I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 231 Young Master wins, but that's all~
The winter of Emperor Qi Xinyuan's fourth year seems to pass faster than in previous years.

Perhaps it was because of the big plan that the entire court was busy reviewing the data of fields, households, and mouths submitted by the local government;

Or maybe it's because after the Dachaoyi, the whole of Chang'an was shrouded in worries about "food prices are booming".

——Except for the court officials who are busy with auditing, and the counties and counties who are anxiously waiting for the results, almost everyone's attention is focused on the price of grain in Guanzhong.

According to the practice of previous years, the price of grain in Guanzhong is based on the price of rice in Chang'an City as a reference.

For example, in the first year of Emperor Qixin, in late February of spring, the rice shops in Chang'an took the lead in selling the price of "rice stone 55 yuan";

Subsequently, various places in Guanzhong followed up in sequence and set the price of grain at between 47 and 52 renminbi per stone.

The situation in the year before last and last year was similar—the price of grain in Chang’an fluctuated between 45 and 55 renminbi, while in various parts of Guanzhong it fluctuated between [-] and [-] renminbi.

And this year is undoubtedly a very special year.

——After the autumn harvest last year, the emperor Qi handed over the matter of stabilizing food prices in Guanzhong to Liu Sheng, the ninth son of the emperor.

In autumn and September, son Sheng opened a granary and sold 2000 million shi of cheap grain. By this winter and October, Taicang had already been 'short-sold'.

At the same time that Taicang was 'sold out', the Shaofu transferred 900 million shi of grain from the official warehouses in Guanzhong;
In winter and November, the 900 million shi of grain was also bought by the follow-up Guanzhong grain merchants.

Later, in December of winter and the first month of spring—the two coldest months of the year, Chang'an City fell into a brief silence.

Soon, the time came to spring and February.

The grain bought by Shaofu from Shu County and Hanzhong finally arrived at Shanglin warehouse in the western suburbs of Chang'an.

Almost everyone's attention was focused on the Shanglin warehouse, the 700 million shi of grain that had just been shipped back.

——Almost everyone is sure: the 700 million shi of grain is the last trump card of Young Master Sheng!

As long as this last hole card is played, the price of food in Guanzhong will be completely out of Young Master Sheng's control!

At that time, the level of grain prices will be completely determined by the grain merchants who hold the grain in their hands, as well as the dukes who work together to 'buy' the entire Taicang...

For a time, people in Chang'an City were panicked, and there were many discussions inside and outside the government and the public.

Everyone vaguely sensed that the food price in Guanzhong this year may be completely out of control.

If Tianzi Qi doesn't do something, if he doesn't stop Young Master Sheng from going on 'nonsense' like this, then the basic disk that the late emperor has accumulated for more than 20 years - Guanzhong, will be completely thrown into chaos.

In the beginning, it was just street talk;
Later, some people began to enter the palace at night to meet the emperor in secret.

Later, both inside and outside the government and the public were a little panicked, and impeachments against Young Master Sheng began to appear!
Although the contents of the impeachment were all innocuous topics such as "breaking the rules and living in the womb of the crown prince", it undoubtedly made the already tense Chang'an City even more tense.

Everyone.

All the people in Chang'an City, with a feeling of apprehension, focused all their attention on the unopened rice shops in the two cities of Chang'an.

It was at this delicate juncture of panic, the grain merchants who were supposed to be busy transporting grain and preparing to open for business all gathered in Anling Town.

The difference from the uneasiness and worry written on everyone's face in Chang'an City is that the faces of these grain merchants, without exception, are filled with happy, brilliant, and even excited smiles... ··
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Anlingyi, Dufu.

At the invitation of the Anling Du family, the businessmen with big bellies gathered here;
Cigarettes wafted from the censer, and the sweet fragrance from the burning spices made that honey-like smile flood everyone's face.

It was clearly still spring and February, when the river was still frozen, but everyone in the living room was flushed with heat from the heat from the stove.

Accompanied by the melodious and elegant sound of Sesheng, graceful figures twisted their bodies in front of everyone;

Pieces of thin veils slipped from the creamy and smooth body, causing everyone to let out a sigh of relief.

Once the song is over, let's dance.

The dancers, who were originally well-dressed, only had a few pieces of cloth left to hide their shame.

But after the music dissipated, they did not retreat.

Instead, she stepped on a knee-high cigarette, lowered her head shyly, and covered her chest with her hands, like fairies whose clothes were 'stolen', and fell lightly into the arms of a certain nobleman... ··

"The young master wins, that's all he has, right?"

"—Thinking that if you sprinkle tens of millions of stones and grains, you will be able to stump us?"

"Hey!"

"Right now, the grain that the Shaofu can transfer is all sold by Young Master Sheng;"

"When the spring comes, we will run out of food. Let's see how his young master Sheng can 'stable the price of food'!"

Carelessly embracing the maiko with charming eyes and spring in his arms, the businessman did not forget to say this while enjoying it with his hands up and down.

Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter, their hands habitually wandered over the beauty in their arms, but their eyes all looked up at Patriarch Anling Du who had summoned everyone here.

"What does Mr. Du think?"

"Young Master Sheng, is there another way to stabilize the price of grain in Guanzhong?"

Although it was a question, there was no trace of worry on the face of the person who asked the question.

The people who followed their reputation upwards had a playful look on their faces.

It was as if this question was not a question to Patriarch Du, but an opportunity for Patriarch Du to wantonly make fun of Young Master Sheng.

——Everyone cast their eyes full of anticipation, playfulness, and even jokes on Patriarch Du.

Feeling that everyone looked at him and looked at him with some anticipation, Patriarch Du only smiled gently.

Pretending to be suspicious, he lowered his head to 'think' for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and raised his head, looking at the person who asked the question.

"I, the Anling Du family, have never done much in the grain business. I don't know the key to this."

"—Perhaps, I am stupid."

"I just want to break my head, but I really don't know the current situation, the young master wins, how can I save it..."

It seemed to be a humble word, but it caused everyone in the hall to burst into laughter, and even a few people laughed forward and backward, almost lying on the seats with the beauty in their arms.

Infected by this cheerful atmosphere, the Patriarch of the Wei family and the Su family laughed for a while, and then took the opportunity to take up the conversation.

"Stable food prices depend on, in fact, food."

"As long as Young Master Sheng has grain in his hands and keeps throwing it into the market at a low price, the price of grain will never go up."

"—After all, those farmers are not fools;"

"If you can buy cheap food from Mr. Sheng, naturally you won't buy high-priced food from us."

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"If the farmers don't buy our grain, the grain in our hands will never be sold, and the granary needs to be maintained and guarded by people;"

"After a long time, we can't bear such a big loss."

"In the end, we can only follow the son to win and sell food at a fair price."

"—Even if you can't make money, you can at least reduce the consumption of stored food, and at least you can stop the loss..."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone at the banquet became excited for a while, and they began to "point" Liu Sheng with each other.

"Isn't it~"

"As long as Mr. Fan can hold his breath and wait until the beginning of spring to open Taicang, with the tens of millions of stones of grain lowered, we can't raise the price of grain too high."

"—Extremely, extremely!"

"—Taicang 2000 million, followed by 900 million in Guanzhong, and 700 million in Hanzhong, Shu County;"

"—Even if we want to eat these 600 million shi grains, it will take some time."

"Yes~"

"Young Master Sheng, you are still too young..."

A series of conversations made the already pleasant atmosphere more lively.

With good wine and fine wine in hand, a beauty cuddled in your arms, and in your brain, it is a beautiful vision of the future of the clan...
For a while, the originally normal picture gradually became unsightly.

"Come~ have a drink~"

"Eh~"

"Little beauty~"

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Looking at the scene in front of him, the scene was somewhat unsightly, but the head of the Patriarch Du just smiled and lowered his head.

After a while, he cast that gentle gaze on the man not far away from him, who seemed to be still a bit 'restrained'.

"For this matter, I would like to thank Mr. Wuyan?"

"If it wasn't for the generous help of Mr. Wuyan, we would not be able to eat the 900 million shi of grain transferred from granaries around the world after the son won..."

The gentle and kind words made Wu Yanji raise his head with a stiff smile, and slightly bowed his hands to Patriarch Du.

And the rest of the people in the living room also stopped their 'movements' one after another, and with obviously stiff smiles, they looked at Wu Yanji who was sitting next to Patriarch Du.

"We worked desperately and risked the wrath of the court to earn dozens of times the profit;"

"It's good for him to be Wuyan: just laying at home and paying a sum of money, will he get ten times the profit?"

"—Even if something happened later, it can't be traced to Wuyan's head!"

"Humph!"

Wu Yanji is completely ignorant of everyone's slander against him.

Even if you know, there is a high probability that you will laugh it off.

——The money business, what you earn is the interest on the mortgage, and what you earn is the money of the "babe";
Dissatisfied?

If you have the ability, you can also release your money!

Hey!
Is it true that this usury can be played by anyone?
"Duke, you're welcome."

"My Wuyan family has always done this kind of business: lending money to people, and getting back the principal and interest."

"—I, Wuyan, will never interfere with the money lent to you dukes, what you do with them."

"What the gentlemen have done has nothing to do with me, Wuyan."

"As long as the principal and interest can be paid back on time, the deal will be considered a success..."

As soon as Wu Yanji said this, everyone in the hall looked at Wu Yanji, and it only became more and more strange.

——For Wuyanji, who made a small half of the profit by borrowing "risk-free" this time, everyone has quite a bit of criticism in their hearts;
At this moment, seeing Wu Yanji uttered such words that he clearly wanted to distance himself from the relationship, everyone felt more and more dissatisfied.

It's just that because of the head of the Du family's family, even if everyone wanted to scold him, they still had some concerns about 'not being able to overwhelm the host'.

As a result, everyone cast their angry eyes on the Patriarch Du, as if they wanted Patriarch Du to scold the greedy Wuyan for everyone!

Choked on by Wu Yanji's blunt words, Patriarch Du's face was obviously a little uneasy, and his smile suddenly became a little stiff.

But after all, it is a wealthy businessman who has been in the officialdom for many years, and even "come from behind". He has established his heel in Guanzhong and is used to the world.

Regarding Wu Yanji's estrangement inside and outside the words, Patriarch Du was annoyed in his heart, but still had a gentle smile on his face.

"Mr. Wuyan, what are you worrying about?"

"Could it be that Mr. Wuyan, like the Changlingtian family, has become timid and timid after getting used to making money at his fingertips?"

As soon as these words came out, Wuyan Ji's face changed slightly, and a smear of anger suddenly appeared on his face!
As for the people in the living room, they obviously didn't want to make false claims with Wu Yanji anymore, they didn't hide the resentment in their eyes, and stared angrily at Wu Yanji.

This time, from a larger perspective, the merchants in Guanzhong can barely be regarded as colluding.

At least on the point of 'eat cheap food from Shaofu, completely achieve a monopoly on Guanzhong's food, and use this to control the pricing power', the group of merchants in Guanzhong has indeed achieved the same hatred.

But now, the dawn of victory has appeared, and the seemingly unbreakable alliance of interests among businessmen has also begun to loosen.

——On the point of monopolizing food, the merchants in Guanzhong have the same interests.

But after this goal was achieved, the unanimous interests also diverged because of the distribution of interests.

Just like at this moment, the merchants gathered in the Du family's mansion in Anling, except for Wuyan Ji, everyone has invested heavily in this matter.

——After the autumn harvest last year, the merchants spent huge sums of money to purchase the grain from the farmers;
After that, it was a huge investment in storage costs to ensure that the purchased grains could be properly stored.

Later, the people who had almost squeezed out their cash flow by the purchase of grain after the autumn harvest and the subsequent grain storage, gritted their teeth and scraped together enough money to buy the cheap grain in Liu Sheng's hands.

Maybe some people pay more money, some people pay less money, some people have more food, some people have less food;

But at the very least, everyone has contributed money and efforts, and paid the cost of purchasing food and storing food.

At the same time, great risks were taken.

What about no salt bogey?

After the autumn harvest, everyone ran in the fields, bought grain from farmers, and lay down and slept at home without salt;

After the grain was bought, everyone was busy repairing the granary, recruiting manpower, and storing the grain in the warehouse. Wuyanji still lay down and slept at home.

In the end, everyone wanted to buy cheap food, and they ran out of money. Wuyanji stepped forward and lent everyone a sum of money.

Next, everyone has to plan the layout, sell grain in various places in Guanzhong, and earn back the initial investment bit by bit;

During this process, Wuyanji will still lie down and sleep at home.

Waiting for everyone to work hard for more than half a year, sell out the food in their hands stone by stone, and finally get back the tribute invested with interest;

As a result, the money was still warm, and Wuyanji woke up;
As soon as you reach out, you will pay back the ten times the loan with interest...
"Why?!"

"—You Wuyan, why charge ten times the interest!"

"We contribute money, people, and effort together, and finally eat the grain in Guanzhong, and then we have to sell the grain everywhere to get back the investment!"

"You Wuyan's don't have to do anything, just rely on the money you give us, and you will get ten times the profit?"

"Humph!!!"

The long silence was broken by a businessman's resentful scolding.

In the living room, the originally relaxed and cheerful atmosphere suddenly became weird with this angry roar.

In the first place, Patriarch Du managed to maintain a polite smile, and looked at Wu Yanji with a slightly cold gaze;
As for the others, when they looked at Wu Yanji, they all looked bitter and vengeful...
"Since you have made your words clear, then I will not be polite to you."

"—This time, it's what you guys have to do."

"It is you who want to hoard the grain in Guanzhong and drive up the price to make huge profits."

"From the beginning to the end, I have never had the idea of ​​getting involved in the grain business."

Under the eyes of everyone who was "same hatred and hatred", Wu Yanji finally got up slowly, and all the smiles on his face were suppressed.

There was also a palpitating strength in his temperament.

"My Wuyan family, since the day I moved into Guanzhong, I have been doing Ziqian business."

"——Giving out the sub-money and recovering the principal and interest is my Wuyan's way of making profits."

"As for the interest, whether it's three times or five times, it's all negotiated."

"It's the ten times the profit, all of you came to the door together, begged hard, and used your private seal and stamped your hand on the money deed."

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"My Wuyan family, why did I force you to borrow money with ten times the profit???"

"—Without the money that I, Wuyan, lent you, everyone, can you eat the 900 million shi of cheap food?!"

"When borrowing money, all of you were so gentle and kind, you even wished you could kneel in front of me and beg me to lend you money."

"how?"

"The money has been borrowed, and the work is done, so you want to turn your face and deny anyone???"

Said in a cold tone, Wu Yanji couldn't help but slowly turned his body, his sultry gaze swept over everyone in the room in sequence.

In the end, it still fell on the head of the family, who also suppressed the smile on the face of the Patriarch Du.

"It is indeed a good opportunity for you all if Changling Tian doesn't intervene in this matter."

"But you should also think about it carefully: Will the money that even the Changlingtian family dare not make will burn your hands..."

"—As for the money I lent you, you may or may not pay it back;"

"Just to remind everyone: the one who borrowed money from my Wuyan family at ten times the interest, everyone, is not No. 1."

"Last year, Zhou Yafu, the prime minister of the dynasty, borrowed a thousand pieces of gold from my Wuyan family as military expenses for countering the rebellion."

"In the end, what Prime Minister Zhou sent back to Wuyan's was [-] gold with interest..."

After leaving this sentence at last, Wu Yanji sneered and walked towards the door.

When he reached the threshold, he stopped again and turned his head slightly with a gloomy expression.

"Everyone, you can try."

"—Try your own strength, whether it is stronger than Prime Minister Zhou at that time."

"Try me, Wuyan, if I can ask for anything from Prime Minister Zhou, but I can't do anything to you..."

(End of this chapter)