Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Under Lu Xi's slightly surprised gaze, Ling Chuan talked freely.

"Think about it, the local grain merchants rely on grain to control grain prices. Because they have all the grain in their hands, they can sell as much as they want. However, there is an upper limit to the price. Once the price exceeds the upper limit, grain merchants from other places will flock in when they find it profitable. At that time, the local grain merchants' reliance will disappear."

After saying so much, Ling Chuan was thirsty and picked up the cup, but found that the cup was empty, and the teapot was out of Lu Xi's reach, so he simply pushed the cup in front of Lu Xi, motioning Lu Xi to pour him tea.

Lu Xi rolled her eyes at first, but because she wanted to know what was going to happen next, she reluctantly picked up the teapot and poured him a cup.

Ling Chuan thought, "I can't control you?" He took a sip of tea and continued, "When there are enough grain merchants from other places going to Jiangzhou Prefecture, the local grain merchants' hoarding will be broken. The government can release grain at a fair price while purchasing grain shipped from other places. The transportation cost of this grain is not cheap. As long as they can break even, the grain merchants from other places will not ship the grain back."

Lu Xi asked again: "But the food from other places plus the shipping cost is also very expensive."

Ling Chuan glanced at Lu Xi in surprise: "Do you know anything about business? You still don't understand what I'm talking about?"

Lu Xi was panicked. He had made up an excuse that he was from a business family, but he ended up exposing his weakness here.

But she had been the emperor for two or three years after all, so she could handle this kind of small situation easily: "There are many affairs in the clan, why do I need to worry about business myself? Please give me some advice, Master Ling."

Well, since they were so polite, Ling Chuan could only continue, "If there is enough food, the supply and demand relationship will be reversed. When supply exceeds demand, foreign grain merchants and local grain merchants will form a competitive relationship. No matter whether they are foreign grain merchants or local grain merchants, they all want to sell the food as soon as possible, so they can only lower the price. When the snipe and the clam fight, your family will benefit."

Although he didn't understand a lot of the terms, but combined with Ling Chuan's previous and subsequent words, Lu Xi suddenly understood. When he looked at Ling Chuan again, his eyes changed. This nerd is really talented. The problem that bothered all the civil and military officials in the court was solved with just a few words from him?

"Mr. Ling is very talented. I admire him." Lu Xi praised him generously and asked, "Mr. Ling, do you have any good ideas for resettling the disaster victims?"

Ling Chuan picked up the teacup again, but this time, before Ling Chuan could hand it over, Lu Xi had already picked up the teapot and poured tea.

After drinking a cup of tea, Ling Chuan thought it was a pity that it was in the pavilion. If it was in the room, it would not be just a matter of pouring a cup of tea.

"In fact, resettling the disaster victims is much simpler. It consists of two steps. The first step is to have your clansmen entertain the local gentry, officials and merchants, and have them drink and have fun every day. This will stimulate their spending. Only when these wealthy people start to spend lavishly will others follow suit."

Lu Xi frowned. This was the first time she had heard of this statement, but she did not refute it. Instead, she asked, "What about the second step?"

"The second step is to hold various large-scale events in the name of the government, uh... festivals. In short, it's a big event. As long as everyone spends money, the victims can find a way to make a living. As for methods such as building river embankments and other methods of using work as relief, I don't need to say more."

Lu Xi was still a little confused: "Will this... work?"

"Why not?" Ling Chuan said, "Do you know what the superiors do? That's what I mean. If the rich are stingy and reluctant to spend money, the common people will be even less willing to spend. How can the disaster victims make a living?"

"Besides, don't you have to hire people to do the work for festivals and temple fairs? This is called creating jobs. Rich people spend money on food, drink and entertainment, which is called promoting consumption. Only in this way can the economy prosper and the people benefit. If the government pays more attention to the victims and assigns any work to them first, do we still have to worry about them not having food and drink? This can also be regarded as another form of work-for-relief, and it doesn't cost the court any money."

Hearing these new terms, Lu Xi's eyes lit up: "It's really interesting. How did Master Ling come up with these ideas?"

"Hmm..." Ling Chuan hesitated for a moment and said casually, "I read it in a miscellaneous book."

"Miscellaneous books?" Lu Xi was shocked. "What kind of miscellaneous book is it that has such a plan to save the world and bring peace to the people?"

"Ahem." Ling Chuan coughed awkwardly twice: "It's not just one or two miscellaneous books. I read a lot of books and studied and summarized them."

Lu Xi thought so too. If there really was such a rare book, how could it not be included in the palace?

She quickly thought of another thing, and after a moment's hesitation, she asked, "Did Mr. Ling also learn the art of Qi Huang from miscellaneous books?"

Ling Chuan was stunned, then shook his head: "I haven't learned it."

"Then what did you talk about last night...eugenics and good parenting, and how did you know about it?" Speaking of what happened last night, Lu Xi's face couldn't help but blush.

Ling Chuan stuttered: "This... this is just like... just like when you are hungry you want to eat, when you are tired you want to sleep, I just know this, oh yes, this is called knowing the result but not the reason."

Lu Xi looked disappointed, but still asked, "What else do you know?"

Ling Chuan continued to stutter: "How should I put it... I just want to have a healthy child. In addition to physical health, mood is also very important."

"Mood?" Lu Xi frowned.

"That's right. It means that during sex, both parties need to be in love with each other, in perfect harmony, and both parties must be relaxed physically and mentally, in order to..."

Before he could finish his words, Ling Chuan felt as if the air around him was a little stagnant. Then he saw Lu Xi's eyes that looked like he wanted to kill someone with a knife, and he quickly shut his mouth.

After a few breaths, Lu Xi retracted her murderous gaze and said seriously: "You guessed right last night. I do want a child, but this does not mean that you can say frivolous words to me. If you do it again..."

Lu Xi originally wanted to say that if you do it again, he will kill you, but when he thought about the fact that the other person had just given him two good disaster relief plans, it would not be reasonable to turn around and call for killing.

Ling Chuan also saw that she was timid, so he smiled and said, "My fault, my fault. I will pay more attention next time. But it is true that you should keep your body and mind happy. You look so tense, which means you are in a bad mood. The dark circles under your eyes mean you didn't sleep well last night. This is not good for your body, and it will also affect the child."

His two sentences touched Lu Xi's heart. Ever since she became emperor, she had to maintain this state all the time. Otherwise, how could she suppress all the civil and military officials in the court.

As soon as Ling Chuan saw her expression, he knew he had hit the nail on the head, and immediately continued, "I also know that you may be under a lot of pressure and have to maintain this state. In fact, when you come to me, there is no need to be so tense. Just think of it as for the sake of the child, why not..."

"Shut up!" Lu Xi snorted coldly, and his cold tone reappeared: "Don't mention this matter again in the future."