Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"The price of rice in Chang'an City will definitely return to normal within a month."

"It will still fluctuate, but there will never be such a hundred-fold price increase again."

"About this news, you can tell all the people in the city when you go back."

"After one month, if the price of rice does not fall back to within ten times of the normal price."

"I, the Shangshu Youpushe, will not do it."

"Because I'm not worthy!"

Listening to Li Qiu's powerful words, these people, and all the people around them.

The eye sockets were all excited and moistened.

Their Young Master Li, General Li, and Prime Minister Li will never change.

They will always be the closest person in their hearts.

Afterwards, the surrounding people bowed deeply to Li Qiu and saluted him.

"Master Li, this group of profiteers raised the price of rice."

"Now you and Furongyuan have donated generously and gave us all the food in your family."

"How dare we ask for more?"

"Yes, my lord, General Li."

"In this Great Tang, we can live without anyone."

"But absolutely can't live without you!"

"That is, without General Li, we would have died at the hands of the Turks a few years ago."

"How can you be blamed for what these profiteers have done?"

Li Qiu was absolutely unambiguous about the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Because of thinking, in thinking and understanding.

Naturally, Li Qiu would not reject the businessman.

He even sneered at the words of those merchants who attacked the group of scholar-bureaucrats and hated them like enemies.

But until now, Li Qiu suddenly had a layer, a deeper understanding.

At present, this group of scholar-bureaucrats, even the imperial power, has a perception of businessmen and business.

Nature is one-sided and short-sighted.

But it is not without reason.

In the absence of a perfect system and sound management.

Merchants and businesses in this era can easily become scourges.

The harm is deep.

It has a strong impact on the fragile agriculture and even the ideological and moral construction.

The behavior of this group of grain merchants privately raising grain prices in pursuit of huge profits is an example of this.

And if they are allowed to develop like this.

Let more people see this kind of opportunism and profiteering.

Who still has the heart to farm and produce?

At that time, the entire Tang Dynasty will become morally corrupt, and rituals and music will collapse.

That would be a great disaster.

Chapter 954 The world is hey, all for profit

If you want to talk about the entire Datang, who is the commercial overlord.

Naturally, no one can match the Hibiscus Garden.

Under Li Qiu's status, power, and prestige.

The next morning, all the grain merchants around Chang'an City.

All arrived at Jingzhao Mansion.

This is also the place Li Qiu chose.

This time Li Qiu also summoned them in the name of the court.

Due to the low status of these merchants, they could not enter the imperial city.

It is also not suitable to go to Furong Garden.

So I temporarily borrowed a courtyard in Jingzhao Mansion.

Regarding this kind of thing, the Governor of Jingzhao must be crazy.

Otherwise how dare say no word.

When the staff arrived one after another, many grain merchants here also admired and flattered Li Qiu half-truthfully.

They are all saying that Li Qiu is a model and admirable person for all merchants in the world.

He can definitely be called the ancestor of the younger generations in this line of work.

How much everyone admires the prince.

I didn't expect to finally have a taste and so on.

For them, Li Qiu has no airs.

Very gentle nod.

By the time the appointed time came, the staff had already arrived.

Li Qiu also stood up, and everyone present also fell silent.

At this time, Li Qiu said slowly: "Right now, my Tang Dynasty is suffering from floods."

"Tens of thousands of people live in hardship."

"Owing to time constraints."

"Today I will call you here, so I will make a long story short."

"Just for the price of rice around Chang'an City."

"Before the flood, the rice in Chang'an City was only a few dozen coins."

"But now, it has increased by a hundred times."

"So many people in the city can't afford rice."

"I even ran out of the city to line up with the refugees to get porridge to eat."

"Now that the country is in crisis, you, as grain merchants in the Tang Dynasty, enjoy this peaceful and prosperous world on weekdays."

"Now it's making a lot of money for the country."

"Don't you feel ashamed?"

Listening to Li Qiu's words, everyone in the room, who were also at the level of Oscar statuettes, complained.

"Oh, my lord, what you said is very true."

"I also don't want to see the scene in front of me."

"But some things, such as food prices, are beyond our control."

"This flood has caused floods, and countless farmlands and warehouses have been destroyed."

"Even the water transport running through the north and south has been suspended for more than three months."

"The rice in the south cannot be transported in, the new rice in the north cannot be received, and the stored rice is getting less and less."

"How can the price of rice not be expensive?"

"Yes, Master Li."

"This rice, when we bought it, was already very expensive."

"Selling them is naturally more expensive."

"We're just a small business."

"It also has its own attrition and people eat horse chews."

"It's incomparable with your Furong Garden."

"You can take out all the stored food for disaster relief at any cost."

"But we still have a whole family to support..."

Just as they were talking to each other, Li Qiu's complexion became gloomy visible to the naked eye.

At this time, one of the most prestigious leaders among the grain merchants hastily stopped the cries of these bastards.

Immediately, he glared hard at the people around him and let out a soft drink.

"You all shut up!"

"Li Xiang is busy with government affairs every day."

"Could it be that you are here to listen to your complaints?!"

After scolding everyone, the half-hundred old man in brocade robes respectfully clasped his fists and saluted Li Qiu.

"What Li Xiang just said, we also have a deep understanding."

"At the same time, we are waiting for what Li Xiang and Furongyuan have done for the Great Tang and the people."

"It's also extremely admirable."

"Actually, since the flood, among us, there are many people who have opened warehouses to provide disaster relief."

"It's just that compared with you, Li Xiang, I'm afraid it's not even a drop in the bucket."

"Li Xiang, you can call us here today, and you have already sold us a great deal of face."

"We must never be ignorant of good and bad."

"Li Xiang, just tell me what you want us to do next."

"As long as it is something within our power, we will definitely only look forward to you, Prime Minister Li."

After listening to his words, the others also echoed.

This kind of icing on the cake, without doing such a good thing, how can they be left behind?

At this time, Li Qiu didn't change much in his expression.

He directly stated what he wanted.

"Li Yuanwai is also a straightforward person."

"My request is simple."

"That is from now to every day in the future."

"Food prices can have market fluctuations."

"But it must not exceed ten times the normal price."

"Before the flood, the price of grain on the market was only ten cents."

"So I request that within three days, the price you sell rice should be capped at [-] Wen."

"No more."

Upon hearing Li Qiu's words, all the people present turned pale with shock.

Even the old man in charge of the grain merchant had an extremely ugly expression on his face.

However, with his sophistication and experience, he naturally knew the young man in front of him who was in a high position and well-known in the Tang Dynasty.

Definitely someone they can't afford to mess with.