Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 31 Food Price Discount
At this moment, the door opened with a "huh", and Zhang Jun's mother came out from inside.She is less than 40 years old, but looks like she is in her early twenties.The skin is delicate and smooth as fat.Her long hair was like a black waterfall, lining her fair and tender face.The clothes on his body are messy, and they are just worn roughly.You can tell at a glance what was going on inside just now.

Seeing Zhang Jun's eyes wide open, the woman said, "Dalang, don't make a fool of yourself. Yan Li is a good person."

Zhang Jun looked at Yan Lizheng and then at his mother.After a long time, he nodded and said, "Okay, I don't care about you today! If you bully me again, I will cut off your dog's head!"

Yan Lizheng looked up to the sky and smiled: "You are a junior, and I will not make noise with you. There is a house in the town, I ordered someone to clean it up, and you will move in tomorrow. I will give you the daily expenses. It's a great blessing for me!"

Zhang Jun said coldly, "I will make money to support my family, who wants your money!"

Yan Lizheng shook his head, stopped talking, and swayed away with two servants.

Zhang Jun stepped forward and said to his mother, "Mom, Dad was taken away by the golden man. I don't know how much he suffered! You were at home, why did you steal people! One day Dad came back, how to explain it!"

Zhang Jun's mother sighed: "We are a family of two, and we live here. How can we make a living by doing odd jobs every day? The rice you bought a few days ago was gone yesterday. It's not Yan Lizheng. , we're going to be hungry today."

Zhang Jun said, "What does it matter if you are hungry for a day! On the way to escape from the famine, which one is not hungry and full? Otherwise, what is it called Fleeing from Famine!"

The mother shook her head gently: "I have been spoiled and raised since I was a child. When I married into your family, your father obeyed me and never suffered a bit. How can I survive this kind of life?"

After hearing this, Zhang Jun didn't know what to say for a while.Angrily rushed to the tree stump in front of the door and sat there, in a daze.My father was caught by the golden man and I don't know if he was alive or dead. After a few days, my mother looked for other men.As a son of man, this kind of thing can't be tolerated!But that was her own mother, what could she do if she wanted to?After thinking about it, I can't think of a good way to come.

After a long time, I was really anxious.

Mother went back to the house to clean up and came out again.He took out a small silver ingot and handed it to Zhang Jun: "Yan Lizheng gave some silver, you can take it to the town's gold and silver shop to exchange it, and buy some rice back. Buy some wine and meat, we will eat better at night."

Zhang Jun took the silver ingot and couldn't say what he felt for a while.This is what Yan Lizheng gave to his mother when he slept. What does it feel like to be a son?But what if my mother is waiting to eat there?

When he was about to leave, Zhang Jun said: "Mom, today I read the notice in the town that a general from Kaifeng came here to buy grain. After he bought the grain, he would hire someone to transport it back to the capital. In addition to food and lodging, a hundred Wenzu. I'm thinking, this job can be done."

The mother said, "If Yan Lizheng takes care of you, why should you care about the little money?"

Zhang Jun listened, did not speak, and strode toward the town.

In the city of Caizhou, Wang Xiao hunted to the prefecture and met with Cheng Changyu, the prefect of the prefecture, and other officials.Cheng Changyu and Wang Xiaolie's father once had a relationship, but they didn't have a deep friendship.After some politeness, he ordered someone to lead him to the grain store in the city to discuss it on his own.Tell him that he has already greeted the grain merchants. If they dare to take the opportunity to raise the price of grain, the government will not spare them.

Seeing that Cheng Changyu had no intention of keeping himself, Wang Xiaohun followed an official and left the yamen to go to the grain store.

The commerce of this time was different from that of later generations, and it was the guild system.All walks of life have their own guilds, and there are all kinds of yamen. Without guilds and yamen, it is difficult to do business.The government also controlled market prices through guilds.

Not far from the south of the prefecture, the officials bowed their hands to Wang Xiaohun: "Commander, there is a grain store in front. Zhizhou has instructed that several grain merchants have been waiting there long ago, waiting for the commander."

Wang Xiaohun nodded.With his own soldiers, he entered the food store.

Several members of the staff came out and greeted Wang Xiaohun together. Please sit inside.

The guests and the host took their seats and served tea.A member outside said: "The next surname is Zhou, and they are called Zhou Yuanwai. This one is Lu Yuanwai, and that one is Sun Yuanwai. The biggest grain merchant in Caizhou city is the three of us. Cheng Zhizhou told me that Commander Wang led the way. The army resists gold, and it has made great contributions to the country."

Several members said yes together.Jingxi Road was plundered by the Jin army last year, and the battle has not been won.A few days ago, Wang Xiaohun won a game in Gongxian County, which was very exciting, and it has spread all over the state at this time.

Wang Xiaohun said: "The battle at Gongxian was just a fluke. Now that the whole army has arrived in Kaifeng, everything is fine, but there is a lack of food. You all know that the Bian River has been blocked for several months, and the Jianghuai grain and rice cannot be transported. The price of rice in Kaifeng is soaring. It is summer now, and the Jinren are going north, and there is nothing left or right, so I will come to Caizhou to buy some grain. I will transport it back to Kaifeng House to raise troops and prepare for war."

"Commander is polite." Zhou Yuanwai hurriedly said. "I heard that in the battle of Gongxian, there were thousands of golden people, and they were helpless for a few days. If there was a general like a commander, Caizhou would not have broken the city last year. We people will not lose too much gold and silver."

Cheng Changyu is a talent.Although he couldn't defend the city, he led people to escape before the golden soldiers arrived.Several wealthy households outside the staff all fled the city with Cheng Changyu, and Jin Bing had to have an empty city.However, the Jin soldiers entered the city to burn and kill, and they still lost a lot of money.Wang Xiaohun was the only general who won the battle on Jingxi Road last year, and these people respected him very much.

After a few words of gossip, Wang Xiaohun said, "I don't know what the price of food in Caizhou is now? I don't have much money in my hand."

Zhou Yuanwai said: "Don't hide the commander, now the grain store sells rice at [-] yuan per bucket. For the rest, such as wheat, [-] yuan, Shudou beans, [-] yuan, and millet, [-] yuan. It's enough money. The commander wants to buy it, we'll discuss it later."

Wang Xiaohun thought for a while and shook his head slightly.Dao: "The money I can come up with now can only buy more than a hundred stone of rice. I'm afraid there will be less of these grains. I don't know when the Bianhe River will be able to pass through, but the price of grain in Kaifeng Prefecture will rise."

Zhou Yuanwai hurriedly said: "No hurry. The commander is a person who has made great achievements in fighting against the Jinbing, and naturally he is different from other people. We will discuss it later."

After speaking, several members gathered together and whispered.After a while, Member Zhou came over and said, "We have discussed it, and if we sell it with the commander, we will exchange all the money for the province. It is our grain merchant, Commander Xie's heart."

Wang Xiaolie was overjoyed to hear that.Saving one hundred is the current algorithm at this time, and 77 texts are one hundred texts.If there is enough money, one hundred is really a hundred coins.Exchanging the full money for saving a hundred is equivalent to a price that is more than [-]% cheaper, but it is not a lot.

Now that it was settled, Wang Xiaoli asked the grain merchant to write a list of common grain prices for himself.After I brought it back, I discussed it with the rest of the people before deciding what food to buy.There are so many people here that they can't just buy rice, but also horse feed.

(End of this chapter)