The place where Jia Rudao met Liu Xiaoyuan and Pu Shougeng is Duobao Pavilion, as the name suggests, it is a pavilion that collects treasures, and there are a variety of calligraphy and painting treasures in it, Liu Xiaoyuan's eyes swept away, and he found several valuable treasures.

Jia Rudao wore a Dongpo scarf and sat peacefully on a brocade couch, surrounded by beautiful flowers like flowers. Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan and others coming in, he just waved his hand and said the word "sit".

Although the tone is flat, there is an irresistible power in it. Liu Xiaoyuan vaguely saw the shadow of Kublai Khan, which can only be cultivated in the position of the master! Obviously, today's Southern Dynasty is nominally surnamed Zhao, but in fact it is Jia Nidao who is in charge.

Liu Xiaoyuan sat down, took some tea from the maid's hand, and only heard Jia Rudao say: "The old man has been entangled in mundane affairs for days, and he only has time to see the two noble envoys today, please forgive me." ”

It turned out that Liu Xiaoyuan and Pu Shougeng were hung by Jia Yidao for more than a month, and they were not summoned until the tripartite battle in the north was decided.

Liu Xiaoyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Pingzhang Gong has all the opportunities, and it is not enough to think about this Dayuan envoy, if it is Chen Ming's envoy, I am afraid that he will already be Geling's guest." ”

Jia Rudao smiled faintly: "If Yanjing is still in the hands of Da Yuan, it will be Chen Defang who comes to the old man's paradise at this moment." ”

Liu Xiaoyuan's face stiffened slightly, knowing that Kublai Khan's performance could not hide from Jia Yidao!

But at this time, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Dayuan is just abandoning the land to save people, and trapping Chen Dexing's hands and feet with nearly two million hungry people on Yanjing, Pingluan, Baoding, and Hejian roads. Taishi must have heard the truth that the country will be chaotic if there is no food, right? There is no grain in Yanyun Hebei, there is a shortage of grain in the corner of Liaodong, and Goryeo also can't get much surplus grain. Now it can help these two million people survive the famine. Only Da Song! So...... The rise and fall of this Chen thief is in the thought of the Taishi! ”

Jia Rudao stood up. He walked a few steps in the pavilion with his hands in his hand, and sighed: "My great Song Dynasty rules the world with benevolence. It has been a mistake to donate hundreds of millions of people in the Northland, and to endure the replacement of soldiers with food, until millions of people in the Northland starve to death? ”

Liu Xiaoyuan knew that millions of northerners would starve to death, of course Jia Yidao would not frown, but what if he starved to death? When Chen Dexing calls, don't you want to pursue this matter? It's good that he Jia seems to be a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but aren't the Jia and Chen families also relatives? Jia Yidao's niece is Chen Defang's wife!

Now it is each his own master, there is nothing to say, if there is a time to meet in the future. You have to leave a little bit of decency. This is the ...... It's hard to do!

At that moment, he smiled faintly and pointed to Pu Shougeng beside him, "This wicked person doesn't need to be a master, the master only needs to make it more convenient, return some of the Pu family's property, and give a few million dollars." When the time comes, some people will hoard Juqi and raise the price of grain in the Southern Dynasties. ”

"How much is it to give some back?" Jia Rudao's tone sank. Pu Shougeng's family property in the Song Kingdom was ordered to be confiscated by him, and the interests involved behind this matter are not a little bit, and the big man who profited from it couldn't count it with ten fingers and ten toes. How do I get it back?

"The Pu family's house in Quanzhou and Lin'an. One for each of them, and another five million for each of them. Pu Shougeng smiled and said, "But I have to say that all the price has been returned." ”

Jia Rudao breathed a sigh of relief, "This is easy to do." ”

Pu Shou Geng's crime of rebellion. The crime was the robbery and murder of Chen Dexing -- now the Southern Song Dynasty court has stripped Chen Dexing of his various positions and issued an edict to arrest him, and the crime is also treason! Pu Shougeng's crime is not very real. Moreover, Pu Shougeng is now a high-ranking official of Dayuan, and Song and Yuan have a common enemy. Sort of a quasi-ally. It is appropriate to exempt the Pu family from the crime, but the reason why it has been delayed now is that it has not been done. There is no way to return the Pu family's thousands of family wealth.

Pu Shou Geng now as long as he points out his property, it's easy to say!

"However, with such a small amount of money, can you raise the price of grain in the Great Song Dynasty?" Jia asked suspiciously.

Now Huizi is worth more than a few years ago, 5 million guan huizi is almost equal to 1 million copper coins, and according to the current grain price in Jianghuai, 1.2 million stone brown rice can be bought. This figure is quite a lot in the north, but in the Song Kingdom, which has a population of 70 or 80 million, and last year's grain output must have exceeded 200 million stones, it is only a few thousandths.

"Enough, enough." Pu Shougeng stroked his gray beard and replied without hesitation: "As long as the Great Song Dynasty does not interfere with it, it will hit Pu's business." Pu always has a way to fry the price of Jianghuai's grain to more than three times per stone! ”

"Sanguan? It's only 800 now! Jia Rudao was surprised, "How much does it cost?" ”

Jia Rudao was not proficient in financial management and business - by the standards of later generations, he should be regarded as a politician, military strategist, philosopher (Confucianism), poet, and entomologist (very good at Orthoptera, crickets). But he is not good at financial management, at least there is no way to compare with Pu Shougeng. The currency reform and land reform that led the Southern Song Dynasty in history were a mess. So he didn't know what speculation was all about.

Pu Shougeng smiled: "The Taishi should ask how much money Pu can make from it, not how much it costs!" ”

Jia Rudao put down the teacup, looked at Pu Shougeng with wide eyes, and said, "Can you still make money?" ”

Pu Shougeng nodded without hesitation: "At least three or four times the profit, there is a certain certainty." ”

If you want to say this to someone else, Jia Rudao doesn't believe it. But what kind of person is Pu Shougeng! Before Song Guo confiscated the Pu family's industry, he was the richest man in the world! He said that this business could be profitable, and Jia Rudao really didn't dare to believe it.

Liao Yingzhong reminded in a low voice on the side: "Taishi, if the price of Jianghuai rice is as high as three guan, Lin'an's rice will be sold for six guan and one stone, but I am afraid that the common people will not be able to afford it." ”

The price of Lin'an rice has always been expensive, but in terms of copper coins, it is rarely higher than three times. At present, it is only the same half. If the price of Lin'an rice is as high as six times, I am afraid that it will cause unease among the people.

"I can guarantee below," Pu Shougeng said, "The price of Lin'an rice will not be higher than Sanguan, if it is higher than Sanguan, Taishi can copy Pu's home again!" ”

Liao Yingzhong and Weng Yinglong were still not very relieved, they both frowned tightly, the people take food as the sky! Allowing Pu Shougeng to speculate and sell the grain in the Great Song Dynasty is undoubtedly playing with fire, and if he is not careful, the Great Song Dynasty will have to be burned.

Jia Rudao no longer hesitated, waved his hand and said, "Pu Haiyun, let this matter go." When you are in the background, if the capital is not enough, you will lend you five million! ”

Pu Shougeng stood up and bowed: "Then Pu Mou thanked the master...... Taishi's five million, Pu should be repaid three times! ”

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Just when Jia Yidao and Pu Shougeng were discussing how to partner in the village and speculate on the high price of grain to pit Chen Dexing. In the Yanjing Palace, a celebration banquet is being held.

The lights in the Zhaoming Palace are colorful, and the fragrance of wine and meat is far away, and even the refugees who gather in several refugee camps around Yanjing City have all got a share of wine and meat, and they can have a delicious meal. The celebration banquet was Zhao Fu's idea, and the purpose was of course not to let the big guys improve their food, but to send two signals to the soldiers of the Ming army and the people of Yanjing.

First, Daming won! Defeated Kublai Khan's army of more than 100,000 troops, completely took Yanjing, Pingluan, Hejian, and Baoding, and controlled the famous city in the south, and also prepared to send troops to Zhending, Shunde, Guangping and Yanshan Zhukou!

Second, I want to tell you that the large-scale war has come to an end, and it will be time to recuperate and develop production! It is necessary to turn the seized territory into a reliable base area, and provide the Ming army with more food, better weapons and a stronger army, so that it can cope with the next decisive battle, completely recover the northern Han land, and rescue the Han brothers who were enslaved by the Mongols!

The high-ranking generals of the Ming army who participated in the Yanyun-Hebei battle, including Wang Lufei, who served as the governor of the Daimyo Prefecture, all rushed to Yanjing from their respective stations to participate in this celebration banquet. The Ming Army, which did not participate in this battle, was the general of the Ming Army, and the commander of the Beiyang Fleet of the Navy was tall. There are also political and religious officials who stayed in Mingdu, Huang Zhishen, Ren Yijiang, Mo Yingniang and others. There are also beautiful mothers Guo Fuer, Zhao Lin'er, Baoyin, Cui Yue'er and other Chen Dexing's family members who have just given birth to a child, all of whom came to Yanjing Zhaoming Palace under the leadership of Guo Fu'er, and they also participated in the celebration banquet together today. Everyone gathered together, all in the main hall of Zhaoming Palace.

The dishes of the celebration banquet are also very simple, such as rice and white flour steamed buns, fragrant mutton soup, roast mutton with sesame oil, some salted fish and shrimp, various kimchi (there are no fresh vegetables in the winter in the north in the 13th century), candied dried fruits and sorghum wine from Mingdu Prefecture.

The above is the highest-grade state banquet of the Ming Kingdom, which has not yet been officially established. And there is no singing and dancing, let alone poetry - some people propose to compare wrestling or something, but Chen Dexing has no interest in watching big men wrestle, he likes women's sumo, Yang Po'er VS Baoyin is the reserved program of his harem. But they can't be allowed to perform in front of a group of Ming civil and martial arts......

Chen Dexing also looked like Kublai Khan, much more haggard than before, with a deep beard, red eyes, and a strong yawn. But the appetite is still good, and the people who eat and drink the sea stuff themselves into a round belly. When he finished eating, the civil and military forces sitting on his left and the women on his right had already eaten a lot—they didn't enjoy singing and dancing, nor did they compose poems, and of course they ate faster with their heads buried in their heads.

Seeing that the big guys stopped their chopsticks and looked at themselves, Chen Dexing nodded lightly: "It's still a bit slow, our meal is in the Southern Dynasty, it is probably a banquet for ordinary rich families, and it can't be compared with the state banquet of the officials of the Southern Dynasty......

Zhao Fu grinned and touched his belly and smiled: "King, we can't compare with the Southern Dynasty now, it's not just a meal. The Southern Dynasties are a country, and we are still a kind of recruit. The official family of the Southern Dynasty is the emperor, and the king is still just a king......" (to be continued......