Just when the grain in the Jinmen market was about to be cut off, a batch of rice was released, but the price was surprisingly high. The traders who came to Jinmen to do business all scolded Lin Ling who took advantage of the fire to rob, but no one had to buy it! Although the merchant is stingy, he has not yet reached the point of dying, so he can't starve to death here to save a little money!

Seeing that the price of grain in the market was getting higher and higher, Lu Kezhong intended to intervene, so he came to see Yang Yingqi and said: "At present, there are profiteers disrupting the price of rice, this is a matter related to the people's livelihood, and we must not be careful." ”

Yang Yingqi asked, "What do you think?" ”

Lu Kezhong said: "You need to take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, to abstain from profiteers and make him rein in, otherwise he will be heavily punished; While opening a spare position to enter the market, stabilize the price of rice! ”

Yang Yingqi shook his head and said, "No." The spare compartment cannot be moved. ”

Lu Kezhong said: "Seventh General, we have too much grain every year to prepare for famine and war!" It's been a good year! I've been looking at the crops, and there should be a good harvest. It would be good to wait for the grain harvest to be doubled and returned to the warehouse. ”

Yang Yingqi still shook his head and asked Lu Kezhong: "Don't say that the people who come to Tianjin to do business may have food in Fuzhou?" ”

Lu Kezhong said: "There is not much grain stored in the homes of the soldiers and civilians, and when they see a shortage of grain, they all hold on to the grain tank and refuse to sell it. But it should be fine to eat at home. ”

Yang Yingqi said: "That's good." As long as the soldiers and civilians in the country can eat. The vendors let them figure it out on their own. ”

Lu Kezhong stared at him when he heard this, what happened some time ago already made him feel that Yang Yingqi was a rather far-sighted boss, why did he become so short-sighted this time? At that moment, he said loudly: "Seven generals! If the port is not opened, these traders are the source of wealth for Jinmen! Do you know how much we have collected for these two months just for land rent and customs duties? That's five times as many as last year! ”

Yang Yingqi pretended to be confused and said, "So what? ”

Lu Kezhong almost shouted: "Why do these people come to Jinmen? Isn't it because business is easy here? If we starved them this year, will they come again next year? ”

Yang Yingqi nodded and said: "Lord Lu, you have grown a lot after working in Jinmen for half a year, and you are not afraid of the smell of copper!" Then let me ask you again, if they all think it is easy to make money this year, will there be more people coming next year? ”

Lu Kezhong said: "Mostly." ”

Yang Yingqi nodded and said, "That's it." This year, the merchants left after shopping, but many people always stayed, such as domestic servants, such as movers, and even some shopkeepers. In addition, there are many nomads who come to find an opportunity to explore the world. When the monsoon arrives north next year, in addition to more merchants, there will be more servants, porters, boatmen, and nomads. Year after year, the population of Jinmen will accumulate more and more - these people will not farm and wait for food! This year we have eaten up all of our spare warehouses, what will we give them next year? Even if we can still cope with it next year, what about the year after next and the year after next? How many acres of farmer land are there in Fuzhou? How many people can be raised? What if there is a famine year? ”

Yang Yingqi's words were like a basin of cold water, which made Lu Kezhong calm down on the spot, and only sighed after a while: "Kezhong is confused!" Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and industry and commerce are the end. In the past six months, I have sacrificed my roots to the end, and I will not die! Seventh General, you are right, for the peddlers and pawns of Jinmen, we should strictly limit the number of them flowing in. ”

Yang Yingqi smiled slightly: "Wrong, wrong!" Why are you going to such extremes, one moment you want to stand up for the businessmen, and the other time you don't want them to do business! 'Stick to both ends of the two ends and take the one of them and do what you do' -- this is the attitude that politics should have. Agriculture is the foundation of supporting the country, industry is the foundation of prosperity and strength, and business is the foundation of convenience for the people -- all are the foundation, not the end. The more merchants who come to Jinmen, the better, how can there be restrictions? ”

Lu Kezhong frowned and said, "Seventh General, you are confusing me. Since you are heavy on industry and business, why do you ignore the fact that the price of rice is so high? Don't you know that this will make them lose money? In the long run, how can we not limit the number of foreign traders? As you just said, we can't use Fuzhou's extremely limited grain to feed the idlers who come in a steady stream! I know how many acres of farmers there are in Fuzhou! Even if there is a good harvest every year, after three years and five years, we will not be able to afford it. ”

"We can't afford to raise it, but who said we have to raise it?" Yang Yingqi said: "Didn't the Lin family's big ship just transport a lot of rice? Those two boatloads of rice are enough to cope with it for a while. ”

Lu Kezhong said: "That's not a long-term plan, besides, the rice is mediocre, but the price is extremely expensive!" Seven Generals, you go to the market and have a look! Now a pound of rice outside can be exchanged for a pound of tea! ”

Tea is expensive outside the gates. At the beginning, Ouyang Shi rushed down the dowry for Zheyan to marry Yan Hu, and at the end of the gift list was "five hundred taels of gold, ten catties of tea" - it was actually a juxtaposition of tea and gold jewelry. The price of tea in Tianjin gradually fell after the Song ships came south one after another, but it was still maintained at a very high level, so the price of grain for a pound of tea for a pound of rice has reached an appalling level.

Yang Yingqi was unmoved, and said: "People bring grain from afar, which is naturally more expensive. There's nothing wrong with that. In short, just make sure that the traders who come to trade this year do not starve to death. ”

Lu Kezhong snorted and said: "The sea is dangerous, these merchants have worked hard to cross the sea to Jinmen, and they have earned money in life and death. But as soon as the price of this rice rises, I am afraid that they will soon spit out all the money they earned before! ”

Yang Yingqi smiled when he heard this: "Those traders who have been squeezed dry naturally want to hate the Lin family's teeth, but what is the matter with you, Lord Lu?" Seeing that Lu Kezhong was still unenlightened, Yang Yingqi said again: "Lord Lu, have you heard the story of buying bones for a thousand dollars?" ”

Lu Kezhong said: "Naturally, I have heard it! ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I can't remember everything, you said come and tell me." ”

Lu Kezhong glared at him again, thinking to himself that your knowledge is only higher than mine, where would you not know such a simple allusion? But it was not easy to refuse, and replied: "Buying bones with a thousand dollars is the story of the Warring States period." When the king of Yan Zhao humbled his body to seek the sage, his minister Guo Kui told a story to the king of Yan Zhao, saying that in ancient times, there was a monarch who asked for a thousand miles of gold for a thousand horses, but he could not get them for three years, and then someone bought the bones of a dead horse for the king with five hundred gold in return, and the king was furious and wanted to kill the person who bought the horse bones, and this person said to the king: 'The bones of a dead horse are still worth five hundred gold, let alone a raw horse?' After the rumors of this matter spread, everyone in the world will know your name for loving horses, and it won't be long before someone brings the real Maxima to come. Sure enough, within a year, people came with Maxima one after another. ”

Yang Yingqi clapped his palms and said, "Take a photo!" Now this Lin family! It's our dead horse bones! ”

When Lu Kezhong heard this, he realized something, but his brain couldn't turn around all of a sudden.

Yang Yingqi said: "People go to high places, and water flows to low places. Money tends to be like water, and goods tend to be like money. Where the price of goods is low, money will flow there to buy. When the price of goods there is high, there will be people who pull goods to sell. This is a principle that is not easy for the ages - Guan Zhong used this to enrich the country more than 1,000 years ago! This year, the Lin family has made a lot of money, and next year you don't need to say it, naturally someone will pull grain to sell! As long as we maintain a high grain price in Jinmen, so that the merchants who transport grain here can make a profit, grain from all parts of the world will flow in endlessly. At that time, not only will we not have to use the grain stored in the armament warehouse, but we may be able to buy some from the market and come back to prepare for the famine. ”

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