Chapter two hundred and eighty second light and heavy blow
"The people of Lu and Liang bought ten hundred coins, and Qi sold ten coins. In the twenty-fourth month, six-tenths of the people of Lu and Liang returned to Qi." [Guan Zi·Qing Chong Wu]
Luo Boyan couldn't help but take note of the other party's attitude, so he kept it secret for the time being, and gave a general account of what happened during this period. Finally, he asked Hou Wen to explain the court situation and his future direction.
"It is indeed Shu grain. The governors of Hanzhong and Shu County have recently written a memorial, saying that there is excess grain in the Shuzhong government warehouse. Please send it to Guanzhong to make up for the shortage." Hou Wen handed the tea bowl to his mouth and sipped it.
, said lightly: "Part of the grain first takes the Chencang Road and is transferred to Hanyang, Wudu, Anding and other counties. After all, Yongzhou and other places are too far away from Sanfu and cannot rely on Taicang; the other part takes the Ziwu Road directly to Chang'an, but
Calculating the time, it should be a few days later."
That's true.
Luo Boyan felt that his eyes were darkening. He didn't care that he was older than the other party and was showing off as a senior. He said tremblingly: "But I sent someone to check out the grain truck..."
Hou Wen still lowered his head and took a sip of tea. At the same time, he stretched out his other hand and waved at the other party: "I know that cart. I heard it was something made by the Gewuyuan. I don't know what method was used to modify the deer cart."
It is lighter and less labor-intensive. It can not only walk on field roads, but also on mountain roads as effortlessly as walking on flat ground... I didn't expect that Han Gongzhi, a scholar of Xiaolian origin, was so good at technical equipment, so he didn't take office.
How long ago, they donated water to discharge iron for smelting, tripling the amount of iron smelted each time, and came up with this kind of 'wheelbarrow', what a strange person it is..."
The unicycle at this time was developed by the emperor based on the unicycle that was popular in rural China in later generations, but it was just a test product, and there were many detailed problems. It had not yet been officially promoted and used, but it was enough to confuse everyone.
"Can this wheelbarrow go on mountain roads?" The fat man with oily and sweaty face said in surprise: "Then transporting grain from Hanzhong is not afraid of mountain roads such as Ziwu Valley?"
The road to Shu is difficult. It has been difficult to march here since ancient times, let alone transport food and grass. If it is true as Hou Wen said, the imperial court has a wheelbarrow that can travel on mountainous terrain as well as flat land, which is labor-saving, light and has a large cargo capacity, then the Qinling Mountains
The transshipment of grain on the mountain road is nothing they consider to be a loss. Yizhou, which has a rich treasury, will continuously transport grain to Guanzhong. Taicang has a large amount of grain in hand, and if it is all transported to the prison, it is not afraid of this price war.
Seeing the crestfallen faces of Luo Boyan and others, Hou Wen snorted, put down his tea bowl, and said slowly: "What? You haven't made enough yet? It's just grain. As long as you put it in the warehouse to survive, you will be able to survive in a few years."
It won't rot. There will be many places for the imperial court to use troops in the future. Not only will it have to rely on Taicang to support it, but it will eventually have to purchase grain from the people. You have to take a long-term view, otherwise you will be confined to the county all your life. How can you get two thousand shi?
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"That's not what you say..." The fat middle-aged man smiled kindly. He filled Hou Wen's tea with flattery, and said in a soft voice: "Each family actually only has so little food, and the people don't have any food at home.
Why don't you just come here to buy? How can we, the hundreds of thousands of people in Jingzhao, survive just by selling, and we can't lose money by selling goods, so we have raised the price. Now that the imperial court has suddenly slashed the price of grain, those
Li Shu is fine, we are also the emperor's people, all our wealth is here, they say cheap food hurts farmers, why won't it hurt us?"
Hou Wen did not touch the bowl of tea and said slowly: "I am just a censor, so I can't help you."
"Just ask Mr. Hou for some advice. I'd be very grateful."
It can be said that these people are tied together with me, and we share weal and woe. It is not easy to sit back and watch for a while. Moreover, I heard that a batch of grain will be distributed to me for relief recently. I am afraid that I will have to rely on them to change hands in the future.
Thinking of this, Hou Wen nodded, and pointed out with full posture: "The price of food in Jingzhao is not the only one in Guanzhong that is difficult to go down. It is the same in other places, but there are only local treasuries in other places, not Taicang.
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Luo Boyan and others immediately realized that the grain stocks in various prefectures were not as rich as those in Taicang. They were already stretched thin just for relief, and there was no way to stabilize prices. Thinking of this, they saw a new way. For this 'business', they had already
Having invested all their money in it, they would lose hundreds of thousands every time the price of food fell by a thousand. Now they are gamblers who gamble until the end, and no one is willing to leave midway.
But this is not a good idea. The powerful people in other places may not be willing to accept their "grabbing business" in the past. They discussed the formation privately and decided to continue to carry it out. They also secretly spread the news that they would use Fengshui to connect Taicang.
The reason why Cao Canal and Wheelbarrow is not used is that the grain that enters the city every day is not transferred from Shu, but is a cover-up trick by the court. It is an attempt to make people panic about the future, so that regardless of whether they have extra food at home,
Those who had extra money rushed to the government to buy grain for later use, which temporarily increased the pressure on the government to sell grain.
Mi Zhu was not worried about this. These days, he no longer concealed his nature and ability as a merchant. He quickly reversed the situation with just a few gestures. Taicang Ling Wang Jiang, who was on the side and was willing to take action, admired him very much.
Faced with the rumors that are now being questioned, Mi Zhu said confidently: "I had expected this day at the beginning, so I asked the Gewuyuan to lend me a wheelbarrow to confuse the people in the house, just to make them feel lucky and continue going."
Stuck in the mud."
Jia Xu glanced at the high-spirited Mi Zhu and quietly reminded: "The country has given instructions, just like ordinary people raising chickens and dogs at home, letting them peck at them on weekdays, and then choose one to kill when they grow up, but you cannot kill them."
Absolutely, otherwise there will be no rooster in the house to watch the morning and a yellow dog to guard the house."
The emperor meant that all these merchants could not be implicated, otherwise it would cause great damage to the current social economy and affect the business ecology. Merchants were frightened by the imperial power of killing people at will. Who would dare to do business? At that time, five baht coins were cast.
It's useless no matter how much.
But when these words came out of Jia Xu's mouth and fell into Mi Zhu's ears, they seemed to have another meaning. Mi Zhu's face changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "The country's wisdom is far-reaching and subtle.
It is definitely beyond our ability to speculate. On that day, Jia Gong conveyed to me the profound meaning of the country's great pains in this regard. It is only now that I understand a little bit."
Mi Zhu has now been conquered by Jia Xu for various reasons, otherwise Jia Xu would not remind him generously.
Wang Jiangshan smiled and pretended not to understand what the two of them said, and then said to himself: "What will happen next, Taicang will listen to you at any time."