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In the process of foreign expansion in recent years, Zhang Mai not only followed military principles, but also followed commercial principles, and adopted the principle of exchange for those who were wealthy in the territory, and those who were beneficial to the development of the Tang Army would cede political resources or property resources to help him make a fortune. Several major families represented by the Zheng family and the Nai family developed in this way. This interaction between warriors and merchants, and this combination of military and commerce, is also one of the important reasons why the Tiance Tang Army has been able to rise rapidly in the past few years.

However, there is an unwritten principle of this policy of the Tiance Army, that is, the principle of "betting on treasure before the war", that is, those who can give financial support to the Tang Army in the midst of the great embarrassment before the victory is divided, the Tiance regime will only be rewarded for its merits after the victory, and usually return the resources that are far greater than its contribution as compensation, as for those who hesitated before the war and refused to bet on the victory of the Tiance Army, and then came to join in the fun after the victory, it is more difficult to get a piece of the pie after the war.

In this Beiting War, the Tiance regime not only did its best in the treasury, but also almost all the close families that were closest to the Tiance regime also contributed considerable manpower and material resources, the Zheng family in military supplies, the Nai family in logistics, and the Luo family in meat and livestock, almost all of them were carried out at a loss regardless of the cost, in addition to the Zhang family and the Song family in Shazhou, the Wu family in Ganzhou, the Sun family in Liangzhou, and even the Murong family in Murong Guiying, the Cao family in Cao Yuanshen, and the Kang family where Kanglong was located, they also had money to contribute at critical moments, and they made a strong contribution. Because their combination with the Tiance regime is already quite close, if they lose the battle of Beiting, they will not have a good life, although Murong Guiying and Kang Long and others bet on the wrong treasure a few times, but they still have this vision. It was precisely the fact that even dissidents were able to temporarily put aside their prejudices during the war that enabled the war to proceed smoothly to the end.

But by the end of the war, these families were in debt, and although it could be expected that the Tiance regime would give them concessions in terms of political and property resources, there was a big difficulty at this stage, and they were facing the same problem of tight money as the warehouse controlled by Zheng Wei. At this time, those families who did not have major losses during the war had their financial advantages revealed!

At this stage, the discerning people in the world know that the advantages of these wealth-cherishing families will be very short-lived, and once the Zheng, Nai, Luo, Zhang and other families are relieved, their stamina will inevitably multiply their property tenfold and hundredfold by virtue of the resource advantages they have obtained in politics, and these estranged families will soon be marginalized or even swallowed up.

But it was also in this special period that if Zheng Wei wanted to stabilize the price of grain, then he had to turn to these estranged families for help, and only these families had the ability to do this. Of course, there must be a price to pay for these families. At present, the treasury of the Tiance regime is empty, although the army has newly conquered thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, but these places are empty and uninhabited, and there is not much to produce for the time being, it is a time when the price of land is low, and the treasury of the Tiance regime is empty, and the initiative of the domestic economy has temporarily fallen into the hands of these alienated families. Zheng Weiruo's sale of these mountains, forests, pastures, minerals and gardens in order to stabilize the price of grain, and the property that these alienated families can get in exchange is only afraid that it will not be under those families who made heavy contributions during the war, or even exceed.

Therefore, this food price incident is not only a sequelae of the Battle of Beiting, but also a big business war involving two different commercial forces in Tiance, even if this war is not related to the food price incident, it will be triggered in another field.

Zheng Wei deliberately went home today, not to eat and talk about family life, but to explore his own family background to see if these close merchants still have enough strength to save the situation, but from Zheng Ji's answer, he already knew that the answer was no.

"The marshal will not agree to this matter!" Zheng Wei said: "Although the marshal entrusted me with all the power of government affairs before the Western Expedition, this matter is obviously contrary to his intentions. ”

Zheng Ji said: "This matter, in the final analysis, is still a matter of money and food. Now that the treasury is empty, if you can't come up with money and grain to level the price of food, then you can only go and consult with them. ”

"Consult with them, and that is to bow to them." Zheng Wei said: "It's okay to bow your head, but if you bow your head under this kind of shape, the conditions they prescribe must be harsh." It is roughly estimated that half of the profits from the newly taken pastures and mines will fall into their hands! When the soldiers fought to the death, these people did not exert their strength, and when the battle situation was settled, they used the disaster after the war to collect the results, and the military must have an opinion after knowing it! ”

The soldiers of the Tiance Army fought bravely to kill the enemy in front, and even fought for their lives for the country, but if after the war, they suddenly found that the land they had bled and fought to was all in the hands of a group of businessmen who were full of brains and had no contribution to the country, how could they accept this? Although Zheng Wei was not a soldier, he also followed him all the way from Lingxi, and he could understand the feelings of the soldiers and generals, knowing that if he did this, it would inevitably cause an uproar in Tiance. Zhang Mai is far away in the west, but Yang Dingguo will not agree to be the first one!

Zheng Ji frowned and said, "If you refuse to agree, what are you going to do?" ”

Zheng Wei was silent, he really couldn't help it.

Zheng Wanda interjected and asked Zheng Jidao: "Our family is in Gaochang, how much grain do we still have?" ”

Zheng Ji reported a figure, including the amount of rice, coarse grains, wheat, and so on, and Zheng Wei calculated that it was enough for about 20,000 people to have four months' rations, which was a bit surprising -- this figure was much less than he expected!

It turned out that after the Battle of Beiting, followed by Guo Wei's westward expedition, and then followed by Zhang Mai's westward journey, these two major operations also needed military rations, so the military had already overdrawn grain and grass from the Gaochang people before Yang Yi, Zheng Wei knew some of these things, but he didn't know that the Zheng family's grain stocks were pumped so strictly.

Zheng Wanda said: "I don't know how many people have been evacuated from Beiting to Gaochang to eat, presumably there must be at least seventy or eighty thousand." Even if the money is lent to the state, we will pay us back when the treasury has money, so that it can support us for a month, first ensure the supply of the army and help the country stabilize the morale of the army. ”

When Zheng Ji heard this, his face was embarrassed, and he sighed: "Dad, do you really want to destroy the family and save the country?" ”

Grain can also be used as hard currency in special periods, especially wheat, and it is traded in many places in the Western Regions, not counting silver (at this time, silver has not yet become a universal means of settlement), not counting money, but counting how many bags of wheat are worth. Now that the Zheng family's treasury is empty, the last liquid asset is this batch of stored grain, which is also the Zheng family's last capital. The most feared thing about doing business is the disconnection of funds, if the operation is not good, the huge family business may collapse because of this.

Zheng Wanda's eyes dimmed, as if he thought of the past, and said: "Old 2, don't forget jì, our Zheng family started in the Goods Colony Mansion, and the money from the beginning was originally military funds, and it really was to invest all the family property into it, and it was just a kind of 'return'!" ”

Zheng Ji said: "But even if we do this, it will only last for a month, and we can't reverse the whole situation." Moreover, the soldiers, militiamen, fortification soldiers, captives, slaves, and family members who go south to eat are all human beings, and if they are human beings, they have to make their own small calculations, and if we send the grain, it is difficult to ensure that they turn around and sell it to the grain dealers, and it will be even more self-defeating. As long as the benefits are there, the ban will become waste paper, and no matter how much food will fill this bottomless pit. I'm just afraid that if we break the house, we still can't change the whole situation. ”

Zheng Wanda muttered: "Then let's do it first, you ask the third child to write an IOU, and sell our stored grain to the military and enter the military warehouse, and then let the third child discuss with the military and give an order, before the autumn harvest, all the eaters will go to the military camp for dinner, if there are still people who dare to steal food and sell it, they will be punished by military law, so no matter what the situation outside, the morale of the general will be stabilized first." He said to Zheng Wei again: "The third child, it is already the limit for the family to do this, and it is up to you to come down again." ”

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Zheng Wei didn't sleep at home that night, took the number he got from Zheng Ji and went back, Zheng Ji said jokingly before he left: "Third brother, sometimes I really don't know if your house is here or there. Zheng Wei knew that his brother was a little blaming himself for stripping his family too heavily for the sake of the official family, but Zheng Ji only complained, and the next day he still hurriedly sent someone to Gaochang to hand over the affairs.

After the people sent by Zheng Ji set off, they wrote a note to Zheng Wei and asked his family to send it, Zheng Wei opened it, and saw it and said: "Those who eat by saving grain (reading and feeding) are treating the symptoms, not the root cause." ”

Zheng Wei knew what Zheng Ji meant, that it was best to use inventory as a leveling bar to adjust prices. However, in order to stabilize prices with economic strength, the government's own stocks must be sufficient, but the batch of grain stocks contributed by the Zheng family is still insufficient.

However, the Zheng family's attack this time finally relieved the urgent need of Tiance Tang Jun, Yang Dingguo was greatly admired by Zheng Wanda after he knew it, and said: "I only said that he is an iron rooster, but I didn't expect that this time he would be willing to pluck a few hairs by himself!" "Anxi Wuren has been entangled in grievances with the Cargo Colony Mansion for a hundred years, although Yang Dingguo is complimenting, his tone is still a little mocking.

As for those big and small traders who take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, Yang Dingguo is even more polite, after listening to Zheng Wei's analysis, this Tiance country elder became angry on the spot, and said in front of Guo Fen and others: "Actually, why be so polite to these people!" I have a solution! ”

Guo Fen hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what good ideas do you have?" ”

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