"Haha, of course I know where this is. What I just said is just a well-intentioned suggestion. Of course, if Brother Wen doesn't like to hear it, I can't do anything about it. But I only know that if you really do this, you will definitely lose.
yourself."
"Really? Let's just wait and see." Wen Youcai stood up with a bad look on his face, waved his sleeves and walked out of Xianweiju. When he walked out of the door and onto the street, he looked back intentionally.
There seemed to be anger in his eyes, and it was obvious that he didn't like this place now. Perhaps once the Wen family exerts its influence, with their influence in the local area, it is very possible that Xianju's business will plummet in the future.
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Standing by the window on the third floor of Xianju, seeing all of Wen Youcai's performance in his eyes, Jin Zhen thought about it again and again and decided to write another secret letter to His Highness King Ji. He wanted to send a message to the Wen family today.
Give an explanation of your attitude.
Besides Wen Youcai, after leaving Xianweiju, the more I thought about it, the more unhappy I became. I represent the Wen family, but most of the grain merchants in Zhezhou are in chaos. Grain is the leader. I don’t know how many people want to buy from here.
He couldn't get enough food, and he didn't know how many people wanted to have a good relationship with him, but Jin Zhen was so unwilling to give himself face, did he really think that he was a fool?
Although the Wen family can indeed make a lot of money from King Ji's purchase of grain, and more importantly, when King Ji purchases grain, they, the grain merchants, do not have to take any risks. They only need to transport the grain to the dock.
After getting the cash, the transaction is considered completed. Compared with some other vassal kings who need to take risks to transport food, if something happens in the middle, all the responsibilities must be borne by themselves, but it is much easier.
Even the Wen family doesn't want to give up any of their partners.
But Jin Zhen doesn't give himself face like this. If he doesn't fight back at all, wouldn't it look like he is too weak?
“Price increase!”
This is what Wen Youcai came up with. Raising the price of food in a timely manner, but not too much, is a way of showing his dissatisfaction with Jin Zhen and King Ji. In this way, he will not be angry.
This big customer who can make money for himself can also vent his anger, which is really the best thing.
Wen Youcai sent out a lot of greetings and called many well-known grain merchants to the Wenjia main store, where Wen Youcai proposed the price increase.
The favorite thing for merchants is to increase the prices of the items they sell, which means that the benefits they reap will be more abundant. In the past, some people saw the chaos in the world and put forward this suggestion, but some people still considered it.
If the price of grain is high, I'm afraid no one will buy grain from Zhezhou. After all, Zhezhou is not the only place of wealth in the world.
But now, the one who made the suggestion was the Wen family, the boss in their industry. In addition, various places are either fighting or preparing for war. The demand for food is also increasing. Not only is the supply exceeding demand, there is also development in this direction.
I mean, now is the time for food prices to rise.
Yes, as soon as this suggestion came out, it was unanimously agreed by all the grain merchants, and a regulation on a 20% increase in grain prices was formed. All the grain merchants signed it and settled it.
It will come into effect on the first day of next month.
All the businessmen left happily, looking like their wallets were about to be filled with money. Wen Youcai was also very happy. This meeting was completed under his call. Doesn't it mean that his ability has been greatly improved?
Did you get everyone’s approval?
There is no young man who doesn't like false fame. He was sitting in the room happily enjoying himself. At this time, a servant came up and said, "Master, there is someone outside who wants to see you. This is his greeting."
"Oh? But haven't you invited the grain merchant before?" He reached out to take the greeting card and opened it without paying much attention. However, after seeing the writing on it, he sat upright in shock. "Quick, follow me.
Master, let’s go together to greet the distinguished guests.”
After a while, there was a man in the room. He looked a little pale and had no beard. When he spoke, he also spoke in a shrill voice. When he moved his gestures, he would also express his own emotions.
Point out an orchid.
If Tang Ao were here right now, he would definitely be able to recognize this person's identity - Leng Qianwu.
The second son of the former Bai Shenghou, because he was spying on Bai Qiutong's beauty, he snatched her away, prompting Tang Ao to rescue her, and in a rage, he also gave away his six million (a man's balls in later generations)
I accidentally got kicked out and got three million to accompany me. This is why there is a saying that a man has six million. Think about it. As a man, you walk around with six million every day. You can say that he is not awesome.
, I don’t think it’s popular) was smashed into pieces, and the second son of Hou Yum, who was originally handsome, became a eunuch.
The next day, the emperor ordered Bai Shenghou and his family to leave Daliang City and go to the land of King Nan Wu to serve as officials. He said it was to monitor the vassal kings below and prevent them from making any changes.
The Leng family soon changed their stance after leaving Daliang City. After arriving at the fiefdom of King Nan Wu, they not only lost the right to supervise and report, but instead collaborated with King Nan Wu and were quickly cited as his confidant. This Leng Qianwu also
Given the opportunity, he actually entered the palace of King Nan Wu to serve people, and relied on his own means and family background to become a deputy eunuch.
Leng Qianwu, who had achieved success in another direction, was very obedient in front of King Nan Wu, but in his heart he had never forgotten Tang Ao, who had brought him shame. This time, the generals below changed defenses, and the Leng family had no choice but to
When he arrived in Zhezhou, he also spent a lot of money to bribe the chief eunuch and got an errand to inspect Zhezhou.
With the power in his hands and no one suppressing him from above, Leng Qianwu came to the largest dock in Zhezhou, thinking about a bloody incident. After hearing that the Wen family seemed to have some trouble with the representatives of Jizhou
When the time came, he came uninvited and knocked on the door.
Leng Qianwu had been reminded by the chief eunuch before that King Nan Wu did not want to be an enemy of King Ji, so the private feud between the Wu family and Tang Ao could not be resolved with official power.
Unable to use official power, Leng Qianwu had to borrow the power of the private sector. The Wen family was undoubtedly a good partner.
Although the Wen family also has some power, it is still inferior to the Leng family. For such a big backer, there is no reason why Wen Youcai should not stick to it. The two sides can be said to have the same smell and hit it off immediately. They immediately formulated a plan to deal with King Ji.
Method. In order to maximize their profits, they decided to wait until the next batch of Jizhou goods landed, snatched all the good things, and then killed all the representatives of King Ji here to destroy the corpses and eliminate traces. And the murderers and them
The blame has already been placed on the Korean people.
With everything planned, the two people crossed their fingers and waited for the next time a merchant ship from Jizhou docked, which would be the time when they would make a fortune.
...
Jicheng.
Tang Ao, who has already rushed back here, is in a good mood. On the way back, you can see green crops growing well everywhere. It can be seen that this year is another good harvest year. Thinking that half of the food harvested last year is still there.
It is stored in the state treasury, waiting for the new grain to arrive, and I am afraid I don’t know how many grain silos will be built before it is enough.
He came to Zhizhou Mansion with great interest. Zhizhou Zeng Tong had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Tang Ao, he said: "Your Highness, now that we have achieved self-sufficiency in food production, we should be quite wealthy by the end of the year.
It’s not like we don’t have to spend money to buy food from the south and other places.”
Although Zeng Tong, the magistrate of the state, has a very comfortable job, with no shortage of money and food, for example, he still can't help but feel heartache every time he sees so much money being used to buy food. This is how to live a real life.
people.
"Well, I won't buy it." Tang Ao nodded after hearing this and said in a very calm tone.
"Oh, can you buy less or less...what?" Zeng Tong then changed his mind and asked again as if he didn't hear clearly.
"Haha, I said I won't buy it." Tang Ao raised the corner of his mouth slightly, with a smile, and casually took out the information that Anxiang had just sent. It said that after Leng Qianwu and Wen Youcai conspired,
things.
Tang Ao originally thought about not buying grain. Wouldn't it be better to use the money to do other things, such as building roads in Liaozhou and Guzhou, which is a huge waste of money. But risk
There are still many disadvantages to withdrawing naturally, such as whether it will let others see your strength, and will it be seen that Jizhou is no longer short of food?
I was still thinking about a way to get the best of both worlds. Unexpectedly, my opponent solved the matter. Not only could I use this to withdraw the merchant ship, but I could also trick Leng Qianwu. Since I could have taken advantage of this matter at the beginning.
He has become a sinister person, and now he can still be so sinister that he cannot find the north and gain a bad reputation.
Zeng Tong took the secret letter and looked at it carefully. After a while, he took a long breath. "Okay, this is exactly the reason, haha."
"Yes, this is an opportunity. Only others will be anxious next." Tang Ao said with emotion. And this sentence soon became a reality.
The merchant ship from Jizhou never arrived. Instead, it was Jin Zhen who was waiting to leave with the caravan. Because they had bought almost nothing this time, no one thought that Jin Zhen would leave. When the fleet left two days later,
Leng Qianwu and Wen Youcai belatedly rushed into the center of Xianwei Center with others, but except for an empty shelf, not a single person was seen here.
Later, rumors spread outside that these two people wanted to attack the Jizhou merchant ship and wanted to kill Jin Zhen. In desperation, King Ji had no choice but to evacuate everyone and even left them behind.
Well, it’s too dangerous here in Zhezhou, and they don’t want to come back in the future.
When the news came out, Leng Qianwu and Wen Youcai were dumbfounded, but what they didn't expect was that in the following days, countless businessmen came to the Wen family, first reprimanding, and then abusive.