Time flies.

Two days later, at noon, the sky was overcast and the wind and rain were coming.

The Ganlu Hall was quiet, only the sound of Li Er turning the notebook, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, the changes in the west, and the instability of Tibet, each of which was anxious, inexplicable, Li Er remembered what Qin Huaidao had said on the day of his wedding, and now in retrospect, he was really hard worked, not as good as Qin Huaidao at ease, but unfortunately this son has a heavy mind, and his literary talent and martial arts are unmatched, and he is unruly and untamable, and it is difficult to control.

It's a pity......

Li Er sighed, raised his head slightly, looked at the gloomy sky outside the window and was stunned, and couldn't understand when the two Weng and son-in-law had come to this point.

At this time, Wang De hurriedly came in and said, "Holy Lord, the head of the Li family asks to see you." ”

"Xuan in, by the way, can the return of the road construction promise be fulfilled?" Li Er asked.

Wang De was stunned for a moment, but reacted quickly, and hurriedly said: "The return promised by Lord Qin will be fulfilled every month, and it will be handed in according to the actual ratio, and there has been no mistake." ”

Li Er's head bowed and he didn't ask any more.

Wang De didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly retreated.

Not long after, the head of the Li family strode in, his face was full of red light, and he was full of spirit, Li Er asked with some surprise: "The head of the Li family has good news when he sees me?" ”

"The saint's eyes are like torches, and he sees everything."

The head of the Li family slapped a sycophant, and immediately made a respectful gesture, and said: "Shengshang, I have persuaded all the salt merchants in Chang'an City to sell at a loss, and the inventory has been taken out, three cents and one catty, and about 10,000 stones have been sold in the past two days, and the people of Chang'an have been grateful, and the problem of eating salt has been alleviated." ”

Li Er's eyes lit up, and he was overjoyed, once the problem of eating salt was solved, the hearts of the people of Chang'an would be stable.

After thinking about it, Qin Huaidao is a great talent for the world, how can he be so easy to deal with? couldn't help but ask: "The head of the Li family is doing things for the imperial court, I am very relieved, I will remember a merit first, and then I will reward it when I turn around, and tell me, who has this salt been sold to?" ”

"Naturally, it is the people in Chang'an City."

"That's good." Li Er put his mind at ease, but he felt that something was wrong, Qin Huaidao's means knew that it was impossible to be so vulnerable, thinking carefully, but he didn't know what was wrong, and asked, "What is the price?" ”

The head of the Li family was waiting for this sentence, and hurriedly invited the merit: "Back to the Shengshang, the cost of salt transportation to Chang'an requires more than five wen per catty, but keep in mind the sage's instruction of 'let the people afford to eat salt and reduce the burden of the people', and persuade the major salt merchants to support, for which they also gave away a lot of Li's interests, and finally let everyone agree to sell at a loss, and the price per catty is three wen, which is cheaper than the salt of the protector of the country." ”

Mention the difficulties first, then show merit, and finally give Qin Huaidao a backstab.

Li Er was overjoyed when he heard these words, and said: "Three dollars and one catty, it is indeed sincere, I have written down this loyalty, and everyone said that if I have the opportunity, I will definitely repay it, and I can't lose everyone." ”

"Don't dare, it's a blessing for me to be able to share the worries of the saint."

Li Er became more and more useful, thinking about selling it at the price of three cents, the salt over there in Qin Huaidao would definitely not be able to be sold, so what else could he fight for? Asked: "Sanwen benefits the people, it is a good policy, how long can it last?" ”

"As long as the saint wants to hold on, I will hold on as long as I want, and as soon as the floods in the south of the Yangtze River go away, the road will be opened, and a large amount of sea salt will enter Chang'an, and the price will be the same, the entire Chang'an City, no, the entire thirteen counties of Jingzhao Mansion can eat the cheapest salt, and we are willing to share the worries for the saint, and will relieve the people of Jiangnan with a large amount of grain luck."

"Good, commendable loyalty!"

Li Er was overjoyed, looked at the Li family master's gaze with a little more appreciation, and said: "After the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, food is the foundation, you wait for the preparation as soon as possible, wait for the road to pass, and quickly transfer it to the past, I will never hesitate to reward you in the future, and a county baron is indispensable to you." ”

No knighthood without military merit, this is the rule.

Li Er directly took out the title reward, although it was only from the five grades, the lowest title, but it can also be seen that the importance of transporting grain to Jiangnan for disaster relief, and the satisfaction of the Li family master.

Even if it is the lowest title, it is a difficult day for the Li family lord to climb, he is overjoyed, he is trembling with excitement, and he swears to do it when he goes back, and he will do it well, and he hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for the grace of the saint, and you will live up to your mission in the next comparison." ”

"Go ahead." Li Er waved his hand in satisfaction.

……

Almost at the same time, Qin Huaidao was carving the copper plate for printing banknotes in the study, Xue Rengui hurriedly came in, and said with a happy face: "Young master, everything is as clever as you are, all the salt dealers in Chang'an City have reduced their prices uniformly, and thousands of people have been organized to take turns to buy from different shops, and they have purchased more than 7,000 stones at present, and they will soon exceed 10,000 stones." ”

"It's only 10,000 stones, which is far from enough, and we will increase our acquisition efforts." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Understand, Steward Jia has increased manpower, Sanwen buys, refines into snowflake salt, sells Siwen, and can make a penny, this kind of good thing is naturally more and better, and everyone is used to eating snowflake salt, no one buys other salt, it's just one more, and they are all willing to do it, and in the end all the salt sellers' salt fell into our hands, and they were busy in vain and became our transport team." Xue Rengui said excitedly.

"Hahaha, the transport team is good, how much profit is Chang'an? The profit of pulling the grassland is more than ten times higher, if it is not easy for the people, they will earn more by pulling it all. ”

Xue Rengui was right when he thought about it, and said with a smile: "The young master is benevolent and righteous, I can't see the people suffering, Xue is taught, but there is a transport team, we are not bad at Chang'an City, and when the floods in the south of the Yangtze River are leveled, and the new salt enters Chang'an, in order to suppress it, the price will definitely not rise, and the saint will not let the salt dealers rise in order to maintain the dignity of the imperial court and the name of benevolence and righteousness, otherwise no one will buy their salt, and it will return to the original situation, and we will win." ”

"Merchants are profit-seeking, why do those salt dealers follow the saint so much?" Qin Huaidao took the school road.

"Yes, a loss-making business, why?" Xue Rengui asked rhetorically, looking dazed.

Without the baptism of commercial capital, Xue Rengui couldn't see through the puzzle, but Qin Huaidao had a clear heart, and said: "The Li family of Zhaojun assisted the king of the Jin Dynasty to go to Jiangnan for disaster relief, and the king of Jin lacked local governance experience, so he must be overhead, and the area south of the Yangtze River will be controlled by the Li family, and the flood will be leveled, and a lot of food is needed." ”

Xue Rengui also reacted and asked suspiciously: "Does the young master mean that they will sell grain to Jiangnan to make huge profits?" And the salt loss selling is just to curry favor with the saint and obtain the right to sell? ”

"Nine times out of ten, businessmen are profit-seeking, it is impossible to do loss-making business, salt is sold at a loss, and it must be made up from other places, and grain is the best breakthrough." Qin Huaidao said in a deep voice, the more he thought about it, the more he felt reasonable, and immediately added: "Hanzhong is one of the granaries, and next month is the harvest season, immediately arrange for someone to go over to book all the grain, give half of the deposit first, sign the paperwork, if you regret it, ten times the compensation, to avoid them from selling to others, to be fast." ”

"But what if the judgment is wrong?" Xue Rengui reminded.

"It's okay to make a mistake in judgment, grain can be made into wine, wine can earn greater profits, and it can also be sold to the people who help us work at the original price, in short, it will not be a loss, if the judgment is correct, we can pull it to the south of the Yangtze River, and do not give them the opportunity to increase prices, just like the current salt, and then there will be another wave of purchases to force them to reduce prices."

Xue Rengui's eyes lit up, he smiled, and said sincerely: "The young master is wise, so I will arrange it, but a large amount of grain needs to be stored in a place, and the warehouse has to be expanded." ”

"Then expand, I'm going to add a few caravans, I need a large number of goods, wait for 5,000 people to get acquainted, and then expand 5,000 people after adapting to the work, no warehouse."

"Whoa!" Xue Rengui hurriedly went.

Seeing Xue Rengui leave, Qin Huaidao's gaze outside the window was a little colder, and he whispered to himself: "Holy Lord, our contest has begun, let's prepare to accept the iron fist of capital." ”

After a moment of silence, Qin Huaidao came to the front yard, and saw that Cheng Chuliang was practicing the horse lance, sweating profusely, and the tiger and tiger dancing with a horse lance danced in the wind, his hands suddenly itched, and he bullied forward, and an iron mountain knocked Cheng Chuliang out, twitching in pain, and asked incredibly: "What kind of play style do you have?" ”

"Self-created, do you want to learn?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"You have to think, teach me quickly." Cheng Chuliang got up, his eyes shining.

"Teach you seven days, how much you can learn depends on yourself, form a caravan in these seven days, and lead the team to set off after seven days, the conditions are the same as other caravans, they are all brothers, you can't favor one over the other, do you want to do it?"

", why not? The old rule, where you point, where we fight, there is no lake. Cheng Chuliang was overjoyed when he saw that his opportunity had come, and he agreed.

"Li Dejian and Luo Zhang went to the northern grasslands, your eldest brother originally ran the first line of Goguryeo, but after the rebellion of the Duhufu, he changed to the first line of Lingnan, Wei Chi Baolin ran to the first line of Jiangnan, and Li Jingren of Longyou Road went, and the first line of Goguryeo is currently vacant, but I heard that there are constant bandits, do you dare to go?" Qin Huaidao asked with a smile.

Cheng Chuliang is known as the Little Demon King of the Mixed World, full of guts, patting his chest and saying, "Why don't you dare?" It's not that I haven't been there, the terrain is familiar, the people are familiar, and this trade route belongs to me. ”

"Okay, go back and tell your father, prepare the caravan guards, your own people can rest assured, and other things are prepared here in Qinjiazhuang."

"Alright, teach me that trick." Cheng Chuliang is also a martial artist, urging.