Datang: Touching the Corpse Li Yuanba at the Beginning

"Your Highness, in the past three days, carts have always been pushed out of these Zong Lao's mansions. Judging by their weight, they are probably full of heavy silver."

"I see."

Li Wenhao nodded. These clan elders are nominally the clan of the Li family, but they don’t do any personnel work. When Li Wenhao established the bank, he originally wanted the clan to contribute and share a piece of the pie. After all, if the bank didn’t have enough real money. , That causes inflation, and its impact may be greater than the enemy's army of one million.

But these people from the clan thought that Li Wenhao was defrauding them of money, and they didn't say anything, and encouraged the people around them not to let them take the money.

That's why Li Wenhao took the risk and slaughtered those aristocratic families, otherwise the bank might go bankrupt before it was completed.

Then, from Li Wenhao's conquest of the Turks, these patriarchs have held heavy troops in front of Li Shimin from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who has made great achievements, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty only recognize the Crown Prince, not His Majesty...

Moreover, while this group of people was thinking about defeating Li Wenhao, they were also thinking about using Li Wenhao's influence to enhance their own power, and they always wanted to arrange their children into Li Wenhao's army.

Of course, the result was Li Wenhao's ruthless rejection, but this did not affect the joy of the group of people.

The so-called heaven wants people to perish, it must first make them crazy.

Now these clans want to take advantage of this opportunity to reduce Li Wenhao's influence by driving up grain prices, and instead improve themselves.

It's just that they play these things that Li Wenhao doesn't want to play, okay?

This method of driving up prices is the same as shorting futures, is it nothing more than a heartbeat?

Although Li Wenhao had never eaten pork in his previous life, even if he learned it from novels, he knew more than them.

In other words, Li Wenhao doesn't want to monopolize. If he wants to monopolize, how can there be other businessmen in Datang?

"Go and find out where and to whom their things have been sent."

"Find out the movements of the rest of the grain merchants in Chang'an. They must be closely monitored, and they must not be left behind for a moment."

"Yes!"

Lu Wenzhao has completely become a tool man.

In this case, he really doesn't understand Li Wenhao's routine.

The next day, as the grain merchants on Li Wenhao's side released the news first, this coincided with the wishes of those members of the clan.

As the news was released, as expected, some chaos appeared in Chang'an City, especially those people who were still in shock. When they found that their food had been taken away from their homes, they immediately went to the streets with the only money they had. Grab food.

At this time, the role of the bank is manifested. As the center of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City must have the largest branch, and all the money here is in Shan Xiongxin's Zhuangzi. To put it bluntly, Li Chengye Got nothing.

But it is precisely because of this that the people have money to buy food.

But the problem we are facing now is that we have money but no food.

Coupled with the malicious hoarding of some merchants, the price of food in Chang'an City has skyrocketed by more than ten times in just two days, but in three days.

"Brother Li Jun, it seems that our strategy has really succeeded. Now that we have all the food in Chang'an City, let me see how that kid Li Wenhao can make a comeback?"

"Back then, our private salt business was wiped out by Li Wenhao. Now, in Chang'an City, only we have food in our hands. Let me see how Li Wenhao will solve it?"

"I want him to come to my mansion in person to beg me with the etiquette of grandparents."

"Brother Li Jun is really clever."

In the mansion of a certain elder, several people are conspiring and discussing, and it seems that the success of this matter has reached 90.00%.

"Wait, Brother Li Jun, what if someone sells food at a low price at this time?"

"Accept, accept all orders."

"I'm not bragging. Now in Chang'an City, how many people are richer than us?"

"Who else has food in hand?"

"As long as he is a human being, he has to eat. If he wants to eat, he has to buy it from me at a high price."

"The news from Fan Yang has come in, and the price of food in the trading house has also started to skyrocket. Li Wenhao still wants to manipulate the price of food by himself?"

"It's downright ridiculous."

"Brother Li Jun really doesn't matter if he doesn't make a move. If he makes a move, he will hit his deathbed!"

"Think about the huge city of Chang'an. Within a few hundred miles around, we are the only ones who have food reserves. How does it feel?"

"Hahahaha!"

"Everyone, we will open a warehouse to sell grain tomorrow. Everyone, get ready for the accounts. Don't count the money until your hands cramp."

"At that time, let's take this money to Li Wenhao's bank and exchange it for cash, and I will directly collapse the economic system he built."

I have to say that there is something about Li Jun here, not to mention, just this one hand is brilliant, and he has the intention of shorting the modern society, but he is a wild way after all.

Moreover, there is no established economic system at all. The most important point is that the people do not fight with the officials.

Even if he is a clan member, he wants to wrestle with the imperial power?

This is simply nonsense.

If you want to wrestle with the imperial power, the most important point is not how much money you have or how much food you have, but how many soldiers and horses you have in your hands.

No soldiers, no army, it's all nonsense. Within the scope allowed by the imperial power, you can still talk and talk, but if it exceeds the scope allowed by the imperial power, then I'm afraid it will be a battle of swords and soldiers.

At that time no one will reason with you.

"Your Highness, they started buying food at ten times the price of food."

"The people in the city are miserable. Although the people have a lot of wealth in recent years, they still can't afford to face ten times the price of food."

"I see."

Li Wenhao nodded. He had already received the news from Li Yuan that those clans had given conditions. As long as Li Wenhao agreed to let those clan children enter the dynasty and enter the army as officials and generals, they could help Li Wenhao and help Chang'an City through this crisis. One difficulty, otherwise, there are more violent things waiting for Li Wenhao.

I have to say, these clans really dislike their own longevity, is he threatening the crown prince?

Is the spear in the prince's hand not sharp enough, or is the soldier under his command not brave enough to fight?

Let people ride on the head to poop?

Then you want the crown prince to meet him with the etiquette of a junior?

"Tell Dou Yi that starting tomorrow, they will start selling grain at half the price of their grain. Remember that the supply is unlimited. These people can buy as much as they want, and tell Dou Yi that no matter how they sell it, they will sell it at half their price. "

"But remember, sell for one day, rest for two days, then sell for another day, and rest for two days. This cycle will always give them the illusion that we have no food and we have to raise food."

"In addition, let the newly arrived two thousand owl ghost army pretend to be a team escorting food and grass back and forth, enter the city every day during the day, and leave the city with my token at night. It must be kept secret."

"Play short with me, they are too young."

Li Wenhao tapped the table lightly, his eyes were full of coldness.

Anyone who wants to make a deal with the people of Tang Dynasty with him will die.

The person who regards the common people as a bargaining chip has been Li Wenhao's enemy from the very beginning. This is the bottom line, the bottom line that no one can touch.

The next day, when Dou Yi began to sell grain at half the price of the clan's grain, it immediately attracted a large group of people. After all, they wanted to eat. Although the grain was expensive, they had to eat. If they didn't eat, they would starve to death.

And the clan who heard the news over there was not in a hurry, and directly ordered people to go over and buy all the grain that Dou Ai had delivered.

Under Dou Yi's instruction, these grain sellers under him did not stop them, and sold all the grain very cooperatively as if they had picked up a big bargain.

"My lord, our grain is in the granary. In this way, you can give us some rent. These days, how about we rent the granary directly to you?"

"it is good!"

As the silver deeds were sent to Dou Yi, the granaries in his hands were also emptied one by one.

"Go and check for me, that Dou family, where did they get their food? If there is any more, send someone over to talk to them. We will buy them all at [-]% of the current market price."

Li Jun's thinking is very simple, Dou Yi is obviously a speculative businessman, since he is a businessman, of course he pursues profit, as long as he pursues profit, it will be easy to handle.

Give him benefits, and then they bring the food, so that they can exchange the food for greater value.

Looking at the increasingly plump warehouse, Li Jun showed a sneer, but he never thought that from today onwards, he would never have the intention to smile again.

Because the grain transportation team from the Hebei Road has now left the Yanmen Pass and is heading straight for the Gaoling through the prairie.

Most importantly, it's still hidden.

PS: Pay off the debt, pay off the debt, continue to deposit [-] tomorrow.

Chapter 428

A day later, Li Jun got a report from his subordinates.

"My lord, that Dou's company really has a channel to buy food, do you think we should accept it as it is ordered?"

Li Jun's most reliable shopkeeper came over and asked.

Some small troubles, this shopkeeper can completely call the shots, but a businessman like Dou Yi seems to be a little sorry for his identity if he makes a move without being a granary.

"Accept, why not accept?"

"Don't you see that the silver in our treasury is already full?"

"My lord, do you accept all of them?"

"Of course they will all be collected. After Li Chengye's troubles, the entire Guanzhong is short of food, and you didn't notice it?"

"Since two years ago, the grain from Jiangnan Road will not go to Tongguan?"

"Now that the Yangtze River is blocked, he can't transport it in. Even if he wants to come in, I'm afraid it will take at least two months. After all, the grain is transported to the Hebei Road through the Grand Canal."

"Is it going to be transported from Hebei Road to various places in the north?"

"Now, it is no exaggeration to say that in the whole of Hebei, only we have food."

"other people?"

"Humph……"

"How many days can the food and grass in that Dou Yi's hand last?"

"Maybe in the future he will go to us to buy food for rations"

"Master is wise."

"Go!"

Li Jun was drinking tea leisurely, at this moment, like Li Wenhao, he was thinking about how to get the other party to come and beg him.

Of course, Li Wenhao didn't want Li Jun to come and beg him, what he was thinking was how to kill Li Jun so that he wouldn't even be able to stand up.

"My lord, that Dou Yi said that he has a total of four granaries in various places in Guanzhong, but these grains are a bit too much."