The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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The panic-buying trend was finally curbed under the joint efforts of all the merchants in the chamber of commerce to refute the rumors. The most important thing was that all the grain shops put up signs that they were closed, and even if they wanted to buy grain, there was nowhere to buy it.

Just when the members of the Chamber of Commerce breathed a sigh of relief and were fortunate to have saved some of the stored grain, Suji's four major grain shops opened at an inopportune time.

Su Ji's move carried certain risks, but after a collective discussion among the shopkeepers of the grain shop headed by shopkeeper Hou Da, they felt that this was a great opportunity. The benefits of reopening outweigh this danger to nothing.

After listening to the suggestions of the big shopkeepers, Su Jin carefully considered and decided to agree with their suggestions. There are three reasons: First, after the panic buying, the people of Luzhou frantically bought 10,000+ stones of grain, and every family had a considerable amount of food. With the large amount of food in stock, and the fact that various merchants have actively refuted the rumors these days, the chances of panic buying again are not high.

Secondly, under the circumstances that all the merchants in the Chamber of Commerce are closed, the opening of Su Ji is undoubtedly the best move to buy the favor of the people. Great opportunity for Limin.

Su Jin is not a fool, and he will not be willing to let the grain in his hand that is about to increase in price be sold for nothing, so he must control the amount of grain sold to a certain limit, so the third reason why he agrees to open the business is However, several shopkeepers came up with a purchase restriction plan that made him feel reliable, which made Su Jin put down his worries.

Suji's four major grain shops are open for business, but there are purchase restriction notices posted at the door: In view of the fact that all the grain shops in Luzhou have run out of grain, for the convenience of the people, Suji urgently purchases rice and sells it at a par price, and will not raise the price. Households are limited to purchase one stone and five buckets per month, and the exceeding quantity will not be sold.

This action not only prevents the chamber of commerce from taking advantage of this opportunity to instigate panic buying, and uses their own tactics to deal with them, but also puts Su Ji on a moral high ground, which has won the respect of the people to a large extent.

The situation was much better than what Su Jin had imagined. On the first day of the opening, although there was a trend of panic buying by small stocks, a total of [-] shi was sold in one day, which was much less than what Su Jin expected. Su Jin was very satisfied; It was reduced to [-] shi a day in two days, and a total of [-] shi of grain was sold at a low price in two days. Su Jin originally planned to pay [-] shi for this opening, but the result surprised him. The situation was better than he expected.

I am afraid that most of this is due to the gangsters of the chamber of commerce. They first released 10,000+ stone grains as a base, and then spared no effort in dispelling the rumors. They are simply the best supporting role, and the cooperation is perfect. Sending a pennant for commendation, these guys are really giving face too much.

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President Tang of the chamber of commerce was in an extremely bad mood, and Su Ji's actions made him extremely angry. When the rush to buy was rampant, Su Ji closed down quietly, causing huge losses to the members of the chamber of commerce. At that time, Su Ji hurriedly opened the door again to buy people's hearts. After this closing, Su Ji reaped huge benefits. The benefits did not come from money, but from the tendency of people's hearts.

On the first day of the opening of Suji Grain Shop, President Tang still held the mentality of watching the excitement. He hoped that Suji’s small grain store could withstand a few days of tossing, but after two days passed, Su Ji was safe and sound. The store opened in an orderly manner, and there was no sign of running out of food, and the words on the street gradually became unfavorable to the chamber of commerce, and President Tang couldn't sit still.

"Damn it!" President Tang slammed his teacup hard, and the precious porcelain cup that had rained after the sky was rattled by him.

"Tell them to keep up with the opening of all of them, otherwise in a few days, Su Ji will ride on us and shit on our heads." President Tang said angrily.

"Does Tang Weng mean that he is afraid that Su Ji will take over the entire rice market in Luzhou?" Shopkeeper Liu asked with a sinking face.

"They are worthy!" President Tang said loudly: "Can Su Ji eat such a large piece of fat? Luzhou consumes as much as one million shi of grain a year. Su Ji has the heart but not the mouth. "

"The old man understands, Tang Weng is worried that Su Ji will win people's hearts." Shopkeeper Liu said.

"Isn't it? Hurry up and open all of them, and sell food at a low price. We can't let that little bastard from the Su family specialize in beauty."

"But our grain stock... the future price increase is the general trend. We are the big ones. If Su Ji loses a piece of meat, we will lose a cow. I am afraid we have to follow Su Ji's notice of purchase restrictions." Shopkeeper Liu looked at President Tang. With a gloomy face, he said cautiously.

"Of course, do as you said. There is no limit to purchase. In case merchants don't come to search at a fair price, wouldn't it mean that the foxes have been prevented but the tigers and wolves have been forgotten? Each household is limited to one stone per month. I will trouble you to deal with this matter, Lao Liu. I will deal with the others. worried."

Vice President Liu agreed to get up, but before he left, he still couldn't help but said: "Tang Weng, there are still a few important matters that I have to bring up, and I ask Tang Weng to think about it."

The see-off tea brought by President Tang hurriedly put down. Little Zhuge's name is not in vain. The timing of the questions he asks is extremely important, otherwise he would rather rot in his stomach than speak out.

"Have Tang Weng considered it? Su Ji seems to have come prepared this time. Su Ji's food storage in previous years generally did not exceed ten thousand stones. According to the current trend, Su Ji's treasury does not have much food in storage, but why dare to do so in such a dangerous situation?" This is the first one, and the second is that we analyzed the reason why Su Ji came back from the south empty-handed before because of limited vision, but after Su Ji’s sudden opening this time, I’m afraid this kid is not simple , Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Zhang Rongqin and a few old shopkeepers are making up their minds, no matter who is in charge, I am afraid we can no longer underestimate Su Ji."

President Tang tilted his neck and seriously thought about Vice President Liu's words, and said for a while, "Old Liu, you can say what you want."

Vice-President Liu said: "I'm thinking, the Qin Dalang you put in Su Ji may not be reliable, Su Ji is very likely to secretly purchase a large amount of food, they may have seen through Qin Dalang's identity, and let us release it through his mouth." The smog, this time we are restrained everywhere, the news we got before is that there is no abnormality in Su Ji, in fact, the abnormality has long been there, but Qin Dalang is just hiding it from Qin Dalang."

President Tang was startled, and his heart suddenly brightened. No wonder the chamber of commerce has been caught off guard recently. After Vice President Liu reminded him, it seems that Su Ji used Qin Dalang to send fake news one after another, leading him by the nose. It seems that the Chamber of Commerce has taken the initiative and has a lot of information inside Su Ji, but in fact most of these are fake news released by Su Ji.

"Damn! This Su Jin has such abilities, but I taught the old man to look at him differently. I thought he was just a yellow-mouthed kid who spends all his time with those poor people. Those old guys just rely on this trick. Absolutely can't do it, it must be this kid who made trouble."

"It's good that Tang Weng understands. Even a rabbit has teeth. If you get in a hurry, it will bite you with your teeth. Kick you with your hind legs. Although it is not fatal, it will disgust you for a while."

"I have been taught. At this time, the old man will deal with it immediately. Lao Liu can relax. We are tigers and elephants, and we are just a rabbit, so we can't trouble us."

Vice President Liu turned around to leave, President Tang drank a few sips of tea, and coldly ordered the chief steward standing beside him: "Go and call Hei Qi."

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With a scarred face and black air, he stood in the hall with his hands down, his eyes darting across President Tang's long dark and thin face, trying to find some clues from his expression.

In front of President Tang, the wolf-like scarred Heiqi is nothing more than a mouse, without him, life and death are in President Tang's hands.

Five years ago, President Tang, who had all-hands-on-hand skills, forcibly replaced the crown prince with a civet cat, and rescued Hei Qi and his brothers from Heifengshan from the side knife. Since then, their lives have been Master Tang. That's right, they do murder, arson, robbery, and everything. In fact, they don't have any psychological burden. They used to do this for a living in Heifeng Mountain, but now it's safer than before. They never worry about being caught. Under Master Tang's protection, Hei Qi lived happily ever after.

"Master Hei Qi, how are you doing recently?" Master Tang didn't even look at Hei Qi with his scarred face, and blew tea powder teasingly.

"Thanks to the master, Xiao Qi's life is quite comfortable." Hei Qi heard the unkindness in Master Tang's tone, and bowed quickly.

"Which top card has become obsessed with recently, it has cost a lot of money." Master Tang still said the same tone.

"Everything about Xiaoqi is given by the master, and the master's great kindness is unforgettable." Hei Qi's body trembled a little. If Master Tang could pull him back from the gate of hell, he could also kick him into the gate of hell. His time was much easier.

"That's how you repay your kindness? Huh?" President Tang suddenly shouted loudly: "The news that Qin Dalang sent back is all fake news. This time, Su Ji led the Chamber of Commerce to lose nearly [-] yuan of money. You Uncle Heiqi is safe and sound, playing the piano and playing the flute with Xiao Honger from Mingyufang every day is so elegant, you really put your heart into this matter."

The scar-faced Heiqi was so frightened that he knelt down on his knees involuntarily, and the breezy centipede-like scar on his face also turned into a limp reptile.

"Damn the villain, the villain really didn't know that the news he sent was fake news, the villain will definitely investigate this matter, if it is true, he will not be able to spare this picky bastard; the villain's life was given by the master. I beg the master to give me another chance to make the villain work for the master, and to atone for my crime."

President Tang's face was covered with dark clouds, watching Hei Qi's constant confession and kowtows begging for mercy, his complexion gradually faded, and he said in a calm tone: "I, Tang Jiyuan, have treated you well, and you have worked hard for me. I will keep you safe and sound. There is still a large amount of money for you to squander, the original intention is to help me tide over the difficulties at a critical time, although this matter is not a big deal, but you are so careless, it is really chilling."

Hei Qi with a scarred face kowtowed again and again, and said in his mouth: "Xiao Qi is ashamed, the master is kind..."

"Okay, I'll give you another chance. You can help me find out how much grain the Su family imported from the south? Where is the granary? How much is the price? Do it with heart, don't be perfunctory, I don't care what kind of means, old man Just ask about the result; in addition, Qin Dalang, go and get rid of him, don't teach him to bite back and bite you out, everyone will lose face." President Tang said slowly.

The scar-faced Hei Qi repeatedly agreed and kept reassuring. Chairman Tang waved him to go to work, sat at the table and pondered for a while, and ordered the manager: "Send someone to Jiangsu and Zhejiang immediately, and tell him to do whatever you want when you meet Vice-President Huang. No matter how expensive the price is, you must buy at least 15 shi of grain back, and you must not be short-sighted."

The steward bowed and agreed, and asked, "Would you like to inform the others, after all, their grain purchases are included in it."

President Tang said: "No need, they are people who make things happen because of people. Don't they dare to object? They just need to go and inform Lao Liu. Go, I'm tired, and I'll tell the outside, except for the magistrate to come, probably No visitors."