Jin Feng and Ninth Princess rushed to the study, where Zhang Liang and Qinghuai had already arrived.
Also coming with them were the strong monkey Qing Mulan, Chen Fengzhi and other generals.
The most convenient mode of transportation in Dakang today is waterway. In order to respond to local conditions in a timely manner, Jin Feng planned a military camp in a valley not far from the dock. Now that the military camp has not been completed, Jin Feng asked Tang Xiaobei to vacate it in advance.
Several warehouses came out and were temporarily used as the foothold of the Zhenyuan Army.
The wounded were also temporarily placed there.
When they arrived at a new military camp, there were so many things going on. Zhang Liang knew that if there was no extremely important matter, Jin Feng would not send a message asking them to come back.
After everyone saluted, they all looked up at Jin Feng, waiting for Jin Feng's order.
"Let you come back because there is a very important matter that I need to discuss with you!"
Jin Feng walked to the table and explained his plan for Jiangnan grain merchants.
"Sir, you are finally going to take action against these bastards!"
The monkey became excited when he heard this: "Back in Jiangnan, they made many obstacles for us. I have long wanted to deal with them!"
In order to cope with the cold disaster, Jin Feng asked Tang Xiaobei to go to Jiangnan to auction jade beads and then buy grain.
It went very smoothly at first, but after several big grain dealers learned the news, they colluded to suppress the auction of Shui Yuzhu, and also tried every means to prevent the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce from buying grain.
Several major grain merchants are backed by powerful Jiangnan families, and they are deeply rooted in the local area. They have spoken out, and even if other merchants want to auction water jade beads or do business with the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce, they dare not go against these major grain merchants.
At that time, Monkey followed Tang Xiaobei for a period of time and saw the faces of grain merchants. He was very angry at that time. However, Jin Feng was only Baron Qingshui at that time and could not afford to offend these grain merchants, so he could only endure it.
Later, when the cold disaster broke out, Jin Feng sent people to the south of the Yangtze River to buy grain. As a result, those grain merchants learned that Sichuan and Sichuan had been hit by the disaster and took the opportunity to drive up grain prices.
If Jin Feng and Ninth Princess hadn't snatched a batch of grain from the rich and powerful, many people in Sichuan and Shu would have died in the cold disaster the year before last.
Later, Jiangnan grain merchants found that Sichuan and Shu were unprofitable, and set their sights on Qin and the southern part of the Central Plains.
The price of food in Qin and the southern part of the Central Plains has increased two or three times in just half a month, and countless people have died as a result.
When Jin Feng received the news, he was depressed for several days. Monkey and the others were so angry that they cursed, but there was nothing they could do.
Now the opportunity to clean up the grain merchants has finally come!
"Sir, are you planning to rob these grain merchants directly?" Qing Mulan asked.
Qinghuai also frowned slightly.
Monkey is a mountain man and does not know the twists and turns behind the grain merchants, but Qing Mulan and Qing Huai, as children of old aristocrats, know very well that behind every grain merchant there is at least one Jiangnan aristocratic family.
Although these aristocratic families have no official status, each of them is a local leader.
Some aristocratic families have a history much earlier than the Kang Dynasty, and their influence in the local area is even stronger than that of the vassal king.
"If you grab it, grab it. Mr. Wang once said, take it from the people and use it for the people. After all, their food is also stolen from the hands of the people!"
The monkey said nonchalantly: "If they want to rob the people, can't we rob them? We are killing the rich and giving to the poor!"
"Killing the rich and giving to the poor is what bandits do in the green forest. We are not bandits!"
Qing Mulan glared at the monkey, then looked at Jin Feng: "Those grain merchants are backed by aristocratic families. If you rob the grain merchants, you will completely break up with these aristocratic families!"
"Let's tear our faces apart. We are not even afraid of Dang Xiang Dongman, nor are we even afraid of the King of Xiang, the King of Chu, and the King of Wu. Why should we be afraid of them?"
The monkey frowned and said: "If they dare to jump out and act like monsters, they will also deal with some bullshit family!"
"Shut up!" Qing Mulan scolded the monkey, then looked at Jin Feng: "Sir, this matter is not that simple.
You told me on the road that if a country wants to last for a long time, it must have laws. If you just rob it like this, isn't it destroying the laws? And it is easy to fall into the trap and be used to make an issue, to intimidate the people of Jiangnan and make Jiangnan
The people think we are bandits, which may also be detrimental to the future recovery of Jiangnan!"
"Sir, although those grain merchants deserve death, it is really not appropriate to rob them directly!"
Qinghuai also advised: "If you really want to deal with the grain merchants, you'd better be tactful, for example, use new products to exchange with them as before. I think as long as those aristocratic families are not stupid, they will not do it again this time.
I’m deliberately making things difficult for you, sir!”
"Yes, this method is the safest and will not fall into the trap of others!" Qing Mulan nodded in agreement with Qing Huai's suggestion.
When Jin Feng heard this, he couldn't help but look thoughtful.
Through the words of Qing Huai and Qing Mulan, Jin Feng knew that their thoughts were still from the perspective of the powerful and powerful families.
This is normal, after all, they grew up in noble families, received education, and thought about issues, so of course they would be on the side of the powerful.
Jin Feng's previous attacks on the major vassal kings actually did not have much relationship with the aristocratic families behind the grain merchants. Under normal circumstances, even if the Ninth Princess became the emperor, the aristocratic family would still be an aristocratic family.
If you rob the grain merchant, you will completely break up with the family.
In fact, Jin Feng didn't care about this at all, because ever since he announced that he would "crack down on the local tyrants and divide their land," the Sichuan-Sichuan regime had already broken with all the landlords.
What made Jin Feng frown was what Qing Mulan said about the law and the future recovery of Jiangnan.
With his current military strength, it will be difficult to regain Jiangnan in the short term, and his influence in Jiangnan is also very weak.
And the aristocratic families are deeply rooted in Jiangnan. If they are allowed to make a fuss about this matter and publicize that the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau is a bandit among the people and rob their food, it will be really detrimental to the future recovery of Jiangnan or lead to some unnecessary disputes.
"How about expropriating their grain and granaries in the name of Wuyang?" Jin Feng asked.
"Isn't it still a robbery?" Qing Mulan pouted.
"Sir, I have an idea, but I don't know if it's appropriate or not." Zhang Liang, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
"Tell me about it, use it if it suits you, don't use it if it doesn't suit you," Jin Feng encouraged.
"Then I'll say it," Zhang Liang said: "Since Qinghou and Miss Mu Lan think it is inappropriate to directly rob or requisition them, how about we go to Jiangnan to suppress the bandits?"
"Suppress bandits?" Qing Mulan frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"The grain merchant's granary was robbed by bandits. Let's help them suppress the bandits."
"Brother Liang, those grain merchants are local snakes, and they are rich local snakes. Their private soldiers can fight better than the King of Qin's army. What kind of bandits dare to rob their granaries?" Qing Mulan retorted.
This is why Jin Feng asked Zhang Liang and the others to come back.
His original plan was to let the special operations team that was executing the feudal king's beheading plan seize the granaries, but in the morning the Ninth Princess asked Xiaoyu for information on each granary and found out that this plan would not work.