Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

While Wei Jianshen was waiting for the grain merchants to discuss, suddenly a clerk from Wei Jianshen's family hurried in.

When Wei Jianshen saw this guy in a hurry, he felt very angry.

Although Jingzhao Wei's family is not a super family like Wuxing Qiwang, it is also a first-class family and has always paid attention to rules.

This guy is a child of the family, that is, a child of the previous generation of servants, and according to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, he is automatically Jingzhao Wei's servant.

These servants have received strict training since they were young, and Wei Jianshen was very dissatisfied with their rude behavior today.

With a stern face, he wanted to teach him a lesson, such a tricky slave, he had to be taken care of by his family when he returned home!
Just when Wei Jianshen was about to get angry, the guy said:
"Master, the tank boat has entered the dock!"

"what!"

The 32 grain merchants present stood up together, and they all looked at Wei Jianshen.

Wei Jianshen's face was also very ugly, and he couldn't care less about etiquette, so he grabbed the guy's skirt and asked:
"What the hell is going on! Isn't the water transportation blocked?"

The guy said loudly:

"Uncle! Uncle! It is said that the people from Zhongshushe from the Ministry of Industry rushed to the shipwreck site overnight, and it took only one day to clear the water transportation. These ships just entered Chang'an."

Everyone looked at Wei Jianshen.

If the tank boats entered Chang'an, if they were bought by those merchants in Longyou, the price of grain in Chang'an would definitely plummet, and the grain hoarded by the grain merchants would be completely lost in their hands.

A family like the Wei family with a big business would have to suffer serious injuries, and Wei Jianshen would have to pay for all the money he had earned over the years.

Half of the people present will have their family fortunes folded in this life.

Wei Jian said with a deep heart: "Go, follow me to the pier!"

A group of people came to the Water Transport Wharf in a mighty manner. Although it was already night, the lights on the wharf were brightly lit, and Li Fu at the wharf was unloading bags of grain.

Seeing the bags of food, Wei Jianshen's eyes were bloodshot, and he quickly saw a familiar figure in the crowd.

This is the official in charge of sales from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Wei Jianshen squeezed beside this official.

Seeing Wei Jianshen, the household official's expression also changed.

"Shen Langzhong, why didn't you notify Wei when the food arrived? Didn't we all agree that in the future, Chang'an's grain can only be purchased by our 32 families?"

The household doctor smiled and said, "These are the grains delivered to the palace. The excess grains haven't been counted yet, so we won't start selling them until tomorrow morning."

Hearing what Shen Langzhong said, Wei Jianshen was still not relieved, he immediately said:

"We want all the food this time!"

Shen Langzhong shook his head and said:
"I'm afraid you won't be able to eat this time."

Wei Jianshen's expression changed and he said, "We have an agreement!"

Shen Langzhong's expression changed and he said: "Of course there is an agreement, but the policy of the household department has changed."

"What policy changed?"

"Master Shangshu has ordered that in order to stabilize the price of grain in Chang'an, the grain to be sold will be settled on a monthly basis, and one month's worth of grain will be purchased at a time."

Now Wei Jianshen's expression completely changed.

In the past, the grain sale at Chang'an Wharf was usually held every two or three days, and the grain that was sold was also the grain that arrived in Hong Kong, that is, the grain that was sold in two or three days.

The grain merchants handed over the money to the household department, and the household department handed over the grain to the merchants, who then sold the grain to the common people.

Grain is eaten every day, so there is not much financial pressure on the grain merchants, and it only needs to prepare two or three days of food for turnover.

However, according to the current method of the Ministry of Households, one month's worth of grain needs to be purchased at a time, which is a large sum of money.

The 32 grain merchants used to hoard all the funds in their hands, but now they are asked to pay for a month's grain, and they will definitely not be able to get it out.

"It's not reasonable!"

Wei Jianshen yelled out.

But Shen Langzhong just said coldly: "This is the court's rule, and the grain is from the court, so why should Wei Dalang teach the court how to sell it?"

With such a hat off, Wei Jianshen didn't dare to speak.

However, Shen Langzhong has many contacts with these grain merchants on weekdays, and has benefited a lot from them, so he is afraid that Wei Jianshen and the others will be killed.

Seeing Wei Jianshen deflated, Shen Langzhong said: "Can't you think of a way to eat this month's grain?"

Wei Jianshen wanted to cry, but if in the past, the 32 families pooled together, maybe they could pool together the money to buy a month's worth of food at one go.

But now everyone's money is spent on food storage, and it is impossible to get all the money together for a while.

Seeing Wei Jianshen's embarrassment, Langzhong Shen said:
"Actually, if you don't want to take advantage of it, you can borrow it."

"borrow?"

"Yes, I heard from my colleagues in the household department that Longyou spent a lot of food and grass in Lanzhou this year. You also know the weather this year. The snowstorm in the north also affected the spring plowing. If you want me to talk about the food for these few days, They should have rushed over there urgently."

Wei Jianshen's eyes lit up, the household department was well informed, and Wei Jianshen also knew about the war with Tubo and the snow disaster. In this way, the merchants in Longyou's eagerness to sell grain was like a bluff?

That's right, the King of Yue wants to fight against Tubo and enter Chang'an. How much food can there be in Longyou?

These Longyou merchants sold grain at a low price, which seemed to be a show for the King of Yue to invite people to buy.

After thinking about this, Wei Jianshen lowered his head and asked, "Mr. Shen, is this not a small sum?"

Immediately afterwards, Wei Jianshen stuffed a gold cake into the opponent's hand.

As an official of the household department, Shen Langzhong quickly weighed the gold cake.

He said with satisfaction: "I can help you delay for a day."

Wei Jian took a deep breath and said, "Enough!"

Back from the pier, Wei Jianshen told everyone about the conversation with Shen Langzhong, and the scene fell silent.

Wei Jianshen said: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as we buy this batch of grain, all the grain that will be sent to Chang'an within a month will be ours!"

"As long as it is sold at a high price for a few days, all the money in the past few days will be earned back."

"If you can sell it for a month, at worst, if you don't do grain business in the future, this life will be enough!"

Wei Jianshen's words made many grain merchants ready to move.

A few days ago, many people sold grain at a high price, and many people have already paid back their capital. If they can do this for a month, what a terrible profit!
One month's supply of grain is an astronomical figure for one grain merchant, but for 32 grain merchants, it can be made up by borrowing everywhere.

Moreover, these grain merchants are all backed by rich families. If it is really impossible to find usury (loan usury) in Chang'an City, they can also collect the money.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Wei Jianshen immediately signed an offensive and defensive alliance with everyone, and then started to collect money overnight.

Wei Jianshen naturally went to see the head of his family, and after paying a lot of filial piety, Wei Jianshen withdrew a sum of money from the public treasury of the Wei family.

Wei Jianshen then transferred his property in Chang'an to a few businessmen who lent usury, and improvised a large sum of money.

The same is true for other grain merchants, either borrowing money from relatives and friends, or borrowing money from the market, and finally got together the money needed to buy grain for a month.

Shen Langzhong was really trustworthy, he held the money for a day without selling it, and when the grain merchants delivered the money, he immediately handed over the deed from the household department to everyone.

Wei Jianshen hurriedly called his buddy to unload the food, Shen Langzhong picked up the contract and said:
"Wei Dalang, what you sent today is considered a deposit. If you send more food this month, you have to continue to make up the money."

"What if it's missing?"

"If there is less, the Ministry of Households will refund the money to you."

Shen Langzhong sighed again: "You also know that the Guangtong Canal is now shallow, with a lot of silt and silt, and the water transportation is not smooth. It would be good if the food can be delivered as expected. I'm afraid it won't be much."

Wei Jianshen nodded quickly. The Guangtong Canal is the canal between Chang'an and Luoyang. Since the excavation of this canal by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, it has often been silted up.

In fact, the water transportation from Jiangdong to Luoyang was relatively smooth.

The Guangtong Canal from Luoyang to Chang'an is the key, and it is often silted up by sand.

The practice of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was that if there was a famine in Guanzhong, the emperor would lead all the officials to move from Chang'an to Luoyang for office.

This incident happened both during the Wu Zetian period and the Emperor's period. As a grain merchant, Wei Jianshen naturally knew that the silting of the Guangtong Canal would affect the grain price in Chang'an.

Since the rise of troops in Anlu Mountain, the Guangtong Canal has not been dredged for several years, and it is often silted up.

Indeed, as Shen Langzhong said, it would be good if the expected food can be delivered this month.

Wei Jianshen nodded quickly, and immediately signed the contract after reading the contract.

After all the 32 grain merchants signed and signed, the pier quickly became busy, and Wei Jianshen hired a lot of workers to deliver the grain to his own grain depot.

On the third day, grain from Longyou was still entering the city, but the convoy was no longer as long as it was a few days ago.

Wei Jianshen and other grain merchants were still having banquets in Mingyue Tower. The "Chang'an Daily" published the news that the household department had sold a month's supply of grain to the grain merchants.

On the fourth day, there were fewer grain caravans in Longyou, and the people began to line up to buy grain.

On the fifth day, the prices listed in the grain shops of the grain merchants were five times higher than usual, and some people who did not get the low-priced grain in Longyou could only go in with their heads down to buy grain.

On the sixth day, another batch of grain ships arrived at the pier, but this time there were twice as many ships as last time. Dr. Shen explained that these were the ships that were silted up before, and the next batch would be less.

On the seventh day, the supply of low-priced grain in Longyou decreased, and long queues began to form at the gates of the grain merchants' grain stores, and the price became six times the usual price.

On the ninth day, the grain merchants gathered again in Mingyue Tower, and the listed price was ten times that of the usual day.

The tenth day arrived, when the grain merchants boarded the Mingyue Tower, the staff rushed in to report!
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