This person is too strong but insists on eating the empress' soft rice

Chapter 50
After all, when Luo Hongyan borrowed grain from the grain merchant, she once said that she would pay them two taels of the market price in two months.

Now as long as the price of food is lower, the profit Luo Hongyan can make from it will be higher.

Soon the price of grain dropped from more than 20 yuan per catty to only six yuan per catty.

At this time, the major grain merchants have long been confused.

At this time, he had no choice but to face the rapidly falling grain prices.

Because they also know very well that even if they spend their own money to buy all the officially sold grain, it will not help.

Because the families of the common people who grow potatoes have already had a bumper harvest.

They will not be so stupid as to spend a lot of money to buy food.

The development of the matter gradually confirmed the speculation of the grain merchants. The price of grain fell steadily all the way, and gradually reached the price of three Wenqian.

At this point, the two major grain merchants who did not lend their grain to Luo Hongyan felt like crying.

Because they had always insisted on stockpiling their own grain in the past, in order to ensure that the price of grain would not fall, they even secretly bought some grain released by the government.

Now with the sharp drop in food prices, they are already destined to lose all their money.

The grain merchants had no choice but to cut their meat, and began to sell their grain at a price of three pennies per catty.

Because if they don't do this, the price of grain will drop again, which will only make the grain merchants feel desperate.

As a result, as the two major grain merchants desperately sold out their own grain, the price of grain on the market dropped sharply again.

In the end, the price of grain stabilized at [-] cents per catty.

The low price of this kind of food is unprecedented.

Never before have grain prices been this low, even in a normal harvest year.

On this day, finally came the time for the deal that Luo Hongyan had agreed with the four major grain merchants.

The four chief grain merchants gathered in Chaotian Palace, all of them were frowning.

They knew very well that they were being put on by Luo Hongyan now.

But there is no way, he is an emperor, no matter how resentful he is, he can only hide everything in his heart.

Luo Hongyan naturally understood the inner activities of the grain merchants at the moment.

It's just that she doesn't have the slightest sympathy for the grain merchants.

Because this group of guys is very hateful in the first place. During the famine, they still tried their best to make a fortune for the country.

The reason why these grain merchants have ended up like this today is that they are to blame for everything.

"Everyone, I summoned you here today to fulfill my original promise. I would like to thank you for being willing to lend my food when the country is in danger."

"Now I will fulfill my original promise and convert it into cash for you at [-] times the market price."

After Luo Hongyan finished speaking, someone soon brought over a box of silver.

Originally, this moment was a moment that several major grain merchants had been waiting for for a long time.

But when things came to an end, they couldn't be happy at all.

The faces of the four grain merchants present today were extremely ugly. As for the head of the Liang family, he didn't even show up at all.

The food borrowed by their family has long been lost by the young master and the empress as a bet.

Not long after, Jiang Qingyang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, had already settled the account.

According to the price Luo Hongyan had promised, he settled all the silver to the four major grain merchants.

After receiving the silver taels, they checked and left Chaotian Palace.

After the grain merchants left, Luo Hongyan immediately asked Jiang Qingyang, "How? How much did you earn this time?"

Luo Hongyan looked forward to Jiang Qingyang's answer.

Because even though she didn't personally handle the sale of grain and other things, she knew it very well in her heart.

After this time, there is absolutely a large surplus in the treasury.

After Luo Hongyan finished asking, she immediately saw that Jiang Qingyang's face turned a little flushed.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the average price of the grain we sold before was around [-] Wen. Today, the grain merchants will exchange it for less than [-] Wen per catty. The profit is huge."

Luo Hongyan was a little impatient: "Tell me directly, what is the profit?"

The abacus in Jiang Qingyang's hand was crackling.

After a while, he replied in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, plus the price of grain that the Liang family doesn't have to pay back, our profit should be 5000 million taels of silver."

Even though she had been prepared in her heart, Luo Hongyan couldn't help but gasped after hearing this answer.

"There are so many?" Luo Hongyan muttered to herself.

At this moment, she couldn't help but think of Ye Chen.

This kid just came up with a seemingly simple idea, which actually brought such a huge profit to the treasury.

I really don’t know how to thank this guy?

At the moment in the Fengming Palace, Ye Chen was lying leisurely on the rocking chair.

Chunlan is playing the zither at the side.

Some of the other maids were peeling grapes for Ye Chen, while others were beating his legs.

As for Ye Chen himself, he was basking in the sun leisurely with a thread-bound book in his hand.

When Luo Hongyan came to the backyard of Fengming Palace, what she saw was such a scene.

For some reason, after that Luo Hongyan saw it, she always felt a little empty in her heart for no reason.

Seeing Ye Chen being served by several beautiful maidservants, she felt as if her things had been taken over by others.

Soon everyone in the backyard discovered Luo Hongyan's existence.

Several maidservants hurriedly got up and saluted Luo Hongyan.

However, Ye Chen has been lying on the rocking chair from the beginning to the end. From what he looks like, he has no intention of standing up and saluting at all.

"I'm talking about confidante, how can you say that you are also the king of a country, and we are married in a serious way, can you stop sneaking over all the time?"

When Luo Hongyan heard the words, she snorted coldly: "Hmph, you are so afraid of me coming over, is there something shady?"

"As lazy and rude as you are, I can definitely punish you for contempt of your Majesty!"

After Luo Hongyan's voice fell, Ye Chen didn't panic at all.

He put down the book in his hand with a smile, and then told Chunlan Qiuju and the others: "You guys go down first."

The four maidservants left obediently.

At this time, Luo Hongyan saw the servants leaving, and then she gradually put away the sullen look on her face.

Then she also walked to another recliner that Ye Chen had prepared for her, and sat on it leisurely.

"Ye Chen, you have done a great job this time. The matter of the grain merchants has been settled, and the treasury has made a lot of money."

(End of this chapter)