Rivers and lakes rich man

Chapter 308
"I don't know if the crown prince dares or not?" Seeing Fang Jing's smiling face, Wang Xiyue couldn't help reminding her.

"I believe there is no problem?" Fang Jing said, "The princess is relatively reliable, and the person she values ​​is not far behind. This prince really needs to pay attention to it next."

"Little sister thinks so too." Wang Xiyue smiled, "No matter how powerful the other princes are secretly cultivating, at least they don't have the title of prince."

"That's the reason." Fang Jing nodded and said, "The name of the crown prince is still very important. But the emperor's entrusting this matter to the crown prince does not necessarily mean that he attaches great importance to it."

"Brother Fang, what do you mean?" Wang Xiyue's expression changed.

"Maybe he is looking for an excuse to abolish the prince?" Fang Jing said solemnly, "It is not an easy task to raise food and pay for the army, especially in the current situation."

Wang Xiyue nodded and said: "If there is no grain from our side, the prince can only buy grain from those grain merchants in the end, and the price will be high. No matter how cheap it is, I am afraid that 3000 million taels will be required. owe them a favor."

In fact, she also thought of this possibility.

3000 million taels, this price is unbearable for the court.

If the crown prince finally reported this amount, the emperor might be furious and abolish the position of crown prince.

Of course, this is all speculation right now.

"No hurry, let's take a look again." Fang Jing said.

Just when the big grain merchants in Luoyang who hoarded grain were happy, a decree from the imperial court stunned them.

The imperial court said that it has prepared 100 million shi of grain, and it will immediately set off to deliver it to the northern state capital.

Naturally, these people were in a hurry, and originally thought that they could make a fortune on the side of the court.

And the imperial court even said that it has raised 100 million shi of grain. Where did this come from?

Made out of thin air?

There is no one else in Luoyang and the nearby state capitals except that they have so much food in their hands.

They soon got the news that the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce donated 100 million shi of grain to the imperial court free of charge.

According to the information obtained, Fang Jing had two preparations when he delivered the food last time.

One is to go by sea, taking risks.

The other is to take the river transport, which is a little safer.

But after they learned that Fang Jing transported millions of shi of grain to Daying in Jizhou by sea, they completely ignored the ships on the canal.

In their view, even if the canal boats are not mud and gravel, they are some other goods, not food.

After all, Fang Jing has already sent away 100 million shi.

I didn't expect Fang Jing to buy more than 200 million shi of grain at once, which is really rich and powerful.

But when they learned the cost of Fang Jing's purchase of food, they cursed even more in their hearts.

No matter what you scold, even if Fang Jing bought grain at Jiangnan East County very cheaply, the cost of transporting it to Luoyang is not low.

Unexpectedly, he would donate it to the imperial court for free. This is at least tens of millions of taels of silver. He is really willing to do so.

"Speaking is better than singing, why is it for the soldiers of the Northern Expedition. Pooh!"

"Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce is too shameless, they are blatant revenge."

"It's all the fault of that kid Fang Jing."

"We can't let this million stones of grain be transported to the state capital in the north, or it will be halfway~~" The person who spoke made a downward chopping motion with his palm.

"Old Dong, are you crazy?"

"Yes, if this matter is leaked, it will be a serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the entire family."

The heads of these big grain merchants who gathered together were naturally for the food.

This person proposed to cut and burn the food halfway, but no one dared to answer.

Once exposed, it is not unjust to be convicted of collaborating with the enemy.

Even the people behind them can't keep them, and they will directly distance themselves from them, so as not to get angry.

"Then what do we do?"

"wait."

"As long as the imperial court mobilizes troops against the Turks, there will be no need to worry about the food we have in our hands."

"Yes, 100 million shi is enough for an army of 20 for one and a half months. Those state capitals in the north have raised a round of food and grass before. It is amazing to be able to raise another half a month in such a short period of time. In the future What? Shouldn’t it be ours?”

"Haha, that's right. Don't worry, big guy."

"That's what I said, but after all, we have to wait for one or two months. During this period, too many things can happen. For example, Fang Jing can buy grain from Jiangnan and other places, and then transport it to Luoyang."

What this person said immediately dissipated the originally optimistic mood.

"Fang Fang, there is nothing to be polite to the ships of the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce." Someone shouted, "Before, it was because we were transporting food for the imperial court's northern army, and we didn't want to burn their ships. We just wanted to delay his arrival in Luoyang a little bit. The deadline. Next, it’s normal business dealings, isn’t it normal for ships to wreck on the canal?”

"Yes, all the ships of the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce must not be let go."

"And businesses in other counties also have to pay attention. They can't be allowed to bring in food. Even if they do, they can only sell it to us, otherwise~~hmph."

They don't have much chance this time with millions of shi grains.

Because the court has already decreed.

Besides, the imperial court will never want the millions of stones of grain it got for nothing, right?

Then they can only make some arrangements for the next thing.

Zhou Sa's injury was almost done, he followed Li Handie and Fang Jing to Luoyang.

Seeing Liang Jingwei going away, Zhou Sa was filled with jealousy.

How could Fang Jing, He De, have such a beauty?
And here, there are several beauties like Liang Jingwei.

And these women are all close to Fang Jing, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are all Fang Jing's women.

He also inquired about Fang's business name recently.

Knowing some things about Liang Jingwei, I didn't expect her to be a master of human realm.

At this age, even I probably hadn't reached it back then.

Besides Liang Jingwei, Fang Jing's maid named Ziyan is also a master of the human world.

It's just that I didn't notice it when I saw it. Obviously, the other party has a very powerful technique of concealing the breath, and even he, a master of the land, was deceived.

In the arena, to have a master of the land, that is a great power of the sect.

Fang's firm is now known to have two masters of the terrain.

No wonder the junior sister said that she wanted to use the power of the Fang family firm.

In particular, Fang Jing is the president of the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the members of the Chamber of Commerce under his name will do business everywhere, and the news will be relatively well-informed.

Until he couldn't see Liang Jingwei's figure, Zhou Sa put his mind back.

He still wants to get the elixir he wants from Li Handie.

But for a while, he didn't know how to get it.

Li Handie would definitely not give such a pill to him easily.

When I was in Tianxianmen, my relationship with Li Handie can only be said to be average.

Unable to think of a good solution for a while, Zhou Sa still thought that he would talk with Li Handie first, so that he could always find a chance.

Half a month later, the battle in Taiyuan City finally came to an end, and the duration was much shorter than most people expected.

The Turkic army that besieged Taiyuan City finally retreated.

Taiyuan City was originally a fortified city. After the Turks occupied it, they did not destroy it much. They still thought about capturing Taiyuan next time and letting Taiyuan be used by the Turks.

The city wall was still there, so Song Xiangming's 10 men defending the city would naturally have no problem.

Taking advantage of the Turkic retreat, Song Xiangming suddenly went out of the city to attack and killed nearly [-] Turkic troops.

He didn't love to fight. When the Turkic army turned around and wanted to kill, Song Xiangming had already returned to Taiyuan City with his troops.

In the eyes of the imperial court, this was another great victory.

In the two battles, more than 2 Turks were beheaded. Compared with Zheng Guogong and Bai Shenghou, Song Xiangming's record is too dazzling.

(End of this chapter)