Chapter 16: Grain Merchant Borrowing Grain, Opportunity to Leave the Palace
There are seven major grain merchants in the Tianyan Dynasty. In addition to the official grain, the seven major grain merchants control more than 80% of the country's grain transactions.
Five of the seven major grain merchants are headquartered in Tianyan Emperor City.
Luo Hongyan sent out the order and soon met the chief executives of the five major grain merchants headquartered in Tianyan Emperor City.
"See Your Majesty."
The leaders of the five major grain merchants saluted. On the surface, they were frightened, but in their hearts, they didn't think so.
In their opinion, Luo Hongyan definitely wanted them to sell more grain!
But the later the price goes up, the higher the price goes. If you sell it early, it means losing money for them, and they are not happy!
Luo Hongyan is the emperor, so she must give her some face if she speaks in person, but they won't give Luo Hongyan too much face!
They operate according to the law, can Luo Hongyan still send troops to deal with them?
"No gifts, please give me a seat!"
Luo Hongyan said calmly, "There is famine in the world and people are in dire straits. I invite you to come over and want to do business with you."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
One of the old men spoke.
Luo Hongyan said: "I will borrow grain from you, as much as I can borrow, and I will return it to you after one month at one point three times, or I will pay you money according to the market price at that time!"
The five people’s eyes lit up!
According to their estimates, the food shortage will become more serious in one month and prices will be higher!
Luo Hongyan borrowed food and would pay them three times one point and three times when the time came. They would make a lot of money!
"Your Majesty, are you serious about this?"
Another person said with excitement.
Luo Hongyan looked over with cold eyes, and the mighty imperial power was instantly released, and the man suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
"I am the king of a country, and I can deceive you with my golden words!"
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
The man quickly knelt down.
Luo Hongyan said: "Get up! The disaster is urgent. If you want to borrow food, lend it to the local governments as quickly as possible!"
"By the way, unless you don't have food, you still have to sell the food according to the original amount!"
The expressions of the five grain merchant chiefs changed slightly.
They promised to sell the amount of grain every day, but if the government sells grain at 80% price, they will definitely have to lower the price to sell it.
"Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and I will lend all the food of the Zheng family to your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I will lend all the food of the Liang clan in Longxi to Your Majesty!"
"His Majesty--"
The five grain merchants spoke one after another and expressed their willingness to lend out all the grain!
In their opinion, they will definitely make a profit in a month!
They actually knew about the government's large-scale promotion of potato cultivation, but they didn't take it seriously.
Even if the yield of potatoes is higher than that of grain, how much can it be used to replace grain?
Unless the potato yield reaches more than thirty stones!
But is this possible?
The Tianyan Dynasty's grain output is generally only four or five stones per mu. Isn't it nonsense that potato output is more than six times that of grain output?
"Okay, I promise you, I will pay you back the food after one month, or pay one or three times the market price!"
Luo Hongyan said solemnly.
She said and had someone bring pen and ink.
Luo Hongyan wrote five IOUs with her own hands, and then stamped each with her imperial seal!
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this."
"Yes, Your Majesty, we definitely believe in Your Majesty."
The five grain merchants said so, but Luo Hongyan gave them an IOU, which made them feel more relieved.
"Hurry up and act!"
Luo Hongyan said in a deep voice.
The five grain merchants resigned, and soon they were flying pigeons to pass messages to other places.
Granaries in various places quickly lent all their grain to the government, and the government immediately sold the grain at 80% of the current market price.
The sales volume is much larger than before!
"Your Majesty has mercy!"
"I heard that His Majesty buys grain at 1.3 times the price and then sells it to us at 20% off!"
"Whoever speaks ill of His Majesty again is our enemy!"
Countless people talked about it, and Luo Hongyan's reputation among the people, which had fallen a lot, quickly recovered!
Even more than before!
"Hmph, does Luo Hongyan think she can survive the disaster this way? She is simply naive!"
"Yes, the borrowed grain must be repaid. What will Luo Hongyan have to pay back after a month? If you eat freely, the grain will be consumed faster. The price of grain on the market will definitely be higher in a month!"
The other two major grain merchants got together.
They had no intention of lending food to Luo Hongyan.
Even if they need to sell some grain at a 20% discount now, they are willing to carry on like this!
You might earn more if you carry it for a month!
Time passed day by day, and as the potatoes in the field gradually grew, Luo Hongyan felt relieved.
The land around the Tianyan Dynasty was not the best, but she estimated that the yield per mu would not be less than sixty stones!
"Ye Chen, on behalf of all the people in the world, thank you!"
Luo Hongyan came to Ye Chen again, she smiled and saluted to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen did not dodge and accepted Luo Hongyan's gift.
Potatoes are a good thing for making a fortune. What if he takes them out and accepts a gift from Luo Hongyan?
"Hongyan, the people must have concerns about a new food like potatoes. You'd better organize a potato feast for the officials before harvesting, so as to dispel the people's concerns!"
Ye Chen said.
Luo Hongyan smiled and said: "That's what I meant. This time I came here to invite you to the banquet."
"The harem cannot interfere with politics, but it is no problem to attend such a banquet!"
Ye Chen's eyes lit up.
He has no interest in eating potatoes.
But such a banquet will definitely not be held in Tianji Palace, nor will it be held in Chaotian Palace.
He can check in somewhere new!
"Hongyan, where is the banquet held?"
Ye Chen asked directly, if it wasn't a good place, he wouldn't be interested!
Luo Hongyan smiled and said: "I plan to invite some people from the private sector, and the location will be Juxian Palace!"
Juxian Palace is not inside the palace, but outside the palace.
It is a place where the emperor recruits talents and enjoys himself with the people!
Every year, the emperor would meet some extraordinary people here, and many of them won the emperor's favor!
"Juxian Palace? Okay!"
Ye Chen nodded.
Of course he knew this place. Although it was not within the Tianyan Emperor's Palace, it was still an extremely important place.
You should get some good treasures if you sign in here.
"The time is set for tomorrow. We will set off after the morning. Be prepared!"
Luo Hongyan left after speaking.
"I'll leave the palace tomorrow. Maybe I'll have a chance to leave and go to my hometown to deal with those horse thieves!"
Ye Chen's eyes flashed with cold light.
A month ago, his cultivation level was at the sixth level of the God King, and his combat power was at the ninth level of the God King. Now he has the combat power of the God King level!
When the emperor travels, there will definitely be powerful people following him, but with his current strength and the fact that he has something like the cloak of the Holy Hidden, he might be able to leave quietly.
Most of the energy of the strong men who go out to protect Luo Hongyan will definitely be on Luo Hongyan!
"Father, mother, I will definitely avenge you!"
Ye Chen murmured to himself.
The horse thieves who attacked their village were very strong, and now they have grown even stronger.
However, in the eyes of Ye Chen today, they are just rubbish, and God-Emperor level strength is no joke!
In the entire Tianyan Emperor's Palace, there would be no more than twenty powerful men of the God-Emperor level.
In the entire Tianyan Dynasty, with a population of tens of billions, there will definitely be no more than fifty God-Emperor level experts!
