The Ji family used to be a neutral family. Although it was engaged in smuggling, it was more like doing things for Da Qin, transporting goods to Northern Qi that were tacitly approved by the Emperor of Qin, in exchange for a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and news for Da Qin.
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The Ji family has always done well. The emperors of Northern Qi and Xihu trusted the Ji family, and the Supreme Emperor also used the Ji family very smoothly, but...
When Ji Nuo came to power, the Ji family's position changed. In the past, the Ji family favored Da Qin and worked for Da Qin, but now they turned to Northern Qi and became Da Qin's enemy.
When the secret guards found out what the Ji family was doing in private, Qin Jiyan sent a large army to encircle the Ji family and captured everyone in the Ji family. At the same time, Qin Jiyan also sent a large army to recover the Ji family.
I don’t want Northern Qi’s food...
Before the army arrived at Ji's house and before the grain shipped to Northern Qi had been recovered, Ji Nuo launched an attack on Qin Jiyan!
The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue used Gu Qiancheng's method to ask grain merchants to take the initiative to deliver grain to the door. Once the news was sent out, many grain merchants took the initiative to come to the door.
The Minister of Household Affairs signed a contract with three grain merchants on the spot, buying 150,000 shi of grain from them at the market price, and paying the corresponding transportation costs.
One hundred and fifty thousand shi of food is a lot for the people, but for the army, one hundred and five shi of food is nothing. However, no matter how small a mosquito's thigh is, it is still meat. The court is currently short of food, not to mention that the three households combined have ten
Fifty thousand shi, even if there is only 50,000 shi, the Minister of Household Affairs will buy it.
In addition to the three companies that signed the contract on the spot, the Minister of Household Affairs also reached a verbal agreement with more than a dozen grain merchants, asking them to go back and make calculations before discussing the specific amount of grain to purchase.
There is no way, most of the grain merchants have shops and want to do business, so it is impossible to sell all the grain to the court, even if the price given by the court is not low.
It is impossible for businessmen to close their shops and have nothing to sell, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue cannot make it impossible for ordinary people to buy food. Although the imperial court is anxious for food, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue does not dare to force the other party to sign with the court.
Make a good agreement to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue calmly asked them to go back and figure it out carefully, and then come back to sign the contract with the Ministry of Revenue. He looked like he was not in a hurry at all, and he looked like he was a man of great wealth and wealth.
Sample.
There is nothing wrong with what the Minister of the Ministry of Finance did, and there is nothing wrong with those merchants being more cautious and going back to make calculations, but...
It was such a process that allowed Zino to take advantage of it.
Although the Ministry of Revenue purchased grain from grain merchants, it was not publicized in a big way, but it was not a secret. It was spread among several big merchants. It was not difficult for Zino to know about it.
When those grain merchants went home to calculate their own grain reserves and the cost of transporting grains, Zino sent people to find them privately and bought their grain stores at a price five times higher than the market price.
It is the nature of merchants to pursue profit, and the government seems to be in a state of accepting or refusing to accept it. There are "fools" who are willing to accept grain at a price five times higher than the market price. If the grain merchant does not sell, he would be stupid.
Zino spent a lot of money and successfully bought the grain stocks of several large grain dealers, and then...
"Burn!"
Yes.
Zino didn't take the food away, but burned it!
The grain dealer was shocked when he found out. He thought something had happened to the granary and hurriedly found the buyer to clear up the relationship. However, he learned that the buyer had set the fire.
Several grain merchants were shocked at the time, but after the shock, they calmed down. Although they felt sorry for the pebbles of grain, they paid five times the price for the grain. Whether they set it on fire or dumped it into the river had nothing to do with them.
.Besides, the other party paid the price for the burned granary, so they suffered no loss at all.
If the buyer is rich and willful, they can burn it if they want. Even if they waste food and are punished by God, it has nothing to do with them.
Although the grain merchants felt that this was wrong, they went back irresponsibly after confirming that they were not responsible based on the principle that one thing more is worse than one thing less.
Zino's actions to buy grain were not big, but the movement of burning the granary was quite big. The people from the household department knew about it immediately, and their faces turned pale with fright, and their hands and feet became weak.
If only one granary caught fire, they would comfort themselves by saying it was an accidental fire. But now that dozens of granaries are on fire at the same time, they don't believe it if someone didn't set the fire deliberately.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue was so frightened that his face turned blue and his eyes turned outward. While going to the six gates of the government office to find someone, he took the officials to check the place where the fire broke out. At the same time, he asked his deputy to enter the palace and report the matter to Qin Jiyan.
As for why he didn't go by himself?
Do I still need to ask this?
Everyone knows that Qin Jiyan will be furious when he finds out that the granary has been set on fire. Whoever reports it at this time will be in trouble. The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is stupid to go to the palace to complain.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance threw the hot potato to his deputy without any guilt, and went to the scene with his official official swagger, euphemistically saying: Go to the first scene in person!
Unfortunately, the Minister of Household Affairs failed to calculate that the grain merchants who originally planned to sell the grain to the imperial court had already sold the grain to others at a high price, and it was the new owner of the grain who set fire to the granary.
The moment he learned the truth of the matter, the Minister of Revenue wanted to kill all those grain merchants!
"You, how dare you!" How dare you sell the grain to others, how dare you let others burn the grain.
"Sir, sir, what did we do wrong?" A few profit-driven businessmen still don't know what they did wrong. In other words, in their minds, it is instinct to sell goods at high prices. This is not the case at all.
What's wrong.
"You, you..." Shangshu Hube was so angry that his whole body was trembling, and his mustache was standing up. Seeing the stupid expressions of several grain merchants who didn't know what mistakes they had made, Shangshu Hube couldn't catch his breath and almost died.
Passed out.
After regaining his composure, the first thing Shangshu did was to order someone to arrest him, "Come here, lock up all these idiots!"
Shangshu Hube was about to explode with anger. He could almost imagine how angry the emperor would be when he found out about this matter. And he? He was already guilty, but now that things went wrong again, would he still have a way to survive?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue wished he could just die and be done with it, so as not to have to face the emperor's wrath, but...
The Minister of Hubu was in his prime. Even if he wanted to die, it was not that easy. As for committing suicide?
Shangshu Hube is really not a person who has the courage to commit suicide. Instead of seeking death, he would rather think of a way. Although the way is difficult to think of, what if he thinks of it?
The Minister of Household Affairs racked his brains to find a solution, but before he could think of a solution, Qin Ji announced his intention to enter the palace.
Qin Jiyan didn't know what Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance was thinking. He wanted to push his deputy out to calm his anger, but it also depended on whether he, the emperor, was willing.
After Qin Jiyan heard the report from the Minister of the Ministry of Finance and learned that there was an accident in the granary, he didn't say anything and directly ordered the Minister of the Ministry of Finance to be sent to the palace.
He has given the Minister of Hubu a chance. If the Minister of Hubu fails to do a good job, don’t blame him and punish him for several crimes...
A message to the readers: I feel sleepy in the afternoon. I originally planned to take a nap, but ended up oversleeping and woke up at 7 o'clock. I edited a chapter and released it first, and there is another chapter that should be released around 8 o'clock!