Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 715 Seeing His Building Collapse
On the tenth day, the grain merchants boarded the Mingyue Tower again, and the guys came to report one after another.

The ships at the dock came one after another, and this time they brought in the grain that could only be delivered in a month in the past!
And Longyou's caravans began to enter the city on a large scale again, and low-priced food was once again supplied to Chang'an!
Wei Jianshen almost staggered and fell.

But something bad happened. The servant of the household department held the contract signed by the previous grain merchant and Shen Langzhong, saying that the grain that had arrived today had exceeded the grain purchased by the previous deposit, and 32 grain merchants needed to make up again. Purchase food money!

Wei Jian gritted his teeth deeply, took out the money he earned in the past few days, and made up for the grain purchases needed by the household department. After sending off the servants, everyone was no longer in the mood for a feast, and dispersed from Mingyue Tower.

Wei Jianshen was a little restless, and when he came back from Mingyue Tower, he went to Shen Langzhong to inquire about the news, but his family said that Shen Langzhong was sent by the Ministry of Households to inspect the water transport. Wei Jianshen had no choice but to leave.

Wei Jianshen always felt some ominous premonition, he didn't dote on concubine Ji, but went to sleep in the study with his clothes on, and was awakened by the housekeeper in the middle of the night.

"Master, it's not good!"

"Why panic!?"

"Wharf, boats are coming to the dock again, more than yesterday!"

Seeing the buzzing sound in Wei Shen's head, he hurried out of the room without even putting on his shoes.

When he came to the pier, he saw one ship after another, his feet were weak and he almost passed out.

Other grain merchants also got the news and came to the dock one after another.

They saw the gang boat docked, and the white grain was unloaded from the boat.

If it was a few days ago, these grains were as precious as gold.

But today, these grains are the talisman of death.

A young official in official robes summoned Wei Jianshen and other businessmen to him.

"Jiang Lun, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, is ordered by His Highness to contact the Ministry of Household Affairs. Are you a grain merchant in Chang'an?"

Everyone nodded, Jiang Lun took out the previous contract and said:

"Do you remember this deed? You have already made up the money for the grain purchases of the previous few days, but today's grain has also arrived. Please make up the money as soon as possible."

Everyone's eyes darkened, and Wei Jianshen asked quickly:
"Jiang Hanlin, do you know how much food has been shipped today?"

Jiang Lun said indifferently: "The Guangtong Canal has been flooded these days, water transportation has been smooth, and with the end of the Luoyang war, the surplus military rations have also been sent to Chang'an to save the city. The rations are probably more than the sum of the previous few days."

Done!It's all over!

Wei Jianshen passed out completely.

Jiang Lun said coldly: "It's clearly stated in the deed that if you can't get enough money to buy grain within three days, all the money you paid for grain before that will be confiscated, and all the grain you bought a few days ago will be returned to the Ministry of Households!"

"If you can't make it all together, everyone will just wait for the house to be raided."

After saying this, Jiang Lun left with his subordinates, leaving only the grain merchants trembling in the wind.

Everyone looked at each other, and then at Wei Jianshen who was unconscious on the ground. They left without saying a word.

Wei Jianshen's butler pinched Wei Jianshen for a long time, and finally woke Wei Jianshen up.

As soon as Wei Jianshen woke up, he immediately grabbed the butler and said, "Order all the shops to sell grain at a low price!"

"Master, how low is the price?"

"How low? The lowest! It's lower than any store in Chang'an!"

According to the deed, each of them subscribed for the shares. As long as the gap in their own shares is paid, the household department will not be able to copy the house.

Now Wei Jianshen had borrowed all the money he could, and he had to sell the grain in his hand to fill the gap.

But to sell grain, it is naturally cheaper than others. You must know that the remaining 31 grain merchants are all in the same situation as Wei Jianshen.

So when Wei Jianshen woke up, he immediately realized that this was his only chance!

On the 11th, the people of Chang'an suddenly discovered that almost all grain stores had displayed low-price signs.

A few days ago, the grain store that was selling grain at ten times the price has changed to five times, three times, and twice.

And Jingzhao Webster's shop directly sells grain at the price before the money chaos!

Before the common people had time to queue up, they saw the east, west and south gates of Chang'an opened wide, and the long Longyou convoy rushed into Chang'an City carrying food!
And the headline of "Chang'an Daily" has only two big characters - "half price".

The people who lined up at the entrance of Webster's Grain Store scattered and rushed towards the convoy of Longyou merchants.

When Wei Jianshen heard the news, he immediately asked the clerk to put up a [-]% off sign.

But all this was the beginning of the disaster. Seeing that Webster's grain store offered [-]% off, other grain merchants offered [-]% off one after another, and some even sold it at [-]% off.

The shares on the contract were not subscribed on an average basis. The Wei family was stronger, so naturally more shares were subscribed.

Some small grain merchants have low social status, so the subscription share is small.

Correspondingly, these small grain merchant ships are easy to turn around, as long as they can sell the grain in their hands, there is still a chance to make up for it.

Wei Jianshen's eyes were bloodshot red, as if he was a hungry wolf who preyed on anyone. He called his buddies and asked all the shops to put up [-]% off signs.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Jianshen started to visit the Patriarch, but was turned away.

Wei Jianshen searched around, but no one was willing to lend him any more money. Even if he took out his own property as a mortgage, no one would do anything to him.

Wei Jianshen prepared to return home in despair, but found that his home had been sealed by the county government.

Wei Jianshen hurriedly asked the yamen servant, but he heard the yamen servant say:

"Your Wei family is fighting for property, and your patriarch sued the county government, saying that your branch has invaded the family property. The county magistrate asked us to seal up your house first, and wait until the lawsuit is judged."

Wei Jianshen saw that the whole family was driven out of the house, and his wives and concubines rushed over and dragged him to cry.

"It's all over!"

Wei Jianshen yelled, got on his horse and galloped out of the square.

On the evening of the tenth day, the Da Ci'en Temple in Chang'an City was broken into by people on horseback.

After the last time the Ci'en Temple colluded with the East Palace, all the monks including the abbot burned themselves on the pagoda of the Ci'en Temple, and the Ci'en Temple no longer had the previous incense.

And the pagoda of Ci'en Temple was also abandoned. This once the tallest building in Chang'an, only the ruins of the pagoda remained.

However, there are still some parts of the pagoda of Ci'en Temple that have not been burned.

The intruder, with disheveled hair, climbed up the remaining tower body, and then jumped down.

It was confirmed that the deceased was Wei Jianshen, and [-] other grain merchants committed suicide at home.

However, there is a contract, and death cannot be canceled. The Treasury soldiers of the Ministry of Finance seized the property of these grain merchants, and filled all the grain they had hoarded before into the treasury.

After an investigation by the Ministry of Household Affairs, only eight grain merchants sold grain at low prices, and finally made up for the purchase money that needed to be paid.

But these eight companies were also seriously injured, and they were able to survive by selling almost all their properties.

However, the people in Chang'an will only celebrate the death of these grain merchants, and the grain price in Chang'an has finally dropped, returning to the level before the money chaos.

And after this food shortage, the value of Qianyuan Chongbao has returned to the exchange ratio of one to three, which can be regarded as returning to the normal value.

The imperial court also began to distribute salaries to low-level officials according to the market price, and everyone in Chang'an praised the imperial court.

In addition to paying official salaries, King Yue has also done a lot of practical things since he came to power.

Naturally, the imperial salary cannot be raised casually, but the king of Yue raised the treatment of officials in Chang'an.

Three provinces, six ministries and monastery supervisors can order lunch boxes from restaurants in Chang'an, and deliver them to the yamen at noon every day.

If you work overtime at night, you can also have a meal.

Some poor officials in their families will pack lunch boxes for their families to eat.

As the God of Wealth of the imperial court, Hubu's lunch standard is quite good.

Fifth Qi looked at the rich food in the lunch box, but couldn't move his chopsticks. When he saw Jiang Lun coming to eat, he hurriedly took the box lunch and sat next to Jiang Lun.

Fifth Qi knew that Jiang Lun was behind the "war" against grain merchants.

After the water transport was silted up, the Ministry of Industry immediately sent officials to supervise the dredging, but Wu Qi, who was familiar with water transport, knew that it was not so easy to clear the silt.

Those grains transported to Chang'an by tank boats did not come from Jiangdong at all!It's Longyou's food!
Signing a contract with the grain merchant, step by step to let the grain merchant into the set, all of this is Jiang Lun behind the scenes.

Fifth Qi has a lot of contacts in the household department. Shen Langzhong, who was in charge of negotiating and selling grain, disappeared from the household department. It is said that he was sent to the salt courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River to supervise salt.

What Wu Qi didn't understand was that the king of Yue could directly raid the house, so why did it take so much trouble?

Jiang Lun also saw Fifth Qi's doubts, he took a bite of the dish and said:

"It's all because of Tongshang Temple."

"Tongshang Temple?"

Jiang Lun said: "People are untrustworthy and unrighteous, and so is the court. Why did Gaozong change the court monopoly into a grain seller? Don't you know the fifth plan to reform the salt law in Jiangdong?"

Fifth Qi nodded. In fact, his reform of the salt law in Jiangnan was similar to the reform of grain sales in Chang'an.

Monopolizing the salt industry, and then selling salt to merchants, this is also because Wu Qi saw the cost and corruption of the government-run salt industry.

Chang'an's food business, if the government does it, will definitely lose money, and it is a bottomless pit of losing money.

It can be seen from the transfer of grain and grain that the loss of the imperial court's transport of grain from Jiangdong to Chang'an is extremely high, sometimes even reaching [-]%.

How much of this is real loss and how much is greedy for ink, no one can tell.

Jiang Lun said: "It is indeed heinous for a businessman to hoard, but if they ransack their homes every time, then no one will do the grain business."

"Market issues should be resolved with the market. Let the grain merchants know the end of speculation this time, and the surviving grain merchants will be in awe."

"His Royal Highness built the Tongshang Temple to provide a sense of security for businessmen who keep their own place. The imperial court does not raise fat sheep. As long as it does not violate the court's laws, the imperial court will not arbitrarily rob merchants of their property."

"But merchants can't act recklessly. Those merchants who disrupt food prices and cause famine in Chang'an can ruin their fortunes even if the court doesn't use the judiciary!"

Fifth Qi asked sincerely, "Is this for commercial tax?"

Jiang Lun nodded and said: "Businessmen who make profits naturally have to pay taxes. Datang's taxes on merchants are too light. Tongshang Temple is not to protect merchants, but to collect business taxes more reasonably. These still need the help of the fifth plan." !"

Fifth Qi quickly said: "Dare you not to follow me!"

(End of this chapter)