Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 305 Grain Storm One
The Mansion Report was originally just a circular issued by the imperial court to the officials below.

However, with the emergence of the Hongdu Journal, the Dibao began to appear in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City, and gradually began to enter the families of some ordinary people, which also ignited some fun for the boring life of this era.

The Confucianism Daily was published immediately after the Hongdu Journal, which exploded the influence of Confucianism, and opened up the coverage of Luoyang City by the way of the Dibao.

Hongdu Journal was released first, and it was released for free at the beginning. After a month of continuous distribution, it has a certain mass base, whether it is among scholars or ordinary people.

The release went well.

But Confucianism Daily has too many innate advantages. The word Confucianism itself is extraordinary. In addition, the publishing background is based on the Yuan family who is known as the first family in the name of the fourth generation and the third lord, and contacted many scholars. Among them, the powerful families with extraordinary influence have an extraordinary influence on the scholars.

Therefore, the publication of Confucianism Daily has a huge impact on Hongdu Journal, and has divided many markets.

However, as the saying goes, where there is competition, there is progress. The guaranteed publication of a newspaper cannot cover the sky of Luoyang City after all. However, there are Confucian daily newspapers that complement each other, and Luoyang City is shrouded in the influence of Dibao.

"Trouble, here is a Hongdu Journal!"

"okay!"

"..."

"Is today's Confucianism Daily still available?"

"Yes, how many copies do you want!"

"Come three!"

"..."

"Come and see today's Confucianism Daily, there may be a new article written by Situ, the famous Confucian king of Confucianism!"

"I didn't expect to have such benefits!"

"Must read it!"

"..."

"Haha, today's Hongdu Journal is interesting!"

"What is there to be so happy about!"

"This is a story about besieging Wei and saving Zhao, but it brings out the history of the Warring States Period, which is very valuable as a fable!"

"Really, I'll take a look too!"

"..."

The competition between the two newspapers, the continuous distribution, the published articles, the simple and interesting way of reading, the conversation materials after dinner... and other benefits, all made the influence of Di Bao spread rapidly.

Not just Luoyang, but has begun to cover the surrounding area of ​​Luoyang. First of all, a storm of Dibao has formed among the scholars of Shilin, sweeping across the land of Guanzhong.

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Guangxi two years.

late March.

Mu Jing, who had been confined for more than a month, was released after serving his sentence. With the permission of His Royal Highness Zhang Ning, he was finally able to go out for a walk, but there was still a ban, and he was not allowed to leave Luoyang City.

The most important thing is that his recent appearance made Zhang Ning very dissatisfied, so this clause was added.

But Mu Jing was very happy to be able to walk around Luoyang City.

"It's good to go out for a walk, I'm almost suffocating at home!"

Mu Jing got off the carriage, stood in front of the Jingping Firm's door, stretched himself, and complained.

"My son, Your Highness is also doing it for your own good. If you get injured continuously, most people would probably die. If it weren't for His Highness's medical skills, your body may have accumulated old injuries even if you come back. Not only will it shorten your life in the future, You'll be sick all over!"

Huang Zhong's burly and tall body followed closely behind, and said calmly.

"Hehe!" Mu Jing smiled mischievously.

Huang Zhong is Zhang Ning's son-in-law. His son was saved by Zhang Ning, and his life is still in Zhang Ning's hands. Naturally, he obeyed Zhang Ning's words, so Zhang Ning ordered Huang Zhong to stay with him every step of the way. Following Mu Jing, the servant agreed without hesitation.

"Meet the shopkeeper!"

Sun Hao led more than ten shopkeepers of the commercial firm, went out to greet him, and bowed in salute.

"No need to be too polite!" Mu Jing waved his hand, walked straight into the courtyard, walked through the long corridor, entered the meeting hall, and then knelt down on his seat. At this time, several maidservants on the left and right came forward to serve tea.

"Where's Zhang Heng?"

"Treasurer Zhang and the Patriarch of the Mi family went to Chang'an together!"

"Chang'an?" Mu Jing narrowed his eyes: "He plans to start from Chang'an?"

With Hu Zhao in charge of the overall situation, commanding the ministries, and Xi Zhicai personally watching the Hongdu Journal and the Confucianism Daily established by the aristocratic family, Mu Jing naturally began to free up his hands and started the second step of the Jingping Commercial Bank's garrison in Luoyang. .

The second step of the plan is naturally to take down the grain market in Guanzhong.

He knows how big the grain market in Guanzhong is, it is a huge number, if this plan is only the strength of the Jingping Trading Company, Mujing will definitely not touch the stone with an egg.

But if Mi Zhu is involved, the situation will be different.

Mi Zhu is a wealthy businessman today, and the Mi family is rich. That is the real family of ten thousand gold. What's more, behind him is the support of merchants from the entire East China Sea. The East China Sea here is not just Donghai County, but It is the land of Donglai County extending northward from Guangling in Xuzhou to the land of Qilu.

The weight of these merchants can be powerful.

But even so, Mu Jing didn't have much confidence in his heart. After all, Guanzhong was a granary, and the grain market in Guanzhong could almost dominate the Central Plains for half a month, even covering the northwest.

"The shopkeeper Zhang said that Luoyang's grain market is too sensitive. In addition, we have taken action against the Yan market before, which made some people wary. A slight disturbance will directly attract the attention of the court. He does not want to come into the court's sight so quickly. In Guanzhong, although Guanzhong is large and can directly influence, besides Luoyang, it is Chang'an, so he decided to start from Chang'an!"

Sun Hao said.

"This is a good choice!"

Mu Jing nodded and continued to ask: "How is Jingzhou's support?"

"Professor Xu is currently in Nanyang. He personally sits in Wancheng to gather merchants from all walks of life to collect funds and gather enough food. The situation must not be serious. Moreover, after the First World War in Yanshi, Nanyang merchants have already followed the lead of our Jingping Trading Company. As for Jingzhou's Merchants are still in the process of wooing, there are several big merchants in Nanjun and Jiangxia who are already tempted, but more merchants are afraid of the opinions of those Jingzhou aristocratic families!"

"Jingzhou family?"

Mu Jing sneered: "Their hands are really long!"

"Grand shopkeeper, grain is different from other things. The rich and powerful families control the land. Most of the grain is produced by them. Most of their profit points are also on grain. This time we are leading the grain business. Although it is limited to Guanzhong, we will also The ones involved are originally grain merchants, and these grain merchants naturally depend on the face of those gentry!"

Sun Hao said with a wry smile.

If they hadn't met Mu Jing, even if they had established Jingping Trading Company and formed a group, they would still have to be looked down upon by wealthy families. This is the status of merchants, something that has been deeply rooted for thousands of years.

Therefore, he still understands the hesitation of these grain merchants in Jingzhou.

"The theory of capital for you is not for nothing. Remember, merchants care about profit. A [-]% profit is enough to make the fear in many people's hearts become indifferent!"

Mu Jing said indifferently: "Send a letter and tell Xu Lin that at the right time, Jingping Trading Company can make [-]% of the profit, and let him persuade Jingzhou grain merchants to enter the market as soon as possible, otherwise our firepower will not be strong enough!"

"Understood!" Sun Hao nodded, and had a deeper understanding of Mu Jing's courage. The [-]% profit was not just a casual talk. If the battle goes well, it will be an astronomical figure.

"Give me a data distribution map of the Guanzhong Grain Market!"

"exist!"

Sun Hao has already prepared.

As the saying goes, being prepared for war, Jingping Trading Company never does anything unprepared. Since they decided to fight in the Guanzhong grain market, they must be fully prepared. They have done a lot of preparation in advance.

Mu Jing looked at this data distribution map, although he was not very careful, compared with the data that he saw in his previous life that was so detailed that it could be marked with two pounds, this data distribution map is very rough, but in this era, It's been going great.

He thought for a while, and said: "The terrain in Guanzhong is plain, and the food can feed half the imperial court, but most of them are controlled by the wealthy families. Those grain merchants are puppets pushed by the wealthy families. The family is the key, controlling nearly [-]% of the food in Guanzhong is too scary, and the Wei family and the Sima family are both big granaries, so don't underestimate them!"

"So we don't actually have the upper hand!" Sun Hao said in a low voice: "If you don't want to think about it, the treasurer, now we stop, there is still time!"

Sun Hao didn't quite agree with risking a fight.

In his view, Jingping Trading Company has already established a firm foothold in Luoyang, and the next step can actually be steady and gradually cover the influence, there is no need to take such a risk.

"People, as long as they have a choice, they will only choose to starve to death, not to starve to death!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "If Jingping Trading Company wants to become the number one merchant in the world, and to be respected by the people in the world in the name of a merchant, it needs the courage and ambition of a snake swallowing a whale. This battle is imperative!"

Hearing this, Sun Hao stopped talking and went all the way. He disagreed with so many things, but he believed in you a little. Mujing's decision was right. As long as he followed Mujing's footsteps, Jingping Trading Co., Ltd. could soar into the sky.

He handed over some papers: "Although Nanyang is also a food warehouse, compared with Guanzhong, it is slightly insufficient. Adding the influence of Jingping Trading Company to gather together, one hundred thousand shi is the limit!"

"One hundred thousand stones can be seen in Luoyang, but in the whole Guanzhong, a drop in the ocean can't even turn a wave!" Mu Jing shook his head.

"Then we can see Mi Zhu's ability!"

"Even if the Mi family has food, it's still in the East China Sea, and the cost of transporting it is too high!"

"Then what should we do?"

"The wool is still on the sheep!"

Mujing stood up, paced back and forth, thought for a long time, and said, "Since it's about the Guanzhong market, then we'll use local materials!"

"Received from Guanzhong?"

"It's a big deal!" Mu Jing said, "You do it yourself. With various caravan models, let me go through Hanoi, Henan, and Hedong. The price can't be raised. We don't have such loose funds now. , in the original market price, how much you can get!"

"understand!"

Hearing this, Sun Hao stood up solemnly, nodded and accepted the order.

"This time is different from Yanshi. Our Jingping Trading Company is fighting with all we have. Yanshi failed. At most, we just couldn't stand firm in Luoyang. When we come back to Nanyang, we are still the boss. But if this battle If we lose, and if we lose the entire firm, we will face falling apart!"

Mu Jing said: "So I want everyone to do their best, and they must do their best to fight!"

"Yes!"

All the shopkeepers clapped their hands and started to drink, their morale was very high, the victory of Yanshi gave them a lot of confidence, and at this moment they were still in an atmosphere of solidarity.

(End of this chapter)