"Has the Emperor given any reply?"
Mr. Cui San has been waiting for news these two days. If the emperor approves, it will indeed be beneficial to their aristocratic families. However, if the pasture is divided too far apart, although they can still buy it, it will be more troublesome.
The reason why aristocratic families are called aristocratic families is because they have not been idle for hundreds of years. Even if the emperor divides a single piece of land into smaller pieces, they have enough small families to auction it. However, they have to give these small families some benefits at that time, which is a bit troublesome. It is far better to directly buy a big piece of land.
"It's not that. The Ministry of War has issued an official document requiring the replacement of war horses for the six armies of the Northern Court and the sixteen guards of the Southern Court in Chang'an City over the next five years, with a replacement rate of 5,000 to 10,000 horses per year for five consecutive years."
Cui Yunzhu said breathlessly that he hurried back when he got the news. Other major families might have also received the news. Time is running out for us now. We must send this news to Cui Yuncheng as soon as possible. When Cui Yuncheng makes a bid, it must be higher than others, otherwise we will not be able to buy it. We definitely cannot buy it at the original price.
"Third Master, we can't just stand here and wait. We have to send someone to deliver it over 600 miles quickly. If this news doesn't reach Yuncheng, and he goes with the original auction plan, we won't be able to get the pasture. If we don't have the pasture, we won't be able to take the deal to exchange it for war horses from the Ministry of War. This is a huge profit."
Seeing that Mr. Cui Sanye was in a daze, Cui Yunzhu had no choice but to urge him. If they could get the news, other major families could also get the news. We had no time to react at all. We must send the news to the front line quickly. Once more and more people got the news, our advantage would become less and less.
"etc……"
The two housekeepers were ready to start writing the letter. They also thought that what Cui Yunzhu said was serious. The large-scale replacement of war horses by the court was a big deal for any family. In the past, we could only be middlemen, buying horses from the grassland people and then selling them to the court. Although the profit in the middle was not small, most of the profit still went to the grassland people.
Now that we have our own pasture, if we manage it properly, we can even take over more than half of it. This profit is no joke, and we can get one million strings of cash a year in an instant.
"Third Master?"
Cui Yunzhu didn't understand why the Third Master was still hesitating. Time is money now. The southwest is still far away from the capital. Every minute of delay here may make us further away from this huge sum of money. Cui Yunzhu was so anxious that sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Calm down. Think carefully. At such a critical moment, the Emperor issued such an order. Do you think there's no deception involved?"
Mr. Cui Sanye is indeed an old and shrewd man. It is precisely because he has thought a lot over the years that he has made fewer mistakes. Although the auction of the grassland this time is definitely profitable, these things happened too coincidentally, as if everyone had planned it. If someone really planned it and you did what they wanted, then you would be dead soon.
"What kind of fraud could this be? It's normal for the imperial court to replace war horses. It's just that they didn't do it in a centralized manner before. According to the imperial court's current statement, centralized replacement might save some money. After all, this is a large-scale transaction."
Cui Yunzhu took out a letter from the imperial court, which contained this order.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. Since we can't write this letter, let Yuncheng carry out the transaction as before. If we can buy it, it will be our good fortune. If we can't buy it, it will be the fate of our Cui family."
Mr. Cui Sanye's words instantly made the people around him speechless. In the past, you were very decisive in doing things. For example, although we bought the treasures that Li Xiang took out at extremely high prices, we doubled the profit, and some even tripled the profit. Now, you don't have the courage to buy a grassland?
"Third Master, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If we can capture a large share of the grassland, not only will the imperial court need to replace their war horses, but even the major government offices will have to come to us if they need to buy horses. We can even take advantage of this opportunity to monopolize the market."
Although Cui Yunzhu did not show his prowess in business, he also knew that monopoly could generate huge profits. In the past, they did not invest much in this area, so they did not have much idea. Now there is such an opportunity to monopolize the livestock trade. Even if it is only a part of it, the annual profit is amazing. How can San Ye retreat at this time?
"When huge profits are placed before you, you must keep a clear head. If you connect the dots, Li Xiang was the main participant in this matter, but he withdrew. You could say it was the pressure from our major families on the court, but this guy didn't resist at all. Don't you find it strange? He's never been so obedient. Even if this order came from the emperor, he might have objected."
Mr. Cui Sanye has been paying attention to Li Xiang all the time. If he didn't pay attention to Li Xiang, he would definitely fall into the trap in front of him. After all, he is not a god. But because he pays attention to Li Xiang, many times if Li Xiang's reaction is abnormal, he thinks that this thing cannot be done.
"If that's what Third Master said, then this matter does make sense. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made such a great contribution, and he even wanted to use this to let his treasure to manipulate this matter, but in the end we intercepted him. But instead of settling the score with us, His Royal Highness acted as if this incident never happened. This is indeed a bit abnormal, and it's not like him."
The head butler also noticed something was wrong. When there were no doubts, everyone thought this was a profitable business. But when doubts arose, even if everyone wanted to make money, they had to be cautious. For the world's richest family, making money was certainly important, but avoiding pitfalls was even more important. Making money was just icing on the cake, but stepping into a pit could be fatal...