After confirming the promotion of the Arabic numbers and the recovery of Lin Yi, Li Erlong was delighted. He found Qin Mo extremely pleasing to the eye.
However, he soon discovered something very embarrassing. He couldn't afford it.
It wasn't that the imperial court didn't have money, but that the imperial court didn't have enough money. Moreover, the matter of going to Linyi to sell food couldn't be made public. Putting aside the purpose, it wasn't easy to get money out of the national treasury.
If he didn't give a reasonable reason, those haters from the imperial court would definitely not let him go. Even if he wore the Light Armor, he wouldn't be able to withstand the saliva of those haters.
Hence, Li Er looked at the sly old man." Ancestors."
Damn it, scamming me of my money. Are they still relatives? The cunning old man tore off a strand of his beard and gasped in pain.
However, he was Li Er's relative, and his family's mine was given to him by Li Er. If he didn't cheat him, who else would he cheat?
The cunning old man sighed and said," Your Majesty, I can only take out 50,000 strings. The bookstore has just opened, so the expenses are quite high."
He only said half of his words, leaving the other half for Li Er to think about.
The bookstore had just opened, and the expenses were quite high. What was next? A normal person would think that they had not recovered their capital.
However, the truth was that in the few days after it opened, tens of thousands of dollars had been collected every day. Of course, most of it was the contributions of the aristocratic families.
When Foolish Yuchi heard the old man's words, his tiger eyes widened and his lips moved a few times. He hesitated whether he should expose the old man, but he suddenly remembered that he also had a share in the bookstore and sighed regretfully.
"We can't let His Majesty know how much money the bookstore has earned.”Foolish Yuchi thought regretfully.
Old Qin lowered his head and looked at the floor as if he had not heard anything.
" I don't want your money," Li Er said." I bought the food from Lin Yi with money. I'll let you sell it for a profit."”
Finally, she looked at Qin Mo." Do you know how much a catty of food costs in Linyi?”
Qin Mo didn't know exactly how much a catty of grain in Linyi cost, but he could roughly guess that during the prosperous Zhenguan period, the price of grain was as low as three to five wen per catty.
Lin Yi's grain was harvested three times a year. Due to the soil, sufficient sunlight, and sufficient rain, the yield was higher than that of the Tang Empire. Coupled with the accumulation of many years, the price of grain would definitely be low to the point where it would make one's hair stand on end.
Hence, she said," Linyi has so much food that it's going to rot in the warehouse. At most, it's one or two wen per catty.”
"One or two wen per catty? How is that possible?" Li Er and the others were dumbfounded. They could not believe that the grain price was so low.
One had to know that the grain price in Chang 'an had already risen to 30 wen per catty.
Hence, Li Er was depressed." The people of the Tang Empire are still not full yet. The grain of the small country of Linyi is so much that it's piled up in the granary to mold.”
He felt unbalanced.
When Qin Mo said that Lin Yi was rich in food, they didn't have a direct impression of it. However, when he said that it was one copper coin per catty, they immediately had a direct impression of Lin Yi's food production.
When they heard that the price of food in Lin Yi was so low, the old man and the others started to make plans.
Hence, they all turned their gazes to Qin Mo.
No wonder this kid wanted to participate. It turned out that he saw the profits.
Even Li Er was tempted and wondered if he should take out his private savings to make a profit.
However, when he thought of those haters in the imperial court, he could only give up. Then, he said to the cunning old man," I'll leave the matter of buying food to you.”
" Don't worry, Your Majesty," the old man said." I will do my best to settle this matter."”
Old Foolish Yuchi's chest thumped loudly." I'm willing to use all my wealth.”
"I'm willing to serve Your Majesty." Old Qin was more reserved.
Old Kong said," I also have quite a lot of property. I'm willing to relieve the people of their famine.”
Everyone looked at him, and Old Kong blushed. He didn't expect Old Kong to be a money-grubber.
"I can rest assured that you will handle everything.”Li Er felt tired. He was worried that he couldn't play while others were earning money. Therefore, he went out to King Qin's Mansion to relax.
"Farewell, Your Majesty."
Qin Mo and the others bowed.
After Li Er left, everyone began to discuss how to make money.
Elder Yuchi said foolishly," Even if 50% of Linyi's grain is lost when it's transported to Chang 'an, the capital is only three wen at two wen per catty. If we sell it for ten wen per catty, we can double the profit."”
His table manners were too ugly, causing everyone to unanimously object.
Old Kong shook his head." That's not right! It's inappropriate!"
Old Qin was a kind person." Ten copper coins per catty is probably too expensive. It's hard to say with His Majesty.”
The sly old man said," I think six copper coins per 500 grams is more suitable.”
It was exactly double the profit. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"How much are you offering?" The old man asked.
This matter was presided over by him.
Elder Yuchi said foolishly," I'll pay 200,000 strings.”
Yiguan money could buy 500 catties of grain, so 200,000 strings could buy 100 million catties.
Old Qin said," I offer 40,000 strings."
He only had some money after Qin Mo came to Chang 'an and set up an ice shop and a bookstore. It was already not easy for him to take out 40,000 strings.
" I'll pay 150,000 strings," Old Kong said.”
Hence, everyone looked at Old Kong and could not tell that this old man was so rich.
Old Kong blushed and said," There are many people in the family, so the expenses are high.”
"How much are you offering?" Foolish Yuchi asked the sly old man.
The cunning old man twirled his beard and said," I offer 300,000 strings.”
Finally, he looked at Qin Mo." How much money do you have?”
Qin Mo smiled." I have a million strings.”
"How can you have so many?" No one believed it.
Qin Mo said," I don't have that much money, but I have something that's worth a million strings.”
"What is so valuable?" Everyone was curious.
"It's a secret."
Qin Mo planned to buy a glass orb from Taobao. The special thing about this glass orb was that there was a starry sky and a lifelike image of a dragon inside.
As long as he told King Lin Yi that this was a dragon pearl. Those with the Dragon Pearl could suppress the fate of the country and become the ruler of the world. He was not afraid that he would not be tempted.
As for how much this Dragon Ball was worth?
20 RMB for delivery.
Although the cunning old man and the others were having a good time gathering money, Lin Yi Kingdom would definitely not sell the grain that they needed to buy with such a large sum of money. Even if they bought it from the people, the imperial court would definitely interfere. It would be good if they could spend 10% of the money.
And the temptation of Qin Mo's Dragon Pearl was something that the king of Linyi Kingdom could not resist. Which king did not want to rule the world? He would definitely be willing to take out a million strings of grain.
A 20-yuan glass ball for a million strings of coins, this was a good business.
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