Chapter 990: The Cunning Great Cannibal

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"Xiaguan has seen my lord."

"You're here! Have a seat. ”

"Yes."

After Qin Hui sat down, Li Qi smiled and said, "I'm really sorry to let you come here while you're eating." I originally planned to go to the Commerce Bureau in the afternoon, but I never thought that this circle would come to such a time, but I don't like to push today's things down and do tomorrow, so I ordered someone to let you come here, and we talked while eating. ”

Regarding the work matter, Li Qi is still businesslike and tries to explain it clearly.

Qin Hui hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the adults are busy with official business, the lower officials should cooperate, and there will be a free meal, the lower officials should say thank you." ”

Li Qi smiled and asked, "The New Year has passed, and the Commerce Bureau must have been very busy recently." ”

Qin Hui nodded and said: "That's true, there are more and more businessmen now, and the Commerce Bureau is directly facing them, so there are many businessmen who come to ask or ask for help every day." ”

Li Qi said: "What is the recent situation?" ”

"I'm not optimistic, and I'm about to report this to my lords." Qin Hui shook his head and said.

Li Qi's face was as calm as water, and he said, "Say it." ”

Seeing that Li Qi was so calm, Qin Hui knew that he had expected this situation, but he still said truthfully: "Recently, many big businessmen have come to ask if our Bureau of Commerce will come out with any new policies in the near future. Although they didn't say it explicitly, the lower officials knew that they actually wanted to know whether the imperial court would apply Jiangnan's policy to Tokyo and forcibly intervene to lower prices. ”

Li Qi said: "Then how did you answer?" ”

"Xia Guan didn't know what the adults meant, so he didn't give them a definite answer, but just told them, and we are still studying it." Qin Hui said, his face showed a trace of worry, and said, "My lord." The lower officials have the courage to say that it is time to rectify the price of goods in Tokyo. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Qin Hui said seriously: "Due to the large-scale reduction of prices in the Jiangnan market last year, the value of the currency has been improved, which has also directly affected Tokyo, Xijing, Daimyo Mansion and other places. When those wealthy businessmen saw that Tokyo's economy was stagnant, they simply spent it and transferred all the living money and goods in their hands to Jiangnan, because Jiangnan had cheap goods, cheap labor, cheap land prices, and fast liquidity, so many businessmen now tend to go to Jiangnan to do business. And this trend has intensified, leading to a shortage of goods in Tokyo, prices are slowly rising, and those merchants and landlords have not come out for a long time because of the new policy. has fallen into a stalemate, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that the lower officials will have a bad impact on the new law. ”

Li Qi's face did not fluctuate at all, and he said with a smile: "Xiao Qin." You are really a talent, you have only been in the Bureau of Commerce for less than two years, but you have seen the doorway thoroughly. I'm really gratified. ”

Qin Hui said: "My lord has won the award, this is the duty of the lower officials." ”

Yu Qi also said suddenly: "Supervisor, the lower officials also think that the prices in the two places are far apart, and there will be disasters in the long run. ”

Li Qi coughed lightly, and said: "Tokyo is the economic hub of my Great Song Dynasty, it can also be said to be the economic center of the surrounding countries, businessmen all over the world are staring here, the price of currency is still dominated by Tokyo, and now it is the time for my Great Song Dynasty to ship, if the price is lowered at this time, it is equivalent to losing a sum of money for no reason, although most of the transactions have been settled, but as soon as people turn around, you will immediately raise the price of currency, they will feel cheated, and there is another point, I don't know if you have paid attention, Even though many of the big food merchants did not go back, and many Muslims appeared in Tokyo. ”

Qin Hui frowned and said, "I have also noticed this, as far as I know, they still have a large amount of gold in their hands. ”

Li Qi said with a smile: "Nowadays, the big food merchants are rampant in the sea lanes, and the maritime trade is much stronger than ours, and they are all like ghosts, and they stay here, and they are also waiting for new policies." ”

Qin Hui's face was shocked, he pondered for a moment, and said, "What do you mean, don't you mean it?" ”

Li Qi nodded and said: "I have been paying attention to them, and now they are quietly exchanging the copper coins of my Great Song Dynasty, and I think they must also see that the imperial court will definitely raise the value of the currency by lowering prices, so when the value of the copper coins is the lowest, they will take the opportunity to exchange for them, and when the new policy comes out, they will take these currencies that have been exchanged for a very low price, and buy the goods of my Great Song Dynasty on a large scale." Also, they bought a few existing large cargo ships, which are now parked in Laizhou, and when they exchange all the money for goods, they will use these cargo ships to transport them overseas. You must know that overseas countries such as Goryeo and Japan all use the currency of our Great Song Dynasty, and the value of our currency has increased, but it will take a while for countries like Goryeo and Japan to unify with our Great Song Dynasty. In this way, when this circle turns down, they will get several times, or even more than ten times the profit. ”

Qin Hui was full of sweat when he heard this, and said: "If this is the case, in this deal, Da Shi will be the biggest winner, and we and Goryeo, Japan and other countries are all losers." ”

Li Qi nodded and said, "Exactly. ”

Yu Qi said: "But my lord, they can go to Jiangnan to buy goods!" ”

Qin Hui was stunned for a moment, and then immediately smiled: "Deputy supervisor, you are too worried, the adults have already made arrangements to prevent them from making this move." At the beginning, when Jiangnan rectified prices, the imperial court also set up new tariffs for Jiangnan, which was easy to enter and difficult to exit, but where goods were transported into Jiangnan, the tax was very low, so the price was cheap, but if you wanted to transport goods from Jiangnan, the tax was very expensive, especially for customs taxes, even if you used the cheap currency in exchange to buy goods in Jiangnan, plus this high tax, the currency difference was filled in, it is better to buy directly from Tokyo. ”

Yu Qi suddenly realized, nodded again and again, and said: "I understand, this tariff is like a threshold, which separates Jiangnan from other places, but it is not completely cut off. The supervisor is really like a god. ”

Li Qi waved his hand and said, "What is like a god." I'm also forced, don't play some small tricks, do it step by step, then I don't know if I can't restore Jiangnan until the Year of the Monkey. ”

Although Qin Hui felt that what Li Qi said was very reasonable, but not everyone understood this truth, and asked, "Then I don't know when the adults plan to rectify the prices in Tokyo again?" ”

Li Qi said: "Wait." ”

"Wait?"

Li Qi nodded and said, "The price of goods in Jiangnan is only a temporary phenomenon and will not last long. If you think that this qiē is the policy of the imperial court, then you are wrong, and the rich businessmen today basically have the support of officials behind them, and they support the new law. It's all because it's still profitable. In the past, there was a rebellion, and then there was the rectification of Jiangnan officialdom, and the economy in Jiangnan was very depressed, and there were large areas of wasteland, as well as a lot of cheap labor, although those big landlords held a lot of land in their hands, but it was useless, so they would support the reduction of prices. It has attracted more people to do business here, and it is precisely because of this that the imperial court can reduce prices in the shortest possible time. Cheap land and labor. It is the fundamental reason for the low prices in Jiangnan. Now a large number of businessmen go to Jiangnan to buy land and build factories to do business, but the land will not increase because of the increase in merchants, and it will not take long for things to be scarce and expensive. The price of land in Jiangnan will rise, and the number of laborers in the market will also decrease as the number of merchants increases. The price of labor will also increase, and once the price of land and labor increases, then the price of goods will also increase, and the increase in prices means that the value of money will decrease, and at that time, if we come up with a new policy, we will be able to seamlessly connect the prices of Jiangnan with the prices of Tokyo and the whole country. I expect to have to wait a year. ”

Although Qin Hui nodded frequently when he heard it, the sadness on his face did not decrease but increased, and he was embarrassed: "My lord, don't say a year now, I'm afraid it's just a month, our businessmen in Tokyo can't wait, now even the agricultural area and the industrial area can't be completely implemented, those landlords will cover the land to death, and they can't talk about it at all, as long as the new policy is not issued for a day, no one dares to take it lightly, which makes those businessmen lose a lot, they send people to inquire about the news almost every day, I see they can't hold it back, If they lose their support, I am afraid that the adults will be attacked by the court. ”

Li Qi knows that his words are not alarmist, you either say that there will be no new policy, since there is, you have no movement, who dares to mess around, in case the new policy comes out, they may even lose their money, you know, the new law can be carried out to this day, it is all up to Li Qi to draw countless pies for them, in exchange for their support, if you do not fulfill your promise, why should we support you, this is likely to directly affect the new law. Li Qi nodded and said: "What you said also makes sense, so let's open the agricultural zone first, and drag the economic zone and industrial zone first, which can be regarded as giving them an explanation." Tomorrow, you will invite those big grain merchants to come to the Commerce Bureau for a meeting, and first raise the price of grain in Tokyo a little bit to promote the progress of opening agricultural areas. ”

Qin Hui said: "But in this way, those grain merchants are afraid that they will hoard grain again." ”

Li Qi waved his hand and said, "It's okay." Let's raise it a little bit and hang them first, they don't know if we will raise prices again, so I don't think they will hoard a lot of food, as long as it doesn't affect the market, then let them go. ”

"Yes. Xia Guan remembered. Qin Hui nodded, because agriculture is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, and almost all the land is stored in the form of fertile land, so it is best to do it in the agricultural area, and it can also give an explanation to those businessmen, you see, I am not without action, I am still fulfilling my promise, but I have to take it step by step. He also said: "My lord, there is one more thing, the Daimyo Mansion has sent someone to seek justice for the third time, and the Daimyo Mansion Yin opened Tokyo East Road to us, but turned a deaf ear to their Daimyo Mansion, expressing his dissatisfaction, and hoping that we can give them an explanation." My lord, the status of this famous mansion in our Great Song Dynasty is very important, and we are always dragging it out like this, and it is not a solution. ”

In fact, what he wants to say most is that you always ask me to come forward for this kind of offending thing, which is too unkind.

Of course, Li Qi understood Qin Hui's bitterness, and said: "You just say so, your Daimyo Mansion is too important, you must be cautious, you will definitely give them an explanation this year, as for the beginning or the end of the year, you can just prevaricate a few words." ”

People are also Fu Yin, how can they prevaricate casually? Qin Hui was depressed in his heart, and said, "My lord, I'm afraid that the lower officials are not qualified enough!" ”

Li Qi said, "You are enough." You also know that the official has a bad temper, in case they provoke me, I'm afraid that I will beat someone, you are more tactful, this matter is up to you, it is really suitable. ”

Yu Qi wanted to laugh when he heard it, this reason was too far-fetched.

Qin Hui saw that Li Qi was obviously unwilling to come forward, so he had to nod his head and accept it, following such a boss, I really don't know if it is a "blessing" that has been cultivated in several lifetimes! (To be continued)