Chapter 184 I heard that Sheng'er is running a school recently?
Inside the Manna Hall.
The lights are dim.
Li Er picked up a memorial with some doubts on his face.
He looked at Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and Fang Xuanling in front of him.
"Keming, Xuanling, Xuancheng, why do you want to see me at this time?"
"What kind of memorial is this?"
"Your Majesty, you will know after seeing it!"
Du Ruhui cupped his hands, but a slight smile appeared on his face.
Li Er felt a little strange.
However, since Du Ruhui said so, let’s take a look first...
When I saw it, I immediately discovered...
These are the recent prices in Chang’an!
As an emperor, as long as he is not someone like Emperor Hui of Jin who is manipulated as a puppet by various aristocratic families, there is no one who is not concerned about issues such as the cost of living and other issues at all times.
But...why do these guys come to complain to me at this point?
What’s the mystery behind these prices?
Thinking about the skyrocketing prices of paper, pen and ink some time ago, and the skyrocketing prices of refined iron... Li Er felt frightened for a while. Although he was confused, he still read on.
As he watched, Li Er frowned, his eyes gradually showing surprise...
"Wait a minute, the price of food...how come the price of food has reached eighty cents per dou?"
"And the iron price, the iron price... Oh my god, a hoe sells for ninety-five guan????"
Li Er almost thought he had seen it wrong.
But...these ministers came to see me at this point. There was no doubt that they couldn't just come to chat.
So that means...
Li Er took a breath and remembered something he asked them to do a few days ago.
"Okay, a few days ago, you said that you wanted to sell part of the standard steel. I'm okay with it. I just want you to change your clothes and change your name."
"Today, the price of iron is still over 90 guan, or even close to 100 guan."
"Why does the price of iron never drop? The people are filled with resentment, you guys..."
With a dark face, Li Er threw the memorial on the desk.
Snapped!
"Wait, please give me an explanation."
"Tell me, why are you secretly resisting the decree and not selling this standard steel?"
When Li Er saw the prices, he knew...
Du Ruhui and others definitely did not sell standard steel.
Otherwise, the quality of standard steel, which cuts iron like mud and is as hard as God, is slightly lower than the price of ordinary "fine iron" on the market. People should have given up on ordinary fine iron and rush to buy standard steel.
However, the price of refined iron is still so high today.
What does it mean?
This shows that Du Ruhui and others did not implement the strategy of selling part of the standard steel as planned!
That’s not true!
That’s not true!!!
Li Er was so angry that his nose almost became crooked.
"You guys, what's going on? You have to ask me to sell some standard steel first, but you yourself... Hey, we agreed on 80 guan, but now the price of fine iron is still more than 90 guan."
"Is it possible that you sold a dozen more coins to line your own pockets?"
The more Li Er thought about it, the angrier he became, his face dripping with black water.
"I warn you, if you dare to do such a thing, don't say that you are old people in Tiance Mansion. Even anyone, I will punish you severely!"
Just after Li Er finished speaking.
While Ganlu Hall was trembling due to his temper, Du Ruhui smiled.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Things are not that serious. In fact..."
"Du Ruhui, don't do this to me. I'll tell you how serious this matter is!"
Seeing that Li Erzhen was angry, Du Ruhui panicked and said, "Your Majesty, that's not what happened. Just listen to Wei Chen."
"Say! I don't understand, I..."
"Your Majesty, we actually sold it for 80 guan. Originally, my ministers and others calculated it privately and planned to sell it for 70 guan. However, after thinking about it later, for fear of arousing suspicion, we still priced it at 80 guan.
Selling..."
"Still eighty? Then why is the market price of fine iron still so outrageous?"
"Your Majesty, this is exactly what I am urgently waiting to report tonight." When Du Ruhui said this, his face was red and shining, and he was so excited.
Like Du Ruhui, Wei Zhengfang Xuanling also looked excited.
Fang Xuanling continued what Du Ruhui said, "Your Majesty, when we started selling standard steel, the market price of fine iron did drop a bit, reaching eighty-five guan. Although it is still... there is a price but no market, so it is still very high, but
It’s clearly falling.”
"But after selling it for two or three days, a group of buyers suddenly came and found me... They said that no matter how much standard steel there was, they would swallow it without fail!"
Wei Zheng also said.
"Yes, Your Majesty. This group of people told me how much they want here!"
Having said this, Wei Zheng and others all raised their heads to observe Li Er's expression.
At this moment, Li Er's expression finally changed.
So proud?
This is a sky-high price of eighty coins...
Not to mention ordinary people, Li Er himself was reluctant to spend so much money on farm tools when he was growing leeks and potatoes in the imperial garden.
Who can be so heroic?
That's obviously...
Li Er's heart moved and he remembered what Wei Zheng had said...
No, it should be Sheng Er who indirectly passed on several teachings to Wei Zheng and then passed on the strategy to himself.
If part of the standard steel is sold, the Sijia family will definitely buy it at any cost to maintain its monopoly.
And their funds can never keep up with the blast furnace's production capacity.
In order to achieve this goal, they would also sell a large amount of grain and convert it into gold and silver, so as to eat refined iron...
Today is the Tang Dynasty, not the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, everything is made of bronze.
Without refined iron, people's lives would be very difficult.
These people will definitely want to take advantage of this and make huge profits. As for the life and death of the people... they will probably write a few poems to lament how difficult people's livelihood is, and then they will be gone.
The key is monopoly, you have to eat all the refined iron, otherwise the price increase will not work!
That is to say...
"Could this group of people be the people of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes?"
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is!"
Du Ruhui bowed and said decisively.
Then he raised his head, his eyes bright.
"Your Majesty, in order to absorb the standard steel flowing into the market, the aristocratic family forces are now selling a large amount of food, and the price... Your Majesty has also seen it, it is not even one-third of the previous price!"
Li Er nodded when he heard this, and then looked down at the statistics on the memorial.
really……
At this time, the price of food has dropped to more than 100 yuan...
It was seven hundred before!
This number is nothing short of astonishing!
Li Er took a deep breath.
"That being the case... let's get started. Collect food and prepare for the expedition against the Turks!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
At this moment, Du Ruhui's heart was filled with blood.
He once planned the Xuanwu Sect for Li Er. Although he had great achievements in planning, he also understood that he would probably be scolded by future generations.
But now... the appearance of His Highness the First Prince actually gave Datang the power to counterattack the Turks.
Being able to participate in this matter, even if you don't lead the troops directly, is definitely enough to make you famous for future generations!
