Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

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The crowd kept bidding like crazy.

The price is constantly raised in their mouths as if they don't want money.

Fang Yuan sat on the ring, looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction, and sipped tea leisurely.

On the side, Lu Xia and Lu Chuchu both blushed with excitement and clenched their fists nervously.

The higher the price of grain in Wuling County, the more they will get, and the happier the people will live.

"one hundred!"

"One hundred and three!"

"Two hundred and three!"

"Three hundred and three!"

Prices are getting higher and higher.

The on-site caravan representatives were all red-eyed.

When raising the price, stare at the other party fiercely, as if warning.

But in the face of huge interests, no one took this warning seriously.

There were also those who were calm and did not bid.

Li Shimin has never made an offer so far.

He was waiting for the killing blow, ready to make an offer at the last minute.

Anyway, this batch of food must have been taken by himself, and other people are not worthy of competing with the royal family.

However, as the bidding prices soared again and again, Li Shimin's confident face slowly sank.

These caravans are really rich, and my internal treasury is not as good as them. Go back and investigate the origin of this caravan.

In Li Shimin's view, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are lowly. Too much wealth will affect the stability of society, and they cannot be allowed to sit big.

"Five hundred and six!"

"Seven hundred and six!"

"one thousand!"

The price eventually rose to a thousand.

After reaching [-], the atmosphere on the scene changed significantly.

It's no longer the mindless bidding like just now, but some people start to give up.

One thousand stones, if transported to Chang'an City to sell, you can earn one thousand dollars per stone, but the journey is far away, and manpower and horsepower are also a lot of money.

In addition, loss, price changes, bandits on the way, caravan liquidity, etc. must also be considered. Some caravans feel that it is not worthwhile and have already given up.

There were only three caravans competing on the spot.

Li Shimin's face became more and more ugly, and his eyes turned green.

The higher the bid, the higher his cost and the more he will lose.

Unlike other caravans, he can sell it at a high price after buying it back.

He bought it back to lower the price of food in the market, to save the hungry people, and to resolve his own crimes.

The higher the unit price, the more he will lose, and naturally the more heartbroken he will be.

"One thousand and six!"

In the end, under the roar of the Shengyun caravan, the other two caravans finally stopped competing.

Everyone sighed and looked at the representatives of the Shengyun caravan with envious eyes.

The representatives of the Shengyun Caravan exhaled heavily and wiped off their sweat.

One thousand and six? !

Fang Yuan excitedly jumped up from the stool.

Sixteen thousand stones per stone, one million stones, how much is this? !

Just as Fang Yuan was about to announce that the Sheng Yun Caravan had successfully bid, another offer was suddenly made on the spot.

"One thousand and seven!"

Everyone looked around, and saw Li Shimin raised his hand with a dark face.

"One thousand and seven?"

"Is there any more than seventeen, is there?"

Fang Yuan was overjoyed and shouted loudly.

The Shengyun caravan who were the last to bid just now opened their mouths, but in the end they didn't bid. They gave Li Shimin a hard look and snorted coldly.

"it is good!"

"One thousand seventeen per stone!"

"Congratulations to Boss Li Daye Li, let us congratulate him with the warmest applause for buying this grain!"

Fang Yuan applauded vigorously, announcing that Li Shimin's bid was successful.

I didn't expect, I didn't expect Li Daye to have such strength.

Fortunately, he didn't drive the other party away too much just now, otherwise he would have disappeared such a rich man.

In the crowd, facing the extremely warm applause, Li Shimin's face froze, not happy at all, but bursts of heartache.

This time, I may not have enough money in my internal treasury, so I have to borrow part of it from the national treasury.

The only thing that can make me feel relieved is that the problem of guilt edict has almost been solved.

Chapter 10 Fang Yuan's Information

Bidding ends.

Fang Yuan summoned Li Shimin and representatives of the Shengyun caravan.

This is the outskirts, there are no houses, and we still meet in the open air.

Seeing Li Shimin, the representative of the Shengyun caravan snorted heavily and spit in front of him.

Li Shimin's eyes turned cold, and his anger rose immediately, wanting to teach him a lesson.

"Calm down, get rid of the gas, get rid of the gas, both of you."

"Boss Ji, we have cooperated for many years, so we have to give this official face."

Fang Yuan held down Li Shimin, and said calmly.

"I'm sorry, Fang Xianzun, for making it difficult for you."

Ji He's limelight turned to the other side and bowed to Li Shimin.

He sat down immediately, still very dissatisfied with Li Shimin.

When bidding just now, Li Shimin didn't participate in the whole process, and finally came out.

It felt like deliberately suppressing the limelight of the Shengyun caravan, deliberately slapping myself.

If it wasn't for Fang Yuan's face, maybe they were about to fight just now.

Li Shimin snorted coldly, ignored him, and sat down.

"Please come over, both of you, it's about the food issue."

"The tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land in front of us will be harvested tomorrow, and it will be harvested in about eight days."

"Because I have never cooperated with Boss Li, according to the regulations of Wuling County, if Boss Li doesn't hand over the money to me within eight days, Boss Ji will take over the batch of grain."

Fang Yuan said seriously.

The partners in the Tang Dynasty were different from those in later generations.

Information is underdeveloped and currency transactions are single, so it is impossible to carry so much money with you.

Therefore, in order to ensure smooth payment and delivery, after Fang Yuan became the county magistrate, he made a rule that caravans that have not cooperated with each other will follow the above method.

"eight days?"

Li Shimin frowned suddenly.

Wuling County is [-] kilometers away from Chang'an City, and it can be reached in three or four days by rushing back to Chang'an City.

But coming from Chang'an City is not empty-handed, and a lot of money needs to be transported, and eight days is simply not enough.

"Heh, can't Boss Li do it?"

"I haven't asked Boss Li which caravan he belongs to?"

Ji Hefeng immediately said sarcastically.

He knew all the caravan representatives at the scene, and he had heard of caravans from all over the Tang Dynasty.

But he had never heard of Li Daye's name, and he didn't know which caravan he came from, so it would be difficult to take revenge in the future.

Fang Yuan didn't stop him, he looked at Li Shimin with interest, he also wanted to know which caravan Li Shimin came from?

When I was at the gate of the city yesterday, because the other party had an extraordinary temperament and knew about the issue of food bidding, I thought that a certain caravan might have leaked the information to him, so I didn't check carefully.

After all, one or two more caravans can also contribute to the bidding, so why not do it?

But now that the other party has successfully run for the election, it is still necessary to understand the details of the other party before daring to cooperate.

"Royal Firm."

Li Shimin snorted coldly.

"Royal firm?"

Both Ji Hefeng and Fang Yuan were startled and looked at each other, but soon they felt that something was wrong.

"I've traveled all over the world and set foot in all ten realms of the world, and I've never heard of the Royal Trading Company."

Ji Hefeng narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Shimin unkindly.

"Newly established, what's the problem?"

Li Shimin was dissatisfied.

He took out a gold medal and threw it on the table.

With a snap, Ji Hefeng and Fang Yuan looked at the token.

Fang Yuan and Ji Hefeng saw the four characters Ruzhen in person.

"No, no problem, no problem."

Ji Hefeng completely changed his face.

It was still cold just now, but now it is completely frightened.

With his unique experience, he can tell at a glance that the gold medal is absolutely real, and he is sure that the other party is not lying.

"Hahaha... Boss Li quickly take back the gold medal, why don't we believe you."

Fang Yuan started to be a peacemaker again.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a royal caravan.

That's right, only the people in the royal caravan have this kind of temperament.

At the same time Fang Yuan also understood why he told himself to give it to the imperial court just now.

Royal caravans don't make money buying food, and the higher the price, the more they lose money. Naturally, they want to prostitute themselves for nothing.

"Humph!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly and took the token back.

Seeing this, Ji Hefeng breathed a sigh of relief, but still looked cautious.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are like mice seeing cats when facing officials, unless it is a familiar person like Fang Yuan.