Chapter 188: Who Counts Whom?

It's not hard to guess what the family wants to do, but Li Yuanjing has never thought about it.

The biggest spoils of war in all battles probably belong to cattle and sheep, and regardless of whether the court has money or not, these spoils will be disposed of as soon as possible.

Reward, sell, are nothing more than these two means.

And this time against the Turks was a war of annihilation, and the surrendered Turkic army alone numbered tens of thousands, not to mention other ordinary people and the like.

In the past, in a war of this scale, the imperial court could obtain at least millions of cattle and sheep, and this was only a guaranteed number.

But cattle and sheep belong to living creatures, and if they are living creatures, they must be consumed, and the consumption of cattle is acceptable, and they can still cultivate the land after they are pulled back, but the consumption of sheep is a little uncomfortable.

Mutton can only be eaten, but mutton is a representative of the aristocracy, and it is difficult for ordinary people to eat it, mainly because it is too expensive.

Therefore, the imperial court often does not raise the threshold in this regard, and there is even a situation where half of it is sold and half is given away.

The imperial court can't bear the consumption of millions of sheep, and if it is not processed in a day, the forage consumed is hundreds of thousands, how can it be done?

Therefore, after the war, an unwritten rule has been formed, which is almost a feast for the whole world, and the price of mutton will drop during this period, depending on the actual situation, and it is possible to say more than half of the usual.

It is through this operation that the family accumulates wealth in its hands, and it is said that the court can do this kind of thing itself, but the biggest problem is that there are not enough people, there are not enough channels, and the court still wants to be faced, and it can't let go of these things.

So, the answer is obvious!

"It is true! This is also an unwritten rule, and this time is no exception, after all, the soldiers who return from victory will be rewarded, so the price will be lower than before! Fang Xuanling put down the wine glass and explained with an indifferent smile.

Unexpectedly, the dignified King Zhao didn't even know this bit of common sense, and he knew the news about the family's loan from Qianzhuang today.

Not only did he know that the family had gone, but he also knew why the family had taken out a loan.

"How low?" Li Yuanjing had some thoughts in his heart and thought silently.

"It depends on the situation, two hundred dollars is probably the upper limit!" Fang Xuanling thought about it, and it was always sold to the family for only two hundred to three hundred yuan, but the time was too long.

"So low?" Li Yuanjing felt a little unbelievable, you must know that the price of grain is still at the high water level of more than 100 yuan, and a sheep can only buy two buckets of rice? Or even just buy a bucket of rice?

"What about tens of millions of heads, you say?" Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Yuanjing.

"Do you think the imperial court doesn't want to make more money, but there are really too many loot, once the quantity of something comes up, the unit price will inevitably go down, in just one year, the coarse cloth has dropped from four hundred dollars a horse to one hundred dollars, isn't this the same reason?"

Li Yuanjing couldn't help but pout, he suddenly remembered something, which was also something that made him unable to think about his sister.

According to a certain historical record, in the early years of Zhenguan, a horse of silk could only be exchanged for a bucket of rice, this Li Yuanjing has been verified, it is indeed true, but in the blink of an eye, Zhenguan has been four years old, and Chang'an has only three or four dollars of rice.

At the beginning, Li Yuanjing felt that he was mistaken, it should be about thirty or forty yuan, and the arguments before and after were relatively reliable.

Even in a bumper year, it is impossible to make the difference in grain prices between the two years before and after dozens of times.

Now when he heard Fang Xuanling personally say the sentence of starting with ten million heads, Li Yuanjing suddenly believed that this record was true.

For ordinary people, a seventy-pound sheep can eat almost fifty pounds, what can't go into the water, and the poor pants are almost gone, who cares about these?

If a sheep sells for 500 yuan, it is only 50 yuan for a pound of meat, and 50 yuan for a pound of meat, who would spend more than 100 yuan to buy rice? Is it bad to eat meat?

The impact of the harvest year, coupled with the impact of tens of millions of loot, it is not impossible for the grain price of Zhenguan to be as low as three or four yuan for four years, not low or not, it cannot be sold at all, and it is also fed to rats in the warehouse.

"According to the calculation of two hundred dollars per head, ten million heads are only two million yuan!" Li Yuanjing silently calculated the account and found that he seemed to be able to eat this batch of loot.

"You don't want to take it to yourself, do you?" Fang Xuanling's eyes widened, that's tens of thousands of heads!

"What, can't you?" Li Yuanjing smiled fans.

"Yes, yes, but what are you going to do about it? So many sheep can be consumed every day to make people sad, otherwise wouldn't it be good for the court to raise them? Fang Xuanling couldn't figure out Li Yuanjing's routine.

"Huh!" Li Yuanjing laughed again, Fang Xuanling, who watched it, wanted to jump up and beat up this thing, laughing at your sister......

"Don't say that this king doesn't want to think about you if he has a good thing, discuss it with a few people, you are responsible for providing a place to raise these sheep, and at the same time responsible for arranging some manpower to protect these people, and the king will pay for the wages or something, and after the matter is completed, I will give you 50,000 yuan per person!" Li Yuanjing said generously.

"And this kind of good thing?" Fang Xuanling felt a little unconvinced, the venue is easy to say, it is everywhere, and people are easy to find, anyway, you don't have to pay for it yourself, as for protection, it's even better, just let out the news in the army, and those government soldiers who return to their hometown can take on this responsibility, and they don't have to worry about it at all.

If you want to say that you can help Fang Xuanling for free, there is no doubt, but you can give 50,000 yuan of hard work, which makes him a little drumming in his heart, that is 50,000 yuan per person, these people add up, he must not give at least four or five hundred thousand yuan?

"Just ask you if you want to do it, if you don't do it, this king will go to His Majesty by himself!" Li Yuanjing said with a cheap smile.

"! Don't do it for fools! Fang Xuanling gritted his teeth, why didn't he do the money he gave for nothing?

"Well, this matter is kept secret for the time being, only a few people involved know, if anyone dares to leak the news, don't blame this king for not taking him to play, in addition, you find an opportunity to quietly say hello to Your Majesty, one hundred and fifty yuan a head, all the sheep this king has received, you must keep it secret......" Li Yuanjing whispered in Fang Xuanling's ear.

"It's not necessary, right? You must also take the road of the money bank, and then let them lend out the money at this time, what if there is a run? Fang Xuanling looked at Li Yuanjing very puzzled, it was completely harmful to others and not to himself.

Li Yuanjing smiled, or how to say that this is the benefit of the powerful?

It's not worth mentioning in front of the elites, it's just like Ji Cao, it's simple and don't want it.

Li Yuanjing is also gradually getting used to the benefits brought by this identity, it's stupid not to use it, let's not do the things that fall off the discipline, if you want to do it, you have no temper in your family, see what you have to say at that time!

"The reward of the imperial court is not just given, isn't it normal to drag it out for ten days and a half months?"