Datang Longya

Chapter 292 The Auction House Will Open

Although it is said in ancient times that locusts should not be disrespected when a locust plague occurs, but the child is crying from hunger, you can't just let him be hungry!
Even if catching locusts would bring about punishment from heaven, he couldn't care less at this moment.

The other villagers looked at him in awe, watching him catch the locusts, and watching him carry the sack containing the locusts to Chang'an~

But in two days, the man came back, he didn't suffer any "God's Punishment" for his strong body, and the most important thing is, he got food in exchange!Moreover, it is half a bag of millet and half a bag of millet!

The food reserves in Tianxialou are very rich, including broomcorn millet, millet, and even rice. The man thought that the rice was delicious, but the amount was too small, so he replaced some millet for the children.

Seeing the stove fire in the man's house that had been shut down for several days was rekindled, the villagers who were still watching were boiling. Everyone had sacks in their homes. Rather than staying at home and not receiving relief food and starving, it would be better to catch locusts with both hands. Give yourself some money and food!
The same scene continued to play out throughout the entire Guanzhong land. People put aside the ancient teachings and began to catch locusts.So, the team carrying and pulling locust sacks to Tianxialou lined up from Anhuamen in Chang'an to Xiudefang!
Seeing such a scene, Li Jing and the others had no choice but to change it, and they also put up a sign of exchanging locusts for food. They wanted locusts to be useless, but they could give them to Gong Gong!

Compared with the generals, Li Shimin is more relaxed. It is only natural for the state to help the victims. The food is directly transported to various state capitals, and then distributed to the counties, and the county magistrate distributes it to the victims. Not much left, but better than nothing.

The common people don't care how much food your court distributes. As long as you distribute it, it means that the emperor is not a fool. What's more, you can still catch locusts for food now, and no one will be hungry in a short time.

But Li Shimin was well prepared this time, how much food is left in the treasury?How can this be worthy of his status as emperor?
So, after a wave of food distribution, the dried meat distributed by the court came down!

The cattle and sheep traded with the Western Turks were all slaughtered and dried into dried meat. Although they can send a piece of meat the size of a diary to each family, but~
Which emperor gave out meat to the victims of disasters during his reign?
As a result, many people who had forgotten the taste of meat all hugged the meat and cried bitterly!Kowtow to the emperor in the direction of Chang'an.

In this locust plague, some people got a lot, such as the emperor, Tianxialou and the generals. The people all praised the emperor for his wisdom, praised Tianxialou for his righteous deeds, and praised the generals for their generosity.

There are also people who have lost a lot, such as the direct officials with five surnames and seven surnames. The prestige established by them leading the people to resist the imperial court's "stop farming order" was completely shattered, and even the prestige of the five surnames was greatly reduced.

Another example is the grain merchant~
Grain merchants usually hoard grain and sell it at a high price after the autumn harvest season is over. Originally, in such a catastrophic year, they were the most profitable, but the actions of the imperial court, the military, and Tianxialou "cut off" their profits. To make money, they can only watch the people use the locusts they caught to go to Tianxialou to exchange for food, but their own food can't be sold, so they can only jump around!

If the grain cannot be sold, if it accumulates, it is not money, but waste!

The desperate grain merchants all went to Tianxialou. At the beginning, Tianxialou collected grain from other places, and the quantity was not very large. Now Tianxialou collects locusts, and the grain reserves must be insufficient. They are local grain merchants, no matter what. What is the rule that they are cheap and they are cheap outsiders.

In the largest private room in the Tianxia Building, twenty or so grain merchants near the capital gathered together, waiting for Lao Yuan to come.

Lao Yuan was sweating from the busy work of exchanging locusts for grain. He opened the door of the box and looked around at the twenty grain merchants. To be blunt, your local food is actually a foreshadowing planted by my master, waiting to be used at the last moment.

Now, the grain bought from other places has almost been exchanged by the common people, it is time to use your grain. "

A grain merchant closest to the door stood up: "Treasurer Yuan, since you have said that you have opened the skylight to speak clearly, I will not repeat it, our grain price must be higher than the closing price.

Don't say that we hoard goods in disaster years, we are all businessmen who have lost the face of our ancestors, and we must sacrifice capital for profit. However, for the sake of Lord Xi, we can negotiate this price again! "

Lao Yuan shook his head: "As for the price, my master has already set it."

As soon as Lao Yuan said this, the grain merchants complained in their hearts. It was Leng Feng, Duke of the State of Jin. If they insisted on cutting profits, they could do nothing about it. Although there was a shortage of grain in Tianxialou, they were also worried that they would not be able to sell the grain. Everyone They all have small tails, but at this time, it is the high-ranking and powerful Gong Guogong who has the right to speak.

"The price of food will be the same as when you usually sell it."

"what?"

The grain merchants stood up one after another, just come as usual?How is it possible!
"But………"

Only then did Lao Yuan find a chair and sit on it: "This money is not paid by us all over the world, but by those who participated in the auction. Your food will be sold to those who participated in the auction."

"auctions?"

Another grain merchant cupped his hands at the old Yuan: "But the auction house on the third floor of Tianxia Building? When Building No. [-] of Tianxia Building was first established, this auction house existed. We are very curious why this place has not opened for a long time. I didn’t expect it to open at this time. I wonder if shopkeeper Yuan can help me? What is this auction house for? Why do you say that if the people participating in the auction spend money to buy our grain?”

Lao Yuan smiled slightly: "There are still a lot of things outside, let me just put it briefly, the auction is to sell things, and whoever pays the most gets the things.

But this time the auction will be different. If you get something, all the money will be used to buy your food, and then exchange locusts with the victims.

As for what to auction, it depends on what antique calligraphy and painting or other things my master and the ministers in the court provide. "

"I understand!"

The grain merchant closest to Lao Yuan said: "Exchanging grain with the victims for locusts is a business that does not make any money. This is very benevolent and righteous. I admire you. It is not appropriate, in this way, it is equivalent to many ministers paying the money."

Lao Yuan nodded: "Although you are grain merchants, you can also participate in it, but what you want, you have to use the grain in your hands as the price."

"It should be, it should be."

Seeing that everyone readily agreed, Lao Yuan left the box under the respectful escort of the grain merchants. While working on exchanging grain for locusts, he was also working on the holding of the auction, which made him burnt out.

Maybe it's time to bring that guy, Old Li, over to help!
The old man was thinking like this.

Early the next morning, after counting the items for the auction, Tianxialou sent out invitations to many wealthy businessmen.

Tianxialou took the initiative to distribute invitations, which was a symbol of status and strength, and the wealthy businessmen and ordinary wealthy families who received the invitations were all elated.

Hao Wencai, a businessman from Taiyuan, nodded after seeing the format of the auction clearly. This is a win-win situation for the party who provided the auction item and the party who bought the auction item, and both of them can earn fame. (People are leaving for tea, add Lao Na’s QQ! 852231129! Reminder in the text!)
(End of this chapter)