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Yiyin Port, this inlet near the river in the north of Xiangzhou.

At the time of dawn and darkness, the ships are quietly moored on the water, hundreds of masts and guns point to the sky, faint smoke, that is the people guarding the ship are doing morning food, more are sailors, they are suffocated on the journey, at this time they all go to the dock area to eat some breakfast, or simply stay in the prostitute for the night before waking up, fortunately the dangerous water life makes them need to vent.

As the most important trade port of Yishui County, and backed by the granary of Xiangzhou, this place is famous for its characteristic rice market in the north, gathering rice from Yishui County and even several adjacent counties, trading back and forth all year round, but the business is finally weaker in the spring, and it is not as prosperous as in summer and autumn.

Especially in the past two years, the price of rice in the North has risen to the highest level in a decade.

The harvest in the state is good, and the smarter farmers are taking advantage of the high price to sell rice, keeping only some rations and surpluses, otherwise the price of manpower and daily goods, which are driven by the price of rice, a civilian necessity, are no longer what the original money can afford.

The odd goods are gathered, the rice market is stocked with grain, and the government is often closed to the limit of the design capacity...... This is certainly a lot of money, but the red line of countless historical experiences shows that the moment when the heavenly court will open the water ban is just around the corner, the water government system is about to fully intervene, and the rise in food prices is almost the last limit, which is about to fall.

As a result, the rice market, which was once lively in the autumn and winter of last year, cooled down at the beginning of spring, and sellers in various places in Xiangzhou have shipped a lot, but because the price of grain has risen too quickly than in previous years, at least half of them are still in stock, and they are in a hurry to sell, while buyers from other states have unanimously stopped and fallen silent.

No one is stupid, just wait for the Taiping Lake Dragon Palace to intervene and the food price will plummet.

But at this time, it was dawning, and the cold wind of early spring was blowing, and ten large merchant ships entered the port, dismounted their sails, and the banner of the Lingzhou Yun family was floating on the flag.

These boats have a very shallow draft, obviously not carrying much heavy cargo, more than a dozen guys looking at the dock have very poisonous eyes, and they know the intention of the boat at a glance, and they have run back to the rice shops in the rice market, Zhang Huai is one of them, his heart is hot, and he rushed into the innermost compound of the rice market: "Shopkeeper, there is a big deal in the port again......

"Ten ships, is it the Yun family, not the Lu family?"

Zhang Liang, the shopkeeper, glared at this distant nephew, suspecting that he went to sleep with a woman in Yiqing Courtyard last night, which made him lose energy and dazzled.

"It is indeed the Yun family, a third-class merchant ship, such a big flag. The young man danced and gestured, and woke up in his uncle's glare, and said, "Absolutely not dazzling...... The guys in each shop were also strange, but I didn't think much of it, and I ran back the fastest. ”

"Well, well done......"

Zhang Liang groaned, yesterday just put seven boats of rice to the Lu family, because of the large amount of contracted shipments, the price was agreed to be 20% lower, today according to the contract to come, if you take the Yun family's goods again, I am afraid that the inventory after the shop is a little insufficient......

A few deputies in the shop outside didn't even beat the abacus, and when they heard the news, they rushed over, their eyes lit up with golden light: "Big shopkeeper, the Yun family has given a letter to sign for half a month, why don't you sell the inventory first?"

"No one else can eat such a large order, we can ship first, and the Lu family will be shipped from the general warehouse in a hurry, and if there is a real gap, we will split the order and transfer the goods from the peers, and deal with the first batch first. ”

"It's not so simple, the bulk trade is not false, the Lu family signed a half-month contract first, and we have already calculated our inventory, and the Yun family also signed a long-term contract, if anyone eats the goods of their peers again, where will we transfer grain from? Remember...... These shipping clans have monstrous assets, and they can still behave in ordinary times, and they all eat people without spitting out bones in troubled times, but it is not our family that can break the contract and offend, and they are not trapped by others. ”

Zhang Liang thought about it and was still cautious, and went out and shouted: "Prepare the horse, I will present the head of the family in person." ”

The Zhang family itself is the county wang, scattered industries in the left and right counties, 170,000 acres of Heliang land, the rice shop is mainly to sell the grain of their own family and vassal families, and other counties and counties want to give the Zhang family face in this rice market, in a sense, it is the leader of the rice guild.

Taking office as the shopkeeper here is not only a strong enough relationship, but also a very important ability, the Yun family, who usually does not compete with the Lu family for a share of this water transport, has taken action, and with Zhang Liang's experience in the rice trade in Yiyin County for many years, he immediately realized that things were extraordinary......

The carriage soon arrived at the Zhang family's dust washing garden, where the scenery was good, the layout was cheerful, and the poetry and books of the people who came and went were obviously soaked in taste.

Zhang Liang met the current head of the family Zhang Yuntian in the study, and reminded after telling the story: "...... The head of the family, last night there was a merchant ship from the Lu family in Yingzhou, and it was already very strange to leave in the middle of the night, and now this Yun family is like this, it's really ......"

"Hmm. ”

Zhang Yuntian bowed slightly, although he was concentrating on his affairs, he was not unfamiliar with his family's wealth and livelihood, knowing that the weather had been stormy recently, and the risk of sailing overnight was not to mention very large, at least there was no need to take it.

The capsizing of a third-class giant ship is the loss of thousands of stones of rice, and the loss of the big ship itself is indeed very abnormal.

Seeing this, Zhang Liang was encouraged, and said with more certainty: "The Lu family's fleet has just left, and the Yun family's fleet has come again early in the morning, this is no coincidence, there are predators behind the food, and even a shipping fleet is not enough to catch ships overnight, this kind of power can disturb the rice trade, and even manipulate the price, and wash the entire grain market in the north, we need to be careful when shipping." ”

"No...... This is no ordinary business war. ”

Zhang Yuntian got up, paced and groaned, and judged: "Ordinary predators don't dare to go against the price ......of grain, or if high-ranking officials intervene, only if they can consume the grain internally, they don't worry about rotting in their hands, at least they can limit the loss to the books, and they won't shake it at all."

"If there are still princes who intervene and use it as military rations, these people will not be valued as money, but as a battle, and the loss of grain prices will only be regarded as a necessary cost. ”

He twisted his eyebrows, gradually sketched the outline of the enemy's actions, and was about to pick up a pen and write a letter in front of his desk, suddenly stopped, and sighed: "You say...... Am I writing to the king of Qingjun who is about to become a vassal or to the newly rising Marquis of Xiang?"

Zhang Liang was stunned when he heard this, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Zhang Weicun's position has not yet come down, and he has been honored as the Marquis of Xiang in the family circle...... Those who are disrespectful have repeatedly died of illness, falls, and accidents.

In the heart of the family, he was actually more afraid of the Xianghou, originally this person relied on the indigenous people to start his family, and his power was very weak, the governor of Xiangzhou and the hero of the family, Qi Shihai, had the highest expectations, but they were defeated in the last round of melee, and they were beheaded by this person, and thousands of people were slaughtered with blood.

The means are much more ruthless than the one in Yingzhou.

The Zhang family surrendered late, and the last round of surrender was tied to the chariot, and the newborn emperor of Xiatu worshiped for more than ten years.

It is said that they have been monarchs and ministers for many years, and they have been very supportive when they come back, just like the situation in Yingzhou in the north, but the arrival of the king of Qingjun has made things changeable, and the hearts of the people in the state are divided into two - the orthodox power of the Cai Dynasty has also been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for a long time.

It's not a question of reporting the grain market anomaly, but of who to report to......

As soon as the report goes up, it is more clear to stand in line, the king of the county and the princes, who can be sure which is the final winner? The dragon has the dragon road, the rat has the mouse road, if it is not the core group, or the vision is accurate, most of them are safer to be wall grass......

"That's it, leave a way, and the two sides will see each other in the future. ”

Several cronies looked at each other when they heard this, and saw Zhang Yuntian stop writing, and Yi Xing Shan entered the inner courtyard alone.

Zhang Liang hurriedly asked: "Family master, will we sell today's grain or not?"

"Let's sell it, the full involvement of the Water Mansion is imminent, it is certain that it is not a business war trap, there are princes who are willing to pay for it, why don't we make it, this is all the money to buy lives in the future......"

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That night, the Yun family's grain carriers soon arrived in Sanshui County, and in front of them, there were already three batches of grain ships returning from the Changhe River.

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The grain is transported here from all over the downstream, and then it is unloaded and loaded into the river waterway, and transported back to Nanlian Cave as quickly as possible.

I have to say that Dongtian is the best storage center, the climate is self-controlled, dry and wet appropriately, and even can temporarily create sunlight and turn the sun, as long as Dongtian is not broken by the enemy, there is no problem with this grain storage for decades, basically the princes of Dongtian are difficult to defeat with traditional wars, only immortal warfare crushes.

"The grain has been delivered?" Ye Qing was a little taken aback when he heard the news, got up and walked a few steps, only to feel refreshed, looked into the distance, and said for a while: "Zhenshun lì, I'll go to inspect the transfer scheduling of the wharf." ”

"Yes!" someone responded, and after walking a few steps, he was stopped again.

Ye Qing thought about it and said, "Please come with Yun Strike!"

This is to implicitly express gratitude by the way, fortunately the Yun family joined this food war, otherwise the transportation capacity would be even more stretched...... With the full support of the Yun family, the entire ten downstream states are within the scope of grain hunting.

There was nothing to say all the way, and soon arrived at the wharf, looking at the high embankment, the following was densely packed with white sails, second only to the Yujing waterway that Ye Qing had seen, all of which were called by the fleet of land, cloud and beam shipping families, not far from the wharf, and the dark hole under the whirlpool on the water surface was not far away, and the stars were bright and mysterious.

"The lord is really taking precautions!" Yun Xuanxue looked at the dense white sails, his heart was shocked, but his face was silent, he only glanced at some freight ships under his own flag, and stared at the waterway.

Yun Xue only learned about Ye Qing's plan a few days ago, and he was secretly shocked at the time, but now he has been watching it for a long time, and sighs secretly.

"The number of days, the bearing, the mind, the means, the heart...... This person is really a first-class prince, and he is afraid that Zhang Weicun will be inferior to him in his life. ”

"Counting the strength, I'm afraid only the Northern Wei Dynasty can overwhelm it...... But that's Hu Guo, not what I wanted. ”

Ye Qing noticed his gaze, and said with an unhurried smile: "Bulk freight, compared with ship water transportation, the water house is more convenient and fast, but although Taiping Bo is in charge of the flood control power in the ten states, the connection of the waterways outside the state has not yet been handed over...... And the opening of the waterway is too conspicuous, and it will be noticed by the state capitals or princes at once, and it is better to transport it by merchant ships, which can be more disguised. ”

In fact, the words are not finished, and there is also a chess piece that is pulled by the shipping families of various states and tied up, and is also a pawn inserted in the future......

Yun Xuanxue didn't break it, and smiled slightly: "The Yun family and the Lu family are married, and it is very rare to accept the list between Yingzhou and Xiangzhou on the other side of the river, this time I'm afraid Xianghou will pay attention." ”

"Oh, do you know Zhang Weicun?"

"I met once a year ago, and my bearing is not inferior to that of the lord, and it is rare that he was born poor and rose in the lower soil...... It's a pity that it's a year and a half late. Yun Xuanxue said calmly, with a little empathetic regret.

"Trust me, no regrets...... And I bet that Zhang Weicun can't pay attention to the food aspect, and he is anxious......"

When Ye Qing said this, he laughed a little gloatingly, and clapped his hands: "Let's go down and have a look." ”

As he spoke, the group went down, and Yun Yuxue looked at it, and saw bags of white rice, each bag of one stone (100 catties), and I am afraid that there are more than 500 stones here.

"Rice ......" Yun Xuanxue said softly, he was born in the Han clan, his family had no help, and he had worked hard for more than ten years, and he was very clear about the amount of white rice.

The cabin is densely packed with rice bags...... It's all the blood of other states.

However, Ye Qing was more intuitive, the sixth-layer spirit rhino reflected on the Great Yan Divine Technique, and he could see that this was a trace of white luck, milky white, shrouded in the boat.

One boat is not much, but hundreds of ships and thousands of ships will converge into a long river of luck.

Don't look at it as the lowest white qi, but once it is absorbed by the system, it can suddenly gain a number of green qi, things are so smooth, Ye Qing has doubts, glanced at Yun Xuanxue, and secretly thought: "Although it is said that heaven and earth are all working together, but Nuwa turned around, and Yun Xuanxue, who was carrying dragon energy, defected, and this boat of white rice, so smooth, it is really incredible." ”

"I also have an understanding of luck, how can I explain this?"