Ma Zhong put down his pen and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "General, should you send an order immediately and stop them!"
He got up and looked out of the hall, and came back and said, "It's not yet time. At least many of the goods shipped today have not yet started. In addition, the war is used to transmit the lower reaches of the river and can be sent to Chaisang in three days. The ports along the river can be taken at the same time, and a large number of them can be stopped!"
Speaking of this, Ma Zhong approached Lei Yuan a few steps and said in a deep voice: "In addition, this move just made all beacons along the river alert, and informed Chaisang and Nanchang to gather troops to prepare for war..."
Seeing Lei Yuan musing, he emphasized, "General, the Wu people are deceitful, you must be careful!"
The four words "The Wu people are deceitful" have been a common evaluation of the Jiangdong regime by the Han court over the years.
It's not out of hostility or slander, but that's the case.
After all, the Jiangdong regime's unscrupulous style of conduct for several years has really given too many surprises to the people of Jingzhou. Even though they have not benefited each time, everyone, including Lei Yuan, who is now in charge of the military of the East Mansion, is extremely vigilant about them.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao, Liu and Sun were three lords. Among them, Cao, Liu and Liu were mortal enemies of each other and had no power. Both sides did not hide their ultimate goal of unifying the world and rebuilding order. For this purpose, both sides had no scruples and firmly eliminated all interferences.
The Sun family is very different from Cao and Liu. Although Sun family has ambitions, it is limited to the development of the situation and its own abilities, so they usually only limit their vision to the present. However, how to obtain immediate benefits, and even what immediate benefits are, the judgments within the Sun regime are complicated. Different people and different forces are interrelated and interfering with each other, just like throwing a few balls in their hands, and no one knows what the result is before stopping.
In the eyes of outsiders, this situation can naturally be described by only the four words "The Wu people are deceitful". Ma Zhong has only remembered to make military preparations now, and it is already a bit slow.
Lei Yuan calmed down instead.
"I think the number to be checked this time is very large, and the result will not be achieved for a while. Dexin and Boyu, you two might as well bring the data file back and calculate it slowly. Just have a result tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"ah?"
Lei Yuan stretched out his hand and pressed on the simple document that Ma Zhong had confirmed and summarized, thinking. Ma Zhong and Fan Xun looked at each other, and no one dared to speak out to interrupt Lei Yuan's thoughts.
After a while, Lei Yuan said: "I'll be here today. Don't panic, let's do it as usual."
"……yes."
Ma Zhong and Fan Xun saluted together and led the officials to retreat.
Lei Yuan watched them leave and called softly: "Wenping."
Yan Yu walked forward from the corner of the hall: "In."
"Who is the manager of the Lujiang Lei Clan clan in Jiangling?"
Since Lei Yuan became the General of the Cavalry and commanded the military affairs of the three states with integrity, the General of the Cavalry, set up in Jiangling, has a separate name, called "East Palace".
After all, from a military perspective, except for Jing, Jiao and Jiang, the Han Dynasty only controlled Yizhou, half Liangzhou and half Sizhou. It is no false to say that the General of the Cavalry controlled half of the court's military power.
The scale of resources that the General of the Cavalry can directly use is the only "Shu Mansion" in Chengdu, which is comparable to the Prime Minister's Mansion. At that time, people called General of the Cavalry Mansion the "East Mansion", which can reflect Lei Yuan's great authority.
Lei Yuan is not a person who is ignorant of importance. After taking this position, he deliberately restrained his influence on local government affairs and only made suggestions on some key matters.
As for the clan operation of the Lujiang Lei family, he also entrusted it to some more reliable backbone figures in the clan, forming a coordinated model of more than ten managers without interfering directly.
After the Lujiang Lei clan took root in Cangwu, it still retained huge economic interests and many commercial routes in the north. Therefore, it has long been dispatched to the Jingzhou Prefecture to directly handle clan affairs and manage the Lei clan's business operations in the Lexiang City.
Such managers generally have half a year as their term, and the new manager takes office at the end of last month.
Originally, Lei Yuan should have met, but he has been busy with military affairs in the General Cavalry's Mansion these days and has taken care of more children on a daily basis, so he has never taken time out.
At this moment, he suddenly asked, Yan Yu was stunned and responded: "General, it's Brother Ling."
"ah?"
"The new manager is General, your younger brother, Lei Shen."
Lei Yuan patted his forehead: "...I forgot. I need him today and let him come immediately!"
Lei Xu, the leader of the Lei clan of Lujiang in the previous generation, had four sons. The eldest son Lei Xiu died in battle, and the second son was Lei Yuan, and then the two children of the young wife Wu, Lei Shen and Lei Xia.
Lei Shen was a little weak-hearted in his early years. Later, he followed Wang Yanpo to learn archery and horses and fought with barbarians in Jiaozhou. Lei Yuan transferred him to be a entourage for two years and felt that his talent was quite useful, so he gradually took over clan affairs.
In the past few years, the Lei family of Lujiang has been deepening its cultivation in Jiaozhou and has gradually turned their attention to the further. Last year, the clan obtained a large-scale open-air charcoal farm in Jiuzhen County, and built a large-scale port on the basis of this charcoal farm to support the fleet that continues to sail south. This is all Lei Shen's work.
Since we need to analyze the material flow situation in Jiangling, people like Ru Lei Shen who have been immersed in the commercial environment for a long time may be more suitable than Ma Zhong and Fan Xun.
At this moment, Yan Yu went to invite him, and Lei Shen arrived immediately.
"Meet brother."
Lei Yuan was waiting in front of the hall. He nodded slightly: "Yuan Bai, I haven't seen him for a few months, so it's been awesome recently."
Although the two are brothers, there is a huge difference in power and position. Lei Shen is extremely respectful to his brother and bows to respond.
Lei Yuan no longer had many courtesy options and brought him into the hall: "Recently, some people have been purchasing supplies locally, do you know Yuanbai?"
"I didn't know at first. From the day before yesterday, I found clues about the prices of goods and stocks in various stores. However, there were many caravans capable of purchasing materials in large quantities, and it was not only my family who provided the materials. There was no reliable news yet, and I still didn't know where to do it." Lei Shen's voice was not loud, he was very calm and explained clearly in a concise manner.
"It was done by the people of Jiangdong."
"Jiangdong native?" Lei Shen was shocked.
The two sat down in the hall, and Lei Yuan handed the Chinese book to Lei Shen: "There are already some numbers here in the military palace, so you can take a look."
In the document, what is more detailed is the fluctuation in the price of various bulk materials in Lexiang City, and the specific quantity of materials entering and leaving is mainly speculation.
"I want to hear your opinion. What can you tell from these numbers?"
The hall was quiet for a moment, and only Thundershen flipped the file, making a slight rustling sound.
After a while, Lei Shen's eyes lit up.
"Brother, please look here."
"This is?"
"In the past two years, the central government has put a lot of effort into Guanzhong and Liangzhou. The number of officials and military personnel sent to the two places is very large. The north is cold and the people who go to the office carry thick clothes and furs. Therefore, in the Lexiang City, the fur produced in Liaodong has always been very popular and the prices have also risen very high. To be honest, I have also specially made people to stock up on some, which were initially bear skin, deer skin, sheep skin, and later there were mink skin, roe skin, leopard skin, otter skin, fox skin, yellow rat skin, etc.."
Many contemporary giant merchants have wealthy families and officials' backgrounds. It is normal for them to use their information advantages to hoard goods, and it is difficult for the Lei family in Lujiang to avoid it. Finally, the fur is not an important material related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Lei Yuan's eyelids twitched and decided not to worry about this question: "What then?"
"The price of these furs is already very high. But the Jiangdong people have made large-scale purchases in the past month, which has made the price extremely high. Judging from the price changes in the documents, I estimate that the quantity they bought is enough to make leather jackets worn by thousands of people, which cost millions of yuan. This is no longer a way to make money by abandoning people. It is necessary that the Jiangdong people are indeed useful, so they will purchase urgently at all costs. Of course, Jiangdong people are also purchasing other materials in large quantities, but..."
"But the southern part is wet and warm, so you can't use fur at all!" Lei Yuan subconsciously interfered.
"So I guess..."
"Yuan Bai, I understand." Lei Yuan woke up instantly and raised his hand to signal that there was no need to say again: "Don't publicize what you and my brothers are discussing today. When I have time, I will hold a banquet for you another day."
"I understand." Lei Shen stood up and saluted: "Since that's the case, brother, I'll take my leave first."
"Go."
Chapter completed!