...After a plan, the battle without gunpowder also sounded the curtain door※

In Qinzhou, whether it is hype land or canned sugar, Wang Hua stood in the dark, even representing the government and the people of the Wang family who were unyielding in a row to compete for the scores. Many people know that Wang Hua is behind the Wang family in Taiyuan, but no one expected that Wang Hua had a huge share in the middle.

But in Suzhou, it was changed to another way. The Wang family in Taiyuan sent fifty capable shopkeepers one after another. The representative of Wang painting was Mr. Ye Ke. The representative of the Wang family in Taiyuan was Wang Chun, who was an outdoor disciple of the Wang family. However, because he was smart and capable, he was the most business-minded. No matter who was in Taiyuan, he dared not look down on him. His business level was at least ten levels higher than Ye Ke.

Of course, the Wang family has invested such a large amount of money, so they must be extremely cautious and will definitely send out the best candidates.

But in order to cover up the eyes, dozens of shopkeepers of the Wang family hid in secret and asked Wang Hua to call a hundred people who were half-baked to take charge of the affairs. Almost all of these people were unfamiliar with each other, and almost no one paid attention to them at the beginning.

After arriving in Suzhou in mid-March, a group of people did not purchase grain, but quietly went from Suzhou to Changzhou and Yangzhou to Bianzhou, Luoyang and Chang'an to open more than a dozen grain stores and built many grain cellars. Not only did they have secrets in their operations, but they did not even have the store numbers they made in each store.

The whole March was busy with construction, and no pound of grain was purchased. There was only a batch of grain transported by Wang Hua. It was consumed severely. Because the population in Oceania increased, half of it was divided into Qinzhou. Therefore, it was only more than 200,000 stones. This batch of grain was transported to Luoyang and was not given to the court, but was sold immediately, raising 120,000 silk money. The capital rolled into Suzhou.

In late March, starting from Suzhou, the price of grain fell one after another, falling to 35 cents per dou of rice.

But Wang Chun and Ye Ke'an, who were in charge of Suzhou, did not purchase a drop of grain. Although this price can be purchased.

But now when it moves, the quantity is small and does not work. The quantity is too high, which is doubtful. And it is not the time when the price is lowest.

As April approaches, the price of grain in Jiangnan falls again, from 34 cents per bucket of rice to downward, almost one per day, and the price has fallen to 30 cents. It stops.

Anyone who doesn’t know the inside story thinks that this is caused by the arrival of summer harvest.

The price of grain in Jiangnan fell, and even Luoyang Chang'an began to fall. Because Chang'an was a little far away, the tonnage of ships entering the Wei River was also restricted, and the transportation cost increased, and the rice price was still 47 or 8 cents, but the rice price in Luoyang fell to between 40 cents.

After hearing this little news, Li Xian also doubted whether Wang Hua was worried about it and with this momentum, once summer came, the price of grain would fall to a situation where he would cost more than 20 cents per bucket last year. He even considered whether to purchase Wang Hua's thirty cents of five million stones of grain.

However, Luoyang did not show up to 30 cents per dou of rice, but in Jiangnan, when the summer harvest was approaching, the rice price fell again, falling to 28 cents per dou of rice.

At this time, Wang Chun and Ye Ke began to take action.

Instead of using the grain numbers from Jiangnan, they used the grain numbers from Chang'an, Luoyang and Bianzhou to purchase them directly from major grain numbers in Jiangnan. Until the summer came, they had quietly absorbed more than 1.7 million stones of grain and stocked them up in various grain numbers in Chang'an, Luoyang, and were not sold.

At the same time, more than a dozen stores were set up in Jiangnan, but they were transferred to various counties.

But just as summer came, the rice price fell again, falling below 26 cents per bucket of rice. This disappointed the farmers, but it was not very frustrating. Compared with the crazy grain prices in last summer and autumn, the grain price in Jiangnan in the spring was only 178 cents per bucket of rice.

This price caused Luoyang to keep the rice at 35 cents per pound. Of course, compared with the 20 cents last year, it was still a bit expensive. But it was much better than once to more than 20 cents. Even Wang Hua and his ranks only suppressed the price of grain to more than 50 cents. Later, two million grains entered Luoyang, and the price of grain remained at 50 cents, and they didn't move much.

Since the selling price is only 26 cents, the purchase price can only be set at 23 and 4 cents.

Some people refused, but the rice price fell a little further, falling to twenty-five cents.

This makes the people unable to get angry. They are not grain merchants, they have money, and they are still waiting to sell the food to help them.

But at this time, Ye Ke and Wang Chun ordered each store to receive the goods immediately. And after listening to Wang Hua's instructions, the two were very polite to the people who came to sell the food. At least every client smiled when receiving the people. The shop also cooked a big bowl of tea to quench the thirst of the people who transported the food, and even eliminated the phenomenon of big buckets coming in and small buckets, and sometimes deliberately gave the people a little advantage.

Although it is not as big as that vaguely large opponent, with a strong foundation and few stores, with God's service, it has won a good reputation among the people. It is spread to ten, and ten to hundreds of people. Many people introduce their relatives, friends and neighbors. Therefore, the purchase speed is not slower than the opponent. However, it took more than 100,000 yuan to buy a store and build a granary in the early stage. Therefore, the money was quickly used up.

It is still very secretive. He did not let the other party discover it, even if the other party discovered it, but he did not expect that Wang Hua had opened so many stores and stocked up so much food.

Stop the acquisition and no sale, but it is not that there is nothing to do.

All these grains are in the grain cellar, and people need to be sent to guard them to prevent fires. But these are all trivial matters.

With May coming, food prices are still stable.

Ye Ke and Wang Chun knew that it was not the same thing, they were their own. They purchased nearly 5.7 million stones of grain. It is not known how much the other party purchased, but more than 30 stores have confirmed that they were opened by the other party. After the two Wang families stopped the purchase, these stores were still purchasing frantically. However, it was not both of them, and there were other grain merchants. But Ye Ke and Wang Chun privately estimated that the grain purchased by the other party would not be less than 150,000 stones, and it might even reach 20 million stones.

May is quiet and the food prices across the country are very stable.

If it weren't for the Turkic invasion, this was Li Xian's happy May. This time, the Turkic invaded again from Youzhou, dispatched 30,000 troops, and worried about nearly ten prefectures and counties. They also made the Tang Dynasty apologize under the banner of letting Li Xian be killed as a Turkic princess.

This time, it caused huge losses to the Tang Dynasty, especially because the two countries had an alliance, people began to return on the border, and many cotton fields were planted. Some people became richer because of this. But the richer the more they were, the greater the losses.

But fortunately, the Turks

Ba didn't last long. He swept the circle in Youzhou. When Xue Ne led his army out of Chengzhou for a long time, the two sides fought once, but they suffered a loss, but the Tang Dynasty suffered a greater loss. Then they retreated.

The only thing that made the Wang family happy was that Li Guer gave birth to a fat boy, but at this time Li Guer had already returned to Chang'an with Li Xian and his wife. The little guy looked very much like Wang Hua, and was very cute. Li Xian and Wei also loved him very much. He immediately issued an order to be named Shaoqing, the Hou Taifu, Xiayang Hou. If Li Guer was not mentioned, he couldn't remember him. When he mentioned Li Guer, he was very unhappy. He was all princesses, so he had to be named a young man. Not to mention Duke, it would be good to have a county man. Even if he had a false position, he would have to be a regular minister, and what about Shaoqing, to compete with Li Xian.

Li Xian said: "Did you make a newborn son older than his official title?"

Li Guer then remembered that Wang Hua was still a marquis and asked Li Xian to add a title to Wang Hua again. Li Xian had no choice but to say, "It's not that the father didn't give him a title, it's that he didn't give him a title. What should I do if I call a league? This time, wait for him to come back from Qinzhou, and then I will add another title."

This made Li Guer calm down.

But when the name was chosen, there was another dispute. Xiao Wei took the name of Wu Zhao, which meant that the child missed the nominal father.

Li Guer agreed, but now Wu Chong couldn't remember what she looked like in her mind. Besides, Wang Hua even used his son's surname to joke with her. So he named Wang Zhaolang. Didn't Wu Zetian give Wang Hua a word called Gao Lang? I asked him to call him Zhaolang.

Wei said no, either, you should choose a name, but the surname is Wu, otherwise the people outside will make jokes.

Li Guer said, why are you laughing at? Wang Erlang did so many good things for the Tang Dynasty, that ordinary people joked. But Wu Sansi and his son colluded with each other, which made the people laugh at him.

After a while, Wei became unhappy and scolded Li Guer for making trouble.

When Li Xian saw that the mother and daughter were about to arguish, he advised him, "Don't argue. It's better to have a name in the couplet, neither the surname is Wu nor the surname Wang, but after all, he is also Muer's flesh and blood. Just the surname is Li, and he is Li Zhong."

"No." The mother and daughter said in unison.

So Wang Hua, this poor child, had three names: Wu Zhao, Wang Zhaolang, and Li Zhong.

The reason for this is that the three of them care about the good-looking child. Even Song Luo, who never flattered, couldn't help but say, "So handsome."

He actually gave a piece of his favorite jade pendant he carried with him as a gift to Li Zhong, Wang Zhaolang and Wu Zhaolang.

This is also the love for the house and the Wu. If Wang Hua's true friends among the high-ranking officials in the court, there are only the Song Dynasty and Lao Wei, especially after the weapon case, Wang Hua's point of mention is kindness. If it weren't for Wang Hua's point of recommendation, they would stop in time. Later, Wu Sansi was killed by Li Chongjun, and Wei was most likely angry at them.

Wang Yi and his wife also heard the news. Regardless of Wang Hua's instructions before leaving, she came from Luoyang to Chang'an. Li Hong and Wang Han did not dare to come because of handling food affairs, but they also bought gifts and asked Wang Yi and his wife to give it to Li Guer.

But at this time, the Wang family heard another news, and Li Hong was also happy, about February.

After hearing this, Li Guer was not angry. He gave birth to a eldest son for Wang Hua as he wished, and he was the head of the Wang family in the future. Therefore, he gave a generous gift to Li Hong.

But Ye Ke and Wang Chun began to prepare for the battle.

The two families stocked up so much food. In fact, the summer harvest this year is still decreasing compared to last year, but more people planting cotton this year. This is also due to Wang Hua. He was worried that Oceania might not be able to complete the task of 5 million stones of grain, so he later formulated this plan and needed food to suppress his opponents. Therefore, many cotton and porcelain were imported from the Tang Dynasty. This time the transaction was even longer. The ships were sailing to various countries. The distance was very long, but the Tianqian was also a major grain producer. Not only that, the goods loaded from Oceania were also replaced with cotton porcelain and turned to the Tianqian. This somewhat prevented the decline of the cotton cloth.

Even if there are no two companies hoarding food, the price of grain will inevitably rise this year, and because of last year's crisis, the rise is still very fast. In addition, the two companies hoarding so much food, it would be strange if nothing happens.

Ye Ke and Wang Chun did not move a pound of grain, nor did they move, but they were transporting the grain to Chang'an, Luoyang, and it seemed that they were continuing to trade. In fact, after arriving in Chang'an, Luoyang, the grain was not sold, but the hoarding place was moved to a place. But the other party was also confused and continued to release grain. But by the end of May, the other party gradually reduced the grain sales. By mid-June, all grain stores stocked up the grain and stopped selling it.

Many grain stores in various cities in the north have problems at the same time. Some shopkeepers are sick, some shops need to be renovated, and some have missed accounts, so they check the accounts. Various reasons have led to the closure of these grain stores.

Of course, there are countless merchants operating grain in the country. Although this group of people is powerful, there are other grain merchants. At the beginning, they were gloating when they saw these grain stores having problems of one kind or another. I hope that the other party will never recover from now on.

But because these stores are closed and rectified, the sales speed of other grain stores is increasing.

Almost no one thought of other things. The sales speed was fast, the funds were recovered quickly, and the money was made. At worst, the grain was transferred back to Jiangnan. In late June, the grain could still be transferred, but other grain merchants in Jiangnan felt a faint smell of unusual smell.

The intentional control of sales began to occur, resulting in a slow rise in grain prices.

By early July, there was almost no adjustment of grain, and it could be adjusted, and it suddenly rose to 60 cents. It doesn’t matter if it was expensive. I will ask for the price tomorrow, and it will rise to 65 cents, one price a day. However, unlike the end of spring, it is a price increase every day, and it is more intense than when the price drops at the end of spring. By mid-July, the price of grain rose to 70 cents per dou of rice.

Ye Ke and Wang Chuncai ordered the opening of grain, and all grain stores sold out from Jiangnan to Chang'an. However, in the north, because there was still profit, in order to speed up sales, they deliberately cost one or two cents less than other grain stores. The price of grain in Jiangnan rose. The price of grain in the north also rose, with Luoyang still at 75 cents, and Chang'an reaching 80 cents, and it has not stopped yet and continues to rise.

The monarchs and ministers in the dynasty were stunned and regretted not listening to Wang Hua's words. But now it's too late to call Wang Hua for help. It takes at least two months to go back and forth.

However, Li Xian suddenly thought of what Wang Hua said before leaving. He ignored the court and issued an edict to take Li Hong to Chang'an as fast as possible. However, he then thought that Li Hong was pregnant and issued an edict to go to Luoyang to use the fastest and best carriage. Even if it was not important to use the dragon carriage left in Luoyang, it would not matter to pick up Li Hong.

The ministers were still confused. Although they knew Li Hong's status and role in the Wang family, they could not keep up with Wang Hua's talent. What is the purpose of bringing her up?

It was really fast, and in order to maintain Li Hong's safety, it was not Li Hong's safety, but related to the world's grain prices. A team of fifty-man Yulin Army rode a fast horse and went all the way. The next day, it arrived in Luoyang. But when he came back, it took Li Hong four days in the carriage. At this time, the rice price in Chang'an rose to 85 cents. Li Xian was anxious and was discussing ideas with several prime ministers. How to discuss? The main grain was controlled in the hands of two groups of people, and they did not agree to suppress the price of grain. They could not suppress it no matter how hard they were.

When Li Hong heard that Li Xian was coming, Li Xian was not confused yet. Wang Hua said that he must not let anyone know. He immediately asked several prime ministers to retreat. He almost welcomed Li Hong out of the palace in person. Li Hong was not anxious, nor did he need to worry. This was the first time she had come in the Chang'an Palace. Even the Luoyang Palace, she had never been in.

Walking along the way, looking around.

Li Xian saw her gentle appearance and almost wanted to bend down and station her into the hall.

But Li Hong was indeed very curious, and the palace was very beautiful, both in buildings and flowers and plants. It also aroused her interest. The road she had walked for a quarter of an hour actually made her walk for three quarters of an hour. Finally, Li Xian said: "Madam Li, hurry up and discuss the matter with the United Nations."

Stop being slow, aunt.

After entering the hall, Li Xian waved his hand and asked his servant to retreat, asking, "Li Hong, what tricks did the Minister of the King of Wang leave? Has the food been shipped?"

"Your Majesty, Erlang promised that Your Majesty's food would not be less than one stone, but it would not be possible to arrive in Luoyang in winter.

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"That won't work." Can you wait until winter? In winter, the grain has increased to several hundred people.

"Your Majesty, why is the food so floating?"

"The profitable businessman hoarded goods."

"That's it. If this number of people is not eliminated, the food shortage caused by cotton was always worried. What effect can five million stones have to be transported to the capital? What should we do if this happens again in winter?" Li Hong said politely, mainly because the Tang Dynasty's family lived in a row and occupied too much resources and power. If it were not for the emergence of cotton, it would have become the reason for the decline of the Tang Dynasty. But it was boiling frogs in warm water, unknowingly. Now that cotton appears, boiling frogs in warm water has turned into a fire and cooked fiercely.

Oil. This is the fundamental. But the aristocratic family is too powerful. Unless there is a complete turmoil, there will be no one moving. Li Xian cannot make a sound. One, more than 37 million people in the Tang Dynasty, if there are more than 37 million people who fled and cannot count the number of ethnic minorities, it may be close to 50 million people. No one has ever counted the consumption of so many people, including making wine and raising livestock, but the annual food expenditure is more than 200 million stones. This is not counting. Even the Turks and Tubo imported a small amount of food from the Tang Dynasty, and with this figure, the consumption of food is even greater.

The number of five million stones is huge, but it is still a drop in the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, even if the food price rises in summer, it won't rise, because some people want to leverage the food for autumn harvest. If they don't stop it, then something big will happen."

Even if the grain price remains at more than 80 pm, something big has happened. If something big happens, can the world be stable?

Li Xian didn't want to go around in circles and asked directly: "Where is that tip?"

It was very sad. This was the first one. There was another one behind it. It made him even more sad. The country was out of money. Why did the country lose money? I can't figure it out. But knowing that the country has no money, can it still be a country?

"Your Majesty, if you want to see the tips, you must call the queen."

Li Xian was a little confused, but after hearing Li Hong's words, he asked Wei to come over.
To be continued...