Jinzhuang Town is just a small town in Gaoyang County under the rule of Yingzhou, the whole town is not big, there are only about 100 households, in addition to the official yamen, the rest, that is, some merchants.

Although the town is small, it is still very lively, especially at dawn every day, and the whole street is bustling with people hawking.

The peasants brought their belongings to the town as soon as possible to sell them. Here, there will be a variety of vendors to collect their goods.

Fresh vegetables, eggs, chickens and ducks, picked mountain delicacies, caught fish and shrimp, in short, as long as you bring things here, no matter how rare they are, there are always dealers who collect them. These traders collected a small number of them, bought them from the peasants, and then transported them to the larger places to be sold, or sold to larger merchants.

Every morning when the market opens, a tax collector sets up a table at the entrance of the street, but whoever comes to sell something, pays a penny to the tax collector, and then takes a note from the tax collector with a big red seal, and then he can go in and peddle his goods.

This lively scene lasted for about an hour, from the time of dawn to the time when the sun rose over the horizon, and the peasants would rush home as fast as they could to begin their day's work, while the peddlers would carry their burdens and wheelbarrows, and rush to the larger cities to sell their profits.

Then the town was quiet, and it was rare to see a man for a long time. Many business owners and men will move a rattan chair or bench, lie on it comfortably bask in the sun, and chat with each other. It's not okay to do business here, but it's not a problem to feed your family. So everyone is happy, happy, and satisfied.

This is the daily life of the people of Jinshan Town.

But from today, there will be a good time, and it will be very lively here, because the winter wheat is harvested.

Harvest is a good day not only for the farmers, but also for the merchants. That's how many times a year you have the peak season! The merchants in the town have prepared their goods early in the morning to welcome the farmers after the harvest.

They are all land-sitting households here, and they are all clear about what the farmers need and want.

This is the time when the peasants have the most abundance in their hands, and it is also the time when they are most generous.

The grain of the peasants in various places under the rule of Wuyi can be roughly divided into three parts. Part of it is the public rations to be paid. This part of the grain is purchased at a uniform price, and it is also what the farmers must hand over, generally speaking, one mu of land is about 100 catties of grain. The yield of wheat is about 300 catties per mu, that is to say, when the people sell one-third of the grain, at most they will protect their capital, and maybe they will lose money. But this is something that can't be done, it must be handed over and cannot be discounted.

The second part is the rations left by themselves, which is related to whether the family will be hungry, of course, they must keep enough.

The third part can be sold. Of course, the price of this part of the grain sold is much higher than that of public grain, and the peasants mainly rely on it to make money.

However, because grain has always been purchased and sold by the imperial court, the common people have no other choice but to sell it to supply and marketing cooperatives.

Supply and marketing cooperatives have always been a high-incidence area for corrupt officials under the rule of Wuyi, and every year, many people will fall into trouble, but they cannot completely eliminate the emergence of such people. Monopoly management will naturally breed privileges, and there is no exception throughout the ages.

Naturally, there are supply and marketing cooperatives here in Jinzhuang Town that specialize in these things, so it is not exempt from vulgarity, last year, an official in charge of purchasing grain here fell because of this, and I heard that the end was very miserable, the family property was confiscated, and the family was all sent to the Western Regions. But the people around are very happy, because this guy is not a little difficult for them, obviously the wheat is extremely dry, he insisted that it is not dry, either you will find a place to dry, or he has to determine the loss. So that the common people suffered losses and were speechless.

Don't even think about stuffing money into him to save him from disaster! He really can't look down on this little money that the farmer stuffed him, and the loss only needs to be raised a little more, how much money does it have to be? If you dare to stuff him with money, you will be buttoned up with a hat that tries to bribe an official, and then you will be put in the official office, and you will suffer a little more, and he will still have a good reputation.

However, the officials in charge of purchasing grain in a small town, when they finally searched their homes, they actually found tens of thousands of yuan in cash, which surprised the imperial historians of the Supervision Yuan, and thus increased the supervision of all the officials of the supply and marketing cooperatives several times, making Wang Mingyi go to Li Ze to cry several times.

But Li Ze ignored this.

If you are hard, what are you afraid of strict supervision!

Gaoyang's county magistrate, Zhao Daxiong, decided to come and watch in person, he didn't want to suffer last year's unwarranted disaster. Last year, that guy fell, he didn't receive a penny from that guy, but he was also unlucky together, and the final performance appraisal of the officials, from the top class, fell to the middle all of a sudden, and fell several grades in a row, which means that for a grassroots official, it means that it will take several more years to investigate, is there anything more unlucky than this?

was preparing to set off, but I didn't want to know that Bao Hui actually came to Gaoyang in person. This made Zhao Daxiong a little crying without tears, wasn't it just that there was a corrupt official last year? The punishment was also punished, as for the Zhizhou in person? How worried is this about yourself? It seems that his path to promotion is really tortuous.

Zhao Daxiong, who was full of grievances, Zhao Xianling, only to find out that this was really not the case after meeting Bao Hui. Rather, the policy of the imperial court has changed dramatically.

"You're saying the grain will be released?" Zhao Daxiong was surprised. "It's not a small thing."

"Of course it's not a small matter. So a state was selected as a pilot above, and we were honorably selected in Yingzhou. Bao Hui said that it was glorious, but there was no half-glorious look on his face. I can't tell how big the impact of this matter is, so I chose Gaoyang as a pilot again. ”

Zhao Daxiong wanted to cry without tears, but he caused trouble last year.

It is used as a pilot place for the policy, if it succeeds, it will naturally follow the ground, but if it fails, I'm sorry, you have to carry the black pot.

"Other places will not move for the time being, this new point is located in Jinzhuang Town!" Bao Hui said: "I have contacted a powerful large merchant in the state, and they will set up a point in Jinzhuang Town to buy the surplus grain in the hands of the people. ”

"What about the supply and marketing cooperatives?"

"Leave them alone." Bao Hui said: "They either keep up or don't accept it, anyway, they still have to collect public grain." ”

"That merchant is so bold? If you dare to go on a bargain with the supply and marketing cooperatives, aren't you afraid that the supply and marketing cooperatives will give him small shoes in the future? Zhao Daxiong was a little speechless and said, this is a meal with the supply and marketing cooperative.

"I can't help it!" Bao Hui said: "Someone has to do it." When the time comes, the two of us will sit in Jinzhuang Town and watch the progress of things. ”

In this context, a new merchant appeared in Jinzhuang Town, and this new merchant is actually a grain merchant, which is a rare thing for the people of Jinzhuang, because before this, Jinzhuang Town collects grain, and there is only one seller of grain, that is, supply and marketing cooperatives. Now, a new contender has emerged.

Ordinary farmers may not understand the profound meaning here, but all the people who do business are bright-hearted, and they look at this scene with wide eyes.

At the beginning of the first day, the water sign for the purchase of winter wheat hung outside the Liangji grain shop was a full 10% higher than that of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Naturally, the peasants don't care what major policies are involved, they just want their grain to be sold at a better price, and they can make a few more money.

There is no way to sell public grain, so it must be sold to supply and marketing cooperatives, but in addition to the self-prepared rations, the remaining extra grain is sold to Liang Ji Grain Store without hesitation.

After the first day, the incident began to ferment, the news spread farther and farther, almost all the local people in Jinzhuang Town poured over, and the grain sales that used to last for ten days and half a month were all crowded into one day, and no one knew how long such a thing would last.

On the third day, the rest of Gaoyang learned the news, so the roads that came to Jinzhuang Town were crowded with mule carts, donkey carts, ox carts, and horse carts, and the carts were full of grain.

On the fourth day, people from neighboring counties began to move.

The owner of Liang Kee's grain store was underestimated, and he didn't have enough money in advance, so in desperation, he urgently borrowed a sum of money from Needle Village, and he barely coped with it.

Bao Hui and Zhao Daxiong, who were sitting in Jinzhuang Town, scattered all the people they could use, just to maintain order in Jinzhuang Town.

No one thought that throwing a stone into a silent pond would stir up such a big storm. For more than ten days, Bao Hui and Zhao Daxiong were also tired and exhausted, but fortunately, this wave was finally over.

"This Boss Liang, will he lose money? He has a high price, who is he selling to? Zhao Daxiong looked at Bao Hui and asked.

"Naturally, there is a place to sell it." Bao Hui said: "You don't want to think about it, since the imperial court has started to do this, it means that the price of grain will be liberalized soon." This is a big deal, but we have been using unified purchasing and sales for many years, and the imperial court just wants to see how big the impact is. Then evaluate how the policy should be adjusted. ”