Yizhou, Chengdu.

A spy came to report that Sun Quan was stationed in Lujiang, and Cao Cao personally led the army to Hefei. It seemed that a war between Cao and Sun was about to break out.

Pang Tong suggested: "My lord can take advantage of this opportunity to send troops out of Yang'an Pass and capture the territory of Yongliang."

Li Qi shook his head: "Jing and Yi have been fighting for years, so it's time to recuperate. Although Sun Quan has stationed troops in Lujiang, I don't expect him to be able to capture Hefei. It's even more difficult for Cao Cao to win across the river. They won't be able to fight for long.

They each withdrew their troops. But I was surprised. Didn’t you say that Sun Quan accepted Cao Cao’s recruitment before? Why did he do it again?"

Pang Tong said: "According to the intelligence from Jiangdong, Sun Quan paid Cao Cao Jiangnan tangerine fruits, but Cao Cao returned them all to Sun Quan on the grounds that they only had skin and no pulp. Sun Quan thought that this was Cao Cao's allusion to stealing his fruits.

, so we took military action to prevent Cao Cao from going south."

Li Qi: "..."

Pang Tong was a well-known scholar in Jingxiang and lived in Jiangdong. He had a good relationship with the Jiangdong nobles. Therefore, sometimes, Pang Tong obtained more information about Jiangdong than professional spies and more inside information.

But Li Qi really didn't expect that Sun Quan's confrontation with Cao Cao this time was actually because of this matter?

It's your own fault.

If they had eaten a few more tangerines that night, or not eaten any tangerines at all, Cao Cao and Sun Quan would not have had such a misunderstanding.

Li Qi had nothing to do, so he went to the streets of Chengdu to pay a private visit incognito to see the people's livelihood.

Due to the prosperity of all walks of life, in addition to the livelihood paths that Li Qi helped the common people open up, the common people have spontaneously spawned many new industries.

For example, after the reduction of commercial taxes, the number of middlemen in products such as grain, vegetables, fruits, Sichuan brocade, handicrafts and other products has significantly increased.

As the number of middlemen increases, the price of goods will naturally increase. However, the survival of middlemen shows that the price increase is still within the acceptance range of ordinary people.

This not only stimulates the circulation of goods and increases official tax revenue, but also stimulates an increase in store prices to a certain extent.

Li Qi said to Jiang Wan who was accompanying him on the inspection: "Shop prices can rise, but they need to be controlled. It is best not to exceed the rise in other prices. We must severely crack down on family housing and real estate speculation. Otherwise, it is really true that housing prices are rising.

To a certain extent, when a severe bubble economy occurs, even if you want to control it, you won’t dare to control it.”

Jiang Wan said to the assistant beside him: "Bubble economy, new vocabulary, write it down."

Li Fu asked: "As housing prices rise, don't we just collect more taxes? Why do we need to control it?"

Li Qidao: "This will only make it cheaper for those who have the capital to build houses, but it will increase the burden on the people and even affect the healthy development of other industries. For example, if you spend an extra 100 yuan on rent every month,

Will there be 100 less money to buy meat? Will the butcher's income drop? If the butcher earns 100 less money, will he buy 100 less cloth? Will the cloth merchant's income also decrease? All walks of life

The income of all industries is declining, and capital will be concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people. This is not a good thing for the people or the government."

Jiang Wan then ordered his assistant: "Capital, new vocabulary, write it down."

While walking, Li Qi suddenly saw a circle of people gathered around the market, chattering non-stop.

Li Qi subconsciously walked towards the crowd. Zhou Cang led several guards to push away the crowd: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! If there is any excitement, let my young master see it first."

Li Qi saw a young man carving some Arabic numerals on the ground with a sharp knife. After asking, he learned that the young man's father was a second-hand dealer in the fruit business. He was cheated when he was buying goods yesterday. It was obviously 5 yuan a pound.

He bought 6 qian per catty of fruit, and even bought 45 jin in one go. Today he found that the price was wrong, so he bought 25 jin from another place at 5 yuan per catty.

Then the problem comes. If the selling price is set at a cost of 6 yuan/jin, the price will be higher than that of other fruit merchants, resulting in the inability to sell one’s own fruits; if the selling price is set at a cost of 5 yuan/jin

After paying the tax, you might end up losing money.

To ensure that there is no loss, there must be some meager profits, and the profit rate must be controlled at about 30%.

Question: How much should the merchant price this batch of fruits?

Li Qi said to Jiang Wan, Li Fu and others beside him: "You all should also help with the calculation."

Li Fu said in embarrassment: "I didn't bring out the calculation chips, so I can't do the calculation."

Jiang Wan's eyes were slightly closed, and he was mumbling words, as if he was doing mental arithmetic.

Countless calculations were going on in his mind. Seeing his eyebrows furrow, he thought he had forgotten them and reorganized them in his mind.

Not long after, the boy on the ground had come up with the results and told his father: "The price is 8 yuan/catty. Others priced it at 8 yuan/catty, and we can earn 3 yuan per catty. On average, we can only earn 2.4 yuan per catty, but after paying the tax, we can only earn 2.4 yuan per catty."

You won’t lose money.”

His father was overjoyed: "My son will no longer have to do housework and can study hard with the teacher in school."

Li Qi nodded slightly and left the crowd.

It seems that the popularization of education has begun to bear fruit—at least in Chengdu. I don’t know how it is doing in other places.

Near noon, Li Qi, Jiang Wan, Li Fu and others were dining at a roadside restaurant.

Li Qi took a bite of the food and couldn't help but frowned, saying, "Shopkeeper, your food has faded away."

The shopkeeper said: "Salt is free? Now salt is more expensive than meat. Do you want to eat it or not?"

Zhou Cang was about to have a seizure, but Li Qi held him down and said: "Go back and call Captain Si Yan to come to my house, and I will understand the situation."

Jiang Wan suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I understand!"

Li Qi asked: "What does Gong Yan know?"

Jiang Wan said: "The price is 8 yuan/catty. Others price it at 8 yuan and can earn 3 yuan per catty. They can only earn 2.4 yuan per catty on average, but they will not lose money after paying the tax."

Li Qi: "..."

You thought you knew what unethical things Captain Si Yan had done?

Siyan Xiaowei's surname is Wang, his given name is Lian, and his courtesy name is Wenyi. He is from Nanyang. He used to work under Liu Zhang and served as the magistrate of Zitong County.

In the original history, because he had political achievements in the places he ruled, he was moved to the position of Yanxiaowei by Liu Bei. Chen Shou commented on it: "If you stick to the rules, you can discipline them."

Therefore, after Li Qi settled in Yizhou, he still made Wang Lian serve as the Commander-in-Chief of Salt.

Wang Lian was very knowledgeable about people and vigorously selected a number of outstanding talents as his subordinates, such as Lu Yi, Du Qi, Liu Qian, etc.

Li Qi summoned Wang Lian and blamed him: "Qianwei County in Yizhou has always been famous for its well salt production. Why has the price of salt soared, and it is even more expensive than meat?"

Wang Liandao: "Lianye was also ordered by Li Yizhou to use the salt industry to revitalize Yizhou's economy. Since the opening of trade routes with Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, and Jingzhou, the supply of well salt exceeded demand, so the price soared."

Li Qidao: "Okay, I don't blame you anymore. Now we need to implement two tasks. One is the domestic prices in Yizhou, which need to be controlled. First, we need to ensure that the people under our jurisdiction have enough salt supply; the other is to increase the number of wells.

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