King of Song

Chapter 159 Chapter [-]
Lu Huiqing did make a move. He cleverly persuaded and advised Emperor Zhao Xu to agree to the request of the third division to check the situation of grain storage in Changping.

Of course, although he had selfish intentions, he did all this in a relatively secretive manner, seemingly embarrassed, and had no choice but to accept the pressure and compromise with the third division.In fact, the bottom of my heart is already happy, a plan to kill with a borrowed knife has been formed, and the target is directly at Qiantang County.

Regarding the three divisions, the financial authorities of the Song Dynasty had no knowledge of it, and began to participate in it unceremoniously.This is their purview.Changping warehouses are all spent on the money of the third division, but they have to be managed by the local authorities. Now that the establishment of the third division and the regulations department have to intervene again, who can feel refreshed?

The establishment of the three divisions and regulations department, a temporary agency, has risen too fast, and it has overwhelmed them everywhere, and it has a tendency to replace the third division.How can a group of officials who manage the world's wealth and calculate national accounts accept this?So as long as you have the opportunity, try to learn more about the relevant issues as much as possible, preferably in your own hands.

Among the massive Xining reforms, Changping warehouse is undoubtedly a very important sector.Therefore, the investigation on the Changping warehouse began immediately, and the several areas that tried the young crop law were the top priority.Officials from the Third Division went to investigate on Henan Road, Jingdong Road, and Huainan Road.

It would be even better if we could find something out of it and use it to attack the Three Divisions and Regulations Division and find a basis for opposing the reform.

There are two special cases in Liangzhe Road in the south. Although the place is small, the people in charge are all influential figures. Naturally, the third division will not favor one another, and also sent people to investigate.

The people from the third division were dispatched, so Lu Huiqing himself would naturally have to take action.The knife is borrowed, but it needs someone to guide it and someone to wield it. If you wait to let it take its course and take effect, the speed is really too slow, and time waits for no one.

It is more appropriate for this guiding role to be played by one of our own people in the end.

Lu Huiqing only mentioned it briefly, and Lu Shengqing took the initiative to ask Ying to go south. It can be said that he was the one who ran the Qinghe grain business, and he was the most familiar with it and cared the most.If he didn't come to see for himself, he would always be a little worried, and since he didn't have any important matters, it would be easy to go south.

However, this made Lu Huiqing uneasy. He still knew what kind of guy his second brother was.Don't expect him to accomplish any great things, as long as there are no bad things, thank God.It's just that it's not easy to refute the face of the second brother, so he had to send the third brother Lu Heqing to follow at the same time. There is also a dissuasion in everything, and someone who can adapt to changes can stand alone. In fact, he handed over all matters, big and small, to Lu Heqing.

Of course, they found a very good reason - visiting relatives!
Lu's hometown is in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, in southern Fujian. It is very common to go back to visit relatives.It also happened to pass through Hangzhou and spend a few days in Qiantang County, so it is reasonable to catch up with some tribesmen.

However, it is a long way from Bianjing to Hangzhou. Because of the autumn rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the river water protection and water transportation have been paralyzed.There are many delayed ships gathered in the canal going south from the north of the river, and it is just beginning to be dredged, so it is a little chaotic, and the voyage will inevitably be delayed.

In addition, this is a plan to kill people with a knife, and it will be useless if San Si does not act.In this way, going back and forth again will waste a lot of time.

For various reasons, the speed of the Lu brothers going south has been affected. Now they have only just arrived in Yangzhou, and they don't know how long it will take to rush here. I don't know when they will arrive in Hangzhou?

As a result, Lu Ji of Qiantang was very anxious and anxious, and his heart was hard to settle down.I have been looking forward to it, anxiously!
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As Lu Ji expected, the situation in Hangzhou's grain market is very unstable.

Most of the grain merchants choose to hoard, because they want to take advantage of the rare opportunity to make a fortune.So since the autumn rains have been continuous, they have started to buy grain at a price higher than the market, waiting for the price to skyrocket before making a fortune.

There are many similar experiences in the past, and it won't be long before it will be easy to succeed.But this year, things seem a little out of the ordinary.

It has been more than half a month, and the price of grain has still not risen. Meng's grain store has been operating at a par price, which makes him helpless.

If other businesses do this in normal times, they will definitely join forces to let the other party back out of difficulties, or take some extraordinary measures to remove obstacles.But this time, these thoughts can only be temporarily put aside, and I dare not think about it.Therefore, the person behind Meng's Grain Company is County Magistrate Lin, and they can't afford to mess with it.

Merchants are only interested in profit, but they are also relatively timid. Without a strong backing, who would dare to offend the government casually?Offend the local parental officer?

These are relatively trivial matters, what they care more about is profit, goods and money.Therefore, I have been hoping that Qinghe Food Bank, a leader in the industry, will have some good countermeasures. It is best to go with the flow.

They have all seen the process. Although Qinghe also spent a lot of money to counter-purchase grain and stabilize the situation.But after a period of time, the effect is not very obvious, and the price of food is still very low, and there is no upward trend at all.

Soon after dinner, there were rumors among the grain merchants that Lin County Magistrate had diverted the grain from the official warehouse, and the reserves were sufficient, so the price of grain in Hangzhou would not rise at all.

As far as the current trend is concerned, this is indeed the case, so grain merchants began to feel a little anxious and panicked.Various versions of rumors also began to appear, saying that the imperial court planned to transfer a batch of grain from Huainan and Jiangnan East Road, and the price would fall again.

This is like a bolt from the blue for the grain merchants who have a mountain of grain stored at home. Once grain comes in from other places.Hoarding is no surprise. Once the price falls, they will suffer heavy losses, or even be lost forever.

Therefore, the major food companies are starting to feel a little anxious, a little panicked, and hope to have a conclusion as soon as possible.They all focused their attention on the Lu brothers of Qinghe Food Company, hoping that the Lu family could give a clear statement and give them confidence, which could be the reason for their persistence.

When many people came to the door together, Lu Ji knew that something was wrong. It seemed that these grain merchants were really anxious.Hoarding is their own behavior. At the beginning, they all thought about how to make money, and they rushed to keep up.Now that there is a problem, everyone will come here one by one, who will show the frowning faces?
In their words, they seemed to be blaming Qinghe both openly and secretly, as if the Lu brothers had brought them to this embarrassing situation.

To be honest, Lu Ji looked down on these people, even a little disgusted, even annoyed.But he can't say it out, these people are now his fighting allies, they are the weight in the game with Lin Zhao, even the shield, and they must be maintained as much as possible!

"Lord Lu, what should I do? I can't hold it anymore!"

"Yeah, the price of food has not risen. According to this price, I may not have much profit."

"It's good to have a profit. If the price continues, we may all lose money, or even lose everything!"

"What should I do..."
It can be seen that many people are very anxious, already panicked, and their confidence has been greatly shaken.Lu Ji couldn't help sighing, this is undoubtedly the most worrying thing right now, but he himself doesn't have any good solutions.

Fortunately, these people are still concerned about their former status as leaders, and are willing to come to discuss with themselves, otherwise they will not even have the chance to retain and win them over.

"Don't worry, everyone, the price of grain will go up. There is not much grain left in the 'Meng's granary'... Now the competition is who can persevere. We have persisted for a long time, and success is just around the corner. If now Wouldn’t it be a failure to give up?”

"Lord Lu, of course?"

"That's natural!" Lu Jilang said: "Please rest assured and wait for another five days, there will definitely be a turning point within five days." In desperation, he could only make such a promise.If this is not the case, if the confidence of these people is crossed, problems will immediately arise.

"Five days? Dongzhu Lu is so sure?" Many people are skeptical about this!

"When did Lu ever do something aimless? Don't worry, everyone, if you persist for another five days, there will be a turning point. I guarantee that everyone will earn a lot of money!"

"Well, since Dongzhu Lu has said so, let's just believe it first. If there is no improvement after five days, I'm afraid we..." The meaning behind the words is already very clear.

However, although many people agreed to this, they already had other plans in their hearts.Some people are already retreating in their hearts. They are already thinking that making a lot of money is no longer important.The important thing is how to keep the family business, just don't lose money.

Therefore, Lu Ji's words can only be dubious, and he has to make up his own mind about the specifics.

Such a situation had been expected by Lin Zhao. His initial plan was that as long as Qinghe was eliminated, the other food companies would be obedient.

However, due to its special background, it is doomed that it will be difficult to accomplish anything in a short period of time.Lin Zhaocai shifted his focus to the grain price war, and the Changping warehouse became his most advantageous weapon and equipment, which made the hoarding of grain merchants really uncomfortable!
Lin Zhao knew very well that the most important thing in this battle was the vacillating grain merchants in the middle. As long as they turned their backs, everything would be fine.

Therefore, from the very beginning to visit Zhang Ziheng, to sow discord invisibly, and to continue to contact some proprietors of the food business recently, the purpose is all here.

Of course, the most important thing is the price.As long as the cheap food is stabilized, some people will be unable to sit still, and the monolith will be torn apart.This will also become the weight of victory. With Cai Jing's support, this can be done, and now this situation is exactly what I want.

But just when Lin Zhao was about to attack with all his strength, obstacles came!Lu Ji has been looking forward to it for a long time, and Lu Huiqing's belated knife has finally arrived in Qiantang County!
(End of this chapter)