The focus of "It is difficult for the country to make a fortune" is to make a fortune, not the national crisis.
Businessmen do not need any moral bottom line or prerequisites to make money. As long as they can make a fortune, they can work in any industry and dare to do any risky things.
A severe drought in the north is an excellent opportunity for businessmen to make money.
The governor of Bingzhou paid 40 cents per liter to purchase grain, and the news quickly spread to all directions.
Most of the grain merchants did not know Li Qinzai, the newly appointed governor, but they could learn a lot of information by just asking around.
Li Qinzai was a very valued minister by the emperor today. He was also the grandson of the British Duke. He was also named a county magistrate by the emperor. He made many contributions to the Tang Dynasty. He even destroyed the Japanese country in the east.
These news are all minor. For grain merchants, there is another very important news.
Li Qinzai was appointed in critical condition this time, and the emperor placed high hopes on him. Before setting off from Chang'an, the treasury had allocated sufficient money to Li Qinzai.
No one knows the exact amount of money allocated to him. The only thing that is known is that this money was a special favor given to Li Qinzai by the emperor.
Forty coins were used to buy grain and four coins were sold to the people of Bingzhou. This completely abnormal business behavior proved that Li Qinzai brought a lot of money from Chang'an, so he was confident.
It also proves that Li Qinzai doesn't care about money at all. What he wants is achievements that can make the emperor shine. Bingzhou's ability to survive this drought safely is a great achievement.
So the grain merchants quickly had a preconceived impression of Li Qinzai.
Li Qinzai is not short of money, but needs merit.
The grain merchants in the north just needed money.
A match made in heaven!
After the governor of Bingzhou bought grain in public at a price of forty cents, the news spread quickly, and within three days, something magical happened.
Grain merchants from the cities around Bingzhou swarmed in with food, and Bingzhou City, which was originally depressed and depressed, became lively overnight.
Li Qinzai's move to buy horse bones finally attracted grain merchants.
Throughout the morning, the grain merchants' convoys were seen entering the city gate non-stop, and the people gathered inside the city gate to watch the excitement, and everyone's face was filled with unconcealable joy.
The newly appointed governor was worthy of being a highly regarded and capable minister by the emperor, and he allowed so many grain merchants to gather in Bingzhou City again without making a sound.
The food shortage that has been worrying the people for a long time has finally been resolved.
The people saw the excitement, but there were many sober and rational people among them.
There was no joy on these people's faces, but a hint of worry.
Grain merchants from all directions have indeed come, but...will Governor Li pay? Forty cents per liter is simply the price of killing a pig. Is the dignified governor really willing to be slaughtered by these grain merchants?
Even if Li Qishi is willing to be slaughtered by grain merchants for the sake of people's livelihood, the question is, does he have money? The emperor did allocate money from the treasury to him, but that money could never cover the price of such a large amount of grain.
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Bingzhou governor's office.
Liu Asi stood in front of Li Qinzai with a worried look on his face and reported.
"The grain merchant's convoy entered the city. More than ten groups came from different cities. Now they are staying in the inns in the city..."
Liu Asi sighed and said: "I heard that they are coming to the Governor's Mansion tomorrow to visit the Fifth Young Master and ask when the Governor's Mansion will pay for the grain collection. What should I do, Fifth Young Master? We don't have that much money."
Li Qinzai said lazily: "What's the hurry? Food has entered Bingzhou City, and they still want to leave?"
Liu Asi was surprised and said: "You are not really planning to... steal their food, are you?"
Li Qinzai smiled: "It's not incomprehensible for me, a notorious playboy, to occasionally do a few plundering things, right? Think back to when we destroyed the Japanese country, how many things were robbed by the six thousand soldiers in the Japanese country..."
Liu Asi said with a bitter face: "Fifth Young Master, that's different. Killing, arson, and looting are all natural in the enemy's territory, but you can't rob in Bingzhou. I heard that someone in Bingzhou complained to Chang'an. There are many censors in the court. We are about to jointly impeach you."
Li Qinzai sneered: "It's a bit ridiculous to participate in the impeachment. If your Majesty really listens to those officials and removes me, my surname will be yours."
Liu Asi corrected him kindly: "Your surname is His Majesty, and your whole family is surnamed after His Majesty."
Li Qinzai's old face darkened: "Ah Si, you've been feeling a little swollen recently. Do you want me to transfer you back to Chang'an and rebuild it in front of my grandpa?"
Liu Asi hurriedly begged for mercy.
Li Qinzai sighed and said: "Of course it's not possible to rob by clever means. Having no money is also a big trouble. How much money did your Majesty allocate to me?"
"A total of fifty thousand strings."
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly. Fifty thousand guan was indeed an astronomical sum for an individual. Prices were low these days, so 50,000 guan could last two or three generations.
This amount of money can be used to feed and clothe a city, which is simply negligible.
"I won't show up tomorrow. When the grain merchants come, you can buy grain at the price of forty cents, and all fifty thousand cents will be spent."
"But, Fifth Young Master, if the price is 40 cents per liter, 50,000 guan can't buy much..."
Li Qinzai smiled mysteriously: "It doesn't matter, you can buy as much as you can, and send it to the official warehouse immediately after buying it."
"That's only enough to buy out the grain from a small number of grain merchants. The rest of the grain merchants are still waiting. What should I do?"
"Let them wait and re-seal the grain sent to the official warehouse. You will lead your troops to send the grain out of the city in the middle of the night and wait until dawn before sending the grain back. You will do this every night from now on..."
Liu Asi was surprised: "Why?"
"Don't say it, just do it."
Early the next morning, the grain merchants gathered outside the governor's mansion.
Li Qinzai did not show up, and it was still Liu Asi who received the grain merchants.
The door of the house was opened and the grain merchants entered, and were surprised to find dozens of large boxes stacked in the atrium. When the boxes were opened, they were all filled with silver cakes and copper coins.
After the grain merchants saw it, their eyes glowed with green light one after another, and they felt reassured.
This is what they think about day and night.
The door of the house was open, and Liu Asi collected the grain and paid the money meticulously.
Liu Asi moved very slowly. Every bag of grain had to be carefully weighed, and every string of copper coins had to be counted clearly before being paid to the grain merchant.
After dilly-dallying until evening, the 50,000 yuan was almost spent, and grain bags were piled up in the yard as high as a hill.
Liu Asi smiled and announced that it was time to rest today and would continue to collect grain tomorrow.
Although the grain merchants were dissatisfied with Liu Asi's dillydallying, they were sure that the governor's office was really rich, so they didn't care about it for a day or two, and the guests and hosts left happily.
The grain merchants who had sold out all their grain happily counted their money and left Bingzhou overnight.
While this wave of dividends is still there, they have to rush back on horseback to continue to raise a batch of grain to sell in Bingzhou. It is bustling with people and profits come and go. This is the golden time to make money.
On the second day, the grain merchants who had not sold the grain continued to gather outside the governor's house, waiting for the gate to open to sell grain.
Unexpectedly, it was only three o'clock in the morning that Liu Asi came out and told the grain merchants with an apologetic look that Li Jishi had caught a cold last night and fell ill this morning. The grain collection was an important matter and Li Jishi had to personally take charge of it, so he asked for grain. The merchants waited for another day or two until Li Qishi recovered from his illness and continued to collect grain.
The grain merchants were stunned, and the crowd suddenly became a little restless.
At this time Li Qinzai came out, with a white scarf wrapped around his head, and his steps were weak and staggering. He was helped out by servants from one side to the other. His face was yellow, his cheekbones on both sides were slightly sunken, and his eye circles were darkened. He took two steps. He also coughed for a while, a typical image of a sick man.
Li Qinzai stood in front of the mansion to apologize to the grain merchants, and said that he would continue to purchase grain. He asked the grain merchants to wait for two more days, and he would personally take charge of it after he recovered from his illness.
The grain merchants looked at each other suspiciously. Although they felt something was wrong, Li Qinzai looked very sick, so it was hard to suspect anything, so they said a few words of concern and then dispersed.
That afternoon, groups of grain trucks entered Bingzhou City.
It’s not unusual for grain trucks to enter the city, we’ve seen them a lot these days.
But this group of grain trucks was different. The people escorting the trucks were servants from the governor's office. The grain bags exposed were actually sealed with the seals of Jiangnan Luzhou and Jiangning governor's office.
The food from Jiangnan arrived in Bingzhou without anyone noticing.
As the grain trucks entered the city, various versions of the news spread throughout the city.
Rumors spread from unknown sources, and it was said with certainty that the emperor was concerned about the drought in the north and had issued an edict as early as two months ago to allocate grain supplies from cities in Jiangnan Province and send them to the north via the Grand Canal.
The food entering Bingzhou City today is only the first batch.
The news spread throughout the city like a plague, and the grain merchants stationed in Bingzhou City were immediately upset.
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