Seven hundred and ninetieth chapters of the war without gunpowder (4)
Chuzhou.
Inside the prison.
"Qin Xuezheng, General Han, now that Ye Tiannan has disappeared, why are you still here to suffer? Besides, the people outside have been asking the government to let you out all day long. If this continues, I'm afraid they will rush in to save you.
"Chen Dong stood in front of the cell door and said with a depressed face.
Qin Hui shook his head and said: "It's not yet time. Now, for those people, the two of us are two hot potatoes. As long as I stay in this cell for one more day, they will not be safe. If the imperial edict does not come, I will never
Get out. Now, it’s up to you two to take the lead. You must prevent the people from doing some extreme things, but you can’t completely appease them. You have to keep the anger in their hearts.”
Chen Dong and Ouyang Che looked at each other, this must be too difficult.
Qin Hui doesn't care about this. If you can't do this, it only means that Li Qi has misjudged the wrong person, and said: "By the way, you send a letter to Hangzhou so that Zheng Tongpan must keep the stolen money no matter what."
, and also asked the White Snake to find a way to raise copper coins."
Chen Dongdao: "Why is this?"
Qin Hui smiled and said: "Everything that has happened recently is under your control. If it goes as planned, those people will soon admit defeat. But this is not enough. We cannot be satisfied. We should take advantage of the victory to pursue it.
When they admit defeat, they can perform another extraordinary feat. In this way, your Excellency can lead the great achievements and take office again. This will not only make your position more stable, but also improve our morale and leave our opponents with nothing to say.
.The Jiangnan currency crisis is our opportunity.”
Ouyang Che frowned and said: "Qin Xuezheng means that as soon as this matter is settled, he will immediately find a way to prevent the currency crisis?"
Qin Hui nodded and said: "Yes. Now the Jiangnan market has completely collapsed. Shops have been closed in large numbers, and currency has become dispensable. As you said yesterday, the tenant farmers, farm laborers, and craftsmen have all gone on strike. There is no one with land.
.That means there is nothing, which means that the scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangnan have lost control of Jiangnan's economy. After a while, they will definitely panic. You know, they have hoarded a large amount of currency in their hands, but let alone currency now.
Even the bronzes are rarely bought. This is an excellent opportunity for us. These days, the people in Jiangnan must have a very in-depth understanding of the new law. Once the new law is restarted, the people will definitely
We will celebrate grandly and look forward to the arrival of the new law. We will take the opportunity to use currency to attack the Jiangnan market. At that time, there will be a continuous flow of currency into the market."
Chen Dong nodded, then frowned and said, "But in the letter, your Excellency only mentioned using these stolen funds to attack the Jiangnan market, and how he did it specifically. He didn't go into details!"
Qin Hui said: "Your Excellency does not know the situation in Jiangnan, so it is difficult to make specific arrangements. However, we have been with you for so long. We don't need to bother you with such small matters."
Ouyang Che opened his eyes and said, "Could it be that Qin Xuezheng already has a solution?"
Qin Hui smiled and whispered in their ears.
After Qin Hui finished speaking, Ouyang Che asked: "Is it that simple?"
Qin Hui chuckled and said: "You guys, when you are always with me, you don't learn how to do business. The methods that me used to do business are actually very simple. It's just that his opponents can't see through it. You go and get ready."
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"Oh, let's go right away."
After the two left, Qin Hui suddenly turned to Han Shizhong and said: "General Han, you have to recharge your batteries. When we go out, if there is any revenge or complaint, you must kill him without a blade of grass, otherwise it will be really bad."
We failed to live up to the list your Excellency sent us."
Han Shizhong laughed and said: "Don't worry, none of them can escape. In fact, at the beginning, I was a little tolerant, but now it seems that these people will only harm our country.
, especially Ye Tiannan, I will definitely not let him go."
Qin Hui narrowed his eyes and said: "He has to keep him. Killing him would be too cheap for him. I want to make his life worse than death."
"But what about the imperial court?"
"Don't worry, you only need to say one word then, and the court will have nothing to say."
"What words?"
"Not killing is not enough to anger the people. We are just following public opinion."
"Haha. If you don't kill someone, it won't make the people angry."
...
Hangzhou.
"Second brother, how is the situation outside?" Bai Qiannuo saw Zheng Yi coming back from an inspection outside and hurriedly went up to ask.
Zheng Yi shook his head and said: "What else can we do? Nowadays, the reputation of scholars is completely bad. Many scholars are afraid to go out on the streets. Moreover, the people on the list have also suffered a certain degree of retaliation. If they continue to go up,
I'm afraid I might really lose control."
Bai Qiannuo smiled when he heard this and said: "Second brother, don't worry. The people have not completely lost their minds. They also know that there will be targeted revenge. Those people who usually bully the people should let them taste the pain."
Zheng Yi rolled his eyes and said: "Qiniang, I haven't seen you for a few years. You have really changed. You talk exactly like an economic envoy."
Bai Qiannuo's heart felt inexplicably sweet, and she said shyly: "Second brother, what are you talking about?"
Zheng Yi smiled and remained silent.
Bai Qiannuo said again: "Second brother, do you think it's time to prepare for the third move?"
Zheng Yi was stunned and said: "Qiniang, the situation outside is very bad now. If we take this third step, I'm afraid--or else, we can just skip it and go as planned at the beginning."
Bai Qiannuo shook his head and said: "How can this be done? I didn't expect that my eldest brother would go to Fengxiang at first. Now that the situation has changed, the plan will of course have to change. Besides, didn't Chuzhou ask us to raise copper coins? We can learn from those people
Get some in hand. They have taken so much money from the people over the years. Even if they take half of it, it is not an exaggeration. Anyway, these chess pieces will be exposed sooner or later. There is no need to use them in vain, so as not to let Zhu Yushi down.
It’s painstaking, don’t you think so?”
Zheng Yi nodded helplessly and said: "Well, let's act according to the plan. Alas, now that the official authority outside is gone and the people are in high spirits, if some people suddenly turn against the Jiangnan officialdom, then the Jiangnan bureaucrats will really
It may completely collapse. Based on the evidence provided by that group of people, I think that once Qin Xuezheng comes out, he will definitely intensify his efforts. Then there will be a bloody storm. The economy makes these three moves really hit the mark and cost lives."
Bai Qiannuo pouted and said, "They brought this upon themselves. Who told them to go against Big Brother?"
Zheng Yi smiled and said no more.
...
Beijing.
Three days have passed and the situation on the street has not improved. Not only that, there are more and more people on the street. Why, because the entire economic chain is broken. So many shops are closed, and those suppliers are also having a severe headache.
, there is no other way but to join them and express their protest with actions.
These people sat together and talked about nothing but unemployment. The reason was that the target was the scholar-officials. In addition, Li Qi arranged people to spread gossip. The notoriety of some scholar-officials in the DPRK has begun to spread.
It spread in the streets and alleys.
At this time, those conservatives were completely panicked and wanted to go to the emperor, but Song Huizong had not gone to court in the past few days. They wanted to go to Cai Jing, but Cai Yong almost told Cai Jing that he would be buried soon. So, they
I can only put down my body and go to the rich men like Hong Bajin, but unfortunately, they are all rejected. Without exception, they are either going out to visit relatives or are seriously ill. Anyway, no businessman is willing to meet them. As for the small businessmen, even if you find them, you won't be able to see them.
If the big ones don't do it, what can I do as a small one?
Golden Tower.
Zhang Chun'er and Gu Da stood on the third floor, looking at the dense crowds of people on Ma Xing Street.
Guda said: "Ms. Zhang, it was Zuixianju who did this. But when we all closed our doors to thank guests, Zuixianju took the opportunity to make money. It's really shameful."
Zhang Chun'er said calmly: "Didn't you hear that they, Zuixianju, are all vegetarians now? At that price, they can't make much profit at all. Moreover, when Zuixianju Group closes down, they will lose far more money than us."
Guda nodded and suddenly whispered: "Recently, these big restaurants have closed their doors and thanked customers. The grain merchants have begun to be unable to sit still. Their hoards of grain are increasing day by day, and the outside world is extremely unfavorable to their opinions. Common people and small businesses
Vendors don't buy food from them. Last night, some people came to ask us if we wanted rice, and the price was much lower than before."
"No, it's only been a few days, how could they be so eager to sell food?" Zhang Chun'er frowned, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I understand, I once heard Mr. Fan say that a few years ago, because I was older,
The Song Dynasty sent troops to Hehuang and Yanjing, and there was a disaster in the south of the Yangtze River. These big families made a lot of money by reselling grain. In recent years, they began to gather grain again, preparing to repeat their old tricks, but there was no chance. Then, they could only enter new areas every year.
It happened all the time, and the incident happened suddenly, and they were unprepared. Now they must still have white rice in their hands, and there must be a lot of it, so they can't delay it at all. This is indeed a good opportunity, but those big grain merchants are behind the scenes.
The owners are all the scholar-bureaucrat families in the court. Nowadays, the reputation of scholar-bureaucrats is so bad. If we secretly interact with them, we may be self-defeating. In addition, we don’t know how long this situation will last. It’s useless to make too little, and it’s useless to make too much.
It’s a big risk to take. By the way, do other restaurants collect food?”
Guda said: "The restaurants that have closed this time have ignored them. There are only about twenty restaurants that are still open. Even if they are full every moment, how much can they sell? Moreover, the world is so chaotic now."
, there are people everywhere, and no one dares to go out. The poor cook at home, and the richer people just hire chefs to cook at home. Anyway, there are many chefs outside now. In the past two days, except Zuixianju, it is full every day, but most of them
They are all people who want to see Li Qi, and the business of other restaurants is not as good as before. Otherwise, we take the opportunity to buy a large amount of grain, and then transport it to---"
Zhang Chun'er opened his eyes and said: "No. Now we are on the cusp of the storm, and everyone is staring at the actions of those scholar-bureaucrats. We must not lose big because of small things. It doesn't matter if we don't harvest this food."
Guda nodded and said: "Then do you think Zuixianju will take action?"
Zhang Chun'er was stunned and said: "It is indeed possible. This matter was obviously arranged by Li Qi. If he made the acquisition, the risk would be much smaller, but he would not dare to do so, otherwise other businessmen would definitely have objections to him.
, that would be more than worth the gain---no, no, with Li Qi's past business methods, would he let go of such a good opportunity? However, I think we don't have to worry. If he purchases grain, he will wait for this
Once the storm is over, he will definitely have to share the food with us. If he dares to eat alone, other restaurants will definitely no longer support him. Then his new method will be hindered, and neither of us will
We must move to support the big grain merchants and force them to lower their prices. As long as Zui Xianju takes action, our share will definitely be indispensable."
"That's true." Guda smiled and said: "It seems that Mrs. Zhang really has the essence of Mr. Fan, and is much better than that Fan Shaobai."
Zhang Chun'er shook his head and said: "I'm still far away. If Mr. Fan is here, he will definitely not wait and see what happens like us. Don't look at Mr. Fan who is usually very cautious in doing things, but once he has spotted the target, he will take action.
There was no room left. When Zuixianju caused public outrage, Zuixianju had just started to rise. No one in the entire capital except Mr. Fan dared to cooperate with Zuixianju. However, the facts proved that his choice was very correct. If it weren't for Li Qi's help, Fan Lou would have
It’s long gone.”
At this moment, a man with an indifferent expression walked up and whispered a few words in Zhang Chun'er's ear.
Zhang Chuner opened his eyes and frowned: "Will you come to me?"
The man shook his head.
Zhang Chun'er nodded and said with a smile: "This can't be better. The match between me and Mrs. Song is coming soon. Now I have to prepare with all my heart. With the current situation, there must be a lot of people coming to see it. For our Jinlou
, is an excellent opportunity that must not be missed.”
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