This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 272 Volume [-] Plans for Watering River County

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

Obviously, Huang Song is such a person.

When Huang Song came to Li Qinjian's mansion, Li Qinjian was receiving merchants from the Chang'an department.

Today, several departments of the Ming court have their own yamen in this outer city, for the convenience of their work.

"Li Shilang, the imperial court prohibits food from leaving the country, and there is really nothing we can do about it." Someone in the yamen of the household department said helplessly.

They also suffer in their hearts, and Chang'an wants them to generate income, but also puts a magic spell on them, which is difficult for them.

Li Qinjian laughed and said, "I understand your difficulties, but I hope you will understand the difficulties of the Ming court."

Although it has been concluded before that this thing has to be sold, but the business has always been that whoever is in a hurry will suffer.

Of course, this is also because they are all businessmen. If it were an old fox like Changsun Wuji, do you think he is in a hurry?These things are the only income-generating items for your Ming royal court, how dare you not sell them?

No matter how you sell it, there will be real money, and you can find a way from other channels, not to sell?Don't you want to sell these things to your Daming royal court when there is a food crisis in the future?
But then again, it's not that no one among them has thought of this level, but they lack confidence. After all, they are not the ones who are in charge.

"Li Shilang, the current situation is indeed beyond our control." Cheng Zhenghao said, "How about we trade with copper coins for the time being?"

Li Qinjian pretended to be embarrassed and said: "It should be so, but you all know the plight of the Ming court, and when the food is exhausted, we can't eat the copper coins, right?

Besides, there are thousands of Datang caravans traveling to and from the Ming court every day. How much food will be consumed by your caravans alone?
Today, the court also discussed whether to ban the entry of Datang caravans.

After all, the caravans that enter the country every day are conservative enough to consume tens or even hundreds of shi of food, which is only a day's consumption.

Accumulated over time, that is not a small sum. "

Hearing what Li Qinjian said, everyone was stunned.

Is this really going to cut off business relations with Datang?
They had ignored it before, but when Li Qinjian reminded him, everyone reacted instantly.

Indeed, as far as Datang's caravan is concerned, it is conservatively estimated that it will consume thousands of shi of grain in January.After all, Datang banned food from leaving the country. Apart from consuming the food of the Ming royal court, could they really starve themselves to death?
This question was also thought of by Li Qinjian later.

He can accept that the Tang Dynasty banned grain from leaving the country, but he must be wary of those nobles using this method to consume the grain of the Ming court.

Otherwise, they would have a caravan of tens of thousands of people a day, and within a month, the little food reserves of the Ming court would be exhausted.

This is indeed a problem.

The crowd was also silent.

In the final analysis, the Royal Court of Ming Dynasty did not have enough grain production this year, so it had to do so.

"Li Shilang, do you think this will work?" said the eldest grandson's family. "This time, let's trade with copper coins first. If our caravan can't solve its own food problem in the future, let's think of other ways? The deal is done."

Li Qinjian pretended to ponder, and said after a long time: "Forget it, everyone has cooperated for so long, and we still have to give this little face. In this way, you go to the shopkeeper of the firm and just say what the official said, and use copper coins for the time being." Trade, buy as much as you can, it doesn’t matter.”

In fact, he is very clear that as long as this problem is brought up, there must be a solution.

There are so many caravans from the Xungui family in Chang'an, and it's a profitable business, who would give up?
The gentry are indeed very powerful, but cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, and they have to weigh it.

"But I have to say the ugly words first." Li Qinjian said again, "The food that has already entered the imperial court of Ming Dynasty must not flow out, this is our bottom line.

As for the Tang Dynasty caravans that stayed in the Daming Royal Court for a long time, as long as they did not leave the Daming Royal Court, they would enjoy the same treatment as the people of the Daming Royal Court.

But from now on, if the Tang caravan wants to enter the Ming court, even if the current caravan returns to the Tang, if they want to re-enter the Daming court, I'm sorry, but bring your own food.The royal court of Ming Dynasty would not sell a grain of grain to these people.

The same is true for your own grain shops. If anyone is found to violate this rule, the Ming court will permanently expel their caravans.

Of course, if the Ming royal court survives this crisis, everything will follow as usual. "

"That's natural, that's natural." Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Daming Wang Ting relaxes, they won't be so worried.

As for the saying that you have to prepare your own food when you enter the Ming court in the future, although it is a bit ridiculous, it is not a problem.

With so many nobles behind them united, the gentry did not dare to persecute them too much.

"Li Shilang, Huang Song has been waiting for a long time to see you." After everyone left, someone came in and said.

Li Qinjian was taken aback, what is this guy doing here?But he still said, "Let him in."

Soon, Huang Song came in, bowed and saluted, and said, "I've seen Li Shilang."

"They're all from Jingyang, so why be so polite, sit down quickly, come and serve tea." Li Qinjian laughed.

Although his status is different now, Li Qinjian didn't really raise his tail to the sky.

Huang Song said with a smile: "Li Shilang is too polite."

"What difficulties did Lao Huang encounter when looking for me today?" Li Qinjian smiled, "If you have any difficulties, tell me that they are all from Jingyang. If you can help, you should naturally help."

Li Qinjian has actually taken care of these merchants from Jingyang.

Hearing what Li Qinjian said, Huang Song said: "That's right. Didn't I hear that the Tang Dynasty banned grain from leaving the country? We discussed it and thought about whether we can go to places like Tuyuhun or Tubo to get some grain back."

At first Li Qinjian thought that Huang Song's intention of coming here was the same as those merchants in the noble family, but he didn't expect this guy to have such an idea, so he became serious immediately and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"That's what I think." Huang Song repeated to Li Qinjian what he said to the big guy in the restaurant before.

After listening to him, Li Qinjian felt a little familiar, good guy, His Highness seemed to have said this before.

After thinking about it carefully, the truth is correct, it is indeed such a truth.

Can such a catastrophe fall on those dignitaries?
However, he was still a little worried. It was not whether Huang Song and the others could buy grain from those dignitaries, but the benefits. Therefore, he immediately asked: "Even if you can buy back the grain, but the grain of the Tang Dynasty and the Tuyuhun The price of food is definitely not the same, after all, Tuyuhun has suffered disasters for so many years, food must be more expensive. But in this business, who can make a loss?"

This is what he couldn't understand the most. He was a businessman himself, and he judged others by himself. If he didn't make money, it would be called a loss, let alone a real loss.

When a businessman is willing to make a loss-making business, it means that what he is looking for is far more attractive than money.

"Li Shilang is worrying too much." Huang Song laughed, "In the past few days, I went to Changming Commercial Bank to have a look. Changming Commercial Bank has a lot of good things. Let's not talk about paper, such as music boxes, Huifeng Stoves, and some sheepskin coats, etc., are all good things.

This is what I thought, buying goods from Changming Commercial Firm and then selling them to Tuyuhun, the ordinary people in Tuyuhun can't afford these things, but can't the dignitaries in Tuyuhun afford them?

When they get to that point, isn't what they want to live a superior life?
In the end, we will purchase food from them and bring it back. In this way, we can make a lot of profit after one trip. "

Speaking of this, Huang Song rubbed his hands and said, "It's just that our capital is limited, and we may have to make a turnover with Daming Bank.

Don't worry, Li Shilang, borrow and repay the food, we understand this. "

Huang Song is not a fool, of course he knows what Li Qinjian is worried about, so he already has a plan.

And Li Qinjian also nodded, this guy will come.

What he borrowed from Daming Bank was not money, but food.

Then I went to buy goods from Changming Commercial Company. To put it bluntly, the food was still in the Daming Royal Court with the left hand and the right hand.

And what he has to pay back in the future can only be food. In this way, the food comes in, but the price is still the price of the Ming court.

If you really want him to do it, it's a win-win situation.

Of course, there are risks, but how can there be no risks in business.

For him at this time, this little risk can be taken.

Just at this moment, a servant came in with tea, Li Qinjian just took a look, then pretended to be displeased and said: "Brother Huang is a distinguished guest, how can you fool around with this kind of tea and serve good tea."

Upon hearing this, the servant immediately broke out again.

"Come on, Brother Huang, tell me about your plan in detail." Li Qinjian smiled immediately.

When Huang Song saw Li Qinjian's reaction, he immediately understood that the matter was likely to happen, so he explained it carefully.

The two talked in detail for more than an hour before Li Qinjian said: "In this way, you go back and wait for me to believe. I can't decide this matter, but don't worry, I will definitely make it happen."

"Then thank you Li Shilang." Huang Song also smiled.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Li Qinjian said, and he and Huang Song left the yamen of the household department.

"Li Shilang, I have prepared a banquet at Changming Restaurant in the afternoon, and I invite Li Shilang to appreciate it."

Li Qinjian nodded and said, "Then respect is worse than obedience."

After speaking, Li Qinjian quickly returned to Riyue Mountain and found Li Chengqian.

He wanted to ask Li Chengqian what he meant about this matter.

Li Chengqian was designing a new spinning wheel, when he saw Li Qinjian coming, he put down his work and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's like this..." Li Qinjian briefly introduced the situation.

After he finished speaking, Li Chengqian smiled. Sure enough, there are always people who can find business opportunities.

"What do you think?" Li Chengqian wanted to hear Li Qinjian's opinion without rushing to express his opinion.

After all, this is the time to test them.

Li Qinjian didn't think too much, and said directly: "I have thought about it carefully, this is indeed a way, no matter how much food can be recovered, it is better to have such a channel than not at all.

Weichen thinks it is possible to try and encourage more people to try. "

Nodding his head, Li Chengqian said: "That's the reason. Since they are willing to try, they should choose Tuyuhun. But they can't do it rashly. Remember what we said before, our business with Tuyuhun is only We have contacts with Water River County, but we don't care about private business, do we?

In this way, if you organize a batch of goods and complete the transaction with Murong Xiaojun first, you will always have to make some people jealous, so Huang Song and the others can do business well. "

"This humble official will go to arrange it right away." Li Qinjian said with a smile, "Murong Xiaojun's envoy has already approached this humble official, and they are probably waiting for this little official's words."

Li Chengqian smiled, this trend is very good.

One person cannot promote the development of a country. If a country wants to become strong, it must be that the whole country is working hard for the same goal.

"By the way, Your Highness." Li Qinjian said again, "I found a problem before."

"what is the problem?"

"After I left before, I suddenly remembered that the total number of caravans that enter the Tang Dynasty every day is thousands of people. Now they have banned the entry of grain. After these thousands of people enter the country, what they consume is the grain of my Ming court.

I'm worried that the gentry will take advantage of this loophole and send a large number of caravans into the country. If that's the case, the food of the Ming court will not be spoiled by them.

So Weichen made his own claim that in the future, if the Datang caravan does not prepare its own food, it will be prohibited from entering the country. "

Speaking of this, Li Qinjian was also a little flustered, and said in a low voice, "This minister didn't..."

"That's how it should be." Li Chengqian waved his hand, interrupting what he wanted to say. In fact, he didn't say anything, Li Chengqian knew what he was going to say, so it was unnecessary. On the contrary, Li Chengqian was very satisfied with his behavior.

Only when you have the royal court of Ming Dynasty in your heart, you will have such behavior, which is worth encouraging, "You did a good job in this matter, no need to explain.

Gentlemen...you really have to be on guard against them, they can really do this kind of thing.

If we really want tens of thousands of people to come to our Daming Royal Court in the name of merchants, but secretly consume our food, then we are really in trouble. "

Not to mention, thinking about it now, Li Chengqian was a little scared, but he forgot that the gentry lacked everything, but no shortage of people...

"Okay, you go to deal with Huang Song and the others, remember, if these things we produce can't be exchanged for money and food, it will be meaningless.

Don't be reluctant, these things, as long as our Ming court is still there, we can have as many as we want. "

Li Chengqian really doesn't care about these things, why did he get these things out?
Isn't it just for a good price?
The Ming royal court is short of money now, and if they have money, are they afraid they won’t be able to buy things?

Li Qinjian nodded and bowed to leave.

After Li Qinjian left, Li Chengqian sat there and pondered for a while.

Now that there are soldiers and horses from various tribes of Tuyuhun stationed in Piaohe County, this shows that even if Murong Fuyun has no doubts, he is still wary of Murong Xiaojun.

It's time to find a way to separate Water River County from the other ministries.

Not to mention, this time is really an opportunity.

"Call Wu An." After pondering for a while, Li Chengqian ordered.

When Gao Chunxing heard the words, he immediately arranged for someone to find Wu An.

When Wu An came, Li Chengqian was obsessed with thinking about things, but he didn't pay attention.

Gao Chunxing also shook his head, signaling Wu An to wait a while.

"How long have you been here?" When Li Chengqian came back to his senses, Wu An was already standing there.

"Not long."

Li Chengqian asked: "How is the secret spy department's preparations?"

"The big framework has been established, and the manpower is still being replenished, but it is enough for the time being." Wu An said.

Li Chengqian nodded, and said: "Don't worry, this is not something that will happen overnight, so now, this king has a task to entrust to your Secret Service."

"Your Highness, just give orders," Wu An said.

Li Chengqian was not in a hurry to speak, but looked at Gao Chunxing.

Seeing this, Gao Chunxing immediately left with the rest.

When there were only Li Chengqian and Wu An left in the king's account, Li Chengqian said: "This king wants your secret agents to infiltrate into Water River County and stir up discord between Water River County and the tribes of Tuyuhun.

It can be lured, assassinated, and blamed, the process is not important, the king only needs the result.

Now, Murong Fuyun sent all the soldiers and horses to pour river county, seemingly to help defend, but he underestimated people's hearts, people's hearts have never been able to stand the test. "

"This subordinate understands." Wu An heard Li Chengqian's words, and knew that his next target was Water River County.

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Be careful in everything. This is the first time that the Secret Spy Division has been on a mission since its establishment. Tell the brothers that everyone will be rewarded when they come back from this mission."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely complete the task." After Wu An finished speaking, he bowed and left.

He also needs to go back and plan carefully.

For him, this is also an opportunity.

But after he left, Li Chengqian wrote another secret letter.

This secret letter was addressed to Yang Lin.

Eggs can't be put in one basket, and Li Chengqian won't let the secret spy department handle such a big matter.

After writing the letter, Li Chengqian called Gao Chunxing and the others back, and said, "You send someone to deliver the letter to Yang Lin overnight."

Li Chengqian said this to Yuchi Baolin.

After finishing all this, Li Chengqian walked out of the big tent and asked for no reason: "Changle and the others are coming back soon?"

"Soon, according to the news sent back by General Yi, it will arrive in five or six days at the latest." Gao Chunxing said with a smile on the side.

"It's so fast." Li Chengqian said, "In a flash, it's been almost a year since I came here. Hey, this year has been in vain. I always feel that I have achieved nothing."

Everyone fell silent.

Brother, can we stop pretending?
You can't do anything like this?What are we people called?
And at this moment, Qibi Heli came back from the outside with a face full of glory.

"Your Highness, the clansmen of Weichen have arrived, and they are now entering the country from Taoyuan."

"It's here?" Li Chengqian was a little surprised, "Didn't you say it won't be until September?"

Hehe, Qibi He Li smiled, and said: "They heard that I was enjoying the blessings of the Ming court, so they hurried towards the Daming court. I wanted to ask His Highness, the people of the clan How should it be arranged?"

There are more than 4 people, and it is really difficult to accommodate them.

However, Li Chengqian had already planned, saying: "Now the Ming court has fifteen cities and seven border towns. Excluding Riyue Mountain and Deyang City, there are still six cities on the grassland. This king wants to distribute your people among these six cities." , what does General Qibi think?"

(End of this chapter)