Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 458 Food Stamp Crisis
At the end of the month, the temple of the government prison in Suzhou.

It's time for the monthly ranking announcement again.Zhu He, his younger brother Zhu She, and his son Zhu Chang held a summary meeting in the meeting room as usual.

"How is it, Dad?"

"Brother, what place are we this time?" Zhu Chang Zhu She asked as soon as he sat down.

"The ranking this time is not bad." Zhu He was full of joy, and handed the newly issued 'Quantitative Appraisal Form for Merit and Crime' to the two of them last night.

Zhu Chang and Zhu She took a look and said pleasantly, "No. 36? An improvement of five places from last month!"

"Yes." Zhu He nodded, but felt a little annoyed...

What he regrets the most now is that he cherished himself too much at the beginning, and wanted to tell the secrets of the pirates he had learned until he could exchange for higher points.In the end, before His Royal Highness released the mission, Haikou over there hiccupped first.In the end, the secret was useless, and I didn't get a single point, otherwise I might have entered the top [-] now.

Of course, he would not say this to the two of them, so as not to affect his wise image in their hearts.

He sighed approvingly: "It's really not easy to catch up to the current ranking from the first 62."

"That's right." Zhu She said with a painful face: "Everyone is working hard. Every time you advance to a ranking, you have to spend more money than others!"

"Yeah, Dad, half of our family's wealth has been thrown into it, and I have a lot of food stamps in my hand. I don't know if it will become waste paper in the future." Zhu Chang said worriedly:

"Now a lot of people are saying that once the one-year period expires, the food stamps will be useless. Everyone must cash out all the food stamps. How can the government have so much food to pay us? We will definitely renege on our debts at that time."

"That's right, brother. There are also Zhu Ping and his gang. It is said that His Royal Highness should support the food stamps. However, they received food stamps from the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau and gave them all as wages to the workers. They also used them from our family. When buying silk, I don’t have many of them in my hand. Isn’t this just worrying that the food stamps will be worthless?”

"They sold it to us without food stamps. We haven't entered the top [-] yet!" Zhu He said, "It doesn't matter if we exchange all the family money for food stamps!"

"Ah, brother, if the food stamps become waste paper, won't we go bankrupt?" Zhu She said speechlessly, "What's the difference between that and being confiscated?"

"That's right, Dad, we don't invest a single penny now, and we won't fall below the top [-]." Zhu Chang also echoed: "We are fighting for the ranking now to keep our family property. If we spend all our property, we will squeeze into the top three." What's the difference between being ranked ten and being ranked a hundred?"

Both the uncle and the nephew felt that Zhu He had been brainwashed by the rankings and had become obsessed.

"What do you know, food stamps will never become waste paper!" Zhu He said confidently.

"Why?"

"Because His Royal Highness the King of Chu has been sealed in Suzhou, and he will take root here for generations, how could he spoil his reputation and ruin his own signboard as soon as he comes up?!" Zhu He said firmly: "Then he will go How will you mess around later?"

"That being said, he has to have that ability." The uncles and nephews were not too convinced: "I heard that this year, the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau released tens of millions of shi of food coupons, let alone the preparations for Suzhou. warehouse, even if all the grain from the south of the Yangtze River is brought in, it’s still not enough to pay for it.”

"Idiot, who said that food stamps must be exchanged with food?" Zhu He said indifferently: "Will you not want silk?"

"..." The uncles and nephews pondered for a moment, and Zhu Chang suddenly said, "Father, what you mean is that His Royal Highness the King of Chu will use the food stamps to buy the silk we produce first, and then use the silk to exchange the food stamps in our hands back at the end?"

"Hey." Zhu She couldn't help saying, "There's a way."

After thinking about it, he asked again: "But brother, although silk is a good thing, it will be worthless after a long time. Why do we need so much silk?"

"Idiot!" Zhu He said speechlessly to his stupid younger brother: "Fang Datong and Chen Shanghai have already surrendered, and the commander-in-chief of Beiwa has also been replaced by the Marquis of Nan'an. Now the Shibosi family dominates the sea. Now that trade has resumed, will silk still be unsalable?"

"That probably won't happen." Zhu Chang and Zhu She shook his head, and the former said, "However, everything in the market is still as usual. Didn't you see the price of silk go up?"

"When you find out the abnormality, the day lily will be cold." Zhu He was even more speechless to his equally stupid son, and even doubted whether he was his own:

"Right now, the first reason is that the business route of the Shibo Division has not been fully opened, so the officials are handling it in a low-key manner, but no one at sea can challenge His Highness, and the business route will be opened sooner or later."

"Secondly, the Bureau of Weaving and Dyeing has purchased a huge amount of silk, and the Shibo Department does not need to purchase from the market at all, so there is no price fluctuation." Zhu He waved his hand and made a prophecy:
"Let me put it here. On the day when the city ship fleet returns safely, the government will definitely publicize it with great fanfare! At that time, the price of silk will definitely double and go up!"

"Then we should stockpile silk, why should we save food stamps?" Zhu Chang asked puzzled.

"..." Now even his uncle had a sense of superiority in IQ. "Ranking!"

"Oh, why did I forget this?" Zhu Chang said awkwardly.

"It's not just for ranking, it's also for buying silk." Zhu He said in a deep voice, "Don't forget that the Shibo Department's surname is Zhu, and the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau's surname is also Zhu. What should I do if the shipping department refuses to accept it?"

"It's really..." The uncle and nephew were completely convinced, they knew too well the conduct of the government, so it was not surprising that they did such a thing.

"Just let go and do what I said!" At the end of the meeting time, Zhu He finally encouraged the two of them:
"I now have strong confidence that instead of losing money this time, we will make a fortune!"

"Yes." The two replied.The two of them are stupid, but the biggest advantage is that they are obedient.

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After the ranking was announced that day, the minds of the behind-the-scenes players gradually split.

Some big households who thought their rankings had been stabilized began to make their families shrink their investment and gradually cancel the discount activities with food stamps.No one's money came from the strong wind. Of course, it can be saved if it can be saved without affecting the result of the punishment.

But there are also optimists like Zhu He, who, instead of tightening their money, made their family increase discounts in order to receive more food stamps.They even bought it with real money directly from those who thought there were too many food stamps.

In this way, on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the wealthy householders who were drinking tea and playing chess, horses and chickens in their cells suddenly received an invitation from His Royal Highness Chu Wang.

"Laba banquet?" All the big families looked at each other in dismay. The scene of eating Laba porridge at Jinshan Temple last year vividly appeared in front of their eyes.

"It's only been a year?" The rich people sighed, "Why does it feel like half a lifetime has passed?"

How much suffering and fear have they suffered this year?I also spent more than nine months in prison, can you not feel that life is like a year?

"Oh, it would be great if I agreed to His Highness in Jinshan Temple." Someone sighed.

"Yes, but who would dare to agree to the situation at that time? Do you want to die?" The others smiled bitterly: "Of course, if you can expect that His Highness will settle everything in just one year, even if you risk your life, I will agree. of."

"Who would have thought of that?" Everyone sighed, and guessed what program His Highness would arrange for them at the Laba Banquet in the next day?
(End of this chapter)