The people themselves have blind obedience, originally there was food at home, and when they saw that everyone was rushing like crazy, they also participated in the crazy rush to buy, especially when the price of food was increasing, the people's desire to buy became stronger and stronger, and the higher the price to sell food, the more they felt that they were successful. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The grain sold in the official warehouse in Luzhou fell three times in a day, and finally stabilized at the level of parity, and the people's desire to buy grain was not so strong. Especially when they saw the grain piled up on the wharf in the official warehouse, the panic of the people finally cooled down completely, and the people who bought the grain first saw that the price of the grain in their hands had dropped several times, and shook their heads and sighed angrily, with the intention of chopping their hands.

There is so much grain in the official warehouse, I am afraid that the people of the entire Luzhou City will not be able to eat it for three years, and if they wait a little longer, maybe the price of grain will fall below parity. Those who have food to eat do not call for it, and even those who have no food at home would rather go hungry for a few days and wait for the price of food to continue to fall.

Only Hao Ren knows that the sacks piled up on the wharf are not filled with grain at all, but only sand, and there are indeed a few grains left in the official warehouse in Luzhou.

"Lord Robben, go and buy back the grain of the Hulegu merchants, and only give them twice the price of the same price!" Hao Ren commanded.

"Your Majesty, you are so merciful!"

Luzhou is too guarded by Roben, and he has a reputation for benevolence, and he negotiated with the grain merchants in Luzhou several times to sell grain at a low price, but was rejected by the black-hearted merchants, and he was extremely resentful of several Hulegu merchants in his heart.

"Now that the official warehouse has stabilized the price of grain, even if it is to buy their grain at a parity price, it can be regarded as cheaper for them, if they can't repay Shen Wansan's debt within ten days, when Shen Wansan's complaint is delivered, I will seal up all their shops and family property, and then arrest them and send them to prison, and punish them well." Robben finally grabbed the handle of the merchants, and wanted to punish them well, and relieve the hatred in his heart.

"Forget it, you have to be forgiving and forgiving!" Hao Ren was relieved: "It is not easy for businessmen to make money, if they are too ruthless, it will cause the fear of businessmen, just give him a long memory, and see who will dare to ignore his conscience and raise prices in the future!" ”

"The subordinate officer receives the order!" Robben clenched his fists and retired.

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Under the leadership of Muhammad, seven Hulegu merchants were exhausted and came to accept the summons of Robben, the Taishou of Luzhou.

When Muhammad heard that Robben wanted to buy grain at twice the market price, he exclaimed: "Allah, Lord Taishou wants to buy grain at twice the market price, but I buy it at seven times the price. ”

"I don't care about the price of the previous few days, the price of grain these days is parity, as for how much money you buy, I don't care, if it weren't for Your Majesty asking me to raise some military rations, I would be too lazy to buy your grain at twice the price!" You have the final say on whether you sell it or not, and this official will not force it on you! Robben's face was calm and proud.

Among the seven Hulegu merchants, the smallest person was a brilliant and intelligent person, and he knew that Shen Wansan's coming to sell grain and selling grain at a low price in the official warehouse were all secretly planned, and the mastermind behind this was Hao Ren, who they thought was weak and deceitful.

There is a way that the people don't fight with the officials, so he wants to back down.

When his brain was running at high speed, he found that he sold the grain at this price, but he lost the money he earned from the windfall profits a few days ago, and by the way, he thought that according to the loose policy of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as he did not die and did business in accordance with the law, it would not be long before he could earn back the lost capital.

If you don't sell the grain, and when the repayment date with Shen Wansan arrives, all your family property will become Shen Wansan's, and at that time there will be no capital, and it will be difficult to turn over.

"The villain is willing to buy all the 120,000 stone of grain in stock to Lord Taishou."

One of the seven merchants took the lead, and the others could no longer hold on, and their thoughts were probably the same: if the grain was sold, there would be a chance to repay the principal, and if they could not be sold, the family would have no property.

As soon as Robben counted the amount of grain he bought, he not only bought back all the 800,000 stone grain he had originally sold, but also bought the 240,000 stone grain he had originally stockpiled.

In this way, not only did the profits obtained by the businessmen's violence a few days ago be put into the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty, but the grain prices in Luzhou were completely closed.

"As long as you abide by the law and do business in good faith, you will be given preferential policies in the future, you need to know that you are in the land of the Great Song Dynasty, you are the people of the Great Song Dynasty, don't treat yourself as an outsider!" Robben did not forget to admonish.

A few businessmen thoroughly understood the truth that the people did not fight with the officials. It's not that Your Majesty Hao Ren is weak, so they can't do anything, they just don't want to kill them, which one will change to play speculation again? Everyone only promised, and said yes again and again.

After a few days of sunny weather and dry weather, there was no climatic condition for the spread of rice blast, and the rice had passed the grain-filling period, even if it continued to be infected, it would not be extinct.

According to Liao Yongan's preliminary statistics of the Ministry of Households, the output of summer grain in the Great Song Dynasty has been halved, and there has been no complete extinction of rice production, and there is still a certain gap in the grain in the next year, and the loss is limited.

The Shen family's fleet prepared goods in Luzhou and handed over a large amount of cash to the Ministry of Industry, and Hao Ren ordered Shen Mao to be the ambassador of Nanyang Commerce, and the navy Wanhu Futong was marshal of eight sea ships, as escorts, and the Nanyang caravan was official.

Half a month later, the Northland Xuanfu made Yu Que rush back, and said enthusiastically: "Wujia, the prefect of Caizhou, organized the Flying Mountains to reclaim the wilderness, and the people of the Northland came to join them. Guo Tianxu's department, Sheng Wenyu's department, and Fu Youde's department began to reclaim the famine in Qixian, Mengcheng, and Xuzhou this spring, and the ministers saw that the wheat was growing well, and it was expected that there should be a bumper harvest, and the wheat from the north was transported to the south, and there should be no problem with this year's grain supply, but it is a pity that His Majesty's plan for the Northern Expedition will be postponed and postponed. ”

North of Yingzhou, south of the Yellow River, this is the place where Liu Futong passed, after repeated battles with Meng Yuan, most of the people were killed or fled, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a thousand miles of red land.

Hao Ren left behind several reclamation armies in the north, in addition to their own reclamation of wasteland, gradually centered on the army cantonment, scattered people everywhere gradually gathered over, after the Yuque census, north of Mengcheng, there were actually 170,000 more households than last year.

Of course, with such achievements, this is also due to a few cadres of the Great Song Dynasty.

The first merit should be Wu Liujiu's army in Mengcheng, which has been stationed, followed by the Feishan barbarian family members of Caizhou Tunken, and thirdly, Guo Tianxu's department, which has changed from a soldier to a militia, and again, it is Fu Youde's army that just captured Xuzhou last winter.

"It's okay to postpone the Northern Expedition for the time being, when the grain from the East and South Seas arrives, first completely eliminate the remnants of Chen Youliang, there are still many battles to be fought before the Northern Expedition!" Hao Ren said.

(To be continued.) )