"Simple? " Mr. Lin, don't joke around. This concerns the life of my master. Now that Chang 'an City has no food, where else can we buy food?"”Fang Xuanling said in shock.
Lin Chen stretched out his index finger and shook it." I'll correct you. It's not that there's no more food. It's that the food has been hoarded by the big hoarders.”
"Isn't that the same?" Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly.
"It's different." Lin Chen chuckled." If there's no food, then even the heavens can't do anything.”
"It's different with food."
Li Er smiled helplessly." Brother Lin, don't sell the case. Tell me quickly."”
Lin Chen raised his eyebrows slightly." Actually, the method is very simple.”
"The vast majority of the Great Tang's food is in the hands of the Five Families and Seven Wangs. As long as His Majesty puts down his pride and begs the Five Families and Seven Wangs, there will definitely be food.”
"With food, won't the Imperial Court stop forcing you?”
When Li Eryi heard this, he was so angry that his nose almost crooked.
This lousy method? Do I even need you to tell me this kind of lousy method?
Ever since the beginning of the food shortage, Li Er had thought of borrowing food from the Five Families and Seven Wangs.
However, he quickly abandoned this idea.
Because of the imperial examination, Li Er and the five surnames and seven Wangs were in a heated argument.
If he went to beg the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs now, wouldn't that be slapping his own face?
It was fine if they slapped their faces, but the five surnames and seven Wangs would definitely take the opportunity to make some excessive requests.
At that time, would Li Er agree or not?
In addition, after Li Er ascended the throne, he had always felt that the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs were a malignant tumor of the Great Tang.
He wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible. If he went to beg the Five Families and Seven Wangs now, there would be no way to get rid of them.
"Alright, the problem is solved. It's almost time to eat.”
"I'll go arrange the meal. Old Huang, what does Old Fang want to eat today?”Lin Chen asked with a smile.
Li Er was about to cry. What was solved? How can I be in the mood to eat now?
"Brother Lin, Master Lin, this method won't work.”
"Let's not talk about whether His Majesty will beg the five surnames and seven Wangs. Even if he does, I, a lowly merchant, have no right to ask His Majesty for advice.”
"Is there any other way?" Li Er stood up and cupped his fists." Brother Lin, my life depends on you. You have to save me no matter what!"”
Lin Chen shook his head helplessly." You said it yourself. You can't give His Majesty any advice.”
"Even if I have other methods, you can't implement them.”
"That's different. Your previous method was too…what?" Li Eryi hurriedly said.”
"If there's a good way, I still have a way to report it to His Majesty.”
"Didn't I say that there are people in the imperial court!”
Looking at Li Er's wide mouth, Lin Chen scolded with a smile,"Old Yellow, oh Old Yellow, you are definitely a profiteer.”
Li Er was extremely embarrassed. He was the emperor of the Tang Empire, yet he was called a profiteer. It was really uncomfortable.
However, in order to find a way to save him, he could just curse.
"Alright then." Lin Chen nodded." We've been getting along quite well during this period of time.”
"I also treat you as a friend. When a friend is in trouble, I naturally can't stand by and watch.”
"I'll give you a solution. As for whether the Imperial Court listens or not, that's your business.”
Li Er hurriedly cupped his fists and bowed." Thank you, thank you."”
Lin Chen waved his hand." You don't have to be so polite. We're all friends.”
After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen said,""If you want to find a way to save them, you have to look at the current situation. Just like I said earlier, it's not that there's no food, but that the food has been hoarded.”
"So, as long as we find a way to let the big grain stores sell their grain, the problem will be solved.”
"Yes, yes." Li Er nodded repeatedly." I'm willing to hear the details."”
Lin Chen stretched out three fingers." Look, there are three factions that have food now.”
"The first is the imperial granary of the Imperial Court, the second is the individual stockpiling of grain, and the third is the large stockpiling of grain.”
"Now that the imperial warehouse has begun to release grain, the situation has not changed.”
"Therefore, we can be sure that the imperial court was wrong to open the imperial warehouse to release grain.”
Li Er nodded." Indeed, the grain in the imperial warehouse is decreasing, but the food shortage hasn't changed at all. Instead, it's getting worse.”
"Hehe, how much food does the imperial warehouse have? How can it be enough to solve the food shortage?”
Lin Chen chuckled," Opening the granary at this time is simply stupid.”
When Li Eryi heard this, his face instantly turned red. This was scolding him.
"The imperial court opening the imperial warehouse to release grain is equivalent to going against the market economy. It would be strange if the grain shortage did not worsen!”
"Market economy?" Li Er frowned and looked confused.
Lin Chen looked at Li Er." It's too troublesome to explain the market economy, so I won't talk to you about it.”
"Just tell me the method."
"Right now, those big grain hoarders are not selling grain because they are waiting for the right price to sell it, waiting to make a fortune in the country's disaster.”
"If they feel that the price of food is about right, they will definitely release food.”
"Alright, then give him this chance.”
"Old Huang, if you really have the ability, then raise the price of grain to the Imperial Court.”
"Ah?" Li Eryi was shocked." Brother Lin, are you joking?”
"The price of food is comparable to gold now.”
"If it continues to improve, will the commoners still be able to live?”
Lin Chen rolled his eyes." I haven't finished yet.”
"Raising the price of food is only the first step.”
"To solve the problem of the market economy, we must first lead the market economy.”
"Sigh, you won't understand even if I tell you this. Let me give you an example.”
"The price of grain is set by the imperial court, right?”
"Before the grain shortage, the prices of those grain stores were all in accordance with the regulations of the Imperial Court, right?”
"If the Imperial Court raises the price of grain, it will be equivalent to giving the big grain hoarders an excuse to sell their grain at a high price.”
"Of course, this is only one of the reasons. If the price is not up to par, they will not sell the grain.”
"Next is the key."
"The Imperial Court raised the price of grain to a point where the large grain hoarders were ready to make a move. Then, the Imperial Court opened the Imperial Granary to sell grain at this highest price.”
"Originally, the large grain hoarders were already restless.”
"Then can you still hold on?"
"Of course, the premise is that the imperial warehouse has enough food to last until the big grain hoarders can't hold it in anymore.”
"Once the big grain hoarders start to release grain, a large amount of grain will flood into the market.”
"Next…"
Li Er's eyes lit up." The food supply will soon reach saturation, or even full. At that time, there will be more food and fewer people buying it. The price of food will naturally fall.”
Lin Chen gave him a thumbs up and smiled." Not bad. As expected of a profiteer. Your reaction is really fast!"”
Li Er could not care less about being scolded by Lin Chen. He was excited now.
Good plan, really good plan!
Lin Chen, you really didn't disappoint me. You're really an expert!
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