Chen Ji is thinking about his own accounts, and there are naturally a few accounts to be settled in Qingzhou City. Just as he threw out the tens of thousands of stone grains, some of the gentry in Qingzhou, who had formed an alliance for a short time because of the disaster, had already gathered together to drink several waves of tea. Although the situation has changed, because of the abundant resources in the hands of the Qi family and the Cai family, they can afford to play. The reason why we gather together to eat tea is to bring together many merchants who were at odds with each other in the past. With the enemy of Chen Ji, it was much easier.

After that, the development was as everyone expected, and after several operations, Chen Ji, who played the brand of Zhizhi Bookstore, was still a little miserable in Qingzhou. Immediately after the disaster, everyone waited to see Chen Ji's joke. At least because of Chen Xiujie, they will not rush to kill them all, but they just want to punish Chen Ji who broke the pattern, so that he will not dare to set foot in the mall easily in the future.

Of course, by June, the merchants who had already mastered most of Qingzhou's grain were somewhat merciful. Hou Houcong's visit, the face of the old pavilion, and Xu Guogong who came out of the capital, everyone was happy to sell well, so there was a part of the "good deeds".

However, the change is coming. To say that the sudden appearance of nearly 30,000 stone of grain in the private market just gave everyone an omen, then immediately following the grain shop under the name of Zhizhi Bookstore was really a fire.

Qingzhou began to get busy.

Merchants like Tanjia, who are in the middle and lower reaches, have to move around in a worried way.

At the same time, Xu Guogong of Qingzhou Station also got the first wave of more detailed news.

After settling in Qingzhou, in addition to the superficial visits, the people who collected the news in private have been scattered, and this time they got the idea, and they could directly call the Qingzhou embroidery guard, so the news handed over was not just the words of a certain family.

Fang Jingyu came back from outside, dressed in civilian clothes, but took off the armor, met Qingzhou Yicheng on the way, and exchanged a few words before he walked over.

Xu Guocheng was reading a book under the eaves, and there was a stack of thick papers on the small table on one side.

"It's coming." Xu Guogong raised his eyelids, "Are you all settled?" ”

Fang Jingyu complied, "After settling down, I found a quiet house on Fu'an Street and sent someone to watch it." ”

Xu Guogong bowed his head and said, "This is the news delivered by Qingzhou Yi, you can take a look."

Fang Jingyu walked over.

Xu Guogong then said: "This trip, in addition to supervising disaster relief, there is one more thing. Since the beginning of the year, Denglai coastal prefectures and counties have reported that thieves are rampant, and the imperial court has discussed and intends to build a sailor division in Denglai. ”

Fang Jingyu continued to flip through the news and digest it as much as he could. Of course, his ears were still listening carefully to Xu Guogong's words, and the next moment, the old man had already spoken: "I want you to be the chief soldier of this sailor, and I can tell you what you think later."

Fang Jingyu stopped what he was doing, his eyes were strange.

Xu Guogong scolded: "Military merit is not only earned by border troops. In recent years, most of the warlike soldiers of the imperial court have been pulled to the pass to suppress the popular rebellion, and while Liaodong can still hold out for a few days now, it is also a top priority to select some generals to enter the pass to prepare for the training of the new army......"

This is another preparation. Fang Jingyu knew some news beforehand, and now when he heard a more accurate verification, he was in a trance for a while. Regarding Xu Guogong's question, he did not immediately give any reply.

The old man raised his eyes and looked at him for a moment, "Forget it, I'll talk to you in detail after this is over." His eyes fell on the case file, and the topic came back.

"See what?"

Fang Jingyu put down the stack of papers in his hand and shook his head: "It's all a normal record, I really haven't seen anything useful."

Xu Guogong rubbed the bridge of his nose and sighed: "Among your brothers, you kid is the smartest, but he is the laziest with his brain."

Fang Jingyu laughed.

The old man left his seat, paced a few steps, and stood with his hands in his hands: "Forget it, I won't let you get involved in this matter."

Fang Jingyu was a little embarrassed, but didn't say anything more.

The old man talked about some other scattered words later, and occasionally there were all kinds of remarks about the situation in Qingzhou, and Fang Jingyu wrote them all down, intentionally or unintentionally.

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By the end of July, the price of grain in Qingzhou completely fell below the 10 or 12 mark, and the small merchants at the bottom insisted on it in the end, intending to follow the "trend" to sell grain and stop losses, and the Qingzhou government directly came forward to buy grain from these people, at first glance, it seems that it is the last chance.

The Qi family and the Cai family naturally can't sit still, but they can't resist the general sell-off of many small merchants below. In such a state, food prices have fallen sharply, and if they continue like this, they may not fall to some extent.

The Qi family and the Cai family jointly visited the palace.

Zhizhi Bookstore is across the street, Youfu Restaurant, Sun Jiayu, the head of the Sun family who came to do business in the south, listened to the news reported by the guys, glanced at the newspaper on the table, and was in a trance for a moment.

“…… If it falls according to this trend, it is not impossible to fall to two or three taels in a short period of time. After saying that, he raised his eyes and looked at the guy in front of him, and instructed, "If it really falls to three taels, then we will also start, and all the profits from this business with Chen Dagongzi can be invested in it." Anyway, the convoy we went back to was empty. ”

The man nodded and bowed down.

Sun Jiayu breathed a sigh of relief, "This deal is done." ”

The Sun family has a large warehouse in Dengzhou, which is also a transit point for business in the north, and the transaction with Chen Ji has emptied the entire warehouse, and now he really wants to buy some more grain back, which is an unexpected joy. And the relationship between the Sun family on the black and white road itself is not worried about sales. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to bring grain from the south at such a time.

Thinking about this stubble, Sun Jiayu also felt that it was necessary to visit Chen Ji again, for example, this newspaper alone is a big business opportunity. And on the other hand, the Sun family's business in the north sends out no less than one million dollars of silver every year for the "passage", if they cooperate with Chen Ji, a local, how can most of this unjust money be left......

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Since late July, Chen Ji has been running between Zhengjiawa and Qingzhou City. There is no way, Hou Mingyu has temporarily entered the city, and someone in the wilderness has to be watched. Seeing that the disaster situation is gradually calming down, it is necessary to put follow-up disposal work on the agenda. Feng Xuexiao, who was developing outside during the period, came back and made a rough report on the situation outside, and then one after another, the wave of people who were brought out at the beginning also returned to Zhengjiawa.