Jingwen had the support of Feng Zhishui, the second-ranked grain merchant in Mengjin County, and Zhao Yang, the first-ranked silk cloth merchant, so he could implement this whip law smoothly. In the future, an iron triangle will be formed with the Mengjin County government as the core, and then solve this tax problem with Feng Zhishui and Zhao Yang. And in this iron triangle, all three aspects can get a lot of benefits. And this can be said to be a multi-party benefit, which is much better than the past method of government coercion. Moreover, Feng Zhishui and Zhao Yang also agreed to Jingwen's request when they monopolized the grain and silk cloth market in Mengjin County, that is, to sell grain and silk cloth at a flat price, and not to raise prices, or deliberately depreciate the purchase price of grain.

As for the loss of interests here, there are only other grain merchants and silk cloth merchants. As for whether it will cause a monopoly, this Jingwen is not worried at all, because the core of this iron triangle has always been in the government, and if the government does not support them, they will not be able to monopolize. In fact, they can only monopolize it by cooperating with the government, which is the reason why they can make money. So, if one day they don't obey, then it's okay to blow them away at that time. The current situation is actually the collusion between officials and businessmen, and it is an out-and-out collusion between officials and businessmen. However, the most primitive purpose of this kind of collusion between officials and businessmen is for the good of the people, so things cannot be generalized.

"Okay, let the official send two plaques to Feng Zhishui and Zhao Yang!" Jingwen said.

Half an hour later, gongs and drums began to beat in the streets.

In front of everyone, the official gave the plaque of this "righteous businessman" to Feng Zhishui.

"Boss Feng, this is specially awarded to you by our Mazhou County Order in order to commend you for safeguarding the interests of farmers in Mengjin County for a long time. I hope you can cherish it and continue to safeguard the interests of farmers and don't suffer losses! The official pretended to say.

"Thank you Ma County Order, I will definitely do a good job. Without peasant households, what do we merchants eat? There are no farmers. I don't have any food to buy, and we, the grain merchants, will starve to death. Therefore, the peasant household is my food and clothing parents, so why should I honor my parents? Feng Zhishui said with a grateful face.

And when Feng Zhishui accepted the plaque, hundreds of people saw it.

"Folks, because there was too much stock, we stopped buying grain. And now we've sold the grain in stock, so we can continue to buy it. Please come and buy, we will collect as much as we want, and each catty is three copper plates more than the purchase price of the government! Feng Zhishui said.

Those businessmen and the government are fighting openly and secretly. This is not suitable to be told directly to the people, so it is to find a reason to deal with the past. However, ordinary people don't care about this, they just care whether their grain can be sold in exchange for some copper plates to trade. Now that someone buys grain, then they naturally have to hurry over to trade.

Then, the people saw that there were interests here, and they left the purchase points set up by the government one after another, and came to several grain stores in Feng Zhishui to trade. Because Feng Zhishui's shop pù. There are more than three copper plates per catty, which is about three cents in later generations. Three cents more per catty, this is a lot of concessions for the people, which is enough to make the people tempted.

As for the grain that the government purchased before. In fact, Jingwen also asked Ma Zhou to transfer it directly to Feng Zhishui at the purchase price, and did not earn any more points. As for the money, it is used to repay the loan that Jingwen borrowed temporarily, but the interest must also be borne by Jingwen himself. After all, Jingwen also signed the contract. Naturally, you have to bear the interest. But it's only been less than ten days, how much interest can I have? To do things for the people, it is better to lose a little if you lose a little. After all, it's not much!

"Feng Zhishui! What do you mean by this? Zhu Ganglie, the largest grain merchant in Mengjin County, rebuked angrily.

Feng Zhishui actually violated the original discussion and actually purchased the grain by himself, which simply broke a big hole in their collusion network. If someone starts to buy it, then I am afraid that the alliance between the grain merchant and the silk cloth merchant will also fall apart completely. And they were originally an alliance of interests, but now that they have greater interests, the matter of selling teammates can be obvious. Feng Zhishui had already sold their teammates, and he had defected to the side of the government.

"Boss Zhu, I don't have enough supply now, what can I do if I buy it? You see, the government also awarded me a plaque of righteous businessman, which is a commendation for me! Feng Zhishui laughed and said.

And Zhu Ganglie didn't know what was going on here, so he naturally knew that Feng Zhishui had defected. And I, Zhu Ganglie, gritted my teeth, since the collusion of this alliance has broken a big hole, there is no need to continue to maintain it. And then, everyone also began to buy grain.

However, when everyone began to buy grain, it turned out that the common people and peasant households all ran to Feng Zhishui, and other grain merchants did not buy much grain. And many people would rather line up and run to Feng Zhishui, which makes everyone baffled. Anyway, everyone's price is the same, and they all raise the purchase price of the government by three copper plates, but now they don't come to their own place, which makes them very depressed.

"Boss Feng is a righteous businessman, but he protects the interests of our people all the year round, so of course we have to sell it to him. Sell it to him, and we won't lose! The people said.

When Zhu Ganglie heard this, he almost fainted. What is to protect the interests of the people, isn't this his nonsense! In the past, these grain merchants used to suppress grain prices at harvest time, and then make huge profits. But now Feng Zhishui has actually become a "righteous businessman" who protects the interests of the people, and he is not ashamed! However, the businessman's face is thick, and Feng Zhishui accepted the title of this righteous businessman with peace of mind.

However, Feng Zhishui can be said to be the most trustworthy grain merchant in Mengjin County, and the people have recognized the signboard of the government. After all, the official standard in ancient times was much stricter than that in later generations, and the government was so open to advertise Feng Zhishui, plus Feng Zhishui had a certain intention to maintain this reputation, then he could take the opportunity to monopolize the grain market in Mengjin County. But this period is only five years later, so it will be up to us to see if he is interested. If he is not interested in five years, it can completely tear off his face as a righteous businessman. Anyway, Jingwen asked Ma Zhou to collect this Feng Zhishui's black material, which could be released at any time when the time came. (To be continued......)