Chapter 160: The Late Knife
Lu Huiqing did make a move, and he skillfully advised and advised, so that Emperor Zhao Ji agreed to the request of the three divisions to check the grain storage situation in Changping in various places.
Of course, although he has selfish intentions, he does all this in a relatively secretive way, and he seems to be embarrassed, so he has to accept the pressure and compromise with the third division. In fact, the bottom of my heart has blossomed, and a plan to kill people with a knife has been formed, and the target is directly aimed at Qiantang County.
In this regard, the financial authorities of the Great Song Dynasty were unaware of this and unceremoniously began to participate in it. That was their remit. The money spent on the closing of the position is all the money of the three divisions, but it has to be managed by the local government, and now the regulations of the three divisions have to be inserted horizontally, who can be happy?
The temporary institution of the Regulation Department of the Three Divisions has risen too fast, and it has overwhelmed them everywhere, and there is a tendency to replace the three divisions. How can this be accepted by a group of officials who manage the wealth of the world and calculate the national accounts? Therefore, whenever you have the opportunity, you should learn as much about the relevant issues as possible, and it is best to take them all into your own hands.
In the huge Xining change, Changping is undoubtedly a very important plate. Therefore, the investigation of the standing position began immediately, and several areas where the green seedling method was piloted are a top priority. Officials from Henan Road, Jingdong Road, and Huainan Road all went to investigate.
It would be even better if we could find something out of it and use it to attack the Regulation Department of the Three Divisions and find a basis for opposing the change of the law.
There are two special cases in the south of Liangzhejiang Road, although the place is small, but the people in charge are all influential figures, and the three divisions will naturally not favor one over the other, and they also sent people to investigate.
The people of the three divisions were dispatched, and Lu Huiqing himself naturally had to take action. The knife is borrowed, but someone needs to guide it, someone to wield it, if you wait to let it work, the speed is really too slow, and time waits for no one.
This guiding role is more appropriate for one's own people to play in the end.
Lu Huiqing only mentioned it slightly, and Lu Shengqing took the initiative to ask Ying to go south, Qinghe Grain Store can be said to be what he did single-handedly, he is most familiar with and cares about the most. If he didn't come to see for himself, he would always be a little uneasy, and he didn't have anything important to do, so it was easy to go south.
However, this made Lu Huiqing feel uneasy, he still knew what kind of goods the second brother was. I don't expect him to do anything big, as long as it's not bad, thank God. It's just that it's hard to refute the second brother's face, so I have to send the third brother Lu Heqing to follow at the same time, and there can be a dissuasion in everything, and there is a person who can adapt to the situation to stand alone, in fact, all the big and small affairs are handed over to Lu Heqing.
Of course, they found a very good reason - to save relatives!
Lu's hometown is in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, in the southern Fujian area, and it is very common to return to his hometown and province. It also happens to pass through Hangzhou, in Qiantang County, and it is reasonable to catch up with some people.
However, there is a long way from Bianjing to Hangzhou, because of the autumn rain in the south of the Yangtze River, which leads to the guarantee of river water, and the transportation of water is paralyzed. The canal to the north and south of the river has gathered many delayed ships, and now it has just begun to be dredged, so it is a little chaotic, and the voyage will inevitably be delayed from time to time.
In addition, this is a strategy to kill people with a knife, and if the three divisions don't act, it will be in vain. In this way, it comes and goes, and there is a lot of time lost.
For various reasons, the speed of the Lu brothers going south has been affected somewhat, and now they have just arrived in Yangzhou, and they don't know how long it will take, and I don't know when they will be able to get to Hangzhou?
In this way, it made Lu Ji of Qiantang very anxious, anxious, and difficult to settle down. I've been looking forward to it, and I'm anxious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~As Lu Ji expected, the situation in the Hangzhou grain market is very unstable.
Most grain merchants choose to hoard Juqi because they want to take advantage of the rare opportunity to make a lot of money. Therefore, since the autumn rains continued, they began to buy grain at a price higher than the market, waiting for the price to skyrocket and make a fortune.
There have been many similar experiences in the past, and it will not be long before it can be easily successful. But this year, things seem a little unusual.
It has been more than half a month, and the price of grain has not risen, and Meng's Grain Bank has been operating as usual at a flat price, which makes him helpless.
In normal times, if other businesses do this, they will definitely work together to make the other party retreat, or take some extraordinary measures to remove obstacles. But this time, these thoughts can only be put aside for the time being, and I don't dare to think about it. Therefore, the person behind Meng's grain store is Lin County Ling, and they can't afford to mess with it.
The businessmen are mercenary, but they are relatively small, and there is no tough backstage, who dares to offend the government casually? Offending the magistrate?
These are relatively small things, and they care more about interests, goods and money. Therefore, I have been hoping that Qinghe Grain, a leader in the industry, can have some good countermeasures, and it is best to go with the flow.
They also saw the process, although Qinghe also took out a lot of money to reverse the purchase of grain and stabilize the situation. However, after a period of time, the effect was not very obvious, and grain prices were still very low, and there was no trend of rising at all.
Soon after the tea and dinner, there were rumors among the grain merchants that the grain in the official warehouse was mobilized by the Lin County Order, and the reserves were sufficient, and the grain prices in Hangzhou could not rise at all.
As far as the current trend is concerned, this is indeed the case, so the grain merchants are starting to be a little anxious and a little uneasy. Various versions of the rumor also began to appear, saying that the imperial court planned to transfer a batch of grain from Huainan and Jiangnan East Road, and the price would fall again.
This is like a thunderbolt from the blue for grain merchants who have a mountain of grain stored at home, once grain comes in from other places. Hoarding is unstoppable, and once the price falls, they will inevitably lose a lot, or even be wiped out.
Therefore, the major grain banks began to be a little anxious, a little panicked, hoping to reach a conclusion as soon as possible. They focused all their attention on the Lu brothers of Qinghe Grain Bank, hoping that the Lu family could give a clear statement and give them a confidence that could be a reason for them to insist.
When many people came to the door together, Lu Ji knew that something was wrong, and it seemed that these grain merchants were really in a hurry. Hoarding is their own behavior, and they all thought about how to make money at the beginning, and they scrambled to keep up one by one. Now that there is a problem, one by one there are babas, who will show them with a sad face?
In the words, it seemed that they were blaming Qinghe, both openly and secretly, as if it was the Lu brothers who brought them to this embarrassing situation.
To be honest, Lu Ji looked down on these people, and was even a little disgusted, even annoyed. But he couldn't say it, these people were now his battle allies, the weight of the game with Lin Zhao, and even the shield, and they had to be maintained as much as possible!
"Master Lu, what should I do? I can't hold it anymore! ”
"Yes, the price of food has not risen, and at this price, I may not have much profit."
"It's good to have profits, if it continues to be a price continuation, we may all lose money, or even lose our money!"
"What the hell should I do......"
It can be seen that many people are very anxious, and they are already panicking, and their confidence has been greatly shaken. Lu Ji couldn't help but sigh lightly, this is undoubtedly the thing he is most worried about at the moment, but he himself has no good solution.
Fortunately, these people still care about their former status as the head of the horse, and are willing to come to discuss with them, otherwise they will not even have the last chance to retain and win over.
"Rest assured, the price of grain will rise, and there is not much grain left in the 'granary of the Meng family'...... Now we have persevered for a long time, and we see that success is just around the corner, if we give up now, wouldn't it be a failure? ”
"Lord Lu, of course so?"
"That's natural!" Lu Jilang said: "Please wait for five days with peace of mind, there will definitely be a turnaround within five days." In desperation, he could only make such a promise. If not, if these people's faith crosses, they will immediately go wrong.
"Five? Lu Dongzhu is so sure? A lot of people are skeptical!
"When did Lu have anything untargeted? Rest assured, if you persist for five more days, there will definitely be a turnaround, and you will make a lot of money! ”
"Well, since Lord Lu Dongzhu has said so, then let's believe it first, if there is no turnaround after five days, I'm afraid that we will ......" The meaning of the words is already very clear.
However, although many people have agreed, they already have other plans in their hearts. Some people are already retreating in their hearts, they are already thinking about it, and it is no longer important to make a big profit. The important thing is how to keep the family business, don't lose money.
Therefore, Lu Ji's words can only be half-believed, and he has to make his own decision.
Such a situation had long been expected by Lin Zhao, and his initial plan was that as long as Qinghe was destroyed, the other grain stores would definitely be obedient.
However, its special background is destined to make it difficult to make a difference in a short period of time. Lin Zhaocai shifted his focus to the grain price war, and Chang Ping became his most advantageous weapon and equipment, which made the hoarding grain merchants really uncomfortable!
Lin Zhao knew very well that in this battle, the most important thing was the wavering grain merchants in the middle, as long as they defected, everything would be easy to say.
Therefore, from the beginning of visiting Zhang Ziheng, he invisibly sow discord, and recently continued to contact the proprietors of some grain stores, the purpose is here.
Of course, the most important thing is the price. As long as the affordable grain is stabilized, there will inevitably be people who will not be able to sit still, and the iron plate will be torn apart. This will also become a weight to win, with Cai Jing's support, this can be done, and now this situation is exactly what he wants.
But just as Lin Zhao was about to strike with all his might, the obstacle came! Lu Ji has been looking forward to it for a long time, and Lu Huiqing's belated knife has finally arrived in Qiantang County!
(To be continued)