When Jia Huan and Pang Ze stepped into the third floor of Guiyun Building with their accompanying generals, they happened to see the scene of "boiling public resentment" in the flower hall.

Six Hu merchants and ten gentlemen all complained at the exit. Both families who have lived and multiplied in Dunhuang City for many years are acquaintances. After the dynasty was established, it reverted to Hami Wei and Guazhou Wei. Dunhuang has always been the territory of the Zhou Dynasty.

"He's trying to give us a dismount. Who looks good to whom, I'll have to see later. ”

"Hmph, he doesn't want to think about his situation either. As far as I know, there are still two days left in the time limit given to him by the Governor of Qi to prepare grain and grass. ”

"Then he's bluffing. I guess my heart is extremely empty. Hah..."

The third floor of Guiyun Tower comes up the stairs and is a four-sided corridor for sightseeing. Walking into the door, there is a beautiful flower hall of about 100 square meters. It can be used for banquets. The overall style is on the Hu side. In addition to the mansions of the wealthy merchants, big landlords and magnates, this is the most suitable place for wine banquets in Dunhuang City. Similar to the best hotels in prefecture-level cities.

Jia Huan appeared, and the complaints of the grain merchants gradually became smaller. But there were still one or two Hu businessmen muttering. It wasn't until he saw Huang Guan and other soldiers wearing swords and holding firearms following behind Jia Huan that he shut up.

Huang Guan was tall and his eyes were blazing, sweeping over the chattering Hu merchants. sneered in his heart: Jia Sanye often said that Hu Er was afraid of power but not virtue, and when he saw them with swords and firearms, he was really a coward.

Pang Ze followed behind Jia Huan and crossed the threshold. Frowning slightly. This is unthinkable in the Central Plains. It is normal for officials and businessmen to talk about business and be late. The shopkeepers of Jin merchants and Hui merchants dare not say much!

Of course, Ziyu was deliberately late. The intention is to create a favourable atmosphere for negotiations. The status of officials and businessmen is unequal. But, it seems, this first trick failed. Hu Shang is really arrogant!

If the Hu merchants and Han merchants were in cahoots, they would definitely damage the grain collection plan: they would definitely raise the price uniformly!

Ziyu has silver money in her hand, but this is just the beginning. The conquest of the Western Regions depends on the remaining 20 million silver dollars.

Jia Huan turned a deaf ear, his expression was calm, and he walked straight to the main seat. None of the grain merchants in the room stood up to greet them, expressing their dissatisfaction.

There are four tables of eight immortals in the flower hall. Sixteen Hu merchants and gentlemen sat around in turn. Jia Huan's main seat is at the top table.

Huang Guan led more than a dozen people with swords to block the entrance of the hall, putting pressure on the grain merchants!

Jia Huan walked to his position, did not sit down, but looked around at the grain merchants one by one, and then said slowly: "This official invited all the virtuous people to come today, in order to buy 70,000 stone of military rations. At present, you should all know the grim situation in the Western Regions. Hu Yan is arrogant!

This official Gong Tian was the capital transfer envoy of the Western Expeditionary Army, responsible for supplying 150,000 troops with grain and grass. Dunhuang water and grass are abundant and beautiful, fertile and fertile for thousands of miles. He will not leave his ruler empty-handed. I will negotiate with you today the prices of rice, wheat, cattle, and sheep..."

Jia Huan's opening remarks were strong. The army of the Western Expedition buys grain, and who dares not to sell it among the grain merchants? But...

"Hehe..."

In the flower hall, a few laughs rang out abruptly and out of place. Sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals three meters away in front of Jia Huan, the fat bearded merchant was sharp, his smiling eyes narrowed, and he struggled to move his huge body as bloated as a few hundred catties of fat pigs, and the Nanmu chair made a creaking sound.

Guli is about thirty or forty years old, very fat, with a small head, short hands and feet, a round belly, and the whole person is like a ball of meat. Dressed in a delicate dark silk gown. Seeing that all the people in the hall looked over, he said very casually: "I suddenly have a little itchy throat, please forgive me!" ”

"Haha." There was a chorus of laughter in the hall! Many Han merchants are smiling.

Guo Lun, the patriarch of the Dunhuang clan, was an old man in his sixties, wearing a light blue cotton shirt, and shook his head slightly. It seems that Guli, the number one wealthy businessman in the city, doesn't take Senator Jia in his eyes at all! Senator Jia is embarrassed!

Jia Huan's eyes were slightly cold. He recognized it at this time, and the meat ball in front of him was the Hu man he met on the street of Dunhuang in the morning, with guards, showing off his might. There are not many people of this size.

Jia Huan glanced at Gu Li and did not respond to this insincere apology. continued: "I'll talk about how to quote later." First of all, I need to remind you of a historical past: Tang lost the four towns of Anxi, Han'er was enslaved, and his wife was separated.

Bloodline and race, it's not that if you want to change it, others will admit it. If the Baye Ancient Alliance Army captures Dunhuang, what will be the result of your clan? Is it useful to marry and kneel and lick? You can go through the history books. Let's see how it goes. Take history as a mirror. ”

Jia Huan paused, and then said, "Now let's get down to business." Please write down your quotation and the amount of food you can prepare on a piece of paper in secret. The official will select the lowest merchant quotation for procurement.

I would like to remind you that this grain purchase is only the first business. Subsequently, all the materials of the army will be partially purchased from Dunhuang City, and the amount is expected to be no less than 10 million silver dollars. ”

Jia Huan's words, to put it simply, are "project bidding".

These sixteen Hu businessmen and Han businessmen are now sitting together, chatting very highly, mostly old acquaintances, seemingly a whole, but in fact, it is not! Since ancient times, Han and Hu have not been separated! The alliance of the ancient tribes of Baye is coming, and the Tuyuhun people can surrender and become second-class people. What about the Han Chinese? The ending of the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty can be turned over.

At the same time, Jia Huan drew a cake, a 10 million silver dollar purchase cake. A lot of words, needless to say, are too clear, of course he will cooperate with the businessman who purchased the grain this time.

Businessmen are short-sighted and may not be able to talk about the general interests of the country and the nation. Didn't the Jin merchants sell the Ming Dynasty cleanly? But, businessmen are absolutely profit-seeking!

The point is that Jia Huan adopts a dark label model. No one knows the price that someone else writes on paper. This intensifies competition. It is conducive to getting grain at a low price.

Perhaps, some people are more optimistic about the victory of the front line, and some people are more conservative. But among the sixteen grain merchants, there must be someone who will take a gamble! The opportunity is in front of us, if these grain merchants dare not gamble, will they have the courage to sell grain at a high price?

Is my sword bad?

After Jia Huan finished speaking, he sat down and made a gesture, ordering Qian Huai, who was waiting outside, to come in with a book hand and send pen and ink to the grain merchants.

The atmosphere in the flower hall suddenly became a little subtle!

Companions become commercial competitors.

Guo Lun looked at Jia Huan's eyes again, and there was a slight change. The old man in his sixties lowered his head and drank tea, thinking about the Guo family's offer in his heart.

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In the evening, the deputy general (Zheng Sanpin) Miao Qi took dozens of personal cavalry and returned to the deputy general's mansion in the west of the city from outside the city.

He had just returned from military affairs. In the barracks, how can there be a comfortable home? Even, the bitter cold of the nine sides, he was originally stationed in Ningxia Town, and he was not as comfortable as here in Dunhuang.

In front of the courtyard, the housekeeper greeted him, instructed the servants, and properly arranged the entourage and horses. Miao Qi took off the cotton armor on his body, sat down in a chair, and served fragrant tea.

The housekeeper bowed down and said, "Master, Gu Li came to visit in the morning and said that Senator Jia convened a meeting of grain merchants in the city in Guiyun Tower tonight. ”

Miao Qi drank tea and nodded slightly. He didn't pay attention to Jia Huan at the root. His attention was on Qi Chi, the governor of the Western Regions. Although Qi Chi petitioned the imperial court and promoted him to deputy general, he was suppressing his influence in the army.

This battle of Guazhou excluded him even more. He knew that the deeper reason was that Qi Chi and his position on the Hu people were different.

Miao Qi asked, "I see." Jia Huan didn't come to me to post today? "He took a soft stance on the Hu people, but he would not be so stupid as to hope that the Western Expedition would fail. In fact, if the governor of Qi was stationed in Qiuzi, he would have more autonomy in Dunhuang City.

Therefore, he is still willing to help with the procurement of military rations. Just on the price...

The butler whispered, "Not really." ”

Miao Qi was slightly stunned, and a playful smile appeared on his blade-like facial features, "Heh, he's quite confident." When he comes to visit tomorrow, he says I'm not there. ”

The tone was dissatisfied.

But Vice General Miao obviously didn't expect the direction of things!

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On the evening of 14 August, Jia Huan convened Hu Shang and Han gentry to discuss the price of grain purchased. In the end, the local clan Guo family got the order. 70,000 stone of rice, one stone is worth 12 silver dollars. A total of 840,000 silver dollars.

On 16 August, the grain in several granges outside Guo's city was gathered in one place, and the governor's office transferred troops to take over, and sent officials to register and make a book. At the same time, the first batch of grain has been shipped to the front line in Guazhou.

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In mid-August, the nights were cold.

On the evening of the 16th, Tuyuhun Hu Shang Guli quietly went to the deputy general's mansion in the west of the city. Just now, a group of Hu businessmen gathered and vomited bitterness. Cursing Jia Huan and the Guo family. After a while, an old servant led Gu Li to Miao Qi's study.

Miao Qi was in his forties, handsome in appearance, sitting behind the desk in a white light fur, staring at the bones of his chest with one hand, and then asked coldly: "Guiyun Building, what's going on?" ”

In the past two days, news has spread throughout the city. Jia Huan adopted the method of secret bidding, and was finally won by the Guo family. But, who knows if the Guo family has the lowest offer? After all, the news was announced in the early morning of the 15th!

There was no curfew in Dunhuang, and Jia Huan lived in a crowded post house. Who knows if any grain merchant visited him privately at night?

Relatively speaking, Jia Huan's tough attitude towards the Hu people in Guiyun Tower is not very noticeable. He's just a quartermaster.

Gu Li made a bitter face and exclaimed: "My lord, several of us are all quoted in unison. However, the Guo family is too treacherous. I promised it in advance. But at the end a low price was quoted. Grab the deal. "Han people are the most cunning and shameless in business.

Miao Qi snorted coldly. Not in the mood to speak. He looked at Guli like a stupid pig at this time!

At the same time, he was also a little annoyed and angry in his heart. Raising the price a little bit was his intention. The bones are too much, and the roots are still with him. And Jia Huan came to the city for a few days, but he didn't come to visit him, the deputy general who stayed behind. It made him extremely unhappy in his heart!

Gu Li's little eyes rolled, and he sneered: "My lord..., we..."

Miao Qi glared at Gu Li and reprimanded: "What are we? You are in Guiyun Tower, laughing at Jia Huan for no reason. But why? The court official of my Great Zhou Dynasty is something that you can mock as a businessman? A scolding that slashed his head and covered his face.

Borrow the topic to play.

If this is not the case, he mediates, will it be difficult to get a piece of the future military procurement? 10,000,000 silver dollars!

"I—" Guri lowered his head. In my heart, I feel humiliated!

He can buy Han women as slaves and play with them wantonly. You can hug in front of the street and stand tall on your toes. Orders can be given to other merchants. can despise Jia Huan, from the left of the fourth rank, but in front of the deputy general with 20,000 soldiers and horses, he has no confidence. Therefore, it is better to pull out the ancient tribe to rule Dunhuang.

Miao Qi scolded angrily: "Bastard turtle son." You're still not convinced. Use your pig brain and think about what good it is for you to offend Jia Huan? ”

Guli shrugged his head.

In the study, the scolding was endless.

In the Guiyuan Building, Gu Li deliberately sang against Jia Huan in public and lost Jia Huan's face. However, Jia Huan fought back with facts, proving that without the cattle and sheep of these Hu merchants, he could also prepare military rations!

Very relieved!

What are you arrogant about? Without Zhang Butcher, I can't eat pork?

This kind of experience of being slapped in the face after pretending to be forced is generally very uncomfortable for the parties. As a result, at this moment, he was scolded by Miao Qi again!

Aggrieved!

However, at the moment, the fat businessman who was pretending to be very tame and scolded, including Miao Qi, did not understand Jia Huan's temper and character. Beijing's evaluation of Jia Huan is difficult to spread to Dunhuang!

If people don't offend me, I don't offend anyone. If anyone sins against me, I will offend.

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