Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 168 Your Majesty, We Have to Prepare Early

Mingzhou Wharf, although the fleet led by Qin Xiedao has left, there are still many people on the wharf.

"Boss, it seems that this time it was a false alarm, I didn't expect the imperial court to arrange such an unreliable person to help the disaster.

It seems that there is still room for appreciation of the food stored in our warehouse. "

No matter what era it is, once there is a famine, there will always be some merchants hoarding behind their backs.

Datang is no exception.

It was Zhu Zhengfeng, the housekeeper of the Zhu family in Mingzhou who spoke, and beside him was Zhu Hongping, the current head of the Zhu family.

The Zhu family is in Jiangnan Road, but it is a wealthy family that has lasted for hundreds of years.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Zhu family was a big family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although after hundreds of years of development, by the early Tang Dynasty, the Zhu family had declined a bit.

But the skinny camel is bigger than the horse.

The Zhu family that has declined is also the leading wealthy family in Mingzhou.

For such a wealthy family, it is naturally impossible for the family to have no food in stock.

However, the relationship between the Zhu family and the Xie and Chen families in Jiangnan is very complicated. It can be said that there is me in you, and you in me.

Xie Jin, who was born as a descendant of the Xie family, did not dare to take tough measures against the Zhu family.

"A few days ago, I heard that the imperial court had arranged for people to come to the disaster relief, and I was thinking whether to quickly sell all the grain in the warehouse.

Fortunately, we had some understanding of the situation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs before, and knew that no matter who came to provide disaster relief, it was unlikely that they would come with a large amount of food.

As long as there is not enough food, the disaster here in Mingzhou cannot be completely resolved, and the price of food will continue to rise.

Prices that were unimaginable before will become commonplace. "

Zhu Hongping is not at all ashamed of his hoarding.

In his opinion, even if he sold the grain early, the disaster situation in Mingzhou would not change substantially.

At most, the common people eat more food for a few days.

If they wait until the price of grain is high and sell it, the grain will eventually be eaten by people in Mingzhou.

Zhu Hongping took it for granted that the Zhu family took this opportunity to earn some money.

"Yeah, he has no hair on his mouth, so he can't do things well. I heard that Qin Xiedao is quite famous in Chang'an City. He said that he has both civil and military skills. I didn't expect it to be such a thing."

At this time, Zhu Zhengfeng looked down on Qin Xiedao at all.

As a native of Mingzhou, he is well aware of the difficulty of fishing in the sea.

If it was that easy, the Zhu family would not even have a fishing boat?

"The more unreliable Qin Xiedao is, the better it is for us. After the notice, the grain in each store will not be sold, and it will be said that it is out of stock.

Let's hold on for another ten and a half months, and the price of grain in Mingzhou City will definitely hit a record high by then.

Let's see how that Qin Xiedao can clean up the situation. "

"Boss, the price of grain in Mingzhou is now much higher than that in Yangzhou and Suzhou. It is estimated that some merchants have begun to consider transporting grain here.

If food prices continue to rise, then everyone's enthusiasm for transportation will be even higher.

Even the others themselves don't have much food, as long as the profits are high enough, someone will do it.

At that time, should we communicate with these merchants in advance and not sell food first?
When there is a large number of food shortages in people's homes, we will reluctantly take out some food and sell it. "

The reason why aristocratic families can last forever is because they first consider the interests of the family, not the interests of the country.

People like Zhu Zhengfeng, apart from listening to the Zhu family, even Xie Jin, the governor of Mingzhou, might not really take orders seriously.

"Okay, this matter will be left to you to coordinate."

Zhu Hongping snorted coldly, thinking of the scene where Xie Jin and Qin Xiedao came to Zhu's house together to ask for help in his mind.

When the time comes, will I help or not?
We must let everyone know that the Zhu family is the real talker in Mingzhou.

……

"Master, let's go back, don't look any further. Even if everything goes well, they won't be back until evening at the earliest.

If you go out far, maybe you will come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, which is also normal. "

Wang Zhiming stood beside Xie Jin, letting the sea breeze blow his long hair.

Although there were quite a few people on the pier, everyone's faces were lifeless, as if they were full of despair about the future.

Even Xie Jin, the governor of Mingzhou, was full of defeat.

Originally, he was still thinking that he would become the governor of Mingzhou before he was 40 years old, and would he have the opportunity to become a minister in Chang'an City in the future, which would be regarded as revitalizing the glory of the Xie family.

Now it seems that it is not bad to be able to secure the position of governor of Mingzhou.

"Hey, I hope Qin Dalang can really catch sea fish, otherwise this problem will be really big.

I don't know what the imperial court thinks, has it already given up on Mingzhou? "

Xie Jin couldn't help complaining a few words.

There is no way, what happened in the past few days, he really can't be happy.

It is already very polite not to scold mother in front of Qin Xiedao.

"The soldiers brought by Qin Dalang seem to be quite brave. If there is any turmoil in Mingzhou, they may play a small role, but it is obviously meaningless to use it for disaster relief.

Even if they go out to sea to fish, it probably won't be of any use except to vomit in the dark on the boat. "

As a local, Wang Zhiming has naturally experienced the taste of going to sea.

Wang Zhiming has no interest in going out to sea after only going to the sea once.

Ships these days are generally small and are greatly affected by wind and waves.

Constantly shaking boats can easily make people seasick.

The smaller the boat, the greater the chance of seasickness.

Like the aircraft carrier of later generations, it is not so easy to get seasick even if you want to.

"Whether it's useful or useless, it doesn't make sense to say these things now.

Now we can only hope that Qin Dalang can really catch sea fish from the sea, otherwise, the grain price in Mingzhou city will probably continue to hit a new high tomorrow.

The common people worked hard for a month, but the money they earned was not enough to feed the whole family with corn for two days.

If this situation continues, something will definitely happen. "

Xie Jin felt very unlucky.

Jiangnan is a water town, so it is very easy to suffer from drought.

Even if it is a hurricane, it has not come so early in previous years like this year.

It just so happened that these unusual situations had happened to me.

"Well, my lord, we have to make preparations early, otherwise when Mingzhou City falls, it will be a big problem."

In Wang Zhiming's view, turmoil in Mingzhou is almost inevitable.

The only difference is the scale of the disturbance.

(End of this chapter)