In the Taiji Hall of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Li Er summoned Li Yuanying, the king of Qin, and scared Li Yuanying enough, thinking that he was going to be reprimanded by the second brother because of cheating on the court, but when he arrived, he found out that it was a border trade problem.

"Goro, the first round of the wool trade with the Turks has been successfully completed, Jieli has made a lot of money, and he has let down his guard and urged us to advance the date of the second transaction." Li Er said happily with the fold.

"Oh? That's a good thing! The number of textile factories on our side is gradually increasing, so you don't have to worry about not being able to eat, the more the merrier! ”

As soon as the words changed, Li Er groaned: "It's just, this price, one penny and one catty, isn't it a little expensive?" First, the Turks earn too much and recover too quickly, which is not good for us; Second, the harvest is expensive, and in the future, it will be made into clothes for the people of the Tang Dynasty, which is not good for the people, and we are suffering. ”

Li Yuanying laughed, "Second brother, you are good at leading troops to fight and govern the country, but you are not familiar with doing business, this must not be your original words, right?" ”

Here, the eldest grandson Wuji stood up to block the gun and said: "Your Highness, don't blame, this is a suggestion from Weichen." Now that we have opened up trade with the Turks, the main and secondary have changed, and they are eager to ship to us, so we can make more profits by lowering the price appropriately. ”

Li Yuanying stroked his palms and praised: "What Brother Auxiliary Machinery said is good, from the perspective of commercial trade, there is no problem at all." But wool is not good, not only can not reduce the price, but also have to slowly raise the price to benefit us. ”

"This ...... What makes sense? Gorou, you've been a businessman for many years, what kind of bad idea is this? Li Er said dissatisfiedly.

The eldest grandson Wuji fell into deep thought, what King Qin said just now was very clear, thinking about the price reduction from the perspective of a businessman, but he advocated raising the price, so he couldn't look at the problem from a commercial point of view.

Li Yuanying turned around and sat on the chair next to him unhurriedly, and the waiter brought a cup of tea, Li Yuanying took a sip before speaking, "Second brother, what is our original intention of doing business with the Turks?" Make money from him? If the treasury is empty and there are too many ways to make money, why bother with Jieli, a mortal enemy? ”

Li Er motioned for Li Yuanying to continue, and Li Yuanying explained: "Our fundamental purpose is to destroy the enemies of the northern grasslands and make this little profit, which none of us can look down on." If we use troops in the war to destroy the country, it will cost a lot of money, and we don't have that much money for the time being. Now with the strategy of collecting wool, we are lacking, they are many, we collect them at a high price, they rush to sell, but after all, we buy a limited amount, they have to squeeze to sell, so there will inevitably be a direct competition for profits from the tribe, and there will be fights and fights......"

"There is fighting, there is hatred, in the long run, the Turks will inevitably be in turmoil, the more chaotic the Turks, the more they will not be able to develop, just wait for our national strength to be strong, at that time they are all lambs under my Tang knife!" Li Er involuntarily continued.

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, and praised him: "Your Highness is clever, this kind of strategy of soldiers is not bloodless and weak, even if we spend a little more money to buy wool, it is less than fighting a war and painting military expenses." ”

Li Yuanying looked at the two monarchs and ministers with disgust and said, "Hey, the two of you are the emperor and prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and you can't just settle small accounts. And this trade will never lose money, back we use wool to make warm clothes, peddled to the people, but also cheaper than the folk mulberry hemp, for the benefit of the people, we can not make much money in the country.

But this good clothes, we can sell them to foreign countries to make money, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, the two Turks in the steppe, and so many small countries in the Northeast, who doesn't need clothes for the winter? How can you sell them without doubling or tripling the profit? ”

…… Li Er and the eldest grandson Wuji glanced at each other, and scolded the profiteer, I thought you were a sincere businessman, but now it seems that you are more ruthless than most businessmen in the world!

Li Er scolded twice, and then ordered: "Auxiliary, this matter is up to you, and you can't let the Turks notice that something is wrong." ”

"Weichen understands, I will let people know that the grassland wool is of good quality, we are very out of stock, increase the purchase, the quantity is large and the price can be discussed." The eldest grandson Wuji retreated proudly with a spring breeze.

When there were only two Li Er brothers in the main hall, Li Er reprimanded Li Yuanying: "Wulang, you are a little foolish in today's Keju Stadium, if you are short of money and have it here, why destroy your reputation for these three melons and two dates?" Fortunately, this time, the little Khan of Tuli was interested and took the initiative to take responsibility, otherwise you would have waited to be scolded by the people of Chang'an. ”

I...... Second brother, listen to my explanation, I don't know at all, it's all the old man who made it up to trick me.

After listening to his younger brother's complaints, Li Er was dumbfounded and a little at a loss, "Alas...... The older my father gets, the more playful he becomes, is it too dereliction of duty for us to be children? Or, don't you want to find some concubines for your father to accompany him to relieve his boredom? ”

Burst...... Li Yuanying really wanted to vomit blood, "Second brother, you can figure it out, my father is almost a sixtieth birthday, can he withstand the toss of women?" You're not relieving his boredom, you're a cheat! ”

Burst...... Li Er's face turned black in an instant, and he spread his hands, "Then what do you say?" You give a good idea! ”

After pondering for a moment, Li Yuanying muttered: "According to my past experience, the elderly can't be too idle, and they will have a little fun when they are idle." The usual solution is to find someone to play with him to relieve his boredom, such as finding him a few old friends who know him to fish or play cards, just the mahjong I invented.

There is also a way to let the old man take his grandson, tsk, the second brother, you can consider giving Chengqian to the old man...... No, they are all too well-behaved, and the most suitable thing is to go around, or when there are children again, give him the old man a baby to coax. ”

Li Er gave a big roll of his eyes, "Okay, clean up bad ideas, baby?" Do you use your father as a nurse? It's not that you don't know Doudou, this old and young together, can overturn half of Chang'an City. That's it, let's use the first method, I'll ask people to invite some idle ministers. ”

"No, no, I have a good idea, the three of us will pay for the old man to open a mahjong parlor in the Chang'an troubled area, tsk, so that he can play cards to relieve boredom and keep making money...... Tsk, once you enter the gambling game, it is as deep as the sea, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to come out again. ”

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, the laughter, no matter how it sounded, there was a smell of conspiracy and treachery, the inner servant Lao Gao stood with his hands hanging down not far away, although he felt that King Qin was resourceful, but when he heard this laughter, he always felt that this was like two unfilial sons partnering to cheat their fathers.

At this moment, an eight-hundred-mile rush into the palace, the inner servant Lao Gao quickly passed through, surprisingly, it was not a foreign thing, but an unexpected Lingnan, the document said that Feng An, the Duke of Geng Guo, who was sitting in Lingnan, entered Beijing to worship, and arrived ten days later, and had walked to Xiangyang.

Li Er sneered: "Where did this old fox come to worship, it was obvious that we and Beibeijieli had divided the victory and defeat, and they were afraid that we would turn around and clean up his Lingnan, so he took the initiative to come over to show weakness." ”

"Didn't Feng Ang return to the Tang Dynasty in five years after martial arts? Named him to the Pillar Country and Geng Guogong, could it be that he has two hearts? Li Yuanying asked puzzled.

Li Er raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Erxin? Never single-minded. It is said that it is obedient, but in fact, it is only in name. He entrenched in Lingnan and sat on the ground and called the king, so unhappy, in order not to consume national strength, and Lingnan has always been peaceful, so he let it go, after all, the southern barbarian mosquitoes and miasma are not important! ”

Is it important that Lingnan is a frontier land? Li Yuanying couldn't help but smile, and said in his heart that it is such a border wasteland that you don't look down on, but after a thousand years, it will prosper in Kyoto, I'm afraid no one thought of it.