Chapter 1334: Competing with the People

After discussing the issue of public security, Li Zhongyi brought Huang Jingsheng to discuss with him the establishment of a vegetable and fruit business.

"Third brother, do you mean that our buddies will buy vegetables or fruits grown by farmers directly from the fields?"

Huang Jingsheng has always been in charge of Li Zhongyi's money bag, but it is the first time he has heard that the emperor personally intervenes in the matter of vegetables or fruits.

"I'm afraid there is no such precedent in all dynasties!"

Li Zhongyi smiled and said, "Brother, the people live on food, there are more than 500,000 people in Kaifeng City, and the amount of grain, vegetables and fruits consumed every day is definitely not a small amount. ”

"That's just as well." Under Huang Jingsheng, there is a group of people who specialize in investigating prices in the capital and other places. It's just that vegetables or fruits are not involved, and in general, they are bulk food prices.

Wherever Li Zhongyi's army subordinates went, Li Ji Grain Store followed there, and as a result, the price of grain in various places was gradually controlled by Li Ji Grain Shop.

Profiteers and squires from all over the world have always gritted their teeth with hatred for the existence of Li Ji's grain shop, but they are helpless!

The state-run Li Kee Grain Store has made tremendous contributions to stabilizing grain prices in various localities, making it more and more impossible to maliciously raise grain prices.

The killer move of Li Ji Grain Store is that no matter how the price rises and falls, there is a policy of unified purchase and sales.

For example, if there is a grain shortage in Adi, Li Ji Grain Shop will immediately be able to transport a huge amount of grain to Adi through the channel of military transportation. As a result, the profiteers who secretly wanted to hoard Juqi and drive up prices lost their pants one by one.

After rectifying the profiteers in such a bad way, the merchants who were engaged in the grain business also knew how powerful Li Ji was in the grain store.

In today's Great Zhou, businessmen all know a fact: it is impossible to make a windfall in the grain business!

However, businessmen were profit-seeking speculators, and after Li Zhongyi took control of the sales of grain, businessmen began to speculate on the prices of vegetables or fruits.

Based on this, Li Zhongyi simply came up with a strategy that he had thought of a long time ago, planning to let Huang Jingsheng set up a truly state-owned vegetable and fruit store.

"Third brother, vegetables and fruits are easy to rot, far inferior to the storage conditions of grain, we are afraid that it will be difficult to make money." Huang Jingsheng carefully calculated and found that the state-owned vegetable and fruit business was likely to lose money.

The core element is that without large-scale cold storage, vegetables and fruits cannot be stored for a long time!

Grain, on the other hand, can be stored for at least two years as long as it is waterproof and moisture-proof.

"Brother, in the grain business, we only need to make a small profit. As for the vegetable and fruit business, a small loss is a win, and I give money every year to subsidize the loss. Li Zhongyi said with a smile, "When there is a shortage of food, vegetables and fruits can also be eaten." ”

Huang Jingsheng originally couldn't calculate the economic account, but after listening to Li Zhongyi's political and livelihood accounts, he suddenly realized.

"Dare to love is like this, that's really the way to long-term peace and stability!" Huang Jingsheng nodded, agreeing with Li Zhongyi's point of view.

Huang Jingsheng's subordinates controlled the Xiaoyaojin Bazaar, Li Ji Grain Shop, Li Ji Money Village, and served as the third envoy for a period of time, and among the important ministers of the imperial court, no one understood the economy and people's livelihood better than him.

"Brother, there's another layer of meaning. When there is a disaster year, there are always people who go hungry. With government-owned vegetable and fruit shops, grain shops, and future ironware shops, it is just right to recruit and accommodate a group of hungry men in young and middle-aged people. ”

Huang Jingsheng is not an outsider, Li Zhongyi simply explained the doorway at one time!

"Hehe, third brother, I'm afraid that someone will scold you for 'competing with the people' again." After Huang Jingsheng understood it thoroughly, he immediately made a little joke.

"What are you afraid of? I even dare to take the country, am I still afraid of the so-called 'competing with the people'? Li Zhongyi took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "In the future, there will be many similar things to compete with the people?" ”

Huang Jingsheng shook his head frequently and sighed: "Third brother, aren't you afraid of offending the scholars and doctors all over the world?" ”

Nowadays, all the owners who open large shops in the city have the shadow of the local scholar's house hidden behind it.

The Son of Heaven caress the four people, and the farmers and industrialists are the most cheap. If there is no hard-rooted backer, no matter how big a businessman is, he will be ruined by the small officials in the yamen.

The disciples of Confucianism, on the surface, are light merchants and lowly merchants, but in their bones they are using white gloves to engage in various commercial businesses.

According to Li Yanqing's secret investigation, the dozens of silk shops in Kaifeng City alone, the real owners behind them are all powerful and powerful.

Li Zhongyi deliberately tightened all kinds of monopoly business in China, and his ultimate goal was not to abolish the business rights of the elites, but to force them into the chariot of foreign colonization.

To put it bluntly, that is, if you want to do monopoly business such as grain, salt, and iron in China, and if you want to make money, you must participate in foreign economic colonization.

If anyone disagrees with Li Zhongyi's arrangement, hehe, there is a kind of rebellion, depending on whether Li Zhongyi is holding a knife in his hand or their necks are harder?

Huang Jingsheng hadn't left yet, Zuo Ziguang came, Li Zhongyi asked Zuo Ziguang with a smile in front of Huang Jingsheng: "Jiang Ming, who are you targeting?" ”

Zuo Ziguang frowned tightly and said, "Your Majesty, according to the report of the informant of my Ti Cavalry Division, someone wants to make trouble on the day when the army enters the city. ”

When Li Zhongyi heard this, he immediately smiled, and the atmosphere at the scene immediately cooled down.

Huang Jingsheng asked Zuo Ziguang a little strangely: "Who is it?" Aren't they afraid of the wrath of a thunderous wrath? ”

Fools know that if Li Zhongyi loses face on that occasion, he will definitely be investigated to the end!

"Hehe, they are not secret, and I actually got the news in advance by my Tiqi Division......" Zuo Ziguang did not deliberately hide Huang Jingsheng, and said a series of names.

Huang Jingsheng couldn't help but gasp, and subconsciously said: "Behind these people, there are a lot of shops." It can be seen that the state-owned shops run by the emperor have really touched their interests. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "Since you have mastered all of them, let's arrest people." Remember, I like to raid the house for money, soft and house. Recently, many of the eligible officers have been married, and many of my houses have been divided. ”

Unlike the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty, the Tiqi Division under Zuo Ziguang's command only had the right to scout and report, but did not have the power to directly arrest people.

After all, counter-espionage and counter-elaboration are also an objective requirement of the war of reunification and foreign colonization.

However, the privileges of the Tiqi Division or the Police Temple should not be too large, otherwise, it will be a serious consequence of everyone's own danger.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to set up the East Factory, the West Factory, and even the Insider Factory, all of which were objective and realistic needs to curb the gradual expansion of Jinyiwei's power.

Li Zhongyi did not immediately return the official document to Zuo Ziguang after signing and drawing on Zuo Ziguang's arrest document.

Zuo Ziguang knew that Li Zhongyi had something to say, so he stood straight in front of the case and waited for Li Zhongyi's orders.

Sure enough, Li Zhongyi told him: "Don't be innocent, only arrest the big ones involved." However, when you search your home, be sure to clean it. Alas, the landlord's family didn't have much surplus food. ”

Huang Jingsheng almost laughed out loud, Li Zhongyi's current family background is so rich, others may not know, but he Huang knows very well.

"Jiangming, your people can send some to the mail shop." Li Zhongyi was interrupting the postal system and extending his tentacles to Tinghe Village in the countryside, so he clicked on Zuo Ziguang.

Zuo Ziguang arched his hand and said: "Teacher, according to your instructions, the training schools have been held, and there are still fewer qualified talents cultivated, and I am afraid it will be difficult to send people to the mail shop recently." ”

The world is big, but there are few talents, and this is a huge contradiction between the very realistic objective needs and the actual conditions.

"Then you can do it, and then we'll talk about it when the time comes." Li Zhongyi also knew Zuo Ziguang's difficulties, and did not let him start deploying immediately.

The magnates in the entire Kaifeng City need to be secretly monitored by the Ti Qi Division, and Zuo Ziguang's energy is already not small. In the short term, it is difficult for Zuo Ziguang to free up his hands and develop an intelligence network that covers the entire Qiang Han Dynasty.

Zuo Ziguang had a lot of things to do, so Li Zhongyi didn't leave him to chat, and just let him go.

After Zuo Ziguang left, Huang Jingsheng brewed his emotions for a while, and then put forward a request: "The three stinky boys in my family are naughty and mischievous all day long, and I don't have time to restrain them, alas, I don't know what to do." ”

Raising a child knows that it is not easy for his parents, and Li Zhongyi is also a father, how can he not know that if he wants not to raise a loser, God knows how much effort he will have to pay.

"You really don't have time to take care of the children, so let's just let them come and be companions with the dogs." Since Li Zhongyi guessed Huang Jingsheng's thoughts, he simply made a favor.

Huang Jingsheng hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Thank you for the success of the third brother, I will have a good time here with you, the three rabbit cubs will definitely not be a loser." ”

As soon as Wei Renpu had a stroke, the three sons made trouble for the entire Wei family, a miasma, filthy, and the three words of ruined son have become synonymous with their third brother.

Li Zhongyi really couldn't stand it at that time, so he took the initiative to take action and sent the three losers of the Wei family to the recruit camp outside the city, so that they could be baptized by devil training.

Li Anguo, that is, Li Qiniang's own brother, was originally a famous man in Kaifeng City. As a result, after being trained hard in the recruit camp, he has now become the best among officers of the same rank.

Huang Jingsheng wants his sons to be angry and not be losers, and secondly, he wants to pass on the deep friendship between the Huang and Li families.

Li Zhongyi's sons, whose identities are unusually noble, have been in the spotlight since they were children, and they just need playmates and partners with similar identities.

Two good in one, sleep and meet the pillow, just take what you need!

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