Su Jin couldn't believe what he heard. On the day at Su Zhai in Luzhou, or to be precise, the day when Su Jin smelled the little black pill and Yizhu Qingtian almost suffered an embarrassment, he did talk to Yan Biyun who suddenly visited him.
and his own plan. During times of shortage, he used the harvested grain in his hands to suppress the food prices of the chamber of commerce, causing the chamber of commerce to lose all the food it had hoarded at high prices.
The rough plan is to sell grain at a fair price. The 80,000 shi of grain that I own are sold at a limited purchase price. Adding all the expenses only adds up to 700 shi per shi, and the food of the Chamber of Commerce is purchased at the usual 300 shi. If you want to
If you sell it, you will be like yourself. Not only will it be unprofitable, but you will also lose nearly half of your original capital. As long as the summer grain can be put on the market in May or June, the old grain of the Chamber of Commerce will basically be useless.
Yan Biyun is a veteran of shopping malls, and she saw the fatality of Su Jin's revenge plan at a glance. However, Su Ji's granary was burned down at that time, and Su Ji and the Chamber of Commerce were at a life-and-death moment of tit-for-tat; in that situation, Yan Biyun's
Persuasion will definitely not work. In the time of famine, even if the one hundred thousand people in Luzhou City are frugal, their monthly consumption is 40,000 to 50,000 shi of food, and Su Jin's 80,000 shi of food can last for two months at most.
It’s just time; as long as the Chamber of Commerce endures these two months, the market will be controlled by them. The period of drought will be longer; this is a continuous thing, just like dominoes, the first one to fall
There will be a chain reaction later. This chain reaction will cause the food shortage crisis to start early. Just after the New Year, I am afraid that the first month with the remaining festivals will be the beginning of the disaster. Su Jin did not consider this.
a little.
Yan Biyun couldn't watch Su Jin do useless work, so she decided to secretly use funds to hoard food, and help Su Jin at the critical moment; for these 500,000 shi of food, Yan Biyun paid as high as 500 yuan regardless of the cost.
One stone. Fortunately, the Yan family was well-off, and Yan Biyun didn't even frown when he took out more than 700,000 stones.
Yan Biyun explained the whole story, and Su Jin was even more surprised and speechless. His plan was indeed ill-considered at the time, and the omissions were too big to be effective. Two days ago, Su Jin was already thinking about how to sell the 80,000 shi of grain at a good price.
price, and strive to maximize profits; since he can't attack the Chamber of Commerce, he is not willing to do this useless thing.
Two days ago, when Su Jin heard the news, he would definitely have cheered. But today, two days later, apart from being grateful, Su Jin was not at all happy about being able to trample the Chamber of Commerce under his feet; because there were various signs that showed that
In the five or six months from this winter to tomorrow spring, the Song Dynasty will face its most serious crisis. At this time, the three hundred thousand stones of food from the Chamber of Commerce is gold. No matter what means he has, he cannot
Prevent the 300,000 shi of food from being sold out at sky-high prices.
"Sister Yan, you are so kind to me. You spent such a high price to collect food just for my plan to retaliate against the Chamber of Commerce. My original intention was to make the Chamber of Commerce suffer a huge loss of more than 100,000 yuan, which would lead to their internal disintegration.
, a heavy blow to their arrogance; but your purchase price of 500,000 dan is higher than theirs. If you sell it at the price I predetermined, wouldn’t you lose nearly 400,000 dan? The gain outweighs the loss."
"Well... do you still need to remind me about this issue? The Nu family is a businessman, but the Nu family thinks it is worth it. The loss of 400,000 yuan is just money, but what is gained is your confidence and the reputation of Su Ji. The Nu family After all the calculations, it's worth it." Yan Biyun said with a smile.
Su Jin rolled his eyes and thought to himself: Typical rich man's tone, money can't buy happiness, money makes you so confident.
"That being said, it's really worth it, and you've earned my lifelong gratitude to you, Su Jin."
"The slave family is not doing this just to show your gratitude. If the slave family is really trying to express your gratitude, wouldn't the slave family directly give you 400,000 yuan to make you grateful? Don't look at people through the cracks in the door and look down on them. Already."
Su Jin said: "It's just a joke, do we need to talk about it between you and me?"
Xiao Sui'er and Huan Niang giggled, and Yan Biyun blushed and said angrily: "You are you, I am me, why are we involved together like this?"
Su Jin laughed heartily and felt happy.
Yan Biyun thought for a while and said: "It seems that this can't be of help now. The whole country is short of food. If they can't sell it in Luzhou, they can just transport it to other prefectures for sale. In times of famine, food is human life, so there is no need to worry at all." Can’t sell it.”
Su Jin nodded and said, "That's right, but it's always a good thing to have food in your hands. In this case, you can lend me the food and I'll handle it. It won't be convenient for you to have it in your hands."
Yan Biyun nodded and said: "That's fine. My uncle is the third minister and is worried about the lack of food in the court. If he hoards a large amount of food at home, he will be criticized by others."
Su Jin said: "That's exactly what I said. We can't help, but we can't cause trouble."
Yan Biyun said: "Then what are you going to do? Holding so much food in your hands may not be a good thing for you. The slave family is thinking that if your suggestions are sent to uncle this time, the court will definitely have some means. Come down, I don’t want this food to send you into the whirlpool again.”
Su Jin said: "That's not true. I won't use this food to make huge profits. If that's the case, wouldn't I be the same as those from the Chamber of Commerce? I want to wait for the official document from the court to come out, or sell it to the officials at a suitable price. , or keep it until the time of famine and sell the grain at a fair price, in short, you will not engage in business; however, this time you will definitely lose money, and you may not be able to recover your capital."
Yan Biyun smiled and said: "If you don't have money, you can make money. Besides, the slave family is not short of this money."
Su Jin stuck out his tongue and said, "What a big statement. I didn't expect that I, Su Jin, could actually make friends with a rich woman."
Yan Biyun poked Su Jin's forehead and said, "It's so ugly. You're such a rich woman, but you have so many weird words."
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On the afternoon of September 17, the first year of Qingli, when Su Jin was following Wang Anshi and a group of others to play Cuju on the courtyard's large grassland, a group of official officials in black and red collars hurriedly came to the courtyard, led by a middle-aged man wearing a He was in the official uniform of a fifth-grade civil servant, holding a rolled-up silk paper official document in his hand, and walked striding along the courtyard avenue towards Xiudetang.
Su Jin saw something was wrong in the atmosphere and hurriedly pulled Wang Anshi to point it out to him. Wang Anshi said doubtfully: "Like officials who come to deliver official documents, Xiudetang is the place where the professors and chiefs rest. I'm afraid something is going to happen. "
"Let's go and have a look." Su Jin kicked Cuju aside, grabbed a cloth and wiped his sweat, put on his robe, pulled Wang Anshi through the neatly trimmed trees, and secretly followed the group of people behind him. Xiudetang cat goes.
During the break, the professors were chatting in twos and threes in the corridor at the entrance of Xiudetang. At first glance, they were a little surprised to see so many official officials coming. The clothes of these official officials were different from those of Yingtian Mansion. They were not the same at all.
People from Yingtianfu.
A group of servants stood at the steps at the door of Xiudetang. One of the servants stepped forward and raised his head and shouted: "Master Fu Bi, the Minister of Punishment of the Song Dynasty, has been ordered to announce the order to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment to jointly write the document! The relevant people of Yingtianfuyuan will come to greet you as soon as possible.
"
All the teachers were in a panic. Someone had already entered the Xiude Hall and notified Qi Shunbin and Cao Min to come and greet them. After a while, Qi Shunbin, leaning on a wooden stick, led Cao Min and a group of teachers in a hurry.
"I don't know that the Lord has arrived, but I haven't come far to welcome him to atone for my sins." Qi Shunbin gasped, his heart was in a state of confusion. Things in the hospital have not been going well for several months. Qi Shunbin's mind has been in a state of anxiety. Sure enough, something came to the door again.
At this moment, I didn’t know whether it was a blessing or a curse.
"There is no need to be more polite, Mr. Laoshan. I did not inform Yingtianfu Yamen this time. I came to Yingtianfu on official business with the Third Secretary Envoy." The middle-aged official named Fu Bi returned the salute gently with clasped fists.
"Master Yan is here too? Where is he?" Qi Shunbin looked around hurriedly.
"Chief Lao Shan, don't look for it anymore. Your Excellency is resting in the official post. I feel a little uncomfortable after the bumpy journey. I sent my subordinate to read the official document first. We'd better do our errands first." Fu Bi said with a smile.
Qi Shunbin hurriedly dressed himself and led Cao Min and the professors of the House of Representatives to stand in awe.
Fu Bi unfolded the Juan in his hand and said loudly: "The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment wrote: Cha Ying Tianfu taught Cao Min during his term of office, he used the name of Shu Xiu to enrich himself and enrich his own pockets, ruining the style of our Song Dynasty academic institution, and Cha Ying Tianfu taught Cao Min to steal people's hearts.
, disrupting the audition, reciting Taizu's instructions, and practicing writing, with ulterior motives; he was immediately dismissed from his position as lecturer of Yingtianfuyuan, and his position as a member of the Ministry of Rites and Wailang was also dismissed, and he was imprisoned on the spot and handed over to the Ministry of Punishments for discussion.
."
Fu Bi waved his hand, and two officers stepped forward and grabbed the ashen-faced Cao Min, removed his official hat and locked the shackles on him.
Cao Min woke up with a start, trembling and shouted: "It's unjust, it's unjust. I am a low-ranking official who works hard to serve the public and does everything for the sake of the Song Dynasty. It's really unjust."
Fu Bi said coldly: "Go to the lobby of the Criminal Department to talk about this. I have nothing to say to you."
"I want to see Prince Teng, I want to see Lord Zhang Shang of the Ministry of Rites, I want..."
"Take him away, if you are making noise, stop his mouth." Fu Bi shouted majestically.
Two servants grabbed the chain and pulled Cao Min aside, who was shouting endlessly. One of them took out a large black cloth and waved it in front of Cao Min's eyes. Cao Min suddenly became silent, only gasping and murmuring.
Wandering around, thinking quickly about how to escape.
Su Jin and Wang Anshi looked at each other behind the bushes. They both understood that this was the time for settling accounts after the fall. Nearly twenty days have passed since the disaster of writing, and the court has not given any attitude. This time, Yan Shu came in person, fearing that he would have to settle accounts.