Chapter 479: Heaven and Earth

The mountains are dyed, the roads are many ruts, and the flags recruit people. The sun goes and the moon shines. The horses neighed and the bow passed through the mud, the wind was peaceful, and the rain was falling.

In the spring ploughing season, people who want more rain suddenly find that the rainy season has a tendency to be extended, which adds a little worry.

After Li Longji gave the order, the disaster relief department temporarily formed was quickly put into operation, sending a telegram to the state capitals, asking them to check the regular liquidation, if there was any shortage, report it in a timely manner, if not, be strict and severe, and send a requisition order to the two Zhang and Wang businesses in various places, and if they needed material supplies, the Zhang and Wang families had to take out something.

They knew that Chang Ping was empty, and the trading of Zhang Wang's family would definitely be prepared, if it weren't for Zhang Xiaobao's busy with other things, and he didn't want to follow the disaster of Datang all day long, he would have already distributed the materials in the disaster area.

Many people speculated that Zhang Xiaobao did not take action this spring because he was afraid that he would take the lead in every disaster relief, and in the end, the people only remembered Zhang and Wang's families, but did not know the court's kindness, so they were indifferent, and they thought that they were not comfortable in their hearts.

Henan Province has not suffered much disaster today, and this section of the Yellow River has been deliberately strengthened to cross the river embankment due to the repair of bridges, and it has not been washed away.

On the embankment, there are now countless vehicles coming and going, the muddy road is full of ruts, occasionally trapped, people pushing and dragging horses are not lively, the wind blows, hulala, and the flags sound non-stop.

"Mother, you walk slowly, the road is slippery, the road is broken, it will be difficult to walk in the rain, you should build a three-foot-wide cement sidewalk, wait for the child to write a letter at night, and send it to the Ministry of Industry in the capital tomorrow to the school, let Zhang Shangshu see if he can find someone to pay for it."

On the road, a boy of fourteen or five years old walked with difficulty with a woman, and his calf pants were covered with mud, and he talked to the woman as he walked.

The woman's brows furrowed slightly, and she persuaded, "How can you manage the major affairs of road construction?" Even if you write a letter, you must first send it to Luoyangfu, the eastern capital. ”

"Zhang Shangshu is not in Luoyang, the child can't expect the officials in Luoyang to do their best, how can the child not take care of big things? The child took the exam last year, and he should contribute to Datang, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of businessmen's money? The purpose of Operation Sunrise is not to cultivate waste materials. ”

The boy made excuses for himself so that his mother would agree.

Seeing her son's stubbornness, the woman sighed and said, "The result of the Chaoyang Action is that more and more people are raised, and you can't get a good ranking in the imperial examination, and your status as a person will not be worth much in the future." ”

"Learning, not only for the admission to the Spring Festival, but to increase knowledge, know the reason, understand the righteousness, the child has learned chemistry in the school, and the soap made by himself is not also very useful? Looking at the inner courtyard of Zhang Wang's two families, it is still the identity of the subordinate, compared to learning, the child thinks that he is not as good.

Mother, why did you come to the child's side again, there are many vehicles coming and going, the horse is tired and crazy, be careful of losing your temper and kicking people, you go to the other side, the child is sensitive, even if you encounter a crazy horse, you can dodge. ”

As the boy spoke, he pulled his mother back.

The woman had no choice but to listen to her son, she actually went over deliberately, in case of danger, she could help her son block it.

"Mother, let's go to the grass, I heard other students in the school say, now we are fighting in Henan Province, called war without swords and arrows, the Japanese wind logistics want to find trouble, my businessmen in the Tang Dynasty can't see it, and send people here to deal with it.

Mother, you see, the banner of splendid groceries, mother, don't look at them as just businessmen, but their ability is not small, I heard that the businessmen who came over this time are all in the top 100 of the top list of Monopoly, and they are famous in various places, and they can affect the ups and downs of local prices. ”

The boy saw a convoy of cars passing by, pointing to the flag and introducing his mother.

"Do you really have such a great ability, isn't it messy? I didn't see any majesty in them, we still have two in Luoyang, and the mother of rice noodles thinks it's still like that. The woman did not care much about such things in her daily life, she knew little, and she listened to her son's evil words, and there was much disbelief in her words.

The young man walked to the tree next to him, broke a willow branch, and pulled it in front of him, fearing that a grass snake would suddenly jump out and bite someone, so he said to his mother with a smile:

"Mother, you don't know, it's not that they can't do it, but they don't dare, the people on the top list are powerful, but there is an even more powerful one, beyond the list, Zhang Xiaobao, the son of Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is close to the child's age, and the businessmen on the list dare to impact the local economy, Zhang Xiaobao can make him bankrupt, but unfortunately he has never seen it."

"Xiaobao? Xiao Bao Niang knows, my mother has seen it, and his daughter-in-law Juan Juan, who has not passed the door, is called a water spirit, a pair of big eyes can speak, at first glance it is the appearance of Wangfu, soft temperament, virtuous and generous, but happy. "At last the woman knows.

"Huh? Have you seen it? What does it look like? "The boy is interested.

"It's not as good-looking as my son, it's almost in comparison, my son is the best-looking in Datang, even if you can't pass the Jinshi exam in the future, you can find a daughter-in-law like Juan Juan, and your mother will be content." The son was the best in the woman's eyes.

The young man nodded helplessly, "The child also thinks that his mother is the best mother in the world, but your requirements for your daughter-in-law are also ...... It really makes the child embarrassed, and the child doesn't think she is supple and happy. ”

"Why don't you be docile and virtuous? Look at everyone laughing, steady, my mother likes it. "The woman wanted to set the standard for her daughter-in-law.

The young man shuddered, "Mother, she is also steady when she rides a horse and runs outside, killing people and killing corpses like a mountain, and when the blood flows like a river, she also blinks her cute big eyes and laughs, people say, I would rather hear the king of Hades crying, don't see the devil laughing, even if the child can find such a one, he will not dare to marry, and he can be scared to death by having nightmares at night, only people who laugh and talk about destroying the country like Zhang Xiaobao have the ability to suppress it."

Ah, mother, the child suddenly remembered an important thing, recently our family doesn't eat garlic, my Datang businessman is fighting with the wind flow on garlic, on the one hand to raise the price, on the other hand worried about the ordinary people are not happy, we have to help, let them rest assured. ”

"My mother knows, I have been eating green onions at home recently, and I dare to fight with my Datang in that broken place, so that he knows that it is amazing." The woman deliberately straightened up and said disdainfully, showing the arrogance that a Tang person should have.

Not only the woman thought so, but other people who knew the situation also supported it, isn't it just that they haven't eaten garlic for two months, and now that their lives are better, they eat the same as others.

As a result, the merchants involved in the sniping found that things became clearer and easier to operate, and the price of garlic adjusted up and down according to the actions of the wind logistics, so that Shoji Kazahashi could not take advantage of it in the slightest.

Shoji Kazahashi couldn't sleep well for a few days, his eyes were red, his skin was wrinkled, and he was as haggard as a dogtail grass under the rain, but not as tough as a dogtail grass.

The high price of 50,000 garlic purchases, but only affected the price of garlic in local areas, did not drive up a wide range of price increases, want to sell garlic, and can not sell, the people of the whole Henan Province are very tacit understanding not to eat garlic, this point even Zhang Xiaobao did not expect, want to sell far away, transportation is a problem.

The mountains of garlic that are piled up are not stored and stored, and they are damp, moldy, deflated, and even rotten directly at the bottom of the rain, and they lose a lot every day that passes.

"Hahahaha......." A flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and Shoji Kazahashi, who was standing at the window, suddenly laughed outside, scaring Yamamoto and Yamadera into trembling, thinking that Shoji Kazahashi was crazy and was about to take some measures, but Shoji Kazahashi stopped laughing.

"Wow, I'm Masaji Fengqiao to Datang, and I actually made dozens of people from the top rankings in Datang attack me at the same time, although I am defeated You Rong, who can? Who in the world can attract so many people at the same time like me? Even if I lose, they will make me famous. ”

Yamamoto and Yamaji nodded slightly, indeed, there have never been dozens of top ranking people in Datang who have made a move against one person.

Yamamoto was going to echo the two sentences, but after thinking about it carefully, it wasn't like that at all, even if dozens of businessmen didn't unite, just take out one person, with the family's property, the money in Fengqiaojun's hands was only a fraction of the family, the reason for this was to reflect the unity of the Tang Dynasty businessmen, and it felt like doing it to Zhang Xiaobao.

After hesitating for a moment, Yamamoto held back the thought of saying it, it was better not to block Kazehashi-kun.

Kazehashi Shoji's face was flushed, excited, and he continued: "I have a way, I will collect green onions and ginger again, and I still have a lot of money in my hand, I don't believe that the Tang people don't eat anything, I keep them busy." ”

"Fengqiao-kun, I can't help it, I can't help it, what kind of chaos can the Tang Dynasty become? You collect it in person, it is estimated that at the beginning, immediately where we can receive green onion and ginger, the price of the two will rise immediately, several times, or even more than ten times, dozens of times, increasing our acquisition costs. ”

Yamamoto felt that Kazehashi-kun was really crazy, the sulfur and silver he brought with him when he came was worth a million guan, and now he immediately withdrew, and there were less than 400,000 guan left, and then he went to collect green onions and ginger, and he might have nothing left later, and he came here to make money, not to be angry.

Shoji Kazehashi shook his head, "The price has risen, so they won't eat it?" I want to see what else Zhang Xiaobao can do to discredit him and break his myth. ”

"Yamamoto-kun, Kazehashi-kun, Yamaji-kun, all supermarkets in Henan Province have issued notices." When Shoji Kazahashi made up his mind, a Japanese man ran in from outside and shouted loudly to the three of them.

"'That drowning'? Supermarket land, what is the notice. Shoji Kazahashi couldn't even speak, and a native phrase popped up, which means 'what'.

"It's a matter of green onion and ginger, the supermarket notice says, starting tomorrow, all supermarkets in Henan Province will supply green onion and ginger at a limited price, and ten days later, garlic will be supplied at a low price.

The Japanese who came in said that he meant that the price of garlic would drop in five days, but he didn't know that Shoji Kazahashi had just decided to beat the green onion and ginger.

Yamamoto listened and whispered to Yamaji, "Is it over?" The supermarket is the rise of the Zhang family, and there are many supermarket chains around it, and there are many businessmen who cooperate with them, without waiting for Fengqiaojun to do it, Zhang Xiaobao has blocked the road, and the time card is really accurate, but I wonder, where does the garlic come from in ten days? Tune from somewhere else? Would you rather lose money than sell? ”

"I don't think so, how can Zhang Xiaobao do the same as other Datang businessmen? That's not Zhang Xiaobao, look at it, there are many things, do you remember Zhang Xiaobao's strategy? ”

"Remember, if you plan to be connected, you should have stopped it earlier, the batch of garlic that came to impact our margin in Huainan Road came over, stop it immediately, maybe the loss will be small, Fengqiaojun doesn't believe in that evil, hey~"

Yamamoto didn't dare to continue thinking about it, there was a psychological shadow, waved his hand, let the Japanese who came to report leave, turned his head to look at the stupid local Kazahashi Shoji, and sighed.

It took a full quarter of an hour for Shoji Kazahashi to recover from the blow, "What should I do?" What to do? ”

"Fengqiao-kun, the remaining money in your hand quickly go to Datang Qianzhuang to get the silver back, remove the interest to Qianzhuang, there should be 350,000 pieces of silver, and the garlic that has accumulated in your hand should be sold quickly, in order to make a comeback."

When Yamamoto came up with the idea, he wanted to cry without tears, in less than two months, one million guan of goods, there were more than 400,000 guan left, plus the sulfur that was not mortgaged, two months, 500,000 kan, what kind of business can be compensated like this?

Next, there is the cost of storing the goods, because it is not Datang's own, and other countries need to designate the storage location and purpose before it is shipped to Datang, and now it has been exposed, and it is necessary to make up a tariff, because when it came in, it went with the tribute of the Japanese tribute, and the offerings have not been sent to the capital, so the purpose of other things is unknown.

Thinking about it, Zhang Xiaobao will solve this loophole in tribute, and I just hope that there will be no additional punishment.

Shoji Kazahashi couldn't think of any other way, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, Yamamoto-kun and Yamadera-kun help me." ”

The three of them carried the loan contract signed with Datang Money Village and the remaining banknotes, and went out to Datang Money Bank in the center of Luoyang.

As soon as he arrived at the place, he didn't wait to speak when he entered the door, and a person approached first, and said to the three of them with a smile: "But Kazehashi-kun, Yamamoto-kun, and Yamadera-kun?" ”

"You are?" Yamamoto wondered.

"I am the external deacon of the inner courtyard of Zhangjia Zhuangzi in Sanshui County, Xu Si, this should be Yamamoto Jun, when I received the news, the little boy once said, the flow of the wind will not be lost at one time, but Yamamoto Jun Shan Temple Jun, Japan is a great country, Datang is also a great country, the people of Datang are kind and wise, and the people of Japan are kind and wise.

Yamamoto-kun and Yamaji-kun have suffered losses, the little boy believes that the two can change their mistakes, and will persuade Kazehashi-kun to come over to repay the loan, and said that Yamamoto-kun is happy and righteous, and has many words, Yamaji-kun is always steady, so, Kazehashi-kun has a short time when he first came, and he will not respond, and the first person to speak must be Yamamoto-kun, I don't know if it's right? ”

This person, who identified himself as Xu Si, first said two diplomatic words, and then named Yamamoto's identity and told the reason.

In an instant, the clothes behind the three of Yamamoto were wet with sweat, and Shoji Kazahashi was the most intense, not only sweating a lot, but also turning pale.

He finally saw how powerful Zhang Xiaobao was, he knew that Zhang Xiaobao was staying in his hometown in Sanshui County, so far away, the telegram came, not only blocking his other thoughts, but also letting the inner courtyard wait in Qianzhuang, and at the beginning of the meeting, he knew who spoke first.

On his side, he only knows that Zhang Xiaobao's economic skills are not small, but Zhang Xiaobao has already analyzed the personalities of the three of them, is he really impeccable?

Yamamoto is still normal, used to it, and admitted: "Yes, I'm Yamamoto, I don't know when Xu Jun is waiting?" ”

"If I say to help you, you must think I'm hypocritical, I'll tell you the truth, the little boy is ready to teach a lesson to the businessman who knows that you are raising the price of garlic, but still buys garlic at a high price and lets you consign it, wants to take over your wind logistics, and bid 10,000 yuan.

It is an exchange, the conditions of the exchange, do not pursue the goods that you buy and sell in the name of tribute, but you must make up the taxes, 100% of the silver is levied, and sulfur is exempt from duty, because I need sulfur in Datang, the little boy said, the last chance, agree or not? ”

Xu Si didn't say polite words, and told the meaning of the three little sons of Yamamoto very bluntly.

"Promise." Yamamoto and Yamaji spoke at the same time, and they didn't seem to think about it, which was a pleasure.

Shoji Kazahashi was still thinking about what Xu Si said in his words, and wanted to estimate the gains and losses, seeing that the two had agreed, he wondered, could it be that the two of them had finished analyzing the gains and losses?

"Fengqiaojun, since Zhang Xiaobao sent someone to say it, he must not be deliberately mocking and bullying us, he disdains to do that, and the conditions proposed must be the best for us at present, and the consequences of not agreeing are unimaginable."

Yamamoto explained to Shoji Kazahashi, why he and Yamaji agreed happily, because of this.

Fengqiao Zhengji lost the arrogance of wanting to be on an equal footing with Zhang Xiaobao at the beginning, he found that he was too much different, it was not a level at all, no wonder Zhang Xiaobao decided one by one, Datang businessmen, even if they were famous on the top rankings, they had to take the initiative to express their attitude, in terms of economy, it was a god-like existence.

As Buddhism says, its ancestors, one finger to the sky, the other to the earth, heaven and the world, only me.

"I don't know...... I don't know how Zhang Xiaobao is going to teach them? Shoji Kazehashi's voice was all trilling when he spoke, and he wanted to know what Zhang Xiaobao would do when he received the flow of the wind, he really couldn't think of it.

"If Kazehashi-kun is not in a hurry to return to China, we will know later, let's sign the contract." Xu Si said with a smile.

Kazehashi Shoji Muran nodded, "Okay, okay, there's one more thing, where did the garlic come from in the Henan Road supermarket ten days later?" ”

"Silla came, after the little boy knew what you were doing, he immediately contacted the people at the border of Silla and exchanged an important technical formula for a large amount of Silla garlic, which has been transported to Henan Province at the fastest speed during this time, and can be fully distributed after eight days, and can be purchased on the tenth day with one day for deployment and shelves."

Xu Si didn't hide it, but he didn't say what kind of technical formula, which made the three of Yamamoto itch in their hearts.

Kazahashi Shoji wanted to wait for the future to investigate, so he returned the money first, estimated it, and Datang was willing to pay more money to buy sulfur, and after paying 100% tariffs on silver, he had almost no money left.

"Xu Jun, the other businessmen who came over didn't make up for it?" Shoji Kazahashi asked about one more thing, he didn't believe that Zhang Xiaobao didn't care.

"Naturally not, otherwise who will help in the future?" Xu Si said with a mysterious smile.