Chapter 185: To Each His Own
"The big waves wash the sand, the first to see the real gold, the three seniors in the case of everyone leaving, can still stay, just this face, the younger generations are also deeply honored, I don't know the three seniors here, what the so-called thing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Seeing Zheng Liang and the other three, Duan Jian nodded secretly in his heart and said with a smile on his face.
"Ambassador Duan said this, just to laugh at me and a few others, don't tell lies in front of the Ming people, since I and a few others stayed, they must be hoping to make a deal with Ambassador Duan, but I don't know if Ambassador Duan is willing to accept it." Zheng Liang said.
"I don't know how a few seniors want to do this business, the ugly words are ahead, the price of this grain has been set, one stone of grain for one stone of refined salt, if a few seniors want to raise the price, please forgive the juniors for not being able to do it." Duan Jian said in a firm tone.
Hearing Duan Jian's words, after Zheng Liang and the three of them glanced at each other, they couldn't help laughing, and after talking for a long time, Wei Chang opened his mouth and said, "Hahaha, the people of Chang'an City, they all say that Duan Jian is a 'poet saint', and he doesn't eat fireworks in the world, I didn't expect it to be such a philistine, if the scene at this time is seen by those who admire you, I'm afraid I don't know how they will feel." ā
"Hehehe, Ambassador Duan, don't worry, since I and a few others didn't leave with everyone, then I won't worry about the gains and losses of that copper smell with you, to be honest, I and other wealthy families, this bit of grace is still there, even if those grains don't need money, it doesn't hurt to give them to you for free." After Wei Chang, Du Zhong of the Du family couldn't help but say.
Wei Chang and Du Zhong's words, listening to Duan Jian's ears, made him a little puzzled, "A few seniors, even if it is not because of the price, I don't know why, there are other conditions that cannot be met." ā
"The condition is yes, but for you, Ambassador Duan, it's just a gesture, that is, we hope that after Chang'an City survives this food crisis, Ambassador Duan can tell the queen of heaven what we have done, I don't know if Ambassador Duan is willing to agree." Zheng Liang said.
Hearing this, Duan Jian did not agree immediately, but raised his eyes and kept looking at Zheng Liang and the three of them, not that Duan Jian was unwilling to agree, but that this condition was indeed too easy for Duan Jian, that is, after the matter was completed, when he reported, he casually told him, as for whether Wu Zetian listened to it or not, and what he thought after hearing it, it had nothing to do with him, and he did not need to bear any responsibility.
What really surprised Duan Jian was that what was the point of Zheng Rail and the three of them doing this, there is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no hate for no reason, and no one is willing to give the benefits to others easily, and there is only one reason why they can do this, that is, there are more huge benefits.
For the purpose of the entire three of them, Duan Jian saw it very clearly, they hoped that through this food delivery, they could connect with Wu Zetian, the queen of power in power, I have to say that for Zheng Rail and the three of them, Duan Jian still admires them very much, they can not be blinded by the little profit in front of them, and look to the future, at least in terms of realm, they are much stronger than Cui Zhige and others, no wonder after Wu Zhou, the five surnames and seven hopes are getting weaker and weaker, and some families such as Xiang Weidu and the Pei family will occupy an increasingly important position in the imperial court.
Understands is understood, but Duan Jian doesn't intend to puncture it, and even he is happy to promote this matter, firstly, he can get a large amount of grain stored in the hands of these three families, and secondly, he can also show favor to these three families, and close the relationship with these three families, killing two birds with one stone, why wouldn't he do it?
"Okay, the meaning of the three seniors, the younger generations understand, the three seniors and your family's loyalty to the court, the younger generations must truthfully tell the queen of heaven, I believe that for the three predecessors such a loyal person, the court and the queen of heaven will definitely praise it." Duan Jian nodded in response.
After the business was negotiated, a few people who were still a little unfamiliar instantly seemed to have become friends, and their titles changed from seniors and juniors to uncles and nephews, changing so fast that Wang Bingzhong next to him was also a little dumbfounded.
"It seems that I really underestimated these people, I originally thought that they were all short-sighted like Cui Zhige, but I didn't expect that there were still some smart people." After bidding farewell to Zheng Rail and the three of them and getting into the carriage, Wang Bingzhong couldn't help but complain to Duan Jian.
Hearing Wang Bingzhong's exclamation, Duan Jian chuckled and said, "Haha, there are talented people in the country, each leading the way for hundreds of years, even the once glorious Han Dynasty has only lasted for hundreds of years, some arrogant people who rely on the shadow of their ancestors are still trying to survive forever, so it's okay, to be able to separate the Zheng family and the Wei Du family from those wealthy families and pull them to our warship, it can be regarded as an unexpected gain, at least we get rid of the crisis of fighting alone, what will happen in the future, We also have people to bear with us. ā
After this meeting, Duan Jian was completely quiet, and every day he still let the owners and messengers beat gongs and drums to carry out the propaganda of exchanging grain everywhere in Chang'an City, but the harvest was still very little, and the imperial court, after the Wang family, the Zheng family, Wei Du and other families, handed over the grain in their hands to the imperial court, Wu Zetian was also a little easier, but after all, they were not specialized in the grain business, and the grain in their hands was still a drop in the bucket in the face of the consumption of the millions of people in the entire Chang'an City and hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border gates, and it was difficult to cope.
Fortunately, because of the existence of the imperial court's official warehouse, although the daily sale of grain is limited, but also slowly controlled the grain price of Chang'an City, from two hundred yuan to five hundred yuan, the price of grain will no longer increase, on the surface it seems that Chang'an City is temporarily stable, but everyone knows that this stability is very fragile, if there is no large amount of grain injection, the collapse of Chang'an City is only a matter of time.
In this way, as time got closer and closer, some officials above the court became more and more dissatisfied with Duan Jian, and there were more and more impeachments for his inaction or incompetence.
For these, Duan Jian didn't pay attention to them at all, he knew that this was the means used by Li Chuang, Cui Zhige and others, the purpose was to put pressure on the imperial court, so that the imperial court would have the same opinion as them, in this regard, Wu Zetian also asked Duan Jian's opinion, and he didn't know how Duan Jian persuaded Wu Zetian, since then, all the twists and turns of impeaching Duan Jian, Wu Zetian didn't even look at it, so he let the little yellow gate all be sealed.
For Duan Jian and Wu Zetian's abnormal approach, Li Chuang and Cui Zhige and other wealthy families are becoming more and more anxious, and if something goes wrong, it is a demon, although Li Chuang and others are greedy for profit, they are not stupid, they know that the imperial court will definitely not watch Chang'an City completely collapse, the imperial court or Duan Jian must still have a backhand, but they don't know anything about Duan Jian's backhand, and it is this fear of the unknown that is really difficult to resist.
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