Qingzhou

After receiving the letter from Luoyang, Ji Dashao and Wu Ren looked at each other and smiled, "It's time for us to act." ”

Their large-scale and undisguised grain movement quickly attracted people's attention.

The businessman had a keen sense of smell, and a businessman who was familiar with the two asked them, "Shopkeeper Wu, Ji Shaodong, what are you doing here?" ”

For the people of Liaodong County, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is like thunder, and it is also very famous in the south. In addition to these two places, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is not unknown in the Central Plains.

Wu Ren is currently the chief manager of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, and this time he led the team to lay trade routes outside.

After Wu Ren came to Qingzhou, Ji Dashao also came not long after, Ji Dashao took him and got to know a lot of people.

At this time, Wu Ren and Ji Dashao, in order not to appear so deliberate, did not answer directly, but smiled.

"Two virtuous nephews, these are grains, right?" Someone asked again.

The two still didn't speak, and they looked like two tender quails next to each other.

But businessmen, what they are best at is dealing with people, they are familiar, it doesn't matter if the two don't speak, they just say it.

"Where is this going?"

"Oh, don't hide it for the two of you, everyone earns money together, go back Uncle I made money, wrap a big red envelope for you!"

"Shopkeeper Wu, let's talk about it, go back to your store, and I will give you a three-month rent reduction."

Ji Dashao and Wu Ren glanced at each other, as if they were very helpless, "Uncles, the sack is indeed filled with grain, and we plan to transport this batch of grain to Nanyang." The price of grain in Nanyang has risen again. ”

"It's up again?" The man's voice unconsciously raised.

"Yes, with the intervention of the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce, it has now risen to two hundred and eighty wen per bucket."

"Two hundred and eighty wen a fight?!"

This price made all the businessmen present shut up in surprise.

As a businessman, you are very well informed. The people present have heard that since the Nanyang ground movement, the price of grain in Nanyang has remained high, selling at a high price of 260 wen per bucket.

On the Nanyang side, it is obvious that someone is manipulating food prices.

The price is good, but it's not enough to get them moving. After all, the price of grain in Qingzhou is not low.

They calculated an account and transported the grain to Nanyang, and the labor cost plus the consumption on the road sold two hundred and sixty-one buckets, and the profit did not increase much, which was not enough to impress them.

Moreover, such a high price of grain was very unfriendly to the Qincha who went to the disaster relief, and they heard that Lord Zhang and Lord Zuo, who went to the disaster relief, were the celebrities in front of the emperor, and they were somewhat scruples.

Now that there are two hundred and eighty wen and one fight, it is obvious that the income is made, and it is necessary to act.

And now the price of grain has risen again and again, indicating that in the fight between officials and businessmen in Nanyang, merchants have the upper hand.

Two hundred and eighty wen a bucket, they couldn't help it. After deducting the labor cost and consumption of grain transportation, you can make money no matter what, and if you don't earn money, you are the king!

Another businessman squeezed away his peers with his chubby body, and stepped forward to ask, "Ji Shaodong, which port do you transport grain from Qingzhou to Nanyang?" ”

Ji Dashao: "Luoyang." ”

There are three or four canal ports in Yuzhou, of which Luoyang is the closest to Nanyang, Kaifeng and Xiangru County (Zhoukou) are next to Xuchang, and Liangjun (Shangqiu) is farther away from Nanyang.

"How much does it cost?"

Others pricked up their ears as well.

"It's expensive now, isn't it?"

"It's fine." After saying these two words, Ji Dashao pointed to the front and said, "Have you seen it, the man standing in front of the deck of the first ship is the deputy gang leader of the Cao Gang, everyone wants to know the price of transporting grain to Nanyang, why don't you ask him to inquire?" ”

Hearing this, the merchants rushed towards Lin Shan.

After some inquiry, the merchants found that the cost of this transportation was not as high as they imagined.

Cao Gang didn't react, did he? Therefore, the price is still the same as in the past, and the price is not necessarily the same.

Merchants feel like they're telling the truth.

So the people present came to Lin Shan to place an order, wanting to make a decision and fix the freight.

Lin Shan did not refuse.

When these merchants got off the boat one by one, they remembered that Lin Shan was confused, and he was very out of state, and they were all secretly cool, and they all felt that they were old and treacherous, and they had taken advantage.

It just so happened that Lin Shan thought the same way.

In the cabin, he looked at the stack of signed orders, and also felt that he had made a lot of money.

Since he went to Fang County, Liaodong County to meet President Lu Songli and Lu a while ago, he has been secretly preparing, and now that he looks, the opportunity has really come.

Situations like this often occur in grain-rich producing areas.

In this way, with the help of Ji's Commercial Bank and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, the news of Nanyang's highest grain price in the country spread far and wide, and grain merchants from all over the country took action one after another.

Liaoxi County, Yi County

It has been half a day since Lu Desheng and Lu Yiliang led their troops to the Thorn History Mansion, and everyone is quite worried about Lord Lu. Worried about his safety and the result, this is a major matter related to whether they can go to Liaodong County to live in the future.

And they also understood it before, it seems that their Lord Pingzhou Thorn Shi is on the side of Liaoxi County, this Lord Lu is one enemy and two, can he get by?

Xue Xu comforted them, "Don't worry, Lord Lu has always persuaded people with reason." "Almost never defeated.

Look at Mr. Xue who is calm and relaxed, and then look at the people of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce are also very calm, and the hearts of the refugees in the south have also settled down.

Xue Xu thought for a while and said, "I guess I won't be able to leave today, if it's too late today, let's camp here tonight." ”

"Okay, I'll go talk to everyone."

"Tell the convoy to be on guard tonight."

Hearing that they were going to spend the night here tonight, the big guys skillfully unpacked their bags and started to get busy.

When night came, they skillfully lit a bonfire.

When Lu Desheng came back, he brought 6,000 people, and the movement was quite big.

The scouts sent by the escort team turned back and told them that it was Lord Lu who had returned, so everyone should not panic.

"Lord Lu is back!"

"Master Lu, are you alright?"

Everyone cares about him very much, after all, Lord Lu is working hard for them.

"It's okay, the matter has been settled. Everyone will be there tonight, and we will be able to leave for Liaodong County early tomorrow morning. ”

There are no outsiders, Lu Desheng is too lazy to make a face for Shi Tao, and it is very reasonable to say that Lord Shi is very reasonable.

Hearing this, all the refugees from the south are looking forward to it.

Xue Xu quickly asked people to arrange hot meals for 6,000 people, and they didn't have much else, just a lot of food.

Lu Desheng didn't leave tonight, after eating, he simply washed up, and he fell asleep directly in the place arranged by Xue Xu. The main thing is that I am tired and too lazy to toss.

But his move has left more than 20,000 refugees in the south touched.