Alien King

Chapter 458 Large-Scale Grain Allocation

At present, the governors of various places in East Siberia have been reorganized and appointed by Lin Qiyu, which means that the governors of various places, in name, are now equivalent to taking refuge in the Tiangong Empire.

If the food problem cannot be solved well, people from all over the country will naturally attack these governor's mansions. As a result, political affairs cannot be carried out, and various places are paralyzed one after another.In this way, Lin Qiyu's Shenji Battalion can say that the logistics supplies needed by Li Chengtian's Tianyang Army cannot be guaranteed, and the battle to besiege Mojing City will definitely not last.

After a long time, the crisis in Mo Jingcheng will not move and resolve itself.

This may be a solution to the crisis in Mojing City that many nobles from all over Eka came up with.

This method seems to be bloodless and extremely clever, but in fact it is very cruel and too stupid.These nobles obviously regarded ordinary civilians as bargaining chips, as bets for negotiating with Ye Tian and Lin Qiyu.

Gritting his teeth, Ye Tian drank the crab roe soup in the bowl in one gulp, then took these memorials and returned to the side room behind the main hall.

Sitting on the chair, Ye Tian frowned, thinking hard.

It is not easy to support a pro-leaf aristocrat in a short period of time.Now the only measure that can be taken immediately is to find a way to stabilize food prices.Since these nobles want to play this trick with Ye Tian, ​​they should have fun.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian gritted his teeth, and said to himself: "You want to play, right? I'll accompany you to the end."

After speaking, Ye Tian stood up, came to the courtyard of Qinghexuan, walked all the way into the backyard, and came under the tall sacred tree.

Reach out and press lightly on a piece of bark.After hearing a "ding", Ye Tian's body disappeared.

The next moment, Ye Tian had already appeared in the backyard of Yuhu Xiyuan.

Looking around, there was nothing abnormal, Ye Tian continued to lift his feet, and walked out of the gate of Yuhu Xiyuan quickly.

Slipping along the way, Shangjing City is still as prosperous as a dream. Compared with the rough and clear Tianyang Pass, here is more crowded with people and more shops are gathered.

Ye Tian didn't have much mood to relive the prosperity of the capital, so he came to a manor in the southeast corner of the capital without stopping.

It can be seen from the majesty and style of the gate alone that this is definitely a big family that can be ranked in the capital.

Ye Tian raised his head, looked at the gilded plaque above the central gate, and wrote two large characters in official script: Huangfu.

After knocking, a clerk opened the door.

Ye Tian said, "I'm looking for Huangfu'an."

The buddy is not a blind person either, he just glanced at Ye Tian's clothes and attire, and concluded that this person is either rich or expensive, so he nodded immediately and said: "Let me go in and make a report."

After a while, the man turned back, opened the door, stretched out his hand as a gesture of please, and said, "Please, sir."

When Ye Tian just walked to the entrance of the main hall, Huang Fu'an, who was sitting in the main hall discussing business with several family shopkeepers from different places, saw at a glance that it was Ye Tian.

Huangfu An's complexion changed, he stood up excitedly, walked quickly to the outside of the hall, took a step forward, knelt down on one leg, and bowed his head.

The few merchants present were also surprised, they didn't know who was the god who came here, and it was worthy of Huangfu'an to come forward and bow down.

At this time, Huang Fu'an said: "Huang Fu'an, a grass-roots man, see Mr. Ye."

Ye Tian looked around, then quickly stretched out his hand to help Huangfuan up, and said with some complaints: "I don't need to perform such a big gift in the future, let people see it, and think how arrogant I am usually."

Huangfuan smiled, took Ye Tian's arm, walked into the main hall, and led Ye Tian to the upper seat.

At this time, Huangfuan looked at the other merchants present, and said, "All shopkeepers, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Ye, the head of the Royal Household Department. Now he also serves as the governor of Liaodong and the commander-in-chief of Liaodong."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar.

A group of merchants stood up one after another, came to Ye Tian, ​​saluted with a wave of their sleeves, and praised respectfully.Ye Tian helped him up one by one, and thanked him one by one.

After sitting down again, Huangfu An looked at Ye Tian and asked, "My lord is here today, do you have something to tell me?"

Ye Tian nodded, and said: "Now I have a difficult and important matter, maybe only you can help me."

Huangfu An clasped his fists and said: "Your Excellency, no matter what you order, as long as it is within the scope of what I can do, even if my body is broken and my family's wealth is lost, I will definitely satisfy my Lord."

Ye Tian waved his hand and said: "It's not that serious. I think you've heard that half of Eka's land, including the entire East Siberia, is in my hands. But the Eka Empire was originally poor in land and food Production has always been at a low level. Affected by the war, food prices in various states and counties have skyrocketed to an uncontrollable level. Furthermore, I suspect that several nobles in Russia and Kazakhstan secretly joined hands to hoard grain and drive up grain prices. But this There is no evidence, and I can't arrest people to open warehouses for no reason. Now only by urgently sending grain from the Tiangong Empire to Eastern Siberia, Russia, can temporarily control the grain price within a predictable range."

Hearing Ye Tian's words, Huang Fuan clasped his fists again and said: "Please rest assured, my lord, I will immediately use the grain supply channels in Tiangong and Russia and Kazakhstan to transport a large amount of grain to Yekaterinburg as soon as possible."

Ye Tian stared at Huangfu'an, and asked, "How sure are you?"

Huangfuan turned his head, glanced at the several merchants present, and continued: "My lord, all the shopkeepers present here are in charge of the grain supply channels in the north. I have them to help me, so nothing will go wrong."

The few merchants present here were already very excited about Ye Tian's arrival. If they could make friends with such a third-rank official of the imperial court, it would be of great help to their future business.

Hearing Huang Fu'an's words at this time, they expressed their loyalty to Ye Tian one after another.

Ye Tian smiled and said: "Okay, with your help, I can rest assured."

Speaking of this, Ye Tian turned his head, looked at Huangfu'an, and continued to ask: "How long will it take you for the first batch of grain to arrive at Yebao?"

Hearing Ye Tian's words, Huangfuan turned his head, looked at another merchant, and said, "Molun, you are in charge of grain transshipment within Eka, tell me."

The person named Mo Lun thought for a moment, then looked at Ye Tian and said, "My lord, the transfer station of the Huangfu family in East Siberia in Oka is located 130 miles east of Yekaterinburg." Taiya Town, if I send a letter to start the shipment immediately, it only takes half a day to reach Yebao."

Ye Tian nodded and said: "It's very good. But it's still far from enough to satisfy Yebao. There are hundreds of cities and counties in East Siberia, and they are all facing food shortages now." situation."

Huangfuan said: "My lord, don't worry, I will immediately send a letter to the grain transfer station in the capital to transport all the stored grain to Taiya Town, and then through Taiya Town, to various cities and states in Eastern Siberia. Ensuring sufficient food supply, food prices fell sharply."

"Okay." Ye Tian nodded in satisfaction, and said, "The food matter, I will leave it to you. You find a way to handle this matter for me."

After speaking, Ye Tian stood up and was about to leave.

At this time, Huangfu'an suddenly showed hesitation.

Ye Tian saw it, and continued to ask: "What? Are there any other difficulties?"

Huangfu An and Mo Lun looked at each other, and then said: "My lord, although the problem of food shortage can be temporarily solved through the transportation and transshipment of Tiangong Empire. But whether it is Shangjing City or Taiya Town, It’s still the entire Huangfu family, and the food reserves are still limited, so it’s impossible to keep sending them like this forever.”

Ye Tian nodded and said, "I was about to ask you this question. According to this method, how long can you guarantee?"

Huangfu An thought for a while, then raised his head, stretched out three fingers, and said, "Up to three months."

Ye Tian smiled and said: "That's enough, as long as you can persist for three months, I will definitely find a solution to these nobles and restore food prices."

After speaking, Ye Tian stretched out his hand, patted Huangfu'an's shoulder, and nodded politely to the other merchants, then clasped his fists and said: "If that's the case, I'll take my leave first, thank you for this matter." Everyone."

Everyone sent Ye Tian to the gate of Huangfu's family, Ye Tian walked out of the gate and left quickly.

Watching Ye Tian's back disappear into the street, Huang Fu'an and the others looked at each other.Mo Lun suddenly thumped Huangfu'an's chest hard, and said excitedly: "I said you are fine, this is Ye Tian, ​​the head of the Royal Household Office, one of the three giants of the Tiangong Empire, and he came to see you in person You have a lot of face to do things."

Huang Fu'an had a bitter face, speaking from the bottom of his heart, he didn't know anything about Ye Tian's visit to the door in person beforehand.It was already a great disrespect for Ye Tian to let the buddy lead in the door. It seems that Ye Tian didn't mind much, but he, an ordinary grassroots man, felt a little bit bitter about the disrespect just now. bosom.

After glancing at Morun, Huangfu'an said, "Don't talk about it. If I knew he was coming, I would have gone to the gate to greet him in person. How can I be so hasty."

Several other merchants also joined in one by one: "Yes, he is a dignified third-rank official of the imperial court. He came to the door in person, and we are sitting in the main hall like that. It is really unseemly, unseemly."

Huangfuan waved his hand and said: "It's useless to say these things now. Our most important thing right now is to do a good job for the general manager. We must properly account for the food transfer."

Hearing Huangfu'an's words, the eyes of several merchants who have been in the grain business for many years almost shone.

This matter was personally arranged by the head of the Royal Household Department. If he could be hooked, he would basically be on the ship of the Royal Household Department from now on.

For these large grain households, not to mention some people in the court, they are even one of the three giants in the court. Who would not want to cling to such benefits, and who would not want to take the benefits to themselves.

Soon, the seven top-ranked shopkeepers in the grain business in the capital, who were also well-known shopkeepers in the Huangfu family, hurried to the main hall of Huangfu'an, and began to discuss in detail the various aspects of grain transshipment. matter.

After arranging the Huangfu'an food transfer, Ye Tian returned to Yuhu Xiyuan all the way.

It was almost evening, and the huge garden was deserted.Presumably, Sophie and An Qi must still be practicing in the Tower of Purgatory, while Diani is in the Royal Household Office, Ye Rong is in the Dark Temple, Ouyang Ruochen is in the Royal Carriage, and Nangong Feiyan is in the Nangong Family.

The formerly noisy and bustling garden was finally quiet.

(End of this chapter)