Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 323 Food Storm VII

"Brother, they are aggressive and they have arranged for several months. They have made our grain market full of resentment. How should we deal with it now?" Huan Ye walked up, looked at Yang Biao, and asked in a low voice.

"The matter of seeking talents has caused our gentry to lose for a while!"

A cold light burst out of Yang Biao's eyes, and he said faintly: "Since they came here to slap their face this time, then we have to fight back even if we scold them, otherwise it will be too embarrassing to lose!"

As soon as the Order of Seeking Talents came out, the power of the Mu Clan rose sharply. Above the court, their words became more rigid.

This is the failure of the gentry.

All the gentry are holding their breath now, and want to wrestle with the Mushan version.

Now that Mujing is directly delivered to his door, Yang Biao’s heart is full of murderous intent. Jingping Trading Company is an arm of Mujing. It has done a lot of things recently. , It is tantamount to breaking Mu Jing's arm.

"To open the granary?" Huan Ye asked tentatively.

The Hongnong Yang family is the number one family of the Guanzhong gentry, with countless fertile and fertile fields. The weather has been smooth and the harvest has been good in the past few years. There are many granaries under their command. If they are opened, they can feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

"The granary is about to be opened, but we must be careful when we open the granary!"

Yang Biao thought for a while, and said: "Go and discuss with Hanoi Sima's family in person. This matter in Guanzhong is not just about our Yang family. It is best to call all the gentry in Guanzhong to come forward and take all the property of Jingping Trading Company. They all stay in Guanzhong, this time we must thoroughly let them know the strength of the gentry!"

"Understood!"

Huan Ye nodded when he heard the words.

"By the way, what about the things I ordered you to do earlier?" Yang Biao asked suddenly.

"It's all arranged!"

When Huan Ye heard this, he immediately became cautious, and after scanning all directions, he replied in a low voice: "A total of ten batches will enter Luoyang. In addition, I have issued a summoning order to gather the rangers in Luoyang!"

"Well, it's a good job, but you still have to be careful!" Yang Biao said.

The day of extermination has come.

This matter must be foolproof, and if it fails, it can't be solved by simple lip service, it will cause blood to flow into rivers.

"Brother, don't worry, the dead soldiers of the Yang family have never shown up after entering Luoyang, and no one will know about it!"

"Luo Yang says it's not small, but it's not big, so be careful. If this matter is exposed, our Yang clan will be afraid of being wiped out!"

"I'll do it myself!"

Huan Ye's face also became serious, he was silent for a while, and asked: "But Patriarch, do we really want to do it?"

"The arrow is on the string, I have to send it!"

Yang Biao said: "We can't just sit and watch Mu Shan become more and more powerful. We can let him raise soldiers, and we can give in if he wants the position of Taifu, but if he wants to recruit talents and interfere in the government, then we can't tolerate him! "

"But once the news of this matter gets out, with the military power in Mushan's hands, Luoyang's blood will flow like a river, and some people can escape, but our Hongnong is too close to the capital. We are full!"

"If you want to achieve great things, you have to take risks after all!"

Yang Biao said: "Besides, it's not me who took the lead, it's not our Guanzhong gentry, it's the Yuan family of four generations and three lords, if something happens, they will stand in the way!"

"I'm still a little worried!"

"Since you're worried, then do better and get promoted a little bit more, and make sure nothing goes wrong!"

Yang Biao reminded: "There is one person who can take advantage of it!"

"Brother said..."

"Wei Zhongdao!"

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The food storm continues.

Chang'an City is the center of the entire storm.

"What, there is no food in the surrounding cities?" A group of grain merchants gathered again. This time they were obviously not as calm as last time, and everyone felt a little panicked.

"Lantian, Xinfeng, Shangxian, Shangluo... We have traveled all over Jingzhao, and there is a shortage of food, and we can't even gather a thousand shi of food!"

Several merchants said.

"It seems that they didn't just come for the grain market in Chang'an, but Jingzhao, and even the grain market in Guanzhong. It's just where did they get so much money?"

Ye Tong, a wealthy businessman from Chang'an grain merchants, spoke gloomily while sticking to his crutches.

"I seem to have seen a familiar grain merchant buying grain in Shangluo. The Dong family in Jingzhou. I have dealt with them before!"

"When I was in Lantian, I also saw grain merchants in Jingzhou, that is, the group of grain merchants in Wuling. In the past, we went to Wuxi to transport grain in Wuling, but they intercepted them, and finally this trade route was also cut off. !"

"..."

Several grain merchants suddenly spoke and said one after another.

"Jingzhou grain merchant?"

Kou Ming's eyes sank, and he said: "Tong Lao, it seems that Jingping Trading Company did not come here alone. They invited Jingzhou grain merchants, and obviously wanted to launch a merchant war between regions. They have been in business for several generations, and they have never seen each other. Such a big deal!"

"Jingzhou grain merchant?" Ye Tong's hunched body slowly straightened up, and his cloudy eyes became brighter and brighter: "This old man has experienced wind and rain in the grain merchant's business, but I have never seen such a war, but Since they want to fight, how can we not fight!"

"But we don't have any food!" Someone said: "The stocks in our grain store have been taken down by them in advance, which means that we have lost the upper hand. Only after the autumn harvest can new food enter the market!"

"I can't wait!" Kou Ming shook his head: "A few months are enough for our Chang'an grain market to be occupied by them!"

"There has never been a shortage of food in Guanzhong. We don't have any, so of course someone has it!"

Ye Tong raised his head, and a flash of light burst out of his eyes. He glanced over and looked at the faces one by one: "There should be many gentry behind you. We have been working for the gentry for so many years. Now it is It's time for these gentry to stand up and support us, to defend the dignity of our Chang'an grain merchants!"

"That's a big deal!"

"Presumably the nobles don't want to see the grain market in Guanzhong controlled by a group of Jingzhou people!"

"I'll go back and contact them now!"

All merchants nodded one after another. This battle is already related to their lives and fortunes. Whatever matters at this time, they must be resorted to. Jingping Trading Company must not be allowed to dominate the market in Guanzhong.

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The food war is in full swing.

Although Jingping Trading Company and Mi Family won the first move, they killed Chang'an's grain as soon as they made a move, and almost took down all the grain in Chang'an market, and visited the grain market in Guanzhong with a super powerful attitude.

However, behind the Chang'an grain merchants are many gentry relations. The local gentry in Chang'an took the lead and began to sell grain to Chang'an grain merchants on a large scale. After the Chang'an grain merchants got the grain, they naturally began to fight back.

Food prices started to go up and up.

And the time has begun to enter July.

This year's rainy season came quickly. Just in July, there was already lightning and thunder. It rained for three or four consecutive days. Under the torrential rain, the river water rose rapidly. The high tide started.

Luoyang City, Taifu's residence.

Jingping Courtyard.

Mu Jing looked at a memorandum in his hand, it was a memorandum submitted to the imperial court by the local government, it should have been reviewed before the Taifu case, but many of them would be transferred to Jingping Court, Mu Shan, the big boss, handles government affairs roughly His level is not even a little bit worse, even if there are many counselors around him to help him, but the one he trusts the most is always his son Mujing, so he has to look over many things to Mujing.

"Sir, look at this!" Mu Jing handed the playbook to Hu Zhao.

"I've already seen it!"

Hu Zhaodao: "Although the court seems a little unfounded to worry about this matter, in my opinion, it must be guarded against!"

"You also think that the Yellow River may break its embankment?" Mu Jing frowned.

The memorial was submitted by a county magistrate in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. He predicted the flood situation of the Yellow River and believed that the Yellow River might burst its embankment this year, but the imperial court thought it was impossible, so the memorial was shelved.

"There were not many such things in previous years, but this year there is a lot of rain itself. Since the end of June, I have hardly heard of heavy rain. The Luoshui River has a chance to rise to its peak. The Yellow River will burst its embankment. It is not surprising at all!"

"What if the embankment breaks?"

"Luoyang's problem is not serious. Even if Luoshui's tide rises, it won't affect Luoyang. However, the lower reaches of the Yellow River, especially the Chenliu area, may cause natural disasters once the embankment bursts!"

"Can't be on guard?" Mu Jing frowned.

Hearing this, Hu Zhao shook his head, "It's difficult!"

He thought for a while, and then said: "My son, what you need to pay attention to is not only the flood situation in Luoyang, but the flood situation in Guanzhong as a whole. I know that the son and the gentry in Guanzhong are fighting in the grain market. Grain merchants and East China Sea merchants have all poured their funds into it. Several aristocratic families in Guanzhong have opened their granaries, and the fight is in full swing. The people's hearts are shining brightly, causing most people to prepare for the winter, and the impact on the price of food is not a little bit!"

"This will trigger a big collapse in food prices in advance!"

Mujing gasped, and immediately began to prepare.

(End of this chapter)