Standing on the gatehouse and looking at the bustling business scene in the market, Zhou Jun let out a long breath.
The dusty Hedari came up behind Zhou Jun, patted the yellow sand on his body, and called Zhou Jun.
Zhou Jun turned around, hugged Hedari, patted the latter's back, and said with a smile: "You have been a big help!"
Hedari said straightforwardly: "Zhou Lang obtained the elixir for the Khan and taught us how to drink tea. He was Huihe's benefactor... My father received my letter that day and began to prepare cattle, sheep and other food overnight.
Troops were sent to escort them to the pastures in the south. But time was short, and the Huihe Ministry could only prepare so many livestock and milk cakes. If there were any more, it would be too late."
Zhou Jun said: "This much is enough."
Hedari hesitated for a moment and said to Zhou Jun: "Chou Zhou, there is something I still don't understand."
Zhou Jun: "What's the matter?"
Heda Day: "Back then, Zhou Lang visited Uihe as an envoy, and my father invited you to stay as a special agent. At that time, Zhou Lang was still an exiled official. Why would he rather stay in Tang as an official than go to Huihe?
What about being an official?"
After hearing this, Zhou Jun thought for a moment and said, "Back then, Tulishi invited me to stay in Uihe. If Jun had agreed, with his skills, I would probably be enjoying wealth and wealth now."
"But when you live your whole life, you can't always think about survival and enjoyment. After all, you need a broader stage and a broader world to see the more beautiful scenery in this world. Only in that way can you broaden your horizons, awaken and think about something beyond yourself.
The truth.”
Hedari was a little confused after listening to Zhou Jun's words. After a long time, he said: "Zhou Lang, I don't quite understand what you just said."
Zhou Jun patted Hedari on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Keep what you just said in your heart. The more you travel in the future and the more things you see, the more slowly you will understand."
Leaving Hedari in deep thought, Zhou Jun walked down from the gatehouse and walked towards the market.
When the people of Liangzhou who were queuing up in the market saw Zhou Jun's appearance, they all came forward to greet him and expressed their gratitude.
An old man walked out of the crowd, gnawing on the leek cake in his hand, walked tremblingly in front of Zhou Jun, bowed and saluted: "Zhou Jiancheng."
Zhou Jun said: "Mo Dao Jiancheng, just call him Zhou Erlang."
The old man leaned down and said: "Zhou Lang invited the grain merchants and saved the lives of all the people in the city. I would like to express my gratitude here."
Zhou Jun quickly helped the old man up.
The old man added: "That day, in front of the gate of the relief warehouse, all the officials of Liangzhou City, big and small, were worried that they would be burned. No one dared to speak. Only Zhou Erlang stepped forward and even dared to open a warehouse to help the people at the risk of his own life. This is
Such virtuous people are truly a great blessing to the people of Liangzhou!"
Hearing this, the people around him gathered around Zhou Jun and expressed their gratitude to Erlang.
Hedari, who was standing on the gatehouse, looked at Zhou Jun who was surrounded by the people. He recalled what he had just said, nodded slightly, and vaguely understood something.
That night, Zhou Jun, who had finished his work of putting out grains, dragged his exhausted body back to Jinzhai.
Goldfeng Niang and Chao Mu were waiting at the gate early.
Zhou Jun handed over the horse to his servant, took Chao Mu from Feng Niang with a smile, and walked towards the hall while teasing his daughter.
After entering the main door, Zhou Jun saw Uncle Shen waiting aside, so he put down Chao Mu, nodded to the latter and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Uncle Shen looked at Zhou Jun and said slowly: "I was in the market today and saw Zhou Jun's words and deeds. He looked very much like the former Jin Yamen general."
Zhou Jun was startled, then smiled and said, "Uncle Shen has said it."
Uncle Shen didn't say anything more.
Zhou Jun sat down and asked Uncle Shen: "Will the journey to Huihe go smoothly this time?"
Uncle Shen: "I took some detours along the way, but it's not a serious problem."
Zhou Jun nodded and said: "Baiting used to be a mutual market town. Although it is now abandoned, if it is rebuilt and reused, is it feasible to serve as a mutual trade point between Liangzhou and Mobei tribes?"
Uncle Shen: "It's feasible. Although the northern trade route during the Han Dynasty was difficult to travel, it can be used normally with a little repair."
Zhou Jun: "That's the best. When the storm in Liangzhou City passes, I plan to write to the king to protect the city and ask him to repair Baiting Town and reopen the mutual trade between Hexi and Mobei."
Jin Fengniang held Chao Mu in her arms and asked Zhou Jun: "I heard Uncle Shen say that half of the grain shipped from Huihe today has been sold, and I'm afraid it will be sold out tomorrow. If there is no grain to sell tomorrow, then the city...
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Zhou Jun said: "It doesn't matter, Anjia will start putting out food early tomorrow morning."
Jin Fengniang: "Anjia? Anjia with the ninth surname of Zhaowu?"
Zhou Jun nodded.
Uncle Shen: "If Anjia sells grain, other Sogdians will follow suit and sell grain. At that time, the price of grain in the city will probably drop again and again."
Zhou Jun: "Yes, food aid from other prefectures will arrive one after another, and the summer grain from the field will soon be on the market. If the grain collected by the Sogdians continues to be lost in their hands, the risk will become greater and greater. Only earlier
Only by taking action can you reduce losses."
Goldilocks reacted and said: "Then we can take advantage of the lowest price of food and buy the low-priced food sold by the Sogdians."
Zhou Jun: "Feng Niang, I will leave all the money from the grain sales in Huihe to you. When the price of grain is the lowest, you buy the grain of the Sogdians and save it. You will have a lot of money in the future."
usefulness."
Golden Phoenix nodded in response.
The next day, early in the morning, the market in Liangzhou City had just opened.
Anjia's rice shops, restaurants and warehouses put up signs, selling rice, millet, wheat, meat, fish and other grains in unlimited quantities.
Soon, a long queue formed in front of Anjia's store.
The people in the city went to buy food one after another, worried that if they arrived late, they would sell out.
Half an hour later, Shijia's store also put up a sign and began to sell grain, and the price was even lower than Anjia's.
People rushed to Shi's store to buy food.
As a result, it didn't take long for the Cao family's shops to open their doors one after another and sell grain at a discount.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, the people in Liangzhou City finally realized that something was wrong.
Many people have slowed down the speed and quantity of food purchases. They only bought enough food for a few days, and then sat down and watched the development of the situation.
Immediately afterwards, the Mi family, the He family, and the Huo Xun family also joined the team of selling grains. The originally high grain prices actually fell by 60% in one day.
The price tag at the entrance of the rice store changed every day. Eventually, the shop assistants simply went to the street to shout out the price without using the price tag.
When things have developed to this point, most people in Liangzhou City no longer dare to buy food because the price of food has dropped too fast.
A few days later, the Kang family, which among the nine Zhaowu surnames had the most grain, saw that grain prices continued to fall, and other Sogdians were selling, and finally they could no longer hold on.
All the stores under the Kang family began to sell grain regardless of cost, completely breaking through the psychological defense line of market grain prices.
During this period, the price of japonica rice dropped from 300 cents per dou of rice to 150 cents, then to 80 cents, and then to 50 cents. In the end, grain merchants had to jointly limit the price reduction and control the rice price at
Forty coins and a dou of rice.
However, at this time, the people of Liangzhou had already seen clearly the ugly face of profiteers who farmed grain. Streets, fellow villagers, and neighbors rushed to tell each other, reminding each other not to rush to buy grain.
In this way, there was a stalemate between the grain merchants and the people, and the grain market gradually became uninterested.
Seven or eight days later, a total of twelve official ration teams from Ganzhou, Lanzhou, and Lingzhou arrived in Liangzhou City one after another.
Seeing these aid grains being delivered to the relief warehouses one after another, the psychological defenses of the Sogdian grain merchants collapsed once again.
The original price control was broken, and the entire grain market ushered in another price avalanche.
The price of 40 cents per bucket of rice fell again, 30 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents...
In the fifth year of Tianbao, in early June, Wang Zhongsi fought with Tubo in Qinghai (now Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Province) and Qishi (now Guide, Qinghai Province), and both won great victories. He also defeated Tuyuhun and the Moli Army (now northwest of Yumen, Gansu Province).
, capture them all and return them.
At the end of June, when Wang Zhongsi led the military envoys to the gate of Liangcheng and heard that his subordinates reported that the price of food in the city was only three cents per dou of rice, he was stunned on the spot.
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There's been a lot going on lately, so I've been a little lazy in updating. There will be another update later today, so I apologize.