Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 767 Attitude
The number of people who poured into Suzhou City the next day doubled compared to yesterday. The state government had already prepared for it. Although the government officials and government soldiers were very busy, they still managed it.

At night, Lu Tao did not return home, but still stayed in the government office study to preside over the overall situation.

Feng Shoudao said: "My lord, just counted, half of the grain shipped to the grain shop by major grain companies has been purchased."

Lu Tao was surprised: "So fast?"

Feng Shoudao nodded and said: "Preliminary estimates, the number of people buying food today is more than double that of yesterday. My lord, if the number of people only increases tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be no food to sell. By then, my lord..."

Feng Shoudao didn't say the following words, but the lord has already made a big promise, and he will offer the head to apologize at that time.

Seeing that Lu Tao was silent, Feng Shoudao asked, "My lord, do you want to close the city gate tomorrow?"

You only need to close the city gate to prevent the influx of people from other counties, and you can deal with it calmly.

Lu Tao blurted out immediately: "No!"

Immediately after thinking about it, he asked after a while, "Has the government government's grain depot been counted?"

"The inventory is out, there are not many, this time is the autumn harvest."

According to this time of year in the past, it is the time for government government grain depots to store new grains for old grains, so a part of them flowed to the market a month ago to stabilize the grain and increase the bank.

The other part flows to Hanjiacang in Luoyang to fill the moldy and rotten grains in Hanjiacang.

As Lu Tao, it is not a problem to transfer some food from Hanjiacang, but at this moment, the distant water cannot save the nearby fire.

Seeing that Lu Tao didn't make a sound, Feng Shoudao, a subordinate, took the initiative to say: "My lord, if you don't want to close the city gates, we can set up gates at the major city gates to slow down the influx of people into Suzhou City on the grounds of identity checks. "

Lu Tao said: "I just comforted them. If you do this, you won't have 300 taels of silver here, and it will make them suspicious."

"How about this, you arrange people to transport the grain from the government government warehouse to the major grain stores tonight, and then transport the grain from the grain store to the major grain stores tomorrow. Make the momentum bigger, so that everyone thinks that it has not been used yet. Grain storage."

After being ordered by Shoudao to retreat, Lu Tao called Sicang again and told him, "You go and ask Zhu Shide, the general grain merchant of Jiangnan Dongdao, to come and see me now."

Lin Sicang said weakly: "My lord, it's so late."

"It's too late, let you just catch him."

Lin Sicang responded immediately: "Your subordinate, let's go."

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On Zhu Shide's side, the development of the situation made him a little bit confused.

If it is said that it is to deal with and retaliate against Lu Tao, the goal has been achieved.

If it is said that in order for the Hangzhou Zhu family to win this test, it is a bit of a fuss.

Lu Tao is not a fool, he would know that there is a grain merchant in Suzhou who is behind the scenes. Even if he succeeds as the general grain merchant of Jiangnan Dongdao in the future, Lu Tao will still hold a grudge and make things difficult for him, and his life will be difficult.

What exactly is Clan Master Zhu thinking? He made such a big fuss, can he clean up the mess in the end?

Just as he was thinking, his servants came to report that Lin Sicang and Zhao Sichu had come.

Zhu Shide was surprised, and hurriedly said: "Just say that I have fallen asleep."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of intensive footsteps outside, but it was Lin Sicang and Zhao Sichu who rushed into the inner hall directly with the yamen servants, and it seemed that the visitors were not friendly.

Zhu Shide and these two were old acquaintances, and he said with a smile: "Master Lin, Master Zhao, why are you two here?"

Lin Sicang said in a businesslike tone, "Master Zhu, Mr. Lu is here to invite you, let's go."

"It's so late, is there anything urgent?"

"I don't know, I am also obeying orders."

Judging from this posture, if he refused to leave, he would forcefully escort him to the government office, so Zhu Shide had no choice but to go with him.

State capital, Lu Tao's study.

The desk was full of official documents, and Lu Tao was busy holding candles to work.

"My lord, master Zhu, please come."

"Please."

"I've seen adults."

Without raising his head, Lu Tao said flatly, "Master Zhu, please sit down."

Zhu Shide sat down respectfully. As the general grain merchant of Jiangnan Dongdao, he naturally dealt with the Suzhou government a lot, but most of the time he dealt with officials such as Cao Canjun, who was in charge of grain and grass. Lu Tao didn't meet many times, and basically never What direct contact.

Looking at Lu Tao secretly, this Lu Clan master really has a kind of air of not being angry and arrogant.

After Lu Tao let Zhu Shide hang out for half an hour, he put down his pen and came over to sit down.

"Master Zhu, I'm really sorry for asking you to come here so late."

"Your Excellency is serious. I don't know why Your Excellency is in such a hurry to call me here?"

"Master Zhu, does Master Zhu know what happened in Suzhou City in the past two days?"

"Such a big thing, I have heard of it."

"Then I'll just say it straight, I suspect that you are behind the scenes, Zhu Shide, what do you want to do?"

Zhu Shide didn't expect Lu Tao to turn his face suddenly, and he was really shocked in his heart, but he said calmly on the surface: "What does your lord mean by saying that?"

"The grain stores in the surrounding counties suddenly said that there was no grain to sell. As the general merchant of grain in the east of the south of the Yangtze River, aren't you playing tricks behind the scenes?"

"Your Excellency should know that this is the autumn harvest. The grain has not been returned to the warehouse. There is not much grain in the grain store. There are so many people buying grain all of a sudden. Naturally, the supply is in short supply. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate in person. You will know the truth."

Lu Tao knew that the Zhu faction dared to do this, so naturally he would not leave anything to catch him, and he would not waste his energy and time on it.

He asked: "Even so, the local grain merchants bought grain at three times the price, but you ordered it behind your back?"

Zhu Shide replied: "I don't know about this, but the grain merchants in various places and the prefecture and county governments have agreed on the storage period, so they don't hesitate to buy grain at a high price."

Lu Tao snorted coldly in his heart, but he deserved it, and said lightly, "You pass on my words to the major grain merchants and ask them to suspend the purchase of grain from tomorrow."

Zhu Shide showed distress and said: "My lord, delaying the storage is not a small crime. They are all small grain merchants. I'm afraid they can't afford it. Even if they agree openly, they will definitely violate the law in order to protect themselves, unless..."

Lu Tao asked: "Unless what?"

"Unless an adult comes forward to guarantee, he is willing to take all the responsibility alone."

Lu Tao sneered in his heart, you Zhu Shide, how dare you dig a hole for me to drill, if I come forward to guarantee, you will even act against me secretly.

Seeing that Lu Tao didn't answer, Zhu Shide took the initiative to say: "In fact, there is a reason for this."

"You said."

"In order to bid for the Jiangnan Dongdao grain general merchant, Luoyang Ye Meixun proposed a test to the three families. Whoever buys the most grain within ten days will be the new Jiangnan Dongdao grain general manager."

"This was originally a matter to test the ability of each family, but it made the grain merchants from all over the place worried. They were afraid that when the storage period agreed with the state government came, they would not have any grain in their hands and would be charged with crimes. Merchants will not hesitate to bid for grain at high prices."

"Well, you go on."

(End of this chapter)