Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 138 It's a matter of imperial envoy

Wang Hao's expression darkened when he heard the words, and he deliberately tried to say, "How about this, how about Mr. Zou selling the grain in his hand to this young master?"

Zhang Gongjin was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said with a smile, "Very good, at the price of 150 Wen per shi, the old man has almost 80 shi here. After the prince pays, he can send people to the wharf to transport grain."

"80 million stone?"

Wang Hao's heart skipped a beat, he looked at the big dark boat on the river, and almost tipped over on the boat.

The entire Hongzhou currently has a population of only tens of thousands of households, and its own grain production is enough to eat. Now that the summer harvest is approaching, but there are 200 million shi of grain hoarded here, how can it be sold out in the year of the monkey?
"Mr. Zou was joking. The kid can't eat so much food. I just don't know why the court sells food at such a low price?" Wang Hao continued after a while.

"Is there any other reason? There are too many. Last year, the Turks were disabled by our Tang Dynasty. The Lingnan Rebellion was settled without court fees. What is the total population of our Tang Dynasty? More than two million It’s just households. His Majesty allocated [-] mu of Yongye farmland to each household. This year, the weather is good in most places. The imperial court has not confiscated it due to the war. Of course, the food grown can’t be eaten up. This means that the new rice seeds have not been planted this year Well, if next year, a stone of grain can be sold for tens of dollars, it would be considered good."

The more Zhang Gongjin went on, the paler Wang Hao's face became. He was not stupid. He knew that what Zhang Gongjin said should be true. There was no war in the court, and the people had idle fields. In a year of good weather, food prices will only go down all the way.

Historically, after the fourth year of Zhenguan, the price of grain dropped to an unimaginable level for later dynasties. A bucket of rice cost three or four yuan, and a stone of grain cost only thirty or forty yuan. And this price continued for many years, until the Gaozong period. After a round of population multiplication, the price of Doumi has only risen to more than ten dollars.

Wang Hao is a smart person, he only needs to use his brain a little bit to see the general trend of the future, but seeing this general trend clearly made him break out in a cold sweat,
The reason why their aristocratic family is rich is not because they are landlords and have so much food in their hands. When the food is so cheap that it is worthless, what do they use to control the tenants who produce for them?What to use to supply those children who consume a lot of reading?This is not a good situation.

Thinking of this episode, Wang Hao touched the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "You might as well tell Mr. Zou that the boy also has a batch of food, and I don't know what to do with it."

"How many?"

"120 million stone."

"hiss."

Zhang Gongjin took a deep breath, looked at Wang Hao pretending to be surprised, and said, "Young Master Wang is very unwise to hoard so much food in his hands."

"That's right! There were originally two fleets under my command, but they didn't come to Hongzhou to transport grain for a long time, which led to a backlog of grain and grass here."

The one on Hongze Lake has been wiped out by the old man, and the one in Hangzhou Bay has also been collected by Sun Zhengming. It’s no wonder that it can come, Zhang Gongjin thought so, but smiled on his face, "My navy ship Quite a few, if the prince needs it, as long as he gives some coolie money, the old man can help the prince transport the food away."

"What's the asking price?" Wang Hao asked tentatively.

"My son has a lot of food, 120 million shi. It's not easy to carry it all over the way, and the boatmen need to put in a lot of effort along the way, and the people who pull the fibers are even more indispensable. If it is transported to Chang'an, it will cost at least [-] guan. cost of."

Fifty thousand Guan transported 120 million shi of grain from Hongzhou to Chang'an, which can be said to be a very generous price, but is it worth it to Wang Hao?What he wanted was not money or food. The Wang family had a lot of these things. What he wanted was a report card from the management.

According to Zhang Gongjin's price, these grains can only be sold for a total of 18 guan. Moreover, it will not be able to sell them in Chang'an in a short time. If there is still a bumper harvest next year and the grain price falls again, Wang Hao dare not think about it.

"If this is not the case, I will sell the grain in my hands to Zou Gong at a discount. Zou Gong has a fleet in his hand. He can build warehouses here first, and then slowly transport them to places where grain prices are high. The cost of building warehouses is It would be nice to have a little discount in the food price.”

Wang Hao is a decisive character, knowing that it is the best result to cut his flesh and leave the field, otherwise, the court will really let his food rot in Hongzhou.

"I think the old man will not be able to sell out the food in a while, and it is inevitable to build a warehouse. I don't know how much the prince is asking for?"

"How about 15 guan?"

When Zhang Gongjin heard the words, he shook his head and said, "If I buy 15 guan, not only will I not make a profit, but I am afraid I will lose a lot of money. You should find someone else to sell it, Mr. Wang!"

15 Guan sells 120 million shi of grain, and the average price per shi is more than 100 yuan a shi. No one wants Zhang Gongjin to sell it for 150 yuan a shi now. The summer harvest will be harvested soon, and the price of grain will only be lower. If he is willing to accept the offer, Wang Hao will doubt his intention.

"What about 12 guan?"

Zhang Gongjin hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, but still shook his head. Although the price of [-] yuan per stone is very low, he still has no idea. It takes money to open a warehouse!Transportation requires manpower, waste it!At that time, even if it can be sold for two hundred yuan a stone, the profit will be very meager.

"One hundred thousand! It can't be lowered."

"At this price, the old man can make a small profit, but you should understand how to get past the official situation!" Zhang Gongjin said meaningfully.

"I understand that these grains were donated to the Great Tang's Southern Expedition Navy. As for how much grain will be in Mr. Zou's warehouse, God knows, Mr. Zou alone knows."

"So good."

The two agreed that even after signing the document, Zhang Gongjin sent troops to take over Wang Hao's grain storage area, while Wang Hao left in a hurry with his own people and a boatload of copper coins.

Zhang Gongjin was not very happy when he saw the mountains of grain in Hongzhou City. He had a deeper understanding of Wang Hao, a family member, and he was too decisive in dealing with such a big deal. , There is no repeated confrontation as imagined at all. Perhaps, for him, staying here for half a day is superfluous. Such a person is too smart, decisive in handling things, and has a clear goal. Such a person will not be easy to deal with in the future.

Wang Hao knew exactly what he wanted. The position of the head of the Wang family was his goal. A mere tens of thousands of dollars would be his spending for a year or so. He didn't need to lose if he didn't get any achievements.

Therefore, he is eager to find out the ins and outs of the whole thing now, who set up such a big trap to trap himself, if it can be found out that it is Wang Lin, or one of Wang Xu, then after he returns to the family, at least There is a saying.

Different from the situation in Hongzhou, Zhang Liang and the two young masters Cui repeatedly fought back and forth in Changsha. The emperor had a will, Zhang Liang did not dare to mess things up, but Cui Ji and Cui Zhao did it for him. Sending an irresistible gift, Zhang Liang finally took 100 million shi of grain from them at a price of [-] Wen per shi.

Here in Quanzhou, Feng Zhidai won Zheng Peiyu's 50 shi of grain at a price of 35 wen per shi. In this way, the grand drama of instigating the Civil War initiated by the aristocratic family will come to an end, and the result will be, The imperial court used 270 guan to buy [-] million shi of grain in the hands of the aristocratic family, which was more than twice the market price on average.

Of course, after the three groups of people knew each other's quantity and price of the grain, Zhang Gongjin and Feng Zhidai both stroked their beards and laughed, but Zhang Liang threw cups and bowls angrily. Great work, but he, Zhang Liang, made a big mistake. In the Changsha area, where the market price of grain was only three hundred pennies, he spent two hundred pennies to buy these grains. In addition to the consumption of transportation, Zhang Liang didn't get much. Cheap, the key is not to compare with the other two, a comparison will make him appear incompetent.

It took 20 guan to buy 100 million shi of grain, and it cost 15 guan to buy 170 million shi of grain. What will the princes of the court look like when they see this form?Afterwards, there will be many memorials to impeach Zhang Liang, and these memorials are likely to be ordered by Li Shimin himself, and his position as the commander of the navy may not last long.

At the beginning of July, the land of south of the Five Ridges was filled with the smell of rice flowers. Sun Xiangfu led the farmers to pull flowers and pollinate them one by one in the field. The growth of Zhancheng rice was very gratifying. Buying a batch of grain at a low price is much more important.

Ah Shan's stomach is completely gone, and muscles have grown on his body. Li Chunfeng and Xuan Zang agreed that his pot belly disease has completely cured. Therefore, as the first cured pot belly disease patient in the world, he is very lucky. He was captured by Sun Xiangfu and brought to Baiyun Lake Peninsula to urge farmers to prevent schistosomiasis.

As soon as the sun came out in the morning, Ah Yue used a peeled banana to lure Xiao Hei and Xiao Ye who followed her to a mango grove full of fruits. She found that as long as she brought these two big guys here, She doesn't have to climb the tree to pick mangoes by herself, because these two guys will use their long noses to roll the mangoes off the tree and eat them. She only needs to peel one or two big ones for them to eat, their ears and The tail will wag happily.

Today's harvest was good. In just a while, Ah Yue filled her basket with big green mangoes. Seeing these big mangoes, Sun Xiangfu would definitely praise her for being smart.

However, a group of people wearing Datang military uniforms stopped her on her way back.

"Captain, it's an elephant cub. This is a rare item. If it can be brought back to Chang'an, His Majesty and the nobles in the palace will definitely reward it."

A soldier looked at Xiao Hei and Xiao Yedao eagerly.But he didn't know that the little girl next to the two elephants didn't speak Chinese like other Lingnan people.

"Xiaohei and Xiaoye belong to adults, you can't take them away."

The timid voice interrupted the fantasies of several soldiers. In Ah Yue's view, these people were not as powerful as her Uncle Zhao Long, and there was nothing to fear.

"Hey, it's a little girl. The lord you're talking about is the lord Sun who lives in Baiyun Lake?" The soldier called the captain looked at the black and thin A Yue and smiled.

Ah Yue thought for a while, and indeed many people on the island called Sun Xiangfu Master Sun, so she nodded and said, "Yes."

"That's right, just show us a way! We are people sent by the imperial court, and we are about to inform him to go to Guangzhou City to meet the imperial envoy!"

In fact, Feng An sent a team to do this kind of thing. This team insisted on coming by themselves, and Feng An's people were not allowed to follow. In fact, they just wanted to get a feel for the actual situation in Lingnan. They naturally had secrets. A military officer with the status of guard.

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