Chapter 310 The Final Contribution

As Lu Chen told it, a conspiracy against the world's spiritual stone merchants slowly unfolded in front of Jiang Chengwan and others.

After Lu Chen finished speaking, Xiao Yun's eyes were rather subtle and she briefly said:

"What you mean is... to lure them first, use extremely high prices to lure grain merchants to transport spiritual stones to Beijing, first defraud people and goods... uh... to get them, and at the same time let Li Bi, the general of Zhuguo who guards northern Xinjiang, cooperate with the court to act In this scene, news was released that Murong Xianbei and Tuoba Xianbei were teaming up to prepare for a large-scale southern invasion. Then the imperial court suspended the purchase of spirit stones on the grounds that the preparation of military resources and the reorganization of the army would lead to excessive expenditures on the treasury. Xuanji Wei pretended to be a spirit stone merchant in advance. Pretend that you can’t hold on anymore and take the lead in selling the spirit stones at a low price?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Chengwan and others looked at Lu Chen with eyes that refreshed their understanding.

His bright eyes widened.

It seemed that he never expected that Lu Chen, who had always acted upright, could come up with such an unspeakable plan.

Even Xiao Yun, who had always been steady, looked at Lu Chen with something strange.

It has only been a little over a year since Lu Chen rose to prominence and he now holds the power, but his qualities as a person and minister are already astonishing. Both his talents and character are impeccable.

The only flaw is the lack of strategy.

After all, some things cannot be accomplished with passion and require some out-of-the-box planning to achieve the goal of benefiting the country.

But even so, Lu Chen can already be called a world-famous minister.

Not to mention anything else, the political achievements he has achieved so far are enough to convince people.

In order to rehabilitate Xia Yan, he cut off the source of the chaos in the three provinces while controlling the floods in Sui and Yu states. The Huangzhou Incident saved Gu Simiao's family who were loyal to the country. The Tiangong Division that he founded is now also involved in all aspects. plays an important role.

In just one year, he accomplished many great achievements that most of his ministers would find difficult to achieve in their lifetime.

However, none of these achievements were achieved through strategy, and Lu Chen had never shown any talent in this area.

Therefore, it is natural for everyone to think that although he has outstanding talents and learning, his character is too upright, so he is not good at planning. This is normal. After all, no one is perfect, and no one in this world can be perfect in all aspects.

But now.

Lu Chen's plan cannot be said to be perfect, but it is definitely not something that an unskilled person can come up with, and even some people who are good at it may not be able to think of it.

At this moment, they once again refreshed their understanding of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen didn't think much about it, just nodded, and continued: "The most critical part of this plan is how to attract a large number of people holding spiritual stones to the capital. Only massive profits can drive them to take risks and keep the spiritual stones flowing. To be transported to the capital, the bait must be large enough.”

“And if you want to make the bait bigger, the best way is to start from the supply and demand side.”

"supply and demand?"

Chai Hongyu tilted her head, looking puzzled.

To be honest, what everyone is talking about now, especially some of the concepts mentioned by Lu Chen, are really too much for her.

After all, before she returned to the imperial court, she was just a rebel leader and a top-notch warrior. At most she had some talent in military affairs, but she had no experience in civil affairs or anything like that, so she really knew nothing about it.

Lu Chen explained patiently: "To put it simply, it is the relationship between commodity supply and demand. This is the essence of doing business."

"The habits of a businessman are: advance when the profit is favorable, retreat when the disadvantage is unfavorable, and are not afraid of traveling far away; when they see an advantage, they chase them away, like birds gathering together; if they damage their roots, they scatter and flee far away."

“The key to doing business lies in the market, and the market is determined by the relationship between supply and demand. Without external interference, when the supply of a certain commodity exceeds demand, its value will decrease, and the merchant’s profits will decrease, or even lose money; on the contrary, , if the supply exceeds the demand, the value will increase, and whoever can seize this opportunity will make a fortune.”

"So, as long as we make the dim sum big enough, provide enough policies, and create an atmosphere where we can make a lot of money just by sending spiritual stones to the capital, when the spiritual stones continue to gather in the capital, the imperial court will be able to firmly grasp Take the initiative and solve the problem of scarcity of spiritual stones at the lowest cost.”

As he spoke, he suddenly sighed softly.

"Although this plan is a bit clumsy, it is urgent. No matter what, the nearly 10,000 people in Xingping County infected with the blood epidemic must be saved. This time the imperial court owes those merchants. When the blood epidemic is over, the imperial court will After getting through the difficulties, we will find ways to compensate the businessmen who have suffered losses later.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chengwan and Xiao Yun immediately took a deep look at Lu Chen.

At this time, they finally understood why Lu Chen had such a strategy but had never shown it before.

It's not that I can't, but I don't want to.

He knows how to plan, and his level is not low, but as long as he is planning, most of the time it will hurt the interests of one party. However, he has a pure heart and excellent character. When encountering problems, he always tries his best to think of a safe solution. Laws, rather than relying on calculations to quickly solve problems.

If Lu Chen knew what they were thinking at this time, he would probably laugh out loud.

Indeed, he does have a lot of tricks in his mind. After all, he lives in an era of information explosion. He is also an old bookworm. He has never eaten pork and has always seen pigs running away. He still knows a lot about historical allusions. of.

The reason why he didn't use it before was because he was bent on seeking death at that time and there was no need to care about any strategies, and these things were not consistent with his predecessor's character.

But now, so many people infected with the blood plague are in danger, and he can no longer care so much.

Xiao Yun and the others thought so, which just happened to help him solve the problem of anti-personality.

"Regarding this, Lu Qing, you don't have to worry about it. After all, those merchants who can sell spirit stones on a large scale are not ordinary merchants."

At this time, Jiang Chengwan suddenly spoke, with a subtle look in her eyes:

"These spirit stone merchants are intertwined with local forces. They are either local dignitaries or collateral branches of aristocratic families. I'm afraid these people's property doesn't even have a clean copper coin. Every ounce of silver is almost stained with the blood of the people, so."

Speaking of this, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a faint smile.

"Even if they lose everything, it's just the retribution they deserve. Why should Lu Qing care about those termites?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen's face relaxed slightly.

"If that's the case, then things are much simpler."

Although there are still some independent cultivators who go to the uncontrollable Great Secret Realm to sell spirit stones, these independent cultivators don't have too many spirit stones in their hands. At most, the court will collect the spirit stones at the market price. Although they won't make a lot of money, at least they won't lose money.

A small profit is enough to get rid of them.

"Then, next, please ask your majesty to give an order to the Duke of Yan and other princes and nobles who almost monopolize the spirit stone market in the capital, so that they will be wronged and stay in the imperial prison for a while to cooperate with the court to perform a play."

"They have shared the national destiny with the court for so many years, and it's time for them to repay Daxia."

As Lu Chen finished speaking, this far-reaching and ingenious plan targeting spirit stone merchants and even affecting the entire Daxia spirit stone market began.

The meeting lasted for two hours, and Lu Chen and others slowly left the tent.

Just when everyone was about to say goodbye and busy themselves——

"Report!"

A loud call suddenly sounded not far away.

Then, a knight wearing the Xuanlin uniform unique to the Xuan Ji Guard walked quickly, walked to Jiang Chengwan, knelt on one knee, and saluted in a standard military salute. Then he took out an envelope from his arms, handed it to Jiang Chengwan, and said breathlessly:

"Your Majesty, urgent mail from the capital."

"Yes."

Jiang Chengwan nodded slightly, took the envelope, glanced at the wax, and saw that there was no sign of opening, so he opened it.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun and others were not in a hurry to leave, and stood quietly waiting.

In case the empress suddenly had something to tell them to do because of this sudden letter, they had to come again.

Jiang Chengwan had rich experience in handling memorials, and she read the words very quickly. She finished half of the content of the letter in less than a minute.

Inexplicably, a murderous sneer gradually appeared on her face, and her sharp eyes were soon filled with anger.

And the more she looked down, the more obvious the coldness and smile on her face became.

"Okay, okay, okay"

At the end, she actually laughed out of anger, and said "Okay" three times in a row, which made Lu Chen and others feel a little depressed.

Is there something big happening in the capital?

Jiang Chengwan continued: "It's really worthy of being my good uncle, good relatives, and these meritorious families who have lived and died with the country. They can even do such a thing. They are really capable. It really opened my eyes."

She almost gritted her teeth when she said the last sentence.

Lu Chen took a few steps forward and was about to ask, but Jiang Chengwan handed him the secret letter first, and said meaningfully: "Mr. Lu, it seems that the court no longer needs to spend time asking Duke Yan and others to act. The large amount of resources needed for bait can also be solved by the way, which saves a lot of trouble."

"This is probably their last contribution to Daxia." (End of this chapter)