This team of Jin Yiwei counted all the supplies and handed them over to Chen Wang. With these supplies, the Lanzhou Embankment would be more likely to hold the flood peak, and the river defense would be more stable.
"Brothers, let's do it!"
As supplies continue to arrive along the Yellow River, various state governments have also increased their investment in manpower and material resources to fight against floods and provide disaster relief to ensure the stability of the Yellow River.
Chang'an.
The grain merchants who had been scattered all over the country to collect grain returned to Chang'an and reunited. Wei Shuyu got his wish to see these grain merchants again.
"Haha, I collected a thousand tons of grain, which is enough to earn a lot of money. God has blessed my Li family." The grain merchant surnamed Li laughed loudly and showed off in front of many grain merchants.
"I only have 200 dans. I'm talking to Mr. Li, how about giving them all to me?" The grain merchant surnamed He looked dejected. The harvest from this grain collection was not big.
The reason why this phenomenon occurred was that the court had excessively collected grain. Qin Huaidao gave Fang Xuanling a large amount of financial and manpower support, so that the grain could not keep up with the pace and progress of the court's grain collection. It was good to be able to collect it.
Jiang Shengwei was a little disappointed when he listened to their discussion. In his heart, he thought that these grain merchants should have received more grain. The most of these grain merchants were only a thousand tons. What was the significance of the plan?
Now only Zhang Daozi, the number one grain merchant in Chang'an, and the young master who calls himself the Wei family of Lingnan Road have not spoken. He places his hopes on Zhang Daozi. As for Wei Shuyu, the young master of the Wei family, he basically has no confidence.
Seeing many grain merchants looking at him, Zhang Daozi stroked his beard and smiled, then slowly walked out of the corner: "I have acquired three thousand Dan."
Everyone took a breath of cold air. It was unexpected that Zhang Daozi had collected so much food under such difficult circumstances. It was surprising.
Jiang Shengwei showed a rare smile.
"He is worthy of being the number one grain merchant in Chang'an. Faced with heavy pressure from the court, he actually collected three thousand loads of grain, which is admirable."
"Yes, Master Zhang, could you please tell us how you acquired this food?"
"Master Zhang, I only have one hundred dans. I'm going to cry to death. Do you need my help to sell some?"
Zhang Daozi ignored their flattery and profit-seeking words and turned his attention to Wei Shuyu.
"As far as I know, my three thousand dans are not the highest. Why don't you guess how many dans of grain the tallest person collected?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
"What, there is someone who has collected more than Mr. Zhang? That's three thousand tons, how could someone collect more than this?" The grain merchant surnamed Li was extremely shocked.
"That's right, we spent all our wealth to get this little grain. The Zhang family only has three thousand tons of grain. Who can get more than this? Could it be you, Lao Li?"
The grain merchant surnamed Li smiled awkwardly: "Old He, you know me. With my family wealth, how can I afford this money?"
Everyone, look at me and I look at you, thinking that some of them must be hiding something secret. In this case, the position of the number one grain merchant in Chang'an may change hands today.
Seeing that everyone was looking for the person who had collected more grain, Zhang Daozi stopped trying to show off to everyone: "Master Wei, why don't you come and talk to everyone?"
Zhang Daozi has already pointed it out, and everyone is also turning their attention to this gentle and graceful young man. From his appearance, he does not look like a seasoned businessman who has been in business for a long time. How can he obtain more food?
Li Liangliang didn't believe it: "Mr. Zhang family, you are really kidding me. The young master of the Wei family is just a kid, how can he be better than you?"
"Even though I don't believe it, I don't believe it."
Zhang Daozi sighed: "Master Wei, why don't you come and tell everyone how much food you have collected?"
Wei Shuyu immediately stood up and handed over to the grain merchants: "It's easy to say, I have collected a total of 10,000 tons of grain."
As soon as these words came out, everyone could no longer hide their envious and jealous expressions.
Ten thousand dans, that's 10,000 dans of grain. This much grain is enough to support an army for more than three months. If we sell them all when grain prices are high, we don't know how much money we can make.
How on earth did he do it?
With everyone looking forward to it, Wei Shuyu told everyone his method in an understatement.
"It's not difficult to collect grain. When I put a knife to their necks, they took out the remaining grain obediently. If Xiaosheng hadn't had limited financial resources, he could have collected more."
The eyes of the three-eyed sword standing behind Wei Shuyu became even colder.
This person is not a kind person. If this matter is over, he will report what he did and saw truthfully and let the Eye Master make a decision.
Many grain dealers took a breath of cold air. Such a rough way of collecting grain was really refreshing.
For a moment, everyone looked at Wei Shuyu with a mixture of fear, apprehension, and more defensiveness.
I didn't expect that such a handsome young man who seemed gentle and gentle on the surface could have such a cruel heart.
The grain merchant surnamed Li pointed the finger at him: "You, how could you do this? As a man of the Han Dynasty, if you treat the people like this, aren't you afraid of the emperor's punishment?"
Wei Shuyu kept shaking his head, and after seeing what he said, he laughed and stood up: "Now that the matter has come to an end, what can you tell me about the emperor's punishment? I am not afraid to tell you that our Lingnan Dao Wei family has already secretly joined forces with the Lingnan Dao Supervisory Envoy to prepare for an uprising.
Seek equality. If the world is equal, how will we, the wealthy merchants and nobles, deal with themselves? If the world is equal, wouldn't your wealth also have to be shared equally with others?"
"To be honest, I, Wei Shuyu, came to the capital this time to find allies. I don't believe that all the powerful people in Chang'an are willing to hand over their hereditary privileges, and I don't believe that no one covets us as the common master in the world."
When he heard this, Sanyan Dao's teeth were already chattering.
This Young Master of the Wei family and Lord Wei Zheng in the house are really two completely different people. If he hadn't known that he was sent by His Majesty, he would have really thought that the Wei family was planning to rebel.
All the grain merchants were also shocked by his words.
"You, what are you talking about?"
"We are all subjects of the imperial court, how can we do those things that are treasonous? Don't talk nonsense, sir, for fear of bringing disaster into the palace."
"Subjects of the imperial court?" Wei Shuyu pointed to the speaker coldly: "When you competed with the imperial court for food, you were already going against the imperial court. You only laughed at fifty steps and laughed at a hundred steps. Everyone thought that after this incident, the imperial court would still be there.
Let everyone go?"
"Listen to my advice, join forces with my Wei family, find people in Chang'an who are willing to rebel, and we can work together. Then everyone will be a prince and share the world, wouldn't it be good?"
"Bold!" Zhang Daozi did not expect Wei Shuyu to be such a person. He said angrily: "I, Zhang Daozi, will never do such a treasonous and unethical thing. I will fulfill the contract and hand over the food collected to the court. As for the rest of you, you
Just take care of yourself."
He didn't want to sink deeper into the situation and planned to use this method to get out of the matter.