Chapter 228: Cangzhou's Letter

The eldest grandson Chong laughed and said, "Xuanping Hou, you are really in the rich and noble, and you don't see the rich clouds." ”

"How?"

"Marquis Xuanping, there are a lot of rich people in this family, but there are really not many who can take out two thousand taels at home." The eldest grandson Chong explained: "Like our family, there are many people in the family, and the money in the family belongs to each house, and the father of the family cannot move the money from other houses for his own use. Besides, this money is only called money when it is spent, so what is the use of putting it at home? My family's money has become an account, and it has become a field and a house. It's true that there is not much cash......"

Xu Qing sighed in his heart, although this is the disadvantage of the Shi clan, it is also their advantage. This is the essence, usually don't look at the lack of action, but when it comes to the moment of crisis, you can be like a sponge, spit out all your own heritage. Xu Qing's family has a lot of industries, and most of them are profitable, and they have no idea of further expansion, so they have a lot of money.

Speaking of which, when Xu Qing was in Luonan, he had a plan to bloom everywhere, but the people in Luonan never asked Xu Qing what money he wanted. In fact, Xu Qing didn't know that Manide, Yang Wen and others had already begun to buy things belonging to Xu Qing in various places in the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Xin, who was in Luonan, also took advantage of the time to plant potatoes and began to lay out the outer disciples of the dark river. It's just that because Luonan's financial resources are still abundant, he didn't ask Xu Qing what liquidity he wanted.

Xu Qingfa was stunned, and then he said to the eldest grandson: "So that's the case, hehe, the official just likes to pile up the money in his hands, so he can get so much at once." ”

The eldest grandson smiled a few words and took his leave. Xu Qing took the title deed and pouted, this apology is really insincere, 2,000 acres of land sent me? No way! After Xu Qing learned the truth about Li Yuan, he did not let go of the captured dead soldiers, but continued to interrogate them and asked them what kind of army they belonged to.

In the end, it was found out that these people were indeed the Shence Army under King Qin, and they belonged to a special team that the eldest grandson Wuji had trained for a long time. The Shence Army was divided into three parts, one was the headquarters of the King of Qin, and the other two belonged to the imperial court in name, but they were held by the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chi Jingde.

Li Yuan promised at that time that as long as he found out which army it was, he would let Xu Qing select 7,000 people and expand his men to 10,000. But Xu Qing thought about it and thought about it, and he felt that it was not good, after all, it was difficult for other people's soldiers to hold it by themselves. So Li Yuan allowed Xu Qing to recruit 3,000 recruits, and another 4,000 to be selected. Xu Qing also knew that Li Yuan's move was really to reduce and reduce the forces under him before King Qin returned to the dynasty.

Originally, Xu Qing looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and apologized if he could get better, Xu Qing thought that he would just choose some ordinary soldiers and let him send them over himself. But now, I'm going to have to make a good selection myself, and all of them have to be 4,000 people.

With the title deed, Xu Qing found Huang Shimei and asked her to draw up a list, give each of the people who followed her 100 to 200 acres of land last time, and give some money to build a house and guard it around Shantianzhuang. The method that Changsun Chong said about the arch guard is really good, Xu Qing can not only reward people, but also allow the dark river to be distributed and stationed in the surrounding houses.

Huang Shimei and the women discussed the candidates, but at this time, the cow grazing pulled Xu Qing to the side.

"Lord, here is a letter from Cangzhou, it seems that there is an urgent matter."

Xu Qing was shocked, on the surface, he stepped down as the assassin of Cangzhou, that is, he waved his sleeves and did not take away a cloud, as if he had nothing to do with Cangzhou, but in fact, Xu Qing regarded Cangzhou as a bag. A bunch of students are working over there, guaranteeing that people will continue to die, and the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce can be regarded as Xu Qing's family's industry.

Because, the largest shareholder of the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce is Xu Qing and Huang Shimei's maiden family, the main manipulation is the Huang family, and the boss behind the scenes is Xu Qing. In addition, the pillar of belief in Cangzhou is not Buddha, nor Taoism, in addition to his own ancestors, there is only one big-bellied Lord Xu on the table. It can be said that at both the spiritual level and the material level, Xu Qing has a very good control over Cangzhou.

In order to avoid other people's irresponsible remarks, Xu Qing generally does not interact with Cangzhou, unless there is an emergency.

After opening the letter and quickly browsing it, Xu Qing's brows furrowed. I saw that Xinshan wrote about the seriousness of the locust plague, that is, Cangzhou and Xingzhou advocated the elimination of insects, but they still could not withstand the attack of waves of locusts, and the losses were very large. The local families took the opportunity to raise the price of grain and forced the people to sell their land.

In the Qin period, Zhao Lu signed the letter, saying that the governor of South Hebei Province was a person who had no opinions. Neither the world nor the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce was willing to offend, so both sides were deadlocked. For the sake of the people, Zhao Lu and Qin Shi pressed the grain price in Cangzhou and controlled the trade routes in Xingzhou, but it was still a drop in the bucket, far from enough.

The people were suffering, Zhao Lu and Qin Shi couldn't bear it, and wrote to ask Xu Qing if they wanted to let the clans enter the Chamber of Commerce in exchange for them to lower the price of grain.

Xu Qing's face sank, this summer grain still needs to be harvested at the end of May, and now it is only the end of March, and there are still two months to go, what should these hundreds of thousands of people eat? If the clan is allowed to enter the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce, then Xu Qing's chess in Cangzhou, which has been playing for several years, will collapse at this moment.

Hmph, what a family, okay, this is your own unhappiness.

Xu Qing thought about it and wrote to Cangzhou. First of all, Xu Qing told Zhao Lu and Qin Shi some of the experience of controlling the locust plague in Guanzhong, so that they could ensure that the summer grain harvest in their two states could be smoothly guaranteed. Secondly, he told Qin Shi and Zhao Lu that he could let the clan in, because the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce was originally the product of the combination of the clan and the businessmen in Cangzhou, and now adding new blood is also an opportunity to grow.

However, the family that came in could not be any of the five surnames and seven families, nor could they be their relatives. It can only be a relatively down-and-out small family, a small landlord who has a lot of food at home, but no money. There are also conditions for these people to be added, that is, they must form a caravan by themselves, more than five cars, create as many achievements as they can within one month of joining, and also abide by stricter rules of the Chamber of Commerce. After the probationary period, you can participate in monthly dividends and quarterly dividends normally.

If the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce wants to become bigger, it is far from enough to rely on its own people, and it must often absorb new blood. So Xu Qing set his sights on wanting to rise, but he had no ability, and he was a very large small family, a small landlord's family. They are richer than the average people, but they are not as difficult to control as the great clans. Joining the Chamber of Commerce, they already know the stakes and must be willing. They would sell the mountains of useless food that they had piled up at home, and use them to form caravans, and by the way, they would be used as the first goods.

The grain in the pocket of each small landlord is not much compared to the entire southern Hebei, but all the small landlords in southern Hebei combined, the grain is a little terrible.