"You two want to buy grain?" Wu Chenglin looked at the two businessmen in brocade clothes and asked, "I don't know how much you two want to buy and where they want to transport it."
"We know the rules of Xiliang. Please rest assured, Mr. Wu, we will never let the food flow to the grassland. This time, our food will be transported to the south."
"Isn't there a lot of food in the south? Why do we still need you to come to our northwest to buy food?" Wu Chenglin is not a countryman who knows nothing. Although he did grow up in the land of the northwest, he has no knowledge of the country. I still have some knowledge about working in other places.
More than half of the grain in Daqian comes from the south, so people from the south come to the north to buy grain, which makes people have to doubt their motives, or that there is something big going wrong in the south.
To buy grain in other places, you only need to tell how much you need to pay. But when you buy grain from Xiliang in the northwest, you have to be asked here and there and constantly traced. This makes the two businessmen feel very uncomfortable.
But the problem is that the food is now in the hands of Xiliang. If they want to get the food and buy it, they have to answer the other party's questions.
They had already asked other grain merchants about these things before they came.
The reason why Xiliang is so vigilant is because Xiliang is now under the threat of the grassland people. At the same time, Xiliang King Li Xiang led his army to fight bloody battles with the three major families on the land of Liangzhou.
If these grains fall into the hands of the three major families in Liangzhou, or the prairie people who don't have much grain now.
So for Xiliang, aren't they shooting themselves in the foot?
Therefore, every businessman who purchases grain on a large scale must undergo strict control. Only those who pass the customs can purchase large amounts of grain from Xiliang.
As for those who failed to answer the question, I'm sorry, go back and forth from where you came.
However, although there are many problems, Xiliang's grain reserves are really large. Which of the first few merchants who purchased grain did not return home with a full load?
Shiploads of grain are sold to the south, and the selling price is twice the price purchased from the northwest. What businessman wouldn't do such a profitable thing?
But it is really not easy to get food from Xiliang. Only when your majesty buys food, you don't need to go through the inquiries of these Xiliang people.
"There is indeed something wrong in the south, so not many people are farming in the south now. Apart from the seeds left as seeds, there is basically not much food that can be circulated."
Starve to death without eating seed food.
This is something that the entire Daqian Dynasty, north, south, east and west, abides by. Grain seeds represent the harvest of the coming year. If you eat the grain seeds, what will you eat in the coming year?
So no matter how hungry those people are, as long as they are not in a state where they will starve to death immediately, they will never touch their own seeds.
"Then I don't know how much grain you two want to buy!" Wu Chenglin asked.
The older of the two businessmen stood up and said, "I wonder how much we can sell in the northwest?"
Wu Chenglin listened with a smile on his face: "My northwest has become a large warehouse in the northwest. Not to mention a lot of food, but we can still get a million stones, but you two don't have enough money!"
"One million stones," the middle-aged man hesitated for a while after listening: "Isn't there more? The two of us have been traveling in the northwest for a while. Considering the current grain output in the northwest, one million stones,
You must have already exceeded this amount in one harvest."
Wu Chenglin looked at the two businessmen seriously. He had a little contempt before, but now after hearing the businessman's words, he took back his contempt.
"Listen to your words, the amount you want to buy exceeds one million stones?"
Wu Chenglin already had some guesses about the identities of these two people, but more information had to wait for the news from Xizuo.
Most of the merchants who came to the northwest to buy grain before bought tens of thousands of dan, and the most only bought 200,000 dan.
Just from the grain sold, I earned more money than I earned in the whole of last year.
The more grain they sell, the higher the commission for these people, but there is also a rigid requirement for them, that is, the grain must not be allowed to flow to the grassland and where the three major families are.
As long as a little grain falls into these two places, his position will be over.
Therefore, he was extremely cautious about the merchants who came to buy grain from the south, because he knew very well that if he really provoked the lord, even if he had some relationship with the princess, the lord would chop off his head.
Therefore, he honestly investigated the details of all merchants before choosing to sell grain to them. He would not sell grain to those secretive merchants.
Who knows whether these people will sell the grain to the grassland and the three families in the south. If the lord discovers Xiliang rice on the battlefield, his head will be moved soon.
But if they really sell more than one million dan of grain, or the share they get is enough to pay everyone in their department for two or three years.
He who originally had little interest suddenly became energetic. If the other party buys 1 million shi of grain, all of them will escape poverty and enter the middle class of Xiliang.
"The amount of food we need is very large. One million stones of food is just the beginning. If you have more food, we can buy it all!" The middle-aged man who spoke said energetically: "We
There are not many other things, only gold and silver."
Such arrogant words!
"Don't talk about 1 million stones of grain, even if it's 2 million to 3 million, we can pay it all in one go."
There is no such thing as delivery first and payment later in Xiliang. If you want to get the goods here, you have to bring money.
If goods and money are cleared at the same time, Xiliang won't be in trouble even if something happens.
"Can you two wait for me to ask your superiors for instructions?" It is no longer Wu Chenglin's decision to make the decision regarding the millions of grains. He must first ask his superior, Li Yi, who is in charge of the entire Xiliang grain.
Zhang Qingyun can also control part of the grain, but the grain used by Zhang Qingyun can only be used for food and cannot be sold.
The grain that can be sold is in Li Yi's hands. If you want to buy grain, you must first ask Li Yi for instructions.
Of course, this is when the quantity is very large. If it is within two to three hundred thousand dan, Wu Chenglin and others can still make the decision.
"Then I'll bother you, sir!" Wu Chenlin nodded and said to the people next to him: "Let the kitchen prepare some tea and bring it over. Wait for these two, and I'll go to Manager Li's place."
The two businessmen listened carefully to Wu Chenglin's words. They knew that there were two general managers in the northwest.
One is Zhang Qingyun, and the other is more mysterious. No one knows what he looks like, and no one knows what he is in charge of. All they know is that Li Yi is a woman.
He spends most of his time in the building of Xiliang Headquarters, and most of the people who come in and out are from Xiliang Headquarters.
Therefore, they knew very little about Li Yi. Many people went to explore Li Yi's life background, but unfortunately found nothing.
He just appeared out of nowhere like these Xiliang headquarters soldiers.
However, this person should be very trusted by Prime Minister Li, otherwise he would not be in charge of the affairs of the Xiliang headquarters.
Everyone knows that Xiliang headquarters is the main body of Xiliang power, and Prime Minister Li relies on those Xiliang headquarters soldiers.
As for the other newly recruited officials and troops, they are just to make up for the lack of numbers in the Xiliang headquarters. If the Xiliang headquarters has sufficient manpower, it is estimated that Prime Minister Li will not recruit other troops.
Everyone knows how stubborn the Xiliang soldiers are within the Xiliang force. As long as they feel that you have violated the laws and regulations of Xiliang, you will be chased and intercepted by them until they send you to the Yamen.
Bian will leave after being convicted.
Because of the presence of these Xiliang headquarters soldiers, the security management in the northwest far exceeds that in the Central Plains. Here you can't see ruffians or beggars, and the children of aristocratic families don't dare to violate laws in the streets and alleys.
bad.
Because the soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters who are responsible for public security management really dare to pull out their swords and kill people like this.
Their master is Li Xiang, and they only obey the orders of one person, so if you want to suppress them in other ways, you can only say that you are thinking too much.
In this land of northwest, is there anyone greater than Li Xiang?
Even when the princess came to the northwest, didn't she stay peacefully in the palace without causing any trouble?
Li Xiang, the king of Xiliang, is the emperor here, and he is even more comfortable than the emperor, because he conquered this land personally, and the country he conquered will always be more comfortable than the one he inherited.
No one dares to disobey Prime Minister Li, let alone threaten him with other things.
Weapons, equipment, food, territory, troops, individual force, Li Xiang has them all.
He basically doesn't need external support, so he doesn't need to worry about external forces.
The movements and looks of the two people were in Wu Chenglin's eyes. Wu Chenglin didn't care very much because he knew very well that even if these people knew where Li Yi lived, they would not be able to contact Li Yi.
There are more guards around General Manager Li Yi than there are around General Manager Zhang Qingyun. The most important thing is that there is a great master sitting next to General Manager Li.
Moreover, there is an army of more than 2,000 people stationed nearby. Those who are not afraid of death can go explore and see how they will die.
"Your Excellency has already investigated the identities of those two people. They belong to the White Lotus Sect in the South. The White Lotus Sect occupies a large area of land in the south, a large part of which is uncultivable, but there are many people under their rule.
Where there was a large amount of cultivated land, the imperial army often clashed with them.
This leaves them with less land to cultivate, so now they are very short of food, and the imperial court has made it clear that they cannot sell food and the White Lotus Sect."
When the two businessmen stepped into the land of Xiliang again, Xizuo had already discovered that the backgrounds of these two people were mysterious.
So they sent people to explore the information and identities of these two people, and soon they found out the identity of the other party.
They are businessmen from the White Lotus Sect in the south. Before the White Lotus Sect gained power, they were one of the few businessmen in the world. After the White Lotus Sect uprising, all the gold, silver and jewelry they obtained from doing business in those years became White Lotus.
The capital of the teaching uprising.
Now they are coming north with a very obvious intention, which is to buy food from Xiliang.
Hearing about the White Lotus Sect, Li Yi remembered that when they were outside the Northwest Pass, the Lord's first pot of gold seemed to have been obtained from the White Lotus Sect. At that time, everyone was still worried that the White Lotus Sect would not pursue them all the way to Xiliang City.
It was precisely with that batch of gold and silver jewelry that the Lord embarked on the road to rise.
Moreover, the White Lotus Sect was also behind the princess's father's back. The princess didn't even know about this. The princess' father thought he was hiding well, but he didn't know that he was always under the surveillance of Xiliang Xizuo.
"If they want to buy food, then sell it to them at the market price. But if they want to have other ideas, then I will chop off all their claws.
The White Lotus Sect may be strong in the south, but we are in Xiliang, and this is our territory."
dong dong dong
The sound of footsteps was heard, and a soldier came to Li Yi and said: "General manager, Wu Chenglin, who is in charge of selling grain outside, wants to see you."
"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived." Li Yi smiled and said to Commander Xi Zuo: "It must be those two merchants from the White Lotus Sect who want to buy a large amount of grain from him. Because the quantity is too large, they came to ask me for instructions. You go down first and continue to supervise them.
Two, and find everyone in the White Lotus Sect in my Xiliang."
There are sects all over the world, but Xiliang does not believe in those sects, so there are basically not many religions in Xiliang. Except for Taoism, which was invited by the lord himself, other religions will soon be driven away by Li Yi.
There is no need for those religions to enter Xiliang now. Religion may give the civilians some stability to a certain extent, but another disadvantage brought by religion is that they will disrupt the political power.
Li Yike does not believe that there will be another White Lotus Sect or a force like Buddhism.
From the history of Daqian, we can find out how much the Emperor of Daqian paid to expel Buddhism. In that war, many people only saw how much gold, silver, jewelry and land they gained.
I didn't see the war in the future. Daqian and Buddhism had all their cards on the table, and there were even rumors that a strong man with a golden body would fight.
In the end, it just drove Buddhism to the Yellow Sands of the Western Regions. After Buddhism arrived at the Yellow Sands of the Western Regions, it acted even more wantonly.
In the Buddhist countries in the Yellow Sand, those believers only know that there is a Buddha but not a country. Most of the people are not engaged in production, the national power is declining, and the economic development continues to decline.
Several powerful countries have become extremely weak due to the rise of Buddhism, and now they are just struggling to support themselves.
