Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

"Just kidding, I'm in great shape, strong and energetic, every morning when I wake up, I have a huge erection, I tell you!"

Jiang Han patted his chest. How could someone still doubt me? How could I tolerate this? But after boasting, he quietly moved his face closer to Wang Dang and said, "Send me a copy of the recipe secretly. I have a friend who might be able to use it."

Haruta watched from behind with an amused look on his face. The commander really was like a child sometimes.

After entering the conference room, the two of them calmed down their expressions, because once they got here, even if they were going to talk about something,

"Everyone, recently, there have been a lot of rumors about food prices in the market, which have caused a very bad impact..."

He doesn't plan to tell anyone that there's a traitor among us, because that would make the people below suspicious of each other, and be wary of each other, which would lower work efficiency. His place is used to benefit the people's livelihood, not the Tianjin Station where there's all this intrigue. Let Sister 45 investigate this privately.

In front of the common people and his subordinates, Comrade Jiang Han still has to maintain his usual style of being polite and courteous.

"Because of this incident, food prices have risen to varying degrees in Yangzhou and even in surrounding prefectures. I'm sure everyone can guess that this is a premeditated action. Someone is trying to stab us in the back while we are killing the enemy in the front."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of discussion in the conference room.

"What? There is such a thing? What should I do?"

This is a confusing situation.

"Damn it! There is such a thing!! Fuck him!"

This is the grumpy old man.

"To accomplish this, these people must have a large amount of gold, silver, and money. How dare they be so fearless at this time? Could it be..."

"If my guess is correct, given the current situation, they will continue to purchase grain on a large scale and hoard it. Although this will not have any impact on our grain storage, it will have a great impact on the people, so we must take some measures."

"Sir, do you need us to control food prices?"

"No, no, no." Jiang Han shook his finger. "I need everyone to buy as much food as possible from the market. Don't worry about the price. Just eat as much as you can."

"Isn't this...adding fuel to the flames?"

Mr. Li Zai Gan is a god or devil, and he is adding fuel to the fire on such food prices?

"Yes, they want to buy in a large amount and become the banker themselves. At this time, we have to add fuel to the fire and increase their financial pressure. You can just understand it as financial pressure."

Everyone nodded. Even though they didn't quite understand what he said, it seemed very impressive.

"At the same time, when you are collecting grain, you should pay attention to one thing. That is, when purchasing, you must bid as high as possible and be aggressive. When it comes to paying the money, you should say that it takes time to raise funds and try to postpone it."

Everyone nodded and did as instructed.

"Okay, that's all the tasks for the first phase. Let's get ready and start working. When the time is right, I will hold a meeting with everyone to discuss the next steps."

The meeting was very short. Jiang Han only gave instructions for the action and then turned to deal with defense matters. Now, how to defend against the Qing troops is the top priority for Yangzhou.

It seemed as if overnight, grain in Nanzhili suddenly became extremely expensive and its value began to rise continuously, and merchants were the most sensitive to this.

During this period, all merchants were most sensitive to food prices. Although they could not judge what was happening, their instinct made them start to hoard food silently. As prices continued to rise, many food stores in Nanzhili Prefecture closed down.

The price of grain in hand changes every day, and most merchants would not want to sell it at this time. At the same time, since there are people in the market who are frantically buying grain with large sums of silver, the merchants have begun to speculate.

I'm afraid there must have been another major disaster somewhere. Such behavior is clearly a sign that someone is preparing to make a fortune from the national disaster.

You eat meat, so I want some soup! Many merchants also began to join the ranks of purchases, and the price of grain began to rise.

The people of Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Changzhou were very panicked at the beginning. They ran to the streets desperately, fearing that the grain stores would close. They tried to buy more grain and store it at home, but they saw that the grain stores on the street were open well.

Bring your food coupons to exchange for food. The amount of food you exchange for depends on the amount of coupons you bring. It never changes.

After the people went crazy at the beginning and exchanged a large amount of grain, they found that the grain stores were still operating normally, and they slowly put their minds at ease.

Many people began to feel that this new government was indeed much better than the corrupt Ming Dynasty. At the very least, everyone could have food to eat.

The people in other areas suffered. The increasingly high food prices made many people panic. They went to the government, but the government officials just spread their hands in disbelief, which made the local people even more panicked.

Far away in Suzhou, in a garden, many people were enjoying the flowers and drinking tea in a pavilion.

"Come, Mr. Zhang, have a taste. This is the new Mingqian Longjing tea from this year."

An old man in fancy clothes picked up the teacup with a smile and took a sip: "Okay, okay, um! Your water is not simple, is it?"

"I can't hide it from you. I brought this back from the spring on the East Mountain!"

“Hahahaha, I’ll know once I taste it!!” The old man stroked his beard, feeling very pleased with himself.

As everyone was enjoying themselves, someone spoke up: "The price of grain in the market has risen to 6 taels and 8 cents. Mr. Zhang, are we going to sell it or continue to eat it?"

"Of course I will continue to eat, even if it's seven or eight taels, I will continue to eat!"

Someone hesitated: "But I heard that the food supply in the place controlled by Jiang Zemin is still sufficient, and the people haven't changed much?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "It's just a stopgap measure. The price of grain is only six taels at the moment. If he grits his teeth and releases grain, it will naturally be stable. But if we continue to eat it, the grain on the market will become less and less. When the Tartars pass through, there will be no grass left. Jiang Han has killed the Tartars this time. If we want to save our lives, we must fight the Tartars to the end. The later it gets, the more food we will lack. When the time comes, it will be time for us to take action. If we act now, we can only earn some small profits."

"So that's how it is, Mr. Zhang, what a great idea!" Everyone began to flatter him.

"Hahahaha, I used this trick to build up my huge property and family business. Now that Jiang Han is doing evil, we just need to unite as one, and then we will become extremely rich!"

Just as the old man said, the grain price in Nanzhili began to soar like a rocket, eight taels, ten taels... In just a few days, the grain price in the entire Nanzhili soared to eighteen taels!

It was at this time that a fleet arrived at Yunti Pass.

During the Ming Dynasty, a series of places including Dafeng and Sheyang were still submerged in water, but the fleet entered from the mouth of the Yellow River and went directly to Yangzhou through the Grand Canal.

My whole body aches and I have a bad cough. I have been lying at home for two days and took some medicine. Today I can finally move around. I will make up one chapter first. There will be another chapter in the middle of the night.

Volume 342: Chapter Chapter : Food Prices

The fleet's return was classified as top-level secret by Jiang Han, and the news was strictly sealed. However, it was impossible for such a large fleet to not have any information leaked out, so Jiang Han was more inclined to treat it as a military operation.

The explanation to the outside world was that the Jiannu were under tremendous pressure from attacking the city, so Jiang Han specially dispatched the navy fleet back to help with the defense.

The area and information of the ship unloading were firmly controlled by Jiang Han and not released at all. After all, this involved his important future plans.

The returning volunteers were received by Jiang Han as soon as possible, and he explained that due to the plan and the intense combat situation, they could not have a glorious homecoming ceremony, but they would make it up to it after the war.

Jiang Han realized a truth during his time in office, that is, if I have done 80% of what I have done, I must let others know 120% of what I have done, and I must show the utmost compassion to my subordinates.

Sure enough, after getting off the boat, the extremely tired volunteers saw the gentleman coming to meet them in person and earnestly explaining their current difficulties. They were so moved that their eyes filled with tears that they wanted to kneel down to him on the spot.

To be honest, among the people, Jiang Han's personality is simply that of a perfect man, and one person exaggerates more than the other. Just for distributing food to relieve the poor, countless people want to build a shrine for him, not to mention that there are many uncles who say that the master is very gentle in private, and even the maids in the mansion treat them with courtesy. There is even a maid who served as a waiter at one of Jiang Han's meetings and said that she was a little clumsy in the meeting and broke a pair of teacups, but the master did not blame her, but instead concerned about her health first.

"The tea bowl is just an object, just get another one. You are my greatest wealth." At that time, Xiezhi had been with the humanoids for a long time, so he could easily say flirtatious words.

Just based on this sentence, many girls bit their handkerchiefs and started screaming when listening to the person involved, and then wanted to strangle the other person to death: Why do you have the blessing of Dogecoin!

The gentleness and care of the superiors towards the inferiors is a powerful tool to win people's hearts. This has been proven time and again. The same is true for Jiang Han. As for whether to make up for the welcome party later, of course it should be made up. It costs a little money, but it can gather the support of the people and the army on a large scale. Why not do it? What's more, this is not his own money.

"Thank you for your hard work, my grass. Look at you. You have lost weight after going out like this. Come on, drink some water."

After finishing the greetings with the volunteers, Jiang Han immediately came to the scarecrow and began to ask about his well-being. Although it was impossible for the scarecrow to lose weight as a human-shaped man, Jiang Han's licking made him feel very comfortable.

Scarecrow was bullied in the Iron-Blooded team, but since coming to Griffin, he has been cared for by Commander Jiang Han. It is like an orphan who is suddenly adopted by someone and treated very well. He finally has a sense of belonging like at home.

Therefore, Scarecrow's feelings towards Jiang Han are very complicated, with a kind of paternal beauty. Scarecrow is in the form of an iron-blooded human and his body shape will not change. However, this feeling of being cared for and valued is the last warmth in her heart. For this warmth, Scarecrow works very hard. This is also the reason why she is so stubborn. She longs for recognition in front of Tiexue, but when she is with Jiang Han, she longs for more attention from Jiang Han.

She was touched by Jiang Han's concern. When she was touched, the King of Volumes appeared and she wanted to do more to make Jiang Han care about her more: "Commander, I heard that the defense pressure here is very high. Is there any mission that I need to perform?"

Her tone was very rational and her voice was straightforward, but Jiang Han could hear the raging magma rolling beneath the ice.

He stretched out his hand and gently touched the head of the scarecrow, who was drinking water from the cup with both hands. He had always wanted to touch it before but never had the chance, but this time he finally got the chance.

"You've done a great job. You helped me a lot this time, but I may need your help later. So, I hope Xiaocao can take good care of herself, take a rest, and then continue to complete this task, because Xiaocao is more important to me than any other task, okay?"

First give some affirmation to let the other party know that you have done a good job, thus satisfying the psychological needs of the scarecrow. At the same time, hang a carrot in front of them and use the task to make a small request, which still requires the other party to take care of himself. Jiang Han feels that his operation is still very good.

Sure enough, Scarecrow was easily fooled by this and her defenses were immediately broken, but her years of social phobia and low emotional intelligence made it difficult for her to deal with the current situation, so she only had one choice.

"I...I'm going to do maintenance first."

Looking at the scarecrow's hurried back, Jiang Han smiled like a father.

“Young people are still too young”

"Commander, you are such a fool. Are you going to use the method I taught you to seduce other women?"

Jiang Han, who was laughing happily, suddenly heard a voice as cold as ice in his ear.

"It's broken! It's going to happen!"

Jiang Han broke out in a cold sweat, and his heart instantly sank as he looked at Chuntian who had a "kind" smile on his face.

"I'm so sad~ Commander, why don't you even offer me some comfort?"

"Comfort! You must comfort me! Chuntian, you can comfort me however you want!!"

Jiang Han's desire to survive began to surge, and he immediately made a promise.

"How can you comfort me?"

Chuntian showed an intriguing smile, then put his hands behind his back and whispered to Jiang Han's ear: "Then~ come to my room tonight"

Jiang Han's legs trembled when he heard this, and he almost wanted to leave. He silently mourned for his own kidneys in his heart: "I don't know if I can bear it."

When the fleet returned, they brought back a large amount of silver, food, calligraphy and paintings, gems, jade, jadeite, porcelain and other valuables, as well as a considerable amount of cotton armor, silk, etc.

The quantities are large, but due to Jiang Han’s previous instructions, silver and grain account for the largest proportion among them. In this way, Jiang Han’s plan can be carried out smoothly.

"Everyone, we can start the second phase of our plan. How is the price of grain in the market now?"

After entering the meeting room, Jiang Han went straight to the point.

"Sir, the grain prices in most prefectures in Southern Zhili are basically fluctuating around 20 taels. The grain prices around Yangzhou are the most expensive, all at 22 taels, and there is even a sign of an increase..."

"What about the shipment situation?"

"We have been releasing grain continuously recently, but no matter how high the price goes, our grain will be quickly snatched up as soon as it is released. Even if we release only 22 taels, it will be snatched up immediately."

All the merchants are not stupid. Grain is hard currency and they will not lose money no matter how much they get. But when the price reaches twenty taels, it is no longer within the reach of these small and medium-sized grain merchants and retail investors. But even if they can't eat the meat, they can still drink some soup. Many merchants have joined the carnival, hoping to make a fortune.

Jiang Han was very confident about his own shipment volume. The amount of grain he had seized when he confiscated the house was simply an astronomical figure. Even from a modern perspective, it was incredible. Such a large shipment volume and such a high price could still be bought up in such a short period of time, which showed that these people had a lot of money in their hands.

"Sir, do we still need to continue shipping?"

These days, these logistics personnel can be described in three words: making a lot of money. The continuous and uninterrupted release of grain has allowed them to earn astronomical amounts of silver during a period when grain prices are rising like rockets. Large amounts of silver are moved into the warehouse in truckloads. It feels like robbing money - no, it's even faster than robbing money.

"Sell, sell another 10,000 shi. Since the people behind the scenes still dare to take it, it means they are still expecting the price to rise. This is not enough to reach their final red line, but after selling 10,000 shi, all the old grain that was sorted out in the warehouse today will be sold at a fair price, priced at two taels."

“All sold!?”

Everyone present was shocked. They thought the gentleman would sell the items gradually over a long period of time. But if he sold them all at once, wouldn't he lose at least one million taels of silver?

Everyone was very confused.

"What do you think we are? Are we those profit-seeking businessmen? Everyone here will become the pillars of the new China in the future. I hope you can broaden your horizons and expand your vision. Don't be blinded by the petty profits in front of you. The national economy and people's livelihood are the primary conditions that you should keep in mind! Do you think I do this to make money? I want these shitty speculators to die!"

Hearing Jiang Han's words, everyone present lowered their heads, feeling ashamed. They were willing to be scolded. These days, they were indeed blinded by the large amount of money and did not consider their own identities.

"Also, what about the silver deposits at the bank?"

Soon someone came to his senses and quickly replied: "Sir, we have already deposited about 300,000 taels of silver in many banks in Nanzhili. Do we need to continue saving? I need your advice."

"No need, three hundred thousand taels... is enough."

Ten thousand dan of grain was like a stone thrown into a lake, which caused a few ripples, but not much. The market did not change, and the price of grain continued to rise. There were constant rumors in the market that today a big merchant in Suzhou was buying up grain in large quantities, and tomorrow there would be a disaster and food shortage somewhere. In short, these things had put the price of grain on a continuous upward trend, and now it had reached nearly 25 taels.

At the same time, a rumor spread in Yangzhou that the fleet sent by the master before had brought a large amount of grain when doing business abroad, and the grain was piled up like a mountain in the city. Because the master was kind, he saw that the grain prices in the people were rising and the people were suffering, so he planned to release a batch of affordable grain, the price was only two taels. In order to ensure that more people could get the grain, each household was limited to purchase.

As soon as the news came out, the prefectures around Yang, Zhen, and Chang were shocked. More than 20 taels of grain in other places only cost 2 taels here! ?

Is this the price I can afford? Many people rushed to the stalls that specialized in selling the products and saw that it was indeed true!

People immediately started to buy frantically, but fortunately the sales were limited, so the overall pace remained steady.

But this caused many merchants who were waiting and watching to start having doubts.

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Volume 343: Chapter Chapter : Haha, the flying man is coming

The crazy rise in grain prices was naturally the focus of all merchants in Nanzhili. Everyone was excited to see the rapid rise in grain prices, thinking about making more money. But now they felt something was wrong. Why were they selling grain for two taels of silver again?

Could it be that things have changed?

Unlike those big families, most businessmen do not have such a strong financial foundation. Moreover, it is not easy to make money these days. You say it is ok to let everyone share the benefits, but what if they lose money?

Seeing this, many people held on to their purses tightly and prepared to wait and see.

The food stored in Jiang Han's hands, plus the food brought by the scarecrow later, can be sold for a month without any problems while ensuring the war expenses. Although it is limited, as long as you dare to sell, I will sell it directly. Except for the time needed to adjust the goods, the supply here has been continuous.

As a result, many people were embarrassed, and the direction of rumors among the people began to change.