I’m Almost At Immortal Ascension, You Say You Want Me To Be The Prince?

Chapter 12 Li Mu, if you are the emperor!

"Boy Li Mu, do you want to be an official?" Li Shimin asked suddenly

"Official?"

Li Mu was a little interested for a while. He didn't pass the civil service exam in his previous life. It seems that it would be good to change the world to be a civil servant in this life.

However, daddy is a cultivator of immortals, and being a shitty Datang civil servant, isn’t it good for cultivating immortals?

Therefore, he directly refused, "Sorry Lao Li, I am very busy, I want to cultivate immortals, and I don't have time."

"Really not going to try?"

"Uh... let's talk about it later, besides, the court is not very peaceful now. I'll talk about it when it becomes peaceful in the future."

"how do I say this?"

"If you don't talk far away, just talk about the drought and the locust plague at the moment."

When talking about this, Li Shimin frowned.

It is true that this drought cannot be solved in a short while, and there is also a locust plague. In some places, locusts have indeed appeared infested. It is really a headache to think about it.

At this moment, a small lightning flashed across Li Shimin's mind, and an idea suddenly occurred.

So he asked, "Little Li Mu, if you were the emperor, what would you do?"

puff!

Li Mu almost didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood.

This old Li Weiwei is too daring to say it. If you let Li Er hear this, you will not be ridiculed by your Nine Clan.

"Ahem, Lao Li, you are going to die, can you talk nonsense about this?"

"It's just a hypothesis, what are you afraid of?"

Seeing Lao Li's indifferent look, Li Mu suddenly moved in his heart, so Lao Li is not afraid, I am afraid of being an egg!

Simply and generously said, "Since you asked so, then I'll talk about it."

"If I were the emperor, I would lower the price of food first."

Since the drought, Datang’s current food prices can be said to be constantly hitting new highs, one price a day, and the price is the same as that of a dog.

"How do you stabilize food prices?"

"Buy a lot of grain in the name of the court!"

Li Shimin has a funny expression on your face.

"Boy Li Mu, you are not a fool, not to mention the fact that the treasury is not ample, just this large-scale purchase of grain is really wrong, the merchants are chasing profits, don't you know, they just wait for the price And sell."

"Anla Lao Li, listen to me."

Li Shimin looked at him suspiciously, "Okay, you continue."

"If the food merchants wait for the price to sell, we will double the price until they feel like it."

what? ? ?

What kind of show operation is this?

Li Shimin was not calm in an instant. Just as he was about to yell at him, Li Mu hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt him, and then continued.

"Old Li, don't get excited. Buying food at a high price is just a gesture. It's not really about buying food at a high price. You just need to buy some high-priced food from the market and do it."

"What then?" Li Shimin suddenly became a little interested.

"Then wait for the fish to get the bait!"

"Fish?"

"It's the grain merchants or the wealthy families who hold the granary in their hands."

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly brightened, because Li Mu mentioned the important point, the wealthy family, these talents are the biggest trouble, otherwise it's just the grain merchants, why Li Shimin is at a loss.

"Hurry up and continue speaking." Li Shimin urged.

"Think about it, if food prices continue to skyrocket, those who hold the granary will not be moved?"

"Naturally it will be tempting.""That's right. With such huge profits, let alone the grain merchants in the customs, even those outside the customs will sharpen their heads and run into the customs."

Li Mu paused, took a sip of tea, and continued, "By then, once a large amount of grain flows into the pass, the grain on the market will soon become saturated, and there will even be an oversupply. Then, guess what will happen next. thing?"

Li Mu looked at him with a smile.

Li Shimin suddenly shook his tiger's body, shaking and shaking, the buzzing kind of shock, just like chewing Xuanmai, could not stop at all.

As a great emperor with a long history, can Li Shimin's IQ be poor?

After Li Mu made such a call, he instantly understood the core meaning of this matter.

A large amount of food poured into the customs, and the final situation caused was-bidding.

It can also be translated as price reduction.

Even if these grain merchants see the opportunity and want to withdraw, it is too late.

Entering customs, daddy picks up your skin first, that is, collect taxes.

But let's not kill you first, it makes you feel that there is still a profit.

But I want to go out of the way, huh...

If daddy doesn't take your half-life, daddy won't have the surname Li.

In the end, these guys had only one way left and sold them at a low price.

"Little Li Mu, this method is wonderful!"

"That is."

Li Mu was holding a teacup and sitting on the rocking chair, acting lightly.

"But this method is indispensable, and it is not a long-term solution!"

Li Shimin suddenly realized the shortcomings of this method.

"Is Lao Li stupid? What long-term strategy is needed. Didn't I sell the potato and grain seeds to the court? As long as Li Er is not stupid and survive this wave with these grains, then the potatoes should be planted on a large scale. Are you afraid that there will not be enough food for disaster relief by then?"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up immediately, yes! With such a fetish as potatoes, I am afraid of being an egg, with a fetish of more than 50 shi per mu, killing all grain merchants in seconds.

"But there is a downside of potatoes, that is, they are not as long as corn and other grains."

Li Shimin's face became stiff when he heard this, and he asked quickly, "How is that good?"

"My suggestion is to quickly build up a charity warehouse after going through this wave, in case of emergency."

Li Shimin nodded repeatedly after listening.

Yi Cang had this kind of thing before the Sui Dynasty, so Li Shimin knew it very well.

The so-called righteous warehouse means that during the harvest season each year, the imperial court collects a small amount of grain from the people and deposits it in the warehouse to cope with the shortage of grain in the disaster year.

As long as it is implemented well and local officials do not commit corruption and pervert the law, this measure is still very practical.

"Good idea!" Li Shimin couldn't help high-fiving and praised after listening.

"Haha, good, good, but you are not the emperor, and I am not the emperor. I just have time to talk."

"Uh……"

Li Shimin wanted to tell Li Mu that he was actually Emperor Li Shimin, but in the end he was forced to hold back.

"By the way, after talking about food prices, let's talk about the locust plague. If you were the emperor, what would you do?"

"This is even simpler."

"Huh? Simple?"

"Yes!"

"How to say?"

"Just one word."

"what?"