Taipingchun

The entry of food into the city has relieved the pressure on people's demand to a certain extent.

However, the windows that the three permanent warehouses can provide are very limited. If you line up one by one, not to mention the time-consuming, the continuous long queue will greatly affect the production efficiency of the entire Jiangning County.

Xu Xiu promptly asked all the Lizhengs to unify the needs of the villagers, and the Lizhengs would come forward to buy them at one time, so that it could be ensured that there would be people doing the farm work, and all kinds of labor would not be affected.

The small adjustments made the grain drop very fast, but the insiders in Jiangning County didn't have much worry.Because the data from the first day was in front of everyone.

Liang Xingdao: "Your Excellency seems to be too nervous. He thought that after such a long period of high grain prices, the common people must hurry up to stockpile grain. Who knew that the previous day they only paid more than 4000 shi."

Xu Xiu was noncommittal, and no one dared to guarantee how long the common people could last. The previous public sentiments had already explained the problem. There was no big data to support this thing, and my own manpower was not enough to make statistics so perfect. Not sure it can be accurate.

Putting aside other thoughts, Xu Xiu said, "How about treating them to a drink of realgar wine on the fifth day of May?"

Zhang Cong said: "Tomorrow?"

"Correct."

"Could it be too urgent, what if they don't meet their psychological expectations?"

Xu Xiu shook her head and said, "I don't know how long Mr. Xu can delay, we need to settle everything before Zou Wang returns to Jiangning."

There is another reason that Xu Xiu didn't explain. From last month until now, there has been no rain for more than ten days, and the sun is very hot.Earlier, I asked a lot about the situation of Wei Xiao's Songjiang Mansion, and learned that it hadn't rained for a long time.From this point of view, it is necessary to be mentally prepared for the large-scale drought in the southeast, and the worst case of no harvest this autumn must also be taken into account.

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The next day.

Almost all the top merchants in Jiangning County received invitations from Xu Xiu, the magistrate of Jiangning County.

Naturally, these people had followed Zou Wang's footsteps closely, and when Jiangning County was about to fall into their hands, a wave of smashing the market followed closely.

The closely related rice noodle business bears the brunt, and the situation of Mi Gui has been stopped, so it is easy to talk about the situation.Various reprocessing industries, seeing the price reduction of rice flour and cloth, also slowly recovered. Jiangning County, which had been in chaos for nearly half a month, finally calmed down, but all this has not really stabilized.

There are more important things in Jiangning County. He needs to build Jiangning well and go up, instead of wasting time on these people.

And the big merchants were not sure what Jiangning County meant, so it became the only choice to find out on the spot.

The Jiangning merchants who ate this meal were absent-minded, Zou Wang’s delay in returning, everyone was a little confused, and Ma Dong’s family of the rice noodle business couldn’t explain why, and some bottom-line connections have never reached a useful unity. .Xu Xiu saw the problem from their respective faces, and felt relieved.

Time is money, efficiency is life.

In the generally slow-paced ancient times, Xu Xiu's movements were fast and ruthless, and they were caught off guard.

No one noticed that Li Dong's family was not included, maybe they had noticed it a long time ago, but they were completely indifferent to it.Zou Wang had no roots in Jiangning County, everything about him was gradually formed through Li Dong's matchmaking, he was the first person Xu Xiu needed to eliminate, not all Wang Yu.

As time passed, Xu Xiu, who was on the main seat, was chatting and laughing happily. He didn't mention Jiang Ning's current market situation at all.

Everyone has nothing else to say, and the polite words are naturally returned.

The two parties were brewing their minds in this seemingly harmonious atmosphere.

They were all waiting, Xu Xiu could not be in a hurry, but they couldn't hold their breath.

Mi Nian Xing Ma's owner was the first to express his opinion, seeing him raise the wine glass in his hand and respectfully said: "I don't know what your lord has ordered, so you might as well just say it."

With the beginning, there will naturally be follow-ups.

"Yes, yes, if you have any orders, just say it."

Xu Xiu glanced at the crowd, and said to herself that there are no big chaebols in Tianxing today, and they all make their fortunes by farming, and the speed of wealth accumulation is very slow. If I wait for more than a hundred years, I am afraid that the seventh-rank official myself will not be able to deal with them. up.

The politeness is over, and it's time to make a statement.

Xu Xiu said sternly: "This county requires you to abide by your duties as merchants, and don't lose your conscience."

These words are very serious. The current social atmosphere has not completely collapsed, and the wealthy businessmen are not without shame.

Many people looked bad, and even more aggrieved.

Seeing their reaction, Xu Xiu sneered and said, "Ma Dong's family. As a leader in the rice noodle industry, can you give this county an explanation?"

In a blink of an eye, the banquet turned into a public hall, and more than a dozen government servants swarmed in outside the door, surrounding the door.

There was a chill behind Ma Dong's house, today's wine could have been the result of a Hongmen banquet.

He found that everything seemed to be different. Jiangning County's reputation had reached a peak.

Maybe the Zou family in Yangzhou can ignore him, but if you wait for the locals in Jiangning, aren't you just looking for your own death?

Before he could make a move, Tang Dong's family, who had been quiet during the discussion, knelt down on the ground, and even said, "The Tang's rice noodle shop has opened, and the price is cheap. Please forgive me for my previous ignorance."

Many people were surprised that he opened the business before he came here.

Xu Xiu smiled and said: "He who knows the current affairs is a hero." Tong Wang Yu said: "Now Li Dong's family has entered the Jiangning prison, and his warehouse has been sealed up. It is a serious crime of hoarding. I am afraid he will not be able to escape."

Slapping the table heavily, Xu Xiu angrily reprimanded: "A group of utterly devoid of conscience, Zou Wang and your goal is to drive away me, an ignorant county magistrate, but they don't hesitate to disturb the order in Jiangning, almost sparking a civil uprising. Eating chaos. What a dirty mind."

No one could sit still. Jiangning County was furious, and their upright face made it difficult for them to look directly at him.

Mi Mian Xingji Dong's family said: "Please forgive me, my lord, we were all deceived by Zou Wang."

What a misfortune, if you have the ability, go to Zou Wang.

In fact, most of the big businessmen sitting here are in the rice noodle business. They also know that Jiangning County is here for the rice noodle business.The plethora of Jiangning essays these days have already turned them into heinous demons who drink human blood and eat human flesh. If they continue to develop like this, even if they win in the future and the brand is smashed, there is probably nothing they can do.

Xu Xiu stood up and said condescendingly: "You have committed a capital crime." His mind was constantly thinking about how the current situation will eventually develop. It is the best result for himself and Jiangning County, and he needs to make a decision in time idea.

With her mind finalized, and her voice without any emotion, Xu Xiu said coldly: "The county has already sent people to inspect your warehouses."

This is naturally a lie, Jiangning County does not have so many people to go.

But they didn't know, they panicked immediately, paper can't cover the fire, once the full warehouse is exposed, coupled with the fact that everyone deliberately raised the price before, and finally didn't even open the store, it was enough to make them unable to eat.If it was before, it might not be a big deal for Zou Wang to stand up to the matter. Now that Zou Wang is away, Jiangning County has obtained food again, and its prestige is at its peak. It is really not a big deal to take down himself and others.

In fact, quite a few have noticed that Jiangning County first invites them to dinner and chats happily, and then suppresses them with force, which is probably beyond their capabilities.After all, without them, Jiangning County would have suffered heavy commercial losses.

Ma Dongjia gritted his teeth and said: "My lord needs me to do it, please tell me clearly."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he announced the betrayal of the owner of the largest rice noodle shop in Jiangning County.

Xu Xiu sat back on the chair and breathed a sigh of relief. He was also afraid that these people would really fight to the end.

From this point of view, Zou Wang's control over them was very general.

Xu Xiudao: "Everyone, please sit down. This county is just making a joke."

The yamen servants came out in a file, and everyone regained their expressions, but complained in their hearts, what a joke.

Xu Xiu comforted: "Please don't blame the county, anyone who has been hit for more than ten days would be unbearable. If it wasn't for the county's face to ask for help, I'm afraid I would have been driven away by you."

"Don't dare."

Who dares to accept deceitful words.

Xu Xiu said calmly: "Zou Wang is a man with a deep scheming mind, but not a broad-minded one. Even if you cooperate with him, even if things succeed, judging from the county's point of view, it is unlikely that you will really make a profit."

Yes, the situation is stronger than people nowadays, and what you say is what you say.Everyone was also a little unconcerned.

Xu Xiu also knew that it was not convincing to say so, and said: "Zou Wang's main task is to manage Nanjing, and he came to Jiangning because he saw that Jiangning was busy with water transportation, and it was also the status of the land gateway to Nanjing. What do you guys care about? When the county is gone, you will have to listen to what he says."

Seeing that he was not interested, Xu Xiu didn't have the time to continue persuading, and said directly: "All your grain will be put into the Changping warehouse. This crime will be written off."

Looking at the picture, Xu Xiu's purpose was finally revealed, and it was their food attention.

Because no matter how good the relationship is, the food has to be paid back. Not only does he have no money, but the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce can't afford that much money to buy food.

So there has to be something.

The owners of the rice noodle business must pay the price for what they have done.

All the fists were clenched tightly, and Ma Dong's family said with an ugly expression: "My lord, you might as well kill us."

Xu Xiu smiled and said: "Why did the county kill you? Your crimes are minor if you are killed."

Pay attention to a status in everything, if the people's hearts are in the past, there is no need to go around so much.It can only be said that in the Ming Dynasty, the reputation of officials was the key.Don't you see Hai Rui decades later, with his temper, almost none of his superiors and colleagues would like him, because he is too stubborn, but the common people like him, so the troublesome colleagues had to chip in and bribe him to fight for him. Get him out soon.

With fame and righteousness, everything is easy to say.

It doesn't matter if you don't have fame, just wait for death.

Ji Dong's family glared and said: "My lord, if we don't have food, we will be ruined. If you want to kill or cut it up, it's up to you. Food must not be handed over."

Xu Xiu chuckled and said, "Don't you think that if you do something wrong, you can pay for nothing?"

Ma Dong's family had a better understanding of the problem, he cupped his hands and said, "Please make it clear, my lord."

Other calmer businessmen also echoed the same, just begging Jiangning County to stop playing, and just say what you have to say.

That being the case, Xu Xiudao: "All the grain goes into the Changping warehouse, half of it belongs to the county, and the other half belongs to you, but you are only allowed to extract a part of it every month. After half a year, you can use the half of your grain take away."

Half a year later, the autumn harvest, including tax collection, and the review of various indicators are over. Taking advantage of the time difference, the amount of storage at that time will look much better. Although it is on paper, no one can blame yourself for being wrong. To yourself, It is a win-win situation for the common people and the relevant personnel involved in it. I am afraid that the only losers can only be them, who made them do something wrong.

Now that the matter has come to this point, no one has much to say. Although the loss is equally heavy, it is not annihilated after all. There are still some grains that can be sold, and some funds can be returned.

It's better than being decapitated.

Xu Xiu clapped her hands and said, "Give them the contract."

He obviously didn't intend to just let them go, he needed everything to be done.

This time it was not the yamen servants who came in, but the litigators from the Nanmen Cangjie Society.

Because Jiangning County has Xu Xiu as the head of the family, the number of these litigators has dropped drastically. This time, Xu Xiu informed them of the future development of Nanmen, and let them carry out industrial transformation, instead of focusing on taking lawsuits and making people hate them. Litigation lawyers, but transformed into providing professional legal services.

This is their real good business, otherwise they will live a miserable life and have to rack their brains to provoke others to sue to make money, and their reputation will naturally be bad.

If you can provide legal consulting services, it is still very popular. Apart from officials these days, they are the most familiar with the law of the Ming Dynasty.After all, not all merchants can understand what the Daming Law stipulates. This market is huge, and the premise is that Nanmen can really gather large-scale merchants.

These lawyers from the Cangjie Society changed hands to help Xu Xiu formulate a number of business principles based on the Law of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, they will also serve in the formulation of contracts for merchants in the South Gate, recommended by the Jiangning County Government.

Signing and signing the contract, these people's hearts are bleeding, and they will not let it go. Although the big merchants lost in this round, they did not hurt their bones. It is only a matter of time before they make a comeback.

After the stalemate, the whole thing was not successfully completed until the sun went down.

Those who went home could only watch bags of grain being transported to Changping warehouse, and Changping warehouse’s flat sale only lasted for one day. On the second day, all grain stores in Jiangning County were open for business. The price of grain has returned to the past. The only thing that remains the same is that various expenses have been eliminated. The grain reserves in Jiangning County have reached an astonishing million stone level, and the decline has finally been reversed in one fell swoop.

Xu Xiu heard people say that when Zou Wang returned to Jiangning, he only stayed for an hour before returning to Yangzhou Mansion.

The merchants in Jiangning, including the crossing dragon on Xu Xiu's head, finally left. No one knows whether he will come back, but Xu Xiu thinks that the possibility of returning is very high. After all, he has lost such a big face. Not asking for it back is obviously not the character of this narrow-minded man.

I couldn't help but sigh for a while, and I don't know what will happen to me during my three-year tenure.

Under the unstable market situation in Jiangning County this time, the price of grain and cloth rose sharply, and finally the price of grain recovered in an all-round way.

In just half a month, the common people experienced the price fluctuations like a roller coaster. Fortunately, the time was short and it did not attract the attention of people from other counties. It was just an accident.

But in Xu Xiu's view, no matter whether it is caused by human factors or not, this is abnormal. In the case of a small-scale peasant economy, the economy is stable for a long time and it is difficult to fluctuate. If there is no situation, it is inevitable that it will bring great sequelae.

But Xu Xiu will not act hastily. Now, it is good to stock them.Because this is a self-healing process, as long as there are no more serious irritations in the process, such as natural disasters*, taxing heavy taxes, there is no need to worry too much.Obviously, Jiang Ning is not at that point yet.

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The flood after the injustice of the third generation, the previous market turmoil, and more than a year of busy work, finally, Xu Xiu returned to a slightly calmer rhythm, and occasionally went out for a walk, participated in the literary fairs in the city, and chatted with the students. Talk about the past, talk about the present, look forward to the future.

No matter in which era, students always have such a temperament, easy to be used by others.Being easy to be used by others, doesn't it mean that the students are simple-minded and easy to trust others?This is a good thing for Xu Xiu, after all public opinion is in the hands of literati.

Even if Jiangning's essays are no longer in the form of small leaflets after the economic improvement, but in the form of a thin booklet, they still cannot shake the literati's control over public opinion.

Therefore, he needs to operate for his own reputation, and he is satisfied with the results of the operation.

Jiangning's market is becoming more and more prosperous, the construction of the South Gate is also in an orderly manner, and the number of members of the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce has also increased. Tang Dong's family of the rice noodle business and Qi Dong's family of the cloth business have all joined in, and the number of shopkeepers has increased accordingly.

The market is a thriving scene.

However, a good mood is always so short-lived.

Another wave of non-rainfall that lasted for more than 20 days made Jiang Shanqing anxious. He was busy diverting canals, water trucks, and deep wells without touching the ground, but it still made him worried. The danger of no harvest shrouded hundreds of thousands of acres in Jiangning. over the farmland.In addition to the previous ten days, there was no rain for more than a whole month, Xu Xiu's brows became more and more wrinkled, and the foreseeable drought will hit.

If that's all, it obviously won't shake Xu Xiu's mind, but when Liang Xing carried out Xu Xiu's arrangement and took people all over Jiangning County, the data he sorted out made Xu Xiu's head ache even more .

I saw him write: Jiangning County has fewer households than last year, and it is amazing that there are [-] acres of farmland.

Xu Xiu rubbed his forehead after a long time and said, "It seems that this is the biggest trouble?"

Everyone was silent, the answer was obviously as he said.