Ye An screamed in his heart that something was wrong.
Sure enough, Sun Quanbin came here for the 100,000 jins of grain in his hand. For this reason, he even wanted to take away the 100,000 jins of grain even at the cost of offending the Qian family to vouch for him.
It's just that instead of using the 100,000 jins of grain to relieve the victims of the disaster in Yangcheng County, he planned to use the 100,000 jins of grain to aid Luoyang, Xijing.
"What about the people of Yangcheng County?"
Ye An fell silent after asking this question. This question was too redundant. Judging from the sad and helpless expressions of Xuan Chengzi and Wang Hao, it was obvious that Yangcheng County would eventually be abandoned.
How can the small Yangcheng County be as important as Luoyang, Xijing? How can it be as important as the powerful people in Luoyang City?
This time Sun Quanbin came to Yangcheng County not to solve the problems in Yangcheng County. On the contrary, he came with a large amount of money in order to use the money to raise grain and transport it to Luoyang, which was even more seriously affected by the disaster.
If you think about it, you will know that when Henan Prefecture was hit by a large area of disaster, the first place the victims would flock to would not be Tokyo City, but Luoyang City!
The reason why there are disaster victims appearing in Yangcheng County is a fact that is so terrifying that even an outsider like Ye An feels horrified. Luoyang simply cannot accommodate so many victims!
Originally this was almost impossible, but Luoyang could become the Xijing of the Song Dynasty and a retirement place for many dignitaries. Its greatest advantage was its prosperity.
Any history book that Ye An has read that mentions Luoyang describes the prosperity of this city named after Peony. This is the source of Chinese civilization, and the capital of the Xia Dynasty was Luoyang.
After the Yin Dynasty in the Western Zhou Dynasty, in order to control the eastern region, they began to build the capital in Luoyang. The Duke of Zhou built the Royal City and Chengzhou City on the north bank of Luoshui River. It is known in history that King Cheng "first moved his residence to Chengzhou and settled in China". The word "China"
That’s where it first started.
In the Tang Dynasty, starting from Emperor Gaozong, Luoyang was still the capital, called Dongdu. Later Liang, Later Tang, and Later Jin all had Luoyang as their capital, and later Han and Later Zhou used Luoyang as their accompanying capital.
In the Song Dynasty, Luoyang was designated as the Xijing and Henan Prefecture was established.
After countless generations of painstaking efforts, after so many years of development, despite the wars, the city was not destroyed. Up to now, Luoyang is still the political, economic, and cultural center of the Song Dynasty. It has left countless achievements to future generations.
Endless treasures.
But even such a city, a sky-like existence, could not save the victims of Henan Prefecture, which shows that the scale of this disaster is frightening.
For some reason, even the meals made from wild vegetables and whole grains in front of them no longer tasted good. Wang Hao and Xuan Chengzi lowered their heads to drink, glancing at Ye An from the corner of their eyes from time to time. They still hoped that Ye An would sell the 100,000 kilograms of grain.
Give Sun Quanbin to support Luoyang.
Ye An looked at Sun Quanbin and said seriously: "Luoyang's food supply is really in danger?"
"It's absolutely true! Boy, are you worried that Luoyang is like Yangcheng County, where merchants are hoarding grain and selling it at a high price?" Before Ye An could speak, he raised his voice and said: "No need, tens of thousands of people are flocking to Luoyang.
At that time, all merchants no longer dared to hoard food.
As long as they dare, the people of Luoyang and the victims of the disaster will dare to raze their shops to the ground.
Whoever has food in Luoyang at this time will be taken advantage of! Even those high-ranking officials and their families do not dare to hoard food. They all know that what they are hoarding now is not food, but poison for sex!"
Ye An stopped talking. He knew that the most important reason why Sun Quanbin could speak so clearly to him was that he had one hundred thousand kilograms of grain in his hands and was the disciple of Xuanchengzi.
He gave himself almost all the respect he deserved. Of course, if he didn't get what he wanted, all the respect would disappear in an instant, and even become worse with swords and axes.
This is a smart man, a cheerful man, and a man who will never give up until he reaches his goal.
"Yangcheng County, what should Yangcheng County do? This guy has a bad reputation in Yangcheng County, and he is planning to use these 100,000 kilograms of grain to make a comeback!"
Ye An asked his last question, a question about Yangcheng County and his own reputation.
The atmosphere on the stone table became awkward. Sun Quanbin raised his head and looked at Xuan Chengzi and Wang Hao. The two men became drunk as quickly as possible...
Pulling up his sleeves, Sun Quanbin revealed his sinister white teeth and said, "Young man is a smart man. Is there no food in Yangcheng County?"
Ye An replied without thinking: "Of course there is..." Suddenly he understood what Sun Quanbin meant and said in surprise: "You want to torture those wealthy grain merchants?!"
Sun Quanbin looked at Ye An enviously: "If a certain family had been as smart as you, they wouldn't have suffered! But a certain family is not here to torture those grain merchants, but a certain family is here to reason with them. If
No, that certain family’s rightful warrior is not a freeloader!”
After saying that, Sun Quanbin drank all the wine in the cup. The wine left the corner of his mouth, like gurgling blood, but Ye An nodded: "At this time, it is time to fight violence with violence! If you want to make a fortune out of national calamity, then
It was still possible when the Five Dynasties were in a coma.
Now that the Queen Mother is wise and the officials are benevolent, what they need most is to govern the country with stability... You are looking for death in the wrong place! I admire that a high official can care so little about his own reputation! I admire him! "
Ye An really admired Sun Quanbin for his courage to rebel at this time and use violence to force the merchants who were hoarding grain. Civil servants would never dare to do such a thing of "competing with the people for profit".
He picked up the wine glass with both hands and offered Sun Quanbin a glass of wine solemnly, which made Sun Quanbin laugh: "A certain family is a eunuch, what do you want those famous turbans for? They are just the hawks and dogs of the Queen Mother and the official family, just handle their errands properly.
!But you are right about the temper of the certain family! It’s a pity that the certain family will not remember your favor with such a compliment."
Wang Hao gritted his teeth beside him, but Xuan Chengzi smiled half-heartedly. Sun Quanbin was indeed a shrewd man from the palace. What he said was impeccable. He seemed to be ungrateful, but he actually belittled Wang Hao. At the same time,
I also remembered Ye An’s friendship.
Only now did Wang Hao realize that Ye An had never toasted him a glass of wine with such respect. Instead, he toasted the eunuch Sun Quanbin. Could it be that he was worse than an eunuch in his eyes?!
At this point, Sun Quanbin also put down his arrogance and began to feast on the small stone table. A piece of fried rice cake was thrown into his mouth. The sound of kaba kaba was like chewing the bones of those profiteers, which made Ye Anxi smile.
When Qian Hui was slandering himself, profiteers who were hoarding grains often fanned the flames and helped, but now they were going to suffer.
After eating a meal, the high degree of liquor did not make Sun Quanbin drunk, but the smell of alcohol continued to spray out of his big mouth, making Ye An afraid to face it.
Sun Quanbin rejected Wang Hao's intention to stay overnight. He stood up and walked staggering outside the village. As he walked, he cursed the profiteers who were hoarding grain and the powerful people who colluded with the profiteers. Of course, he also wanted to praise the Wang family. Praise Wang Hao for his "wise move" in selling grain to Ye An.
Ye An helped the staggering Sun Quanbin to walk outside Wangjiazhuang, but after leaving the Moon Gate, Sun Quanbin's hazy eyes shone brightly: "Boy, what do you want from me?"
A shy smile rippled on Ye An's face, and he said slightly cautiously: "How can a high official see this?"
Sun Quanbin raised his arm on Ye An's shoulders and patted him on the head. He narrowed his eyes and smiled: "From the time you heard about You Xiaojiejun! You want to follow the literary path, the banquet is over. Are you going to help your master and Master Wang? What are you doing by supporting this eunuch from a certain family? It’s not in line with etiquette and law, so naturally you’ll have to ask for something!”
Ye An once again showed a "shy" smile: "The high official has real insights! There is a servant beside me. He was originally a loyal soldier of the You Xiaojie Army, but he was wronged by the high official..."