Chang'an City.

A storm caused by food has begun to sweep through the city.

"Suspended sales, dignified grain stores, actually out of food?"

"What, you don't have any food to sell here?"

"How is it possible, we have already walked through seven or eight grain shops, and there is no food!"

"There was no major drought in Guanzhong last year, and the grain harvest was okay, how could there be no grain trading this year, someone must be in the way!"

"Shopkeeper He, we came all the way from Xiliang, you told me that there is no food in your grain shop, you must know that we have been cooperating for more than ten years, and you are so disappointing to us!"

"Do you see that we are Qiang people, so you deliberately don't sell us food!"

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Grain prices have risen for two months in a row, and the recent period is no longer a problem of grain prices, and there is a rare grain vacuum period in the city, and many grain shops have no grain to buy and sell, thus forming a period of turmoil.

This brought together dozens of well-known grain merchants in Chang'an City.

"Who the hell is stockpiling grain?"

Above a large hall, a grain merchant began to shout and drink.

"Don't spew blood, how can we store food!"

"Even if we want to store grain, none of us are afraid that we don't have such strong financial resources to sweep away the grain in Chang'an Market!"

"It must be a foreign grain merchant!"

"Who the hell is it?"

The grain merchants looked at each other.

"More than three months ago, the price of grain in Chang'an was still maintained at about 600 yuan a stone, and now it is 800 yuan a stone, the price is so high, and a large amount of money is swept away from the grain in the market, these people are not simple!"

An old man leaned on crutches and said in a deep voice: "They are coming for our Chang'an grain!" ”

He is the representative figure of Chang'an grain merchants, Chang'an Ye family, Ye Tong, when he was young, he was filial piety and honesty, and entered the official career, but later he didn't know what to do and resigned from his official position, began to do business, and became a representative task among Chang'an grain merchants for forty or fifty years.

"Tong Lao, there was a market turmoil in the capital before, although there was no grain involved, but almost all the salt merchants were sunk, and there were countless casualties!"

Someone whispered.

"Jingping Firm!"

When many people heard this, they called out the name in unison.

In the past, Jingping's reputation was only in Nanyang, not obvious in Guanzhong, but after a business war in Luoyang, not to mention the world's fame, at least among the merchants in Guanzhong, Jingping already had the name of a tiger and wolf, which made people have to pay attention to it.

"If it is not our local grain merchants in Chang'an, I am afraid that only the power of the merchant alliance such as Jingping Commercial Bank can make the situation of Chang'an grain fluctuate so drastically!"

The middle-aged Kou Ming said in a deep voice.

The Kou family is also a leader among the grain merchants in Chang'an.

"Tong Jian, a grain merchant in Luoyang, once had a correspondence with me, and he told me that Jingping Commercial Bank may not be tightly confined to Luoyang, but I didn't expect that they would dare to go south to Chang'an to stir up our market!"

Dongguo Yi is thirty years old, and there is a faint coldness between the light in his eyes.

The Dongguo family has been in the grain business for more than 100 years, and they have a lot of relationships with each other, but even if there is news, Dongguo Yi doesn't dare to think that someone is so bold and dares to come to Chang'an to stir up the storm.

"But here they are!"

Ye Tong squinted his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "And under our noses, it consumes our inventory drop by drop, we are too careless, so we lost the first hand, and now even the inventory has been swept away by them!" ”

"They're too bold!"

Someone said angrily: "Just stirred up the salt market in Luoyang, and came to our Chang'an's grain to stir up the wind and rain, do they really think that no one can deal with them?" ”

"No matter what, we have lost the first place, and now we can get back the food as much as possible, so that we can take back the market!"

"It's better to borrow food from the deceased family!"

"Hongnong Yang's family should have food!"

"I'm afraid the family won't lend us food easily!"

The businessmen began to discuss and pick it up.

"Guanzhong is so big, we won't be so down!" Ye Tong said softly: "Since they want to raise the price of grain for our Chang'an, we will fulfill them, from now on, we will send people to the surrounding cities to buy grain!" ”

"That's right!"

Kou Ming nodded: "We can even go to Hongnong, go to Hedong to sell grain, just rely on theirs, and also want to fight with us in Guanzhong, they think that this little trick can embarrass our Chang'an grain merchants, then they are too confident, we are not those insignificant salt merchants in Luoyang, we are the grain merchants who control Chang'an grain, this time, we must let them know that Chang'an grain merchants should not be taken lightly!" ”

"Good!"

"That's it!"

"Maybe you can make a lot of money!"

"The grain in Guanzhong is piled up, just rely on them, and dare to come to sweep the goods, then let them lose all their money!"

When the businessmen heard this, they suddenly regained a lot of confidence in their hearts.

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Mi family.

Mi Zhu and Zhang Heng are settling accounts.

"Almost exhausted the funds, this grain has finally entered our granary, but I didn't expect that with the financial resources of our two families, we can almost suppress the purchase of grain in Chang'an!" Mi Zhu smiled bitterly.

"The average price is seven hundred and two dollars a stone, which is a high price!"

Zhang Heng said: "But if you can achieve your goal, it's pretty good!" ”

"Now I'm a little worried, is the food safe in Chang'an?" Mi Zhu said: "If the government comes forward, our grain will become official's, then it is really bloody!" ”

The status of businessmen is humble, it is not unreasonable, the legal system of this era does not mean to protect businessmen, the official word is two, saying one is one, there is no refutation.

"Don't worry!"

Zhang Heng said: "Our big shopkeeper is not fully prepared, how dare we enter, Chang'an Governor was promoted by Lord Taifu, and he has been in office for more than three months, with him, whether it is Chang'an Ling or Chang'an Cheng, they dare not easily get involved in the name of the government, you must know that offending Lord Taifu in the court is now in full swing, it is a dead end!" ”

"In this way, I am much more relieved!" Mi Zhu dared to enter the market, more or less in this regard, if there was no Taifu Mushan's power to rely on, even if he had a net worth of millions of gold, he would not dare to get involved.

"This is just the beginning!"

Zhang Heng flipped through the account book and said: "Chang'an's grain is an introduction, you must know that what we are doing this time is not a market in Chang'an, it is the entire Guanzhong grain market, next, it depends on the fight of all parties!" ”

"The merchants of the East China Sea are already in place!"

"My businessman from Jingzhou is also here!"

The two looked at each other and smiled one after another.

"Then let's see if the food in this level is inexhaustible!" Mi Zhu got up and said coldly.

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Luoyang, Taifu Mansion, Jingheiyuan.

"Have you read all the information?" Mu Jing sat cross-legged and looked at the man in front of him.

"Shizi's appetite is really big!"

The man closed the scroll and said in a low voice, his voice trembling a little: "Guanzhong grain can supply millions of soldiers and horses, isn't the prince afraid of dying?" ”

"I'm afraid!"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised slightly, revealing a smile: "But I'm more afraid of starvation!" ”

He continued, "Then the rest is up to you!" ”

"The prince trusts me?" This man is Gong Chang, the first grain merchant in Wuyin in the past, known as the lackey of the Wuyin Shi clan, but in a business war, he was defeated by the fledgling Jingping Commercial Bank, since then, abandoned by the Shi clan, the Gong family plummeted, in debt, and was finally absorbed by Jingping Commercial Bank, but Mu Jing had some investigation of him, and had been idle in Nanyang, so a secret letter summoned the capital.

"Trust it or not, it's up to you to act!"

Mu Jingdao: "In the past, I was optimistic about your ability, but at that time you were my enemy, now I will give you a chance, Jingping Commercial Bank has two executive shopkeepers, but there are more and more affairs, some can't take care of it, I decided to promote two more places, you have a chance, it depends on your performance!" ”

"Thank you for your trust, you must do your best!"

Gong Chang's eyes widened, and there was a burning heat in his eyes.

Jingping Commercial Bank, the shopkeeper is more than 100, there are only two executive shopkeepers, and there is also a supervising shopkeeper Xu Lin, but Xu Lin only has the power to supervise, and only the executive shopkeeper has the right to command, this is an opportunity, he must grasp it.