The prince, naturally, disdained to go to a meal with an ordinary businessman. Qiu Yijiang didn't mean to be drunk, and begged to come to Fengju to set a table, Li Yu and they just smiled and didn't agree.

After returning home, for three days in a row, Qiu Yijiang sent people to the princes' mansions to say all the good things, begging the princes to sign the contract as soon as possible, even if the price was increased by two percent.

On the seventh day, Li Yu and the others barely found Qiu Yijiang and signed the cloth supply contract. The price is still the old rule, half of the market price, so happy that Qiu Yijiang can't go sideways.

"Hahaha, jade furnace incense, red wax tears, biased to the painting hall Qiusi. The eyebrows are thin, the temples are cloudy, and the night is long and cold.

Sycamore trees, three more rain, not to leave the love is bitter. A leaf, a sound, the empty steps drip to the ...... of the Ming Dynasty"

Qiu Yijiang sang a folk song beautifully at home, which was more than a big business, and the other party was still a prince.

Who is the prince, backer! With the prince as a backer, can't the business of coming to Buzhuang prosper all over the world?

With a month's advance payment, more than 2,000 counter tickets for Kaiyuan Cabinet were sent over. With a counter ticket, you can go to the Kaiyuan counter to exchange for silver at any time.

Finally, under the monetary reform, the portability of silver finally became widespread. This made the economy of the feudal towns even worse, and some feudal towns had serious financial deficits, so they had to double the exploitation of the common people, so many feudal towns were already struggling with their livelihoods, and there were complaints everywhere, and it was only a matter of time before they perished.

"Lao Qiu, Lao Qiu!"

"Is Lao Qiu at home?"

Soon, the original suppliers got the news and hurriedly rushed to Qiu's mansion to discuss with Qiu Yijiang.

When these suppliers saw that Qiu Yijiang was at home, they hurriedly rushed up and questioned him.

"Boss Qiu, what do you mean by that. We're all old friends, how can you say that the supply will be stopped this month. You don't receive the goods here, I have a lot of goods, who will I sell them to? ”

"It's like, we're all perennial customers, you can't do that."

"Boss Qiu, my inventory is overwhelmed. You have to figure out how to cancel it. ”

Qiu Yijiang took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Boss Tie, Boss Wu, Brother Bian, it's not that I refuse to help with this." When you said that in the past, when you were out of stock, you hoarded Juqi and raised the price of cloth, but I didn't say anything. Now a supplier has approached me, and the price is half that of yours, and the material is good. I'm a businessman, I'm mercenary, and I can't just let go of the money I have and not make money. ”

"Impossible, half price? Won't he pay for his death, half-price cloth, what does he rely on to make money, and the capital is not enough. ”

"That's it, Boss Qiu, if you want to lower the price, just say it, no, let's lower the original price by one and a half, and we really can't get any more discounts."

"Yes, we have too many goods now, and if we don't make a move, I won't be able to turn around."

Several suppliers complained here, and no matter how Qiu Yijiang explained, they just refused to believe it. Supplied at half price, and one can supply the goods from more than a dozen branches of Hebu Zhuang to him, how can anyone have such a big power.

Forced to be helpless, Qiu Yijiang had no choice but to take out the contract: "You see, this is the contract I just signed with someone." Half of the market price, Tong Su is not bullied. ”

A few suppliers took a look at it, and they were taken aback, who is this person, is it crazy, isn't this a loss-making deal?

Qiu Yijiang put down the teacup: "Let's tell you the truth, people have built more than a dozen water-powered spinning wheels, which do not rely on manual labor and are completely water-powered spinning." A machine uses more than 100 catties of hemp day and night, such a price, I think you and others will not be able to earn it in the future. ”

Damn, and this kind of operation, these suppliers are immediately angry.

"This, isn't this a way to cut off people's lives?"

"That is, my cousin can be an official in Beijing, this person is so low-priced, aren't you afraid of offending people!" Someone saw that the price couldn't be compared, so they threatened.

Qiu Yijiang couldn't help but smile: "Old Wu, your cousin is an official in the capital, how many products?"

The surname Wu gave a thumbs up: "Zheng Sipin." In fact, his cousin was just a doctor from a five-rank petty official, and in order to put gold on his face, he deliberately said that he was a four-grade doctor.

Qiu Yijiang sneered: "Do you know who signed the contract with me?"

Several suppliers shook their heads, and Qiu Yijiang said, "See for yourself."

When everyone saw the signature on the contract, they were so frightened that they retreated, and the man holding the contract handed it back tremblingly.

Qiu Yijiang took the contract and put it in his arms: "You can see clearly, these are all today's princes." The prince's business, who of you dares to say anything. If you want me to say, let's disperse, you guys, go back and think about how to lower the price and improve the quality, this is the way of business. ”

When several people heard this, they all hung their heads. This is the prince, the emperor's relatives, not to mention that the price of others is lower than yours, even if the price of others is higher than yours, you dare not compete with other princes.

When these guys were in short supply, they wantonly raised prices, making the cloth market in Luoyang City rise. Now that they have been suppressed by Li Yu's water-powered spinning wheel, they have smashed the goods in their hands, which can be regarded as retribution.

The people of Luoyang City went crazy, and Han E planted a hundred dumps of sweet potato seedlings in one go. Who doesn't know that this sweet potato is an anti-heaven crop, two hundred dumps, enough to be planted in all states and counties within the entire imperial court's sphere of influence.

Last year, only a small part of the sweet potatoes were used as military rations, and some displaced people were also helped, and most of them were kept as seeds for the coming year.

The humidity and temperature of the cellar are well controlled, and most of the sweet potatoes are well preserved, so all of them are used for growing grain this year.

Fortunately, this sweet potato seedling is easy to preserve, even if it is the sweet potato seedling you cut, tie it into a bundle with straw. Cover it with a straw mat, then spray it with water to maintain a certain humidity, and it will be fine for ten days and a half months.

At the beginning of spring, the imperial court also allocated a lot of sweet potatoes to various states and counties. When it warms up, let the states and counties plant their own seedlings for promotion.

Sweet potato seedlings were provided by the imperial court, and they were provided to the people for planting free of charge without charge.

For a time, Luoyang City, Xiangzhou, Bianzhou, Ruzhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Shaanzhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Jiangling, Fuzhou, Tanzhou, ......, most of the states and counties in the imperial court's sphere of influence were all planted with sweet potatoes.

The people are in full swing, and they all take out the strength to grow sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes need ridges and ditches, and the people with cattle use cattle to plow the land, and the ridges are deep and thick, so that the yield of sweet potatoes will be large.

Moreover, sweet potatoes do not pick the ground, dry land, fertile land, sandy land, it can grow well.

The people who did not have oxen pulled the plough by manpower, and when it was the autumn harvest season. The yield of sweet potatoes alone is enough to feed the population of the entire Tang people.

The feudal towns couldn't sit still, and Yang Xingmi sent people to Beijing several times, asking the Son of Heaven to reward some sweet potato seedlings to the people of Jianghuai.

They are all the people of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jiyun agreed. Because Yang Xingmi was the first feudal town to agree to trade with the imperial court, this allowed Jianghuai's rice and grain to be transported to the capital in a steady stream.

came and did not be rude, and the court promised to transport some sweet potato seedlings to Yang Xingmi.

Zhao Kuangning, the king of Chu, saw that Yang Xingmi had brought sweet potato seedlings, and hurriedly followed the book to beg.

Zhao Kuangning was biased towards the imperial court, and he was very close to the imperial court from the beginning. Including when Zhu Wen was in power, he never stopped paying tribute to the imperial court, and Li Ji issued an order and allocated a lot to the king of Chu.

Zhao Kuangning saw it better than anyone else that it was a matter of time before the imperial court cut the feudal domain. The vassal kings of various places held their power tightly, and none of the vassal kings were willing to give up their power.

Wang Jian, the king of Xichuan Shu, even wanted to start a war with the imperial court, but now he is being beaten all over the ground looking for teeth. The imperial army sang all the way, and it was a matter of time before Xichuan was taken.

Therefore, when Li Ji ordered Zhao Kuangning's subordinates to allocate sweet potato seedlings, Zhao Kuangning sent another letter to the capital.

It is written on the song, I, Zhao Kuangning, am old and Demai, and I am willing to hand over the military power. and promised the imperial court to send troops to Chu Di, he only begged Li Ji to settle his subordinates and give him a place to retire.

This made Li Ji very moved, this was the first vassal king to take the initiative to ask for the reduction of the feudal domain.

However, Li Ji still rejected Zhao Kuangning's request, very simply, in order to appease the other vassal kings. It made the other vassal kings feel that the imperial court had no intention of cutting the feudal domain for the time being.

Li Ji personally issued an edict, saying that Zhao Kuangning would continue to serve as the king of Chu and occupy the land of Chu. The imperial court will not send troops into Chu, it only requires you to keep to yourself.

Sure enough, the vassal kings of all parts of the country were greatly relieved when they heard this holy decree, they thought that the imperial court attacked Wang Jian because Wang Jian rebelled, and it seemed that the emperor had no intention of cutting the feudal domain for the time being.

Zhao Kuangning saw it like a mirror, and he immediately went to the book, saying that he could act as the king of Chu. It's just that if the imperial court wants to take back the military power at any time, whatever you Li Ji says, he will definitely do it. This time, Li Ji did not reply, which was a compliment.

Li Keyong didn't ask for it, probably he also knew that even if he wrote to ask for sweet potato seedlings, the court would not agree.

And Wei Bojiedu made Luo Shaowei simply send troops to rob him. However, it was not himself who grabbed the sweet potato seedlings, but Zhu Youwen.

Since the last time Luo Shaowei joined forces with Zhu Youwen to attack the imperial court, he has formed a bond with the imperial court.

What's worse is that Zhu Youwen, who was defeated in Maicheng, actually fled to Luo Shaowei's territory with 200 remnants.

The phoenix that fell on the shelf was not as good as a chicken, and Zhu Youwen did not get any courtesy from Luo Shaowei. But he could only endure it, where else could he go except for Luo Shaowei to take him in.

"General Luo, the spies said that the capital has brought sweet potato seedlings with a yield of hundreds of thousands of stones per mu. I heard that the imperial court has planted it, and I heard that there are also a lot of them shipped from Puzhou, so it is better for us to grab a handful and plant this kind of thing on our territory, so that the problem of military rations can be solved. "Zhu Youwen has always been treated coldly by Luo Shaowei, so he wants to come and pat himself on the back.

Luo Shaowei's address to him from the beginning has changed from Zhu Zhizhi to the current Zhu Youwen or Xiao Zhu, and Luo Shaowei's tone is cold, like a shouting subordinate: "Zhu Youwen, the imperial court is not so easy to mess with now." You eat and drink from me here with this general, you can't help but do something. ”

Zhu Youwen laughed with him, nodding like a dog: "Yes, yes, General Luo is right." In the next acknowledgment of General Luo's acceptance, this has always been deserved, deserved. ”

Luo Shaowei snorted: "It's good that you know, in this case, the matter of grabbing grain will be handed over to you."

"This ......" Zhu Youwen's face was embarrassed, he only had two hundred remnants in his hands.

"How?" Luo Shaowei put his hands behind his back and deliberately put on a lofty posture.

Zhu Youwen's head hung lower: "Yes, yes, General Luo is very right." It's just that the villain only has two hundred remnants in his hands, and this manpower is really not enough, this ......"

"You want food?" Luo Shaowei interrupted him, and then said impatiently: "General Ben will allocate 500 soldiers to you, you take someone to Puzhou, and go and grab the sweet potato seedlings distributed to Puzhou by the imperial court."

Zhu Youwen saluted respectfully: "General Luo rest assured, he will live up to his mission."

"Well," Luo Shaowei's face looked a little better, but he then said, "Zhu Youneng, you remember." This is the General's territory, not ours. You just came to me to take refuge, and General Ben looks at you pitifully for you. ”

Zhu Youneng lowered his head and smiled with him: "I understand in the next, General Luo is very kind and virtuous, and it is unforgettable."

Luo Shaowei sneered, flicked his sleeves and walked away, and deliberately said disdainfully: "Hmph, the lost dog."

Looking at Luo Shaowei's back, Zhu Youwen clenched his fists.

"Envoy, let's just put up with it. Why don't we leave here with the 500 soldiers given by Luo Shaowei, lay a piece of our own world, and save ourselves from suffering this nest here! His subordinate Zhou Piwen couldn't help but say angrily.

Zhu Youwen's eyes were full of murderous energy: "Where else can we go?" People have to bow their heads under the eaves, let's send people under the fence, we can only endure this breath first, and we'll see! ”

Luo Shaowei only gave Zhu Youwen 500 foot soldiers, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled. This is really called Hanako, but Zhu Youwen didn't say anything, he still set off with people.

"Pivin, is the news reliable?" On the way to Puzhou, Zhu Youwen asked.

Zhou Piwen was a diehard loyalist of Zhu Youwen, and he immediately stepped forward and said: "Reliable, this should be the last batch of sweet potato seedlings sent by the imperial court to Puzhou." It is said that the imperial court now has a lot of seedlings, and it is impossible to plant for a while, and the book in the history of Puzhou Thorn says that there is still a large piece of idle land at the southern foot of Qingyang Mountain, and the imperial court sent people to send sweet potato seedlings. This will inevitably go to Qingfeng Gorge if we go to Qingyang Mountain, where we will set up an ambush, and we will definitely take this batch of sweet potato seedlings. ”

As expected, Aomine Gorge is a perfect place for ambushes. Moreover, the grain transportation team of the imperial court was all people, and there were only a few officers and soldiers.

It's sweet potato seedlings, not food, and no bandits are enough to eat enough to rob this thing. So these people pushed the carts one by one through Qingfeng Gorge and headed towards Qingyang Mountain.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and a group of men and horses rushed towards them with a roar.

As soon as the dozen officers and soldiers in the lead saw that something was wrong, they threw down the seedlings and ran away, and Zhu Youwen easily captured this batch of sweet potato seedlings.

There were not many sweet potato seedlings in a dozen cars, and thousands of acres were planted, and the army was victorious, and they went to Luo Shaowei's territory in a mighty way.