Chang'an City, Changsun's family, Changsun Wuji is listening to his subordinates reporting Luo Zhang's movements.
"You said Yanlailou is buying up highland barley on a large scale?" Changsun Wuji frowned and asked suspiciously.
"That's right, Yanlailou is going on a shopping spree. Nowadays, as long as you have highland barley, you can exchange it for a big price at Yanlailou. The price is twenty times the original price of highland barley. Many people are looking for highland barley crazily. Many people have hidden barley in their homes. All the highland barley was sent to Yan Lai Tower in exchange for an astonishing reward!" said his subordinate Xu.
"Is this the thing?" Changsun Wuji looked at the highland barley in the bowl in front of him and was even more puzzled. This thing is just a piece of grain, and it is still grain that no one eats. What can this thing be used for?
"Yes, this is highland barley. It is said that Yanlailou is launching a highland barley wine made from this stuff. Many adults in the court are full of praise for this wine, which also makes many people want to take a sneak peek!" Said in detail.
"What about the wine? You didn't get it?" Changsun Wuji looked at his men and asked.
"Yan Lailou only gave this wine to some ministers of the court, but I couldn't get it... I am incompetent, please forgive me!" The subordinate bowed and apologized.
"Okay, I don't blame you for this. Send me an order to secretly purchase highland barley. If Yanlailou offers twenty times the price, we will pay thirty times. My eldest son, the Sun family, has never been afraid of anyone who is richer than Luo. Zhang Xiaoer wants to make highland barley wine, but I will let him harvest no grain of barley and see how he makes highland barley wine!" Changsun Wuji said coldly.
"Yes, sir!"
This scene didn't just happen in Changsun's family. After receiving the news, the two brothers Yan Lide and Yan Liben reacted surprisingly similarly to Changsun Wuji. They both ordered their families to buy highland barley and raise the price very high. There is only one thing, that is, Yan Lailou will not receive a grain of highland barley.
In addition to the Yan Lide brothers, even the Wu brothers are also secretly purchasing highland barley. There are also many big families who are also purchasing highland barley. They have no grudge against Luo Zhang, but their purpose is to make money. Yan Lailou wants to brew highland barley. The news of wine has long been spread, and highland barley is indispensable as its raw material.
If there is no highland barley, Yanlailou will not be able to brew highland barley wine. At that time, Yanlailou will have to spend more money to buy highland barley from them, and they will naturally make a lot of money from it. Everyone has this idea. , which caused the price of highland barley in Chang'an City to rise.
In the end, the price of highland barley was fifty times its original price, which was already an astonishing sky-high price.
However, even if you pay fifty times the price, you still can’t buy highland barley. Who eats this stuff, and no one pays attention to it, so the demand is very small, and if the demand is small, the goods will not be available. There were so many, so the highland barley in Chang'an City basically disappeared without much acquisition.
Of course, this cannot stop people who want to make money. Many people from big families have never even heard of highland barley. It was not until this time that they knew that highland barley is a kind of grain produced in Tubo. For a time, people from these big families They went to the Tubo people in Chang'an City one after another and promised to buy them at a high price.
The Tubo people who were originally stimulated by Luo Zhang's purchase of highland barley were even more furious this time. The highland barley was so valuable that Lu Dongzan didn't tell them. Instead, he wanted to monopolize it and went to Tubo to purchase it first. This was simply too selfish. !
One by one, the Tubo high priests and the Tubo people installed by the big landlords in Chang'an City had nowhere to sit. They left Chang'an in person and headed towards Tubo. They wanted to report this matter to their masters as soon as possible. They think that the sooner they get the highland barley to Chang'an, the sooner they can make a lot of money!
In the Yanlai building, Luo Zhang stood at the window on the highest floor, holding a glass of 1982 Lafite red wine and looking out the window, listening to Li Yifu behind him reporting the movements of Chang'an City in the past two days.
When he heard about the turmoil in the business community of Chang'an City due to highland barley, Luo Zhang's mouth showed a faint smile.
"Lu Dongzan, Lu Dongzan, let's see how you can appease the restless Tubo this time! If you want to marry my wife and be your Princess of Tubo, this is the price you have to pay! But this is just the beginning!" Luo Zhang murmured.
While the whole of Chang'an was restless because of the highland barley, Xue Yantuo, who was far away from Chang'an, was happily holding a banquet to welcome their sacred object, the Nine Street Ice Jade Glazed Vase, which they had bought from the Tang Dynasty at a great price. The purpose was to offer these Nine Streets Ice Jade Glazed Vase to the Turks in exchange for their protection. In this way, they, Xue Yantuo, would not be afraid of the threats of Tibet and Tang Dynasty.
"National Master, it's really hard for you this time. It's really gratifying and congratulating to grab such a rare treasure for me, Xue Yantuo!" A middle-aged man wearing a python robe and a leather hat inlaid with various gemstones The man greeted him warmly.
"My lord, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my destiny and obtained this treasure. This is a gift from the Immortal Heaven. I dare not take credit for it!" The white-haired imperial master raised his hands to the sky to show that this was all the credit of the Immortal Heaven.
The king followed the same action to show respect to Changshengtian, and then looked at the Imperial Master and continued: "The Changshengtian has indeed blessed us, but the Imperial Master has contributed a lot. If we can get the blessing of the Turks this time, we will Xue Yantuo will be able to spend several decades safely. With these decades, we, Xue Yantuo, will definitely be able to grow stronger and defeat Tubo! We will no longer be oppressed by them!"
"The Holy Ming of the Kingdom!" Everyone shouted, looking forward to that day.
Tubo, it took Lu Dongzan more than ten days to rush back here. The distance was really far, and he rushed back to Tubo in such a hurry, naturally because of the highland barley. The benefits Luo Zhang promised him were too great. Anyone who has drunk that kind of highland barley wine knows that this wine will definitely sell well. With a 50% profit, how much will it cost? This is enough to solve the sufferings of their Tibetan people.
So as soon as he returned to Tubo, he ordered his family to buy highland barley on a large scale, but he did not share this news with others. After all, people are selfish, and it is not an exaggeration to praise him!
It is right to solve the sufferings of the people, but it is also right to develop and strengthen your own family!
It's just that Lu Dongzan didn't know what happened in Chang'an after he left. If he knew, he might have the intention to kill Luo Zhang.
Just when he was buying up highland barley on a large scale, the high priests and landowners of Tubo also received the report a few days later.
When these high priests and big landowners learned that highland barley had been sold for dozens of times the sky-high price in the Tang Dynasty and the supply was still in short supply, their eyes were naturally red and they were very angry. They originally wondered why Lu Dongzan was buying up highland barley in such a big way. After all, highland barley is It's just food for ordinary people in Tubo. They don't eat it. What do they do with this highland barley?
Unexpectedly, I never expected that Lu Dongzan would be so cunning and shameless. Not only would he not share such a good thing with them, but he would secretly buy highland barley on his own. This is eating alone!
For a time, Tubo's high priests and big landowners came to Lu Dongzan to ask for an explanation!
Lu Dongzan was also confused. He didn't know how this matter was leaked so quickly. He wanted to explain but didn't know how to explain it. Could he tell these greedy guys about his agreement with Luo Zhang?
If he said this, wouldn't his work be in vain? What could his family gain? How can he realize his idea of strengthening his family and letting the people live a good life?
Therefore, he naturally didn't have a good face towards these high priests and big landowners, and shied away from knowing anything about them.
But these high priests and big landowners are so easy to get rid of. Since you, Lu Dongzan, said you didn't know anything, don't blame everyone for being rude. The quarrel will naturally break up without any panic!
You Ludongzan can buy and sell highland barley, and we can also buy and sell it!
Suddenly, the commotion over the purchase of highland barley actually spread to Tubo, and its intensity was even more intense than in Chang'an!
However, the result was different from that in Chang'an. The people in Chang'an got twenty times or thirty times the purchase price and made a lot of money. In Tubo, the people were like cattle and sheep. In their eyes, they were not regarded as human beings at all. When purchasing highland barley, they left behind three melons and two dates. Some even had no money, and their highland barley was robbed. To this, the people of Tubo dared not speak out in anger! If you dare to say one more word, you will be greeted with a whip!
This situation is getting worse as time goes by.
