At least so far, Chen Ji has not liked this strange world.

Fang Cai was just a glimpse of a small movement in the afterglow, but now it turned out that he was dazzled, and he was no longer overly entangled, and left very simply. When crossing the stone bridge, I stopped a little and looked around for a while, the scenery here is really good, if there is a little comfort, it makes people feel comfortable in their hearts.

In the artificially walled pond below, occasionally a few small fish jumped out of the way, fluttering and hiding back under the water. Presumably, on a clear day, it will be a good reflection of ink. Chen Ji scratched his head, he still knew too little about this small city.

……

Time flickered, pushing forward with great difficulty. With the arrival of Xu Guogong of the imperial court, the situation in Qingzhou has improved. Some of the relief grains, which had been delayed for nearly a month, also arrived in Zhengjiawa, and after allocating some people to rush to the embankment, the situation in Zhengjiawa gradually stabilized. Of course, these are just the situations in the eyes of ordinary Shengdou Xiaomin, and in the eyes of Chen Xiujie and others, the situation is as difficult as ever.

After the gentry in Qingzhou City generously gave a part of the grain, they still spared no effort to store grain in private, and the nearby state capital also participated, and it has spread to most of the territory of the Shandong Buzheng Division. For the imperial court, having enough food is the foundation of people's livelihood, but at present, the yamen at all levels only have a very small part of the grain in their hands, and once that delicate balance is broken, it will be a situation of overturning. Therefore, as far as Qingzhou is concerned, several chief officials are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, struggling to maintain, and only hope that Xu Guogong's guard of honor will leave as soon as possible, which can reduce some psychological pressure on them.

……

Chen Ji accumulated 10,000 stone grains in Dengzhou, and in just three days, he sold them all, and instantly saved more than 180,000 taels of silver in his hands. Shen Qiu was so happy that he almost couldn't help but shoot the remaining thousands of stones. Fortunately, in the end, he didn't dare to delay the big thing of Chen Ji, and forcibly suppressed this thought.

In mid-July, Chen Ji secretly returned to Chen's house in Qingzhou from Zhengjiawa, during which he bumped into Xiaoqi talking about Ningxi, and had a few gossips.

Tan Ningxi is currently the seed of reading in front of the old lady of the Tan family, even if the two families have that incident, they have not deliberately broken off contact. It's just that at this time, Tan Ningxi came over, and it seems that it is not just a visit between simple readers.

At least Chen Ji's half-baked level really doesn't look like a reader.

Tan Ningxi didn't see it, and after a few words of greeting, he had already gotten to the point, and said: "During this time, the family has a lot of grain, and the uncles may have plans, but I am a little worried." Brother Ji, I don't have to hear any news from you, but I don't want to look for you, and I'm always panicking. ”

The two sat under the eaves, and Chen Ji asked Shen Qiu to prepare tea. looked at Tan Ningxi's burning eyes, pursed his lips, and said, "Tell me this, I don't have any good way." In this year's market, if I have as much silver as the talker, I will definitely mix it up. ”

Tan Ningxi smiled bitterly: "This is always not the right thing."

Chen Ji sighed, and became a little serious: "Talking about Xiaoqi, do you know how to worry about the country and the people?" Then he gave a thumbs up, "That's a good thing." According to your thoughts, what will be the trend of grain prices in Qingzhou in the future? ”

"It is certainly impossible to be inflated all the time, and once it falls, it will inevitably fall rapidly."

"Even if it were such a result, it wouldn't be these days."

Tan Ningxi said: "Brother Ji, grandpa, he is old, he really can't afford to toss."

Chen Ji paused and sighed: "Since you can see it, the old lady must be the same as Spiegel, what are you worried about?"

"I ......"

Chen Ji waved his hand, "Forget it." I'll just say a little bit of my own thoughts, while I have time now, let's take action, so much food is accumulated in my hands, and it's such weather, sooner or later something will happen. Do you really think that all the families in the city can share the same hatred and never lower this price? In the end, it will only be these secondary markets including the Tan family that will suffer, and the palace behind it, the top big families of the Qi family, can always change the law to reduce losses! To put it mildly, a small family like Tanjia has always been the one who takes the blame......"

Chen Ji called Shen Qiu, who was making tea, urged him to hurry up and serve tea, turned his head, and said to Tan Ningxi, "Why don't you talk about the family and be really generous?" Donate some food to my old Chen? At this juncture, buy a face for the government? ”

Tan Ningxi smiled bitterly, "If you really do this, the Tan family will not be able to squeeze out and suppress those merchants until they are defeated." Moreover, those uncles and brothers will definitely not agree. ”

Chen Ji sighed: "Then I can't do it."

“……”

Shen Qiu brought tea up, Tan Ningxi ate a cup, and left worriedly.

Shen Qiu seemed to be a little unbearable, his mouth moved, and he didn't dare to persuade him.

Chen Ji took a cup of self-care and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the Tan family will definitely suffer a big loss this time, but the old man is still there, so it won't hurt his muscles and bones."

Shen Qiu squatted down in front of the pillar, propped his chin and said, "Oh."

Apparently not very interested.

Chen Ji smiled and said, "The Sun family's fleet should have arrived in the next few days, right?"

Shen Qiu puffed out his eyes and calculated, nodded and said, "It should be almost there."

Chen Ji leaned back in his chair and shook it, "That's good." ”

Shen Qiu wanted to speak and stopped, and his heart ached.

……

July 20, a rare sunny day. On the official road outside the east gate of Qingzhou, a convoy that stretches without knowing the end is waiting to enter the city in the morning, at dawn, the son of Chen Tong's family hurriedly came, and talked to the officers and soldiers guarding the city for a while, the convoy slowly entered the city, attracting a burst of attention, but no one knew what was being transported.

Shifang Street, where Zhizhi Bookstore is located, most of the surrounding areas have become the industry of the bookstore, in order to "warehousing" this time, Chen Ji spent another sum of silver, and bought all the properties that he had never bought because of the lack of money, so naturally there was no shortage of Shen Qiu's complaints.

At present, although it is said that the east wall is being demolished to make up the west wall, the industry of the bookstore is actually not small.

In the main hall of the bookstore, Chen Ji and the caravan director sat down separately, and they couldn't hide the joy on their faces, and asked carefully: "How much did you transport this time?"

"Protect 50,000 stones. There was a storm on the way and part of it was lost. The man smiled when he said this, "I said in advance, this part of the loss also needs to be paid by Chen Gongzi." ”

Chen Ji scratched his forehead and responded: "Of course, in business, the spirit of contract must be put first." As he spoke, his eyes narrowed, and he said carefully, "The loss is not serious, is it?"

Yo Yo sighed on the other side, "More than 10,000 stones." But the fraction will not be counted with Chen Gongzi, and this time the cooperation is pleasant, I can make the decision to give Chen Gongzi a discount. ”

Chen Ji smiled bitterly, "How much?" ”