Datang: I am so happy to marry a disfigured princess!

Chapter 129 Mobilizing Merchants
A few days ago, the Wang family in Luoyang.

The Wang family is a well-known wealthy businessman in Luoyang. The family owns countless pieces of land and is extremely wealthy. They even have some friendship with local officials.

The contemporary head of the Wang family is a charitable person with a good reputation in Luoyang.

After the famine began, he used his own food to build porridge sheds outside Luoyang City to provide relief to the victims, and won numerous good reputations.

That day, after he returned home from giving soup, someone came to his door.

According to the report from the concierge, he was a high-ranking official from Chang'an with a high position in the court. This time he was accompanying his consort to provide disaster relief.

Regarding disaster relief, he has also paid attention to it in the past two days, but it is just giving porridge. It seems that he has also done some measures to prevent the epidemic. Wang Tianze doesn't like this kind of person very much.

If we don't do anything practical, it's just a formality, and it probably won't help much with the famine.

But he still had to respect this official in the court and hurried out to greet him personally.

When he saw Chu Suiliang, the old man quickly bowed and saluted. As a businessman, he had to salute even when he saw a poor scholar studying, let alone such a high-ranking official.

Chu Suiliang smiled and waved his hand, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, then went into the house to talk.

"Old Uncle Wang, I heard that you have a good reputation in Luoyang City, so I came to see you in person."

Wang Tianze said hurriedly: "Mr. Lang, you are joking. You are just trying your best to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. I want to be blessed in the next life and don't ask for anything else."

Chu Suiliang nodded slightly, and then told the current situation of the Wang family.

"Your Wang family has been in business for many years and is already very wealthy. The land in your family is as much as [-] acres. However, as a businessman, neither you nor your descendants can participate in the imperial examination. Therefore, you have often been in charge of local officials in recent years. Is it true?"

Wang Tianze was slightly startled, but he did not lose his composure because of this incident. He smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Lang is indeed extraordinary. He understands my Wang family so thoroughly."

Chu Suiliang didn't do any of those twists and turns, and said directly: "The prince-in-law, we plan to give you people a chance. Businessmen are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination?"

"As long as you are willing to sell grain for more than ten thousand dan, I will give your Wang family a place to participate in the imperial examination."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tianze immediately became excited, but then became panicked: "Mr. Lang, you are trying to kill our whole family. If I sell food at this time, I am not helping the evil, and Your Majesty won't let it... …”

Chu Suiliang smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, since I dare to promise you this, His Majesty must have agreed. Don't you say that you have [-] shi of food in your family? Ten thousand shi of food is a quota and can be accumulated, and You can make a lot of money by selling food now."

Wang Tianze is not a fool, otherwise he would not have managed the Wang family to such an extent. How can you be a bitch and still build a memorial arch in this world? Make money and get a place in the imperial examination for free. Just think about it, it is impossible!

The old man looked bitter and said: "Please spare me, little old man. It is not easy for the Wang family to accumulate such a fortune. The government needs food. I am willing to donate five thousand dan of food to the court for disaster relief..."

Chu Suiliang shook his head: "You can't donate it, you can only sell it. This matter has been approved by the Disaster Relief Minister Lin Consort. There are many merchants in Luoyang participating in it. As long as they sell enough for one thousand dan, they can receive the gift from the prime minister of the dynasty." I'm invited to Chang'an to see the world, and if I have enough [-] shi, I can directly get a place in the imperial examination."

"I know you have concerns, but in the current situation, if you donate, it will have no effect on the disaster at all. Five thousand dan of food is not enough."

Wang Tianze did not dare to stand anymore, and immediately knelt down on the ground with fear and kowtowed: "Please spare the little old man, I really don't dare to sell that food. This money is the hard-earned money of the people, and I will be punished by God..."

Chu Suiliang's face gradually became colder: "Do you think the conditions I gave you are a joke?"

"I don't dare, but this food can't be sold..."

Chu Suiliang snorted coldly: "That's fine, then you are deliberately hoarding grain and refusing to circulate it in the market, thus contributing to the rise in grain prices. I can kill your entire family and confiscate your property in accordance with the law!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Tianze's face suddenly turned pale, and he collapsed on the ground, looking up to the sky and lamenting. "I have never done a bad thing in my life, but now my house is being confiscated, Your Majesty..."

Chu Suiliang saw many such people along the way and didn't pay much attention to them. He just left a word and left.

"After thinking about it, send someone to deliver a letter to the government office and find Lin's consort. As for whether you want to sell grain to make money and gain fame, or have your home confiscated, it's your choice."

After Chu Suiliang left, his son, who was hiding and watching, dared to come out and help the old man up.

"Aye, why aren't we selling this grain? Even this high official came over and asked us to sell it?"

Wang Tianze wiped his tears and said, "Are you stupid? If we sell this food, we will be convicted of oppressing the people. Then we will kill everyone!"

"But if you don't sell it, we will immediately kill everyone!"

"Since the official said it himself, send someone to confirm it. If someone really dares to sell it, we will also take out the food. We can hide from the current situation first..."

The Wang family soon received news that more than [-] landlords and merchants in Luoyang City had begun selling grain. The price was about [-]% lower than what was on the market, and they were selling it unscrupulously, as if they had some courage. generally.

After learning about this, Wang Tianze finally made a decision after thinking for a long time.

Sell!
Immediately, he mobilized [-] shi of grain from his house and started selling it.

The strange thing is that as soon as the grain was brought to the market, it was all taken away, leaving nothing behind, and the other party paid the money very quickly.

When the fifteen thousand copper coins were placed in front of him, the old man felt not excitement, but fear.

That night, the Wang family received a letter written by Chu Suiliang.

Chu Suiliang said that since the ten thousand stones were sold, the Wang family could choose to stop. As for the quota for the imperial examination, it would be available after the disaster relief was completed, and the Wang family would be asked to name one person as the recommended person.

Wang Tianze took the letter and didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He found out about Chu Suiliang. Chu Liang was his father. He was one of the eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's palace at that time, and a bachelor of Chongwen Palace at that time!

Is it necessary for such a person to lie to himself?
For them, the recommended quota is just a matter of words, but for the Wang family, it is more difficult than reaching the sky!
Wang Tianze was lost for a moment and handed the letter to his son. The man suddenly became excited after reading it.

"Aye, can anyone in our family take the imperial examination?"

"If the imperial examination quota really falls, you can go and participate."

The man shook his head: "The second and third brothers are more suitable. I have been doing business with Aye in these years and have not studied much."

Wang Tianze thought for a moment.

Selling ten thousand shi of grain is a quota?
Do you still have [-] to [-] yuan left at home?

Then if you take half of it and sell it, you can not only make money, but also get a quota?

As a result, the old man made up his mind. Anyway, the matter of selling grain has been done. It is a crime that should be executed by everyone, so he might as well take a gamble.

If it is true as Chu Suiliang said, it would be a great thing for his family to get a place. With the talents and learning of the second and third child, it is still possible to win a fame.

Is the Wang family going to have a son?
"Take another [-] shi of grain to sell!"

(End of this chapter)