I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 235 What the hell is this operation? !

"Sell it to the young master to win?!"

"Young princes, have you sold the food to the young master?!"

Anlingyi, Dufu.

Patriarch Du stood up abruptly, and asked a question with a startled expression, causing the old housekeeper in front of him to bow subconsciously.

"No, not all sold;"

"Marquis Wuyang, Marquis Yangdu, Marquis Boyang, and several other dukes seemed to be dissatisfied with the price offered by Mr. Sheng, and they didn't sell the grain back to Mr. Sheng."

"Young Master Sheng asked them to go to Taicang and take away their food, but they didn't go either;"

"Instead, they came out of the uterus, so we went to Changle together..."

Hearing the steward's words, Patriarch Du just stood there in a daze;
After being dazed for a long time, in the end, with a 'click', he slumped down on the couch.

"It's over;"

"It's all over..."

"Taicang is 2000 million, and Shanglincang is 700 million. Just on the bright side, the son wins, and there are 700 million shi of grain."

"Even in secret, there is no grain left in Mr. Sheng's hands, and the two thousand and seven million yuan in Taicang and Shanglincang alone are enough to sell for more than a month..."

After murmuring in disappointment, Patriarch Du let out a long sigh, and sat on the spot with dull eyes.

After a long time, he asked in a daze, "What price?"

"Young Master Sheng, at what price did you buy back the grain from Taicang?"

Hearing this question, the old housekeeper just shook his head hastily.

"I don't know."

"However, since Marquis Wuyang, Marquis Yangdu and others all think that the price offered by Mr. Sheng is too low, then if you think about it, it won't be much higher?"

As soon as the old housekeeper finished speaking, Patriarch Du took a deep breath and let out another long sigh.

He pursed his lips, gritted his teeth, and shook his head thoughtfully with an expression of unwillingness.

"Ugh······"

"Go, send people to the grain stores everywhere;"

"——Get ready to open..."

"Just follow the price that Young Master Sheng has set in various places in Guanzhong, and the price will be lower by two dollars per stone..."

Exhausting all the strength in his body, saying this last command, Patriarch Du lay lightly on the couch as if his soul had been taken away.

Staring blankly at the ceiling, there is only endless unwillingness and loneliness...

Hearing Patriarch Du's order, the old butler was anxious!
Seeing Patriarch Du's posture lying on the couch after finishing his speech, the old housekeeper suppressed his urgency again, but still walked forward with some doubts.

"It's nothing to sell the grain harvested by the farmers at this price, at most they earn less;"

"But the price of grain bought from Mr. Sheng is [-] yuan per shi?"

"—If you really want to sell it like this, you will lose nearly [-] yuan for every stone you sell!"

"What's more, these grains are all bought with Wuyan's money, and the interest is ten times as much..."

Hearing the steward's words, Patriarch Du could only shake his head feebly, but didn't want to say anything more.

But instead of giving up, the old housekeeper took another step forward with a more urgent tone.

"Why don't you wait?"

"The Marquis of Wuyang is a Gaohou with [-] households in Shiyi, and he is also a Marquis of Wuyang—the descendant of Fan Kuai and Fan Xiangguo;"

"Ding Ancheng, Marquis of Yangdu, is even more respectful of Marquis of Yangdu—a descendant of Da Simingfu, with a total of [-] households in the city!"

"These two, plus several other princes, have all gone to Changle Palace;"

"Maybe... there will be a turning point?"

Amidst the profound meaning, some urgent words could still be heard, which made Patriarch Du's face stagnate when he was lying on the couch.

But after thinking for a while, he finally shook his head again, straightened up with effort, and sighed again.

"Now, it's already spring and March, and it's almost summer."

"Summer, April, May, June, Autumn and July..."

"—Counting the first half of autumn and August, there are only less than five months left before the autumn harvest."

"When the 700 shi of grain won by the young master are all bought and eaten by farmers in Guanzhong, it will be Xia Wuyue..."

Said full of melancholy, Patriarch Du couldn't help but shook his head and sighed bitterly;
After a while, his complexion became solemn again visible to the naked eye.

"Even if there is no son Sheng, the grain stockpiled by my Anling Du family, the Wei family's Su family, and the Zhutian branch can still be sold in Guanzhong for three months."

"Right now, there are only less than five months left before the autumn harvest."

"——If we don't start selling grain quickly, or even sell the grain in our hands at a lower price than Gongzi Sheng..."

"You, do you understand what I mean?"

As soon as Patriarch Du said this, the butler immediately understood.

The current situation is no longer a question of how much food prices will rise, or even whether they will rise.

——As long as Young Master Sheng has food in his hands, and the food keeps pouring into the market at a low price, then the price of food will not be able to rise!

Gong Zisheng set a price of 65 yuan, which means that any grain higher than this price cannot be sold even for a bucket!
And in the past month, Young Master Sheng has been selling food outside;
Today, Young Master Shengguang still has 700 million shi of grain on the bright side, which is enough to last until Xia Wuyue.

The most critical question is: no one knows where the grain that Gongzi Sheng sold in Guanzhong in the past month came from;

Not to mention that no one knows how much of these "unknown origins", like grains that fell from the sky, are still in the hands of Mr. Sheng...

"The lord says so;"

"If we don't hurry up and start selling, we won't be able to sell out the grain harvested last year when the other companies realize it..."

Seeing that the old housekeeper understood the deep meaning of his words, Patriarch Du only nodded gloomyly.

"I reckon that the food in Mr. Sheng's hands, combined on the surface and in the dark, can at least buy it in mid-June."

"—This is still my conservative estimate."

"Even if calculated according to the beginning of summer and June, when the grain in Mr. Sheng's hand is sold out, there are only two and a half months left before the autumn harvest."

"In two and a half months, I, Du, Su, and Zhutian have enough grain to sell for three months."

"The difference in just half a month is worth tens of millions of stones..."

"—Tens of millions of stones of grain, if you want to store it from last year to next year, it's better to just throw it away..."

Hearing Patriarch Du's melancholy words, the old butler also nodded in distress.

In the end, he was still struggling and said again: "The price of grain bought from Mr. Sheng is [-] yuan;"

"Counting the ten times the interest of Wuyan's, the purchase price alone is as high as [-] yuan..."

"Really stop waiting for news from Marquis Wuyang and Marquis Yangdu?"

As he said that, the old butler also had a distorted look on his face that felt like he was suffering from colic.

But when Patriarch Du heard the words, he sighed again in melancholy.

"There will be no more variables~"

"Marquis of Wuyang and Marquis of Yangdu, there are only a few people, and they only have a few million stones of grain in their hands at most;"

"Even if you go to the Queen Mother to complain, it's nothing more than a mantis' arm."

"—The general trend, let's go..."

"As for Wuyan's ten times the interest, let's take it as a lesson."

"From now on, I, the Anling Du Clan, will never intervene in any business related to food..."

Finally, after saying a word, Patriarch Du floated back to the couch again, and waved his hand weakly.

Even the 10,000+ shi grains that I bought from Liu Sheng but didn't bring back home, and the purchase price was as high as [-] renminbi per shi, I didn't care to mention it...

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"Hmm~"

"very good."

"Well······"

"Good job."

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

Looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, Tianzi Qi just kept nodding his head for a while, and said "very good" and "not bad" from time to time.

Liu Sheng stood in the center of the hall with a calm complexion, dressed in formal attire and crowned by the princes traveling far away.

And beside Liu Sheng, the courtiers and officials sitting in the east and west seats all cast their gazes of scrutiny, relief, and anxiety on Liu Sheng.

——Today is the [-]th of March in spring, Chang Dynasty.

The core topic of today's Chang Dynasty was originally the Jitian Grand Ceremony to be held tomorrow—the afternoon of this year's Spring Plowing Day.

But obviously, compared with the Jitian Grand Ceremony that happens every year and repeats every year, the monarchs and ministers of the Han family obviously care more about Liu Sheng.

To be precise, I am more concerned about the matter of 'suppressing grain prices in Guanzhong' that Liu Sheng single-handedly managed...

"good very good."

After reading all the content on the bamboo slips, Tianzi Qicai raised his head with a smile and looked towards the center of the hall.

Unable to hide his joy, he nodded to Liu Sheng again and again, and said "yes" a few more times, the emperor Qicai picked up the bamboo slips in front of him, and immediately got up from the imperial couch.

Holding the Jane in one hand and carrying the other behind his back, when he looked at the courtiers and officials in the palace, his face was even more proud.

"Last year's war caused crop failures in Guanzhong's farmland."

"According to previous years..."

"——Mainly because of the practice of Emperor Xiaohui and Empress Dowager Lu when they were in power: if the grain harvest in Guanzhong fails to reach [-]%, the price of grain will rise to three times that of the previous year."

"If the court doesn't take any action and doesn't sell grain at a fair price to the people, it is very likely that the increase will be more than ten times that of the previous year."

"But this year..."

Speaking with joy, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but stop talking, and raised the bamboo slips in his hand.

"Last year, in the entire Guanzhong, more than [-]% of the grain harvest failed!"

"But this spring, the price of grain in Guanzhong has only increased by ten yuan compared with last year, which means less than [-]%?"

"—You think that the price of food in Guanzhong is stable?"

"The ninth son of the emperor who handled this matter, should I be rewarded?"

Even though he said so, Tianzi Qi's expression was already showing pride visible to the naked eye.

The last sentence "should there be rewards" does not seem to have the slightest intention to ask for opinions, it is completely showing off and swearing!
The emperor wanted to be embarrassed, and the courtiers and officials naturally did not dare to disobey, so they hurriedly turned sideways, and bowed their hands to the emperor Qiqi in a 'ecstatic' manner.

"Your Majesty, your eyes are like torches~"

"——Leaving the matter of stabilizing food prices to the ninth son of the emperor, it is really clear."

"Nowadays, the price of grain in Guanzhong is stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. They don't have to worry that they can't afford grain or rice;"

"Minister, I would like to congratulate the world..."

With all the officials cooperating so much, the emperor Qizi couldn't hold back his joy any longer, he grinned without any scruples, and burst out laughing.

That is to say, taking advantage of Tianzi Qi's kung fu, several elderly figures hurriedly stood up in the midst of the class, walked forward worriedly, and came to Liu Sheng's side.

Turning his head following the slight sound of footsteps, seeing the faces of those people clearly, Liu Sheng couldn't help but smile gently, turned around, and gave them a deep bow.

"I have seen all the princes."

——is a duke;

But not any of those 37.

Seeing that Liu Sheng still had a smile on his face, they felt a little relieved.

But in the end, one of them stepped forward, held Liu Sheng's wrist tremblingly, pulled Liu Sheng aside, and then said in a low voice, "My lord, tell me the truth..."

"Young Master, do you still have any food that can be sold to the common people in Guanzhong?"

"——Taicang's 2000 million shi of grain, son, have you really bought it back?"

"How long is it enough to sell?"

"When is it enough to sell?"

Like a machine gun, several questions came out suddenly, and the old gentleman looked at Liu Sheng with more and more worry.

Liu Sheng was also taken aback by the old man's posture, and turned around suspiciously;
After seeing those nobles who also had worried faces behind him, Liu Shengcai finally smiled.

"Your Majesty, don't worry;"

"In my hand..."

As soon as a sentence came out, Liu Sheng turned his head with a strange expression;
Looking around in the hall, I found that the eyes of the entire Xuanshi Hall had already fallen on me...
"What do you have to be so sneaky?"

"—Say it out loud~"

"Say it out, and let everyone listen to it, so that you can completely feel at ease."

In astonishment, Tianzi Qi's voice full of joy brought Liu Sheng's mood back to his eyes.

Realizing his gaffe, he smiled shyly, then turned sideways, and gave the emperor a big hand, turned sideways again, and looked around the hall.

"You don't have to worry about food."

"Today, Taicang and Shanglincang have a total of 700 million shi of grain, which can be sold to farmers in Guanzhong at any time."

"—After ten days at the latest, there will still be 900 million stones that have been sold, but they have not been transferred out of the granary, and will be bought back by the Shaofu."

"With these 600 million shi of grain, the price of grain in Guanzhong this year will never rise by even a penny..."

Seeing Liu Sheng explaining the reasons in detail, the courtiers and officials who were already paying close attention to this matter all sat up straight.

But after Liu Sheng said these words, everyone in the hall was stunned again!
The 2000 million shi in Taicang and the 700 million shi in Shanglin Cang are naturally clear to everyone.

From Liu Sheng's mouth, everyone can understand the 900 million stones that are "soon to be bought back by the Shaofu".

——At the beginning of this year, after Taicang was "shared food" by those 37 princes, the Shaofu transferred back more than 900 million shi of grain from all over Guanzhong.

The 900 million shi of grain was finally eaten by the grain merchants in Guanzhong who did not hesitate to raise money.

Today, most of the 37 princes who bought grain have sold the grain back to Liu Sheng;
The princes gave up resistance, and the merchants naturally couldn't have the courage to continue.

But this is the point that makes everyone feel puzzled!

——The 2000 million shi in Taicang is the grain stored before Shaofu;
The 700 million stones in Shanglincang are new grain bought by Shaofu from Shu County and Hanzhong;
As for the 900 million stones bought by the merchants, it was transferred back to Chang'an by the Shaofu from the official warehouses in various places in Guanzhong.

These three batches of grain are almost all the grain 'on the books' of Chang'an Chaotang!
But now, Liu Sheng, who has been selling grain at a low price in various parts of Guanzhong for more than a month, tells the big guys: These three batches, a total of 600 million shi of grain, is not a single shi missing?

This? ? ?
Um? ? ? ? ? ?

"Gentlemen, maybe you forgot?"

"—Last year, the harvest in Guanzhong was completely poor, and the emperor sympathized with the people in Guanzhong, so he ordered the exemption of agricultural tax and low tax;"

"But when the tax exemption edict was promulgated, last year's agricultural tax had already been collected by local governments."

"So, the father ordered the Shaofu to pay from the internal funds, convert the collected agricultural tax into money, and return it to the people in Guanzhong..."

Swish!
As soon as Liu Sheng's words came out, everyone in the hall turned their heads in unison, casting unimaginable gazes at the Shaofu Xiao Sheng!
——Hi Xiao Sheng!

——Such a big matter, why didn't you say anything about it?
It made everyone worry about it for half a year! ! !

Being stared at so directly by the crowd, Xiao Sheng couldn't help lowering his head a little guilty, Quan Dang didn't notice that the crowd was looking at him at all.

But Liu Sheng's next words were also echoed by everyone in the hall...
At the very least, the vast majority of people breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"The agricultural tax exempted by the emperor was converted into money by the Shaofu, and it was directly refunded to the common people through the Yushi doctor's yamen."

As soon as these words came out, everyone shook their heads in unison, but they looked at Tao Qing with obvious ease.

"As for the taxes and grain collected previously, the internal historian personally writes the local counties and counties: they are kept in the local official warehouses for later use..."

This time, everyone cast even more sparse glances at Chao Cuo, and lowered their heads in peace.

Speaking of this, there is no need for Liu Sheng to continue talking.

——Last year’s agricultural tax was indeed exempted;

But before the exemption, the tax has already been collected.

When it was time for the tax refund, Tianzi Qi did not sit back and watch the local counties and counties, and directly returned the collected grain, but converted it into money.

As for the remaining grain, it was not transported back to Chang'an, but was left "quietly" in the local counties, which were originally used for short-term storage of tax grain;
In the spring of this year, Liu Sheng ordered local counties to open warehouses and sell grain directly on the spot...
"Last year's tax..."

"—In total, it's less than 1000 million stones, right?"

"Sure enough, son, to sell this for more than a month?"

A suspicious question came from the corner, but Liu Sheng laughed and turned sideways, and bowed his hands deeply to the elderly nobles beside him and not far behind.

"Taxes and food alone are certainly not enough."

"So, I also transported the grain from Ao Cang back to Guanzhong..."

Whoa!
As soon as Liu Sheng's words came out, everyone in the hall suddenly turned pale with fright, and hurriedly stood up;

Before everyone stepped forward angrily and denounced Liu Sheng with the words of "shaking the country", they saw that Liu Sheng straightened his clothes with gratitude, and bowed solemnly to those old nobles.

"If you don't have a deep understanding of righteousness and know that there is a shortage of grain in Guanzhong, you will transfer grain from your respective feudal kingdoms to Guanzhong. I would never dare to touch the grain in Ao Cang..."

"—Your lords, you can put your heart back in your stomach."

"I have already sent people to seize the grain in Xingyang that you originally wanted to bring from Fengguo and sell it to the common people at a low price in Guanzhong."

"At this moment, the food of all the princes has been stored in Ao Cang."

"For the money to buy food, you can go to the Shaofu yourself, just ask for it..."

Saying so, Liu Sheng did not forget to turn sideways with a smile on his face, and pointed to the Shaofu Xiao Sheng not far away;

But after Liu Sheng's words, all the officials who originally wanted to tamper with Ao Cang because of Liu Sheng's tampering, but all the officials who questioned Liu Shengxing's teacher, were all stunned in place.

After carefully recalling Liu Sheng's words, I fell into a long period of astonishment...
　This is the first update today.

　　There is one more update, it may be later...

　　I'm really sorry, it's going to be updated again in the middle of the night (crying)...
　　
　
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