138. Munitions suppliers
What problem can be solved by just beheading and killing?
It is nothing more than putting everyone in danger and making all grain merchants at a loss.
He had watched a TV series and was impressed.
In the famine year, there was a shortage of grain, and grain merchants raised the price of grain to make money.
According to the usual practice, the government naturally wants to stabilize grain prices, and does not allow price increases, and those who raise prices are beheaded for public display.
Therefore, all the grain merchants did not dare to bring grain over, only
There was a grain store owner who couldn't bear to see starvation all over the field, so he bought at cost price and sold at cost price.
However, the price of this food is still higher than that of the local area.
was beheaded by the government.
In the end, no one dared to bring in another grain here, and even if there was food, they did not dare to sell it again.
Everyone starved to death together.
Lin Yi definitely didn't want to see such a scene.
Hoarding, you hoarding yours.
Lin Yi opens a granary!
Not because he is smarter than others, but because this method is only possible in Sanhe.
In the rich lands of Yuezhou and Chuzhou, there is grain in the granary, but in the event of a famine, neither the political secretary nor the commander or the envoy in the capital has the right to open the warehouse and release grain!
Even if the grain in the granary is moldy and has worms, it must be given to the emperor, and the emperor can only release grain for disaster relief after the emperor agrees.
After a few months, the hungry people couldn't survive, so they were against the mother, and they died left and right.
The first thing to do after the rebellion was to open a granary.
The Sanhe in front of him, his father doesn't love his mother, no one cares, even if he gives food to the court, he gives a little symbolically.
He built a granary if he wanted to, and opened a warehouse when he wanted to.
It's all up to him.
However, it is not arbitrary to say that food prices will be lowered.
There are many rice shops in Sanhe, but there are only a few big grain merchants.
Saying that they would pay them to death is completely angry.
If they are all killed, there will be a big problem with the grain circulation of Sanhe.
So even if the soles of these grain merchants are bleeding pus, he has to be appeased.
Day 2.
There are five grain stores in Baiyun City that have reduced prices at the same time, although the price reduction is not large, but the major grain merchants are still nervous.
At this time, a notice was posted at the entrance of the chief secretary for so-called "grain suppliers".
Roughly speaking, the Sanhe army went out to suppress bandits, and they needed a lot of food!
Moreover, the grain given at a low price does not count, and you have to help transport it with the army, that is to say, where the army goes, where your grain has to be transported.
That's quite a lot of demand!
Many people in Baiyun City are no strangers to the word "supplier", after all, there are many lime suppliers, masonry suppliers, wood suppliers, gunpowder suppliers, and iron suppliers in Sanhe Road Construction.......
Whether it is the previous commander of the embassy, or the current political secretary has always been happy and generous to give money, there is no deduction, all the merchants with the word "supplier" have made a lot of money.
Even including the lame Sun who specializes in weaving baskets in Baiyun City, the poor family couldn't open the pot anymore, but since becoming a supplier of baskets on the construction site, his whole family went into battle to weave baskets, and he hired a hundred and ten people!
He had a small basket workshop, and he actually made a huge family business, and only a few days ago he set up a coveted mansion on the south bank of the Xijiang River.
Not to mention the food supplier, this is military quartermaster!
Anyone with a little insight knows that it is impossible not to make money!
Under Lin Yi's planning, Shanqi personally presided over and started Sanhe's first "military supplies" supplier conference, which was not limited to food.
Outsourcing military supplies to "profit-seeking" businessmen, not only Shanqi and other old men did not agree, but also Lin Yi's close people Han Deqing and Bao Kui did not approve.
However, Lin Yi only has one sentence, in terms of material allocation and transportation, together with everyone in the palace and the political secretary, he is not as good as the old man Liang Gen who walks staggeringly.
Professional things are handed over to professional people to do, saving money, time and effort, avoiding redundancy, and their own people can also learn a lot of things.
After all, Quan Sanhe, only Zhang Mian and He Jixiang really have military experience, and neither of them is good at logistics.
Otherwise, He Jixiang would not have let him lose so much money when he went on the expedition twice!
In the end, there was no way, Shanqi and the others reluctantly agreed, and what the prince said was right, it didn't hurt to give it a try.
The supplier meeting was held in the courtyard of the Yamen of the Political Division, and there were more than 200 people sitting in the crowd, all of whom were businessmen, landlords and squires with names and surnames in Sanhe, even Tian Shiyou and Ge Laoshan.
After a fierce offer, it was Huang Daoji, the largest blacksmith shop in Baiyun City, who obtained the place as a supplier of weapons such as knives, shields, and spears.
It was Liang Gen and Qiu Wujin who provided the grain transportation.
The clothes, boots, hats, bag sewing tents, etc. were supplied by Li Sanniang, the only female shopkeeper present, and his garment shop had more than 50 female workers, which was the largest in Baiyun City.
The rest of the cattle forage, baskets, alum, coal, carts, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, tung oil, candles, copper lamps, hemp rope, iron bars and horseshoe were also tendered.
After the meeting, the butcher snorted coldly at the pork Rong and left without looking back.
What a bad luck!
Pork Rong's offer is actually the same as his, and now the two are both meat suppliers!
But now is not the time to put gas, you have to go back and buy pigs, cows, sheep, and then hire someone to make dried meat!
On the day the army left the city, 10,000 officers and soldiers of the guards, and behind them were more than 20,000 people who drove cattle and carried heavy burdens, and their respective suppliers.
This time, the leaders were Zhang Mian and Bao Kui, the chief catcher.
The inhabitants of Baiyun City are boiling again!
With such a big battle this time, it shouldn't disappoint them again, right?
Otherwise, it will waste their feelings every time!
Both sides of the road were flooded, crowded with people, and even the children in the school skipped class, caught in the crowd to join in the fun, one by one jumping out of the way.
Looking at the high-spirited people, Lin Yi was very puzzled, what about the peace-loving people?
Why are they all so excited?
It's not scientific at all.
Shanqi smiled bitterly, "Lord Wang, this expedition has already cost 110,000 taels of silver. ”
Almost all the people in Baiyun City have made money with it, how can they not be happy?
Lin Yi sighed.
War is really burning money.
Not only did the chief secretary run out of money, but the silver in his house was less than 10,000 taels.
If he loses money again in this game, he will have to drink the northwest wind.
"What if I lose?"
Lin Yi couldn't help but worry about this problem again, he was not afraid of losing, he was afraid of the dead, who was not dragging his family?
Then his iniquity will be heavy.
"Lord Wang!"
He Jixiang suddenly said loudly, "If you lose, the old man will throw himself into Xijiang!" ”
Thinking back then, when the school field ordered soldiers, he had seen the world's elite soldiers and horses!
If the officers and soldiers of Baiyun City's guard can lose, there will be no reason!
Among the 10,000 troops, let's not talk about how many people are strong, at least they are all people who practice martial arts, and it can be said that they are all one enemy and five people!