In April of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the people and horses of King Xuanda Qin returned to their posts one after another, Dengzhou and Liaozhen Qinwang soldiers and horses were ordered not to return through Juyong Pass, Liaozhen took the Bauhinia Pass, Wang Changfu led the army to move slowly, and returned to the plain area through the Reverse Horse Pass and Zhubokou.

The dragoons returned to Linxian, this dragoon attracted the attention of the imperial court, and in the establishment of the imperial court, there was suddenly an additional establishment of the Zhending general army, under the jurisdiction of a battalion of regular guerrillas. Nominally, it was to better hold the passes of Taihang, but the guerrilla garrison was close to Wu'an, and the intention to target the dragoons was very obvious.

As soon as the dragoons returned to Linxian, the transfer order of the military department came down, and asked them to follow Zhu Daichun to Huguang to suppress bandits, this force was divided into two, one of them went to Henan on the surface, but most of them were scattered to Linxian Tunbao, and more than 7,000 displaced people rescued in Xuanda were also placed in Linxian.

Wang Changfu's Qin Wang Jun went to Tianjin through Baoding Mansion, preparing to return by boat in Tianjin, Zhong Laosi also followed the army back to Denglai, because Wang Changfu's adjutant quietly told him about the follow-up arrangements, so Zhong Laosi was in a very relaxed mood, and he was thinking about training the Young Guards all the way.

Wang Changfu also knew about this arrangement, and temporarily let Zhong Laosi serve as the training staff officer of the Guards, so that he could establish a relationship with the soldiers, Zhong Laosi told these young soldiers all the way about the war examples, Zhong Laosi's temper was very popular in the Young Guards, and as soon as he set up camp, there were a bunch of teenagers around him waiting for him to talk about the war.

Zhong Laosi participated in almost all the battles of Dengzhou Town, and also served in all branches of the army, whether it was a mandarin duck formation, a spear formation or a musket formation, he could tell a lot of ways, and even the tactics of the cavalry he understood, and became the god of war in the minds of those young soldiers.

And Zhong Laosi also likes this battalion, these teenagers are all from the Tunpu literacy class, they have a chemical foundation, and many people can draw maps and read compasses. The queue and musket also have a foundation, which is much easier to train than those tunhu, and the learning ability is very strong, Zhong Laosi can quickly understand all the ideas, and put forward a lot of whimsical ideas. This kind of youthful passion also influenced Zhong Laosi.

More than 6,000 horses stayed in Tianjin, waiting for Dengzhou and Dengshui to be delivered, and they were not delivered until early May. Zhong Laosi finally found a time to go out and revisit his hometown in Tianjin, where he worked as a slender man in Zhangjiawan in the seventh year of the Apocalypse. At that time, he stayed in Tianjin for a short time, and then took a boat to Weihai, which changed his life.

He walked around the city, entered the Tianjin Acropolis, and just entered Zhenhaimen Street. I saw that there were a few places where people were boiling, Zhong Laosi had always been bustling, and when he came over to see, there were several grain stores, and many people were howling with grain bags.

Zhong Laosi asked the person next to him curiously: "There is no war, why do you want to grab food?" ”

The man looked at the military uniform on Zhong Laosi's body, gave him a blank look, and said, "It's not a good thing that you Denglai soldiers have done." What are you doing in Tianjin, buying so much grain, since you came here, the price of grain has risen from one or two to one or two or five yuan. Yesterday was good, and it rose by three dollars in one day. ”

Zhong Laosi said dissatisfiedly: "Lao Tzu Dengzhou Town went to fight Tartars, and it was not possible to come back to buy some food, and I didn't take it from your house." Let's go. And the price of this grain fell. ”

"That's why you're gone, and now the price of food is rising day by day. The grain stores refuse to sell, waiting for the price to be sold, where do you let us find food? ”

Zhong Laosi waved his hand, and this person can't understand, obviously it is a grain merchant who is cheating and slippery, he has to blame Dengzhou Town, Zhong Laosi went west along Zhenhaimen Street, out of the west gate to the side of the canal, he used to be a slender man in Zhangjiawan and came to Tianjin many times, mainly by the canal, there is little change here, Zhong Laosi can recall a lot of the past, at that time, a trip down was only enough for a few days of food, but now he is an officer who commands thousands of elite troops.

Walking around the river, the grain stores along the river also hung up sold-out signs, even the cotton cloth shops, and many merchants from Beijing and Tongzhou were in a hurry, surrounding each other with their own gossip.

Zhong Laosi thought about it, took off his military uniform and hugged it in his hand, and leaned over to listen to those businessmen in only a cotton undershirt, and the pile he listened to included businessmen from Texas, Linqing and Tongzhou, and several people were discussing.

"There are people in Tongzhou who sell grain at high prices, I heard that the most sold is the Sihai Trading Company, and several other grain stores opened by the imperial court are also buying, and there is news in Beijing that the thieves have gone to Huguang, and the price of grain will rise this year, but no one expected it to rise so early."

"Hey, it is said that Hu Guang is familiar with the world, when the thieves go to Henan, we should think of this section, if Huguang is harmed, then, the price of grain must not be turned over one by one, you say, why didn't Lao Tzu think of this section."

Another humane with a Shandong accent: "Linqing and Dezhou are also grabbing grain, as soon as the grain ships in the south come, some people will go to buy them at a higher price before they pass the banknote customs, and the grain prices in Linqing are one or two or six yuan, and I don't know how much it has risen in the past few days, those grain merchants will send grain in Linqing, where to find goods in Tianjin." ”

"Then I said, why is the cotton also rising? Lao Tzu didn't come to buy grain, Lao Tzu just wanted to buy some cotton cloth produced in Denglai, Tongzhou said no, Tianjin didn't have it, it was difficult to achieve only Jinan Prefecture, but there was a land route, it was much more expensive. ”

"Tianjin's cotton cloth is also collected, I heard that there is a stream of rogues who only go to the south of Zhili, in case this can not be kept, the price of cotton cloth has increased several times."

Another person hurriedly said: "Who, who did you listen to say that there are Liukou who went to Jiangnan, what I heard was that he went all the way to Huguang, and he was still circling in Henan all the way, and I heard that he was going to open the seal." ”

"Hey, no matter where you hit, Huguang and Nanzhili can't be messed up, if the price is really high, there will be fewer people who can afford it."

"You're worried that you can't afford to buy less, and now you can't get the goods, so you still have to think about where to find the goods......"

Zhong Laosi was a little surprised when he heard this, it seemed that there was more than one shortage of food in Tianjin, he snorted and smiled, "Lao Tzu, I'm going to find out what the person from Fang Cai is, this matter is obviously grabbing grain everywhere, and it has nothing to do with our Dengzhou Town." ”……

The head office of Tianjin Sihai Trading Company, which belongs to the junction of the North Zhili business district and the canal business district of the trading company, is now under the supervision of Wang Erya, and it is also the command office of the economic war in Dengzhou.

Tianjin is the most stable place for the power of the Sihai Trading Company, Dengzhou Town passed through this place twice, and Chen Xin and Liu Minyou are from Tianjin, so the public recognition here is the highest. This place is very close to Jingshi, Wen Tiren and Liang Tingdong and others are quite influential here, and the local officials do not dare to go against Dengzhou's business, but many other trading companies look at the face of the four seas trading companies.

"This piece of fake news is corrected, and it says that Jiannu will soon enter the Koujing Division this year, and the people and horses are already on the way, so everyone has to store grain." Wang Erya ticked a strip with a pen and said to Lu You next to him.

"Yes, my subordinates will add a few more place names to make it look real." Lu You recorded quickly.

Wang Erya looked at another one, "Liukou has already passed Xiangyang, you might as well exaggerate more, just say that there is a way to Hanzhong, and the other way to break the vast city of Hu, all along the Han River is broken, Huguang is afraid that there will be no harvest this year, and the news of the drought in Jiaxing Mansion in Jiangnan is exaggerated." ”

Lu You said proudly: "Yes, Mr. Wang is in charge of the strategy, this time the entire Beizhili will grab grain, and it is best to spread to Shaanxi and Xuanda." ”

Wang Erya rubbed her reddened eyes, "This is set by Lord Chen and Lord Liu, I just refine their strategies." ”

"Then the king has to preside over it." Lu You said with some admiration, "Just relying on our trading company to buy, the price can't rise so much, Erya is in charge of your shot, and the north of Linqing will start purchasing at the same time, causing other grain merchants to sell it, and at the same time they will come out to grab grain, so that the people will spontaneously grab grain and store it at home, this amount is immeasurable, and the canal capacity is limited in the short term, and the root cannot stabilize the price of grain." ”

Wang Erya also said a little proudly at this time: "Jiangnan does not produce grain now, and most of the grain comes from Huguang and Jiangxi. At least until the autumn harvest in Huguang and Sichuan, the grain price will fall, and then slowly stabilize the grain price from the south to the north, and wait until the grain price in the north falls, it is already winter, and the grain from the south will not be transported to the north. ”

Lu You sighed: "The most powerful trick of Mr. Erya, is to make everyone panic, they are all storing more grain at home, and the purchase volume will suddenly increase a lot in the short term, even if we don't stock up on grain, the price of grain will also rise, yesterday's news, the price of grain in Guanning has been two or five dollars and a stone." ”

"But don't forget the purpose of Lord Chen and Lord Liu, first of all, is to defeat those who do business in western Liaoning, you tell those big merchants who store grain together, everyone has to unify the pace, wait until the price of grain in Guanning rises sharply and then ship together, and slowly release grain in Tianjin and Jingshi, and make enough profits, but only in western Liaoning to reduce prices, after defeating those old merchants in western Liaoning, let's slowly divide the benefits of western Liaoning, divide it into good discussions, and it will be easy to do next year, and the little salary in western Liaoning will be earned by us."

Lu You was a little worried: "Then what if Wu Xiang is selling grain by himself, and he will be in Liaoxi ...... then."

Wang Erya said indifferently: "What are you afraid of, he Wu Xiang dares to move our Sihai Trading Company, he still doesn't want to make Mongolian silver, and he doesn't want to roll cigarettes, besides, the merchants we do together are all members of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and Wu Xiang can't afford to offend." ”

Lu You smiled, then shook his head and said: "It's all in the calculations of the second chief, so what if the imperial court or the yamen in Tianjin come to check the hoarding?" ”

"The virtue of the imperial court is like that, let's send those local officials ourselves, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs think of a way to take care of the Beijing officials, and tell Wang Changfu that he will leave a thousand headquarters in Tianjin, in short, he will find a way to stay at least until July, so it will be safe."

Lu You touched his chin, "But what kind of way do you want to ......?"

Wang Erya didn't raise her head, and said casually, "Just say that there is no boat to go back, or www.biquge.info dispute with Shuiying Biqu Pavilion, waiting for the court to mediate, these are very simple things." ”