Zhongli County is located in the south bank of the middle reaches of the Huai River, choking the key points of the Huai River, since the Spring and Autumn Period, there are many talents.

In Chinese history, it took three stages to complete the southward shift of the economic center of gravity: the first stage from ancient times to the Western Jin Dynasty, the second stage from the end of the Western Jin Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the third stage from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.

In order to escape the war, the northern scholar class (ordinary people could not run far) began to move south on a large scale, and the influx of a large number of people and advanced culture in the north (the living space of the original aborigines was inevitably squeezed) greatly promoted the development and development of the southern region.

After the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the economy of the south officially surpassed that of the north, so far in terms of economic strength, the south is strong and the north is weak, and the historical process of the economic center of gravity moving south has also been completely completed in this context.

The Northern Song Dynasty perished, the Song dynasty crossed to the south, and the Southern Song Dynasty was able to enjoy the national glory for more than a century and a half only by relying on the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, which shows how amazing the economic size of the southern region is. With strong economic support, if the Southern Song Dynasty court was determined to reform and become strong, Zhu Chengjun firmly believed that there was enough strength to organize the Northern Expedition to recover the Han people's rivers and mountains.

History is a fact that has been forged, and there is never an if. The Southern Song Dynasty court did not want to forge ahead, and the gentle townships on both sides of the Qinhuai River further destroyed the iron-blooded majesty of the Han people.

The Mengyuan Iron Cavalry was about to move south, and the Southern Song Dynasty capital Lin'an was about to fall, and the Han people in the Central Plains, who had moved south for more than a thousand years, had to face the helpless situation of migrating south again. There was so much helplessness, hardship and humiliation in the forced migration, and Zhu Chengjun didn't want to be chased away like sheep by the Mongols like most people to avoid the army.

Since Zhongli City has produced many talents since ancient times, if he leaves this land of heroes, how can the lucky ones chosen by history fall on his head. Zhu Chengjun sighed with emotion at the Chinese mountains, rivers and mountains on the drawing board, the Han people were the masters of this vast land, and they could not tolerate being occupied by foreigners.

The determination to base ourselves on the land of Jianghuai has never been firm at this moment.

Zhu Chengjun handed Shen Ze a sketched map of the mountains and rivers according to the memory of later generations, and solemnly instructed: "You help me pay attention to the geography master who has real talent and real learning, I need his talent to help me complete the drawing of this map." ”

Shen Ze looked at the situation map of mountains and rivers on the drawing board, and his eyes fell on the county seat of Zhongli marked by Zhu Chengjun, although he didn't know the deep intention of Zhu Chengjun to mark this place, but it did not prevent him from imagining. It can be seen that the east and west sides are the land of fish and rice, a land of wealth, and Zhongli County is precisely between these two richest lands, if you can open up a trade route, you can get the wealth of the two places.

The more he thought about it, the more Shen Ze couldn't suppress the agitation in his heart, and of course he soon discovered the defects in the geographical location of Zhongli County, and immediately suggested: "I hope that Gongzi will say bluntly, although the geographical location of Zhongli County is superior, but if you want to realize the grand ideal of Gongzi's business in the world, Zhongli County is far from being able to bear it, so Gongzi did not consider staying in the capital in the past to develop healthily?" ”

The Northern Song Dynasty changed Jiangning Mansion to Jiankang as the capital, Jiankang Mansion was the capital of Jiangnan East Road, and the Southern Song Dynasty in 1138 set Jiankang as the capital.

This place Zhu Chengjun is naturally no stranger, the place where the first emperor buried gold, Jinling.

Zhu Chengjun opened the curtain in the corner of the carriage, as if talking to himself, and said: "The thousand-year-old Jinling City must be visited, but it is not yet time, of course, it is almost ......."

Shen Ze felt that Zhu Chengjun was very sentimental when he mentioned Jinling City, as if an old man who had gone through vicissitudes of life sighed.

Zhu Chengjun put down the deep history of Jinling in his heart and turned his eyes to look at the shop on the street, his eyes were instantly shocked by the purchase price put up by a grain store, and immediately ordered Shen Ze to let the driver stop.

Yang's Grain Bank actually hoarded grain on a large scale at a purchase price nearly 10% higher than the current market price, although people in the industry had already predicted the rise in grain, but Yang's Grain Bank's move was obviously nearly a month ahead of schedule. After just one look, Zhu Chengjun smelled an unusual smell and decided to get out of the car to find out.

Zhu Chengjun walked to a roadside stall opposite the side of Yang's grain store and sat down to take a good look, the roadside vendor saw that the two had no intention of calling for food, and they were about to come up to catch up with customers.

Zhu Chengjun lowered his voice and asked Shen Ze, "The news of Yutai Grain Bank's large-scale purchase of grain has leaked?" ”

Shen Ze shook his head lightly and replied in a low voice: "In the past few days, Yutai Grain Store has opened a branch in the county, although it has been as low-key as possible, but after all, it is a branch that is blooming everywhere, and Gongzi is a fellow party who knows it." They believe that the increase in grain purchase prices by nearly half in advance is a very normal competitive behavior among peers, and their move is nothing more than an attempt to increase our initial opening costs and lengthen the period of our return of funds, so as to achieve the goal of suppressing and squeezing out us. ”

"I hope so." Shen Ze's analysis sounded very reasonable, Zhu Chengjun was always skeptical about this, and then ordered: "Later, you send someone to check whether the other three grain stores of Qian, Sun, and Tian are also following Yang's grain store, if this is the case, we have to speed up the pace and sign grain purchase deeds with the major granges, after all, whether our grain stamps can successfully pass the first hurdle must have enough physical goods that can be redeemed at any time as a credit endorsement." ”

With the charcoal coupons in front and all the work rules for participating in the issuance of grain stamps, Shen Ze has a deeper understanding of this method of profit-taking.

"Thief! …… Catch him......"

Passers-by unconsciously stopped to watch, wanting to see the humiliating appearance of the thief who was later arrested.

Dare to enter the store in broad daylight to 'steal' food, and the thieves are so unqualified these days?

The thief ran away with a small bag of grain and rice, and accidentally fell at the roadside stall where Zhu Chengjun was passing, seeing this, Shen Ze was about to take action, Zhu Chengjun shook his head at Shen Ze and signaled that he didn't have to pay attention.

The ragged thief glanced at Zhu Chengjun and the others with frightened eyes, and saw that the two had no intention of being heroes, so they got up and ran.

"The thief is crazy!" The sound is very crisp and pleasant.

Zhu Chengjun turned his head and saw a slender figure turn around and swept out on tiptoe, catching up with the food thief who was desperately running with only one arrow step. Having personally learned the means of Yun Yingsleeve, when he saw the skills of the pretty girl again, Zhu Chengjun still felt very fresh.

The girl successfully recaptured the grain and handed it over to the grain shopkeepers, and the grain thief was also sent to the yamen by the 'warm-hearted' spectators.

Shen Ze couldn't understand why Zhu Chengjun would let the thief be indifferent to evil, and asked softly: "It's still easy for subordinates to deal with this thief, why did the son choose...... Let him go once. ”

Zhu Chengjun smiled faintly and asked rhetorically: "Do you think it's wrong to be a thief, or is he wrong?" ”

Shen Ze's eyes were puzzled, and his heart moved: Doesn't this mean the same thing? It's just not right for him to be a thief.

"The subordinates are stupid, and I ask the son to teach me." Shen Ze knew that Zhu Chengjun would not make fun of people with casual words, he must have a reason for him when he said this.

Zhu Chengjun smiled and said: "One is indeed as you think in your heart, a dignified seven-foot man, with sound hands and feet, and doing shameless things for thieves, should be punished." Zhu Chengjun paused, and the smile in Fang Cai's eyes was instantly replaced by a wisp of fierceness, and said: "If everyone steals or even kills and sets fire just for a bite to eat, then it's the people themselves who are wrong?" ”

Shen Ze nodded, deeply agreeing with what Zhu Chengjun said.

"Hey! How can you watch someone do nothing for evil! The thief girl asked unhappily.

Zhu Chengjun shook his head left and right, and stood up after making sure that the girl was talking to him, and said, "The girl is talking to you?" ”

Seeing Zhu Chengjun's underbeaten appearance at the moment, the girl was so angry that her apricot eyes were round: "You are deaf!" ”

"Xiaosheng's surname is Zhu, his name is Chengjun, and his name is Hengshu, not the 'hey' in the girl's mouth." Zhu Chengjun replied gently.

The hot girl waved her hand and said angrily: "This girl asks you, you two are tall and tall and can't deal with a thief?" Seeing that someone is evil, if everyone is as indifferent as you, it will only encourage the arrogance of the thief. ”

Seeing the hot girl's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Zhu Chengjun slandered himself: He loves to train people at a young age.

Zhu Chengjun gave a fist salute to the little woman, and said earnestly: "It's not that there is no chivalrous heart, I see that the thief put the person with a money bag on his waist on the street does not rob but goes into the store to grab food, it must be that someone in the family is hungry." Stealing a few pounds of food is not necessarily an unforgivable evil, and if his family is saved because of this, I think he will definitely come to the door afterwards to thank him and compensate the store for its losses. ”

The hot girl was stunned by Zhu Chengjun's words, and she forgot that she wanted to popularize chivalrous deeds for the two of them, and now it's hard to say who is reasoning with whom.

Seeing Zhu Chengjun talking nonsense there endlessly, Shen Zeqiang couldn't help but laugh out loud, and when he saw the expression of the hot girl at the moment, he said in his heart: The owner is the owner, and the flaming rouge horse was surrendered like this? We've got it!

"Giggle...... the girl covered her mouth and smiled, her clear eyes instantly bent into a crescent moon, and she said crisply: "You are ...... I almost believed it, you guessed. ”

Zhu Chengjun smiled and said, "I haven't asked the girl's name yet." ”

"The little woman's surname is Yang ......" The girl suddenly felt inappropriate, and hurriedly swallowed the words back, and her pretty white jade-like face quietly climbed up two touching crimsons, her little head hung down slightly, and she was embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "The master said that the name of a girl's family cannot be told to others casually, especially a strange man." The girl suddenly slapped her head, stomped her little feet, and snorted softly: "I won't talk to you, I'll see you later." As he spoke, he twisted his waist and turned around lightly.

Seeing the girl surnamed Yang walking briskly and straight to Yang's grain store, Zhu Chengjun exclaimed in his heart what a coincidence. The girl said 'see you back', and Zhu Chengjun took her words as an agreement. immediately gave Shen Zenu a look, and followed the girl's trace.

As soon as he walked into Yang's grain store, Zhu Chengjun saw that the girl surnamed Yang was affectionately holding a tall and beautiful woman with a good face to say something considerate.

When the girl surnamed Yang saw Zhu Chengjun, she immediately left her own sister, walked up with a smile in her eyes, and said crisply: "Zhu Gongzi, are you here to buy rice?" ”

Zhu Chengjun saw the girl's face and said with a smile: "It turns out that Miss Yang is actually the young owner of the grain store, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

The tall girl who was still settling accounts at the counter just now saw that her sister seemed to be quite familiar with Zhu Chengjun, for fear that her sister was young and ignorant and would be deceived by this flowery young man. ”

Zhu Chengjun saw that the girl's sister was dignified and demure and shrewd, and knew that it was not easy to fool, so he had to explain truthfully: "I only saw it a moment ago." ”

The elder sister glared at the innocent sister angrily, her beautiful eyes were full of blame, and then she said to Zhu Chengjun: "This son, the rice and grain business of the small shop, please feel free to take a look, if there is anything you need to greet the concubine." ”

Zhu Chengjun bowed slightly at the girl's sister and said: "I have long heard that the female shopkeeper of Yang's grain store is showing off her wisdom, and she is even more capable and wise in business. ”

The girl's sister bowed lightly and generously, and said in a clear voice: "Childe praises it, I don't know if Childe needs the little woman's service?" ”

Zhu Chengjun smiled faintly and said: "Under Zhu Chengjun, the Changxing ticket number is the business of our family. ”

When she heard the Changxing ticket number, the girl's sister couldn't help but light up her eyes, she was born in the family of Shangjia and was no stranger to the famous Changxing ticket number, and then bowed deeply, and said: "It turns out that Zhu Gongzi is the owner of the Changxing ticket number, and the little woman Yang Ying is polite." ”

Zhu Chengjun returned the salute with a fist and asked casually: "Dare to ask Miss Yang, the four major grain stores have all increased the purchase price of grain?" I think it's very sudden. ”

"Zhu Gongzi operates a ticket number, why is he so concerned about the changes in grain prices." Yang Ying looked at Zhu Chengjun with blazing eyes, there was no lack of vigilance in his eyes, since he could get a charcoal coupon, it would not be difficult to get a food coupon.

Facing Yang Ying's inquiring gaze, Zhu Chengjun said loudly: "I don't hide it, I deliberately invite the four major grain merchants of Zhongli County, Qian, Sun, Tian and Yang to participate in the first issue of grain stamps to be held tomorrow in Changxing Ticket Number. ”

"Food stamps?! Zhu Gongzi's hand is stretched out so long, forgive the little woman for taking the liberty, the Yutai grain store that has blossomed all over the county a few days ago must have a lot to do with Zhu Gongzi. Yang Ying naturally connected all this, the ups and downs set off by the charcoal coupons have not subsided, and now the grain will face the same crisis.

The charcoal merchants in Zhongli County were caught off guard by the operation of the Changxing ticket number, and the entire charcoal industry except for Datong Charcoal Co., Ltd. was outstanding, and the rest of the large and small charcoal merchants were in a dire situation.

In the face of Yang Ying's inquiry, Zhu Chengjun said calmly: "Naturally, it belongs to a cooperative relationship, and I also have the intention of cooperating with the girl this time, of course, it is not limited to Yang's grain line, and there will never be too many partners in the future." ”

Yang Yingqiao's face was slightly raised, and her eyes were full of confidence, and she said: "With all due respect to the little woman, Zhu Gongzi can push the price of charcoal to the sky, and you may not be able to manipulate the price of grain in the entire county." ”

"If the colleagues of the grain bank join forces, then it is another story." Zhu Chengjun smiled at Yang Ying.

Yang Ying has never had a good impression of the people who maliciously manipulate prices and eat people without spitting out bones, especially the price of grain. Yang Ying sighed and persuaded: "The people take food as the sky, Zhu Gongzi is trying to make half of the ordinary people in the county unable to buy food?" Can you get such money with peace of mind? ”

It is the nature of businessmen to value profits, and when he saw Yang Ying's feelings for his family and country, Zhu Chengjun respected the women of this era for the first time.