Originally, there were only two rice shops in Yunzhou City, but with the influx of a large number of people, they keenly smelled the business opportunities and wanted to make a fortune with food. Therefore, when a grain merchant surnamed Liang, who was well-known in Taiyuan Prefecture, quietly joined forces and brought together several powerful grain merchants who had newly entered Yunzhou, it soon caused a situation where the price of rice in Yunzhou City was soaring. Through reluctance to sell and increase the price every two or three days, the grain they hoarded almost doubled the profit, so under the lust for profit, even those who were ready to harvest it when they saw it were good, under the encouragement of Liang Xiaoshan, they gradually developed greed.

That Liang Xiaoshan said that there is a backer behind him, even if Du Shiyi has a good foundation, but he can't manage other places in Yunzhou, it's a big deal that they won't do business in Yunzhou in the future, not to mention, Liang Xiaoshan also swore that the foundation of Yunzhou City is weak, and they still need to rely on the outside to import food for a while, as long as they hold Du Shiyi, they will be able to support half of the country in Yunzhou in the future

But they were ambitious and planned to make a lot of money before, but at this time, they were shocked when they suddenly heard that the grain transported from Shuozhou had arrived at the gate of the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion, and then Du Shiyi said that the grain would be sent in a steady stream. Several grain merchants summed up with each other, and immediately came to Liang Ji Rice Shop, and when they saw Liang Xiaoshan, they split their heads and covered their faces and questioned.

"Brother Liang, you said that Du Changshi couldn't bring grain, so we have been reluctant to sell it, and now the front of the Governor's Mansion is open to sell rice, so how good is it?"

"Yes, you know, I have a whole 2,500 stone of grain on hand."

"If it just drops from 60 yuan to 55 yuan of doumi, it will be forgotten, but listening to Du Changshi's tone, it seems that it will fall further, and our hard work will not be completely in vain."

Seeing that some of the allies were anxious, some were angry, and some were irritable, Liang Xiaoshan smiled and stretched out his hand to suppress it, and when everyone finally quieted down, he said slowly: "Everyone, don't be impatient. We finally raised the price of rice this time, where would we be easily frightened by his words from Du Nineteen? ”

No matter what you think of Du Shiyi, the official of Yunzhou's parents, even if the grain merchants have a background and wealth, no one dares to call Du Nineteen nakedly behind their backs. So, Liang Xiaoshan's calm title shocked them all. One of them couldn't help but ask, "Then Brother Liang doesn't have any tricks?"

"It's not a clever plan, it's just that I saw through Du Nineteen's bluff" Liang Xiaoshan smiled confidently, as if he was really a wise man who knew everything, "Guo Quan served as a record in Shuozhou and joined the army, and he was originally trusted by Shuozhou Wei Envoy, but Du Nineteen just ordered him, and he also had to move people from Shuozhou and neighboring states, which was enough to annoy Wei Envoyjun, and he also had to transfer Shuozhou's grain, they thought Wei Envoy Jun was a good man?" The so-called first batch of 1,000 stone of grain was at most two or three hundred stones, and only they knew what the rest was."

"Brother Liang can really be sure?"

Finding that everyone's anxious faces gradually eased, and the questioners were only suspicious, Liang Xiaoshan slapped him lightly. Suddenly, someone raised the curtain at the door behind him and came out, but it was a brown-clothed servant. The person who came bowed deeply respectfully, and then said softly: "I just came back from Shuozhou, and no one in the market bought rice, but I heard that Guo Yuanjun ordered people to gather two hundred stone rice to set off. Because Shuozhou is also expensive, he scraped together 200 stone of rice, and spent 40 wen per bucket."

"I see, Brother Liang really took precautions to anticipate the enemy first, and dared to love this is a bluff"

"Thankfully, we almost got scammed"

"So what are we going to do now? Waiting for the 200 stone rice to sell out? ”

In the face of everyone's gossip and scheming, Liang Xiaoshan said with a smile: "Since we have suffered such a false alarm, where can we not have a little return?" Since he Du Nineteen was bluffing, he even asked people to buy only one bucket for emergency, obviously hoping that these two hundred stone meters could support it for a few more days. In this case, we also draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. Send more people immediately, you and I will buy all these life-saving grains that have just been transported to Yunzhou, if you know that the food will be cut off tomorrow, and the people in Yunzhou City will make trouble again, it will not be as if you want to suppress it today

"Isn't that going to ...... Forcing others to jump over the wall? A grain merchant in his early thirties saw the others nodding their heads, and couldn't help but hesitate and said, "You know, Du Changshi is not a good stubble, whether it is in Chang'an, Chengdu, or Jiangnan, the means are very ......."

"If he wants to kill chickens and make an example, it depends on whether he can afford the consequences, don't worry, even if the people behind you are afraid of him Du Nineteen, the people behind me are not afraid." Liang Xiaoshan hooked his hand and motioned everyone to step forward, squirmed his lips and gently said the word king, and then said with a smile, "My old lord is the most trusted person of today's saints."

After eating such a reassuring pill, when everyone dispersed, their eyebrows naturally fluttered. And Liang Xiaoshan retreated from the idler, but arched his hand to the previous brown-clothed servant attentively and enthusiastically: "Brother Lao Wang has run back and forth this time, and I really can't help it. If you can successfully complete the salary draw from the bottom of the kettle ordered by the general this time, I will definitely thank you very much."

Although Wang An has no less benefits by Wang Maozhong's side, but this time he came out to see that the parts released by the Wang family have been so mixed up, and Liang Xiaoshan has been generous to him again, and he has already thrown the two words of caution ordered by Wang Maozhong to Java. He smiled, rubbed his chin and said, "If you can really make Na Du Nineteen fall hard this time, the general will definitely look at us differently, at that time, what do you want?" ”

The two glanced at each other and hahadaxiao at the same time. In their opinion, this time they have no last resort, just waiting to see Du Shiyi's overstretched embarrassment.

Sure enough, on the same day, although Du Shiyi said that except for those who were waiting for the rice to be put into the pot at home, everyone else could wait for the price of grain to fall before buying rice, but before evening, the endless stream of people who came to buy rice with their shoulders and even carts on their shoulders emptied all the 200 stone rice, and Zuihou, a temporary rice shop, had to close its doors on the grounds that it was dark. Hearing the news, Ji Hamer, who had been doing nothing for the past few days since he lived in the Yunzhou Trading Company, finally ordered someone to go to the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion to post to Du Shiyi, and was taken to Du Shiyi's study on the evening of this day.

After eight years, as soon as they met, Jihamer found that the weak-crowned young man who accompanied Princess Gu'an was heroic back then now seemed restrained and reserved. Although he had the idea of being sure of this trip in his heart, he was still very careful, and after arching his hand, he said with a smile in not very familiar Chinese: "After eight years, Du Changshi has risen all the way, and he is indeed a hero from ancient times. ”

Du Shiyi also recognized Jihamer almost immediately. At that time, he and the three tribes did not know each other, not only asked Tian Mo to teach them to farm, but then continued to export tea to the three tribes of the Xi nationality. It can be said that most of Princess Gu'an and his family background are from the Xi people, not counting the Khitan and Turkic trade routes that have been expanded because of the Xi people. So, he also reciprocated, and returned the gift with Xi Yu, who had worked hard to pick up these days: "I didn't expect that this time it would be Jihamo and Qi Jin who came to Yunzhou in person." Why don't you let people report early? If I had known, I would have greeted him personally. ”

"Haha, don't dare, don't dare. I also don't want others to know that I came to see Du Changshi in person. If others knew that the audit department did not take advantage of the situation, I would be very embarrassed. ”

Jihamer smiled heartily, still using the Chinese language he continued to use. When Du Shiyi happily sat down, a boy came up to serve tea, and then sat down behind the small bookcase in the corner. He originally wanted to ask Du Shiyi to retire from the court, but suddenly thought of the rumors outside that Du Shiyi had brought a confidant disciple with him here, he couldn't help but look at him twice, and finally withdrew his scrutinizing gaze and decided to go straight in.

"Du Changshi, these days in Yunzhou, I found that there is a lot of rumors outside, it seems that Yunzhou City is short of food now?"

"Oh? It turned out that Tong Jin had also found out. Du Shiyi took a sip of tea casually, and then said lightly, "It's just a rumor." ”

"I'm afraid not, right?" Jihamer smiled, put down the teacup and said with a concerned face, "Moreover, I heard that the grain transported from Shuozhou today has also been robbed by panicked people in the past few years, and many prefectures and counties in the north of Datang have been seriously affected and there is a shortage of food. Speaking of which, Du Changshi and I have also been friends for many years, and I will tell you that I came to Yunzhou this time to trade tea, and I am willing to exchange 5,000 cattle and sheep for not only food, but also meat that is far more precious than grain, as long as Du Changshi can make some concessions on the price of tea, these 5,000 cattle and sheep can be transported into Yunzhou City immediately, and you will be able to solve your urgent need, how about it?

Du Shiyi's eyes turned sharply: "Back down? I'm joking, I'm not a tea merchant. ”

"Although Du Changshi is not a tea merchant, who doesn't know that this tea introduction division of the Tang Dynasty was built by you, and if you didn't promote this tea, it wouldn't be planted everywhere in the southwest and southeast of the Tang Dynasty. Since it is no longer a treasure and sold so expensive, isn't it sorry for our love for many years? Jihamer stabbed a pun in his words, and then said with a smile, "Du Changshi, isn't there an old saying in the Central Plains, which is called to be a good man and not suffer immediate losses?" Now that you have finally been able to preside over the state of Yunzhou, if you are embarrassed by the grain merchants, your reputation in this life will be wasted. ”

"I didn't expect that I could use the idiom so skillfully today." Du Shiyi drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp, and then said with a smile, "However, although Tong Jin has dealt with me, he doesn't understand me very well. I am a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, I must be a hard person with me, I will definitely let him break his teeth Since he is very interested in the shortage of food in Yunzhou, he might as well watch this big show from tomorrow