If he followed the previous smuggling method, Li Ye could send people to rob and kill.
But if they are smuggled into the enemy country by transporting food and fodder, this interception method will not work.
No matter what, you can't hit your own people.
What's more, even if we investigate, the other party will refuse to admit it.
Even if they said that it was delivered to the soldiers at the border, Li Ye could not find any evidence that they were lying.
I have to say that this move is really too cruel.
Not only did they provide financial support to the enemy country, but they also cut off a large portion of their own financial resources.
The business that had been monopolized with great effort was completely cut off.
Now they are just smuggling iron and grain.
Other products may be added in the future.
Of course, most of the iron they sold was provided by Li Ye at a high price.
However, smuggling grain and snatching business is truly intolerable.
"If that doesn't work, let's try another approach. Since we can't rob them from abroad, let's wait for them to finish their trade and then rush into the grasslands to seize their goods."
Lei Zhan has always been fearless and immediately came up with a solution.
Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on him.
Lei Zhan felt uneasy when he was looked at. He scratched his head and said, "Is this okay? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"The roads on the grassland are long and slow, and if the goods are robbed, there is no way to save them.
Our strength is not strong enough.
"If they use this as an excuse to attack us, what should we do?" Li Ye asked.
"This, this is indeed a problem!" Lei Zhan finally realized that this was a sexual intention.
Lei Ying was furious: "Just listen to what we're discussing together, don't dwell on these nonsense!"
Li Ye smiled and said, "Don't blame him, I think this method is really good.
It’s just that it cannot be implemented now!
If we wait until next year and have sufficient food and supplies and a strong army, even if they rob us, what can they do to us?"
"But the problem now is that we can't do anything. What should we do?" Zhao Wudi couldn't think of a good solution for a while.
"Food prices affect people's lives, and we cannot raise prices arbitrarily.
The price of iron has been raised very high, and even if Shi Wushuang sells it, the profit will not be much.
If I continue to bid, it might arouse suspicion.
First, keep an eye on Jialing Pass, and at the same time, closely monitor all the movements of the barbarians.
At present, the food supply at our border is still sufficient.
Don't worry, I'll think of a solution!"
The third prince sold a large amount of goods within a few days of his arrival and earned a lot of money.
Some of them were exchanged for sheep. The Third Prince was not stingy and in order to win over the soldiers here, he slaughtered all the sheep and let them have a big meal.
As soon as the Third Prince arrived to lead the army, he increased the military pay for everyone and allowed them to eat mutton every three days.
He quickly gained the support of the army.
The third prince's pockets were also bulging, and he easily earned hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
The camp held a special banquet for Shi Wushuang and Qin Qingxue.
"You are truly worthy of being called Master Wushuang. Fortunately, you came to help me, allowing me to easily control all the troops.
We have money, who can compare with us?"
Shi Wushuang also made a lot of money from this business.
Although the price of the purchased iron was very expensive, not much profit could be made after adding the freight, and all the profits were given to the third prince.
It’s about making money from food!
The profit from transporting it here is more than twenty times. Even if half of it is given to the third prince, he will still make a lot of money.
"No, no, it's all thanks to the Third Prince's good management. Without his status, even if I had the greatest abilities, I wouldn't be able to transport the grain and iron, and naturally, I wouldn't make any money."
After suffering many setbacks, Shi Wushuang also began to learn to hide his weaknesses.
He flattered the third prince and praised him highly.
The Third Prince was very happy to be photographed. He was probably the only one in the world who could be praised by the number one young master in the world, Shi Wushuang.
"Should we take this opportunity to continue doing business with the barbarians and make more money?"
Feeling the joy of making money easily, the third prince couldn't stop at all.
If I had known that guarding the border would be so cool, I would have come here earlier.
It's better than the intrigues in the capital.
The most important thing is that in order to win over some military generals, he must find ways to make money.
Although he was a prince, he lived a very difficult life.
A lot of the money I made was spent, and I was left with only a small amount.
㱗Here you only need to win over the enemy country and you can easily make huge profits.
If we work for a few years, I'm afraid we'll be richer than the national treasury.
If you have enough money, are you still worried about not being able to recruit enough people to work for you?
Shi Wushuang cursed in his heart, as a prince he sold the most important strategic materials to the enemy country for his own selfish interests.
If such a person becomes emperor, the country will be destroyed sooner or later.
The more foolish he behaved, the happier Shi Wushuang was, and the closer he was to the success of his plan.
Shi Wushuang deliberately hesitated for a moment, then said in an awkward manner, "I'm afraid it won't work if we continue like this."
"Why? I have the final say at the border. Even if your people are transporting food and iron, no one will be able to find out.
There are no loopholes in our cooperation, so what are you worried about?"
The third prince was very angry and annoyed that he could not continue to make money.
"Your Highness, please calm down. It's not that I don't want to help you make money! Although transportation is not a problem, the output of iron ore and grain is limited.
Especially now that winter is approaching, every family is stockpiling food.
Dayuan’s grain reserves were not very large to begin with.
If we sell food to other countries on a large scale, it will lead to food shortages at home and food prices will skyrocket.
Once the imperial court sent people to investigate, it would be easy to find that a large amount of grain had been transported to the border.
But our soldiers can't eat so much food, they will be exposed.
This is why the domestic iron price has skyrocketed more than ten times.
It takes a lot of effort to transport it but you won’t make much money.
The risk is not proportional to the income.
My advice is that Your Highness should be patient and wait a little longer. Even if you plan to continue trading with the barbarians, you should extend the time it takes to purchase grain so as not to attract attention.
The best way is to wait until next year's grain purchase so that we can take the opportunity to purchase in large quantities.
Not only is the quantity large, you can collect as much as you want, and the price is also relatively cheap.
We can get more profits!
Money in the world cannot be earned back in one go, Your Highness, please be more patient."
After listening to Shi Wushuang's analysis, the third prince's anger subsided.
I feel like what he said makes a lot of sense.
"You're right, you see things clearly! Then let's wait a little longer and continue doing business next year."
Qin Qingxue suddenly said, "Actually, if you want to make money, you don't just have to do business like grain and iron.
There are many other good businesses to do.
Although the profits are not as great as those from grain, the income is still quite generous."