Poor family mother and son

As the dinner progressed, Zhuo Yao learned that Xiaobao had integrated some of the largest gangs in the past few years. As far as he knew clearly, there were the Poor Family and the Boat Gang, and he had vaguely noticed those gangs in Voss Jade workers are from more gangs.

And what made him forget to eat was the conversation between Xiaobao and Qiao Wanqi:
Xiao Bao asked, "How many explosives did you make?"

Qiao Wanqi: "1 catties of explosives are bundled into a pack of ten catties. Anyway, if they are gathered together, it will be rich to blow up the palace."

Xiaobao asked casually, but Qiao Wanqi answered nonchalantly.

Bomb the palace? !

"You guys," Zhuo Yao exclaimed in shock.

"For example! What are you calling!" Qiao Wanqi said impatiently.

Just this guy, he's quite old, he's blah, he's not as prudent as my old Joe, he looks like a worthless guy, how can Xiao Bao be so happy with "My family is right"?
It has to be said that troublemakers are troublemakers, their fear of imperial power is almost zero, and the only thing they can fear is their own lives.

And for someone like Qiao Wanqi who has been bullied by officials and has the vengeance of destroying his family, I am afraid that life and death have long been ignored, and every day he lives is considered a cheap day.

Therefore, when Qiao Wanqi casually said "bomb the palace", Zhuo Yao was shocked.

"It's still a little less." Xiaobao said.

[-] catties is about the same as blowing up the emperor's bedroom, but blowing up the entire palace would cost [-] catties anyway.

"Little Treasure?!" Zhuo Yao exclaimed again.

Xiaobao looked at him with a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Zhuo Yao stopped talking.

"Don't worry, Lao Qiao won't talk anymore, let's use an analogy." Xiaobao finally gave an explanation that didn't look like an explanation.

Xiaobao really didn't want to blow up the palace, the emperor let his mother out, no, he let himself out too, so he didn't want to blow up the palace, he was just preparing.

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During the winter months, the water and land transportation in various places seems to have been eased a lot. The land transportation is fine, but the water transportation is still not very smooth because some river sections in the north are frozen.

The materials transported by the government are still mainly grain, so the price of grain in Kyoto has dropped, but it still has not fallen back to the normal level.

In order to solve the problem of overwintering, local governments had to requisition private transportation forces to help the circulation of 32 materials.

At this time, a strange phenomenon appeared: although the price of food in Kyoto did not return to the initial level, the prices in other areas were crazily reduced, so that many shops were facing bankruptcy.

This incident is interesting. It is said that after more than three months of delay, the Chu family's goods finally arrived in Kyoto after all the hard work, and the quantity was so large that they had to rent all the warehouses in the suburbs of Beijing.

Moreover, I heard that another batch of goods that was delayed will arrive soon, and they are negotiating with the social warehouses and righteous warehouses in Ji County on the lease issue.

Free warehouses are private reserves organized by the state for the purpose of disaster relief and self-help. They are public welfare granaries set up by local governments to prevent famine years. They are usually not full, or even almost vacant.

After all, there are policies and there are countermeasures. If the imperial court requires construction, the local government has to do it, but the righteous warehouse is to store grain collected from the people. If the people have no grain, what do they use to fill the warehouse?
The nature of the community warehouse is the same as that of the righteous warehouse, but the construction location is different.

Free warehouses are usually built in public locations designated by the local government, while social warehouses are scattered in various villages.

As a private person, the Chu family can only apply for such a public warehouse, and the rest are not eligible.

At this time, the business circles in Kyoto who had been stockpiling strange things suddenly panicked.

Did they drive up prices by letting the goods fall into their own hands?
The commercial warehouse in the suburbs of Beijing, how big is the land, and it is full of piles?Not enough?

Can the goods in their hands still be sold?Not to mention not raising the price, even if the price is lowered back to the original price, no one will buy it, right?
The common people are the happiest, because they heard that a large amount of cotton, wool and winter clothes are about to enter the city. Not only can they live a warm and warm year, but they may not need to spend as much money as in previous years.

It is actually not difficult to control the amount of supplies in Kyoto.

First of all, any country must give priority to ensuring the supply of materials in the capital, so the official transportation channels will not be disturbed unless there is force majeure.

Daxuan’s method of transporting materials is Gangyun, which means that goods from all over the country are grouped with similar materials, and a group is called a gang. This method of transporting goods in batches is Gangyun.

Because the transportation lines were not smooth before the Mid-Autumn Festival, they have been mainly transporting food, which has ensured that the price of food in Kyoto can fall back in a short period of time, and, as time goes on, the price will continue to drop.

As long as people are not starved to death, the people will not rebel, so ensuring food supply is to preserve the foundation.

And other materials are not so urgent. After the food is shipped out, the next batch should be transported to other living materials, such as winter clothes.

However, part of the river in the north is frozen, and the water transportation line is still tight, and as time goes by, the weather will only get colder and colder. It will take a long time for other daily necessities to be transported to Kyoto, so merchants dare to stock up goods and control prices.

In the transportation industry of Daxuan, due to the economic recovery after the war, the proportion of private transportation has been equal to that of official transportation.

Moreover, the advantages of private transportation are higher than those of official transportation. For example, for the same shipment, the official has to pick up the goods at a designated place and has to pay a high freight fee, while the price of private transportation is about [-]% lower than that of the official transportation, and for small shipments , can be delivered to your door.

Just like before, Chengguo Mansion ordered a batch of black-glazed porcelain, and Xiaobao led Sanshun Escort Bureau to deliver the goods all the way to the mansion.

At the same time, as the private transportation industry became active, the corresponding mansion stores also became active.

Didian is a thing that accompanies and depends on the transportation industry. It mainly plays the role of helping customers store goods and travel transactions. It also has the commercial functions of inn and warehouse.

While Shui Maomao and Xiao Sining integrated the north-south transportation routes, they not only added many mansion stores, but also merged many existing mansion stores. While providing powerful services for the delivery and storage of their own goods, they also controlled the private transportation industry.

So as long as it is delayed, in another two or three months, as the weather gets warmer, the transportation will be smooth, and the supplies in Kyoto will be fully supplied again.

The key is these two or three months.

The Chu family is now piling up the goods in the warehouses in the suburbs of Beijing. In fact, the total amount of materials needed in the capital is overflowing. After all, the ratio of supply and demand is fixed, but for the business district in Kyoto at this time, it is really a powerful threat.

Now, the goods that the merchants have hoarded to make a fortune when the cold winter comes, are about to be impacted by the Chu family's goods. Can they just carry it to the end?
No, how could the businessmen be caught without a fight?

They accept a loss, but they will not accept a loss. If they must lose money, they cannot lose it in vain. They must suppress the person who made them lose money to the end, so that they cannot stand up, and then swallow his goods.

On the third day of winter, a secret meeting was organized in the business district of Kyoto.

The owners or shopkeepers of various shops in Kyoto attended the meeting, and the meeting kicked off in a gloomy atmosphere.

In order to achieve the goal of "holding the price and suppressing the Chu family", all participating members actively and carefully analyzed the current situation.

Aiming at the problem of a large number of Chu family's goods entering the capital, all members actively thought of ways, boldly made assumptions, and conducted in-depth discussions based on the consumption needs of different classes in Kyoto.

In the end, in line with the common interests of "hand in hand, advance and retreat, and divide up the Chu family's goods", after discussion, it was unanimously decided: not to conduct vicious price cuts, but to jointly lower the price to a unified price, which must be lower than the Chu family's pricing.

When the Chu family lowered the price to [-]% lower than the cost price, they would take action at the same time and annex the Chu family's goods together, causing the Chu family to lose a lot of money and not be able to gain a foothold in the capital.

Then they will also work together to raise the price back to their psychological price.

"Don't say that the Chu family is losing money, but also take the initiative to deliver the goods to the door. Isn't that bad? Hahahaha." They said.

The meeting ended in a peaceful atmosphere.