prices, the imperial court also set new tariffs for Jiangnan. Yi
It is difficult to get in and out. When transporting goods into Jiangnan, the tax is very low, so the price is cheap. But if you want to transport goods out of Jiangnan, the tax is very expensive, especially the customs tax. Even if you use the cheap currency in exchange,
If you go to Jiangnan to buy goods, plus the high tax, the currency difference will be filled in. It is better to buy directly from Tokyo."
Yu Qi suddenly understood, nodded repeatedly, and said: "I understand. This tariff is like a threshold, which separates Jiangnan from other places, but it does not completely cut it off. The supervisor is really good at predicting things."
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "How can things be so good? I am also forced to do this. If I don't use some tricks and do it step by step, I don't know if I will have to wait until the year of the monkey to restore Jiangnan."
Although Qin Hui felt that what Li Qi said was reasonable, not everyone understood it, so he asked: "Then I wonder when you plan to rectify prices in Tokyo?"
Li Qidao: "Wait."
"wait?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "The prices in Jiangnan are only a temporary phenomenon and will not last long. If you think that all this is the result of the imperial court's policy, then you are wrong. There are basically people behind today's wealthy businessmen.
Officials supported the new law. The reason why they supported the new law was because it was still profitable. Fangla caused chaos in the past, and then rectified the officialdom in Jiangnan. As a result, the economy in Jiangnan was very depressed, and large areas of wasteland appeared. As well as a lot of cheap labor, those big
Although the landlords held a large amount of land, it was of no use. Therefore, they supported lowering prices to attract more people to come here to do business. It was precisely because of this that the court was able to lower prices in the shortest possible time.
Come down. Cheap land and labor are the fundamental reasons for the low prices in Jiangnan. Now a large number of businessmen go to Jiangnan to buy land, build factories, and do business, but the land will not increase because of the increase in businessmen. Things are rare and expensive and cannot be used.
How long will it take for the land prices in Jiangnan to rise? In addition, the labor force on the market will also decrease with the increase of merchants, and the price of labor will also increase. Once the land price and labor price increase, then the price of goods will also increase.
The increase in prices means that the value of currency is decreasing. At that time, we will issue new policies. We can seamlessly connect the prices in Jiangnan with those in Tokyo and the whole country. I expect it will have to wait a year."
Although Qin Hui nodded frequently when he heard this, the sadness on his face increased instead of decreasing. Why: "Sir, let alone a year, I'm afraid it's just a month. We businessmen in Tokyo can't wait any longer. It's time now."
Even agricultural areas and industrial areas cannot be fully implemented. The landowners are covering the land so tightly that it is impossible to talk about it. As long as the new policy is not issued for a day, no one dares to take action easily, which causes huge losses to those businessmen.
Master, they send people to inquire for information almost every day. I think they can no longer hold back. If they lose their support, I am afraid that you will be attacked in the court."
Li Qi knew that what he said was not alarmist. You could either say that there would be no new policy. Since there is, you have not made any move. Who dares to mess around? If the new policy comes out, they may even lose everything. You know
, the new law can be carried out to this day, it is all thanks to Li Qi who drew countless big cakes for them in exchange for their support. If you do not fulfill your promise, why should we support you? This is likely to directly affect the new law. Li Qi
He nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. Let's open the agricultural zone first, and the economic zone and industrial zone first. This can be regarded as giving them an explanation. You can invite those big grain merchants to come to the Commerce Bureau for a meeting tomorrow.
Let’s first raise our food prices in Tokyo a little to promote the progress of developing agricultural areas.”
Qin Hui said: "But if this happens, those grain merchants will probably hoard grain again."
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "It's okay. We will just raise the price a little bit and hold them back first. They don't know whether we will raise the price again next time. Therefore, I guess they will not hoard a large amount of food. As long as it does not affect the
If you go to the market, let them go."
"Yes. The official has remembered it." Qin Hui nodded, because agriculture is the foundation of the Song Dynasty, and the land almost always exists in the form of fertile farmland, so it is best to develop agricultural areas and give an explanation to those businessmen.
You see, I am not without action. I am still fulfilling my promise, but I have to do it step by step. He added: "Sir, there is one more thing. Daming Mansion has sent people to seek justice for the third time. Daming Mansion has sent people to seek justice."
Yin is very dissatisfied with our development of Tokyo East Road, but turned a deaf ear to their Daming Palace, and hopes that we can give them an explanation. Sir, this Daming Palace plays a very important role in our Song Dynasty. It is not true that we always delay it like this.
One way."
What he actually wants to say most is that it is too unkind for you to always ask me to intervene in such offending things.
Of course Li Qi understood Qin Hui's bitterness and said: "Just say it, your Daming Mansion is too important and must be cautious. I will definitely give them an explanation this year. As for the beginning or the end of the year, you can just prevaricate a few words."
Already."
After all, he is also a governor, so how can he prevaricate casually? Qin Hui felt depressed and said: "Sir, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to be a low-ranking official!"
Li Qi chuckled: "That's enough for you. You also know that I don't have a very good temper. If they make me angry, I'm afraid I'll hit them. You're more tactful. It's up to you to do this. That's perfect."
Already."
Yu Qi wanted to laugh when he heard this. This reason was too far-fetched.
Seeing that Li Qi made it clear that he was unwilling to come forward, Qin Hui had no choice but to nod and agree. Following such a boss, he really didn't know how many lifetimes he had been "lucky"!