Yan Shu was secretly worried. When he asked Su Jin to come up with a countermeasure yesterday, the boy hesitated, covered his face with wine and ran away. Now that he saw him taking the initiative to raise food, he couldn't help but feel a drum in his heart. I hope
This kid was just hiding his stupidity yesterday, not talking nonsense, otherwise not only him, but himself would also be implicated.
Just listen to Su Jindao: "The matter in Yangzhou is a matter of one government, and ordinary people can solve it with a raise of their hands. However, it is easy to handle the matter of one city, but it is difficult to handle the matter of the whole country. Before I tell you my own solution,
I would like to hear what the Emperor and Lord Yan, the Third Secretary’s envoy, think about this matter."
Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Yan Aiqing, you can tell Su Jin the countermeasures proposed by the court."
Yan Shu coughed and said: "I would like to hear how Su Jin plans to solve the Yangzhou incident, and then talk about the imperial court's countermeasures for civilian grain farming."
Zhao Zhen and Su Jin both understood that Yan Shu wanted to hear whether Su Jin was qualified enough to listen to what he said next. Although Yan Shu recommended Su Jin, if Su Jin could not put forward some constructive opinions on this matter, Yan Shu would definitely not
Will continue to recommend Su Jin.
Although in Yan Shu's view, Su Jin is an excellent candidate to handle this matter, and it cannot but be said that Yan Shu has hidden selfish motives for Su Jin, but after all, he does not understand it thoroughly enough. If this guy is not qualified, his cultivation will be in vain.
, this important matter cannot be delayed, famine is imminent, and one more day of delay may cause greater chaos; the more terrible thing, the consequence of this is that he cannot even sit in the position of the third commander, not to mention his phase.
Already.
Su Jin smiled and said: "The way for the grassroots is very simple. The people in Yangzhou Prefecture are in turmoil because of food. I heard Mr. Fu Bi say that there is no food in the market. The price of food on the black market is so high that the people can't afford to buy food at all. If the grassroots go
All we need to do is transport a large amount of grain and sell it at a fair price, and the people's hearts will be stabilized. At the same time, we must cooperate with the court's policy to force the grain dealers to spit out grain, and everything will be fine."
Zhao Zhen sighed: "Hey, I think so, but you take it too much for granted. How can there be so much food to stabilize the price of food? There are 300,000 people in Yangzhou Prefecture, and the price of food can be suppressed by only 500,000 or 600,000.
How can Shi quell this matter? Is it necessary to transport it from the nearby state capital to demolish the east wall and make up for the west wall?"
Yan Shu did not express any objection, but was thoughtful, and did not seem to take Su Jin's words for granted.
Su Jin said: "Your Majesty, ordinary people have their own ways to get food. I dare not say more, but five or six hundred thousand dan is still a piece of cake. But this is not the point. The point is, what kind of countermeasures does the imperial court have to cooperate with the next step?"
The matter of cleaning up and storing grain."
Zhao Zhen was a little surprised, but seeing that Su Jin didn't look like he was joking, he couldn't help but ask: "Can you get five or six hundred thousand shi of grain? Where did you get so much grain?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Cao Min is a merchant, and he has many good friends in the business world. They are all serious in the grain business. There is no problem if the inventory of more than a dozen companies can be worth hundreds of thousands of stones. Cao Min
I had no choice but to sell my face and go and beg them. I can’t say I’m completely sure, but I’m still 90% sure.”
Zhao Zhen said happily: "Oh? That's really a good thing, but these people won't give it in vain."
Su Jin rolled his eyes and thought: You have a good plan, who would give it for free?
"Your Majesty, these people are all serious businessmen. It's hard for others to suffer a loss. If the court doesn't give you some benefits, the common people will be powerless."
"That's not what I meant. I meant that food is the most precious now, and I'm afraid we can't agree on the price."
Su Jin smiled and said: "It's okay, I'll cover it. Their purchase price should be around the same. The court will give them some benefits and some vanity in the future, which will be enough to make them grateful."
Yan Shu stared at him as he listened. The food Su Jin mentioned was the 580,000 shi of food that he had hoarded. This boy lied without thinking. He even dared to deceive the emperor; but this was more than 580,000 shi.
It's good that Shi Liangliang was put to such a use. Yan Shu also understood that Su Jin had to lie. Did you tell Zhao Zhen that there was a hoarding dealer standing in front of you? It would be strange if he didn't be dragged out and chopped up alive.
"Yan Aiqing, do you think Su Jin's method is feasible?" Zhao Zhen asked.
Yan Shu hurriedly said: "I'd like to report it to the emperor. I think it's feasible, but the price of the grain needs to be discussed carefully between Su Jin and the merchants. I wonder how much Su Jin thinks the court should pay?"
Su Jin rolled his eyes and summed up. The purchase price of his eighty thousand stone was low, so he was sure to make money. However, Yan Biyun's five hundred thousand stone was collected at a high price, so he would lose money. But it was a big sum of money, so he had to protect it no matter what.
Tie.
"Master Yan, based on the current situation, I think that the higher price is also an attitude of praise from the imperial court to merchants who take the initiative to store grain. Since the price of grain in Yangzhou has soared to 2 yuan per dan, as a reference, I think
Sixty-one stone is always a reasonable price."
"What? No, absolutely not." Yan Shu couldn't wait to go up and kick this kid. His food purchase price will never exceed the usual price, and now he is actually making a huge profit of nearly 60%. Businessmen, businessmen, the imperial court has a financial problem.
It's tight, otherwise this year's Autumn Festival has been canceled. In order to save money, the war in the northwest has been a waste of money. These people are simply a bunch of vampires.
Su Jinxin said: Old man, it's not like you're spending your money. If you don't make money from the court, it won't be in vain. Will it be reserved for those corrupt officials to line their own pockets?
"Yi Guanyi, this is the highest price the court can offer." Yan Shu said with a cold face.
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "In this way, each of us takes one step back, five steps in a row."
"The beauty you think of is Yi Guan Er. This is already a sign of mercy from the imperial court."
"You can negotiate Yi Guan Er yourself. The market price is now higher than Yi Guan Er. Who will serve the court if you can't make any profit? Yi Guan Si, if you don't want to, let the matter drop." Su Jin's face twitched, and Yan Biyun's
The purchase price of five hundred thousand dan of grain was always five, and the constant sale of it was equivalent to losing fifty thousand gu of money out of thin air. Su Jin's heart was bleeding.
"Yi Guansan, you can't be brought down. The court will use any means to call you... Those businessmen friends won't get a penny, think about it carefully."
"If your Excellency is not afraid of the cold hearts of the merchants all over the world, and if you don't want to deal with the court, you can take care of it and issue strict orders to confiscate it. If you have this kind of bullying intention, what else can you talk about? You can't do less than four and one cents, otherwise this is a common thing."
If you can’t do it anymore, find someone else.”
"You... are always three, and I won't give you a single point increase in price."
"Always four, not a penny will be given away."
"One consistent three..."
"Always four..."
"..."
Zhao Zhen couldn't laugh or cry as he watched the two people bargaining and entangled in front of him like ordinary people in the market. Seeing that the two people turned red and refused to give in, it would not be the end if this continued, so he had to come out to reconcile and said: "Su Jin
, to give me some face, how about being consistent with three?"
When Su Jin saw Zhao Zhen come out to make peace, there was nothing he could do. If the emperor doesn't give him face, you will lose face from now on.
"Now that the emperor has opened his mouth, how dare the common people be disrespectful? Even if the emperor wants to win it at the usual price, the common people will never give up to make it happen."
Zhao Zhen already wanted to die. If he had known that he would just ask him to win it, wouldn't he have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars? This guy raised half a sky-high price, but in the end he was given a fly to eat, which is really impressive
nausea.
However, once Chrysostom was opened, ten thousand horses could not be chased. Zhao Zhen knocked his teeth and swallowed it. He did not want to lose his majesty, so he immediately said: "I have appointed you as the special envoy to supervise grain, and you will be controlled by the three ministers."
, has full authority to handle this major food raising matter."
Su Jin said: "Special envoy for grain affairs? How big an official is this?"
Yan Shu said angrily: "No grade, no grade, how old do you think it is?"
Su Jin said happily: "It turns out that it has surpassed the level. How can ordinary people cope with it?"
"Bah, the beauty you think of is just an envoy who cannot reach the ninth rank, and has no rank or grade."
Su Jin said in astonishment: "What's the use of giving such a rank-and-file official position? Isn't it going to be difficult to get things done? I can't handle this job."
Zhao Zhen was angry and funny, and said warmly: "Su Jin, you have no merit in the imperial examination, so I cannot appoint you according to the normal rank this time, but don't worry, although your envoy has no rank or rank, he is mine.
The special envoy for food affairs will assist the three envoys to do their own thing without being controlled by others, and I will also give you corresponding privileges to handle things cheaply."
Su Jin thought for a while and said: "There are still some things that have not been explained clearly. The emperor and Master Yan must make it clear before the ordinary people dare to accept the appointment. Otherwise, as I said, find someone else."
Yan Shu said: "Don't you just want to know what measures the imperial court will take to cooperate with this action?"
Su Jin nodded and said: "This is the most important thing. It is related to the final result of the matter. The greater the determination of the court, the greater the results will be."
"It's okay, I'm telling you." Yan Shu glanced at Zhao Zhen, who nodded slowly. Yan Shu knew that from this moment on, Su Jin had completely passed the test in Zhao Zhen's mind.dd