"yes!" Li Chunfeng nodded, and even admitted that he was a 'scholar-type' person, and he couldn't quite hear the sarcasm in his words. Seeing Yuan Tiangang asking, he only wanted to be interested, and introduced him with great interest: "Master, don't be prejudiced against Hou Ye, although his personality is a little perverse, he is really a rare talent, no, he is a genius!" His attainments in arithmetic are unmatched throughout the ages! ”

Li Chunfeng stroked his booklet and said in amazement: "If he devotes himself to research, it would not be surprising that he has such attainments for thirty or fifty years." But he had never studied arithmetic at all, and even "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" was shown to him by me, but he seemed to have known the truth for a long time. When I talk to him about arithmetic, ancient and modern, there is no question that can bother him, but he can stump me by casually mentioning a question—"

As he spoke, Li Chunfeng flipped two pages of the booklet and pointed to the question on it: "It's like this question: there is a fish pond today, and it takes three hours to fill the water and four hours to release the water, so how many hours does it take to fill the pond while storing water and releasing it?" ”

Yuan Tiangang was stupid, he looked at Li Chunfeng, and said with a wry smile: "Senior brother, what's the use of studying this, which fish farmer will release water while storing water, doing such a stupid thing?" ”

"Oops!" Li Chunfeng put the booklet away and said angrily: "Master, why are you picking out words, this is a question." We are studying the ideas and methods of solving problems, and different things, the same truth, can be corresponded to one by one. Only by mastering the method can we touch the bypass. This is the reason why Hou Ye has so many skills. ”

Li Chunfeng looked admiring, and Yuan Tiangang shook his head. He wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back. Li Chunfeng is an extremely smart person, and he is no worse than him in terms of hexagram attainments. What he wants to mention, if Li Chunfeng wants to calculate, he can calculate it himself, since he has already made up his mind, what difference does it make if he says it or not?

On the contrary, it is himself, the general trend of the world, and he has already calculated it clearly. What we are doing now is to go against the sky. If you are a person who knows the times, you have already spied on the heavens, and you should take advantage of the situation, but you don't have it, isn't it also a dead eye?

is a human being, not an immortal, the difference lies in the word obsession. Immortals can do nothing, but people can't do it. Thinking of this, Yuan Tiangang sighed and laughed self-deprecatingly.

Li Chunfeng peeked at him and shook his head. The two are also teachers and friends, and the relationship goes without saying. A few years ago, Li Chunfeng noticed Yuan Tiangang's abnormality and specially divined a hexagram for him.

In their line of work, there is something very metaphysical, the same unspoken rules. That is, a person with a low Taoism is not a person with a high Taoism, Yuan Tiangang has always been fearless, that is, with this confidence, in the 'Divine Stick Realm', there is no one who can follow his heels.

But he forgot Li Chunfeng, Li Chunfeng is a genius that is rare in a hundred years, and his attainments are not weaker than him. So if others can't calculate anything, it doesn't mean that Li Chunfeng can't calculate anything. Although it was a bit difficult, Li Chunfeng still learned what he wanted to know.

But these words should never be said to the second person, otherwise they will be detrimental to one's own body.

Yuan Tiangang also gradually felt from Li Chunfeng's practices in the past two years that he might know something. It's just that he can't ask, and if he asks, whether it's or not, it's tantamount to admitting it.

The two of them tacitly agreed like this, pretending to be confused, but they were all right.

The lamp oil was about to run out, Yuan Tiangang yawned, and said to Li Chunfeng, who was still working hard: "Senior brother, rest, I have to get up early tomorrow." ”

"Well, it's good......" Li Chunfeng replied vaguely, put the booklet back in his baggage, and was about to extinguish the oil lamp. At this moment, I suddenly heard the neighing of people in the yard, and it seemed that many people had entered the yard, Li Chunfeng frowned, Yuan Tiangang also put on his clothes, and the two walked out of the house together.

In the courtyard, the helpers who came together have all come out. The guy who took self-defense in his hand was just in case, and he saw the person who came clearly by the moonlight, led by Li Zheng, who he had only seen not long ago, Li Chunfeng said loudly: "Li Zheng, it's so late, who did you bring here?" ”

Li Zheng hurriedly ran over, nodded and smiled: "Back to the master, these people are also distinguished guests, they, they are-" Li Zheng stammered a little, and the people who came were anxious to listen, and reported to his home: "We are businessmen in Luoyang City, this lord, Lord Meng is considerate, and allows me to wait for the grain." When we came to Sanwang Village, we came to harvest grain. The road is unfamiliar, and I only arrived at this time. begged Li Zheng to find a place to live, and Li Zheng took me to wait. I don't know if the adults are here, there is a lot of trouble, so I will find another place to live. ”

Li Zheng was so anxious that his face turned red, and said: "Master, they also collect grain, and the price they give is high, I ...... the little old man."

Li Chunfeng understood and said, "I have worked hard to grow grain for a year, and I want to sell it at a good price." Since there are businessmen who come to the door, there is no reason to rush out. It's just that the public grain should be paid. ”

Li Zheng hurriedly said: "That's nature, Master Hou gave us land to plant, and if we don't pay public grain, we are still people?" ”

"In that case, settle down." Li Chunfeng said something, turned around and entered the house. When the men on his side saw that the master had entered the house, they all went back to their respective rooms. Li Zheng apologized again and again, and at the same time settled the businessmen to live in empty rooms, the countrymen have the shrewdness of the countrymen, and they can be Li Zheng, and their brains are always a little better. It is better to have two grain collectors than only one, and if you have planted grain for a year, the higher the price, the better.

In the house, Yuan Tiangang couldn't help but remind: "Senior brother, these businessmen are clearly here to steal business. You look at that upright posture, as if you want to sit on the ground and raise the price. The price Li Mu set for you, I'm afraid you won't be able to collect it. ”

Li Chunfeng was not in a hurry at all, unfolded the cover and went in, and said, "Master Hou asked me to collect grain, and I will collect my own grain." Whether I can collect it or not, that's not my business. He yawned and said, "Master, go to sleep too, what's the matter, I'll see tomorrow." ”

"You're not in a hurry, what can I do, I'm afraid that you won't be able to receive food and won't be able to make a difference."

Yuan Tiangang said a word, and also got into the bed, both of them were tired, and after a while, they were angry.

The same thing happened in various villages around Luoyang. Ma Zhou's village also encountered the same thing. Seeing the reaction of the villagers, Ma Zhou understood in his heart that the previous blessing of disaster relief was in vain. These ordinary people still see money in their eyes, and no matter how much kindness they have, they will still sell their grain to a high price.

"Diaomin!" Ma Zhou gritted his teeth: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise!" ”

……

The next day, Li Mu received the news. But he didn't react at all, he just ordered people to pass on the word, don't care about the purchase of surplus grain first, just quote the price, just calculate the public grain clearly, and be meticulous, so that the people and the court can't suffer losses.

This is easy to do, and the people who send it down also have this ability. Moreover, the people have the heart to sell grain to merchants, and they also feel a little guilty about Li Mu, and they are very active when paying public grain, and there are very few people who are unwilling to pay it.

There are a few occasionally, and Ma Zhou and others are not polite. The set of work of being an official, which one can't, coercion and temptation, intimidation and coercion, it really can't work, arrest and send the official, no ordinary people dare to do it with them.

The price of grain given by Li Mu is 200 wen per bucket, which is also the purchase price of grain merchants every year. Two hundred wen is two coins and a bucket of silver. The price of rice in Luoyang is about three dollars, and the difference in this money is the profit of the rice shop. Of course, there are not so many in fact, the rice shop has to bear the transportation, threshing, transshipment, storage and other links, and the actual profit in hand is about 30 yuan per bucket of rice.

It doesn't seem like much, but this is already an extremely high profit, you must know that food is just needed, and you can't eat it. In the green and yellow season, the grain will be bullish, and the cost of storage is also on the people who buy the grain.

This refers to the fact that in Luoyang, if the grain is transported to Chang'an, it will earn more. The price of rice in Luoyang is three dollars a bucket of silver, while Chang'an is about four or five dollars all year round, and when it is winter, five dollars sometimes can't be stopped. After removing the profits from the profits to Chang'an, the grain merchants in Luoyang will at least double their earnings, that is, they can have a profit of 60 wen for a bucket of rice.

This year, there has been a locust plague, and the total amount of grain has decreased, and the price of grain will naturally rise. Based on experience, the grain merchants judged that when the new grain came down, the price of rice in Luoyang should stabilize at 350 wen a bucket. And because of the loss of food when they ate the locust plague, those who had a little surplus money at home would buy a little more and save it. There will be a temporary shortage of supply in the market, which will further promote the rise of food prices. Three hundred and fifty wen is the basic plate, and four hundred wen is not impossible.

On the Chang'an side, in late autumn and early winter, there is grain produced near Chang'an, and it will not be high for a while. It is still stable at about four or five hundred wen a bucket, but after the grain produced near Chang'an is exhausted, the price of grain will rise, and it will cost at least five dollars a bucket. Therefore, it is to maximize the benefits of collecting grain now and waiting for the winter to deliver orders.

Counting the fluctuation of prices this year, even if it is 300 yuan on the grain collection, it will not be able to lose money. After learning that Li Mu's price for the common people was 200 wen per bucket, the grain merchants gave a 'high price' of 220 wen and 230 wen, which rose by 10% as soon as they made a move. Many ordinary people have been poor for several generations and have not seen money. Seeing the carloads of copper coins from the merchants, they couldn't hold it back, and they couldn't hold it back, and they couldn't wait to collect the grain directly and quickly exchange for money.

At present, the grain is not yet harvested, even if the people want to harvest, the grain harvester is not dry. The grain without grout is all deflated, do you want to feed the pigs? The grain merchants hurriedly stopped and stated that if the price was stated, they would definitely ask for it. If anyone can't believe it, they can sign the contract first, the contract will be numbered, and after five or seven days, they will queue up according to the number of the contract to settle the settlement.

This idea was also discussed by the grain merchants. It is the order model of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that is imitated. It's just that the people are talking about the order, they don't understand, and the contract is better understood.

In just one day, thousands of stone grains were sold. But there are also smarter ones, such as Li Zheng in Sanwang Village, he didn't sign it. When the little old man was young, he also worked as a carpenter in the city, and he had some knowledge. The faces of these grain collectors in previous years and this year could not be clearer in comparison, and grain prices will definitely have to rise. If you sell it at the beginning, it's definitely not cost-effective!

Or wait!

No matter what the price of grain is, public grain does not give money. Ma Zhou, Li Chunfeng and others still have work to do. It's just that the food hasn't come down yet, so I can only make some preparations. As if guessing that they were idle, in the evening, they received news from Li Mu again: Before the grain came down, they were also idle in the past few days, collecting eggs and locusts. Eggs are all kinds of eggs, not limited to chickens, ducks and geese, but eggs. As for the locusts, they were attracted with insect attraction, burned to death, and some of them were not completely burned to ashes, and they were packed up and put in bags, and the Hou Mansion collected them all. The price is ten pounds and ten yuan, and you want as much as you want.

No matter what the price of grain is, public grain does not give money. Ma Zhou, Li Chunfeng and others still have work to do. It's just that the food hasn't come down yet, so I can only make some preparations. As if guessing that they were idle, in the evening, they received news from Li Mu again: Before the grain came down, they were also idle in the past few days, collecting eggs and locusts. Eggs are all kinds of eggs, not limited to chickens, ducks and geese, but eggs. As for the locusts, they were attracted with insect attraction, burned to death, and some of them were not completely burned to ashes, and they were packed up and put in bags, and the Hou Mansion collected them all. The price is ten pounds and ten yuan, and you want as much as you want. No matter what the price of grain is, public grain does not give money. Ma Zhou, Li Chunfeng and others still have work to do. It's just that the food hasn't come down yet, so I can only make some preparations. As if guessing that they were idle, in the evening, they received news from Li Mu again: Before the grain came down, they were also idle in the past few days, collecting eggs and locusts. Eggs are all kinds of eggs, not limited to chickens, ducks and geese, but eggs. As for the locusts, they were attracted with insect attraction, burned to death, and some of them were not completely burned to ashes, and they were packed up and put in bags, and the Hou Mansion collected them all. The price is ten pounds and ten yuan, and you want as much as you want. No matter what the price of grain is, public grain does not give money. Ma Zhou, Li Chunfeng and others still have work to do. It's just that the food hasn't come down yet, so I can only make some preparations. As if guessing that they were idle, in the evening, they received news from Li Mu again: Before the grain came down, they were also idle in the past few days, collecting eggs and locusts. Eggs are all kinds of eggs, not limited to chickens, ducks and geese, but eggs. As for the locusts, they were attracted with insect attraction, burned to death, and some of them were not completely burned to ashes, and they were packed up and put in bags, and the Hou Mansion collected them all. The price is ten pounds and ten cents, how much you want. Eggs are all kinds of eggs, not limited to chickens, ducks and geese, but eggs. As for the locusts, they were attracted with insect attraction, burned to death, and some of them were not completely burned to ashes, and they were packed up and put in bags, and the Hou Mansion collected them all. The price is ten pounds and ten yuan, and you want as much as you want.