The Inspector's House, at the entrance of the main hall.

Luo Zhang was excited when he heard that he could fight, his eyes lit up, he was eager to try, and confirmed: "Uncle, let's really fight?" That's the Prince. ”

"The sky is falling, I'm on top of it, it's a big deal for the two of us to leave Datang, the world is so big, there are places to live, are you afraid?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"As long as Uncle is not afraid, I am afraid of him as a bird!" Luo Zhanghun said nonchalantly.

"Go ahead, be careful!"

"Understood." Luo Zhang hurriedly went.

Cheng Chumo said worriedly: "Brother, you are ...... Are you really afraid of accidents? ”

"Don't you think it's embarrassing to give him?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"It's really aggrieved, but he's the prince after all."

"Do you remember Shen Sanshi's concubine? She lives like a knife in someone else's hand, because her family has to obey and live aggrieved, but before she dies, she longs for fairness, I have no family, why should I live aggrieved? There is no fairness in this world, but why should I be aggrieved? Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin exchanged glances, feeling that Qin Huaidao had become a little different, but it was about the prince, and the two of them didn't know how to answer.

"Don't get involved in my private affairs." Qin Huaidao said, they are all family and mouthful, and they can't hurt their brothers, and the words changed: "Our Supervision Mansion lost a game, I'm not reconciled, those bastards behind me may be snickering, do you two dare to go crazy with me?" ”

"Say, what?" Cheng Chumo asked.

"Just do it, what are you afraid of?" Yu Chi Baolin also said.

The two agreed without knowing what to do, and this trust made Qin Huaidao grateful, and asked, "How much grain is there in the shops of the three grain merchants?" ”

"After a rough check, it is estimated that it is about 100,000 stones." Yu Chi Baolin said.

"There are still 100,000 stones left in 300,000 stones, and 200,000 stones have been sold, and you have also read the account book, three wen and one bucket, and it is six wen and seven wen when it is pulled to the market, and the price of grain has skyrocketed recently, and it has been sold to ten wen, that is to say, the average profit of each bucket is more than five wen, and 200,000 stone is 10 million wen profit, which is equivalent to 20,000 taels of silver, or the lowest estimate, these people are too greedy." Qin Huaidao said angrily.

"You don't want to rob them, do you, you can't do this, you have to come secretly if you want to do it, it's very troublesome to expose?" Cheng Chumo hurriedly reminded.

"Nonsense, can I not know, how many carriages there are in the three grain merchants, have you counted them?"

Cheng Cheng didn't know about this matter, the on-site statistics were mainly Yu Chi Baolin, Yu Chi Baolin took over and replied: "There are about more than 200 carriages in each family, all of which are mules, and some donkeys, a total of more than 700 carts, and 800 may not be enough, brother, what are you going to do?" ”

Qin Huaidao quickly calculated in his heart, the cold and frozen roads are not easy to walk, the waterways are frozen, it is not feasible to go to other places to transport grain into Chang'an to stabilize grain prices, fortunately, Guanzhong is also a big granary, there are twenty-two counties in Jingzhao Mansion, and there are twenty in Chang'an County and Wannian County, there is no reason to be short of grain, an average purchase of 10,000 stone in a county is 200,000 stone, and it is now mid-November, and it is almost spring after two months, and the people can dig wild vegetables mixed with grain to eat.

200,000 stone invested in Chang'an, almost 300,000 people can buy a pound of grain a day for two months, as long as 300,000 people do not worry about grain for two months, it means that 300,000 people will not buy grain from other grain merchants, and it is impossible for other grain merchants not to be in a hurry, and the price of grain can be pulled down.

A big car is counted as ten stones, and a thousand cars pull ten thousand stones a trip, which can be pulled in twenty days, and it can be rolled into the market, which can completely keep up, this method is feasible, but it needs the cooperation of the imperial court.

"Go, follow me." Qin Huaidao hurriedly walked outside.

Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin hurriedly followed.

The three of them hurried all the way, and it didn't take long to come to the Liang Guogong Mansion, Fang Xuanling happened to be on duty to return home, and when he saw the three of them coming in a hurry, he was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Are you three here to find the old man?" ”

"I've seen Shibo." The three of them hurriedly saluted.

"Come into the house and speak." Fang Xuanling invited, satisfied and puzzled, he came again not long after they met, and his expression was not right, could it be that something was wrong?

After entering the house, Fang Xuanling led the three of them directly to the study, motioned for everyone to sit down, and asked, "Huaidao, come on, is there something wrong?" ”

"Shibo, what did the Holy One say?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"I can only promise the triage of the three divisions, but the saint is worried that you will be hit, are you okay?"

"It's not going to be like this, thank you Sheng for your concern." Qin Huaidao said politely, and his words changed: "Shibo, the price of grain must be pulled down, otherwise the people will be hard, and I will not be at ease." ”

"I have a heart, the old man and the saint have also studied, but it is not easy to pull down the price of grain, the grain is in the hands of the grain merchants, and the family stands behind the grain merchants, unless the spare military rations are moved, but this risk is too great, and it cannot be moved until the last resort." Fang Xuanling said, with a little more helplessness on his face.

Qin Huaidao asked, "There is no food in all the counties of Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

"Not much, it's not a big problem to maintain this county, no county has the spare strength to support Chang'an, nephew, what do you want to say?" Fang Xuanling asked rhetorically, becoming interested, and looking at Qin Huaidao's eyes with a little more expectation.

Qin Huaidao asked bluntly: "Shibo, if you go to the counties of Jingzhao Mansion to buy grain, can the counties buy more than 10,000 stones?" ”

"There are some difficulties, not that the purchase of less than 10,000 stone grain, but the family will intervene, they want Chang'an's grain prices to rise, they don't want other grain to come in, grain merchants are all complicit, joint price increase is not a time." Fang Xuanling explained, a little helpless and a little resentful.

"Shibo misunderstood, not to find grain merchants to collect, but to let the counties from the people, the people have some surplus grain, they sell it to grain merchants at a price of three to five Wen, and the grain merchants transport it to Chang'an and sell it at a price of ten Wen, making a net profit of double the profit, if the counties assist and buy it from the people at a price of six Wen, can they receive the grain?" Qin Huaidao said.

"Liuwen is no problem at all, the old man has checked, the recent purchase price of grain merchants around the country is four Wen and one bucket, there are really people who buy Liuwen, no one is willing to sell to grain merchants, I am afraid that grain merchants will also buy at the price of Liuwen, what should I do if I raise prices?" Fang Xuanling asked rhetorically, as the left servant of Shangshu, he is very familiar with people's livelihood issues.

Qin Huaidao said seriously: "It's okay, sell in lieu of tax." ”

"What does it mean to sell in lieu of taxes?" Fang Xuanling asked curiously.

Qin Huaidao explained: "The people have to pay grain and taxes every year, as long as they sell a bucket of grain to the imperial court, the court will pay five wen, and pay a bucket of grain tax less in the coming year, and those who have surplus grain will take it out. ”

"Wuwen and a bucket have been higher than the market price, and they can pay less than a bucket of taxes, of course the people are rushing to do such a good thing, the question is how to solve the other bucket in the future, what to do if the grain merchants raise prices? What's more, the price of Wuwen to buy a bucket is not low, but now the weather is cold, and the transportation cost has increased greatly, and the cost of pulling to Chang'an has gone to six or seven Wen......"

Qin Huaidao interrupted with a smile: "Don't worry, Shibo, even if the grain merchants raise prices, there is no way for the people to sell the surplus grain to each other, because the imperial court collects taxes as long as grain, not silver, the people are simple-minded, and they will worry that if the harvest is not enough next year, there is no grain to pay taxes, and there is no bottom with silver, it is better to sell it to us to save a bucket of taxes, and you can also take five cents and be down-to-earth, right?" ”

"That's right, the problem of acquisition is solved, what about the other bucket?" Fang Xuanling asked.