With the end of this year's autumn harvest, the breath of late autumn has also quietly descended on Chang'an.

This year's large-scale grain failure in Guanzhong has also cast a shadow over the hearts of the people of Guanzhong under the encouragement of businessmen from all over the country.

However, what was a little unexpected by the Chang'an court was that nearly half of the families in Guanzhong did not show too much worry about the food shortage and soaring food prices that may occur in Guanzhong this year and next.

——These families were the military families who sent their sons and nephews to participate in quelling the rebellion in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu at the beginning of the year as soldiers and people's husbands.

The Wu Chu Rebellion at the beginning of the year did cause a sensation in Guanzhong;

However, the rebellion between the Chang'an Central and Wuchu rebels started a battle, with a total of 600,000 troops and a total of more than one million combat units, and lasted less than three months.

In this rebellion, the casualties suffered by the central Chang'an were also mainly concentrated in the Liang army stationed in Suiyang.

The Guanzhong troops sent from Guanzhong to quell the rebellion basically did not suffer any blows.

Around the autumn harvest, the rebellion in Kanto was completely settled, and hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong troops, as well as several times the people, basically returned to Guanzhong with their respective booty and martial arts.

Subsequently, the rewards and pensions of the Chang'an court were also quickly distributed to the hands of the soldiers who went on the expedition.

-- From the Kanto region, especially from Wu Land, almost every Guanzhong soldier who went out to quell the rebellion received a considerable amount of 'spoils';

And after being sent home, the vast majority of the soldiers and civilians who participated in the war also received the rewards they deserved.

In this way, a rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu created tens of thousands of 'middle-class homes' in Guanzhong, and made hundreds of thousands of semi-tenant farmers who were living in poverty and on the verge of bankruptcy return to the embrace of the yeoman peasant class.

These Guanzhong sons and daughters who have made 'war money' are not even ambiguous about buying land for their families, and they will not worry about the shortage of grain and the skyrocketing grain prices that may occur in Guanzhong this year and next year.

- is one word: not bad money!

With such self-confidence, these husbands, who had already changed the fate of the entire family with their martial arts, dragged their families into Chang'an City.

In the past, I only dared to look at the fine fabric, but I didn't even dare to touch it, but now these husbands bought it home in a 'horse' unit;

The butcher shop, which once only dared to smell from afar and didn't dare to look at it more, is also very hot.

Even in the past, snacks and foods that could only be sold into the high gate have become bestsellers on the streets of Chang'an.

On the contrary, in previous years, the grain and rice shops with the highest passenger flow have become outcasts of the entire Chang'an City after this autumn.

Such a prosperous Chang'an City seems to have temporarily dispelled the shadow of a large-scale grain harvest failure in Guanzhong this year from the hearts of the people of Guanzhong.

It is in this short period of prosperity that the two palaces of Changle and Weiyang successively issued two edicts related to the temple and the society.

——In the third year of the Son of Heaven's Qi Xinyuan, on the first day of the ninth month of autumn, Changle Palace issued a low-key edict: Abolish Queen Bo's.

Obviously, this edict did not surprise the government and the opposition.

After hearing about this, the vast majority of people just sighed and expressed sympathy to Empress Bo and the late Empress Dowager Bo.

When Empress Bo, with the assistance of her 'son' Liu Pengzu and her concubine Liu Sheng, moved from the Jiaofang Palace in the Liyang Palace to the North Palace outside the Weiyang Palace, this incident was quickly forgotten by Chang'an.

Regarding the 'edict of the abolition of the queen' issued by the Changle Palace, public opinion in Chang'an did not have much reaction.

However, after the Weiyang Palace issued a long-forewarned 'appointment edict', public opinion on the streets of Chang'an was completely ignited.

- Bai Taiwei Zhou Yafu, for the prime minister!

For a time, the streets of Chang'an were crowded, and the sounds of conversation came and went;

Almost everyone put a sentence on their mouths: Zhou Yafu became the prime minister by virtue of his contribution to pacifying the Wu Chu Rebellion!

Followed by a famous scene that has never disappeared in the thousands of years of history of the Chinese nation: Zhou Yafu of the family next door.

"When you save some money, you can buy some meat and fat back and make up for Da Lang's body, right?"

"Lest you go to war in the future, you won't be able to swing your sword······"

- Farmers, decided to start with physical fitness;

···

"Next year, the second child won't go to the ground;"

"I have already contacted my colleagues in the army in the old days, and when spring begins, the second child will go to the door to learn art and hone his skills."

"If you go to the battlefield in the future, you won't miss the opportunity to make contributions because you are not good at learning and art······

- A middle-class family with a small family background, decided to start with combat skills;

···

"I know cockfighting and lackeys all day long, and I'm a bastard!"

"Starting tomorrow, no one is allowed to go out, and everyone is at home to read military books and practice martial arts!"

"If you dare not listen again, break your dog's legs!!"

- The high-ranking dignitaries obviously don't want to fall behind in this competition.

···

Regarding Zhou Yafu's official worship of the prime minister, almost the entire Chang'an's reaction was 'everything is inferior, but only Wu Xun is high'.

If this is not the case, how can Zhou Yafu explain that he is a supreme minister and a hundred courtesies only by virtue of martial arts?

As a result, Chang'an after the autumn harvest, and even the entire Guanzhong, fell into an inexplicable busyness.

——Inside and outside the court, busy preparing for the year-end plan and the first court meeting of the year;

- The prince and nobleman, full of jealousy and hatred for Zhou Yafu, urged the sons and nephews in the family to hone their martial arts.

Even ordinary people and peasant households have done everything possible to plan the future path for their children and grandchildren according to their actual conditions.

That is, in the midst of this hustle and bustle, a decree that should have attracted the attention of the entire Guanzhong was ignored by the vast majority of people······

·

"Tian Gong!"

Jangryeon-eup, Tianfu.

Wu Yanji's trademark hoarse voice provoked Tian Wei to get up from his seat in a hurry, and immediately raised his head with a serious face.

When Wu Yan Ji walked into the house with a sigh of breath, he handed over a roll of bamboo slips that had obviously just been written, and Tian Wei only reached out and took it.

After a little look at the contents of the bamboo slips, Tian Wei was covered with grim faces, but a trace of doubt quietly sprung up.

"Open Taicang and sell parity grain?"

"—start now?"

He exclaimed in confusion, but he only nodded his head without salt, and hurriedly grabbed the tea bowl at hand, and poured it violently.

Tian Wei lowered his head again, looked at the bamboo slip carefully with a gloomy face, and then sat back in his seat with a lot of doubts, falling into a long doubt.

"What is this shaft trying to do?"

"Even if it is to open a warehouse to release grain, it should be in the spring of next year, when grain prices rise;"

"Open a position now······"

The more he spoke, the more solemn the expression on Tian Wei's face became, and the gaze that looked at the bamboo slip in his hand became more and more serious.

"One Stone and One Hundred Dollars······"

"The price is right;"

"It's the time to open a position, it's too early······"

was full of suspicion and muttered to himself, but he couldn't come up with a reason, and Tian Wei finally had to raise his head with doubts.

"What is the reaction of those families?"

Tian Wei's kung fu as he spoke, and Wu Yan Ji finally smoothed his breath, and then exhaled again;

Hearing Tian Wei's question, his face, which had just calmed down, suddenly surged with excitement!

"Zhutian Branch, it seems that there are still some doubts;"

"But the Wei family Su clan and the Anling Du clan have already handed me a prayer post!

"The meaning of the words seems to be to borrow money and eat this batch of grain in Taicang······

It was difficult to say excitedly, Wuyan Ji looked at Tian Wei's gaze, and couldn't help but be a little tempted.

Although the words were not spoken, it was obvious that he wanted to ask Tian Wei: Should I lend this money?

More precisely, it should be: Can the money be recovered if it is lent out?

Regarding the urgency of the saltless taboo, Tian Wei was not in a hurry to answer.

Instead, he lowered his head again, looked at the bamboo slips repeatedly, and asked him like a left and right person: "Wuyan Gong, do you know how much grain there is in Taicang today?" ”

"Do you know how much grain will be transported from Shu County and Hanzhong to Guanzhong?"

"Do you know how much food is there in Guanzhong this year, and how much will it cost to buy enough food to fill this gap?"

asked three questions in a row, only to provoke Wuyanji to be slightly stunned, and the urgency on his face also showed a slight tendency to decrease.

I saw that Tian Wei checked the bamboo slips in his hand for the last time, and made sure that there was no omission, so he spread the bamboo slips flat on the table in front of him;

When he raised his head again and looked at the opposite seat, his face also quietly took on a touch of banter.

"Shaofu's internal money, just in Chang'an Taicang, there are 20 million stone grains."

"If necessary, several other granaries in Guanzhong can also transport tens of millions of stone grain to Chang'an within half a month."

"In addition, Shu County and Hanzhong will also have nearly 10 million stone grains entering the customs."

"-Counting, this is no less than 40 million stone grain······"

Saying this with a sneer, Tian Wei lowered his head slightly and pointed to the bamboo slip in front of him.

"That shaft plans to sell grain at a price of 100 yuan per stone, and these 40 million stone grain alone will need 400,000 yuan."

"Dare to ask the unsalted male;"

"-The Wuyan clan is bankrupt, and it may be possible to get 40,000 copper coins?"

"These 40 million stone grains, without the power of the Yan Clan, may they eat eleven?"

Two more questions in succession, all the excitement on Wuyanji's face was dispersed, Tian Wei finally took a long breath, and shook his head at Wuyanji with a sigh on his face.

"The Wei family's Su clan, the Anling Du clan, plus the seven branches of my Tian clan, these nine wealthy merchants, it seems, they have the ability to eat these grains."

"But don't forget: the autumn harvest has just passed;"

"The cash money of these nine families can be used to buy grain from the hands of farmers and hoard them in their respective granaries."

"If it weren't for that, these nine wealthy and wealthy businessmen would not have found a saltless prince?"

"The money of the saltless prince can easily be several times the interest, but no one has the courage to borrow it······"

"Huh?"

was full of joking questions, and finally provoked Wuyanji to bow his head solemnly.

After thinking about it again and again, he finally knew his inner thoughts with Tian Wei.

"I have already inquired: the food shortage in Guanzhong this year is more than 80 million stones!"

"And the warehouses in Shaofu and Guanzhong, plus the grain in Shu County and Hanzhong, can only get half of the 80 million stones."

"As long as you can eat these 40 million stone parity grain, all the grain in the pass will be controlled by the Wei family's Su clan, the Anling Du clan, and the seven branches of the Tian family."

"At that time, the price of grain will be hundreds, thousands, or ten thousand dollars a stone······

"Who, is that right?"

As he said this, the expression on Wuyanji's face was a little more relaxed.

He chuckled and shook his head, and then pointed to the official document of the Prime Minister's Mansion that had just been copied in front of Tian Wei.

"As for how to eat these 40 million stone parity grain, I've also thought about this."

"-I have no salt, I can eat 1.7 million stone of grain in Taicang."

"The Wei family's Su clan, the Anling Du clan, plus the Tian family's seven-vein branch, although they don't have much cash in their hands, they can always eat one million and three hundred thousand."

"Together, it's only three million stones in total, which is indeed less."

"But don't forget Tian Gong: who is a businessman in Guanzhong, who has no backer behind him······"

"Don't those princes and nobles in the court want to do this profitable business?"

"——At the price of 100 yuan per stone, buy these cheap grains, just wait for the spring of next year, and change hands is more than ten times, or even dozens of times the profit!"

"Such a huge profit~"

"Oh, Tian Gong;"

"Wealth touches people's hearts······"

The meaningful sentence 'wealth touches people's hearts', and the greed that was previously dispersed by Tian Wei returned to Wuyanji's face again.

And this time, Tian Wei did not rush to speak, but took a deep breath and fell into a long thought.

This time, to put it bluntly, is actually a very simple change in the relationship between supply and demand.

-- The poor harvest in autumn this year has led to the fact that this year's grain output in Guanzhong cannot meet the internal needs of the people in Guanzhong.

The supply exceeds the demand, and there is naturally room for the operation of 'the highest price gets'.

If you are ruthless, the merchants in Guanzhong can even play the trick of limited supply and starvation marketing after uniting.

For the court, if you want to avoid such a situation, the best way is actually to start from the relationship between supply and demand.

-- It is enough to change the current situation of 'supply exceeds demand' to 'supply and demand correspondingly'.

As long as there is enough grain to meet the needs of the people in Guanzhong, it will be difficult for the price of grain to be raised.

The specific mode of operation is also very simple: when the spring of next year begins, Shaofu will directly set up a few pavilions outside the city and sell grain at a low price.

As long as Shaofu does this, the other Guanzhong merchants, in order to sell the grain in their hands, can only sell grain at the price of Shaofu, or even at a price slightly lower than that of Shaofu.

Tian Wei also predicted this before.

Tian Wei predicted that after being assigned by the Son of Heaven to 'stabilize grain prices', Liu Sheng would definitely follow this model and sell low-cost grain in Guanzhong at the beginning of spring next year.

As for the period from late autumn now to the beginning of spring next year, Liu Sheng should do everything he can to use all the energy he can to transfer grain to Guanzhong from all over the world.

Because by the beginning of spring next year, the more grain Liu Sheng has in his hands and the more affordable grain he has sprinkled into the market, the more stable the grain price in Guanzhong will be.

But Tian Wei didn't expect it anyway: after receiving this errand, Liu Sheng actually began to sell cheap grain to the outside world as soon as possible······

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon······"

"Especially this matter, it is still about the country, the temple, and the great politics of the society."

"-Even if it is to sit on the storage seat smoothly, the shaft will never be so careless."

"Even if that erection is careless, Your Majesty will never stand by coldly······"

Thinking like this, Tian Wei finally took a long breath, but the grim look on his face did not decrease in the slightest.

As a businessman, especially an outstanding businessman from the Changling Tian clan, the descendant of the ancient Tian Qi royal family, Tian Wei certainly has his own survival skills.

And this incident made Tian Wei, who had been in the mall for a long time, smell a trace of danger.

It's hard to put into words;

But it is this indescribable intuition that has helped Tian Wei to survive one crisis after another······

"I've already told Wuyan Gong before."

"—I'm the Nagaling Tian clan, and there won't be any initiatives this year."

"Even after the autumn harvest, my Tian family did not buy grain from farmers as in previous years."

"This time, I, the Changlingtian clan, still won't interfere."

is full of resolute tones, only to provoke Wuyan jealousy!

But under Tian Wei's firm gaze of 'needless to say', even if Wu Yan Ji had the intention to persuade him, he had to give up.

But no salt taboo is just done, Tian Wei, but he still has something to say.

"I and Wuyan Gong are also old acquaintances, and I really don't want Wuyan Gong to bury the clan because of this incident."

"Just a word is given to the unsalted duke, and whether you listen or not, it is up to the unsalted duke to decide for itself."

"-This time, Wuyan Gong can not interfere, it is best not to interfere."

"Even if you really want to interfere, at least don't get involved in food-related matters."

"Just put the money in your hand to the Wei family's Su clan, Anling Du clan and Zhutian branch, and sit on the principal and interest of the money, and it's okay."

Tian Wei was full of sincerity, and full of solemn words, and he also provoked Wu Yanji to sit up straight involuntarily.

Secretly thought for a moment, but frowned in confusion.

"Tian Gong ······"

"Do you want me to meddle in the grain business without salt?"

But when Tian Wei heard this, he only shook his head worriedly, looked at Wuyan Ji with solemnity, pursed his lips, and shook his head slowly.

"It's not that I don't want the saltless prince to get involved in the grain business in Guanzhong."

"But I don't want Wuyan Gong to let the word 'Wuyan' disappear in the eight hundred miles of Qin because of this incident."

"——Borrowing money from the Wei family's Su clan, the Anling Du clan, and the Zhutian branch, the worst result is only the ruin of these fools' families;"

"If that's the case, then even if the Wuyan Gong has no money, he can always protect himself and his clan."

"But if the saltless prince ends up in person and rashly meddles in the food matter, there really has to be a case when he turns back~"

"Oh, unsalted male;"

"Wealth moves people's hearts, but it also needs human lives······"

(End of chapter)