Chapter 249: Jiannan's grain prices are stale

The three old men all agreed, and Zhang Zhong put his mind at ease.

After the businessmen understood the whole plan, they immediately knew the means of the Zhang family, some people really didn't want to help the Zhang family succeed, but they had to pay money, don't look at the road now, but the road is not good, and the transportation is difficult.

After the Zhang family finished repairing the road, there were corresponding measures, which made people have to be tempted, not to mention that there were many rich people in Jiannan Road, and they didn't pay for it, once others made up enough money, there would be no chance to cooperate with the Zhang family in the future, they could not get new technology, they could not seek benefits from the goods shipped by the Zhang family from elsewhere, and they could not form a caravan to go out of the customs with the Zhang family to do business with Tubo.

One by one, they said that they would go back and discuss it again, and they left with a copy of the plan, Zhang Zhong had nothing to do for a while, thought about it, and called the three Mi Fan who had just arrived.

After the three of Mi Fan came to Yizhou, they were not idle, they had never been here, they were curious about everything, especially the cold and plum, they felt interesting to see everything, they couldn't sleep for long a night, they ran around, looked at the scenery of the snow-capped mountains, and then looked at the trees here.

There is also Xiaobei and a group of little guys, which also fascinates her, and she has to join in to play together, she is not a member of the Zhang family, and there is a lot less *** for her.

In addition, when she was in a hurry, she occasionally heard from Mi Fan and Han Whirlwind about all kinds of things that the Zhang family did, so curious that she began to pester the people in the inner courtyard of Zhang Wang's two families to ask.

Today, Zhang Zhong looked for the three of them, and the three of them simply cleaned up and went to the study where Zhang Zhong was.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhang Zhong said to Mi Fan: "Mi Fan, you can go and do the things that you have arranged for you this time, remember, if you find that you are uncomfortable, hurry up and think of a way, if you can't think of a way, come back immediately, even if the plan fails, it doesn't matter." ”

Mi Fan has been doing things for the Zhang family wholeheartedly since he was cleaned up by the Zhang family, he admitted that the Zhang family's ability is much stronger than the ship he was in before, and when he saw Zhang Zhong's warning, he immediately replied: "Master, I know, I must do things well, and if there is danger, I will bypass it and find me here, it is because of my special ability." ”

Zhang Zhong nodded, and looked at Han Whirlwind again, Han Whirlwind's father is now also relying on the Zhang family to do good things, the official position has been promoted, and he is not as tired as before, and the Zhang family should take care of all auxiliary matters.

Therefore, Han Whirlwind was also very respectful to Zhang Zhong, and stood forward a little bit and waited for Zhang Zhong's orders.

"What about you, your ability is not small, I heard people, you can speak the language of several countries, and the Tibetan dialect is also good, when you enter Tubo, don't show your feet, from Yizhou, to the customs in the past few days, someone will specially arrange for Tubo people to talk to you every day, try to be familiar with the local dialect."

Zhang Zhong also admonished Han Whirlwind, and finally set his eyes on Jiumei Leng's body, Jiumei Leng is not under the jurisdiction of the Zhang family, but at this time she is also uneasy, one is Zhang Zhong's bearing at this time, and the other is the power of the Zhang and Wang families.

The Deyi Hospital that she longed for the most but couldn't enter was opened by the Zhang family, and she was usually confused, but at this time she was also sensible and stood up with a smile.

Zhang Zhong also smiled and said to him: "You are not from the Zhang and Wang families, and you shouldn't have let you contribute, but this time, it is not only the matter of my Zhang and Wang families, but also the entire Jiannan Dao, the entire Datang Dynasty, I could have sent the people from the inner courtyard to follow out, since you are well versed in the way of calculation, then let you go, and make meritorious contributions, the people of the Zhang and Wang families will remember you, and the people of Jiannan Dao will not forget you, and let other people in Datang see what it means to be a woman and not let her eyebrows." ”

Jiu Mei nodded coldly and promised: "I usually don't make a sound, I only help when I need to give me something, and I will definitely not cause trouble for Datang, I want to make a request, that is, when I come back, let me enter Deyi Hospital." ”

"As long as it is where the Zhang and Wang families are, you can enter wherever you want, but you have to study hard, and if you want to go elsewhere, the Zhang and Wang families will also help."

Zhang Zhong gave Jiu Mei Leng a promise, turned to Mi Fan again, and said to him: "Get ready and set off, take the tortoiseshell and pearls, this time there are only the three of you, there is no guarantee behind you, I can delay here for a month, within a month, you must get things done, if you can't do anything, withdraw." ”

Mi Fan suddenly had a feeling of pride, there was no worry in his heart at this time, and he was not uncomfortable, nodded solemnly, turned around and strode away, Han Whirlwind and Jiu Mei Leng also followed behind, and the three of them would fight alone for a month.

After the three of them left for a while, Zhang Zhong found two more people from the inner courtyard and arranged for them to find a way to infiltrate the Tibetan people, so as to protect the three Mi Fan in secret, and if they encountered danger, they would send the three Mi Fan away first, and then they could reveal their identities and tell the Tubo people that they were from the Yizhou logistics battalion and the subordinates of the Demon Juan family, and they came to deliver the war book.

In this way, when the people of Tubo are ready to kill two people, they must first consider the temper of the juan, the two countries exchange troops, do not kill the envoys, if they really kill the two, then they will have to bear the revenge of the juanjuan, and then it will not be a team of less than 10,000 people, and 100,000 border soldiers may be recruited to enter the territory of Tubo to ask Tubo if they dare.

Zhang Zhong's arrangements here are almost the same, he is much better, but other people may not be like this.

Qi Dongjia has raised the price of grain a lot, but the effect is not very good, even if everything is more expensive than what Zhang Zhong gave, the simple people are not willing to sell, they are waiting, waiting for Juan Juan to come back, waiting for Zhang Zhong to send someone to pull grain, this kind of temperament makes Qi Dongjia very helpless.

In a country, the will of the people is what makes people the most afraid, especially when there is a general like Juan Juan here, who makes Tubo bleed like a river for the people, and supports each other, then don't expect to be able to pry the people here.

He could only turn the pressure on the other merchants he worked with and let the merchants figure out a way.

It's not that the merchants who cooperated with the Qi Dongjia didn't want to work hard, but they had no way to think about it, the people just didn't sell grain, and the people who had Zhuangzi didn't sell much, so they kept it, and the people were bent on waiting for Zhang Zhong, and those who had Zhuangzi didn't dare to sell, they were afraid of arousing the people's anger.

Qi Dongjia was helpless, and then wrote a letter to the person who commanded the operation, and the letter immediately returned.

"Now that the plan is changed, because other places use money, we can't take out too much money for grain collection here." After the Qi Dongjia found all the merchants, they didn't go around the bend and said it directly.

"Qi Dongjia, do you mean that we don't need to collect grain? Let's give all the money that should be given for the grain collected earlier, otherwise we won't be able to turn it over. One of the merchants immediately asked worriedly, what are they doing now?

Now Zhang Zhong wants to find businessmen to build roads and make money, but they can't come up with the money to follow, so they can only watch others take advantage.

The other businessmen also had the same idea, and looked at the Qi Dong family one by one, as long as the Qi Dong family said that they would not accept it, they would want benefits, and if they didn't give it, they would take the things that Qi Dong family used as collateral.

The Qi Dong family didn't expect the merchants here to stand by their side with all their hearts, otherwise, how could they cooperate with them when they knew how much of an impact the increase in food prices would have on the people?

It's all money involved, looking at the businessmen left and right, Qi Dongjia spoke.

"Who said no? Collect, but not as much as now, on the surface, it is said that the grain will be collected, but when it is really harvested, it is necessary to see the grain, the new grain is all collected, and the old grain is delayed, and the money is told to wait for half a month before giving the money, and write a note.

The price should also continue to be raised, millet, a bucket mentioned forty-five Wen, rice mentioned sixty-five Wen, someone sent grain, the quantity is small, it is directly collected, the quantity is large, let people carefully check, it is best to check a few more days, now some people have no food at home, right?

Let me see that Zhang Zhong doesn't spend money to collect grain, what do the people who don't farm eat? You do what I say, and when it is done, you will not be able to wait for the benefits. ”

When Qi Dongjia said this, he was thinking about the person who was in command behind him, powerful, really powerful, since he couldn't receive food, then he would mess up the economy of Jiannan, and the people would always have to eat food, right? With such a price in the way, people who have food elsewhere will not lower the price and sell it.

The businessmen understood, they were not stupid, they knew the consequences of doing so, if at the beginning, the Qi Dongjia just said today's arrangement, they would never agree, but the matter has come to this point, and if they want to refuse, it will not only be impossible to make a penny, but also lose a lot of money.

It's not easy for them to make some money, and they can't do it as freely as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, so they can only follow this method.

From that day on, the price of grain from Jiannan to this side was rising again and again, and the merchants did not raise the price of grain at one time, but first dropped a few yuan, and then mentioned a few yuan, and then mentioned a little more than the drop, and then dropped again, and then mentioned, giving people a very unstable feeling.

The plan was also formulated by the people behind Qi Dong's family, which was very useful, and sure enough, some people who were still waiting and watching were attracted to come, and the merchants slowly dragged it out, and the grain of one hundred stones also had to be tested for a day, and the people who sold it were relieved, and the people who did not sell the grain were in a hurry, afraid that the price would change the next day.

No one knows how much the merchants have collected is enough, and if they don't, the price will be gone.

The food in Jiannan Province often fluctuated all of a sudden, and the people were also worried, they had to eat, and there was no land at home, watching the food go up and down, and they didn't know whether to buy it or not, and even when it was low, it was much higher than before.

The three of them couldn't hold their breath at first, and found Zhang Zhong, who was discussing with businessmen about investing in road construction, as well as Zhang Zhong, who was a partner in business matters.

"Yongcheng, what about Xiaobao's means? I can't wait any longer, the people can't bear it anymore, and if they don't want to find a way to solve this matter, I, I'll take out the food I eat and distribute it to the people. ”

Old man Bi was worried, and after watching Zhang Zhong send off a happy businessman, he asked Zhang Zhong.

Zhang Zhong really didn't understand today's situation, listened to what the old man said, asked someone to ask, it was clear, took out his set of tea sets, and said while making kung fu tea for the three old men: "I can't bear it so soon, I didn't expect that, according to Xiaobao's estimate, at least two to three days will have to wait."

It seems that the people of Tubo have a lot of ability, and they know how to take today's approach, okay, then I will move, open the Yizhou Changping position, and let the people receive food according to their household registration, and anyone who has not farmed at home can receive it, according to the head, even if it is a rich family, it is also led by the head of the person.

Robbed a lot of grain in Tibet, my family can't eat it all, to the people, first stabilize the market, and wait for them to use other means next, Xiaobao said, economic warfare is so interesting, the hole cards must not be exposed when they are forced to do so.

Of course, some people don't know how to fight economic warfare, they only know how to pit businessmen in the end, but they don't care about the impact of the people in the fluctuations, and they don't blame them, who makes them incompetent, Xiaobao said, he will never allow economic warfare to affect the people. ”

When Zhang Zhong spoke, he straightened his chest, with a kind of pride, proud of himself and his son, such crazy words, only his son can say it, he said that it is not allowed, then it is not allowed, just like his daughter-in-law, forcing the 40,000 troops of Tubo to only garrison and dare not move forward.

Old man Bi and the three were stunned by Zhang Zhong, they thought that closing the position was the last resort, but they didn't expect it to be not, the Zhang family still had a backhand.

Old man Bi bowed slightly, took a cup of tea, drank more than half of it, poured out the rest, and said to Zhang Zhong with satisfaction: "Yongcheng, that's right, Xiaobao seems to be a true legend, the Zhang family acts, ghosts and gods are unpredictable, and they will always leave a hand, so that people can't guess where the final bottom line is."

Okay, Kaiyizhou often closes the position, some time ago, a lot of Tubo grain was harvested, and their people were forced to the other side of the river, which should be able to last for some days, that ...... Yongcheng, there is another thing, since the people who have not farmed the land are given food, is it that the people who farm the land should also be given a little? Otherwise, it will chill the hearts of the people who farm the land. ”

Old man Yao also thought of what Old Man Bi was thinking about, looked at Zhang Zhong on the side, and waited for Zhang Zhong's reply, the people who farmed the land kept food for Zhang Zhong, but Zhang Zhong specially distributed food to those who did not plant, what did the family think?

Zhang Zhong took the teacup, looked at the faces of the three of them, and said: "There is a misunderstanding, otherwise I can't manage too many people if I close the position, Xiaobao's plan will also be interrupted, and my family's loss will be great.

But now you must not do that, the people who can't keep the food, you can take this opportunity to sell the food, if you are willing to keep it, then my Zhang family will not treat him badly, the three of them don't have to worry about this matter, they have their own arrangements, so as to see how the people feel. ”

Old man Zhang has drunk several cups of tea in a row, and he is not addicted to drinking, and when he is about to pick up a new one and drink it, he listens to Zhang Zhong's words and says to Zhang Zhong: "Yongcheng, these words come out of your mouth and into my ears, I can remember, if your family does not compensate at that time, I will ...... I'll hang myself in front of your house for money. ”

"Don't, Uncle Zhang, don't do this, I will definitely make arrangements, don't worry, it's cold again, the construction of Yizhou is almost underway, and it needs to be expanded outward, how can I make the life of the people here better before leaving Jiannan Road, and ask the three to help."

As for the war on the front line, as well as the economic war in the rear, you don't have to think too hard, it's all a small matter, and whether the people's life can be better is a big matter. ”

Zhang Zhong stopped Old Man Zhang with a smile, Old Man Zhang had a big temper, he couldn't do anything to the Zhang family, so he wanted to force him with his life, Zhang Zhong was not disgusted, after all, the three old men were also dedicated to the people, and Old Man Zhang was nothing more than a radical approach, which didn't matter.

Old man Bi and the three of them got the answer they wanted, and after drinking tea and going fishing, Zhang Zhong immediately arranged for people to open the regular closing position, mobilized people to transport them to various areas affected by grain prices, and distributed them to the local people.

Since the grain was robbed of Tibet, Zhang Zhong did not keep it himself, let alone make money in it, and promised the local people that the money from the sale of grain would be returned to them in another way, and when the front line was over, it would basically be almost operational, so let them wait.

As soon as the Zhang family closes the position, and it is only for those who do not farm, the people who have grain are uncomfortable in their hearts, and they hesitate to know whether to sell the grain, the juan is still fighting, but Zhang Zhong does not consider himself and others, how to choose?

Just when they hesitated, Zhang Xiaobao's original operation had an effect, and the imperial court came to prove to the various state capitals of Jiannan Province that Juan Juan was not the commander of this war, but used her age to scare Tubo, and there was really someone else.

At this time, the people also knew, they couldn't guess more content, they could only choose to believe the words of the imperial court, knowing that Juan Juan was not such a powerful demon, and there were masters standing behind him, using this to provoke Tubo and mobilize Tubo troops.

Many of the people who grew grain changed their minds and sold their grain to the grain collectors, but because the grain collectors controlled the amount of grain purchases and deliberately delayed them, the grain sellers formed a row in the place where they were purchased.

When they saw that the merchants were deliberately taking their time when they were collecting, the people stopped doing it, and shouted for the merchants to take their own grain and pay according to the price they offered.

As a result, the pressure on the merchants who collected grain increased greatly, and when they saw the angry appearance of the people waiting to sell grain on the street, they were afraid that the government would intervene in the end, so they had no choice but to find Qi Dong's house again.

Qi Dongjia didn't expect Zhang Zhong's reaction to be so fast, and he now knows that the economic war on his side was discovered by the Zhang family, and all the means were aimed at the price of grain here.

Thinking of the fact that the economic war was still leaking from the Zhang family, Qi Dongjia couldn't hold his breath, so he had to write to the people behind him, he didn't think that the Zhang family couldn't see the doorway, and they did this.

The people behind Qi Dongjia also replied in a very short time, first reprimanding Qi Dongjia, saying that he couldn't hold his breath and messed up when he encountered things, and then mentioned the way to deal with it, and told Qi Dongjia that all things, as long as you think carefully, there will be a solution.

When Qi Dongjia received the letter, he didn't care whether he was said or not, if he got the treasure, he brought a group of businessmen again.

"Can't you just wait? I can't hold my breath when I encounter a little thing, what can I do in the future? If you think about it, there is actually a way to solve anything. ”

Qi Dongjia told the businessmen what the people behind him said to him, as if he was a master.

The merchants looked at each other, where did they think of how to solve the problem? Turning his head, he stared at Qi Dongjia, waiting for him to make arrangements, wanting to see what means he had.

Qi Dongjia enjoyed this feeling of being looked down upon very much, and said to everyone: "It's very simple, first collect their grain, but not give money immediately, tell them that they will give them money after the inspection, but you can set up a note, if the inspection is good, do not charge and compensate them, if it can't be collected after the inspection, tell them the reason, as long as you survive this time, then it's not what you say?" ”

"Qi Dongjia, your idea sounds good, but what if there is really no money to collect? Could it be that we really lost the people's money? ”

A businessman thought about it and thought of the crux of the problem, didn't the Qi Dongjia do this, wouldn't he trap himself and others?

The rest of the businessmen also thought of it, and looked at Qi Dongjia one by one, waiting for a reasonable explanation, they couldn't be deceived.

Qi Dongjia had already planned, laughed, and said: "You guys, if you don't say it, you can't see the things behind clearly, so if you really don't want to do it, just change the method and say to the grain seller, saying that you are buying grain for a person surnamed Chen, and let them send the grain to Tonghua County, where someone will receive it, and you don't have much money to collect." ”

Qi Dongjia really didn't want to do this, so his role seemed small, and the people behind him also mentioned this in the letter, let him look at the arrangement by himself, and use another plan if he couldn't make a plan, of course, the people behind him saw him as the kind of person who was very sociable, thinking that with his ability, he could make the businessman pay for the grain in advance.

It's that he himself has no ability, he doesn't want to admit this, and he doesn't dare to delay the big thing, so he has to tell another person, and the two are united, and from now on, that person will be the main one.

With the new method, the merchants were satisfied, and left happily to arrange their own affairs.

Soon, the people knew about this, estimated the distance and freight, and felt that there was still a lot of money, or they transported it themselves, or found someone to hire cars and horses, and the mighty grain transportation team headed towards Tonghua County in Maozhou.

The team is not small, the people in the local transportation industry are now making a profit, and they have raised the price one by one, the reason is that the road is not easy to walk now, and the price of livestock and things to feed the livestock is expensive, either waiting for Zhang Zhong to repair the road, or spending more money.

Old Man Bi and the three of them had no intention of fishing again, and were about to go to Zhang Zhong, but before they could move, Zhang Zhong found them in advance.