Yang Chengzu was very polite to Yang Shen, but in terms of attitude, he was also extremely resolute, and he refused to make even a little concession.

"Brother Yang, what the younger brother means has been said very clearly. They had twelve hours to mobilize food, money, and manpower, and after twelve hours, they only had to keep the price of food before the Tartar siege. To tell the truth, the price of grain before the siege of the thieves, the grain merchants made the same money, which was nothing more than making more and making less. I admit that if they donate food again, they may lose money this time. But what time is it? Isn't it natural for the captives to besiege the city, some people are selling their lives, and some people are bleeding, so let them pay some money and lose some food? When everyone is in trouble, how can they continue to get rich? It doesn't make sense. Brother Yang is a scholar, and he knows more truths than me, and he doesn't know what truths are to support them to make money forever. ”

Yang Shen's face froze, in his opinion, the grain merchant retreated to this step, which was already considered benevolent and righteous. In fact, if it weren't for Yang Tinghe's mediation, the strike would have already begun. To be able to do this step, it was the grain merchants who gave face to Shoufu, and Yang Tinghe wanted to do things well, leaving face to Yang Chengzu, but he didn't expect him to appreciate it, but directly refused, which made it a little intolerable.

"Brother Yang, I can understand some of your reasoning, but ...... I can only say that there are people who do the business of killing heads, and no one does the business that is loss-making. This kind of statement is indeed a bit contrary to the way of saints, but we are dealing with such a group of businessmen, and there is no way. At present, the thieves are besieging the city, and there are so many people in the city, what they want is stability, and other things can only be put aside. In fact, if it weren't for the father's fight for it, the joint strike of the Jingshi would have begun. You're right, they're just hoarding, but there's no way around it, it's the same in every disaster year, and that's the foundation of business. ”

Yang Shen softened his tone again, and tried to lower his stature as much as possible, "Brother Chengzu, those grain merchants, in fact, they don't really want to starve to death. There are many dead people, and as soon as the civil revolt happens, the first thing to bear the brunt of is the grain store, and they don't want to. So they will open a porridge field and hang these people to ensure that there is no chaos. The main purpose is to collect the land, and the military food on the nine sides actually depends on these grain merchants to transport, so that they can get some benefits, and there is no way to do it. It's better than if they really stopped doing it, so that the people couldn't buy anything even if they had money. Besides, all the businesses are striking at the same time, which means how serious the consequences are, please think twice. ”

Yang Chengzu smiled at the red peony, "Sister Peony, invite the other sisters, you know these things better than me." Tell Yang Gongzi to listen to it. ”

After a short time, Red Peony brought in six or seven women, some of these women were Qinglou women from the same background as her, and some were the daughters and daughters-in-law of a large family that Yang Chengzu bought in Anlu.

These people have become servants of the Yang family for one reason or another, and their own mathematical or management talents have been discovered by Yang Chengzu, and now they are all serving as stewards and other errands in the house. Including the two palace maids in the palace, Si Qin and Si Qi are also among them.

Yang Shen praised Yang Chengzu for his taste, but it was just a compliment, a famous man like him, a great talent, he can play as much as he wants, and others will not say a word. But how he really puts a woman in his eyes is also thinking too much. As far as he is concerned, there are few men in the world who can enter the eyes of the law, and as for the so-called talented women, they are just a gimmick and not worth a penny.

Nowadays, although there are female mountain people and female helpers, they are still in the category of three aunts and six women, and they are not elegant. There are some things to do in the boudoir, and if you want to let them really do things, Yang Shen is not optimistic.

From his heart, he has some slight complaints about Yang Chengzu, who uses the method of a beautiful woman in charge of all things in the family, thinking that the other party is a vulgar martial artist and a drunkard, and there is no great achievement after all. When I saw so many women come in and bow down together, I felt even more that I couldn't cry and laugh, and I was unseemly.

These women are of different ages, their looks are not bad, and their demeanor is also there, and a few of them seem to be from famous families, and they don't know how to fall into the Yang family as subordinates. Seeing Yang Shen look over, there were a few women whose faces were slightly red, and they were a little shy, which was not surprising, after all, a handsome and dashing first genius of the Ming Dynasty was in front, and it was reasonable for a few women to be tempted.

Red Peony coughed, and the expressions of these women immediately returned to solemnity, Si Qin walked out expressionlessly, opened the account book in his hand, and muttered loudly. But the amount of grain stored in the cattle followers, and the location of its storage, including two secret warehouses, are clearly stated. Subsequently, it was the belongings of Cao Zihou, Liu Shoudao and others, and it was also clear.

What Si Qi said was that several grain merchants had eaten a large amount of grain since 20 days ago, as well as the number of grain they had eaten at the same time in previous years. After two comparisons, you can find that the amount of food eaten this time is surprisingly abnormal. If something goes wrong, it is a demon, and such a large number of eats is enough to explain the problem.

With Yang Shen's wisdom, he naturally understood that this problem was not just a simple hoarding, but in fact, before the Mongol soldiers besieged Jingshi, they knew that a large number of refugees would flow into Jingshi, and they made preparations in advance. If you check it again, you can go up to the level of the captive.

Red Peony came over by herself at this time, reading a long list. The businessmen on this list are all Yang Chengzu who promised not to participate in the strike, and are even willing to operate at a loss, and the last name that should not appear here is Fan Chong, who was beaten half-dead.

"Fan Chong?"

"My people. Bitter meat trick, I think Yang Gongzi understands this. So you understand now, even if Pang Wencai really does something there, it is just a group of people, and there will still be some businessmen who are doing business normally. ”

"But these businessmen are not enough to meet the needs of the entire Beijing Division, once the Chamber of Commerce is all shut down, relying on these people will not be able to support it."

"Sister Jin Chan, you can talk about this issue."

The woman named Jin Chan blushed and blessed Yang Shen, "Childe, we have ambushed Jinyi Wei around each shop." If any of the shops are closed, our people will open the doors for them, and since they are not in business, we will do the business for them, so that the people will not be left without anything to buy. Even those warehouses, we can control them, they either pay 10,000 stone of grain, or lose all the grain, how to choose, it's up to them. ”