Zhou Yanyan said.
“If we stockpile goods from the very beginning, it will definitely attract the attention of the imperial court, who will speculate about our plans.”
"Therefore, we should ship some goods from the beginning, not too much, just 10% of the total."
"We'll stockpile the remaining 90%."
"I've done the math, and even this 10% is enough to feed those lowly people for three months!"
"Then we said that the stock of goods was not much to begin with, and there was none left."
"On the one hand, we dispelled the court's doubts; on the other hand, we did not suffer any major losses."
"At the same time, we can also win the praise of the people, who say that our Wei family are not unscrupulous merchants, but conscientious merchants."
“When there is really no rice left on the market, we will have foreign merchants bring our rice to Dayuan to sell.”
"Since they are from outside the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor cannot demand that they follow the policies of the Great Yuan. In that case, merchants from outside the Yuan Dynasty can sell their goods at ten times, or even twenty times, the price!"
"Won't the imperial court have to obediently foot the bill then? In the end, we can make a fortune from this!"
"There will absolutely be no losses!"
Wei Ming was overjoyed upon hearing this.
"That's right, that's a really good method!"
"Yan Yan, I never expected you to be so capable in your first business venture!"
"It seems you have a real talent for business! You should have joined us sooner; who knows, our family business might have grown even bigger than it is now!"
Zhou Yanyan said with a smile.
"Uncle, I've always been smart, but I wasted too much time on Ye Chen, which is why I've become like this."
"Don't worry, I'm now focused on how to make more money for the Wei family!"
"I want to take the imperial court's money and bring it to our Wei family!"
Chen Qiang nodded as well.
"Indeed, Miss is indeed intelligent!"
"We really hadn't thought of this idea before, Miss!"
"Now it seems that this method is absolutely feasible!"
"Perfect timing! We also have dealings with merchants from other dynasties. If we give them even a small profit, they will definitely be willing to partner with us in this business!"
“That’s right!” Wei Ming nodded.
"Now, we must proceed according to plan!"
Ye Qianqian pouted after hearing this.
"Indeed, no merchant is without guile!"
"Zhou Yanyan's methods truly shocked me!"
"She actually came up with this method to embezzle the imperial court's money."
"The imperial court is certainly willing to spend this money so that the people can have food to eat!"
"This is not a big deal. The national treasury is already quite full. Let alone ten times the price, even a hundred times the price, the imperial court can afford it!"
"The problem is that this money was taken by someone like Zhou Yanyan, and I really can't swallow this insult!"
"I need to think of a way to stop all of this from happening."
Ye Qianqian returned quickly.
While Ye Qianqian was thinking about how to discuss this matter with everyone...
A message came from Ye Chen's side.
"Father, I have sent people to keep an eye on the Wei family overnight. Now I can confirm that Chen Qiang, the Minister of Revenue, went to the Wei family last night. I don't know what he discussed, but he stayed for a full hour before coming out."
Ye Ling nodded.
"I understand. Keep a close eye on the Wei family's movements."
"They must have come up with some way to deal with the imperial court, hoping to make a fortune from it while leaving the court powerless against them!"
Ye Qianqian pouted to the side.
[Hehehe! They really did think of that!]
[This is incredibly insidious! They're definitely hoarding, but to avoid detection by the court, they initially pretended to cooperate, taking 10% of their stock and selling it at market price. Once that 10% was sold, they lied and claimed all the rice had been sold!]
Then, let merchants from other dynasties come to our dynasty and sell the remaining 90% of the stock at ten times the market price!
[Then they can earn money from the imperial court, and the court won't be able to blame them!]
[This is a double win! And the idea actually came from Zhou Yanyan!]
I was taken aback by her cunning. Indeed, when a woman doesn't want to be obsessed with romance and instead focuses on her career, she has tremendous potential!
[Zhou Yanyan wasn't exactly a naive girl; if I hadn't overheard her beforehand, she would have been foolish enough to let the court suffer the consequences!]
After hearing Ye Qianqian's words, Ye Ling understood.
It has to be said.
Zhou Yanyan's method was indeed very clever.
Ye Ling deliberately said this to Ye Chen.
"I suspect they will make a fuss about the hoarding!"
"Send someone to investigate secretly. Find out their inventory and how much grain they've released. That will tell you what they're really up to!"
"I remember that we had our own people planted in the Wei family."
Ye Chen nodded.
"Your subject understands."
"Your subject will do it immediately."
Ye Qianqian deliberately asked Ye Ling.
"Father, when did you place people in the Wei family?"
"That happened a long time ago. In the Great Yuan Dynasty, whenever a business grew large, I would send some people to join it."
"If they do this business honestly, without thinking of harming the people or becoming parasites on the court, I will let this business continue."
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