Da Wei Chun

Chapter 310 Money shortage
The ice used in the palace and the ice given by the officials were all diverted from the Luohe River to the lake before the winter of the previous year, and dug out for storage after freezing in Lidong.

The river water has a somewhat muddy smell.There are grasses, algae, fish, shrimps, and toads in the lake, and the silt accumulated at the bottom of the lake does not know how many years, the taste of this ice is naturally not very good.

If someone wants to grab business and make smoothies, they can only use this kind of ice.And the taste of milk and glutinous rice can only be attached to the surface of the ice.Compared with the ice made by Li Chengzhi with clean water, and the smoothie with raw materials such as milk and syrup frozen in, the taste and taste are more than twice as bad?
Gao Ying had a whim: But why fight with Li Chengzhi? Wouldn't it be better to cooperate to benefit both?
Only the palace and Guanglu Temple have ice, and besides Li Chengzhi, only His Majesty is left who can make a lot of smoothies.Li Chengzhi's ice is better, and the price can be more expensive.The ice in the palace is worse, so it will be cheaper.The two sides can just take turns: Li Chengzhi sells smoothies to officials, and the smoothies from the palace are sold to civilians.

As for whether the court officials will buy it?

How simple is it: just ask His Majesty to reduce the rewards of hundreds of officials by one, or just stop?I have been used to it for so many years, and as soon as I lose this mouthful of ice, the courtiers may not even be able to sleep at night...

Just thinking of this, Gao Ying paused, and a flash of light seemed to flash in his mind.

"You just said, Li Chengzhi asked you some strange words, which ones are they?"

Haven't you said it once?

Gao Zhan was suspicious, and repeated again: "He first asked: Is there any shortage of ice in the palace! Then asked: Is your Majesty short of money!"

The palace lacks ice... His Majesty lacks money...

No, it should be: Once there is no ice in the palace, His Majesty will not be short of money, and Li Chengzhi will only earn more...

Gao Ying was stunned: In order to keep this business, Li Chengzhi dared to come up with such a sinister idea?Isn't he afraid of hundreds of courtiers fighting him desperately?
Hmm... No, they just asked if there is any ice in the palace, and if your Majesty is short of money, who dares to say that he came up with this idea?
Gao Yingyin gritted her teeth: Well, you Li Chengzhi, you dare to plot against me... Hmm, isn't it right?

How could Li Chengzhi have expected that San'er would meet him as soon as he entered the palace?Besides, he made Gao Zhan not even look for his uncle, but directly looked for His Majesty... This is clearly a reminder to His Majesty that the time has come for the knife...

His Majesty thought of his favor, not only would he not rob him of his livelihood, but he had to cover it up for him?

It also helped him open up sales.

Because this is an overt conspiracy: If His Majesty wants to make this money, he must reduce or stop the ice of the courtiers.Under the unbearable heat, not to mention that Li Chengzhi only produces one or two hundred square meters per day, even if it is doubled, it may not be enough to sell.

It's really a good calculation, and it's a lot of success in one fell swoop?

"Hahaha...hehehe..."

Gao Ying laughed nervously, laughed for a long time, then scolded Gao Zhan with gritted teeth: "You idiot..."

Poor Gao Zhan, still thinking of going back to Li Chengzhi to question him?They are all so refined, I'm afraid they have already hidden out.If Gao Zhan can find Li Chengzhi today, I, Gao Ying, dare to follow the surname Li...

Gao Zhan was scolded for no reason, but how could Gao Ying wake him up.

Li Chengzhi asked Gao Zhan to go directly to His Majesty, without even mentioning Gao Zhao's name, clearly implying Gao Zhan: No one can bear this blame, and His Majesty can only come in person.

Therefore, it is better for Gao Zhan not to know than to know...

"Get out to see His Majesty, you can do whatever Li Chengzhi tells you... If your Majesty doesn't ask, don't mention that you have met me... Get out..."

Gao Zhan was at a loss, but seeing Gao Ying gnashing his teeth, he didn't dare to ask.After obediently bowing, I left the Cool Wind Palace...

After a long time, Gao Ying sighed quietly: "If you really want to sell all the ice in the palace, it will be more than tens of thousands of gold? This will not only solve your majesty's urgent need, but also avoid uncle's hidden danger. Even I have to read He's good..."

Gao Wenjun worried: "It's a bit of a risk..."

"With His Majesty helping him cover it up, what's the risk? He's just lucky..." Gao Yingqi said, "It feels like a pillow fell from the sky just as soon as he dozed off?"

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The brother-in-law and brother-in-law sat opposite each other, each holding an ice bowl, staring at each other, neither of them spoke.

Gao Zhan hadn't figured out the joint so far, so he was as confused as he wanted to be.

Yuan Ke was surprised that Li Chengzhi had really researched the way to make money, as Gao Zhao said.

He originally thought that Li Chengzhi could make ice and put it in the ice mirror to dissipate heat, so he would not buy much if he gave it up.

Who knows that it is edible and so delicious?

Yuan Ke was even a little rejoicing: Fortunately, Li Chengzhi knew how to measure and came up with a perfect plan, otherwise he would really have to break his promise.

This is a business that can earn tens of thousands of gold within two or three months. If all the ice stored in the palace and Guanglu Temple can be sold, the money obtained can completely relieve the famine in Jin.

Of course, as the emperor, he would definitely not rob his courtiers, at least he would give Li Chengzhi one or two ranks of title, or raise his title to one and a half ranks as compensation...

After thinking about it for a while, Yuan Ke sighed again: This time, thanks to Li Chengzhi, he can sell ice first to save the emergency, but what should he sell next time?
In fact, what the imperial court lacked was not the food to relieve the Jin land, but the money needed to transport the grain to the Jin land!
Although there have been occasional natural disasters since Empress Dowager Feng took charge of the dynasty, and border residents rebelled from time to time in the north, but at most it can be regarded as scabies.Most of the states and counties are fairly stable, also known as the wind and rain.

Most of the Changping warehouses in various places were full of grain, and the silk and silk in the capital Taicang and the inner warehouses of the imperial palace were almost full, and the price dropped six or seven times compared to the Taihe period.

And it just so happened that these two items were recognized by both officials and folks in the Wei Dynasty as substitutes for currencies.

The problem naturally arises: the more abundant the year, the lower the price of grain and silk, the weaker the purchasing power, the larger the volume of grain and silk needed to buy other commodities, and the higher the circulation cost.

Take the shortage of grain in Jin as an example: the emperor ordered Guanzhong to transport grain and adjust the relief, and Xi Kangsheng naturally had to do so.But the problem is that expropriation of civilian husbands can be counted as corvee, and the collection of grain has to be paid, at least it must be silk.Otherwise, it is no different from forcing the people to rebel.

Naturally, the money has to be paid by the court.It doesn't matter if you don't pay, then find a way to transport the grain from Luoyang directly to Jindi.But fools will also settle accounts: the consumption on the road alone is definitely several times more than the food delivered...

There are more and more similar problems, that's why Yuan Ke racked his brains to come up with crooked ideas, and searched for copper ingots and coins from officials and gentry in different ways.

But the more expensive it is, the more reluctant to sell it, the more expensive it is, and the money shortage is getting worse...

As for Yifo Melting Copper... that is simply impossible.Unless Yuan Ke is willing to see rebels everywhere in the territory of the Wei Dynasty, there are many clans, each claiming to be king...

(End of this chapter)