Chen Wen patted Chen Wu on the shoulder and said: "Third brother, you don't have to feel too guilty, I have calculated this account, these 30,000 guan is not a water ticket, since Zhang Bin dared to accept our money, he explained that he agreed to our request, and when the time comes, our Chen family will successfully win the right to transfer and buy grain on the Huainan two roads, and the 30,000 guan will be earned back in less than three months." And this matter is handed over to the big yamen of the Wang Xianggong's family, and with this money in the future, our Chen family will have an additional backer, which is the biggest benefit. ”

Chen Wu said sincerely: "Big brother is wise. ”

At this time, someone outside the carriage hurriedly approached and reported: "The head of the family, the official Sima of Longtu Pavilion University has sent someone over and asked you to go to his mansion to see him." ”

Chen Wu and Chen Wen were taken aback, and the former asked in surprise, "Who?" ”

The person outside repeated: "Hui Second Master, it's a scholar of Longtu Pavilion University. ”

Chen Wen and Chen Wu brothers looked at each other, looking incredulous, Wang Yan looked for them Chen family, which had already surprised them, but although Wang Yan Laozi was a deputy minister, his own official position was only from the sixth grade.

However, Sima Guang, a scholar of Longtuge University, is an important minister of the Zhengzhong Sanpin, although the Chen brothers think that they are the number one people on the Bianhe River and are also influential figures in the circle of merchants in the Central Plains, but they know that they are a bedbug in the eyes of those important ministers and officials in the court.

The two brothers never thought that they would be summoned by the imperial court.

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After looking at the five carts and 30,000 yuan, Zhang Bin sneered and entered the palace.

He now has the gold medal given by the Son of Heaven in his hand, as long as the palace door is not closed at night, he can see the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty at any time.

Zhang Bin entered the palace for a short time, going back and forth for more than two hours, and when he returned home, it was dark.

In the dead of night, at the back door of Zhang Bin's house, 20 officers and soldiers came, and a team of people also brought a team of people, pushing five carriages pulling goods.

Zhang Bin quietly appeared at the back door, saluted the officer who led the team, and after checking the other party's official documents and identity tokens, he asked the people brought by the other party to transfer the 30,000 yuan to the other party's truck.

Then the young general led someone to escort 30,000 guan money out of the capital overnight and rushed to Jingzhao Mansion.

The 30,000 guan money will be exchanged for grain and grass in Jingzhao Mansion, where freight and commerce are developed, and then sent to the Meridian Road in Hengshan, and handed over to the Northwest Third Route Army led by Han Jiang and Liu Changzuo.

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Su Guo walked out of the Sansi Yamen and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, he had been busy in the past two days, but when he thought of the credit that could be shared in the bidding, his eyes lit up and he was excited.

The task assigned by Zhang Bin to Su Guo is also simple to say, but it is not easy to do.

Zhang Bin knows very well that today's Great Song Dynasty has been corrupted to the bone from top to bottom, and the grain and grass given to the front-line army, as long as he is an official, dare to pluck the feathers, not to mention this kind of bidding that seems to come quickly.

If the officials of the three divisions are fully responsible for the money and grain in the bidding process, Zhang Bin guesses that it will not be too surprising that the money and grain will be reduced by half in the end.

Therefore, he didn't believe in the accounts sent by the third division at all, but with his official position and identity, it was difficult to strongly refuse the intention of Wu Chong, the envoy of the third division, so he had to ask Su Guoshan to find some other accounts.

The Su family's industry and business are not small, and it is not difficult for Su Guo to mobilize some people who are proficient in money, grain and accounting, but the difficulty lies in the name of these people to replace the relevant officials of the three divisions.

And this most difficult matter was handed over to Cai Jing to deal with.

In order to mobilize Cai Jing's enthusiasm, Zhang Bin made it very clear to Cai Jing in advance that if this matter is handled well, he will be the first among Cai Jing, Su Guo, Zhang Santao and Sun Guodong.

Therefore, Cai Jing's enthusiasm was very high, and the next day he thought of several extremely insidious, but quite effective methods.

After discussing with Cai Jing, Zhang Bin decided to adopt one of the most insidious methods - on the day of the auction, several officials sent by the Third Division to manage the money and grain would put a laxative in their tea.

The first time he heard Cai Jing talk about this method, Zhang Bin was extremely emotional, thinking that this traitorous appearance who deserves to be famous through the ages is really doing everything, no matter whether the method is inferior and despicable, as long as it is useful.

Only such a person can sit firmly in the phase for nearly 20 years without falling.

Sun Guodong and Zhang Santao stared at the two most critical links for Zhang Bin on the day of bidding.

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In the third year of Xining, July 27.

The sun is shining and the weather is hot.

The first bidding for the right to transship and sell grain in the Great Song Dynasty began after just three days of preparation.

Early in the morning, the courtyard where the guild of the grain store in the capital is located is surrounded by a large group of forbidden legions with armor and knives, and there are officials of Kaifeng Mansion in the distance to maintain order, not allowing idle people to approach, and finally only the gate is left in and out, guarded by the officials of the three divisions, verifying the identity of the grain merchants who come to bid, and then bringing them in one by one.

The reason for this heavy security is that according to the official notice, these grain merchants brought enough money with them when they came.

What's more, according to the will of the Son of Heaven, although Wu Chong, the third envoy, presided over the overall situation of today's bidding, Xue Xiang, the transfer envoy, assisted, and Zhang Bin was specifically responsible for the auction, but the current prime minister Han Qi and vice minister Wang Anshi both came to observe and witness whether the bidding method is suitable or not, so as to decide whether the bidding method should be implemented in several other industries, and directly decide whether to abolish the equalization law, which is not unimportant.

As for Sima Guang, whether or not there is the will of the Son of Heaven, he will come, and in addition, the Imperial Historical Observatory also sent several Imperial Historians over.

Originally, Wu Chong's bidding place was where the yamen of their three divisions was located, and Xue Xiang also proposed to put it in the yamen of the grain transfer department, but Zhang Bin strongly opposed it.

Of course, with Zhang Bin's status, even if he is the bidding envoy who is specifically responsible for the bidding, he can barely let Xue Xiang give him face, and in fact convince Xue Xiang, but Wu Chong disagrees, and he can't do anything about it.

Zhang Bin tried to persuade Wu Chong on the grounds that "the merchants were afraid of the government, and the place of bidding was set in the Sansi Yamen, which would make some businessmen dare not bring a large amount of money to participate in the bidding", but the latter flatly refused on the grounds that "the affairs of the imperial court should naturally be carried out in the yamen", and said that unless there was the will of the Son of Heaven.

Forced to have no choice, Zhang Bin went to the palace again.

And the reason for his persuasion of the Son of Heaven naturally added another one: if the bidding site is set up in the Yamen of the Three Divisions, there are probably officials who will guard and steal themselves, and I don't know how much corruption.

Zhao Ji now does not know much about the virtues of the courtiers below, but after the implementation of the equalization law, he is full of alternative vigilance, and after hearing this, he decisively ordered the law of grain bidding and auction to be placed in the guild of the grain bank.

However, after the holy decree came down, although the officials under the Yamen of the Third Division looked at Zhang Bin with great annoyance, but Wu Chong, the envoy of the Third Division, did not get angry with Zhang Bin, and even sighed and patted Zhang Bin's shoulder when no one was around, although he didn't say anything, his face was full of inexplicable relief, and he seemed to be relieved from the bottom of his heart.

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