Watching her master eat, Su Xiao couldn't help but ask, "Master, will Luoyang be my second master's wife from now on?"
Li Chang'an sighed: "Yes, yes, your master's wife said that I ruined her reputation, so I have to take responsibility for her."
"Congratulations! You'll have another master's wife to dote on you from now on."
Su Xiao pouted, looking somewhat sullen.
"I don't want so many mistresses, I want a master!"
She doesn't need so many master wives; one master wife, Youchu, is enough.
Seeing her expression, Li Chang'an smiled and said, "If you're wrong, admit it; if you're going to get a beating, stand up straight."
"Since I did something wrong, I have to take responsibility for it, understand?"
Su Xiao nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
After finishing their meal, Li Chang'an watched Luo Yang and You Chu chatting like sisters before turning around and leaving with Su Xiao.
Since they can get along well, I feel relieved.
He prefers a peaceful and harmonious family environment to a chaotic one.
A harmonious family brings prosperity!
After leaving the Marquis's residence, Su Xiao looked up and asked, "Master, where are we going?"
Li Chang'an stretched, recalling the struggles and anxieties of the previous night, and couldn't help but curse.
"It's all those rice merchants from Jiangnan's fault, why did they have to raise prices for no reason?"
He felt that if it weren't for the price increase by rice merchants in Jiangnan, which kept him from dealing with matters in Luoyang, things wouldn't have dragged on until now.
Therefore, Li Chang'an decided to take revenge on those rice merchants from Jiangnan.
He brought his apprentice to the nearby general store and called Zhao Hu over.
"Pass down the word, and have everyone come to the Marquis's residence to move the grain."
"Starting tomorrow, everything will be supplied in unlimited quantities, and there will be no need to limit the amount that people can buy."
Zhao Hu cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Yes, teacher!"
Then he asked, "Teacher, is the price still half the market price as usual?"
Li Chang'an took a sip of tea, thought for a moment, and then said, "Do you think it's better to eliminate them completely, or to give them a way out?"
Thinking of the arrogance of those rice merchants, Zhao Hu's tone was somewhat cold: "If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they'll grow back in the spring breeze!"
"If you kill five out of ten unscrupulous merchants, there must be some who were wrongly released."
"But killing all ten of them would certainly not be unjust!"
"If they succeed in their plan, countless people in the capital will starve to death on the streets. They won't be merciful then."
"Therefore, I suggest we nip it in the bud!"
Li Chang'an nodded in response.
"Alright, spread the word that starting tomorrow, all coarse grains will cost twenty coins per pound, and rice will cost forty coins per pound."
"Restore the original prices for disaster relief; no one is allowed to raise prices."
Zhao Hu smiled when he heard this.
Those grain merchants who bought grain at half price on a large scale have now almost had their savings emptied.
Now the teacher suddenly releases a large amount of food and sets the lowest price.
This made the grain in the hands of those grain merchants worthless.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hu bowed and turned to leave.
After he left, Su Xiao looked up and asked, "Master, I always feel that what you want to do is not so simple."
Looking at his only disciple, Li Chang'an patted her head and said, "Because your teacher wants to implement a new monetary system, controlling prices is essential."
"When we dictate the prices of most goods in the world."
"We can then introduce a new currency that everyone must use to buy things."
"At that time, we will have the final say on the pricing of currency and goods."
"As long as we control the monetary market, everyone will work for us, and we can make as much money as we can in the grain market."
"By tying currency to goods as an anchor, we can harvest the wealth of the whole world."
When Li Chang'an said this, a certain beautiful country came to mind.
When Zhao Hu sent someone to inform Yang Wenguang, he had just woken up.
He sat in the lobby, clutching his head, feeling dizzy and lightheaded.
Lord Marquis is right, wine may not have much alcohol, but wind definitely does!
Yesterday, after leaving the Marquis's residence, a slight gust of wind caused everyone to lie sprawled on the ground, looking like dead dogs.
Yang Wenguang slept until noon today. Usually, at this time, he would be nagged by his wife.
Today, his wife stood by with a smile, serving him and occasionally massaging his shoulders and head.
Her gentle and tender demeanor left him somewhat puzzled.
Madam Yang didn't care about his thoughts. Everything could be fake, but the gold he brought back yesterday was real.
Originally, Madam Yang felt somewhat uncomfortable working with the Marquis's family, as they were always taking money from home.
But last night, when she saw Yang Wenguang bring back so much gold, she was overjoyed.
It hadn't been long since they'd taken it out, but they'd already received a return of nearly a thousand times.
With one thousand taels of silver, he earned nineteen thousand taels of silver in ten days.
She would never complain again; she wished she could empty her savings so her husband could open more shops.
I hope to earn more money by following the Marquis and supplement my family's income.
Yang Wenguang's salary was not much, and he also helped his subordinates. He would also go out drinking with his colleagues from time to time.
My monthly salary isn't enough to support my family.
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