After arranging the matter of the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Xiaoli left Xiangyang and arrived in Xinye. The administration should be under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, but Wang Xiaoli classified the place separately as a place for training. More than 1,000 households in Xinye are also under the jurisdiction of the army.

After dinner, Wang Xiaoli said to Niu Gao and Shao Ling: "You two follow me to the official hall, and you have something to say."

He went to the official office and served tea. Wang Xiao said, "The weather in June is the hottest time of the year. Of course, the soldiers of the army cannot be afraid of hard work. The colder the weather becomes, the hotter it is, it really needs to be practiced. But it has been too hot these days, so you can take a break."

Niu Gao said: "It's nothing to get up early in the morning, go to bed late in the evening, and take a break at noon."

Wang Xiaoli said: "It is of course good for the army to do this. However, I think some soldiers who have left the recruit camp and have been assigned can give them a few days off and go back to visit relatives. Even if we do well in the army, there are still many rumors that the people do not believe. If the people in the army go and say it in person, it will be much more trustworthy. This army is newly built, so that the people will familiarize themselves with us."

Shao Ling said: "It is natural to make such a decision to set up the system. However, you can only go back part of it, and all the holidays are not enough."

"There is no reason to have all the holidays! In this way, one-third of the people will go back on vacation, and the rest will stay. Next year, another group of people will be replaced, and they will not be on vacation in three years, and they will be decommissioned in five years."

Niu Gao and Shao Ling sang promises together.

Wang Xiaoli said: "You two will discuss and formulate a set of regulations. The military discipline must be strict and the people must be cared for. We cannot be like others. When we leave the military camp, we can write down what soldiers should look like and what rules to abide by. We have been practicing here for several months, and soldiers who are in charge of their families during holidays must show their spirit."

Niu Gao looked at Shao Ling and said, "Constitution, what regulations are needed? After leaving the military camp, they are not soldiers, so why bother to take care of it?"

Wang Xiaolei said: "They are soldiers, how can they ignore them? For example, there are military uniforms in the army. Do they wear them after going out? When will they wear them? When they arrive at the pier and the ferry, how should they wait for the boat? What should they do when they meet bad people on the road? There must be regulations for these!"

Niu Gao didn't dare to talk back. He looked at Shao Ling and sighed in his heart. How could the people who led his troops formulate these?

In the teahouse, Yang Shen looked at the pedestrians passing by on the road and felt upset. In the past few days, Xia Ping took his Ezhou City and found out the food price. Two hundred ciders per bucket here is indeed much more expensive than Dengzhou. However, Kang Mingqi, who was running a boat, freight has increased, from Xiangyang to Ezhou as three times as many as in previous years. In addition, he made 150 ciders per bucket, and several merchants had no profit.

Xia Ping was drinking tea leisurely, glanced at Yang Shen from time to time, looking leisurely. A foreigner, with himself by his side, could not hide anything? In the past few days, the price of wheat in Ezhou was suppressed by Bei Xing and others, and was set in a province of 200 ci. The Song Dynasty used the provincial government to say that 200 ci was actually more than 150 ci. It was not for the business of Dengzhou, but now the price of wheat should rise to more than 300 ci.

Sighing, Yang Shen said, "In such a large Ezhou, are there no other grain merchants? Beixing must lower the price. Why don't we look for others?"

Xia Ping said: "Officials, Bei Xing is in charge of the grain business now. What's the use of finding others? Now there is no peace everywhere, and transporting grain from a long distance is not a business that must be made. How can a business be willing to do if a business is not making money? Why don't you go back and report it. Forty words per bucket of forty words, how much is not the difference?"

Yang Shen shook his head: "A single dou of ten cents can be used, three million stones will be 300,000 guan! Holes are not small quantities!"

Xia Ping said: "You have to sell it before you can get money. The transaction is negotiated by both parties."

Yang Shen just sighed and looked at the pedestrians on the street, without saying a word.

In the evening, Xia Ping said goodbye and went home. Yang Shen bought a piece of cooked meat and a jar of wine and returned to the inn. He was really upset these days, and Yang Shen had no choice but to drown his sorrows by drinking.

The sun had just set in the mountain, and the servant in the shop came over and knocked on the door.

Yang Shen opened the door and said impatiently: "What's the matter? I just drank two glasses of wine!"

The servant said, "Report to the official, there are two guests outside, and they say they have something to come to you. The young man dared not make decisions, so I will report it."

Yang Shenben was gone, but after thinking about it, he said, "You invite the guests. - By the way, what are the two guests?"

The servant said, "Looking at the clothes they wear, they think they are rich and noble families."

Yang Shen said: "This way, I'll change my clothes, and you will take me to see them."

The servant hurriedly agreed and waited outside. Yang Shen closed the door and changed his clothes, and followed the servant to the front of the inn.

Two members stood in the shadow in front of the door. Seeing Yang Shen come out, they hurried forward to salute.

Yang Shen saw that both of them were wearing silk and satin, and they were slightly fat. One always had a smile on his face, while the other had a national-shaped face, which looked a little serious. After thinking about it, Yang Shen couldn't remember that he knew him.

A foreigner said: "Official Yang, the young Ma Qing, this one is Gu Yuan, and they are both grain merchants in Jiangzhou."

"Oh--" Yang Shen immediately understood why he saw the two of them so ambiguous. The grain merchants in Jiangzhou went to Ezhou to find him. Do you still need to think about what? These people were so annoyed by the grain matters. It seems that there is a turning point.

Looking at the weather, Yang Shen said: "Since two outspokens come to see me specifically, you should not be neglected. There is a wine shop there, how about we drink two glasses of wine? If you have anything to say, let me explain it in detail when I get there."

"Okay, OK." The two officials said, looked around carefully, and followed Yang Shen behind.

After entering the wine shop, he chose a seat in a corner, and the three of them sat down. Yang Shen called a corner of wine and a plate of meat, and then asked the store to serve a few special dishes. When the wine came up, Yang Shen poured wine for the two staff members.

Putting down the wine pot, Yang Shen smiled and said, "The two outsiders come to see me, what's wrong?"

Ma Qing smiled with a smile on his face. He said, "We have been in Ezhou for two or three days. We originally wanted to go to Xiangyang together, but before the Hanyang army came out, I heard that the officials came to Ezhou and returned specially-"

Yang Shen didn't say anything, but just raised his glass and signaled the two to drink.

Putting down the wine glass, Ma Qing said, "The people of the wise will not say secret words. This year, there are a large number of people traveling south from Liangzhe and Jiangnan. They eat wheat, and the wheat prices have risen particularly sharply. Now the road in Huainan is blocked, and wheat from the north cannot be transported, and there is no market. We heard that Wang Guan is in Xiangyang, Dengzhou and Tangzhou, where he is in Xiangyang, Dengzhou, and Tangzhou, this year, so he wants to buy some."

Yang Shen said: "I came to Ezhou just to sell wheat. You should know."

Ma Qing said: "We have indeed heard of this. However, I also heard that Ezhou's grain is unwilling to bid for, and you have never reached an agreement. If not, how dare we find an official?"

Yang Shen said: "What else have you heard?"

Ma Qing looked at Gu Yuan and said, "We also heard that in order to reduce the price, Ezhou grain merchants deliberately suppressed the wheat prices in Ezhou and did not allow them to rise. Jiangzhou, which is not far away, now requires 350 cigarettes of wheat, but Ezhou only needs 200 cigarettes of provinces, which is much worse."

Yang Shen's face darkened: "Is this price suppressed by grain merchants?"

Ma Qing nodded: "That's right. And we also heard that Xia Kongmu, who was with the official, also helped the grain merchants. This man's family was originally a rice merchant and was particularly familiar with these grain merchants. When these people colluded, they must suppress the price of your wheat."

Yang Shen snorted coldly, picked up the wine glass and played with it, but he didn't talk for a long time.

Ma Qing and Gu Yuan looked at Yang Shen without saying anything. They were frozen there for a moment.

After a long time, Yang Shen said: "If you sell the wheat to you, how much is it for?"

Ma Qing said: "Every 60 yuan is enough for every bucket, start from Xiangyang Wharf! However, we are grain merchants in Jiangzhou. We still have to pass through Ezhou when we go down the river. We need to observe the king to issue official documents to the states along the way, so we should not be blocked."
Chapter completed!