The sturdy peasant girl in space

Chapter 764 Outrageous food prices

"Hurry up and execute it." Seeing her wink, the emperor understood what was going on, and said angrily as he looked at the officials.

"Eunuch Zhang, pour a cup of tea for Yongping." The emperor hurriedly said to Eunuch Zhang after seeing all the officials go out.

"Yes." Seeing the emperor's disappearance, Eunuch Zhang hurriedly responded with a smile, and at the same time stepped back much more cheerfully.

He really didn't expect that all the officials didn't think about discussing the problem early in the morning, and let her solve it in a few words. No wonder the emperor was always a little happy when he mentioned her, but also a little depressed.

However, he also felt that it would be great if the Lord Yongping was a man, so that he could help the emperor with many things.

"What else did you find wrong, you can tell it all at once." The emperor asked after returning to the dragon chair.

"Food prices have skyrocketed." Bai Jingwen replied with a sigh.

Fortunately, she asked Uncle Qian to save more before, otherwise the people in that family would really not be able to support them now.

"What's the price now?" The emperor asked while flipping through the memorial.

"Seven or eight times the original price."

"Seven or eight times, you are really a profiteer, earning black-hearted money." The emperor closed the booklet with a "snap", and said coldly.

Then he stared at her and asked, "Do you know how much their profit is?"

"Based on the current purchase price, the cost is about [-]% higher, plus the extra cost of transportation and manpower, it can be as much as two to three times more.

If you have a business mind and deposit in advance, then only the warehouse fee will be charged. This may be averaged, but it will definitely not reach [-]%. "Bai Jingwen thought deeply.

"Based on the highest price, the cost is only three times, that is to say, they can earn at least [-] Wen per catty of grain." The emperor asked in surprise, this business can really make you rich overnight.

"That's why I said it was too expensive. If we don't control it, let alone the disaster victims, the ordinary people in the capital may have to beg for food." Bai Jingwen said with a sigh.

What she didn't say was that if she was mobilized by someone with a heart, there might be riots in the capital.

But the emperor still thought of this, and was taken aback immediately, and hurriedly asked, "Can you bring down the price of grain?"

"Have you stored any food?" Bai Jingwen turned her head to stare at him and asked. The reason why she asked Tianxiang to hand over the detailed list was also to hope that he could store more food to prevent this from happening.

But looking at the emperor's annoyed look, he knew that he didn't save it, and he was speechless.

Then he said: "The best way to deal with this situation is to stand up for a powerful person and sell grain at par or twice the price.

Another is to implement a high-pressure policy to force them to lower prices, but this kind of behavior is easy to be used by others. "

"I'll think about it. If you're fine, you can go back." The emperor thought of the remnants of the previous dynasty still lurking in the capital, and suddenly his heart was in turmoil, and he was not in the mood to deal with her, so he said.

Bai Jingwen rolled her eyes, turned her head just in time to see Eunuch Zhang coming with tea, hurriedly got up and walked over, finished drinking the tea before going out.

"Go and call the heads of King Yi, Duke Zhen's Mansion, Duke Huguo's Mansion, Anning Hou Mansion, and Yongning Hou Mansion.

Besides, the ministers with many Zhuangzi can call as many as they want. "The emperor gave instructions to Eunuch Zhang after Bai Jingwen went out.

The price of grain is already ridiculously high, and it is really inappropriate to procrastinate any longer. Now we can only collect as much grain as possible to sell.

At the same time, unify a price that is beneficial to grain merchants but not outrageous.Otherwise, when the capital is in chaos, it will be a big trouble.

(End of this chapter)