The three dukes were all old officials of the government, and after passing each other's gold medals and Cheng Jue's guarantee, they said in unison: "Obey the order sent by Yun!" "They know that buying food is unusual, but no one wants to be killed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since there is a lot of money and a reward, why do you have to talk too much and invite you to kill yourself? Anyway, if something happens, there is a mansion above, and he is not afraid that he has nothing to worry about.

Seeing that everything was going well, Yun Shu and Yang Wei went to the post house to transport the money to the treasury of the government. Collecting grain from grain merchants, even if there is Cheng Jue as a guarantee, there is no shortage of fixed money.

Looking at so many well-dressed grain merchants at the door, Yun Shu was speechless for a while, thinking that it was a difficult thing to collect grain, but how did he know that there were so many grain merchants. Due to the huge amount of grain collected by Jingzhao Mansion this time, Cheng Jue spread the news early.

According to the size of the grain merchants, they stepped forward to register and enter the side hall of the government office, which was a place where Cheng Jue specially entertained officials and squires, and the grain merchants entered the door in a regular manner to salute Cheng Jue and Yun Shu and others, and then stood up at one time.

The Yan Song Dynasty did not suppress merchants, and even encouraged merchants to sell goods to other countries and import resources such as horses. Since the creation of the Yan Song Dynasty, it has governed pit mines and organized the development of tea and salt. As a result, a large number of peasants who were liberated from the land invested in commercial handicrafts, and the private economy was stimulated and developed by leaps and bounds, creating unprecedented wealth and prosperity.

At the beginning of the founding of the Yan and Song dynasties, Taizu Zhao Boxin called on people to "accumulate more money, leave children and grandchildren in the city, and sing and dance girls all year round".

Because of the unprecedented prosperity of the economy, the coinage of the Yan Song Dynasty was very large, and the first emperor of the Song Dynasty minted 5.06 million yuan of coins in the country. The current official Zhao Zhen also increased the coinage by 6 million, while the most prosperous Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty only minted 320,000 yuan, which shows that the prosperity of the Yan and Song dynasties is stronger than that of the previous dynasties, and it can even be said that it is a supereconomic power in the world.

Although it does not suppress merchants, the social status of merchants is very low, the main reason is that in the eyes of scholars, merchants do not produce, only rely on selling goods to earn profits, this behavior is regarded by orthodox Confucianism as stealing the wealth of the people and is shameless by scholars.

The irony is that almost every family of the so-called scholar class has a business name, and they are just looking for agents to run it, and I am afraid that the real reason for not suppressing business is that it also involves their own vital interests. This is also the fundamental reason why Yun Shu looks down on those so-called high-spirited scholars and doctors the most.

Not only enjoying the wealth and benefits brought by merchants, but also suppressing the social status of merchants, it is almost like the oppression of laborers in later generations.

Looking at Yun Shu, a grain merchant of different ages in front of him, he looked at Cheng Jue, and when he saw him nodding, he cleared his throat and said: "You are all famous grain merchants, I won't give you greetings, sit down!" ”

The grain merchants looked at each other, how could this official be different from others? Not only are they young but they don't have much arrogance, so they hesitated and said, "Please also ask the junior officials to give a lecture!" ”

Yun Shu smiled and said, "I don't like to talk to people with my head up, you all sit down!" ”

Everyone sat down at this time, but they only dared to do half of their butts, and they looked a little like squatting, so it was better to stand comfortably, Yun Shu said helplessly: "Let you sit, not let you squat." Why are you so tired? ”

Hearing Yun Shu say this, everyone smiled awkwardly before sitting on the chair with their buttocks and looking at Yun Shu intently.

"This grain purchase is for the purpose of changing the position for grain and the amount is huge, Cheng Fu has carte blanche to entrust me to trade with you, you all know this, right?" In the face of Yun Shu's question, the grain merchant nodded again and again.

"Because of the great need for grain, the official decided to buy grain by bidding, that is, whoever has good and cheap grain, and in large quantities, the official will buy grain from him, and if the quantity is not enough, he will buy it from the less subordinate family, and not everyone will have the opportunity to sell what they have! Now you will come forward in turn to report the type and price of the grain, and now the quotation will be given priority! Then he said to the little official on the side, "You are in charge of the record." ”

"Oh yes, if you don't want to sell grain, please leave now, leaving the government is equivalent to automatically giving up the qualification for this bidding! At the same time, it will also be added to the list by the government, and the next time you buy grain, you can only rank last. ”

This method is completely different from the previous government to purchase grain, this time it does not rely on the relationship and connections of each family, only pays attention to the quality, price and quantity of grain, the grain merchants are a little dumbfounded in an instant, what kind of routine does this little steward use?

Yun Shu did this to break the malicious competition or raise the price of grain, after all, the speculation of grain merchants in the Northern Song Dynasty was famous in history! In order to raise the price of grain, Huo Huo sharpened his knife to the government, if they unanimously did not buy grain and forced the government to be anxious, they could only collect grain at a high price.

Now Yun Shu told them that whoever was cheaper would buy whomever they wanted, and if they reached the purchase quantity, they would not buy a grain of grain. People's hearts are like this, no one can guarantee that someone doesn't want to shoot early.

Yun Shu didn't give them time to discuss, looking at the grain merchant Cheng Jue who was in a dilemma in front of him, he looked at the old god in surprise Yun Shu was drinking tea, and the person who gave full play to this kind of fast and slow means turned out to be just a young man with his hair tied up? I'm afraid that my own adults don't have such old and spicy means.

Yun Shu's fast and slow fight was influenced by his father, who was an old scout, and his father often said: "If you want to be uncontrolled by others, then strike first to defeat the enemy!" ”

Looking at the appearance of everyone, Yun Shu smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you that this time there is not only a government guarantee, but also a deposit!" After speaking, he said to Yang Wei, who was standing behind him: "Give you a reassurance!" ”

Yang Wei nodded and left, and after a while, a lot of poor people moved five large boxes and put them in the house, Yun Shu stood up and walked to the boxes and said to everyone: "The official has prepared a fixed amount for this grain purchase, let's take a look!" ”

After speaking, he kicked open the box, and the neat silver ingots appeared in front of everyone's eyes, exuding a charming color in the sunlight, and the entire side hall seemed to be illuminated by the silver ingots in the box.

Many grain merchants were ready to move, and it was obvious that these silver ingots were the last straw that overwhelmed the balance in their hearts. The older grain merchants could still restrain themselves, but some young people couldn't bear it, and finally a grain merchant in his thirties said: "The contemptible person is Zhang Dingshan of Yigu, who runs a flour business in Jingzhao Mansion, and the existing flour is 35,000 stones, all of which are ground from the best Guanzhong wheat, and the price is 180 Wen a stone. After speaking, he looked at Yun Shu worriedly.

The price of 180 wen per stone is already quite fair. Yun Shu shook his head with a smile and said, "How can that work?" 200 Wen is the bottom line of this official! ”

Everyone looked at Yun Shu in surprise, thinking that this little official is crazy? How can there be such a bargain? Cheng Jue looked even more puzzled, while Yang Wei twitched the corners of his mouth, and howled with blood dripping in his heart: This relationship is not your money? This is the official family's inner library!

Yun Shu's heart also howled: I grass! So cheap?! How can you be worthy of Zhao Zhen, who wants to be called the Son of Heaven, if you don't run out of money from the official family?!

This is full of huge misunderstandings, Jingzhao Mansion is in the fertile Guanzhong Plain, grain output is higher than Henan Mansion, coupled with the dense population of Kaifeng Mansion in Henan Province, the price of grain is already high, and the ancient transportation conditions can not be compared with later generations, the price naturally changes greatly.

In Kaifeng Mansion, one stone of grain can be bought for about 400 yuan, which is more than twice the price of grain in Jingzhao Mansion. But these grain merchants didn't know that Yunshu was going to transport the grain to Henan Mansion, and even if they knew, they would snicker, because in ancient times, grain was generally transported by Cao, so how long did it take for you to transport so much grain by land? How much is left after people eat and chew along the way, and finally reach the destination?

But what they didn't know was that Yang Wei had already asked the forbidden army of the palace front division to take over the post station on the road when he came, and at the same time used Yun Shu's four-wheeled carriage to drive towards Jingzhao Mansion.

If you use the forbidden army to escort, you only need one or two people for a car, and you can hardly use much food along the way, not to mention that the high cost of disaster relief is also possible, not to mention that if it is a disaster relief, the money can be completely recovered, as long as you don't lose the official's family, you can earn it!

The money that Yang Wei brought to Ping'an Village was fully able to meet the needs of buying grain this time, and it was only used in general, and the official family allocated it to Yang Wei on the basis of the price of grain in Kaifeng. How would you feel if you knew that Yun Shu only spent half of the money to buy food?