Datang: At the beginning, I wanted to rebel against my father-in-law

Chapter 15 Talk about the price!
"I thought so!"

Su Feng began to explain, "I can provide cotton-padded clothes and instant noodles, but I won't give them all to you at once. Moreover, I will have people follow them to the battlefield!"

He said and looked at Li Shimin, "I think, since Mr. Yuezhang is the Secretary of the Household Department, it is not a problem to bring a few people there to escort food and grass, right? My purpose is very simple, to fight Tubo, and I want to use the spoils to pay off the debt! "

"The spoils? You mean the captured ones?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, he didn't expect Su Feng to make such a request.

To put it bluntly, he can earn a large amount of cotton-padded clothes and instant noodles without spending a penny. These are all practical supplies!

Su Feng nodded, "That's right, the spoils, the imperial court has no money, so these Tibetans must have money, right? Like saffron, cordyceps, these are all extremely valuable things, and they will be sold at that time , it is the shadow of white flowers again."

Li Shimin asked, "So you let people follow you to fight just to count the spoils?"

Su Feng nodded as a matter of course, for the spoils of course, otherwise why?
"It also……"

For a while, Li Shimin couldn't tell whether he had lost or gained.

Before he could speak, Su Feng continued to speak.

"Actually, it's not just loot. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers seized privately belong to the warriors, right? They can hand over these trophies to me. I'll send someone to transport them and give them a commission. !"

Su Feng spoke extremely excitedly, as if he was a man in the eyes of money.

Li Shimin clenched his fists tightly, but he didn't want to get angry. After all, he wanted nothing but the white wolf.

Now it's okay to repent, but the problem is that if he brings things like cotton clothes and instant noodles to the court, the courtiers in the court may not agree.

The interests involved in the war are too great. Many clans are responsible for food and other parts. The court has been cooperating with them before, but now that their interests have been harmed, they will naturally not agree!

Seeing that Li Shimin hadn't spoken for a long time, Su Feng narrowed his eyes.

"Master Yue Zhang, is it possible that you don't agree to this? Then there is no other way, we can only follow the old rules."

"Old rules?" Li Shimin still didn't understand what rules Su Feng was talking about.

Su Feng smiled and pulled Li Shimin aside, lowered his voice and said, "Actually, I understand what you mean, Mr. Yuezhang. Who doesn't need to support their families these days?"

As he spoke, he held out two fingers!

"In this way, I will give you a [-]% commission for every order completed. This is already my biggest concession. At that time, both of us will benefit."

"This commission?" Li Shimin's cheeks twitched slightly...

Su Feng laughed, "For example, I bought a saffron from a soldier, sold it to Chang'an, and sold it for 20 taels of silver, so my profit is considered to be ten taels of silver, and I took out two taels of silver. It's yours!"

"How dare you! That's what the soldiers sacrificed their lives for!"

Li Shimin was a little angry, he was an emperor, Su Feng actually planned to discuss with him about corruption together!
This is earned by the hard-earned money of the soldiers, how can he agree?
Su Feng was serious!
"You don't have to feel bad, think about it for yourself. The soldiers brought their captured goods back to Chang'an after thousands of miles. How much do you think those merchants can spend to buy them? One tael of silver or two taels of silver? The soldiers know that they brought them back What is it? Even if you know, it’s too expensive for you to drive, and people won’t accept it, what can you do? It’s rotten in your hand?”

Su Feng said solemnly, "So! We have to gather the goods in their hands and put them all together. At that time, we will be the source of goods. If possible, we can also unite with Tubo merchants. At that time, we will No matter how high the price is, those black-hearted merchants can only buy it, otherwise he will not have the corresponding goods!"

Su Feng is full of confidence!

Seeing that Li Shimin still looked angry, he immediately patted his chest!

"Master Yuezhang, you have to trust me. Who am I, Su Feng? Of course I won't harm you! How about this, I'll handle the matter of money for you properly! When the time comes, I'll open a pawn shop and send you some It’s normal for a son-in-law to be filial to his father-in-law, such as expensive paintings and calligraphy!”

Su Feng spread his hands, and said: "What about you, take the calligraphy and painting to my pawnshop to pawn, and the money will go into your pocket as soon as it changes hands, and no one will say anything about it."

"You are offering bribes! Aren't you afraid that the court will investigate you!"

Li Shimin's lips were trembling with anger.

Seeing Li Shimin's excited face, Su Feng was a little puzzled, why is Li Shimin so excited?They all signed the rebellion contract, and still care about corruption?

But on the surface, Su Feng still explained, "Pursuing? What are you pursuing? The calligraphy and paintings I gave you are at most a dozen taels or 20 taels. The court can check them casually. As for why the pawnshop gave you so much money, it's very simple. It’s not normal for a pawn shop to have a hole in it, is it?”

"My lord Yuezhang, don't get too excited. Having me as your son-in-law will make you suffer? Not to mention, the future will be long. If you feel bad, you can also follow the rules of the household officials."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, "The rules of the household officials, what rules?"

"You are the Minister of the Household Department, and you don't have a bottom line?"

Su Feng rolled his eyes, "Don't pretend to be in front of me, Mr. Yue Zhang, let's open the skylight and speak honestly. There is a vacant position for an official from the household department. Isn't there a lot of officials waiting in line?"

Li Shimin said, "The problem is, there are people waiting in line for so many positions! Why do you think there must be such a thing in the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Su Feng spread his hands and said, "It's a very simple thing. Everyone is heading towards a lucrative position. Now the imperial court is going to attack Tubo. Tell yourself, how many people are willing to go to Tubo? It's not like they won't give you money this time. Why is there no one in line?"

"How much money can you get from fighting? Especially your household department, which is responsible for managing money. Who doesn't want to go in? Let me give you a very simple example."

Looking around, Su Feng grabbed a handful of sand.

"The court is providing disaster relief. Do you really think that all the money has gone into the hands of the victims? This sand is like food, which is held in people's hands! The Ministry of Household Affairs decentralized it to local governments, and people replaced polished rice with brown rice. This is a sum of food , the local government distributed it to the victims, and they poured out part of the brown rice and put some rice husks in it, dare you say that it is not food, not disaster relief?"

Under Su Feng's demonstration, the sand in his hand changed from left to right, and it became less and less...

At the same time, Li Shimin's complexion became darker and darker...

(End of this chapter)