After hearing the words that the benefits were greatly dropped, Zheng Shanguo hated to die in the hot pot.

300,000 stones, even if Li Yuanji was sold, he couldn't raise so much money, Zheng Shanguo felt that he should be able to accept being coerced by King Qi, but he must not accept credit, and it was impossible for the Zheng family to accept such conditions.

"At the moment, the bucket rice is worth a horse of silk, and the money is six hundred, can Your Highness know how much is 300,000 stones?" As if sensing that crying poor is useless, Zheng Shanguo decisively changed his way, you can buy it, even if you buy it, but you have to have money.

"One stone of rice is ten horses of silk, six pieces of money, 300,000 stones, but it is three million horses of silk, and the money is only 1.8 million pieces." Li Yuanji used the arithmetic mantra to get the answer in a few seconds, although he was also surprised by this answer.

I have never paid attention to the price of grain in Chang'an, and I have never thought that the Zheng family's grain stock is worth more than three million yuan, what kind of concept is that?

However, after only being shocked for a while, Li Yuanji found an answer to exonerate himself.

The reason why grain prices are high now is because of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty for so many years, the low grain output, and the recent shortage of grain in Guanzhong, so the grain prices are high.

"What you sell is money, and what you can't sell can only stay moldy in your hands!" Li Yuanji continued, if you buy it yourself, you will definitely not buy it according to the market price, and it is not Kaizi who will be slaughtered by you.

"But there is no money, and it is difficult for the ministers to explain to the family, and if they can't see the money, the Zheng family will never put grain in the granaries of various places." Zheng Shanguo reminded decisively.

The advantage of the Zheng family is that the old nest is located in Xingyang, sitting in the granary of the Central Plains, and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain can be saved in just a few years, and in the current entire Tang Dynasty, except for the Zheng family, it is impossible for any other family to take out so much grain, and even the grain of several families can be equal to the Zheng family.

Knowing that he couldn't escape this catastrophe, Zheng Shanguo decided to simply talk to Li Yuanji about the price and the way of the transaction, anyway, this transaction is to pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other.

"Half of it is offset by tea, and the other half is ......" Li Yuanji paused deliberately, and saw that Zheng Shanguo had a trace of excitement and hesitation in his eyes, so he continued to speak: "The other half is the benefit that this king said, after sending troops, the Zheng family followed the rear of the army with grain, and used horses, cattle, and sheep as payment!" ”

"What about the price?" Zheng Shanguo has been completely moved, the manipulation of this matter will be discussed separately for the time being, these conditions alone are enough for him to gamble.

"Ten pounds of tea, horses according to quality, forty times a high-grade war horse, one middle war horse, one twenty times an ordinary war horse, one twenty-five times a high-grade cattle, one middle cow twenty times, one ordinary cow fifteen times, one head of ten calves, and two sheep." Li Yuanji had already thought of a countermeasure.

Also subject to the influence of soaring prices, the price of high-quality Turkic war horses to Chang'an, usually between eighty and one hundred silk, the price of peerless war horses will be higher, and converted, it is about fifty to sixty runs, and this is just the market price, if there are too few horses on the market, the price will be higher, only need to bring these war horses back, one can get more than seven or eight benefits, absolutely cost-effective.

Li Yuanji's offer made Zheng Shanguo want to be moved, grain does have to be sold to be considered money, and now the people are poor, even if the selling price is lowered, they will never be able to sell all this grain, unless it is to exchange land.

But the Zheng family has enough land, and exchanging land for it is only the last choice, but War Horse is different, in other words, investing in War Horse is equivalent to political investment, not just a simple interest investment.

"I need to talk to the family elders." Rao is tempted, and Zheng Shanguo did not dare to make a decision alone.

"The price of this king has fallen, and the price of your grain must also be reduced, and what this king likes is fairness." Li Yuanji reminded again that time was running out, and he didn't want to go back and forth on this kind of thing.

Zheng Shanguo nodded: "I will bring it up to the elders together." ”

"Okay, this king is waiting for your news!" Li Yuanji stood up, clapped his hands, and left the guest hall directly, intending to go to the next one.

"Your Highness, your pot ......"

"I sent you ......" Li Yuanji waved his hand and gave it to Zheng Shanguo along with the uneaten ingredients.

Zheng Shanguo, who was already hungry with his chest against his back, hurriedly returned to the guest hall after Li Yuanji walked away, ordered someone to get a new pair of dishes and chopsticks, and devoured them.

Secretly, I have long heard my wife say that this hot pot is good, and I tasted it today, and it is true!

……

Using the same method, Li Yuanji quickly managed to deal with several other families in Chang'an City.

But the other families are not as wealthy as the Zheng family, and when they are taken together, they can barely scrape together nearly 200,000 stone of grain.

500,000 stone grain is a lot, but it's not much.

The next day, Li Yuanji ordered Chunhua to post a notice to recruit carpenters, and those who would be able to make carriages were given priority.

For a time, the entire Taipingfang instantly became a huge construction site again, making wheels, making frames, busy craftsmen everywhere, without exception, Li Yuanji ordered people to make four-wheeled carriages this time, this kind of carriage with a larger cargo capacity and lighter will undoubtedly lead the new trend of Datang.

Some of them were used to make luxury carriages with heating, and the other part was used to transport goods, but they were not transported by themselves, and Li Yuanji planned to sell these carriages to the family.

For half a month, Li Yuanji has been busy, and at this moment there is less than a month before Zhengdan.

Li Yuanji finally waited for the good news he wanted.

On this day, Li Yuanji, who was staring at the production of luxury carriages at home, ushered in Zheng Shanguo, a big partner.

"The family agreed to this deal, and the grain was sold to His Highness at a price of five guan per stone!" As soon as they met, Zheng Shanguo spoke directly.

Li Yuanji frowned, he has dropped so much, so you have to descend consistently?

As if sensing Li Yuanji's unhappiness, Zheng Shanguo hurriedly explained: "The Zheng family is also responsible for transportation, and the manpower and material resources need to be borne by them, and this cost is not small, and the other thing is that the Zheng family can only send it to Daizhou at most." And our trading can only be done in Daizhou. ”

"Grain can be placed in Daizhou, but the trade cannot be carried out in Daizhou, the army goes north, it is impossible to send the loot back, but this king will choose a safe place to trade." Li Yuanji directly rejected the offer to trade in Daiju.

The Zheng family didn't want to risk going deep into Turkic trading, which was understandable.

But the army goes north and will never come back often, so how can the transaction be placed in Daizhou? The army doesn't have that much time, unless it is because of the rust in the head that will agree to this condition.

Zheng Shanguo also seemed to know that this was unlikely, anyway, Li Yuanji only needed to promise to put the grain in Daizhou.

From Chang'an to Daizhou, this generation is relatively peaceful, and there will be no great danger, what the Zheng family is most afraid of is to go deep into the grassland, what if the grain is robbed and not handed over to Li Yuanji?

As for the trading of cattle, sheep and horses, although it is also a little difficult, it is actually not a big problem.

"How about looking at this carriage? One can carry four or five stones of grain, and a pack horse can pull it. Pointing to the carriage that had just been built, Li Yuanji saw the stitches and needles selling.

"What about the price?" Zheng Shanguo had long heard that Li Yuanji had a way to solve the problem of steering of four-wheeled carriages, and these days the entire Taipingfang has also been making these carriages, and has tried many times, an ordinary pack horse, pulling five stones of grain, can continue to walk in the workshop for half a day.

When Li Yuanji mentioned it, Zheng Shanguo did not question it, but directly asked about the price.

"One stone of grain, one stone!" Li Yuanji held out a finger.

The wood is cut outside the city, and the labor is three dollars a day, and the average cost of a carriage is less than 100 yuan in labor costs, and in a blink of an eye, it makes dozens of times the profit.

"It's too expensive!" Zheng Shanguo shook his head, it's not that their family doesn't know how to build carriages, and it's not unclear what the price is, so they want a stone of grain.

"One stone of grain and two units, it can't be cheaper, otherwise the king won't even be able to earn back the capital." Li Yuanji pretended to be inseparable and lowered the price, and said that the black-hearted businessman was really not so easy to be.

Zheng Shanguo felt that he was about to be amused, but he was worried about losing his manners, so he couldn't help but remind: "Your Highness, grain can go north to the north, and hundreds of stones can be transported away by a random boat. ”

I rub ......

Why did my IQ go offline all of a sudden?

At this time, the water flow of the Yellow River is okay, although it is not stable enough, but the river can still see ships coming and going, and if the river transports, 500,000 stone grain can be transported to Daizhou in less than two months.

What about making so many wagons by yourself?

For Mao Benwang, he always thinks that he can still save it? Li Yuanji kept muttering in his heart, his mind suddenly lit up, and he was secretly happy: "River transportation is convenient, but there are many places without rivers, and these carriages are still very useful." ”

"The carriage is enough now, don't ......" Zheng Shanguo continued to smile and shook his head in refusal.

"I don't have this opportunity to miss this store, this king only sells this once!" Li Yuanji's teeth itched, and he couldn't wait to pinch Zheng Shanguo's neck and ask him if he would buy it.

Zheng Shanguo still shook his head, like a tumbler.

"Your Highness can use it in the army, if there are these carriages in the army, the speed of the march will be much faster, as the so-called soldier is fast." Zheng Shanguo really couldn't bear to watch Li Yuanji's investments go down the drain, so he was busy helping to come up with a plan.

"Well, it's still good to use it for loot." Li Yuanji pretended to be happy and nodded, but his heart was as bitter as eating Coptis chinensis, but the sin he had created had to persevere to the end even with tears, and he wiped tears in his heart, and continued: "This king wants to build 8,000 units, and each gang is equipped with one ......" 20110