"Childe, now that the six largest grain merchants in the Great Song Dynasty have already secured two of them, I think that with these two to drive, the bidding for the transfer and sale of grain this time will be very fierce." Coming out of Yu's main store, the snake slave in the carriage said sincerely.

Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "It's not two, it's already four." ”

The snake slave was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said: "Childe is talking about the Xiangzhou Han clan and the Lingzhou Han clan." ”

Zhang Bin said with a smile: "That's right, Han Jiang owes me such a big favor, and it is impossible for the Lingzhou Han family to retreat, not to mention that the bidding method is a win-win situation for merchants and the imperial court." ”

After a pause, Zhang Bin said again: "And Xiangzhou Han's ...... Since Han Qi gave me the official position of the pacification department, there would be no problem, not to mention that with the mind of Han Qi, an old fox, it is impossible not to see that the right to transfer and sell the grain of Hebei and Hebei is not only beneficial to the Han family, at least if the imperial court and the Son of Heaven want to move the Han family in Xiangzhou one day, this is more or less a scruple. ”

The snake slave nodded and said: "In this way, only the six big grain merchants are left with the Fu Grain Store and the Chen family, where Fu Bi is located, how to deal with these two sons?" ”

Zhang Bin said: "Don't worry about these two, Na Fubi is Wang Anshi's sworn enemy, and if he has the opportunity to abolish the equalization law, he will naturally support it." ”

"As for the Chen family, even if someone has a plot behind them, it is difficult to speak alone." Zhang Bin is full of confidence, because behind him is His Majesty the Emperor, and now he has the support of Han Qi.

In addition, Zeng Bu, Wang Yan, and even Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dian and other new parties may be unwilling to do so, and even have the heart of a villain, but Wang Anshi will never ignore the collection of grain and grass for the 100,000 troops on the northwest battlefield and delay the bidding.

What Zhang Bin didn't say was that the bidding method he offered to the Great Song Junchen was an explicit standard, not a hidden standard, so that he had the handle on the clan relatives of the Duke of Chu and the Yu family, and he would put forward some small requirements for the two families, such as when bidding, let the two families raise the price, so that the Xiangzhou Han family, Lingshou Han, Chen family and other big grain merchants have more blood.

He decided to give the Son of Heaven, the ministers of the court, and the entire court a big surprise.

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Back at his house, Zhang Bin and the snake slave were about to dismount, Li Siwa ran over from the door, saluted and said in a low voice: "Son, a grain merchant who claimed to be surnamed Chen came and brought a full five carts of heavy gifts, and the villain didn't dare to call the shots, so he invited them into the foyer, and the five carts of heavy gifts were outside the back door." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he was stunned, his heart was really surprised, his eyes flashed, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart: "Underestimate these ancient businessmen!" It's only been two days, and I've already seen the bidding method, which is to go through the back door and bribe me to the tender. ”

Something unexpected happened, Zhang Bin didn't get out of the carriage, pondered for a while, and ordered: "Tiger head, go directly to the side door, we will take the carriage and go directly into the house." ”

The tiger head agreed, and drove the horse to the side door, Li Siwa thought that she had done something wrong, and quickly followed the carriage, and said in fear: "The son forgives the sin, and the villain will drive the surnamed Chen away." ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "You didn't do anything wrong, just now I haven't figured out how to do this thing, you go and tell the surnamed Chen now, just say that I am unwell and it is inconvenient to meet guests, you ask him to write down the purpose, and then send him away." ”

Li Siwa breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Childe, do you accept those gifts?" ”

"Accept, why not." Zhang Bin looked sarcastic.

"The villain understands." Li Siwa agreed, saluted Zhang Bin, turned around and strode to the foyer.

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Outside Bianjing City, ten miles southeast of the Bianhe Wharf.

There are a lot of warehouses here, hundreds of ships come and go, thousands of men who eat waterways and eat are shirtless to unload all kinds of goods from the ship, or load them onto the ship, some of the big ships with a deep draft, but also rely on a group of slender men to pull to give a initial speed to sail smoothly.

The sound of all kinds of coolies shouting one after another, a prosperous scene.

This wharf is the property of the Chen family, a well-known wealthy merchant in the Central Plains, and these men who eat waterways belong to the Cao gang that monopolizes the water transportation of the Bianhe River.

Everyone on the road knows that the Chen family eats black and white.

Like the Yu family, the Chen family has been in business for many years, and several people in the clan are officials in the court, and dozens of people are on errands in various yamen.

Unlike the Yu family, the Chen family has an inextricable relationship with the Cao Gang, the largest gang in the waterway, and it is even rumored that one of the deputy gang leaders of the Cao Gang is the younger brother of the head of the Chen family.

……

"Big brother, did Zhang Bin accept the money?" On the dirt road in the middle of the wharf, a wide carriage, escorted by six big men, slowly moved forward, and there were two men in their forties in the car.

One person was dressed in brocade clothes and had a faint elegance, it was Chen Wen, the head of the Chen family who had just returned from Zhang Bin's mansion in the city.

The other person is two or three points similar to Chen Wen, it is Chen Wen's younger brother Chen Wu, but his temperament is diametrically opposed to his brother Chen Wen, wearing a short coat and cloth clothes often worn by martial arts practitioners, the muscles of his limbs are bulging, and his strength seems to be not small.

"Humph! There is no ruler in these years who is not greedy for money. Chen Wen sneered, they have made a lot of profit by bribing officials over the years, and they are too familiar with this set.

"Big brother, why did the big yamen of the prince's family let us do this." Chen Wu also sneered, they have loved and hated those money-greedy officials all these years.

"Humph! Needless to say, it's nothing more than trying to frame that Zhang Bin. Chen Wen sneered, "However, this Zhang Bin didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he actually asked me to write down the purpose of bribing him, but fortunately I kept one hand, and the words written with my left hand were completely different from what I usually wrote." ”

"Big brother, we are involved in this kind of thing, it's too dangerous." Chen Wu frowned and said.

Chen Wen sighed and said: "Of course I know the danger, but we can't afford to offend the big yamen of the Wang Xianggong's family, the most important thing is that Wang Yan sent someone to say a word on his behalf, mentioning the matter of you killing the four members of the Huang family last year, what else do you say I can do." Although you are the deputy leader of the Cao Gang, if the son of the prime minister's family asks the officials to arrest you, where else can you go. ”

Chen Wu was shocked, and said in a lost voice: "How is this possible, there was no living mouth left at that time, and no one should know about it." ”

Chen Wen sighed: "There is no point in talking about this now. ”

Chen Wu gritted his teeth and said, "Big brother, how much money did Wang Yan let the eldest brother bribe Zhang Bin." ”

Chen Wen glanced at Chen Wu and said in a low voice, "Thirty thousand." ”

"What, 30,000 guan, so much." Chen Wu was taken aback, and his face became more and more guilty.