Just when the grain market was panicking, people were surprised to find that all the gates of the originally small Cangzhou were closed during the day, and there were a large number of sergeants guarding them, and a large number of heavily armed sergeants patrolled the streets.

The price of grain in the market fell from the altar, and began to fall from nearly ten taels of silver per stone all the way to five taels and still no one cared about it, and the once hot exchange order became as hateful as unsellable waste paper.

That night, there was false news that the General Military Office decided to buy a batch of grain at eighty percent of the current market in order to stabilize people's hearts, which made the market rebound slightly the next day. The merchants in the market were still hesitating, but the Jiangnan Trading Company and Tian Hongyu respectively opened grain and oil stores in Cangzhou to sell grain at the price of two or five cents per stone, and the news spread, and the people in Cangzhou City immediately shifted their attention from the trading market to these two grain and oil stores, but when they arrived at the grain and oil stores, they were surprised to find that these two grain and oil stores actually had the army of the General Military Office standing guard, and they could buy grain, but they had to rely on the household registration book issued by the government yamen and the certificate of the governor to supply it in limited quantities. Each household is not allowed to make repeated purchases within three days, otherwise it will be sent to jail for disrupting the market order. There are also people who do not believe in evil spirits, and as a result, they were arrested on the spot by the pickets, and some outsiders wanted to mix in to buy food, but they were caught and beaten with a few military sticks and then stood in front of the grain and oil store to show the public, and even some restaurant owners wanted to buy more grain but were refused. This also completely broke off the idea of those big businessmen trying to buy all of them to really revitalize the market.

Although the price has been falling, most people are waiting, and those merchants who have a large number of acceptance orders in their hands want to cry without tears, and those small merchants leave after putting out their own orders in the market every day. As a result, their pending orders are still stuck at five taels, and when they come to modify the pending order price the next day, they find that the transaction price has reached three taels and eight dollars......

The General Military Office still has one notice a day, and the content is that there is only one, and the General Military Office will purchase grain from all over the country in order to maintain the price of grain in the market.

In the end, the price of grain fell to the original level of 221 stone, and no one cared about it, because the number of markets with the current acceptance order far exceeded the demand of a county town in Cangzhou. Without greater demand, there will be no buyer to do the wrong, which means that the acceptance order can never be taken off.

Moreover, in the past period, many businessmen have transported a lot of grain from six counties and one state, and even Hejian and Texas, with the result that with the price of the acceptance slip, no one cares about the real thing. At present, in addition to the grain transported by Tian Hongyu and the Jiangnan Trading Company, the grain from other places has reached more than 100,000 stones, which is enough to impact the entire market.

Finally, when the merchants of all sizes were almost desperate, the General Military Mansion finally made a move, and Tian Hongyu, on behalf of the General Military Office, began to negotiate with the merchants in the trading market, and the General Military Mansion was willing to purchase all the grain at 90% of the previous day's transaction price, and purchase all the acceptance orders at the price of 80% and 5%.

Although all the merchants were unwilling, considering the cost of round-trip transportation and the loss of the journey, all the foreign merchants who had grain in their hands immediately sold the grain in their hands. After hesitating for a while, some small merchants also sold their acceptance orders to the General Military Administration. Knowing that at this time, some smart businessmen felt that this was the layout of the General Military Mansion, and the lack of food in the General Military Mansion should be certain, but the silver in their hands was no longer enough to purchase all the grain in the market, and they could no longer be in the Jiaodong market, so they could only watch the General Military Mansion buy all the grain in the county, and then continue to sweep the entire trading market, and pocket most of the Chen Gu Di Order.

The General Military Office was also unambiguous, and immediately sent people to exchange grain at the homes of those named large households according to the acceptance orders. So people saw the mountains of grain piled up in the treasury of the state government. At this time, people were surprised to find that the grain ships that had been parked at the wharf had left the wharf, and the sea ships had also left, and some people saw that they were all loading grain on the king's ship and heading north.

At this time, I'm afraid that even fools know that most of the hundreds of ships that Tian Hongyu encountered are estimated to be empty, and they did not transport grain from the capital, but transferred to Cangzhou to transport grain for the General Army's Mansion! Then the only purpose of those big ships going to the north is to transport grain from Cangzhou to Tianjin Wei!

All the merchants involved in the market transactions knew that they had been fooled, but from the beginning to the end, the general military government was alone, and the only one involved was the notarization of the state government's participation in the market transactions.

Some outsiders looked at all this calmly and couldn't help but gasp, this young general soldier is really not simple, not only did he return with a full load, but also made almost all the businessmen involved in the speculation of grain bankrupt, although they also deserved it.

That night, two large households tried to leave Cangzhou, but were blocked by the sergeant, and the General Military Office issued an announcement again, and the foreign merchants named on the acceptance note that appeared in the sweet potato trading market were not allowed to leave Cangzhou until the last buyer of the acceptance was not exchanged. That is to say, the General Military Mansion does not even intend to leave the last little entanglement to these people, after all, these people came with a purpose in the first place, and it is estimated that some of the funds were recovered halfway, but now the General Military Mansion does not match such a deal, although it is not necessary to wait for all the buyers to exchange, but it must be released until the General Military Mansion is exchanged! This trick is also ruthless enough, but it is also reasonable, since the General Military Mansion has come forward to accept everyone's acceptance order, this is already very benevolent, and he can't be wronged, let these people run away with the silver, but they have nowhere to redeem it.

The direct result of the General Soldier's Office doing this is that those big families in the six counties and one prefecture of Tianjin Mansion have to send people back to collect money, otherwise the most capable of the General Soldier will take the army to wherever it is, it will be smashed and robbed, and there will definitely be no good results for them. Some people also found that two merchants from Shanxi had hanged themselves in the restaurant where they lived, and some servants were also waiting stupidly in the restaurant at a loss.

However, the General Military Office did not relent, and the acceptance of the receipt was sent to exchange one by one, and those who did not exchange grain were collected according to the promise on the acceptance form, such as the house. These rules were not formulated in general, but were formulated by the leaders of the so-called chambers of commerce when the trading market was first established, and soon some people reaped the consequences, and the general military government could not receive food, and of course it could not be the original price for taking things, and it was almost the same as a five-percent discount.

Zhang Hu regretted that he immediately put the restaurant where several big businessmen from Shanxi and the capital lived under strict surveillance, and after the accident, he entered the restaurant to search and only got less than 100,000 taels of silver, which was less than 100,000 taels of silver compared with the crazy trading of these merchants in the market that day! No wonder someone hanged himself, thinking that if it was his family's silver, he would definitely not be able to explain to the family if he lost so much, and if he worked for someone else, the owner would probably pick up the skin and cramp. Fortunately, these merchants from other places are either not qualified to issue acceptances or have the guarantee of local merchants, and the general military government will not suffer losses because of this.

In the yamen of the state capital, the chief soldier Yang Hongzhang, the national abbot Tian Hongyu, the governor Li Wenhe, the chief bookkeeper Liu Zhengguang, Zhang Hu, Xia Chunwei and Sun Xiaoliu were all there, looking at the mountains of grain and the full silver boxes, Sun Xiaoliu couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and his eyes lit up.

"Master Li, Zhang Hu, then follow the vine to find out the bottom of these Shanxi businessmen and people from the capital, and find out the people behind them to Ben Shuai! This matter is done, and you and Liu Zhengguang disobey the military order and delay the military rations, and the marshal does not like to pursue it. Yang Hongzhang was very stupid and looked serious.

"Yes, sir. The lower officials must go all out to find out who is behind them. "I was relieved to see that Yang Hongzhang only asked to investigate the details of these businessmen who disrupted the market, instead of holding him accountable.

"Brother Shilin, you can just stare at those people, two of them have died now, and if you persecute them, I'm afraid that all of them will hang themselves by hanging themselves. Let's take a look at the results of this battle, Deacon Xia, how did you get this time? After all, Tian Hongyu couldn't help the excitement in his heart and interrupted Yang Hongzhang.

Xia Chunwei nodded and stood up, and began to open the account book: "This time, a total of 200,000 stones of grain were purchased, and there are still 300,000 stones of acceptance orders that have not been exchanged. The use of troops and the loss of food cost thirteen thousand taels...... After deducting the acceptance that cannot be exchanged at present, this time 2,200,000 taels of silver and 5,000 troops were used, and the early harvest profit was about 650,000 taels. The distribution of profits this time was as follows: the total military government accounted for 230,000 taels, the Tian Daren accounted for 160,000, the Jiangnan Trading Company accounted for 180,000 taels, and the Cangzhou Prefecture Ya accounted for 80,000 taels. ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up again, especially Liu Zhengguang and Sun Xiaoliu, there are still 300,000 stone acceptance documents that are nearly 600,000 taels according to the lowest price, which means that Cangzhou has been divided into 80,000 taels this time, and Cangzhou can still be divided into 80,000 taels next time, and the two of them can be regarded as meritorious service this time.

"The cost of the ancestral ship this time will be borne by Cangzhou, and the freight of Jiangnan will be counted. In addition, Lord Li, you find time to gather all the merchants with names on the acceptance slip and tell them that the grain general military office can be exchanged slowly, but when to exchange grain next in addition to their reports, in strict accordance with the requirements of the general military government to purchase in a timely manner, in addition, before the completion of all acceptance, interest must be calculated, remember that interest is counted as grain and not silver. ”