The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

State of Zhao, Handan. Outside a rice shop.

"How could the price of this grain rise so much all of a sudden?" Many Zhao women gathered outside the rice shop and said dissatisfiedly. They are very dissatisfied with the rising food, because in this case, they will pay 30% more food prices than usual, and this will invisibly reduce their income. Zhao people have adapted to large-scale low-priced food, and they can only express their dissatisfaction with the increase in food prices with a skeptical attitude.

"Did you increase the price privately. In this case, we will unite and sue you to the police station, let the prime minister know about this matter, and let the prime minister take care of you." Many women said dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, everybody, aunts, sisters, sorry, sorry. I'm really sorry, this food rise is not our decision to rise, this is because there is less food. I can't help it. Ah." A guy came out to explain.

"The Chu country does not grow grain, sugarcane, and flax. The price of this grain is too low. They are all used to make wine. And the people of Qin State have recently sold a large amount of grain to the three in the Western Regions. The country, therefore, the food supply is insufficient. Therefore, it has also risen. Everyone, I really can't help but I can't help it." The boy explained helplessly.

"I'm just a food seller. There is no other way. If people don't give food, we can only increase it. This is very helpless. The increase is already very small." The guy said helplessly.

"Oh, there is such a thing, is it said in the newspaper?" The very overwhelmed woman then asked.

"Said. Speaking. The price of this food has already been said. It has been published in the newspapers. We have no way to increase it, everyone. Forgive me. Forgive me." The guy explained helplessly.

"It seems that this is really the case. If this is the case, what can be done?" Many women said annoyedly. They don't know anything about the rise in food. This makes them very passive.

"Everyone, I suggest you, take advantage of the fact that the price of food has not risen, buy some as soon as possible, otherwise, if it rises, we will have no way." The guy suggested at this time.

"That's right. Buy some grain quickly. There is grain in this hand, so we don't have to panic like this." Other women said one after another. In desperation, they could only spend 30% of the usual price on food. Although they were very unhappy, they had no choice but to accept it.

Inside the prime minister's house.

"If your Admiralty is defeated again this time, I will withdraw you." Guo Kai cursed angrily.

"The prime minister can rest assured that we will definitely be able to win this time," the Navy Deputy Chief said with a smile. Guo Kai has no temper for this, because Zhao Guo's navy needs to develop and expand, so it must increase its support to the navy. Otherwise, the entire Zhao Kingdom’s naval career will become very disadvantageous.

"What's the matter?" Guo Kai noticed that the Minister of Economy came in anxiously. Normally, this is a more important matter.

"The prime minister, from Qin, Chu's grains have risen. This will pose a great threat to prices." The Minister of Economy said worriedly.

"Oh. How much is going up, if there is not much going up, this shouldn't be a difficult thing." Guo Kai said disapprovingly.

"Prime Minister, this matter is no small matter. If the food is unstable, it will cause great social instability. This will have a huge impact on the State of Zhao." The Minister of Economy said worriedly.

"I know what you worry about, don't you worry about a lot of chaos?" Guo Kai asked.

"Yes. Workers' wages are currently rising. But if the price of food rises, it will also affect their lives. If they are dissatisfied with their lives, what will happen? It will cause a lot of trouble." Speaking of.

"Yeah. What you said is correct. It's just that we can't do a good job of rising food." Guo Kai nodded and said at this time.

"In my opinion, we can't manage the food issue. It's better to take some measures to solve the salary issue." Guo Kai thought about the problem from another angle.

"Food prices are rising, and we can increase their wages. This is also very good." The Minister of Economy said with a smile and praised. Guo laughed and said nothing. He thinks he is very smart.

Xinzheng, South Korea.

"In terms of food prices, how to solve this problem?" Han Shu asked Zhang Liang at this time. Facing the increase in food prices, Han Shu also felt very helpless. After all, this kind of thing is difficult to deal with.

"Your Majesty, the only way is to release some military reserves to calm prices. But in this way, I am worried that a large amount of grain will flow out of us. The only way is to borrow grain. I know that Chu has a large amount of grain. Stacked in their warehouses, if we can borrow a large amount of grain from them, our situation may be much better." Zhang Liang said.

"Yeah. I think it can only be this way." Han Shu nodded and said. Han Shu feels a headache for the increase in food, because it is related to the stability of South Korea.

"My lord, the minister is going to borrow grain." Zhang Liang nodded and said.

Qin State, Xianyang.

"The attitudes of all countries towards our rising food are not very good. You must know that low-priced food is extremely useful for their social stability." Meng Yi said.

"But now, our food stocks have been eliminated a lot, which naturally affects the social stability of all countries. They have become accustomed to such low-priced food." Shang Wen said.

"Well, but there is no way. Low-priced food has done too much damage to agriculture. Although we have subsidies of this kind, this is not a normal way to develop agriculture. The most important thing is that the profits of agricultural production are far Not as good as industry, this is an indisputable fact." Meng Yi said.

"The situation is such a situation. They must also accept the fact that, perhaps, this is a process. I think, in fact, we should note that food cannot be in such a low-price trend for a long time. This requires a brand new trend. The process of development. How to say, this is a law of economic development.” Shangwen explained. But Meng Yi didn't understand these. What he knew was that it would be difficult to solve this problem if these were not properly developed.

In fact, this is an unavoidable process in economic development, because prices are always rising, and in order to maintain value, currency should not be constantly inflated to adapt to rising values. This is a difficult economy to solve. The problem, Qin’s economic experts seem to have noticed this problem. This economic problem has always existed in economic activities, but at this time someone needs to dig it out. However, it is not good for countries to deal with rising prices.

Chu State, Wu Yue Port. Some merchant ships are unloading large amounts of silk and are starting to carry large amounts of grain. These are the large amounts of military reserves stored by the State of Chu. But I don't know what method they used to steal it out. Now they need to be transported to Qingcheng in South Korea by sea, and sold to other countries by rail instead. Seeing a large amount of food price increases in newspapers, some Chu merchants who are good at speculation began to hoard their food crazily because of this. It is a huge fortune issued in a short period of time.

"This grain has risen a lot now, this money will not be made for nothing," a Chu country businessman said with a smile.

"That's right, I heard about it. This grain can make a lot of money. This silk sold in a ship is very cost-effective to sell to several countries." Another thin businessman said shrewdly.

Although the price of food does not seem to make a lot of money, it can make a fortune in two days, and there is a lot of food here in Chu, mainly because a large amount of rice coming from the south will be hoarded here. As a result, there was a price difference between the price of food in Chu and the price in the north, and these merchants took advantage of this price difference, coupled with the low cost of sea transportation, and the large quantity. As long as they were transported in the past, they could make a profit. Large sum, fast, one day, slow. For two days, the sale of a large amount of silk to Ireland is a lot more cost-effective. Many highly speculative businessmen have already noticed this. Therefore, they frantically do a lot of speculation from the beginning.

"That is, the risk of going to a few countries is so great that only poor businessmen can do such things. What we have to do is speculation. The warehouses in the south are filled with a large amount of grain, and these grains are sold to the northern countries. , Too useful, these grains are cheaper than grass." A businessman said.

"I heard that in some colonial states in the south, when it was time to harvest grain, especially rice, they simply refused to collect it. The planted rice was burned with a fire. I don't know if there is such a thing. Things." The businessman asked curiously.

"I heard that this is the case, and there are still a lot of burns. The reason is that the price of these grains is too cheap. The price is lower than the cost. If it is recovered, it will be a lot worse than the planting. The price of this grain is low. It’s not a good thing either. I think we’re doing good deeds for those farmers. This is the greatest contribution to our farm.” The merchant said with a smile.

Regardless of whether such a thing is true or not, if the price of food is lowered below the cost price, it will cause the crazy weakening of agricultural production, which is a huge disadvantage to agriculture. In order to change such a situation, The businessmen’s approach has to be said that it is a kind of behavior that is conducive to agricultural production, because they speculate correctly.