Chapter Twenty-Six: The Oil Mill War (6)
"Who are you? Why do you carry out murder here with an iron ruler and a sword? Liang Shijie saw that everyone was surrounded, thought about it, and began to interrogate Brother Fan on the spot.
"Your Excellency asks you! Say it!! Cai Du kicked his brother Fan to the ground with his head and shouted loudly.
"The small is the good people of Neihuang County, the small one is called Brother Fan, it is like taking advantage of the price of soybeans to buy some oil to eat, how did you think that this IKEA oil mill store is a big bully, first tear up the previous agreement to increase the price, the small ones naturally don't do it, so they want to find them to theorize, this... That's what it turned out to be. Brother Fan hurriedly shouted that he was wronged.
"Wronged? Do you have anyone who comes with an iron ruler to buy oil? Liang Shijie only felt that this guy was doubting whether he had a brain.
Jiang De shouted to Wang Ming at this time, "Outside Wang Yuan, this is the current county Zun Liang, why don't you come soon?" ”
Wang Ming hurriedly rushed forward with Zhang Da and said to Liang Shijie, "The grass people have seen Lord Liang. ”
Liang Shijie laughed and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, the old man just came to this county and learned that the three of you brothers worked together to create this foundation, but it was a song and a cry, the old man asked you, how many pounds do you sell for this soybean oil now?" ”
Wang Ming immediately replied, "Go back to the county to speak, and now sell for seventy-two wen a catty." ”
Liang Shijie suddenly said: "It's not expensive!" Not expensive! That sesame oil costs 120 wen, good! ”
It's really good, no matter what the reason is, this soybean oil can make so many novel foods, as long as you offer it and make the official family happy, that is the biggest political achievement.
Brother Fan shouted loudly, "so that the lord knows, now the grain stores only sell soybeans for a penny a pound, yesterday IKEA oil mill said that the price of buying oil with money and the price of soybeans keep rising and falling, and now the soybeans have fallen, but their prices have not fallen, isn't it deceitful?" ”
Liang Shijie looked at Wang Ming.
Wang Ming bowed his head and said, "My lord, I am afraid that there is not a penny and a catty of soybeans in this world, and now this penny and a catty is just a policy of various grain stores to soothe the people, in order to celebrate the official family on the throne for ten years and the eldest lord came here to soothe the people." This person can only buy a catty, the others are no longer sold, and yesterday soybeans are still eight pounds, soybean oil is eighty pounds, now we are in line with other grain merchants, nine percent off, in fact, there is a penny less, it is a more beneficial move, the lord please Mingjian! ”
Liang Shijie already had the intention to protect the IKEA oil mill, and he was still waiting for Wang Ming and others to take these novel snacks to Kaifeng to make the official family happy, so he shouted to his brother Fan, "You Diao people, a good move to benefit the people, but you are so unbearable by you, come on!" Take it down and hit the 30 kills first, and I'm waiting for it to fall! ”
After Liang Shijie asked Cai Dutou to suppress the people, he said a few words to the other people in line, leaving an impression of being close to the people, and then asked Jiang De and Wang Ming to take him to the backyard.
Liang Shijie is not a person from a wealthy family, he was originally from a poor family, a high school jinshi after ten years of cold window, and was valued by Cai Jing and snatched back to be a son-in-law, in the officialdom because of Cai Jing's care, he is also rising step by step, and he also has great respect for Mrs. Cai, but to say that there is no political ambition at all, it is nonsense, as long as he enters the big dye vat of officialdom, how many people will not be moved by the position under that person? In the years that he has followed Cai Jing, Liang Shijie has also understood Zhao Ji's court very well, and wants to take the position? It's simple, just coax Zhao Ji to be happy!
Of course, Liang Shijie is a civil official after all, he is not a military minister like Gao Yu, nor is he a powerful eunuch like Tong Guan, and he can't leave behind some things that civil officials want to pay attention to, if there are no these, no matter how much the emperor likes it, he can only be a courtier, and a courtier is impossible to be a prime minister in such a position, even if he does, it will be extremely unstable.
When everyone sat down in the backyard, Liang Shijie smiled and said to Wang Ming, "Wang Baozheng, you are also interesting, why did you let a little baby come to find this official?" As he spoke, he looked at Jiang De next to him.
Wang Ming glanced at Jiang De, lowered his head and said, "Lord County, but it's not what the little one thinks, but Jiang Xiaolangjun's own doing, and the little one still wonders why he can't find Jiang Xiaolangjun today." ”
Liang Shijie glanced at Jiang De in surprise, laughed and said, "So, what Xiao Langjun said before is true?" ”
Mrs. Cai asked curiously, "Official, I don't know what Xiao Langjun said?" ”
Liang Shijie touched his beard and said, "Today, the official was reading the county documents, and he heard a commotion, but it was Zhang Zhushu who chased this little baby all the way to the official's office, and the official naturally asked, only to know that this little baby came to find the official, saying that the family had made a new novelty food, and I hope the official will try it." ”
Mrs. Cai covered her mouth when she listened, looked at Jiang De, who looked at the young man, and asked, "Why is Jiang Xiaolang like this?" ”
Jiang De touched his nose and said, "Isn't it normal for people to eat delicious food and hope that their parents will taste it too?" Isn't it normal for people to eat delicious food and think of the official family? The kid has no parents in today's world, so he can only think of the official family, but the official family is too far away in Kaifeng, and the county is around, the kid can't let the official family eat our family's things, so the county can taste our minds. ”
Mrs. Cai is a person of extreme filial piety, and after hearing this, she thought of her father who didn't know what she was in Hangzhou, and suddenly nodded with red eyes and said, "I didn't expect Xiaolang to be the most filial person, and he actually had no father and mother at a young age, but he was also pitiful, but today he also has a fate, official, you and I have no children for several years, why don't you recognize this son as a nephew?" It's easy to walk around every day, too. ”
Mrs. Cai didn't say that she wanted Jiang De to be her godson, one is that the gap in identity is too big, and the other is that Mrs. Cai understands in her heart that her identity is special, and becoming her godson is Cai Jing's godson!
Liang Shijie frowned, although he also liked Jiang De's calmness and cleverness, he still asked Wang Ming, "Wang Baozheng, I don't know how Xiao Langjun's parents went?" ”
Where does Wang Ming know, he looked at Jiang De, Jiang De said, "The boy and his father are all cultivators, and the boy is also accompanied by day and night to learn the art of heaven, one day the father and mother said that the fate of the boy is over, and said that he will naturally see him again in a hundred years, so he waved his sleeves, and the boy came here slowly, just came here and fell seriously ill, and was rescued in the wilderness by the king. ”
Liang Shijie couldn't help but be surprised, "In this way, Xiao Langjun's origin is quite extraordinary." As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Tongren next to him with some suspicion.
Zhang Tongren nodded and said, "Jiang Xiaolangjun is not a local person, he only came here a few days ago to settle down, and Wang Baozheng did it." ”
Wang Ming said, "That's true, Xiao Langjun was not originally from our three villages, and everyone in the village knew about this matter, but he couldn't hide it. ”
Liang Shijie nodded, and Mrs. Cai blamed Liang Shijie and said, "Why do the officials bother to ask such a tragic thing? Come here, let your aunt take a good look at you, a good good child. ”
Liang Shijie rolled his eyes, come on, his cheap uncle is decided.
Jiang De walked to Mrs. Cai's side, smiled at Mrs. Cai, and exclaimed, "Hello, mother." ”
In the Song Dynasty, aunt can also be called aunt, which made Mrs. Cai overjoyed, and immediately pulled Jiang aside to ask for warmth.
Liang Shijie didn't care about Mrs. Cai anymore, and said to Wang Ming, "Wang Baozheng, I am going to send your soybean oil and novel snacks to the Kaifeng official house on a certain day, you must be ready." ”
Wang Ming heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "This is our blessing, how dare you slack off." ”
Liang Shijie snorted, and then said, "As for the soybeans, I will make peace for you, don't worry." ”
Jiang De looked at Liang Shijie, he didn't want to end like this, wouldn't it be their weakness, he said to Liang Shijie, "The county lord is not like this, this is a commercial dispute, it should be resolved commercially, and now that I have recognized my wife as my aunt, I can't rely on the strength of the county lord to solve this matter, otherwise it will be a trouble if those annoying officials know about it in the future." ”
Mrs. Cai slapped Jiang De reproachfully and said, "What is it called?" Call him uncle! ”
Jiang De swallowed his tongue, this playful action was even more fond of Mrs. Cai, and Jiang De also heard the hint of increased favorability.
Liang Shijie listened to Jiang De's words, and said with a laugh, "You little baby, I don't know where to know so many things, but it's interesting, okay, but can you solve it?" ”
Jiang De snorted, "Little one tomorrow oil mill, why be afraid? ”
When Liang Shijie heard the name, he frowned and asked, "Tomorrow Oil Mill?" Master Zhang, you tell me about this daytime oil mill. ”
Zhang Tongren hurriedly said, "Lord Hui, this Mingyang oil mill was not a local oil mill, he said that it was an oil mill, in fact, it was also a grain business, and its shopkeeper's surname was Han, named Han Tinglin, this oil mill was opened to this county about 26 years ago, and soon became the first oil mill in this county with strong financial resources and background. ”
Liang Shijie let out a long breath, looked at Wang Ming and said, "Wang Baozheng, there are some things I can't say, I can only tell you that the background of Mingyang Oil Mill is extremely deep, and it cannot be underestimated. ”
Wang Ming bowed his head and said, "Lord County, as the saying goes, taking people's money is like killing their parents, and the opening of our oil mill has robbed them of their wealth, and this matter is not something we can say if we want to make peace." ”
Liang Shijie snorted, thought about it and said, "Well, then it's really hard for me to come forward in this matter, so you can do it yourself." After speaking, he took Mrs. Cai away, Mrs. Cai saw that Liang Shijie's face was wrong, and knew that there was another reason, so she said a few words to Jiang De and left with Liang Shijie.
Waiting for Liang Shijie and the others to leave, Zhang Da touched his head and said, "Big brother, Xiao Langjun, what the hell is going on?" The county lord's face changed when he heard that he was in the oil mill tomorrow. ”
Jiang Dechang let out a long breath and said, "Don't care, now just see the move, we will send more people around to find out the news, and now it is an official declaration of war!" ”
- Ding Xiang Building
"Is it.... I didn't expect the IKEA oil mill to do such a thing, and it also pulled the new county respect... Shopkeeper Han, what should I do next? Shopkeeper Sun looked at Han Tinglin next to him and said.
Han Tinglin took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "I just tried the water before to see what they were capable of, it doesn't seem to be a complete weakness, so it's interesting." Next, it's time to harvest soybeans! ”
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"What? Soybeans are recycled? Is it still sold for a penny? Wang Ming asked in surprise.
"Yes, starting in the afternoon, all eight cents and one pound will be recycled, and there is no limit. If you buy it, you are still only allowed to buy a catty, and it is still a catty by household, and now many people buy it in their store first and then buy it, hey, it's seven pennies! Lu Zhen, who was sent to inquire about the news, nodded and said.
Wang Ming looked at Jiang De, Jiang De smiled and said, "Interesting, I didn't expect them to react so quickly, this is to control all the soybeans, we don't have soybean oil without soybeans, although our soybean oil is good, but the biggest advantage is that the price is low, they want our soybean oil to rise, forcing us not to sell!" ”
"But aren't they at a loss? Soybeans everywhere are six wen a catty, and after soybean oil, seven wen a catty is also a normal price, but eight wen is more expensive. That's not counting the pound of money. Wang Ming said suspiciously.
Jiang De shook his head and said, "It's going to go up, look at it." And that pound is only a loss of seven dollars, how much is that? The county's seven cents for a household is only a few dozen, and then share it, there is not much loss at all, as for the recovered soybeans, I think the price is still a start. ”
The next day
"Nine pounds? Are they crazy? Wang Ming looked at Lu Zhen and asked.
Lu Zhen shook his head and said, "The news of the high price of soybeans here has spread, and now the surrounding counties and towns are transporting soybeans over." ”
Wang Ming nodded and said, "Well, that's good, as soon as there are too many soybeans, they won't be able to swallow them." ”
Jiang De shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple, now all the grain stores are united." If there is really a large influx of soybeans, they will lower the recycling price, and no one will buy them at that time, and the profit of this soybean will be thin, and they can only sell it to them cheaply. ”
Wang Ming asked, "Then what should we do?" ”
Jiang De replied, "He is strong, he is strong, and the breeze blows on the hills; He is horizontal by him, and the bright moon shines on the river! Continue to get nine pounds, nine pounds for one pound, eighty-one dollars for one pound! If they really want to lower the price and swallow soybeans, we will accept them, and ask Wang Yuanwai to send people to various main roads, if someone transports soybeans into the city, we must let them know that we are also collecting nine dollars a pound here! ”
- Ding Xiang Building
"Oh? They didn't move? Han Tinglin smiled and asked Huang Shiren, "What do you think of the shopkeeper Huang?" ”
Huang Shiren shook his head and said, "Wang Baozheng is just doing business for the first time, I think they probably don't understand what we have to do at all." ”
Han Tinglin nodded and said, "That's the best, tell everyone that you must swallow all the soybeans, and you can't give them to the IKEA oil mill at all!" ”
Shopkeeper Sun asked, "Shopkeeper Han, what's the use of you buying soybeans like this?" Their IKEA mill is completely unaffected! All I see is that you're constantly losing money! ”