Number of romantic figures

Chapter 1812

"Chengfeng, it's not unreasonable for Mingqi and Daofu to talk too much. The court ignored the preparations in this area in the early stage, so it seems a little stretched now." Ye Xianggao looked a little more to ask for opinions, " But the reality in front of us is so grim. Shuntian Mansion has also reported it. The refugees from Shanxi have passed through Baoding Mansion and entered Zhuozhou and Fangshan. This is the first wave, and there will be several waves to follow. It's going to get bigger and bigger..."

Qi Yongtai kept silent, who could sit in this Wenyuan Pavilion and discuss matters, how could he not understand the whole story, and he could taste the flavor of the next few sentences in one sentence.

He knows the situation in Dagu better than anyone present here, and even Feng Ziying, Wei Guangwei, and Lian Guo, who are preparing for Yongping Mansion, have already reported to him successively.
For example, the granaries on the line between Yuepogang and Liujiadun, the dredging of the Hulu River, the granaries at Dagukou and the transfer warehouses at Dingzigu, and the dredging of the Weihe River. Which ones were done by the government of Shuntian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture? , Which ones are made by sea trade merchants, and which ones are made by grain merchants themselves. The ingredients here are very complicated, and it does not belong to any one.
In terms of proportion, the government probably only accounted for about [-]%, and the remaining [-]% were built by sea trade merchants and grain merchants themselves, but it is true that they were all built under the promotion of Feng Ziying.

Leaving aside Li Sancai, this guy only focused on ensuring the military rations, while Huang Ruliang needed to coordinate the entire Dazhou, or the entire Gyeonggi region's food security, so he had to seriously consider the questions raised by the other party.

It's just possible that Huang Ruliang just listened to the reports of the people below, and didn't know the specific situation here. Seeing that Shuntian Mansion seemed to be making unified arrangements, he thought that everything from the facilities to the internal grain storage belonged to the Shuntian Mansion.

Don't even think about it, how can Shuntian Mansion have so much financial resources to build so many granaries and store so much grain?
This was originally supposed to be the work of the Household Department, and Shuntian Mansion was at most a cooperating and assisting one. Now the Household Department not only refuses to do it itself, but is thinking of taking it directly from Shuntian Mansion, which is a bit ugly.

"Brother Jinqing, the grain storage in Dagu is not from Shuntian Mansion." Qi Yongtai replied lightly.

"Well, I know that there is a part of Shuntian Mansion, and the rest belong to merchants, but as far as I know, these merchants were reluctant before. It was Ziying's foresight and foresight, and she tried every means to promote these merchants. Building granaries, especially some sea trade merchants, were reluctant to build granaries at first, thinking that it was the business of grain merchants, and it was Ziying's patient persuasion that made him reluctantly agree, and now it has come into play all of a sudden."

Ye Xianggao also had to praise Feng Ziying, because he really did a good job.

As the Chancellor of the Shuntian Mansion, not only did the government make sufficient preparations, but it also urged the merchants to cooperate. Without this step, the imperial court would have been very difficult.

Shanxi merchants and grain merchants all have backgrounds, and it is not so easy to let you arrange them. To build granaries and store grain in advance, they all need to invest real money. I don’t know how Feng Ziying managed these people according to his plan.

Whether it's lure or intimidation, you have to have some skills to do it, but Feng Ziying, who has just taken office for less than a year, has done it.

Fang Congzhe also understood the way here. Ye Xianggao wanted to smooth things over for Huang Ruliang.

"Chengfeng, the imperial court is in a difficult situation right now, and the Hejian Mansion is also having troubles. Sun Shaozu's cavalry has already harassed Jingzhou, Fucheng, and Dongguang. You Shilu's Jizhen army just had time to go south from Tianjin Wei. Before passing Qingxian County, they started to make noises saying that food and grass should be replenished quickly, and Su Shengdu's Shanxi army stopped and stopped, and they have not yet left Shanxi territory, and they are still more than 200 miles away from the well. Shouting money and food,..." Fang Congzhe looked exhausted, "Tomorrow, they are racking their brains to find ways to raise money and food, but now the time is too tight,..."

Ye Xianggao's tone was a little more tactful. After all, he was the first assistant, and Fang Congzhe was the second assistant, and he was also in charge of finance. If he had to talk about money and food in all aspects, he could only complain.

Qi Yongtai was angry and funny, as for what, for the sake of Shuntian Mansion's little food, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the first assistant and the second assistant, would come to perform on stage, just to bring back the Dagukou granary and grain.

Fortunately, Qi Yongtai had talked with Feng Ziying before, and he was very pleased with Feng Ziying's generosity.

Feng Ziying's attitude is very calm. Naturally, there is nothing to say if the imperial court needs it, but the grain used for relief in Shuntian Mansion must be reserved. What he can do is to let the sea trade merchants and grain merchants sell the grain to the Ministry of Households at a fairly reasonable price. , the price is even [-]% cheaper than the current market price in Jingshi City.

Feng Ziying knew very well how to bargain with the imperial court under such circumstances. Not only would she not be able to leave a good impression, but she still had to obediently hand over the food in the end, especially in the end, she was afraid that the imperial court would write down the price. Express your attitude generously, this side meets the needs of the imperial court and can make huge profits, why not do it?
These merchants were already laughing from ear to ear. As for the price of grain being [-]% cheaper than the current price in the capital, what does it matter?
When they bought from Jiangnan, it was only less than [-]% of the current grain price. If it has doubled or more, they can make a profit and get back the principal and profit, and they can continue to transport grain from the south to the north. , why not do it?
"Zhonghan, don't complain like this. I'm not a person who doesn't understand the righteousness and disregards the overall situation. I will negotiate with Ziying, but Brother Jinqing and Zhonghan should know that Dagukou to Dingzigu's granary The stored grain is not owned by the Shuntian family, and the imperial court can only purchase the grain from merchants, and the price still needs to be negotiated,..."

Before Qi Yongtai finished speaking, Huang Ruliang had already picked up the words: "Brother Chengfeng, the price is easy to talk about, but you also know the difficulties of the Ministry of Households now. There must be no problem with this sum, but the Ministry of Households may have to purchase a considerable amount of grain in the future. In case of unexpected needs, it may be..."

Qi Yongtai frowned: "Don't the Ministry of Households have any countermeasures? Haitong Yinzhuang and this raid and sales are not enough to meet the needs of the Ministry of Households?"

"Brother Chengfeng, if there is no such series of military operations, then the Ministry of Household Affairs will be more than enough to deal with it, but you also know that the 12 elite of the Northwest Army will go east, and the battle is imminent, and the daily expenses are huge, which keeps me awake at night. Now You Shilu The Jizhen army and Su Chengdu's Shanxi army have not yet assembled in place, but they have already listed all kinds of requirements in the Ministry of War. A group of people from the Ministry of War come to the Ministry of Households to block the door every day. Now refugees are coming west and north in large numbers. You have said it all. The food in Shuntian Mansion needs to be purchased, and the price of food is so high now, if it can be purchased at a par price at the price a year ago, then naturally it will not be a big problem, and..."

Huang Ruliang spread his hands. Everyone knows that it is impossible. It is almost the same as robbery. It will definitely cause a backlash from the merchants. Not to mention the influence of the Shanxi merchants, just consider using their transportation and procurement in the south It is impossible to use the Internet to meet the needs of Gyeonggi after the water transportation is interrupted.

"And what?" Qi Yongtai asked, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe were also very concerned about the sad looking Huang Ruliang.

"And the originally estimated sales situation may not be optimistic." Huang Ruliang mused.

"Oh?" Ye Xianggao couldn't help frowning, this was bad news, and asked in a deep voice: "It shouldn't be like this, didn't Captain Long, the Criminal Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all say that the search went smoothly? Zhenguo Gongniu's family, Du Taiwei's uncle Wang's family, Beijing County Wang Shui's family, Nan'an County Wang Tao's family, Ning Rong's second Duke Jia's family, Li Guogong Liu's family, and a large number of Wu Xun were all implicated. Come down, isn't it optimistic?"

Huang Ruliang smiled wryly, "Mr. Jin Qing, Niu Jizong and Wang Ziteng have all been prepared. Basically, except for the mansion, there is basically not much to gain. Niu Jixun's family is fine, but there is also the relationship of Princess Yongning in it. Now temporarily check and seal , if the sale is confiscated, the court has to come up with a strategy, and Niu Jixun keeps saying that he knows nothing about his brother, so let's just forget it?"

"How is that possible?" Fang Congzhe and Qi Yongtai both said in unison.

"Then the imperial court will give an explanation." Huang Ruliang continued: "The Shui family and the Tao family confiscated only 20 taels of silver, of which the Shui family only had a mere 2 taels. There is a slight profit, but it is not as good as imagined. The Jia family of the second son of Ningrong is not bad. Its head is not much, only tens of thousands of taels of cash, but many of its subordinates are rich in private pockets, and there are people who should be reported. However, the confiscation turned out to be around one hundred thousand taels, and the others were also unsatisfactory. After so many years, the total amount of gold and silver was only 60 million taels, which was far lower than our initial estimate of 200 million taels,..."

Everyone in Wenyuan Pavilion couldn't help but look at each other.

Initially, everyone estimated that the minimum bottom line should be 150 million taels in cash. Because of the Jingtong Ercang case first, this time the scale is much larger, and the people involved are all famous characters. Two taels of silver should be the minimum standard. Optimistically, it should be 200 million taels, or even 400 million taels. Unexpectedly, it is only one-tenth of it. This is too unexpected.

Seeing that the faces of all the people were very ugly, Huang Ruliang quickly added: "This is only cash, and of course there are many other dead and miscellaneous items. Because it is difficult to estimate the price, so I invited many shopkeepers from antique shops and pawn shops in the capital city to help. The evaluation should take a long time, but the same sentence is not optimistic..."

"Why do you say that?" Li Sancai couldn't help asking.

(End of this chapter)