Yang Guang asked Xiliang Xiao Cong to start collecting and buying a large amount of raw silk last year, resulting in the price of raw silk has been high recently, because of its huge output, it is not an outrageous price, but it is enough to make the price of newly made cloth this year is nearly two percent higher than the cost itself.

The increase in cost makes everyone a little helpless, but it doesn't hurt if everyone is the same.

Now, inexplicably, some people have begun to reduce prices and start to compete in the market.

Yang Guang looked at the message sent by Nan Chen on the latest warship on the Yangtze River.

Naturally, the price reduction is not only in Jiankang City, but also in several major cities in Nanchen, where they have arranged cloth in the past to sell at a reduced price.

The incredible price quickly attracted everyone's attention, but there was nothing to be done, and the imperial court did not stipulate that goods could not be sold cheaply.

In the health city, the second day of the price reduction of the Jinling cloth store, other cloth shops began to rush to buy the cheap cloth of the Jinling cloth store, yesterday was sold out at noon, today with everyone in large quantities of rush to buy, open the door for an hour and a half was snatched up.

Everyone was dissatisfied, but Xiao Qing, the shopkeeper of Jinling Cloth Shop, still said the same thing to everyone, there will be today, there will be tomorrow, and there will be the day after tomorrow.

With the fermentation of two days, the news that Jinling cloth shops sell cheap cloth has spread all over the city, and the number of people who want to buy cloth has increased instead of decreasing.

In the small restaurant, a bunch of shopkeepers of cloth shops are happily discussing.

"Today I grabbed more than 30 pieces of cloth, and after a closer look, this quality is indeed no problem, and there is not even a flaw at all, it is tightly seamless, I am afraid that he has a problem with his brain when he sells this kind of cloth at this price, hahahaha."

"Brother, then you can be conservative, I robbed more than sixty horses."

"I'm in my fifties."

"I'm one hundred and sixty."

"Brother Tai is ruthless enough, no wonder so many people can't buy cloth, how can they buy it? Just waiting for this Jinling cloth shop to be finished, isn't this pie in the sky? ”

A group of people were very happy to grab the cloth from the Jinling cloth shop today, and agreed to sell it again tomorrow.

On the third day, the Jinling cloth shop opened as usual, and by the beginning of the hour, all the cloth was sold out.

On the fourth day, the Jinling cloth shop opened as usual, and in two hours, all the cloth was sold out.

On the fifth day, the Jinling cloth shop opened as usual, and in two hours, all the cloth was sold out.

On the sixth day, the Jinling cloth shop opened as usual, and in two and a half hours, all the cloth was sold out.

On the seventh day, the Jinling cloth shop opened as usual, and all the fabrics were sold out before closing.

……

As the day passed, on the fifteenth day, the cloth in the Jinling cloth shop finally had a little surplus, not more, just some, or because there were too many people in line, they were too busy, and they could still be sold out if they sent more manpower.

As soon as this half a month has passed, the other cloth shop shopkeepers are stupid, why are they still selling at low prices, how can there still be cloth?

From the eighth day onwards, all the cloth shops did not purchase from the Jinling cloth store, because their stores were full of hundreds of horses, although the price was cheap, but the other party had it all the time, they panicked, and they did not dare to go straight.

A group of shopkeepers gathered on the top of the restaurant again, and unlike the arrogant faces before, this time everyone was gloomy, sad and sad.

"How can this guy still have cloth, why is the price of this guy still so cheap, does he really have so much money to lose?"

"Do you think he really has a way to make cloth so cheap?"

"How is that possible? You yourself are not ignorant, after the price of raw silk rose last year, the price of raw silk is still very high now, how much difference can everyone's cost be, even if you are all the most skillful workers, workers unless they don't want to pay, don't eat, otherwise how can this cost be reduced to this extent. ”

"Shopkeeper Liang, let's see what we do now."

Shopkeeper Liang also looked sad: "What is the situation?" Contrary to what we expected, I have more cloth in my house than everyone else. ”

"It can't go on like this, our cloth shop hasn't opened for half a month, if he continues to sell like this, won't I always be able to open it? Let him do all the business, how can there be such a reason. ”

"No, you can't let him go on like this, this kid has broken the rules."

"What do you want to do?"

"First investigate clearly, where did his family's cloth come from, and my King Jin arranged for someone to follow, how did he get such a large amount of cheap cloth, aren't you curious?"

Everyone looked at each other: "Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?" ”

"We have to do trouble, otherwise we won't always be able to figure it out, and we will really be dragged to death by him."

Everyone looked at the shopkeeper Liang, and the shopkeeper Liang coughed and said: "If you act in private, I can't control the old man, but I advise everyone, in business, don't make things complicated." ”

"Don't worry, shopkeeper Liang, I have someone, I'll do it myself."

These days have made this group of people so hard, and now they finally can't stand it anymore and have to use means, so they are quick to do it first.

The next morning, before dawn, the people from the Jinling cloth shop went to pick up the goods, and the people who had been waiting for a long time quietly followed behind them.

The weather has been very cold these days, and it is surprisingly cold in the morning.

The people of the Jinling cloth shop came to a large mansion on the outskirts of Beijing, and then transported a large pile of cloth from it in a horse-drawn cart, cart after cart, and asked them to be sure that this was the place where the Jinling cloth shop bought goods, so they dared to climb over the wall and enter.

Dumbfounded when they entered, there was much more cloth than they had expected, and it was unbelievable to be stuffed to the fullest.

"That's too much, isn't it?"

At this time, they wanted to leave, but Xiao Qing, the shopkeeper and others, who had already been ambushed, rushed out directly and arrested them.

"Where did the little thief come from, he actually dared to steal my family's cloth, take it down, and arrest it and send it to the government."

Xiao Qing let a few people take care of them first, and he took advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet dawning, and he took the waterway to join Yang Guang's warship.

It was cold in the early morning on the warship, and Yuan Tiantian added a thick jacket to Yang Guang.

"Your Highness, the wind is cold on the river, why don't you go to the shore to rest first, this stay has been more than ten days, and you come every day."

"I need to get the news as soon as possible so that I can improvise, and if anything happens in this matter, I should be prepared early."

"Your Highness, Xiao Qing is here."

Xiao Qing walked onto the deck and knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Guang: "The last general, Xiao Qing, see His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Xiao Qing is a man in his early thirties, he looks very ordinary, and it is difficult to attract attention in the crowd, he is Xiliang's secret stake in Nanchen for many years.

When the Western Liang Dynasty was at its peak, Nanchen Ke was all theirs, and many of the widows in Jiankang City were the descendants of the Liang Dynasty, including some hidden piles.

It's a pity that the West Liang is weak, and the north and south are strong enemies, and they can't go back.

However, because of this, Xiliang has arranged a lot of dark piles in Nanchen, which are familiar with the road and easy to operate.

I didn't expect it to be used by Yang Guang this time.

Yang Guang asked Xiao Qing about today's situation as usual.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, that group of people can't help it anymore, they sent someone to check the situation today, and they were arrested by our people."

"Make sure you don't have a tail to follow when you come."

"Your Highness, rest assured, my subordinates have walked this road countless times, and there is absolutely no problem."

"Okay, the person who is arrested should report it directly to the official, you continue to sell the cloth, and bring down the price."

"The subordinates understand, but Your Highness, the subordinates are a little worried, forcing them like this, they also have some forces behind them, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to deal with."

"It's okay, as long as you don't alarm the emperor, this bit of cloth business should still not be alarmed, and there has been no reason to say that it is cheap to be arrested by the officials, you just have to do it according to the plan."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Xiao Qing had Yang Guang's permission, and he was ready to return to Jiankang City to arrest the group of people who came to explore the way to report to the official.

Yuan Tiantian looked at Xiao Qing who was leaving, and asked Yang Guang: "Your Highness, how could this Yuan Xian of Nanchen help His Highness so much, he is the prime minister of Nanchen, and there are other ministers of Nanchen." ”

"Coercion, temptation, to put it bluntly, it's just these two things, they have already understood the power of our Great Sui warship, this is coercion, and the temptation is also very simple, the money deposited in Xiliang Bank, and their glory and wealth in the future are temptation, Yuan Xian, I understand this person, and I know the times."

"This kind of family person, in fact, the most important thing in the concept is not the country, Nanchen is a place of work for him, if the treatment is better if he works in another place, it is better for his family, it is not impossible."

Yang Guang stood up and looked at the misty river, and continued: "Over the years, the Central Plains Dynasty has changed so frequently, the dynasty is the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty is serving the Jin, everything is not accurate, the family, the gate lord and the gentry only take care of their own affairs, Yuan Xian is the prime minister of Nan Chen, but in his heart, even if Nan Chen is destroyed in the future, he still has a huge right to speak, and he can stand in line at any time to continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, and I just clearly told him that I will let him have the right and opportunity to stand in line." ”

"To put it bluntly, there is a lack of spiritual civilization building."

Yuan Tiantian slowed down his mind: "What is the construction of spiritual civilization?" ”

"I can't understand you for the time being, anyway, in the absence of spiritual civilization construction, everyone's ideas are self-interested, chaotic, and each is fighting for their own interests, I let people seize the cloth market in Nanchen with low-cost cloth, and the cloth dealer lost money on the surface, but won the cooperation with Yuan Xian, Yuan Xian did not lose money but made money, and the people around him also had some benefits, so he agreed to do it."

"But think about it at a deeper level, the textile industry, which accounts for a large proportion of Nanchen's economy, will be invaded and destroyed by us, and the loss of jobs by people engaged in this industry will make Nanchen's society more turbulent, and officials like Yuan Xian generally don't think about these things, how can they care about the life or death of people who raise silkworms and spin cloth?"

Everyone is no longer thinking about the problem at the same level.

"Your Highness, I privately feel that in fact, according to our current strength, we have the advantage of the warship, and on the premise of promising Chen Shujian and Yuan Xian, we can actually start to consider attacking Nanchen."

Yang Guang didn't speak, and Yuan Tiantian hurriedly answered by himself: "The concubine doesn't understand military affairs, it's just a humble opinion, and I hope Your Highness won't blame you." ”

"No, you're right, if you really want to use troops, you can do it now, Nan Chen's Xiao Moke and the others will resist stubbornly, but when it comes to fighting, especially after a long fight, Nan Chen is definitely not our opponent."

"Then why doesn't Your Highness do it?"

Yang Guang sighed lightly: "Both sides of the Yangtze River, in the end, are still my Chinese people, different from foreign enemies. ”

"The Turks have been robbing me for a long time, killing and looting are foreign people, when killing and fighting, I haven't retreated at all, but Nan Chen's people are still their own people in the final analysis, if they can fight, they won't fight, and if they can fight less, they will fight less."

"Once the fight starts, people will die, houses will be burned, lives will be destroyed, the Central Plains has been devastated over the years, just say this Jiankang City, such a big city, the other party stubbornly resists, our army can only bomb indiscriminately and then fight bloodily, dead people, destroy the city, 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many buildings in the smoke and rain, I don't want to burn the prosperous Jiankang City."

Yuan Tiantian understood Yang Guang's thoughts, but said again: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, but the night is long and there are many dreams. ”

"I'm still the king of Jin now, this battle has to be dragged back, and when I'm not the king of Jin, this battle will have to be used to establish my authority."

It has been several months since the events of Goguryeo, and it seems that the emperor has not made any moves, and the crown prince has disappeared for a long time.

Yang Guang felt even more strange after he came out this time.

The crown prince has already done such a stupid thing, and the emperor and empress are also very disappointed in it, especially the queen has long had the idea of replacing the crown prince, why has the emperor not had any news to replace it for so long.

This is something wrong that fills Yang Guang's heart with questions.

The more doubts he had, the more Yang Guang did not dare to act rashly.

After defeating Yang Yong's enemy, perhaps he will have to face an even bigger enemy, his father.

Those who want to ascend to the throne have always been alone.

……

In Daxing City, Yang Guang deliberately avoided it, but Yang Su and others ran for him, and on the first day of the winter snowfall, Yang Yong, the prince of the court, appeared again.

On this day, the appearance of the prince made the ministers very surprised, although I don't know what happened in the East Palace, but many previous matters have shown that the prince should be abandoned by the emperor, and the courtiers around the prince are also detached.

Throughout the early dynasty, the prince did not speak with a haggard face, the emperor did not ask him, and the courtiers did not dare to mention it.

It wasn't until near the end of the morning pilgrimage that a eunuch came in to report.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has arrived."

The ministers looked at the door of the main hall together, and Yang Xiu, the now fifteen-year-old king of Shu, strode into the main hall.

"Son-in-law Yang Xiu, meet your father, long live your father, long live your father."

As the king of Shu, the governor of Yizhou, and Yang Xiu, who is in charge of the military and political power of the twenty-four states in Bashu, was recalled to Daxing City at this time, I don't know what the purpose is, but there has been no major incident recently.

The emperor slowly spoke: "Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, was promoted to the Shangzhu State and the Southwest Province (under the jurisdiction of present-day Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Tibet) to carry out the Taishang Book Order, and to govern the southwest border army. ”

(End of chapter)