"That's right, as long as the emperor does this business, all problems will be solved!"

To their surprise, Zhao Yin nodded seriously.

"Ahem, ahem......! Horses, Hugh is messing around, this is the court! ”

Hou Junji thought he was joking, so he reminded him.

"Donkey, this matter is very serious, the people in Chang'an City are about to run out of food, let's find a way to solve it, don't mess around!"

After observing Li Er's expression, the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly said.

He couldn't figure out how the always witty colt could be confused at this juncture?

"This pony isn't joking, it's a good plan to kill two birds with one stone!"

Zhao Yin continued solemnly: "Didn't Master Dai just transfer a batch of grain from Jiangnan? We can sell this batch of grain! ”

"Even if I sell this batch of grain, it will be far from enough, not to mention, once the disaster in Shanxi breaks out in the future, we will have no food to help!"

"Waiting for the batch of grain to be sold, there is still a shortage of food in the city, and when the time comes, the people inside and outside the city will all be in turmoil, won't I be able to protect the mountain?"

After Li Er heard Zhao Yin's words, he became even more angry, glaring and scolding!

"Now that it's sold out, it's time to adjust it again! The seven families can transport grain from Jiangnan and sell it to Chang'an, why can't the household department? ”

Zhao Yin glanced at everyone and said lightly.

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, my Datang household department is a very important agency, in charge of my money and food up and down, and I am busy with official business every day, how can I have time to go to Jiangnan to transfer grain?"

Li Er felt more and more that this kid was here to trap him.

"Since the grain was transferred back by Dai Shangshu, then he should know the grain price in Jiangnan best, dare to ask Dai Shangshu, how much is the current grain price in Jiangnan?"

Zhao Yin did not answer Li Er, but turned to Dai Xuan beside him.

"The grain we bought this time is eight cents a pound, because the drought in Shanxi is serious, we must raise grain in the shortest possible time, in case of emergency, time is pressing, so we did not collect grain from the people, but directly purchased from large grain stores, the price will be half higher than usual, but the time is relatively short, and it can be quickly transferred back to Chang'an!"

Dai Zhou told the truth.

"That is to say, if we sell this batch of grain at the current grain price in Chang'an City, we can make a profit of eighty or ninety wen per catty, even if it is at the previous price of fifteen wen, we can also earn half, if we open a grain store in Jiangnan and buy it for many years, the profit will be as much as three times!"

Zhao Yin smiled at the corner of his mouth and looked at Li Er, "Your Majesty, my son-in-law really doesn't understand, since the grain business is so profitable, why don't we do it ourselves, and let the seven major families make a lot of money?" ”

"Although the grain is profitable, it has always been firmly controlled by the seven major families, if the imperial court forcibly intervenes, I am afraid that it will conflict with them head-on, so over the years, the imperial court has only collected taxes and has not interfered in business matters!"

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, the eldest grandson Wuji was the first to answer.

After all, for fear of conflict with the Seven Great Families, it would be too faceless to say it from the emperor's mouth!

The emperor is the Son of Heaven, if he is afraid of the seven families, wouldn't he lose the majesty of the royal family?

"Now it's not the imperial court that wants to compete with it, but the seven major families who take the initiative not to do the grain business! Isn't that a good opportunity? ”

Zhao Yin stared at everyone with wide eyes, puzzled.

Why can't they see such a good business opportunity?

"Uh...... This......? ”

Everyone looked at each other and listened to half of it!

"Therefore, the ban on grain by the Seven Great Families this time is definitely a good thing for the imperial court, and Your Majesty should indeed issue a decree to praise it!"

"But the household department has limited manpower, and there is no way to send officials to Jiangnan to collect grain!"

Li Er's brows were deeply locked, and his gaze fell on Zhao Yin.

He now understood what Zhao Yin meant, so he was considering whether to hand over this business to him.

After all, they are all a family, how much does this kid earn, isn't it all his?

"Your Majesty, what is the responsibility of the household department in the three provinces and six departments?"

Just when Li Er was thinking about it secretly, Zhao Yin suddenly asked knowingly!

"Naturally, it is to prepare grain and grass to fill the treasury!"

Li Er blurted out.

"Therefore, we should take over the grain business, as long as we have this business in hand, we are still worried about not being able to fill the treasury? Not only that, if the food is in our hands, we will no longer have to bow to the Seven Great Families when we go out to fight and deal with disasters in the future! ”

"Hmm!"

Dai Xuan nodded approvingly.

Not only him, but even the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng and others, after listening to Zhao Yin's explanation, they all felt relieved and suddenly enlightened.

Especially Li Er, he finally understood what Zhao Yin meant now, he almost misunderstood that he was here to block himself just now!

"If we want to make the country rich and strong, and the people live in peace, then we must emancipate our minds and dare to do things! Otherwise, you will draw the ground as a prison and rest on your laurels! ”

"Since the responsibility of the household department is to raise money and food for Datang, why do you only know how to buy with money, but don't know how to make money with money?"

"Such a profitable business, but handed over to the seven major families to do, and you are here to worry about food, in the final analysis, you are imprisoned in your thoughts, and you can't let go of your body!"

"If it's still this kind of old thinking, then after the Tang Dynasty, it will be swayed by the family!"

"If one of those families is unhappy, Datang will have to be sad for a long time!"

......

Zhao Yin spoke earnestly, and gave the emperor and several important ministers a big reason!

Li Er has always felt that businessmen are profit-seeking, unprofitable and not greedy, and this time he just wants to change his mind!

Therefore, this food shortage crisis can be regarded as giving him a long memory!

If you don't make changes, then there will be a second, a third, or even worse of this kind of thing!

"Your Majesty, I think that the words of the colt are very reasonable!"

As soon as Zhao Yin's words fell, Dai Xuan said excitedly: "The people of Chang'an City are millions, and the daily consumption of grain is about 150,000 catties, if we open a grain store and buy grain in Jiangnan, according to the price of the past, we can earn 11 wen per catty, then the profit in a day is about 1,600 guan, ten days is 16,000 guan, a month is more than 40,000 guan, and a year is more than 500,000 guan!" ”

"Moreover, this is only our profit in Chang'an, if we also open grain stores in other cities, then the annual profit, to say the least, will be tens of millions of yuan, just this one, it is ten times higher than the annual tax!"

In fact, when Zhao Yin was explaining just now, Dai Zhou felt that it was feasible, and he had quietly calculated this account in his heart!

Now it's just right to play to Li Er.