my brother-in-law is the prince

In the past half a year, in fact, a charter has already been established.

Waterways and land routes, including personnel and security, are all readily available.

In addition, Taiping mansion is densely populated with car dealers, and there are many merchants. Therefore, the county prince's mansion began to set up a list to collect cars, horses, boats, and suddenly there were a lot of people who responded.

Immediately, carts of grain and boats of grain began to set off.

First use the Zhili railway to send grain to the boundary of Henan and other places, and then start transporting it to Henan by land, or to Huguang along the waterway.

All of them are under the banner of Jinyiwei.

A convoy and fleet, accompanied by three Jinyi guards, and more than a dozen model battalion lieutenants assigned, took driving stickers and posted them to post stations along the way in advance.

In addition, Zhang Anshi also found a way to allocate a large number of fans from the East Factory to coordinate their actions.

The manpower, chariots and horses of the car dealership got the money from the Taiping Mansion, and they worked hard.

What's more, with the development of sea trade, Taiping Mansion has been in contact with a few local gentry in various counties and counties in the world. The focus of these people is not on the land now, but relying on their own connections in the local area to start Dumping products from Taiping Prefecture.

Now these people...although they are still gentry, but because they do more business, their relationship with Taiping Mansion is getting closer. The guild hall is responsible for contacting fellow countrymen from all over the country, using them to provide support locally, and paying them some money afterwards with the help of their usual caravans, carriages and horses.

These people also knew that they couldn't help but offended Zhang Anshi, not to mention whether Jin Yiwei would make trouble for them, it would be difficult for them to use Taiping Mansion's goods to make profits for themselves in the future.So had to agree.

Everything seems to be going extremely well.

However, there were also times when it was not going well. For example, at this time, many workshops under the Qixia Chamber of Commerce, some people began to complain.

Many people are dissatisfied with this Qixia Textile Workshop, because the workshop starts early in the morning and returns in the evening. In order to give everyone the strength to work, the Qixia Trading Company, as the employer, will pack a lunch.

But following Zhang Anshi's edict, he asked to save food, and the lunch size dropped a lot.

Even the oily smell is much less.

Although it is enough to eat enough to avoid starvation, after all, the reduced salary makes people feel that the shopkeeper of the workshop must be using chicken feathers as arrows, in the name of His Royal Highness Wuhu County, to deliberately lack the portion they should eat. .

So much so that the workshop was in trouble for a while, and even the shopkeeper was beaten by someone.

The servants of the Taiping Mansion even excitedly ran to various inns to post food saving notices, which also provoked a lot of merchants and gave birth to dissatisfaction. Everyone rarely came out to go to a restaurant, either because they wanted to eat enough Have you had enough?As a result, such a thing was posted everywhere, and servants came to stroll around from time to time. Who can eat this meal?

This kind of commotion made Yin Gaoxiang of the Taiping Mansion very angry, but there was nothing he could do about it, after all, it was an order from the Prince's Mansion.

At this time, a lot of food finally began to slowly enter the prefectures and counties.

As soon as the food arrived, the banner of relief was immediately hung up.

Moreover, there are Jinyiwei and model battalion guards, and the accompanying porters and coachmen are also equipped with some simple weapons, so they don't worry about any robbers along the way who would dare to make trouble.

Kaifeng House.

This sudden and uninvited guest immediately caused turbulent waves in the Kaifeng mansion. Hearing that food might be distributed, it seemed that many refugees began to come to the mansion.

On Jin Yiwei's side, they also took out some food, set up a porridge shed by themselves, and started distributing it.

Outside and inside Fucheng City, seven porridge workshops have been set up.

As soon as the news came out, the inside and outside of Kaifeng mansion boiled.

It's just that at this moment...someone is in a hurry.

Liu Jin, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, has a good official reputation. What he pursues is to govern by doing nothing. Now that the disaster is urgent, he has urged the court to distribute food several times.

As for the food sent by the imperial court before, after all, the disaster was so severe that it was not enough to cope with it.

At this time, he was leisurely admiring a calligraphy and painting, his eyes fell on the place where the ink fell, he made a sound of tsk tsk in his mouth, pinched his beard, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, okay, this painting is majestic, it really deserves to be Zhou Zhou. Juren's handwriting, Zhou Juren's painting skills have improved a lot."

He was talking, but a servant came in a hurry and said: "Zhou Juren and Mr. Zhang are here to see you."

Liu Jin stood up straight, with his hands behind his back and his stomach straight, and said calmly, "Please come."

Not long after, Zhou Juren and a gentleman surnamed Zhang entered the hall.

When they met each other, they greeted each other naturally, took their seats slowly, someone offered tea cups, and took a sip of tea slowly.

Liu Jinfang calmed down and said calmly: "A few days ago, when I was reading the Book of Changes, when I mentioned the six dragons in the Qian Gua, I saw the word Qianlong, which gave me a lot of experience."

Zhou Juren said with a smile: "I also ask the governor to enlighten me."

Liu Jindao: "Those who dive into the dragon are those who are virtuous and hermit. This dragon is not easy to be in the world, and it is not easy to become famous; it is not boring to escape from the world. ", just like the hermit who has both ability and political integrity, although he is talented, he is hidden from the world."

Zhou Juren said with a smile: "My husband's words, do you mean something?"

Liu Jindao: "Duke Zhou has a great talent, but he hides in the village and refuses to be an official. But I can see the knowledge of Duke Zhou. No matter poetry, calligraphy or painting, it can be called excellent and admirable. Duke Zhou would rather put his love on mountains and rivers. It is really a great misfortune for the world to refuse to become an official."

Zhou Juren laughed loudly and said: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed. The students don't have any talents. It's just that they know their morals are weak, their talents are ignorant, and they don't dare to overestimate their capabilities."

After saying that, everyone laughed, and then bowed their heads to drink tea. The magistrate Liu Jincai said: "Your lords are here, what are you talking about?"

Zhou Juren said: "Jin Yiwei suddenly came to the city, and they also brought food, saying that they are going to help the people. Does the Lord know about this?"

Liu Jin said indifferently: "I know a thing or two, and I say it's an order. Since it's an order, what can a small magistrate like me say?"

"Your Majesty, the prefecture and county have always been helping the people, but now Jin Yiwei has come to make such an unnecessary move. I don't know what the intention is? The Lord is a parent of one of the parents, how can you not notice?"

Liu Jin sighed, shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to investigate, but I can't. It's good that Jin Yiwei didn't trouble me. They are used to being aggressive. What can I do to them?"

Zhou Juren smiled slightly, he saluted like a ceremonial, still polite and polite: "In my opinion, they are here to grab the relief. Who doesn't know that the government has provided relief for more than half a year, and the disaster has eased, hey... that's all..."

He shook his head, showing regret.

Liu Jin raised his eyebrows, and said: "I know the purpose of the gentlemen's visit, but... I am also a clever woman who can't cook without rice, I really can't control it..."

Zhou Juren and the others showed disappointment.

But he also understood that this time, Liu Jin couldn't help, so he had to talk to Liu Jin about some calligraphy and painting, and then he left.

After leaving the government office, everyone came to Dadian Street.

This Dadian Street is adjacent to the Drum Tower built in the 12th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It is the most prosperous place in Kaifeng. Most of the businesses here are calligraphy, painting and the four treasures of the study, so many scholars are also willing to come here.

And the Zuiyue Tower here is the busiest place in the area.It is said that some Yangzhou skinny horses are brought here every few days. These women have learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since they were young, and all of them are beautiful. Not to mention the beauty of the country, they are all excellent appearance.

It has become more and more lively here recently. It is not because there are a large number of new skinny horses. It is necessary to know that raising a skinny horse is not a one-day job, except for training from a young age, from makeup to reading and writing, to words and deeds. Only such a woman can be called the top card.

It's just because this Zuiyue Building has acquired a lot of maids recently, all of these maids have pretty features, and it is said that the prices are also low, and now they teach them to tidy up one by one, and come here to serve the literati who come and go here.

Zhou Juren and several other acquaintances entered the Zuiyue Tower, but the old bustard did not let the old bust pick someone to accompany him. He even refused to play and sing, and only sat in the side room near the river bank.

Everyone drank their tea, and someone said angrily, "Prefect Liu is really hateful. He has been given a lot of favors on weekdays. He is also a literary play and a calligraphy and painting. There is no such thing as ice respect and charcoal respect. Now, it's hiding."

Zhou Juren suppressed his hand: "Hey, brother Wang Xian doesn't need to say such a thing, Liu Zhifu has his own difficulties, this Jin Yiwei, how can he provoke it?"

The person called Wang Xiandi is called Wang Jin, who came from a large family in Kaifeng, known as half-Kaifeng.This means that his family has a lot of land, accounting for nearly half of the land in Kaifeng. This is naturally an exaggeration, but... his family has a big business, which can be seen.

Wang Jindao: "I've heard that the price of food... has dropped by [-]%. Duke Zhou, if someone really distributes food to those lazy refugees and feeds them well, who will go to buy food? Let's... There is a lot of food, Duke Zhou...I'm afraid..."

Needless to say, the latter words are self-evident.

So everyone fell into a look of worry.

Someone couldn't help but hate and said: "The king of Wuhu County hides evil intentions, this is to buy people's hearts. Poor those stupid people who are lazy and greedy, now..."

Zhou Juren opened the folding fan, pressed the fan, and said, "Okay, there is no need to say such depressing words. I wait here, even if I curse day and night, so what? He is the king of the county, and Jin Yiwei is here..."

"In my opinion..." Wang Jin gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "It's better...to teach people to grab food..."

Zhou Juren sneered and said, "Didn't you see that there are captains from the model battalion accompanying them? They are carrying firearms, not to mention...the lesson from Jiangxi, have you forgotten? I'm afraid that Zhang Anshi would like us to do it." Woolen cloth."

Wang Jin jumped anxiously and said: "This will not work, and that will not work. After a catastrophe, there is a little food at home, but I teach those idle people to eat and drink for free. The price of food will fall again." Let's go down, who will we sell this barn of grain to? We have spent a lot of money to stockpile grain this time."

On the other side, there was a grain merchant, who was also wiping his sweat at this time, and stammered: "Yes, yes... we can't go on like this, you are all capable people, if you can't figure out Way, I'm afraid..."

Zhou Juren stood up, pacing with his head slightly lowered, his expression seemed to be contemplating something.

After a while, he sighed: "The government is useless now, and we can't grab it. That Zhang Anshi has sinister intentions, and he obviously expected that we would have nothing to do with him..."

After all, he was worried, and then he continued slowly: "It's not that there are other ways..."

Everyone looked at Zhou Juren: "Please enlighten me."

"Collect grain!" Zhou Juren gritted his teeth and said, "There wasn't much grain in the market, but the biggest variable now is the grain shipped from Taiping Mansion. As long as we collect grain, we can maintain the price of grain."

As soon as this remark came out, Wang Jin was shocked: "But...but...who knows how much food there is in Taiping Mansion, and besides, the current price of food...is unattainable."

What Wang Jin said was ridiculous, but when he talked about the grain hoarded by his family, he was worried that the price of grain had dropped by [-]%, and life would be difficult.

But when it comes to harvesting grain, he can blurt out the words that the price of grain is unattainable.

And when this was said, no one thought it violated the sense of harmony.

Selling high and selling low, and making huge profits from it, has been the case in all dynasties. For them, this is what they should be.

Zhou Juren said: "Didn't you read the mansion newspaper?"

"Dibao..." Wang Jin was taken aback.

Zhou Juren said: "In this mansion newspaper, the Taiping Mansion has already advocated saving food. From this, it can be seen that this Taiping Mansion... must be short of food, but... Zhang Anshi always likes to show off, so I want to borrow This opportunity shows that he can only share your worries. And he has so many places to help, how much food can he have in Kaifeng? As long as we collect it, those lazy people will have no food to use. Naturally, Only food prices can be maintained.”

"This..." Someone felt that this was reasonable, but still hesitated.

However, Wang Jin was a little worried: "Could this be a trick by the Taiping Mansion to try to get it?"

Collecting grain requires real money, so Wang Jin will naturally be more careful.

Zhou Juren said: "There is also some news from the Taiping Mansion, saying that it is true that in Taiping Mansion, many commercial houses have begun to save food. It seems... It has caused a lot of controversy. I like to buy people's hearts, and use some small favors to cover up my wolfish ambitions, and I will definitely not cause public resentment in Taiping Mansion..."

Wang Jin and the others seemed to be thinking about it with gloomy faces.

After a long time, Wang Jin said: "Would you sell us the food escorted by Jin Yiwei?"

"As long as the price is right, I'm not afraid of not giving in." Zhou Juren said calmly, "When the government gave us relief in Kaifeng, didn't the government's relief food appear in various grain stores the next day? The court is like this, Where can Jin Yiwei be any better?"

He seemed confident.

Wang Jin and the others nodded and said, "There is only one way. That being the case, our families need to help each other. Let's find a way to collect food."

All agreed.

Immediately, someone secretly began to contact the personnel of Taiping Mansion.

The other party is also straightforward, and the food can be sold, but it needs to be [-] to [-]% higher than the market price.

When asked how much food the other party had, the other party just smiled and said nothing.

But these things, Wang Jin and others, have long been familiar with it.

Every time there is a relief, the imperial envoys of the government and the imperial court usually approach in this way, as long as the price is enough, they will not worry about getting stuck.

So...the crowd began to raise money.

Then there were bags of grain, which were moved to the barns of various families overnight.

On the next day, Jin Yiwei continued to distribute porridge and water.

But for Zhou Juren, Wang Jin and the others, they understood very well that Jin Yiwei was ordered to come here, and even superficial work would take a few days, so there was no need to worry.

Not only in Kaifeng, but in almost all prefectures and counties, this is probably the case.

Many people quietly invited the Jinyiwei people to go, secretly hooking up and dating each other.

At the same time, Jin Yiwei's fast horses were constantly sending reports to Qixia from all directions almost day and night.

In Qixia, a group of scribes recruited by the Changshi Mansion were almost madly counting the amount of grain delivered every day and the money they got from selling the grain.

This is definitely profiteering.

The price of grain is directly seven times the price, and even the retail sales are saved, excluding the cost of transportation and loss, and there is a small amount of grain for porridge, the profit is also about four to five times.

Zhang Anshi's appearance at this time was like a mouse that fell into a rice bowl, his eyes were shining, and there was an unstoppable smile on his lips.

Looking at these overwhelming reports and numbers, he was really happy.

However, there are also many problems.

So after being overjoyed to the fullest, Zhang Anshi asked Zhu Jin, Chen Li and others to be called over.

With his eyes wide open, he scolded: "Why hasn't the grain from Xi'an been shipped yet? And... what's going on in Luoyang? Why hasn't anyone approached me to buy grain? The price of grain in Luoyang is about to drop. Halfway."

"By the way, the latest batch of grain must be transported as soon as possible. Everyone has sold the grain. If the grain on hand is not enough for porridge, can you teach the refugees how to live? Besides, I still have a lot of grain. It's for sale!"

Paused, seemed to think of something important, rolled his eyes, and said immediately: "That's right, teach people to make a fuss in Qixia, saying that the common people have no food to eat, and our Taiping Mansion actually took food Relief to other prefectures and counties, those who make troubles must be selected well."

"Is there a thorn in Qixia Iron Works? Ah... no, there is a worker named Chen Liu? This guy once had a big fight because of a colleague's work-related injury. This guy is okay, let him Come and take the lead, the movement should be louder, and the most important thing is to have momentum. Let the workers not be idle, I will wait to see their performance."

"We must show the aura of the workers and tell the shopkeepers that if any shopkeepers are injured by the workers, the king will pay for the medicine, the tuition of the children will be paid by the king, and the salary will be tripled during the recuperation period! It is really impossible, and the king will support them lifetime!"

Zhang Shian spoke with great pride.

Zhu Jin's face turned green: "Ah... this..."