"But, this old grain was sold by the King of Jin!"
As the middle-aged man finished speaking, the whole hall fell into silence. Everyone looked at each other in disbelief.
After a long while, everyone started to discuss with their faces full of surprise.
"Prince Jin?"
"Then how could Sanlang Li be so kind as to sell grain?"
"Yes, this is very strange!"
"Everyone, I seem to have received five thousand shi of grain!"
Suddenly, a chubby man subconsciously frowned and said.
Everyone looked relaxed and couldn't help but laugh.
"oh?"
"Who is selling it? In such a calamity year, which big family is so stupid as to sell so much grain?"
"It seems to be Zhuangzi from the Duke Su's mansion!"
"..."
Everyone's expressions couldn't help but froze.
At this time, several more people in fine clothes frowned and began to speak one after another.
"Everyone, I seem to have collected eight thousand shi of old grain from Duke Wei's village!"
"I collected six thousand stones of grain from Duke Qi's village..."
"I went to Zhuangzi from the prince's palace in Hejian County and received ten thousand shi of grain..."
"..."
After talking for a while, these people in fine clothes, no matter how stupid they were, felt that something was wrong.
"Is it possible that this matter is really the conspiracy of King Jin?"
"However, in such a year of great famine, more than five million people will have no food to eat before next year's autumn harvest. If the court cannot come up with five million shi of food, how can the King of Jin hope to reduce the price of food?"
"Haha, I don't believe it. How powerful is Li Jiasanlang? He can conjure five million dan of food out of thin air!"
"You are wrong. Even if Li Jiasanlang produces five million dan of grain, the Tang Dynasty will still be short of grain, and the price of grain will still be in our hands!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Anyway, as long as someone dares to sell grain, we will dare to buy it. Anyway, the grain is in our hands, and we have the final say on the price of grain!"
As he said that, smiles bloomed on everyone's faces again.
They didn't believe that in such a year of great disaster, could King Jin be able to turn the world upside down?
…
Lijiazhuang.
Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others also looked at Li Xuan with puzzled faces and asked the same question.
"Master, I have been thinking about it for a long time. The grains we sold are like meat buns beating dogs. They will never come back!"
"What are you afraid of?"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "As long as Your Majesty does not requisition food from Guanzhong and Guanzhong, you think that as long as after the Autumn Period, the people of the Tang Dynasty will have new food. They have hoarded so much old food, and they can still use it at such a high price."
At the price, sell it?”
"This time, Tang Jian visited Linyi twice. How could your Majesty save three million shi of grain? Even if there were not 3 million shi of grain, there would still be 2.5 million shi of grain.
Moreover, the last time Li Ji led an army to the Japanese country to collect taxes, according to the poverty level of the Japanese country, most of the taxes had to be paid in grain, and no matter how hard it was, he could not have more than one million shi of grain.
Now, I have been waiting to come back for so long. The fleet led by Brother Li Xiaogong will be back soon! Why can't there be one million shi of food on board?
In this way, our Tang Dynasty will have at least 5 million shi of food! Add in the granaries in various places, how can we collect more than 2 million shi of food?"
"Master, last year there were major floods in Henan and several states in Hebei!"
Li Chengqian thought of something, his face changed, and he said quickly.
"It doesn't matter, then minus three million stones of grain, our Tang Dynasty still has four million stones of grain!"
Li Xuan was startled, and then said again: "Moreover, calculating the time, in a few months, Tang Jian's fleet should also come back from Linyi. By then, there will be more than 1.5 million shi of grain."
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Such a long time is enough for Your Majesty to requisition grain from the land south of the Yangtze River!"
"Of course, if the most unlikely situation occurs and Henan and Hedong Road are still very short of food, we can also directly send troops to attack Goguryeo and directly grab food from Goguryeo.
Or, you can directly ask your Majesty to send tens of thousands of people to small countries like Linyi and Biguo to transport food directly from them, which can also save a large part of the food..."
After listening, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others couldn't help but be stunned.
Immediately, everyone's faces were filled with joy.
"My master is wise!"
"As long as those grain merchants are unable to sell grain in these days, they will definitely suffer heavy losses after the autumn harvest!"
Li Baoding and others said with great joy.
"It's natural!"
Li Xuan chuckled again, "Maybe this will eliminate the need for us to sell food to them and make them unable to sell food. In fact, they have even begun to subconsciously raise the price of food and no longer sell food!"
"Master, what you said makes sense. The hearts of those who eat grain have turned black a long time ago. In such a calamity year, they will definitely hoard grain desperately in order to increase the price of grain and make huge profits!"
Li Baoding said again.
"Don't worry about it. If you have some relatives and friends who also want to get rid of the old grain in the house, you can let them take advantage of this opportunity and sell it at a high price. Anyway, in the end it will be the grain merchants who lose money. You can still take advantage of this.
Make some money!" Li Xuandao.
"Yes, Master!"
Li Chongyi, Cheng Chusi and others all nodded their heads.
"Okay, let's get going. Be careful these days. Keep an eye on the fields in your village first. As soon as the grain is ripe, take it back first!"
Li Xuan said.
"Yes, Master!"
Li Chongyi and others could not help but look solemn.
Although according to common sense, as long as there is a big disaster in one place.
Then the same disaster is unlikely to occur elsewhere.
However, at this critical moment, everyone's expressions will be tense, not daring to take any chances.
The next few days.
In Chang'an City, as well as in Guanzhong and Guan Nei, farmers are always guarding their fields, ready to harvest grain.
As for the big households, while keeping an eye on the nearly ripe grain in the fields, they also began to follow the grain merchants and start purchasing grain.
Especially those grain merchants, who charge high prices for grain, and at the same time, the grain in their grain stores is getting less and less every day.
But the price is getting higher day by day!
It's just that the good times don't end well.
Not a few days later, a piece of news spread in Guanzhong, the land within the Guanzhong.
I don’t know when the imperial court accumulated millions of dan of food!
This time to provide relief to the victims in Henan and Hedong, the imperial court will not requisition a grain of grain from Guanzhong or the areas within the Guanzhong.
There are even people who swear by it as if they have seen it.
The imperial court directly stored more than one million shi of grain in the Luoyang granary, plus the 500,000 shi of grain transferred from Chang'an, it became 1.5 million shi of grain!
Moreover, the cities in Henan Province still have some official food. In total, Henan Road has more than two million shi of food. This is enough for the victims of Henan Road to survive the winter.
In Qingzhou, more than 500,000 shi of grain were also stored, and another 500,000 shi of grain were transferred from Chang'an City. The prince of Hejian County also confiscated more than 1 million shi of grain from the Japanese country, plus more than 1 million shi of grain from the cities of Hedong Province.
official rations.
Hedong Road has enough food for three million stones to feed the victims of the disaster in Hedong Road!
Suddenly, the grain merchants began to panic!
If this news is true, then not only will they lose all their money, but at least they will have to cut off a few pieces of flesh from their bodies!