Zhang Fangping said: "Your Majesty, Ouyang Xiu read Su Shi's article last year, and only said that he wanted to avoid the road and let him go out of the way. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed: "The Great Song Dynasty has many talents, and this great luck of the Great Song Dynasty is also my great luck." ”

"Shen An."

"The minister is here."

Zhao Zhen was in a very good mood and asked, "Can those merchants give in?" ”

Shen An said: "A few have succumbed, and some are still a little lucky." ”

"How do you end it?"

Zhao Zhen asked pleasantly.

Fu Bi said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that those merchants will all be thrown out at once, and the price of grain will be too low at that time......

Everyone knows that food prices are too high or too low.

Wen Yanbo bowed his head slightly, and the dignity of the prime minister made him unwilling to express his opinion on the matter.

"Shen An."

Zhao Zhen casually clicked Shen An to ask.

Shen An explained: "Your Majesty, businessmen are profit-seeking, so the minister concluded that they would not, and did not dare to sell a large amount of grain to suppress the price of grain, that is to cut themselves off from Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, and there was more fierceness in his eyes.

If those businessmen really want to do this, they don't take Da Song and him, the emperor, in their eyes, so what is he polite.

"Your Majesty, those merchants have a lot of grain in their hands, and the minister suggests recovering the new grain in their hands." Shen An finally gave his own advice.

Hey!

That's a great idea!

Even Wen Yanbo couldn't help but nod slightly in approval.

Everyone has just fallen into a blind spot in their thinking, and they only think about recycling old grain. As soon as Shen An reminded him, he remembered the benefits of such an operation.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "There is too much food in their hands, so naturally they can't turn around, so be it, but don't bother the second master, Shen An, you go for a trip." ”

Shen An laughed and said, "Your Majesty, the minister should have rested today." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "You will be lazy, go quickly." ”

Xiao Qing's face turned red all of a sudden.

He can also not use it today, but on the one hand, Zhao Yunliang wants news, and on the other hand, he is not reconciled, so he will come and see the limelight.

As soon as Shen An left, he was a little bit of a wax, follow? This is the court, but it's not a place where you can just go.

But if he doesn't leave, what will he do today?

The emperor said that they could take turns for three days and one day, but he didn't say that they had to, this is a loophole, just like Shen An, who has been in the palace for three consecutive days since the day before yesterday.

But Shen Ana has an errand, what do you Xiao Qing have?

Xiao Qing was a little embarrassed, but Shen An was in high spirits and took a group of people out of the palace.

Deng Shitao followed closely with more than a dozen guards, and he took a few steps forward and said, "Shen Zhizhao, why do I feel that you walk like a ......?"

"Like what?"

Deng Shitao is the small leader of the palace guards, and the person who works beside Zhao Zhen, Shen An is also close by the way.

"Why do you look like that?"

"You're talking about the sling, right?"

"Yes, that's what it means!"

Both of them were interested in having a good relationship with each other, and it didn't take long for them to get acquainted.

When the group arrived at the place where the grain was sold, the cart was gone, and a woman drove a flock of chickens to forage for the fallen rice in the clearing, and she was very happy.

Shen An stood on the side, and the woman glanced at the guards behind him, but she was not afraid at all.

It wasn't long before the merchants came.

"I've seen Shen Zhizhao."

These people were pale and looked pitiful.

But Shen An knows that these pitiful things are just a disguise, if you really think that they are little white rabbits, they will be laughed to death behind them.

"Convincing or not?"

Shen An stood with his hands in his hands and asked lightly.

"Yes."

The merchants bowed their heads.

"Louder, convincing?"

"Serve!"

The merchants' shouts startled the chickens, and the woman glared at them.

Shen An squinted at the group of chickens slightly, and then asked, "Do you dare next time?" ”

"The villain doesn't dare."

Shen An smiled slightly and said, "Chen Liang, you sell it yourself, this court doesn't care, you don't care if you sell it for ten cents a bucket." ”

"Thank you, Shen Zhizhao."

Shen An showed compassion on his face and sighed: "But there is too much grain in your hands, and I am worried that it will be difficult for you to turn over, so let's take out all the new grain, and the DPRK will buy it, and the price will ...... Thirty-five articles, do you have any opinions? ”

"It's too low, the market price is forty wen now."

A merchant said angrily, and then someone complained.

"Thirty-five Wen can't be done! That's going to be a loss. ”

"Hmm!"

Shen An's gaze swept over the people who spoke, and after the voice disappeared, he said: "Reward and punishment are clearly the way to prosperity in the Great Song Dynasty, manipulating food prices, you and others are more than exiled for what you do, do you feel that the official family is too magnanimous, and you want to make inches?" ”

"Don't dare! The villain doesn't dare! ”

Shen An sneered: "The grain ship will arrive in Beijing tomorrow, and whoever dares to sell the grain will be asking for his own death." If you think you can store so much food in your own house, please do so. ”

The merchants stood there with their heads bowed, and someone looked up and said, "Shen Zhizhao, can't you be accommodating?" ”

Shen An shook his head, and then said, "Money can't be earned, but you have to have your life to spend it." Therefore, there is no way for good or evil, but people bring on themselves. ”

He turned and mounted his horse, and the merchants were pardoned.

Although new grain was looted, it could be delayed for a while by taking advantage of the difficulty of transportation.

I escaped!

When they found out that the guards hadn't left, they were dumbfounded.

Deng Shitao shouted: "All the deliveries will be made within half a day, otherwise they will all be won!" ”

A group of businessmen were dumbfounded, and one said, "I knew he wouldn't let us go so easily, threatening and luring us...... With such a big loss, how will you live this life in the future! ”

Someone wailed: "He sold all the old grain to us, but he collected new grain at a low price to fill the warehouse, and he still made money back and forth, can this business still do this?" ”

Today, the city of Bianliang is bustling with activity, with large convoys constantly going back and forth between the grain merchants' warehouses and the official warehouses, and the children follow them all the way, watching them carry grain in.

How could the DPRK and China buy grain from grain merchants?

Before this doubt could be dissipated, the grain merchants began to sell the old grain at a price of thirty yuan.

"Don't squeeze, there are a lot! There are a lot of them! ”

But who wouldn't squeeze?

Although he is from Bianliang, the opportunity for such a big price reduction is extremely rare, and it would be a fool not to take the opportunity to buy more and save it.

And there is nothing bad about the old grain, except that the taste is slightly worse, and it is even more hungry to eat.

So the people flocked to the city, and the city was full of people carrying grain bags, and some families even went out with whole families, and adults and children were carrying food.

"It is said that there are a lot of people who are borrowing money to buy food."

A businessman shook his body when he heard the news, and then said sadly: "Oh God! Is this to be wiped out? ”

On that day, several grain merchants in Bianliang City fell, and it is said that one of them was so angry that even if he could save it, he would become a fool.