Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 392

Seeing that Li Fu saw through his little thoughts, Li Er coughed twice in embarrassment, bid farewell and left.

Anyway, he had already got what he wanted from Li Fu, so he didn't have the mood to stay any longer.

In the afternoon, Li Fu was sitting at home when he suddenly received a letter.

Taking a closer look, the letter was handed over by the Huo family in Chengdu.

Li Fu also knew that the Huo family from Chengdu had their doors shut last time, and with their character, they definitely would not let it go.

At this time, Lao Lu ran in from the outside again.

As soon as he entered the door, he walked up to Li Fu and said to him, "Young master, for some reason, the price of salt has been plummeting since this morning."

Li Fu nodded. He had expected this kind of thing.

The Huo family in Chengdu owns quite a few salt mountains, and the amount of salt they produce every day is terrifying.

Comparing the salt mountain in my hands with others, it is undoubtedly insignificant, and there is no comparison at all.

However, Li Fu has also learned that the Huo family's salt refining technology is very average, and they are reluctant to pay for it, so the quality of their salt is very average.

In order to control the price of salt, the Huo family sold a large amount of goods to the market, so the price of salt fell rapidly.

The current market is basically saturated.

After all, the Huo family controlled the salt market in Chang'an City, so it was just a matter of hand if they wanted to control the price.

For them, this couldn't be simpler. With a little manipulation, they can control the price to their ideal position.

"My lord, should we also lower the price?" Lao Lu said to Li Fu in a hurry at this moment.

Li Fu nodded, and said, "Yes, we can continue to sell at the current price."

When the Huo family saw that Li Fu's salt was of high quality, they would take it for granted that Li Fu's cost was also high.

But what they don't know is that Li Fu's method of refining salt is very simple, and it costs almost nothing.

Therefore, even if the Huo family disrupted the market and lowered the price of salt, it would not have much impact on Li Fu.

In this war without gunpowder, Li Fu can play to the end with his Huo family.

A few days later, Li Er suddenly ran to Li Fu's place again.

However, this time, he didn't come by himself, but with him, and Fang Xuanling.

When getting out of the car, Li Er turned his head and gave Fang Xuanling a look. The two seemed to be plotting something.

Fang Xuanling nodded, indicating that he remembered what Li Er told him before.

"Hey, it's so late, what are you doing here?" Li Fu looked at Li Er and asked with some doubts.

Li Er glanced at Fang Xuanling behind him, and then said to Li Fu: "There are some things I still want to discuss with you."

Li Fu nodded and let them come in.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Er said to Li Fu: "After going back, I discussed it with other ministers."

"Now there is a problem, that is, the ranking of surnames. What should we rely on as a basis?"

Li Fu glanced at Li Er, and laughed a few times in his heart.

[Li Er, this old guy, would never come to me to ask because of this kind of thing. 】

[It must be a problem with the ranking of surnames. He was opposed by other ministers. Li Er had no choice but to come to me for help. 】

Li Er showed embarrassment on his face, while Fang Xuanling on the side was completely surprised.

After thinking for a while, Li Fu said: "There is no rush to talk about this matter, but I have to tell you that the minister gave you advice because he was loyal to you."

"You can't punish others just because they speak up. Otherwise, you will only chill the hearts of others."

Li Fu didn't need to think about it to know that Fang Xuanling must have had a fight with Li Er.

Among these ministers, apart from Wei Zheng, that is, Fang Xuanling dared to quarrel with Li Er.

Otherwise, Li Er, an old guy, wouldn't bring Fang Xuanling here at night.

Hearing what Li Fu said, Fang Xuanling was secretly happy, while Li Er rolled his eyes, but he also knew that what Li Fu said was reasonable.

Of course, Li Er also understood this truth, otherwise, he would not have dragged Fang Xuanling to Li Fu to ask for an explanation.

If Li Er was a fool, he would have killed Fang Xuanling at that time, so why bother.

After finishing speaking, Li Fu told Li Er his other thoughts and told him how to rank surnames.

This kind of thing was originally a gimmick, and the ultimate purpose was just to steal money from several big families.

As for the basis of the ranking, just find a reason, don't be too serious.

After seeing off the contented Li Er, Li Fu was ready to go to bed.

This time, it was another few days of leisure.

On the fourth day, Li Fu was reading a book in his room.

Suddenly, Lao Lu walked in from the outside and told Li Fu that some people came to see him again.

Li Fu took a look outside and knew that the Huo family must be acting like a monster again.

Afterwards, Li Fu walked to the main hall and asked Lao Lu to invite those people here.

As soon as they entered the door, the group of people saw Li Fu leisurely drinking tea, and they said viciously: "Master Li, you are really in a good mood."

"All of us can hardly afford to eat, and you are still drinking tea here."

Another person also said in a strange way: "Hehe, Mr. Li's family has a big business, so naturally he won't worry about survival."

"The business of the salt shop is dying, and they have many other businesses. Which one of us is anxious like ants on a hot pot."

Those people didn't have a good face, as if Li Fu owed them.

Seeing that these people were venting their anger, Li Fu smiled and said, "Everyone, what's wrong with you, why do you seem to be very angry?"

One of them, a tall and lanky man, was vaguely the leader of the group.

After hearing Li Fu's words, he laughed sinisterly a few times.

"Mr. Li, I don't know how capable you are, but you offended the Huo family. Do you know that the last ones to suffer are us small businesses and households!"

"We came today for no other purpose. We just hope that you can apologize to the Huo family and give us a way out!"

Now the people of Huo's family have suppressed the price of salt to the point where it can't be lowered. If they sell it like this, it will be no different from giving it away for nothing.

For example, there is no problem with Li Fu, but some retail investors can't support it at all.

Almost all of their salt is bought at ten cents a catty, but now they can't even sell for half the price.

If this continues, sooner or later he will starve to death.

(End of this chapter)