Chapter 1107: The Danger of the Grain Merchant
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The impending catastrophe of the Yellow River also aroused the worries of Zhao Wenwen and Li Jingzang.
The two worked together to determine the site of several industrial cities that were built first on the Changhang Highway, and found a group of businesses to cooperate to deal with the transportation of stone mines and various materials.
This is what Zhao Wenwen and Li Jingzang saw in their eyes.
For Qin Huaidao, the benefits of using local businesses are more than that, these jobs require a lot of manpower and material resources, merchants have money in their hands, they will ask people to expand the scale, silver money flows from the hands of the merchants, and the people have money in their hands, they will definitely expand consumption, such as the improvement of the living environment such as housing upgrades, is the largest consumption point, as long as the industrial city is built, with the attraction of the cement house of the industrial city, it will be favored by many people, so that these funds will return to the hands of the imperial court again, for secondary use.
The cycle repeats, and the Changhang Highway is naturally pushed forward by this lever until it is completely completed.
Now a lot of money has been invested in Dahan Transportation in the early stage, if there is a flood, not only Li Jingzang's money will be wasted, but the industrial city will also suffer huge losses.
Although both of them temporarily stopped working and waited for the crisis to come, and also sent people to make adequate preparations, they were still worried for no reason.
Changan.
The economic and political center of the entire Han Dynasty ushered in a new day after many days of requisition of grain and people.
Longevity Square near the West Market.
Many grain merchants gathered together.
First of all, seeing that the grain season is coming, they have no way to levy grain at a low price, but they have to grab high-priced grain with the imperial court, and Jiang Shengwei is hidden in the crowd.
After the trouble, he was rescued, but he also lost the backer behind him, the Jiang family and Li Ye in Hangzhou, the defeat was like a mountain, and the once invincible Jiang family was also defeated, as for the Jiang family's several properties in Chang'an, they were either confiscated or sold in advance, and the silver was rolled up, at this time he only thought about revenge.
It's just that he has no money and no power in his hands, and he can't make some big moves, until recently, a masked man not only sent him money and food, but also gathered many grain merchants for him and asked him to do things in Chang'an, which was exactly what he wanted, so he had no reason to refuse.
Even if he is used as a gunman, he is also an extremely sharp gun.
The grain merchants below are also talking about it, they will not have much grain left in the summer, and when the grain in the fields is harvested, they will buy it on a large scale for sale in the next year, but the court suddenly reorganized it, making their business unsustainable.
A grain merchant had a sad face, and he was anxious in the hall: "The price given by the imperial court is so high, if we raise the price of grain and grab grain from the imperial court, we will all be smashed in our hands if we can't sell it in the next year, how should this be good?" ”
Grain merchant Yihe said: "The terrible thing is that if I don't wait to collect the grain, I will take the following guys to drink the northwest blow together in the next year, and there is nothing to do on the surface, how can I suddenly collect grain at a high price, strange?" ”
Before the discussion began, the atmosphere of these grain merchants was extremely miserable.
At this moment, Jiang Sheng took a big step forward, and said loudly to all the grain merchants: "Everyone, presumably everyone is here for the same thing, with all due respect, the imperial court collects grain at such a high price, there must be a major event, according to the experience recorded in the history books, where the great expedition does not come out of the two, one is the war, the other is the catastrophe, and now the imperial court is newly determined, and it is not impossible for the war to rise again, as for the catastrophe, I have recently heard that it has rained in the northwest for several days, or the Yellow River is in danger of breaking the embankment. ”
"No matter what it is, it is worth the imperial court to make a big show for food reserves, but think about it, no matter what these two are, they are just misfortunes in the future, which may or may not happen, the imperial court is just preparing in advance, but the business of the princes and the livelihood of the guys are only afraid that they will suffer a big disaster first."
Hearing this, these grain merchants became even more anxious.
"Before the disaster arises, the court will cut off our way of life?"
"What should be done, I don't have an idea, and I ask Mr. to show me the way."
Many merchants asked Jiang Shengwei for advice, only to see him smile, gently shake the paper fan, walk to the main seat and sit down slowly, and take a bowl of tea to taste, laughing without saying a word.
Some merchants suddenly couldn't sit still.
"Since the gentleman summoned us to come forward and say that there is a solution, why don't you say a word now, don't you call us grain merchants here and there, and have fun?"
They were not familiar with Jiang Sheng, if it weren't for a secretary saying that there was a solution, they would not have been called to come, seeing that Jiang Sheng was still selling guanzi there to such a point, the grain merchants who had a certain status in Chang'an were not angry.
Seeing that the grain merchants were in high spirits, Jiang Shengwei's time had come, so he said: "Xiaosheng thinks that you should be angry, but you shouldn't be angry with Xiaosheng, the danger of the grain market is all because of the imperial court, isn't it?" ”
Grain merchant A said angrily: "Everyone knows this kind of thing, so what do you say?" ”
"What should I do?" Jiang Shengwei said: "In fact, there is more than one way to deal with the catastrophe, but the imperial court still chose to cut off your way of life. ”
"The imperial court is trading a crisis that may not happen for the possibility of exterminating grain merchants."
As soon as his words came out, all the grain merchants were shocked.
"Do you mean that the imperial court is trying to delist us grain merchants in the name of a catastrophe?"
"I've been in the grain business since I was a child, if I don't do this, how can I survive?"
"That's right, and those guys, who have followed me for so many years, I can't bear to let them live on the streets, then again, why did the court do this?"
These grain merchants couldn't figure out the reason why the imperial court did this.
"It's very simple," Jiang Shengwei took out the words that the mysterious man had prepared for him, "Because our Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty wants everyone in the world to be equal." ”
Grain merchant A is a little unclear: "Everyone in the world is equal? What does this have to do with our grain merchants? ”
The relationship is very big, Jiang Shengwei thought secretly in his heart.
Not to mention that the peasants and industrialists in the world have their own rights and interests, but this grain merchant alone has taken all kinds of benefits, and the world is based on grain, and when they have grain in their hands, they can not only earn profits, but also get the care of the government and get many privileges that ordinary people do not have.
The government also tried its best to maintain relations with these grain merchants, hoping that in case the imperial court urgently requisitioned them or in the year of famine, these grain merchants could help them.
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