Chapter 118: Shadows

Xiyang County Mansion, in the study Yuwen Wen is talking with Wang Yue, a few days ago he made a "cultural stage, economic singing", the reputation of his shop was launched, and at the same time attracted all kinds of wealthy businessmen to come to Wang Yue, Wang Shopkeeper to contact the purchase of the "White Turtle Offered" glass mirror.

The glass mirror worth 10,000 yuan outside is just a product that costs dozens of yuan for Yu Wenwen, and it is very cost-effective to use these treasures to solve the problem of state soldiers' debts, and at the same time give those loan sharks a step down, if the charity sale goes well, then the money to rectify the city's appearance will also be available.

"Shopkeeper Wang, my father has ordered Boss Zhang to strengthen the guards of the store, and you should be more careful when you go out. Yuwen Wen took a sip of tea and said, Wang Yue is now the big shopkeeper in charge of trading under him, and his personal safety should be the first priority, and in front of the people in his own house, he still calls himself 'Bengong'.

Liu Caiyun is pregnant, because it is not easy to come by, and at the same time, taking into account the worries of her husband Zhang Dingfa, so Yu Wenwen asked Liu Caiyun to take care of the servants in the house, no longer go outside to run around to manage business, and a new property on the street in Xiyang City let Wang Yue make a store and start trading, one of the important commodities is the glass mirror.

"Jungong, as of today, ten companies have registered to bid for this mirror, and as for the small mirrors, they are also interested in purchasing." Wang Yue reported to him the progress of the 'charity sale', which was the first big deal after he took over the burden, and even if he was already a veteran of the shopping mall, he was a little nervous.

The shop is quite large, there is a storefront in the front, a warehouse in the back, and a courtyard for entertaining merchants, and even a restaurant nearby where you can order wine and food, so that the shopkeeper can socialize without leaving home, and there is a mansion next to it, in which the outer courtyard can be used by the men and guards, and the inner courtyard is reserved for him and his wife to live as a home.

Wang Yue and his wife were at the end of their rope, but fortunately, they were rescued by the Xiyang County Duke of Zhou and entrusted with important tasks, but it was really a little restless to take over such a large amount of business all at once.

Yuwen Wen saw Wang Yue's tangled expression and asked him what he was worried about. Wang Yue thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "County Prince." As the saying goes, wealth is not exposed. Now everyone knows that there are glass mirrors for sale in the store in Fuli, and this is not Anlu and is on the Yangtze River, so you have to be careful. ”

Wang Yue is in charge of doing business under the Xiyang County Princess, and he has to remind the other party of safety matters, but some things he comes into contact with on weekdays make him feel a little abnormal, so he still has to remind the other party.

"Beware of nature, the shopkeeper seems to have something to say?"

"Exactly, since the county prince moved to this city, the price rise has been a little abnormal, and I think the head snake has begun to sit on the ground and raise the price."

At the beginning of this year, Yuwen Wen set a plan to renovate his mansion in Xiyang City, and then sent people from his home to the site as a supervisor. At the same time, they were given the task of keeping track of prices.

After moving here, Yu Wenwen ordered someone to transcribe a copy of the recorded prices for the past seven or eight months, and handed it to Wang Yue, who replaced Liu Caiyun in charge of trading, which originally meant that it was convenient for him to judge the market situation and do business, but Wang Yue found that someone maliciously raised the price.

Normally, Yu Wenwen took office and brought 3,000 people to Xiyang City, which has a population of about 30,000 and stationed, and the increase in demand for chicken, duck, fish and meat purchased every day will inevitably lead to a rise in prices, but there will be a degree of rise, but now the increase is obviously problematic.

Wang Yue began to speak with facts: the price of cattle, the price of cattle on weekdays has risen to 40 yuan, an increase of 30%, the price of a rooster on weekdays is a five, a hen is a four, and a chick is a four. But now it's up two cents.

Pigs that have been raised for two years used to sell for about 500 to 600 yuan, but now they are nearly 1,000 yuan, and the price of fish varies according to different types, but it is also more than 30% more expensive than usual.

"What if ordinary people buy it?" Yu Wenwen asked. He had also heard from the people in charge of purchasing in the army that it seemed to be more and more expensive to buy things in Xiyang City, and now he wondered if someone had specifically raised the price for his mansion or the new army.

"In the next distribution store, the guy hid his identity and went to buy it, and it was not much worse."

"What does the king's shopkeeper mean?"

"County lord, have you ever heard of a fishing tyrant, a meat bully, and a vegetable bully?"

Yu Wenwen heard what the other party said, and he understood in his heart: the vegetable seller saw that he was rich and wronged, and began to raise prices! This is a big or small problem, his new army trains a lot every day, so he has to have some meat, and if the price rises too much, the more people he has, the more expenses will increase.

But that's not the point, the point is what to do with the people in Xiyang City?

He can be said to be able to support a lot of money, but the people's income is low, the first thing that can't bear the price rise is the common people, and now the price of rice is normal, because it is the top priority, and there is a state treasury to support, but the inconspicuous price of non-staple food will still kill people.

"Who is doing that?"

"I sent someone to find out some news," Wang Yue said the names of several people, all of whom were local snakes in Xiyang City, although they didn't know who the owner was behind the scenes, but they couldn't get out of that range.

"Glamorous Spirit!" Yuwenwen snorted, Wang Yue saw that he was a little disapproving, so he explained that the surrounding people can't afford to provoke these local snakes with their own products to sell things in the city, if you want to sell it cheaply, you have to sell it at the price set by the vegetable tyrant, and you can't even enter the market without the permission of the vegetable tyrant.

Not only that, but if anyone dares to carry something directly to the inner square to sell or set up a stall along the street outside the market, it will be impossible to break the things and lose all their money, and those who will be beaten will have their hands and feet broken.

"They're probably looking for some scoundrels or even beggars to do it, so the government can't find them if something happens, right?" Yu Wenwen is no stranger to this kind of routine, even in later generations, there are often vegetable tyrants who monopolize the market, and the means used are those.

Wang Yue nodded yes, he saw that Yu Wenwen had the intention of cutting through the mess quickly and clearing these vegetable tyrants, and he sighed for a moment and persuaded him: "The county prince, you are bold, please think twice about cleaning up the market." ”

"Isn't the shopkeeper Wang afraid that the people behind the scenes will be too resentful and waiting for the opportunity to stab him?" Yuwenwen asked, and Wang Yue expressed his worries: Yuwenwen will take drastic measures to eliminate the accumulated evils when he takes office, which is a good thing, but those whose interests have been damaged may not be willing to give up.

He had been to many prefectures and counties in Chen Guo for many years, and had also heard of the newly appointed magistrates who had violated the interests of the local tyrants, resulting in the loss of office, dismissal, and even disrepute, as Yu Wenwen's subordinate, Wang Yue felt that he had to fulfill his obligation to remind him even if he was rude.

"As the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge and hidden arrows are difficult to defend, the county government rectifies state affairs, they can't bear it, and when something happens, the county government has no time to take care of him, maybe it's time for the other party to take action." Wang Yue's face was solemn, "Don't push too hard." ”

"That's right, this guild will find a way to deal with it." Yu Wenwen nodded, he looked at the shadows of the trees outside the window and said, "As the saying goes, the stronger the sun, the darker the shadow" (To be continued.) )