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The night is deep, the white Milky Way, lying quietly in the night sky. Brilliant constellations flickered in the Milky Way, like countless beacon lights floating on the river. The frogs around are playing beautiful music.

Li Qi was half-lying on a chair in the courtyard, but he couldn't bear to stare at the beautiful and gorgeous night sky, because this night sky was the only place like the afterlife, and he didn't know what was going on, he was very homesick tonight.

"Husband, what are you thinking?"

Li Qi was slightly stunned, and when he looked back, he saw Yelu Bone Desire standing behind him in a light green light gauze pajamas, his plump figure looming, extremely attractive, and smiled: "It's Bone Desire." I'm just thinking about some of the things that happened today. ”

Yelu Gu wanted to step forward, sat on the chair that was originally used to put his feet opposite him, and asked curiously: "But that strange taste? ”

Li Qi sighed and said in surprise: "You know? ”

"Well, I heard from Ma Qiao."

Li Qi sighed, nodded, and said, "Yes." ”

Yelu said: "That shopkeeper is really weird, he likes to use insects to cook." ”

"If it's not weird, how can others call her Shi Niang." Li Qi smiled, and said seriously: "There is nothing wrong with its practical insects for cooking, such as grasshoppers, ants, and scorpions, as long as they are handled properly, eating them is good for people, especially snails, which are no worse than abalone and ginseng." I used to have a chef friend, he also loves to eat insects, and he does very well, I once went to his house, he entertained me with a whole insect feast, I remember one of the dried crickets, the meat is full, eating better than small shrimp, dried fish, not to lose chicken, duck meat, aperitif, wonderful. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed and said: "What she said is not wrong, people in the world now love to eat mutton, river fresh, seafood, so that these foods are very expensive, where can ordinary people eat, some people have never even eaten meat in their lives, if they will use these small insects to cook, then its taste is no less than any meat, maybe the price of meat will come down, and like grasshoppers, crickets can be dried and stored, if the famine suddenly comes, you can also take it out to satisfy hunger, for a while, At least not to run to eat people - alas! ”

In fact, compared with those snakes, insects and ants, what Li Qi remembers the most is that Liu Yunxi said that his relatives were eaten.

Yelu frowned slightly, and said softly: "When people reach a desperate situation, it is inevitable to eat people. ”

Li Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you ever seen a cannibal?" ”

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Yelu's mouth, and he said, "I've seen it." ”

"Have you eaten?" Richie exclaimed.

Yelu shook his head and said: "I didn't, but--alas, when my father fled from Yanyun, he also took all the food with him, and my own soldiers and I were trapped in the valley by Wanyan Zonghan, the general of the Jin State, at that time, we had no food at all, and the soldiers were very hungry, but in order to leave the last food for me, they cooked and ate the captives, I was also shocked to hear it at the time, but I finally agreed." Later, after we were captured, Wanyan Zonghan threw my own soldiers into the boiling boiler one by one in front of me in order to take revenge on me, I remember that he also told me at that time that the Khitans had killed many girls and real people, and he would return them a hundred times, and if we cook a Jurchen alive, he would cook a hundred Khitans alive, and he did it. ”

After finishing speaking, a layer of mist appeared in her eyes, if she were another woman, she might have already collapsed, and it was a miracle that she was able to live until now.

Li Qi only felt that his throat was a little clogged when he heard it, and he sighed with mixed feelings in his heart: "Yes! Humans are no different from jackals, tigers and leopards, and they are even more vicious. Maybe one day, I will be the executioner. ”

Yelu said: "The executioner is lucky, at least ten thousand times better than being a mermaid." ”

Li Qi was stunned, glanced at her, and asked, "If in the future, Wanyan Zonghan falls into your hands, what will you do?" ”

Yelu opened his mouth slightly, but finally chose to be silent.

However, her silence also made Li Qi silent for a while, looked up at the sky, and muttered: "Food is the foundation of people, with food, who will run to eat people!" In the final analysis, it's food, food! ”

Second, Li Qi convened a Zhengmeng meeting in his own name for the first time, and the thing to discuss was to lower the price of grain, he had no time to fight a protracted war with those grain merchants, and proposed to other restaurants the intention of lowering the grain they had stolen by another five yuan, at that time, including Fan Shaobai, everyone thought that Li Qi was crazy, you must know that the price of grain has fallen below two hundred yuan, even if it falls below one hundred and ninety yuan, if it drops again, it is really a business with life.

However, once again, with his outstanding eloquence, Li Qi persuaded the other restaurants to accept his offer and carry the account with him.

These restaurant owners know very well that the lower the price of grain, the greater their profit margins, and the pain of the moment may be able to exchange for a good life in the next few years, besides, if those grain merchants are relieved, who dares to guarantee that he said that these grain merchants will not retaliate against them, and this deal will definitely be done.

The previous qiē is all a warm-up, and the real food price war has only begun today.

Soon, grain prices had fallen below the freezing point since Song Huizong took office.

This is for the common people, it is really a rainbow after the wind and rain, a large amount of grain poured into the market, a price a day, low they can't believe their eyes, now everywhere in the capital can be seen those people holding the food happily home.

It can also be said that the sandpiper and the clam compete with each other, and the fisherman profits, but it is also the turn of the people to benefit.

In fact, those grain merchants have long found that the people who come to their stores every day to buy grain are people sent by major restaurants, and only a very small amount of grain flows into the hands of ordinary people, after all, those people are professional grain buyers. But they were in a hurry to get rid of the excess food in their hands, so they couldn't care so much. At the same time, they are also very angry, uniting and fighting to the end, they know that as long as they can survive this period, then the future still belongs to them. However, it was only now that they realized that Li Qi did not intend to stop there, and because Li Qi was fierce, they had to close the grain shop for the time being.

In less than a quarter of an hour after they were closed, Li Qi also closed the channels for everyone to buy grain, and resumed the lottery to buy grain, so as to delay time, and it was clear that he was targeting these big grain merchants. In addition, he released the news again, saying that Zui Xianju was going to buy grain from all over the country and enter Beijing for this autumn's harvest.

At this moment, those grain merchants were completely panicked, and they began to understand that they were already in an extremely embarrassing position, because every penny of the price of this grain dropped, then they had to take off a layer of skin, which was their main business, but Li Qi and their business were still making a lot of money because of the fall in grain prices, and those restaurants used the grain at the bottom price to make wine, which was not affected at all, but they benefited from it, anyway, they did not make money from food.

Those big grain merchants saw that they couldn't fight Li Qi and them, so they repeated their old tricks and began to put pressure on the imperial court. But will the results be the same this time? If they had known the foreign policy that the imperial court had only recently decided, they might not have thought so.

Bureau of Commerce.

Just as Li Qi was arranging the task, his subordinates suddenly reported that Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan were here.

This was beyond Li Qi's expectations, and the arrival of these two eunuchs at the same time made him have to be cautious and hurry out to greet him.

"Taiwei and the king of Guangyang County are here, Li Qi has missed the distance, forgive the sins, forgive the sins."

"Economic envoy, don't come unharmed." Tong Guan arched his hand and said.

In fact, in their eyes, today's Li Qi is also a crazy person, this person is not fatal to make money, and it is even more fatal to lose money!

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, Li Qi invited them to sit down and asked, "I wonder what the two of you suddenly arrived?" ”

Liang Shicheng got straight to the point and said: "The order is to see the outside, in fact, we are here for the latest grain price." ”

Li Qi's heart sank, and he said, "Food prices? ”

Tong Guan smiled lightly and said: "You are very lively in the folk and forget about it, but do you know that the harem at this time is much more lively than the folk." ”

Li Qi frowned and said, "What does the King of Guangyang mean?" ”

Tong Guan said directly: "You don't know, many grain merchants in our capital are relatives of the emperor. He is known for his generosity and boldness, especially for the concubines in the harem, which is even more extraordinary, so the harem is his most solid backing, how can he stand by and watch when something happens to those concubines.

Liang Shicheng said again: "Now that the price of food has dropped, should you also stop, everything is not good after all." ”

It turned out that they were here to be lobbyists. Li Qi understood that it was Song Huizong's harem that caught fire, and he also knew that those concubines were all ruthless characters and were by no means easy to mess with, but he didn't plan to take a step back in this regard. Said: "Originally, the two of them came to intercede in person, Li Qi said that he couldn't let the two of them run for nothing, but the two of them also knew the recent strategy of the imperial court, and the grain price of our Great Song Dynasty was the key, if I stopped here, within half a year, the price of grain would rise again, then I would be in vain, and the new policy would not be effective." ”

Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan made eye contact. Liang Shicheng asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Li Qi smiled: "I plan to help those grain merchants make more money." Please also ask the two to go back and tell the emperor, Li Qi will definitely make all aspects of the ending satisfactory, including the two. ”

Both of them were stunned, although they didn't know what Li Qi wanted to do, but when they heard Li Qi say this, they couldn't say more, anyway, if something really happened then, then Li Qi would bear it himself, so they asked as usual, and went back to his life.

But in this way, Song Huizong has to pay for Li Qi's behavior, he almost doesn't go to the harem these days, and runs from the secret passage to Master Li every day to take refuge, among the three sentences, one sentence must be to scold Li Qi.

Even Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan did not succeed in lobbying, those grain merchants finally came to their senses, Li Qi is completely crazy, how can a normal person do these loss-making transactions, you must know how much food Li Qi sells now, you have to accompany as much as you want, but the problem is that Li Qi has been with him for a while, and his business has not been affected, but they have a headache.

Now some people outside have begun to call Li Qi "Crazy Lee".

After another three days, those grain merchants saw that Li Qi's "condition" had not improved, and finally couldn't sit still, so they made an appointment to come to the Commerce Bureau together, hoping that Li Qi could let them go, and now it is okay, if Li Qi really buys grain from outside to come to the capital, and fight to the death with them, they can't fight, and they don't dare to fight with Li Qi, a madman, anymore, and they will lose in momentum.

I didn't expect them to come so soon, and I still have a lot of means to do it! Li Qi saw these grain merchants come to the door, and laughed secretly in his heart, but on the surface he was still very polite, and invited them to sit down, it was tea and pastries, and the hospitality was very thoughtful.

Where are those grain merchants in the mood to listen to him brag now, but they have a request for help, and it is not easy to interrupt him, but the smile on his face looks a little stiff.

But the more he spoke, the more he spoke, and he said as he walked around the hall: "That's right, yes, guys, I heard a very interesting thing recently, do you know what it is? Hehe, you must not have guessed that it is cannibalism. ”

Everyone was sick to their stomachs for a while, and they all said secretly, the madman Li really deserves his reputation, just ask a normal person who would think that people eat people is interesting.

Li Qi continued: "It happened in Jiangnan, when there was a famine in Jiangnan, Fangla uprising, the people were not happy, the people had nothing to eat, so they ate some bark and grass roots, and soon the bark and grass roots were eaten, and the people were hungry and dizzy, and they couldn't wait to eat their own meat, but they didn't have the guts, they couldn't get this mouth, they were anxious, what to do, only to eat others, so many people began to plan to do human flesh business, it is said that the meat on the strong man was sold more expensive than pork, and many people couldn't afford it, What should I do, of course, it's to find the nearest object to start, do you save effort, what father, son, I heard that even unborn babies eat. ”

"Gross!"

Having said this, someone finally couldn't help it and spit it out directly.

Li Qi ignored them and continued: "But what is the reason why the kind and simple people of the Great Song Dynasty embarked on this path, natural disasters are on the one hand, and there is another side, that is, [], was there really no food at that time?" I don't think so, there is, of course there is, it's just very expensive, is it expensive to be scarce, it was really an opportunity to make a lot of money at that time, think about it, the money in the hands of the people could buy rice for ten days, but at that time they could only buy one meal of rice, this is simply a huge profit, I drooled when I heard it. However, Confucius has a saying that 'do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself', and now it is said that he is in the pot, maybe it will be your turn tomorrow. ”

He said that his hand suddenly pointed to Gu Yan, the proprietor of Gu's rice shop. The latter turned green with a face and almost slipped off his chair.

Li Qi sneered and said: "I didn't expect you to be afraid, I thought you were all hard-hearted, otherwise how could you do such a conscientious thing, what is the position of human life in your hearts, I really want to know." (To be continued)