Chapter 172: A Force to Be Reckoned with
"Weichen Chang'an County Cheng Duan Jian, I have seen the queen of heaven Niangniang, Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Standing in the lobby of the Lin De Palace, Duan Jian's eyes were wandering around, in addition to seeing how this place was different from the Hanyuan Palace, he was mainly observing some other officials in the hall.
Looking at Duan Jian bowing in front of him, Wu Zetian remembered a scene in Qujiang Garden a few days ago, by the Qujiang Pond, Duan Jian waved his hand and wrote a few good poems that made people praise the case, and his reputation spread all over the world.
But then I thought that it was precisely because of this Duan Jian that his most beloved youngest daughter Princess Taiping became sad all day long, Wu Zetian's heart was a little angry, the daughter Mo Ruomu, what did Princess Taiping think, and Wu Zetian, a mother, couldn't guess, so, in this case, Wu Zetian's mentality towards Duan Jian was both happy and hateful, fortunately, Wu Zetian is not the kind of person who does not distinguish between public and private, and he can still distinguish between what is important and what is important.
"Duan Aiqing, please get up, I just heard Di Aiqing's report, saying that you have a solution to the current food shortage crisis in Chang'an City, this palace wants to hear how you solved it, which made the civil and military officials of the imperial court feel confused." Wu Zetian said softly.
"Wechen thank you for your praise, in fact, it was an accident that I was able to come up with this solution, and Wechen just put forward a little suggestion, mainly planned by the teacher, and Wechen didn't dare to be greedy." Duan replied briefly.
"Hehehe, I didn't expect that the world-famous 'poet saint' would be humble, it's really rare, Di Aiqing, having such a good disciple is really enviable." Duan Jian's answer made Wu Zetian chuckle out loud, and he also said something ridiculous.
"Thank you for the compliment, although you are still young, you still have some ability in handling things, but after all, you are a young man, and sometimes you are not very stable, and you will need more training in the future." Regarding Wu Zetian's ridicule, Di Renjie also catered to him.
"Yes, it is true that more training should be done in the future, so that there is nothing to do to harm those innocent people." Originally, Di Renjie's words were just to cater to Wu Zetian, but he didn't expect Wu Zetian to nod his head and admit it, and said these words that he agreed with.
As soon as these words came out, not only Di Renjie and Duan Jian were surprised, but even the 'North Gate Bachelors', who usually had the most contact with her, were also extremely surprised, and looked at each other, not knowing what Wu Zetian meant by this.
"Well, okay, let's not talk about gossip, Duan Jian, tell me how you and Di Aiqing get along together, hurry up!" As if realizing that he had lost his words, Wu Zetian quickly changed the topic and asked Duan Jian.
"Back to Niangniang, Weichen's method is very simple, that is, to exchange salt for grain." Duan replied briefly.
"Well, salt for food, what do you mean by that?" Wu Zetian asked even more suspiciously.
"Niangniang should know that there is a huge Chang'an City, it is impossible to say that there is no food without food, even if the official warehouse is cut off, the people will always have surplus food, and the reason why there will be an imminent food outage is nothing more than the obstruction of the Yellow River, so that those wealthy families have the reputation of creating rumors, and they deliberately hoard Juqi, which will cause the current situation."
"Yes, this palace knows a little about this matter, but the grain is in the hands of those wealthy families, unless the whole city is under martial law and the house is searched, otherwise, they insist on saying that there is no food, and the palace is helpless against them, does Duan Aiqing want to use the huge profits of salt dozens of times higher than the price of grain to exchange food from them, if this is the method, Duan Aiqing will not talk about it, those wealthy families will never agree." Wu Zetian said gloomily.
Originally, the enthusiasm for Di Renjie and Duan Jian's master and apprentice also became depressed, he originally thought that Duan Jian would be able to come up with any good ideas, but in the end it was still this old method of seducing profit, if it was a different time or a different object, this method might work, but Wu Zetian knew that this time those wealthy families took advantage of the Yellow River to break the flow of the Yellow River to create this Chang'an City food shortage crisis, not for dozens of times the profit, they must have a bigger plan, even, Maybe it was revenge for her last tough implementation of printing and bookstores, in this case, not to mention dozens of times the profit, even a hundred, a thousand times the profit is not enough to impress them.
Wu Zetian's dejected meaning, Duan Jian saw it very clearly, but he still smiled and said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, of course Weichen knows the nature of those wealthy families, they are like jackals, just a little broken bones and rotten flesh, it is definitely not enough to satisfy their greed, and even plugging their teeth is not enough, but Niangniang should not forget, the world is so big, my Datang is not only those wealthy families, in addition to those wealthy families, my Datang also has hundreds of millions of Li Shu, although they are weak, even inconspicuous in many cases, But that doesn't mean they don't have power.
On the contrary, if they are used well, they will be an incomparably powerful force, and in the face of this force, those wealthy families are like the little praying mantis that is immeasurable and has no power to fight back, and will become juice powder. ”
"Duan Xiancheng said this, the more I listened to it, the more confused I became, just now you said that you wanted to use salt in exchange for food, why is it now involved in hundreds of millions of Li Shu, please explain it in detail." On the side, Zhou Simao, who couldn't bear it for a long time, asked on behalf of everyone.
"Hehehe, the meaning of a certain is very simple, just now the queen of heaven also said, in exchange for salt, although the price of salt is dozens of times that of food, but those wealthy families will not see this little profit in their eyes at all, and even they will think that the court has no way to take them, so they will be even more arrogant.
But have you ever thought about what would happen if we spread this news all over the world, how many ordinary people, working hard for a year, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, may not be able to fill their stomachs and their families, and they have to rely on loans to survive.
Now, they only need to work hard for some time, they can earn dozens of times the profit, dare to ask your predecessors, this kind of business, who is not willing to do it, dare to guarantee, as long as this news spreads, let alone a hundred thousand people in Chang'an City, even if it is ten or eight Chang'an City, there is no need to worry about food matters. Duan Jian said with a smile and passion.
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