After staying for only one day, he bid farewell to the emperor the next day and headed east.
Walking along the canal, the first stop is Kaifeng, Bianzhou.
This is the fiefdom of the clan's uncle, the warrior Yu Shi. Bianzhou was also affected by this flood, but the situation was much better than that of the thirteen states.
When he went to Luomian Sheng, the disaster relief and condolences fleet he brought from Jiangzhou stopped in Kaifeng, where the first stop for disaster relief began.
on the dock,
The ships coming from the Wu family in Jiangzhou all have Wu flags on their masts, and there is also a flag for condolences and disaster relief.
The different ships in this fleet come from different merchant houses of the Wu family, so they all still fly under the banners of their respective merchant houses.
For example, Qianjin Hall, Huirensuo, etc.
In addition to the flags, there were even some eye-catching red banners hung on the hull of the ship, with the names of companies offering condolences for disaster relief and the relief supplies they had brought.
For example, on Qianjintang's ship, it was written how many medical teams were sent and how many raw and cooked medicines were donated. Huiren Institute also brought a large amount of cooked medicines, as well as many doctors and pharmacists.
This fleet brought all kinds of supplies to express condolences and provide relief. In addition to medicines and medicines, the most important ones were sugar and salt.
Sugar is a good thing,
Not only is it expensive, but it’s also not only delicious,
In wars and disaster relief, sugar is a great strategic material. Whether it is war or disaster relief, we will face supply difficulties.
White sugar can provide high calories, is easy to carry, and is easy to absorb.
The same amount of white sugar has at least several times the calories of rice. The biggest advantage is that whether it is a battlefield or a disaster area, white sugar can be eaten directly without making a fire and can be quickly absorbed to provide energy for people.
Sugar can even be used as medicine on the battlefield, helping wounds heal. In the era of hot weapons, sugar can even be used to make weapons.
In harsh environments, the antibacterial and healing properties of sugar can help reduce the risk of infection and speed up wound recovery.
Wu Huaiyu brought several boats this time.
Even though many years have passed, the Wu family still possesses the exclusive secret of refining and decolorizing white sugar. In recent years, Tang white sugar has become a very popular commodity. Domestic and foreign trade are very tight. The planting area of sugar cane has also been greatly increased. Even the ports of Guangzhou and Guangzhou every year.
Merchants from Tianzhu shipped their raw sugar, exchanged it for Tang sugar, and made a huge profit by shipping it back.
Because of the shortage, sugar prices have remained strong over the years and have not changed much.
The Wu family loaded up so many ships of sugar to provide disaster relief, and they spent a lot of money.
Of course, the Wu family did not bring all the best white sugar this time. They also brought a lot of brown sugar and brown sugar. These sugars are much cheaper, but their efficacy has not changed much.
The warrior Tong Shi was granted the title of governor of Bianzhou.
But he was the prime minister in the dynasty, so after the original governor of Bianzhou was transferred, Chang Shi took charge of it. As soon as he arrived in Kaifeng, the steward of the fleet who stayed here came to complain to him.
"The two young masters from Duke Zhou's residence are a bit ugly. They actually wanted to buy the sugar, salt, medicinal materials and other disaster relief materials we brought,"
The two young masters, Yuan Qing, Yuanshuang, and the warrior Xun Yuan were born to Li Shi. Wu Huaiyu was not a stranger to them, but his attitude toward them was completely different from that of the three sisters.
Those two young men are young, but they are full of dandy manners.
Before the warrior Xun married the Yang family, he had more than just these two sons. After he arrived in Chang'an, he also lost a son and a daughter.
Perhaps the warrior Xun had neglected to teach his two sons in the past, which made the two brothers very confused. Anyway, the young master of Chang'an had all the same bad habits.
When Wu Huaiyu came into contact with these two brothers, he had a very bad impression. Although they were brothers of the same race, they were not his own brothers, so it was hard for him to take care of them.
Know the small etiquette but not the great righteousness, stick to the trivial details but not the great virtue, pay attention to the trivial details but neglect the integrity, fear the power but not be virtuous,
The strong will be robbers and bandits, the weak will be humble.
On the surface, the two brothers looked like aristocratic sons with good etiquette and upbringing, but in fact they were full of evil spirits. The warrior Xun was awarded the title of Shishi, the governor of Bianzhou.
The young master and the two brothers immediately came to Kaifeng, where they enjoyed the prestige of the young masters of the territory, dominating and doing good things, and wanted to get involved everywhere.
As an important emerging industrial and commercial town on the Grand Canal, Kaifeng in Bianzhou has developed particularly rapidly since Zhenguan. The docks here are prosperous in industry and commerce, and a large number of workshops have gathered.
This was also the time when Qu Tutong, Yang Gongren, Dou Gui and others were guarding Luoyang, they were wreaking havoc there and seriously suppressing industry and commerce, causing merchants and craftsmen to flee from Luoyang and go to places like Kaifeng and Xingze beside the canal.
develop.
Later, the imperial court deliberately supported it and took advantage of the canal docks.
Kaifeng's industrial and commercial sector is quite good.
When the two young masters of the Wu family come over, they want to get involved in everything. They want to get involved when they hear whoever is making money. If there is a strong backer behind them, they shamelessly want to join in. If there is no strong backer, it will look ugly.
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They even directly plundered some businessmen.
They also lend money here in Bianzhou, regardless of whether other people's businesses and workshops need money, and they directly lend money to others forcibly, and the interest rates are very high.
The two brothers were still in the market, and the wharf quickly recruited a group of rogue wharf gangsters from the market to set up a gang.
Now the two brothers are interested in even the items on Wu Huaiyu's disaster relief supplies fleet.
Want to buy.
What I was given was the market price.
But the problem is that Wu Huaiyu did not come to sell goods. He urgently raised a batch of materials from Jiangnan to provide disaster relief, and transported them all the way to the disaster area.
The two brothers were quite clever and dared to think,
Medicines, sugar and other supplies are the most in short supply in the disaster-stricken areas. If he buys them at market price and gets them to the disaster-stricken areas, the price will be several times higher, and they will be popular.
The idea of making money, no, the idea of robbing money came to Huaiyu's head. These two brothers were really bold.
"What did these two brothers do in Kaifeng? Collect the details and give them to me,"
Huaiyu was very unhappy,
I even hate it a little bit,
Sons of dignified prime ministers, these two brothers needed to resort to such despicable means to grab food. They were hopelessly stupid. If they really wanted to make money, Wu Huaiyu actually didn't mind taking them with him. He could just give them some advice and take them with him, which would be enough for them to eat.
But think about it, these two brothers are actually not short of money. Their father is not dead yet, and he is still the prime minister. He was the richest man in Hedong back then. Will they be short of money?
These two brothers are young, but they are actually acting like this.
It has nothing to do with whether they have money or not. They are just such people. When they see other people's things, they want to grab them and take advantage of them.
What they want is that feeling, to call the wind and rain, and do whatever they want.
But they don’t know that this is causing trouble and seeking death.
"Call them over."
Huaiyu didn't know whether the warrior Xun knew about the brothers' habitual misdeeds. He probably knew a little bit, but not necessarily everything.
You may have turned a blind eye to the behavior of these two sons, or you may have been taught a lesson, but they didn't listen and followed the rules.
Samurai Yu is getting older after all,
The head of the house, Mrs. Yang, is the second wife. Although the iron tree has blossomed, she has given birth to three daughters and two sons to the warrior Xun in recent years.
However, she is not willing to control her two grown-up sons from her ex-wife too much. Even as a daughter of the famous Hongnong Yang family, how can she not have any sense?
It is very possible that Yang knew the situation but deliberately condoned it.
This is a relatively ruthless means of struggle.
On the surface, it seemed that Yang could not control the two brothers, but in fact, his malicious connivance made the two brothers lawless, going further and further down the wrong road, and finally made themselves miserable.
She waved her sleeves one last time, not taking away a single cloud.
He trusted his intuition, and he had a lot of contact with the Yang family. She also taught such an amazing daughter as Wu Er.
So it’s impossible that she can’t control brother Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang,
It's just deliberate indulgence.
To indulge a son is like killing a son,
She really has the most poisonous heart of a woman,
No wonder Wu Er was so ruthless in history, maybe he was influenced by the Yang family since he was a child.
Kaifeng Pier,
The best pavilion in Fan Tower, the No. 1 private room in Tianzi, has a minimum cost of 8,888 yuan, which means making money, money, money.
At this time, brothers Wu Yuanshuang and Wu Yuanqing were drinking in the private room.
The two brothers were young and originally studied in the Imperial College. However, apart from fooling around in the Imperial College, they didn't get any results at all.
The samurai Xun wanted to arrange for the two brothers to work as guards in the imperial guard. If they could not pass the imperial examination, they would take the path of being born in the three guards. After a few years of qualifications, they would be released as officials. They would have a prime minister's father, a prime minister's cousin, and a sister, the prince Liangdi. The road in this life would be
It must be very smooth.
But the two brothers couldn't bear the hardship of being guards, so they had to pay for their duties. The warrior was angry and whipped them with a whip, but after whipping the two guys, they were still acting like that. The warrior had no choice but to let them fool around. After a few minutes,
When he is older, he will be sent to Lingnan to work as an official with Huaiyu.
The two brothers, who paid more than 8,000 yuan for a low-cost private room, reserved it almost regularly.
We often entertain friends here, and it is common to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a meal. These two young men are very generous and rich, and money comes easily anyway.
For example, at this time, they were drinking in a private room, and asked a few girls to play and sing, and one of them asked a trickster to accompany the wine.
The two brothers were two each, hugging each other.
"Have my second brother's men at the dock not agreed to give us the goods?" Wu Yuanqing asked.
A strong man said, "The steward is so ignorant. He keeps insisting that these are the ones that Mr. Wu wants to dispatch for disaster relief."
"Damn it, didn't we, Bianzhou, also suffer from floods? It's also a disaster area, and our people have also been affected by the disaster. We are buying his goods at market prices, so it's not for nothing."
"A mere manager, why are you pretending to be like this?"
Several people nearby talked about this batch of goods, and they got a lot of information. This batch of goods is very valuable, including medicines, sugar, etc. If they eat it, take it to the Thirteen Prefectures, and resell it, it will be easy to make three to five times the profit.
Whatever you do, you can make ten times the profit if you have a bad heart.
"Damn, you are a bitch slave who doesn't know how to appreciate others," Wu Yuanshuang scolded, "When my second brother comes back from Luoyang, I will go and ask for it from him in person. My face-saving brother has to give it to me," although he didn't like it in his heart.
Wu Huaiyu was even a little afraid, but now Wu Huaiyu is no longer the prime minister, but his father is actually the prime minister, and his sister is also the prince Liangdi, and this Bianzhou is still their family's feudal state.
How can Wu Huaiyu refuse to give him this little face?
