I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 216 Money touches people's hearts, but it also costs lives~
As this year's autumn harvest comes to an end, the breath of late autumn has quietly descended on Chang'an.

The large-scale failure of grain harvest in Guanzhong this year has also been fueled by merchants from all over the country, and has cast a heavy shadow in the hearts of the people in Guanzhong.

But what was somewhat unexpected to Chang'an Chaotang was that nearly half of the families in Guanzhong did not express too much concern about the possible food shortage and soaring food prices in Guanzhong this year and next.

——These families were military relatives who sent their nephews and nephews to participate in the suppression of the rebellion as soldiers and civilian husbands during the Wu-Chu Seven Kingdom Rebellion at the beginning of the year.

The Wu-Chu Rebellion at the beginning of the year was indeed a sensation in Guanzhong;
However, the rebellion between the Chang'an Central Committee and the Wu and Chu rebels launched a battle with a total of 60 troops and over one million combat units. The rebellion lasted less than three months.

In this rebellion, the casualties suffered by the Chang'an Central Committee were mainly concentrated in the Liang Guo army stationed in Suiyang.

The Guanzhong troops sent from Guanzhong to quell the rebellion basically did not encounter any blows.

Around the autumn harvest, the rebellion in the Guandong was completely settled, and hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong troops, as well as dozens of civilians, basically returned to Guanzhong with their own trophies and martial arts.

Afterwards, the rewards and pensions from the Chang'an court were also quickly distributed to the soldiers who went on the expedition.

——From Kanto, especially from Wu, almost every soldier in Guanzhong who went out to counter the rebellion got quite a lot of "trophies";
After being sent home, most of the soldiers and civilian husbands who participated in the war also received the rewards they deserved.

In this way, a rebellion between Wu and Chu and the Seven Kingdoms created tens of thousands of "middle-class homes" in Guanzhong, and allowed tens of thousands of half-tenant farmers who lived in poverty and were on the verge of bankruptcy to return to their hometowns. The arms of the yeoman class.

These Guanzhong sons who have made "war fortune" are unambiguous even to buy land for their families, so they will not worry about the food shortage and skyrocketing food prices that may occur in Guanzhong this and next year.

——Just one word: not short of money!

With such self-confidence, these big men who have already changed the fate of the entire family with their martial arts, dragged their families into Chang'an City.

The fine fabrics that were only dared to look at in the past, but were not even dared to touch, are now bought by these husbands in units of 'horses';
The butcher shop, which once only dared to smell it from a distance, but didn't dare to look at it, is also extremely popular.

Even in the past, snacks and food that could only be sold in high gates have become bestsellers on the streets of Chang'an.

On the contrary, the grain and rice shop with the highest traffic in previous years has become an outcast of the entire Chang'an city after this autumn.

Such a prosperous Chang'an City seems to have temporarily dispelled the shadow of the large-scale grain failure in Guanzhong this year from the hearts of the people in Guanzhong.

That is to say, during this brief period of prosperity, Changle and Weiyang palaces issued two edicts related to the ancestral temple and the state.

——In the third year of Emperor Qixinyuan, on the first day of autumn and September, Changle Palace issued an edict in a low-key manner: abolish Queen Bo.

This edict obviously did not exceed the expectations of the government and the public.

After hearing about this incident, most people just sighed and expressed sympathy to Empress Bo and the late Empress Dowager Bo.

When Empress Bo, with the assistance of her 'son' Liu Pengzu and her concubine Liu Sheng, moved from the Jiaofang Hall in Weiyang Palace to the Beigong outside Weiyang Palace, this matter was quickly forgotten by Chang'an.

Public opinion in Chang'an didn't have much reaction to the "Abolition of Empress Edict" issued by Changle Palace.

However, after the Weiyang Palace issued an "appointment edict" that had been foreshadowed, the public opinion on the streets of Chang'an was completely ignited.

——Baiwei Zhou Yafu, as the prime minister!
All of a sudden, the streets of Chang'an were crowded with people, and conversations continued one after another;
In almost everyone's mouth, there is a sentence: Zhou Yafu was able to become the prime minister because of his contribution to suppressing the chaos between Wu and Chu!

What follows is naturally a famous scene that has never disappeared in the thousands of years of history of the Chinese nation: Zhou Yafu from the next door.

"When I save some money, I'll buy some meat and come back to make up for Da Lang?"

"In case you go to the battlefield in the future, you won't even be able to swing your sword..."

——Farmers, decided to start with physical fitness;

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"Next year, the second child will not go to the ground;"

"I've already contacted my old comrade in the army. When the spring comes, the second child will go to the door to learn art and hone his skills."

"When you go to the battlefield in the future, you won't miss out on the opportunity to make contributions because you are not good at learning..."

——A middle-class family with a small family, decided to start with fighting skills;
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"I know all day long that fighting cocks and lackeys are serving dastardly things!"

"Starting tomorrow, no one is allowed to go out, and everyone is reading military books and practicing martial arts at home!"

"If you dare not listen again, I will break your dog legs!!!"

——The high-ranking dignitaries obviously don't want to be at a disadvantage in this competition.

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Regarding Zhou Yafu's worship of the prime minister, the reaction of almost the entire Chang'an was "everything is inferior, only martial arts are high".

If not so, how can Zhou Yafu be an extremely human official and courteous official just by relying on his martial arts?

As a result, after the autumn harvest, Chang'an, and even the entire Guanzhong, fell into an inexplicable rush.

—— Inside and outside the court, busy preparing for the year-end plans and the beginning of the year;
——The princes and noble relatives, full of jealousy and hatred for Zhou Yafu, urged their nephews to hone their martial arts.

Even ordinary people and peasant households, according to their actual conditions, did everything they could to plan the future for their children and grandchildren.

That is to say, in the midst of this busy schedule, a decree that should have attracted the attention of the entire Guanzhong was ignored by the vast majority of people...

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"Mr. Tian!"

Changling Yi, Tianfu.

Wuyanji's characteristic hoarse voice made Tian Fu get up from his seat in a hurry, and immediately raised his head with a serious face.

When Wu Yanji walked into the house wheezing and panting, he handed over a scroll of bamboo slips that had obviously just been written, and Tian Fu just reached out and took it.

After looking at the content on the bamboo slips for a while, Tian Fu's stern face was covered with doubts.

"Open Taicang and sell cheap food?"

"—start now?"

An exclamation full of doubts made Wuyanji nod his head wheezingly, then hurriedly grabbed the teacup at hand and gulped it down.

Tian Fu lowered his head again, looked at the scroll of bamboo slips with a gloomy expression, and then sat back in his seat full of doubts, falling into a long period of doubts.

"What the hell is this guy trying to do?"

"Even if it is to open a warehouse to release grain, it should be in the spring of next year when grain prices rise;"

"Open a position now..."

The more he said, the more dignified the expression on Tian Fu's face, and the more serious the look he looked at at the bamboo slips in his hand.

"A stone and a hundred dollars..."

“The price is right;”

"This is the time to open a position, it's too early..."

He muttered to himself suspiciously, but couldn't figure out why, Tian Fu finally had to raise his head suspiciously.

"Those companies, what's the reaction?"

When Tian Fu spoke, Wu Yanji finally managed to breathe smoothly, and then let out another long breath;

Hearing Tian Fu's question, the face that had just calmed down suddenly became excited again!
"Zhutian branch seems to have some doubts;"

"But the Su Clan of the Wei family and the Du Clan of Anling have already sent me invitations!

"The meaning behind the words seems to be to borrow money to eat the food in Taicang..."

Unable to be excited, Wu Yanji looked at Tian Fu with a slightly tentative gaze.

Although the words were not spoken, it was obvious that he wanted to ask Tian Fu: Should I lend this money?
More precisely, it should be: can the money be borrowed back?

Regarding Wuyanji's urgency beyond words, Tian Fu was not in a hurry to answer.

Instead, he lowered his head again, looked at the scroll of bamboo slips repeatedly, and asked in a casual manner, "Mr. Wuyan, do you know how much food there is in Taicang today?"

"Do you know how much grain Chang'an Chaotang is about to transport from Shu County and Hanzhong to Guanzhong?"

"And how much is the grain gap in Guanzhong this year, and how much will it cost to buy enough grain to fill the gap?"

Asking three times in succession, Wu Yanji was taken aback for a moment, and the eagerness on his face also tended to fade a little.

Seeing that Tian Fu checked the bamboo slips in his hand for the last time, and made sure that there was nothing missing, he spread the bamboo slips on the table in front of him;

When he raised his head again and looked at Wu Yanji who was seated opposite him, there was also a playful look on his face.

"There is money in the Shaofu. In Taicang, Chang'an alone, there are 2000 million shi of grain."

"If necessary, the other granaries in Guanzhong can also transport tens of millions of shi of grain to Chang'an within half a month."

"In addition, nearly ten million stones of grain will enter the customs in Shu County and Hanzhong."

"—After all, this is no less than 4000 million shi of grain..."

After saying this with a sneer, Tian Fu lowered his head slightly and pointed at the bamboo slips in front of him.

"That Zhuzi intends to sell grain at a price of one hundred qian per shi. For the 4000 million shi of grain alone, it will cost 40 million qian."

"Dare to ask Lord Wuyan;"

"—Wuyan's family went bankrupt, and they might have collected [-] million copper coins?"

"These 4000 million shi grains, without the power of the Yan family, can eat eleven of them?"

Two more questions in succession wiped away all the joy on Wu Yanji's face, Tian Fu finally let out a long breath, and shook his head at Wu Yanji with a sigh.

"The Su family of the Wei family, the Du family of Anling, and my Tian family's seven descendants, these nine wealthy merchants seem to be able to eat these grains."

"But Mr. Wuyan, don't forget: the autumn harvest has just passed;"

"The cash of these nine families was used to buy the grain from the farmers and store it in the granaries of their respective families."

"If it weren't for this, wouldn't these nine wealthy and wealthy merchants find Mr. Wuyan?"

"Mr. Wuyan's son's money, the interest is often several times, no one has the guts to borrow it..."

"Ok?"

The joking question finally caused Wu Yanji to lower his head solemnly.

After thinking about it again and again, he finally shared his inner thoughts with Tian Fu.

"I have already checked: the food shortage in Guanzhong this year is more than 8000 million shi!"

"As for the money in the Shaofu, the warehouses in Guanzhong, and the grain in Shujun and Hanzhong, they can only make up half of the 8000 million shi."

"As long as the 4000 million shi of cheap grain can be eaten, all the grain in Guanzhong will be controlled by the Su family of the Wei family, the Du family of Anling, and the seven branches of the Tian family."

"At that time, the price of food will be a hundred dollars, a thousand dollars, or ten thousand dollars a stone..."

"Who is right?"

Saying that, Wu Yanji's expression became a little more relaxed.

Then he smiled lightly and shook his head, then pointed to the volume of official documents from the prime minister's mansion that had just been transcribed in front of Tian Fu.

"As for how to eat the 4000 million shi of cheap food, I have thought about this too."

"——I have no salt, and I can eat 170 million shi of grain in Taicang with all I have."

"The Su family of the Wei family, the Du family of Anling, and the seven branch branches of the Tian family, although they don't have much cash in hand, they can always eat 130 million."

"Together, the total is only 300 million stones, which is indeed a little less."

"But Mr. Tian, ​​don't forget: in Guanzhong, who is a businessman and Jia, whose family has no backer..."

"Don't you think the dukes and relatives in the court don't want to do this lucrative business?"

"——Buy these cheap grains at a price of one hundred yuan per stone, and just wait for the spring of next year, and the profit will be ten times, or even dozens of times!"

"So profitable~"

"Oh, Mr. Tian;"

"Wealth touches people's hearts..."

The meaningful sentence 'money touches people's hearts', the greed that Tian Fu had dispelled earlier returned to Wu Yanji's face again.

But this time, Tian Fu was not in a hurry to speak, but took a deep breath and fell into a long thought.

This incident, to put it bluntly, is actually a very simple change in the relationship between supply and demand.

——This year’s autumn harvest is poor, resulting in the grain output in Guanzhong this year, which cannot meet the internal needs of the people in Guanzhong.

Demand exceeds supply, so there is naturally room for 'the highest price wins'.

If you are more ruthless, after the merchants in Guanzhong unite, they can even play tricks of limited supply and hunger marketing.

As far as the court is concerned, the best way to avoid such a situation is actually to start from the relationship between supply and demand.

——Change the status quo of "supply in short supply" to "supply and demand corresponding".

As long as there is enough food to meet the needs of the people in Guanzhong, it will be difficult to raise the price of food.

The specific mode of operation is also very simple: when the spring begins next year, the Shaofu will directly set up a few gazebos outside the city, and sell food at a fair price.

As long as Shaofu did this, other Guanzhong merchants would have to sell grain at Shaofu's price, or even slightly lower than Shaofu's price, in order to sell their grain.

Tian Fu also predicted this before.

Tian Fu predicted that after receiving Tian Ziqi's assignment to "stabilize grain prices", Liu Sheng will definitely follow this model to sell cheap grain in Guanzhong in the spring of next year.

As for the period from the current late autumn to the beginning of spring next year, Liu Sheng should do everything he can, using all the energy he can use to transfer grain from all over the world to Guanzhong.

Because when the spring of next year begins, the more grain Liu Sheng has in his hands and the more affordable grains are scattered into the market, the more stable the grain price in Guanzhong will be.

But Tian Fu never imagined that after receiving this errand, Liu Sheng would start selling cheap food to the outside world immediately...
"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon..."

"Especially this matter is still related to the foundation of the country, the great politics of the ancestral temple and the community."

"—Even if it's for the sake of getting into the reserve position smoothly, that Shuzi will never be so careless."

"Even if that Lizi is careless, Your Majesty, he will never stand by and watch..."

Thinking about it this way, Tian Fu finally let out a long breath, but the stern look on his face remained unchanged.

As a businessman, especially an outstanding businessman from the Changling Tian family, Tian Fu, of course, has his own ability to survive.

But this time, Tian Fu, who had been in the mall for a long time, smelled a dangerous smell.

It is difficult to express this feeling clearly in words;
But it is this indescribable intuition that has helped Tian Fu overcome crisis after crisis...

"Before, I have already talked to Mr. Wuyan."

"—I, Changling Tian, ​​will not take any action this year."

"Even after the autumn harvest, my Tian family did not purchase grain from farmers as in previous years."

"I, the Changlingtian clan, will not interfere with this matter."

The tone of voice was full of determination, which only made Wuyan Ji anxious!
But under Tian Fu's firm gaze of "no need to say much", even if Wu Yanji tried to persuade him again, he had no choice but to give up in resentment.

But Wuyanji let it go, Tian Fu, but he still has nothing to say.

"Mr. Wuyan and I are old acquaintances. I really don't want Mr. Wuyan to ruin the clan because of this incident."

"Only give a word to Mr. Wuyan, whether to listen or not, it is up to Mr. Wuyan to decide."

"——Wuyan Gong can not interfere with this matter. It is best not to interfere."

"Even if you really want to intervene, at least don't end up personally and get involved in matters related to food."

"Just put the money in your hand to the Su family of the Wei family, the Du family of Anling, and the branches of Zhutian, and just collect the principal and interest of the son's money, and that's enough."

Tian Fu's words were full of sincerity and solemnity, which made Wu Yanji sit up straight involuntarily.

After thinking for a moment in the dark, he frowned suspiciously.

"Tian Gong..."

"Do you want my Wuyan family to intervene in the food business?"

But seeing Tian Fu heard the words, he only shook his head worriedly, then looked at Wu Yanji solemnly, pursed his lips tightly, and then shook his head slowly.

"It's not that I don't want Mr. Wuyan to get involved in the grain business in Guanzhong."

"But I don't want Mr. Wuyan to let the word 'Wuyan' disappear from the eight hundred miles of Qin because of this incident."

"—Lending money to the Su family of the Wei family, the Du family of Anling, and the branches of Zhutian, the worst result is that these idiots' families are ruined;"

"If this is the case, then even if Mr. Wuyan loses everything, he can always save himself and his clan."

"But if Mr. Wuyan goes off in person and meddles in the food business rashly, there will really be an emergency in the future~"

"Oh, Lord Wuyan;"

"Money touches people's hearts, but it also costs people's lives..."

(End of this chapter)