Murong Zheng said: "Yes, repairing the damaged embankment is the top priority now, and the imperial court doesn't have much silver anymore, you should know that I got to my current position because of my military merits." After two campaigns, and some time ago, the cavalry of King Yong was absorbed, and now most of the silver is used for border defense and strengthening the army, and there is not much silver in the treasury. ”

"If I don't try to be flexible, I don't know how many more people will starve to death. And there's ...... You can't give the victims anything too good. Not to mention the repair of the embankment, there is no extra silver to buy grain for disaster relief, and even if I have money to buy rice and grain, I will not buy it, I will still use this method. ”

Lou Yun listened to his words, and was stunned again, and he asked, "Why? Why don't you give money to the victims?"

Murong Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "This first autumn village owner should know that the autumn village owner has eaten that vegetable ball, I don't know what that thing tastes like?"

Lou Yun said coldly: "It's bitter and hard to swallow, and my throat is like a knife." ”

Murong Zheng continued: "Yes, but the victims have no other choice, if they want to survive, they can only eat that, and this kind of thing can only be eaten by the real victims." ”

Lou Yun was surprised, he asked, "What do you mean?"

Murong Zheng stood up and said, "It's literal, only hungry victims will eat such unpalatable things, and others won't eat them." If the victims were given thick rice porridge and bread, they might not be the only ones who would have eaten. It's not like this hasn't happened before. In the past, when disaster relief was carried out, there was a situation in which the porridge shacks for disaster relief would not collect money from the people. ”

"But it's not just the victims who go there to eat, there are also many local people who go there to eat this bowl of rice that doesn't cost money. Some even brought pots and bowls with them. In the end, a lot of hot porridge was eaten up by these rats before it reached the bowls of the victims. After all, the officers and soldiers in charge of the porridge did not know who was the victim and who was not. ”

Lou Yun frowned, he was very sure of this, there are not only good people in this world, but also many evil people, not poor people must be good people.

Lou Yun had encountered this kind of thing before, that is, when he first arrived in Chang'an City, he was hit by a carriage, he didn't pursue it, and in the end, he was defrauded of the silver. If it weren't for Xiao Yezi and these beggars who saved him that time, he would have gone to see his father and mother a long time ago.

Compared with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, those who have no worries about food and clothing, and have to take away a bowl of rice from the hungry and homeless victims, are the most hateful.

And this kind of person is indeed everywhere, and this is in their thinking, if they don't take it for nothing, if they don't eat for nothing, who they don't want to give for nothing? If they don't take advantage of it, they are fools. As a result, those who really need help do not receive help, but those people benefit. If a person does this then he is guilty, but many people do it, then it is difficult to say.

After all, the law does not impose respect, and the law does not blame the public. Even if the law wanted to pursue it, there was no way to do it, and we couldn't arrest everyone and kill them.

And although Murong Zheng's method was a little cruel to the victims, it was also a helpless move. Only in this way can we ensure that every grain of food can truly enter the mouths of the victims.

After all, such an unpalatable thing can only be eaten by real victims.

Everyone was silent, and Murong Zheng continued with a wry smile: "Also, I have to ensure stability, disaster relief needs a large amount of grain, and where does this grain come from? Naturally, it is purchased from the hands of merchants, not to mention whether the silver is enough, but if the imperial court buys grain on a large scale for disaster relief, then it will cause a monopoly of grain, and then the price of grain in other places will rise." ”

"The imperial court's own granary has been used up because of the two wars, and the new grain has not yet been collected. There is no surplus grain to relieve the disaster, I have also bought a batch of grain before, but I have a large amount of grain here, and the grain has been bought up in a period of time, and many people in other places cannot buy grain, and many merchants take the opportunity to stock up on goods, and then sell them at a high price. ”

"If there is no profit, those merchants will not transport grain from other places to places where there is a shortage of grain, but in this way, a series of things will arise, if other places are imported in large quantities, then the local grain price will also rise, and the last layer will rise, and when it comes to the real shortage of grain, then the price will be several times higher. ”

"It's not just the people who are affected, it's the people who are affected. Merchants will only make a lot of money. At that time, it was the people who suffered, and they knew that those merchants would make a fortune, but they had no choice but to go, after all, they did not sell these things to the victims, but only because of me, which led to the increase in prices. I can't hold it accountable. ”

Lin Luoyao smiled slightly, she was born in a merchant family, this simple truth, she still understands, doing business is actually very simple, that is, buy things from the place of production, or process them, and then sell them to the place where they are needed. As long as the selling price is higher than the cost, it will make money. To put it bluntly, doing business is about making the difference.

Doing any business is the same, although the way of buying and selling is different, the business is different, but the ultimate goal is the same, is to earn this part of the difference, as for the size of the difference depends on the businessman's own ability.

There is also a profit and loss is also very simple, as long as it is higher than the cost, it is earned, and below the cost, it is lost. And the price is determined by the market.

At this point, Lin Luoyao's grandfather told Lin Luoyao very simply, if a hundred people want a thing, then they will bid for it, and the price will be high.

But if there are a hundred things, and only one person needs them, then the price will naturally go down.

It is not simply that things are scarce and expensive, some businessmen think that things are rare and expensive, which is a small businessman, and this concept itself is wrong.

Rare is not necessarily precious, just like those who do grain business, although they sell a thousand stone of grain, in order to compare with an antique sold by an antique dealer, but the grain merchant's sales area is the broadest, because it is an individual to eat, as long as they eat to eat grain, although they do not earn more per stone of grain than those merchants, but they are in high demand, and antiques can only be bought by those who have money and status.

It's really hard to say who will earn more in the end.

As for the fact that sometimes you can't sell a single piece of your goods, it may not be that your goods are bad, but that you didn't choose the right place, which is like selling a comb to a monk, if you can sell it, then it will be a ghost.

Sometimes people are like this, and they need to be in the right position to give full play to their value. Li Bai once said in the poem: "I am born to be useful." ”

There is nothing wrong with this statement, it's just that some people don't find something that suits them, just like the goods don't find the buyer they need.

Whether it is a person or a thing, it is the same, and only in the position that suits you can you give full play to the greatest value.

(End of chapter)