"This?" Lan Chen frowned, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Do you know how expensive it is?
It seems that there are only those days when I was too poor to open the pot, but at that time I also let Zhu Laosan take care of everything, and just entrust him with as much money as I have.
Ever since the storybook was sold and Yanfang opened, the money bag has not been emptied.
You just say how much silver you have, just take it out, you won't be short of money.
Feeling ashamed, Lan Chen sneered, laughing that he was not like those 'gongzi brothers' who didn't eat the fireworks of the world, so why not eat minced meat.
It's funny to say that, it's funny.
Seeing Lan Chen become inexplicably depressed
Katie Wang was a little nervous and asked, "Sire? What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, no, no." Lan Chen waved his hand, "I just feel that I am extremely ridiculous. I look like a prodigal son turning back, but I don't know the hardships in daily life. I am just like a vase placed in a high-rise building."
"Sir, don't laugh at yourself. If you are a vase, then there is no vase in the world. At least I have never seen any young master who can do things as personally as you do."
"I haven't seen you for a few days, but I still flatter you."
"Every word of this proverb is not false."
"That's all, that's my limitation. Let's do that. I'll leave it to you in the future to compile the daily news, whether true or false, into a booklet and tell it to me."
"It's your order."
"Then first tell me why you noticed that this meal has gone up?"
"It's not just here at Zuixian Tower." Wang Katie smiled bitterly and gave up making some analysis. "Sir, how much did you spend on your trip? Once it's out, I don't take it too seriously. But.
I'm different. The little money I have is gone if I spend it, so I will naturally keep it in my mind."
"According to the previous situation, it was not to mention more than enough. It was enough to go back and forth. But this time it is really stretched. The expenses along the way are nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation. They have gone up, gone up, all of them have gone up. Among them, the most
The most expensive thing is food."
"food?"
"Yes, this bowl of rice alone costs only one penny even if it is kept in Zuixianlou, but now it costs five penny!"
After getting the accurate value, Lan Chen couldn't help but suddenly realized that along the way, the most common thing he heard was that things went up here and prices got expensive there.
However, he was focused on finding the person all the way, and he didn't pay too much attention to it.
"Why do you think this is?" Lan Chen asked confused.
"It's been very hot recently, and the farmers have had no harvest, and also..." After a pause, Wang Katie whispered, "In addition, the court has not reduced taxes. After this comes and goes, who knows what will happen soon?"
Well, that famine...is coming!"
"But I'm not being alarmist! Sir, let me tell you, although Hua Wuchang is a pervert, he doesn't have the violence of a normal man. He never tortured or imprisoned me, and even ordered me to
I'm here, and it's as if I'm afraid I'll run away."
"I also took the opportunity to hear some news. There are signs of famine in the north. Even the flower capital in the south has begun to hoard food. Even the capital intends to open large granaries to provide disaster relief. We have to be careful...
." After a pause, as if after a battle between heaven and man, Wang Katie said word by word.
"Sir! Just think I'm drunk! I think the opportunity has come. As your retainer, I have to speak out regardless of my conscience! But only you can make the decision!"
"We can come and hoard food! After we return to Xuzhou, we can rent a warehouse and store some food. When the disaster is coming, we... we can resell it and make a lot of money.
One stroke!"
What flashed in her burning eyes was actually no greed at all, but only Wang Katie's loyalty to Lan Chen.
It is a kind of "loyalty" that is dedicated to one's best, even to the point of death.
Katie Wang has obviously entrusted everything to Lan Chen. Even if Lan Chen becomes a hero despised by thousands of people, he will still stand by his side as always, and besides, he was the one who came up with this plan.
If you don't want to enrich the country's wealth, then you can just follow Lan Chen and guard the three acres of land.
Lan Chen grinned. Sensing his surprise, he did not rush to respond to Katie Wang directly. Instead, he said slowly, "You really trust me enough to dare to say such things."
"Hey, is this treason, or is your advice offensive?"
"It's all there. I just admire you for having the courage to say it. Aren't you afraid that I'll think you're a cunning and cunning person and abandon you directly?"
"Don't trust those you employ, and ignore those you doubt. Sir, you taught me this. Besides, you came all the way to find me, so this miserable life of my king has been yours for a long time!"
"Hahaha!" Lan Chen laughed loudly, "Come on! Have a drink!"
"Since I took advantage of the drunkenness, I will answer you now. The warehouse must be built and the grain must be bought! But how to sell it and to whom it is sold is decided by me! The powerful and wealthy gentry sell at a higher price, and the untouchables sell at a higher price.
Sell low!”
Wang Katie was stunned at first, but she understood the first half of the sentence, just go to the big fat sheep to gather wool, but the second half of the sentence...
Since you have decided to rob the rich and give to the poor and relieve the suffering, why not just give it away?
At that moment, he also asked, "I probably understand what you mean, but why not just open the food to the poor people and earn a little money from them?"
After hearing this, Lan Chen was not in a hurry. Suddenly, he picked up his chopsticks, reached out to the plate of fish on the table, and picked up a piece of white, tender and fragrant fish meat. "Look, what is this fish meat?"
color?"
"White? Oh, it should be milky white."
"I have been in Yanfang for a long time, and I have become so serious about identifying colors, ha. What now?"
After saying that, Lan Chen placed the fish meat in the soup on the edge of the plate, then raised his hand and asked, "Isn't it milky white now?"
"Yes, the infection has variegated the color and turned it into brown." Katie Wang nodded, and then asked as if she had realized something, "You mean, this fish meat is just like the suffering people, no matter where it is immersed in the environment, it will also
Will it change drastically?"
"That makes sense." Lan Chen nodded. "The victims of the disaster are not human beings. People who are about to starve to death are worse than animals. They can do anything! If sold, it will only cost a penny and a bag of grain."
For this kind of loss-making business, I don’t lack this penny, but I must have this penny. This penny is the rule! It can also stop those people who have endless food at home and want to take advantage of it!"
"The human heart is unpredictable and unpredictable."
After saying that, Lan Chen stuffed the fish meat into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it.
Needless to say, this fish is really delicious.
Shrugging self-deprecatingly, there is actually a reason. The fish dipped in soup...is actually more delicious.
Reminiscing about the scenes in his memory of various dynasties where "the old kings gave birth to their wives and swallows flew into the homes of ordinary people", Lan Chen felt in his heart that if the court's relief could not keep up, the uprising caused by the anger of the people would often be the result of a change of environment.
The people came spontaneously.
White fish? It’s just tasteless.
Soup fish? This is the reason why it can turn things around!