Xuan Shijing came out of the Ganlu Hall and was about to leave the palace when he was stopped by officials from the Ministry of Industry.

"Lord Xuan, the lower officials have been waiting for Lord Xuan here for a long time." The official of the Ministry of Industry said: "I heard that Lord Xuan entered the palace, and Lord Yan sent a subordinate to wait here, saying that he would invite Lord Xuan to the Ministry of Industry for a while. ”

Even if Yan Lide didn't come to find Xuan Shijing, Xuan Shijing planned to meet Yan Lide.

"Please." Xuan Shijing stretched out his hand and said.

"Lord Xuan, please." The officials of the Ministry of Industry led Xuan Shijing towards the Ministry of Industry.

Although a few businessmen have discussed with Yan Lide, but up to now, the most hoarding materials are still the chambers of commerce under the hands of those old nobles, these people are well-informed, and they have connections in the court, those businessmen passed Yan Lide's words up, they knew that Yan Lide was fooling people, and small merchants and hawkers could be fooled by Yan Lide, but they wouldn't, and Yan Lide's behavior was in their eyes, the Ministry of Industry was very eager now, and in the end they would eventually compromise, Therefore, it is necessary to collect and buy more materials and hoard them in their own hands, and this thing is not something to eat and drink, but will be sold one day.

Even if they can't sell it, they can still enter the palace to find a relationship, anyway, their relationship is very hard.

When I arrived at the Ministry of Industry, I entered Yan Lide's study, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry served tea for Xuan Shijing very diligently.

"It can be regarded as looking forward to you, Master Xuan." Yan Lide said.

"Lord Yan is worried about those merchants." Xuan Shijing said.

Yan Lide nodded: "Yes, I asked the people from the Ministry of Industry to investigate, and found that half of the materials in the entire Guanzhong were actually in the hands of these big merchants. ”

"What these big businessmen hold in their hands is not just materials." Xuan Shijing said: "The reason why I entered the palace is because I found out that the owners of these merchants are bigger than the other, and it is not something that you and I can offend, so I asked Your Majesty for an edict to allow cheap actions." ”

"So, does Master Xuan have a way?" Yan Lide asked, "Besides, what is the origin of the master behind these merchants?" ”

"The old nobles in Guanzhong, the members of His Majesty's own family, in terms of seniority, some of the older ones, Your Majesty has to call his uncle when he sees him." Xuan Shijing said: "There is a chamber of commerce under his hands, the reason why he operates materials, firstly, is that this business is not difficult, to protect the capital, they also have connections, and the large number of people who need these materials is nothing more than that rich people build mansions, or high-ranking officials and nobles build mansions, and those who are willing to spend money must be looking for them first, and they can also sell personal favors by the way, and the price does not matter, secondly, they have resources in their hands, these people all have fiefdoms, among the fiefs, flashing, logging, and workshops, nothing can be done, and a small part of them are self-produced and sold. If there are more, they will go elsewhere to buy, such as this time, raising the bar with the imperial court, it is all over the Guanzhong and purchasing a lot of materials. ”

"It's really these people who can't afford to offend." Yan Lide said with emotion: "Although it is not in the court, after all, it is the same family as the Heavenly Family, and we are foreign ministers after all." ”

"The construction of the new palace has begun, as for these merchants, Lord Yan is willing to cooperate with me?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Although Lord Xuan said that he was supervising the construction of the new palace, but these things should have been the responsibility of my Ministry of Industry, but in the end, Lord Xuan still had to come forward, I am really ashamed, if Lord Xuan needs help with anything, just give the order." Yan Lide said.

"Okay, since those people are determined to resist to the end, then there is no need to be polite, contact the merchants who are willing to cooperate now, and try to supply the materials of Longshouyuan, as for the materials of the earth, wood, masonry and stone, then send the army to do it for the time being." Xuan Shijing said.

"Dispatch troops? Now that the sixteen guards in Chang'an City are performing their duties, where are there any surplus troops to be deployed, and even if there is, it is not easy to be deployed. Yan Lide said.

"The sixteen guards can't be mobilized, isn't there still the Xuanjia Army, and the sixth rate of the prince?" Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "Once the army is used, Long Shouyuan's urgent need can be solved immediately, and time will be freed up to clean up these merchants who maliciously raise prices." ”

Now, it is no longer a matter of the imperial court wholesale their materials in large quantities and at low prices, but a matter of malicious hoarding and price gouging.

Now the materials on the market are even more than the original two-percent, and it is these people who will raise the price.

The court was two percent lower, so they raised the price on the market by two percent, in order to raise the bar with the court and make the court compromise.

"The Xuanjia Army is Your Majesty's own army, will Your Majesty agree to the transfer? Moreover, the crown prince ....... six rates," Yan Lide hesitated.

"I'll do this matter, what the Ministry of Industry has to do is to manage the things on the Dragon Shouyuan, stabilize the hearts of the people, don't make any mistakes at this time, make chaos in a hurry, and do not hurry or slow, although there are many people in the Dragon Shouyuan, but also do a good job of management, idle people, etc., people who do not have the tokens issued by the Ministry of Industry are not allowed to enter the Dragon Shouyuan, all craftsmen, issue numbered wooden plates." Xuan Shijing said: "Just in case. ”

If there is no chaos on the Dragon Head Plain, these people will not have a chance, for the sake of profit, some people can do anything, even if it is for the new palace materials, craftsmen, and conscripts on the Dragon Head Plain, they dare to do it.

"Okay, this matter will be done by the Ministry of Works." Yan Lide said: "However, there are so many people on the Dragon Head Plain, even if it is necessary to sort out the numbered wooden plaques and record them, it will take a while. ”

"Isn't there a record of the imperial court's conscription and conscription? Moreover, when the conscripts were stationed in Longshouyuan, they were also divided by people from the Ministry of Industry. Xuan Shijing said: "Now the Ministry of Industry has nothing else to do with the new palace on the dragon's head, not to mention the overall situation, but today's new palace is really the overall situation for the Ministry of Industry." ”

"What Lord Xuan said is, in this way, just do what Lord Xuan said, everything on the Dragon Head Original, the Ministry of Industry, try to do not leak." Yan Lide arched his hand and said.

"That's very good, in this case, I'll go and arrange other things, and before the year, I will definitely get all these people done." Xuan Shijing said with a smile.

"There's Lord Lao Xuan."

If you want to deal with this matter, Xuan Shijing has to live in Chang'an for a period of time, Zhuangzi and Chang'an City back and forth between a lot of time, there is this back and forth and tired work, Xuan Shijing might as well live in Chang'an City steadfastly, and then go back to Zhuangzi after the matter is resolved, as for the academy where Zhuangzi attended, his class can only temporarily ask Xiao Yu and Gao Shilian two gentlemen.