The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 482 Economic Warfare
Li Muyun snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "My lord Changsun is right. In fact, those alien races on the grassland did it like this. For them, ten catties of wool and two cents are just picking up money." It’s the same as money. In the past, a large amount of wool was produced on the grassland every year. It’s a pity to keep these things, and it’s a pity to throw them away. This has always been the biggest problem for them. But it’s different now, they have better choices, and I believe they will definitely Race to find us and sell us that wool."

Li Daozong listened for a long time and didn't hear the main topic, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and shouted: "So what, those wool is useless to grassland people, and it is also useless to us. After buying it at such a high price, it doesn't mean it's piled up and stinks." .”

"That's why I want to ask some people to study in depth and see if I can turn these useless wool into treasure." Li Muyun spread his hands, and said with an expression that made people want to strangle him: "Actually There is no shortage of beautiful Dong Xiangyi in this world, but a pair of eyes to discover them, and I am these eyes!"

Li Shimin saw that he had been sowing hatred there, so he tapped on the table lightly: "Okay, stop boasting there, and continue talking about the grassland, let alone what you can do with the harvested wool, how can you destroy them? Don't tell me that they will fight each other for this little benefit."

Li Muyun chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, it's not impossible to fight, but what they are after is not money, but grassland!"

"Oh? How do you say that!" Li Shimin showed a rather interested look, and waited for Li Muyun to continue talking with a little expectation.

"Your Majesty, although the money from selling wool is not enough to cause fights among grassland tribes, the grasslands can. Once those grassland herdsmen find that wool can be exchanged for money, I believe they will start raising sheep in large numbers, and we all know that sheep This thing eats grass differently from horses. Wherever sheep pass by, the grass roots in the ground will be pulled out and eaten by them, which will cause great damage to the pasture. So once they start raising a large number of sheep, the pasture will inevitably be destroyed market, the territory that previously allowed them to sustain themselves can no longer meet their needs."

Having said that, except for a few people who can't turn their heads, others can already make a judgment. Fang Xuanling clapped his hands and said: "Yes, the nobles of the prairie may not care about the mere pennies. But grassland herdsmen will not give up, so they will definitely raise sheep. If there are too many sheep, they will eat grass. If the grass is gone, they will grab other people's grass. The plan is so far-reaching, the old man admires it!"

"That's right, two cents for ten catties of wool is actually not a lot of money. If we send troops to fight a battle, we may not be able to solve the problem without a million pennies, but if the million pennies are used to collect wool, it will cost nothing." One soldier at a time let the prairie people kill each other, while we reap the benefits, this is a great plan."

"Didn't Xiaoyao Wang just say that he wants to study the application of wool? If the wool can really be used for other purposes, we don't seem to be losing money. At worst, we can earn back all the money we spent!"

With the introduction of Li Muyun, those old scumbags soon began to express their opinions. In a short time, several versions of the plan were drawn up, completely excluding the initiator of his plan from the circle, and even forgot to find him. Purpose.

Yu Chigong blushed, and just now he swore that as long as Li Muyun's plan was feasible, he would stay away from it in the future, now thinking about it, it seems a little too hasty.

However, Li Muyun seemed to have forgotten about it long ago. At this time, Xiaoyao Wang was squatting beside Li Er's table, stealing a piece of pastry on the table, stuffing a piece into his mouth from time to time, making two cheeks Puffed up high, like a groundhog with its mouth full of food, Li Er kept staring at him.

Realizing that Li Er was looking at him, Li Muyun not only did not stop his small movements, but asked confidently, "Your Majesty, is there anything else to eat? This food is not enough!"

Naturally, Li Shimin would not pick up his words, and asked with a snort, "You really came up with this plan? No one else gave you an idea?"

"Your Majesty, I was forced to do this. Originally, I wanted to collect some wool to see if I could get a sweater or a carpet or something, but Master Yuchi insisted on forcing me to tell a story, so I just made one. "As Li Muyun said, some dry pastry crumbs spewed out from the corner of his mouth.

It's okay to eat a piece of pastry, but stuffing it in his mouth like this is naturally too dry to swallow.

Li Shimin waved his hand in front of him in disgust, and fanned away the non-existent pastry scum, and said angrily: "You mean that you just made up those just now? There is no basis in fact? What economic warfare? It's all bullshit, isn't it!"

"Uh..." Li Muyun blinked in embarrassment, rubbed his nose and said, "Actually, I can't say that, I have been thinking about wool for some time..."

"Make it up, just keep making it up, I'll see what other tricks you can come up with." Li Shimin's voice was not loud, it was only within the range that he and Li Muyun could hear, and he didn't know that he was trying to save face for Li Muyun It's better to save face for those big shots in the court.

After all, if so many big bosses knew that this nearly perfect plan was made up by a young man for temporary errands, it would really embarrass them.

What made Li Shimin intentionally unexpected was that Li Muyun really had a big set of arguments: "Your Majesty, in fact, my plan also has a name, which is called 'sheep eat people'. Buying wool at a high price will prompt those alien races to go crazy. Land, even if they don’t fight, when the grassland is destroyed, large tracts of grassland will turn into deserts, and at that time they will lose their potential for war and completely become lambs at our slaughter.”

Combining the Western enclosure movement and the 'sheep cannibalism' incident, Li Muyun easily made a perfect plan for Li Er, and even the pickiest person couldn't find faults in it.

And if Li Muyun hadn't broken the whole thing up, these old guys would have thought of going back to raise more sheep, and then exchange the wool for money.

Although Li Shimin was angry with Li Muyun's attitude and performance, after careful consideration, he also had to give a thumbs up and praise the good plan. While lamenting all this, Li Er always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something!
(End of this chapter)