I'm not a genius in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 240 A New Crisis

Reunion.

Li Ke was ecstatic, rushed forward, and gave Wang Zi'an a firm hug.

"Zian, you're finally here!"

Wang Zi'an pushed him out of his arms with a look of disgust, and scolded him with a smile.

"It's not a big beauty, what are you doing -"

Li Ke laughed loudly when he heard the words, and then sent Wang Zi'an away, and went forward to greet Li Jing and others.

"Old friends reunited, lost their composure for a while, and made Mr. Li laugh—"

Li Jing took two steps forward with some emotion, and smiled back.

"His Royal Highness and Zi'an are both gentlemen. This emotion is really enviable. It reminds me of the time when I fought side by side with my third younger brother. During those years, the soldiers and horses were miserable, but the brothers thought about it. Thinking about it until now, I still think about it." Unforgettable—”

After a while, Bianzhou Inspector Shi Buliang finally followed up and rushed forward to salute Li Jing and Wang Zi.He was very enthusiastic to lead several people to the governor's mansion.

"The old man and the others don't pay too much attention, just station outside the city. Right now, it's better to ask the Governor Bu for help, and settle these people down."

Only then did Bu Liang pay attention to look behind Li Jing and the others. The endless army of refugees made his heart beat, his mouth was bitter, and the smile on his face couldn't be held back...

However, what Li Jing said next made him almost collapse to the ground.

"There are more than 20 soldiers and civilians in our army. Now that the food and grass are exhausted, I am afraid that I will have to trouble the Governor Bu and His Royal Highness King Shu to bother to raise food and grass..."

20 people need more than 830 shi of grain per day even if they only have half a catty of grain!It takes more than 300 shi in ten days, and more than 5000 shi in a month—he suddenly feels a little dizzy. This is not a soldier or a civilian, is it a locust?Li Ke couldn't help but look bitter. Since these people, the food that was already in short supply may soon bottom out...

But this is not the time to discuss this issue, so Li Ke had to force himself to arrange Buliang and Bianzhou local officials to help settle the rioters together. With more than 20 people, even if it is just the simplest tent, the project required is extremely huge.The woods outside the city of Bianzhou seemed to have encountered a catastrophe and turned into a white field overnight...

These tents are so simple and outrageous, but at least they have a place to live.They were all refugees who had left their homes. They had nothing to choose from. They ate little and traveled a long distance. Many of them plunged into the allocated tents and fell on the thin haystacks, unwilling to get up.

Li Jing, Li Ke, Wang Zi'an and the others continued to turn around, and then led the local officials in Bianzhou to set up a porridge shed. The refugees will turn into terrible explosive kegs in minutes.

These Bianzhou local officials have never been subjected to such a torment, but Li Jing and Li Ke are both there, and they dare not be lazy. They are all drilled as if they are mourning, but they have to put on a happy expression. The collapse is self-evident.

After tossing and tossing until midnight, Li Jing, Wang Zi'an and others finally settled down.Bu Liang also wanted to invite Li Jing and Li Ke to the Governor's Mansion, but they refused.Fortunately, Li Ke was quite kind, and with a big wave of his hand, these Bianzhou local officials who were running away to death were sent back to the city one by one.Bu Liang was so tired that he no longer wanted to please Li Ke and the others, so he fled back.

After all these people had left and there were no outsiders in the big tent, Li Ke, who was always smiling to appease the common people, relaxed, and threw himself on the chair, watching Li Jing, Wang Zi'an and others wryly smile and spread out. Spread your hands.

"To be honest, the food I brought is not much, and the follow-up food will take at least seven days to arrive, and even if only two bowls of gruel are distributed here, I am afraid it can only last for two days. The most important thing is , even if the follow-up food and grass arrive, I'm afraid it won't last long, there are too many people—"

Li Jing couldn't help but frown. All the questions wandered around and returned to the original point - food!
"Your Highness, as far as I know, you have just arrived in Shu, how did you manage to raise so much food in such a short period of time, do you have any tricks?"

Li Jing suddenly remembered something, and looked up at Li Ke.If there is any experience that can be promoted, that would be great.Hearing this, Li Ke smiled wryly and waved his hands.

"I don't have any clever tricks. I'm just Zian's answerer, honestly implementing the bad ideas he gave."

"What is a loss idea, what is a win-win situation—"

Wang Zi'an replied to him angrily, and didn't bother to talk to him, he was like a summer bug.

"What win-win situation? Do you know that because of this, Huaiyu and Chubi wrote to me and scolded me, saying that I was out of my mind and sent money to people foolishly. He wrote to me and asked me what was going on, and I felt that if it wasn’t for the fact that I was raising food for the disaster area, I would probably have issued an order to reprimand me..."

As soon as this was mentioned, Li Ke was full of bitterness.The main reason is that Wang Zi'an gave him the whole idea, no matter how you look at it, he thinks it is a white wolf with empty hands.But he couldn't think of any other way, so he could only bite the bullet and grab the medicine according to the prescription.

Seeing the two complaining to each other, Li Jing couldn't help being curious, what kind of bad move could raise so much food and grass?
"What's going on, let's hear it."

"According to what Zian said, that's called financing..."

Li Ke explained a few sentences, and found that he couldn't explain the truth behind it at all, so he simply let Wang Zi'an introduce himself.Seeing Li Jing's searching gaze, Wang Zi'an explained helplessly.

"In fact, this is a very simple financial issue. Based on the salt industry under the name of His Royal Highness the King of Shu, a discounted salt price is issued. Specifically, the certificate of purchasing salt is issued at [-]% of the normal price. The grain merchants in the middle of Shu, You can convert the price with grain and grass, and replace it with equivalent salt, and then you can use these salt to replace it with an equivalent new high-quality salt at His Royal Highness the King of Shu..."

Li Jing is such a smart person. Although he didn't study economics, he still grasped the key points immediately.He glanced at the two young men in front of him with some concern, and asked with a frown.

"The whole method doesn't sound wrong, but where do you get so much salt?"

This time alone, Li Ke delivered more than 5000 shi of grain. If you count the follow-up grain and grass, this is definitely a very terrifying figure.And how much salt can Li Ke's saltworks in central Shu produce in a year?At that time, if you can't get so much salt—these two young people are simply playing with fire!
Seeing Li Jing looking over, Li Ke glanced at Wang Zi'an where the old god was present, and smiled wryly.Li Jing's face became more serious, and he turned to look at Wang Zi'an again. Wang Zi'an was a little speechless, and gave Li Ke an angry look.

(End of this chapter)