Chapter 508 A Thousand Miles Journey (2)

I don’t know what the price of the red-headed rope was in the twelfth lunar month, but by the next month, that is, in November, the price of this thing instead of rising, actually dropped, becoming two feet and six cents.

But that's it. But on the 4th and 5th, as a large number of people participating in the scientific examination began to come to Yecheng, the overall price in the market rose back to 2 feet and 8 cents, and it is still rising... According to the monthly

My mother's guess is that when the competition to seize the Long River starts in the second half of the year, the military parade begins in the twelfth lunar month, and before the New Year's Eve, it may rise to ten cents per foot.

As for why there was a decline, we have to talk about a recent public case in Yecheng...a public case that has not been concluded until now, and even reaches the case before Chief Zhang's case.

It turns out that the impact on the market of certain categories of goods, including the price reduction of red-headed ropes, was actually the result of helping the official to suffer.

Not only the red headband, but also some mid-to-high-end fabrics, dyes, and some precious metal jewelry, basically come from the Jiyin Military Clothing Factory under General Manager Cao Xicao of the Warehousing and Logistics Department... According to the previous proposal of General Manager Cao Xicao, Jiyin

The female workers in the Yin Army Clothing Factory rented official shops in several cities, including Yecheng. Then this group of former Ziwei palace people used their superb skills and intensive production to bring down this type of market almost instantly.

dimension strike.

There is no way, this group does not lack outstanding general affairs and political female officials, nor lacks a large number of palace people, nor lacks technical and artistic abilities.

In fact, long before this incident, under Zhang Xing's intentional or unintentional indulgence, this group had a very strong presence within the gang... Up to the top, they participated in the management of the warehousing and logistics department led by Cao Xi, down to

They firmly control the Jiyin Military Clothing Factory, and have direct economic and personnel exchanges with the internal servants. They can often be seen in various documents, and it is said that they are also commended at the end of the year.

Correspondingly, it will naturally cause displeasure to many people.

But now, they finally did something that warranted a warrant, and were reported directly to Daxingtai. Then there was a lot of arguing in Daxingtai, and finally they got into trouble in front of Zhang Xing.

"Why does this kind of thing come to me?" On the third floor of the Guanfeng Yuan of Yecheng Palace, facing the sudden cold wind in Hebei, Zhang Xing was a little confused. "I don't even know why this matter has caused such a big deal.

Xingtai?"

"Chief." Xu Dalang, who had changed into a new red military uniform, said seriously. "Only Dahangtai can solve this matter... because what they are suing is the military uniform factory directly under our Daxingtai. From the day Daxingtai was established,

From the beginning, military workshops in various places were managed by the corresponding departments."

"This is the ridiculous part of this matter." Zhang Xing immediately pointed out the key point. "Who filed the complaint? Are the other merchants in Yecheng right? Why do they know so well that this matter needs to be reported directly to Daxantai? And why can they directly

Point out that the military uniform factory belongs to the Warehousing and Logistics Department under General Manager Cao, not the Ordnance and War Horse Department under General Manager Zhang?"

The people who came to report this matter, as well as the people who were interested in the matter, totaled six or seven people. They were obviously stunned when they heard this... The one or two who were not stunned also pretended to be stunned.

"Dahangtai has only been established for half a year, okay?" Zhang Xing said with a smile. "As far as I know, on the day at the end of last month, all kinds of goods in the military uniform factory started to be sold, and the market price started to drop on the afternoon of the first day of this month.

As a result, it was only three days later. Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and today’s prices have returned... So, during these few days, they sued, and the matter was put in front of me? This complaint was made

Are people too smart? Who are they looking for? Are they looking for you to write a letter? "

"Absolutely not." Feng Chang stood up in excitement and quickly shook his head.

"So this matter is ridiculous." Zhang Xing motioned the other party to sit down and clapped his hands and complained. "If there is no direct guidance from a smart person like Feng Wenshu, who works as a confidential document in the clerical department, it can only mean one thing...

…Those who feel that they are helping the military uniform factory to fight for their own interests are also people who are helping...right?”

The Guanfeng Courtyard was quiet for a while, except for the sound of Yueniang in the courtyard below instructing some guards to set up a small canteen and kitchen... Feng Chang felt like he was falling into an ice cave. How could he not know that these days, he had been seducing people and being raped by this chief?

It’s really true. Did you order it today?

Xu Dalang coughed dryly, knowing that he couldn't escape at this time: "It can't be said that they are people from the gang. Most of them are relatives of the gang."

"Who are the family members of the gang? The big leader, the leader's family members, the helmsman, the protector, the deacon's family members? Or the family members of ordinary members of the gang?" Zhang Xing stared at Xu Shiying and asked.

"It's not easy to divide it like that." Xu Shiying said seriously. "It's more like the relatives of those who joined the army. For example, there are indeed many family members of the first-level captain of the team, but there are no relatives of the first-level captain of the county magistrate.

; Moreover, according to their place of origin, most of them are from Henan, and less from Hebei..."

No wonder you have to come in person!

Zhang Xing was speechless, but his expression remained as usual: "In other words, the family members of those who are in power, those who have made military achievements, and those who have seniority are suing, right?"

"You can indeed say that."

"That's easy to explain." Zhang Xing spread his hands this time, and said simply. "Since you have found me, I naturally have to give an explanation. My rule is that for the stability of the gang... the people are more important than the gang.

Within the gang, the lower level is more important than the upper level...This is because the help comes from the people, and the upper side comes from the lower level. I can only rest assured if the lower level is solid."

"But chief, there is an issue of status here." Xu Dalang continued to argue. "These people are just family members after all, not the leaders' own business. They are still citizens in name, but they are people from the military uniform field. They are really

Many people in the gang still have class..."

"This matter is simple. First, we can draw two lines. For example, if there is no separation of families, and the separated families are still blood relatives within three generations, we will consider them to be one family. Secondly, it is not that they are not allowed to do business, but they are not allowed to take advantage.

He is still a good boy, but once he is frustrated, he will use his power to bully others..." At this point, Zhang Xing suddenly stopped, as if he remembered something.

People around also became nervous, and there was once again a strange scene in the Guanfeng Courtyard, with only the tinkling downstairs and the whistling wind upstairs.

"What did the chief think of?" Xu Dalang, the toughest man, had no choice but to ask.

"I encountered a similar thing when I was in Dengzhou..." Zhang Xing recounted the incident between Cheng Dalang and Bai Jingang in Dengzhou, and then stared at the people in front of him with complicated expressions. "Do you think this could be the case?

Rumors have spread that someone is secretly colluding with me and wants to compete with me before the year-end conference? Or wants to take revenge on King Kong?"

Everyone looked stern, and then one person quickly stood up, but it turned out that the leader of the army directly under Daxingtai, Xiahou Ningyuan, who was stationed in Hanling Mountain City, the fortress next to Ye City, said: "The chief has overthought, no one will do this."

Zhang Xing turned his head and went to blow the wind, pretending not to answer.

Xiahou Ningyuan was even more panicked.

And Xu Dalang looked at the somewhat panicked Shan Tonghai confidant who had made great achievements in founding the gang and Jiyin with a blank expression, then looked at the Cao Xi, Feng Chang and other people from Hebei who were also expressionless around him, and then came to sue Zhang Xing seriously.

: "Chief, no one in the army will go against your strategy. If you really think so secretly, some people say that the leaders in Hebei are jealous of the leaders in Henan who started early and have a lot of assets, and deliberately led these people to the chief.

It hit you!"

Only then did Zhang Xing wake up: "Yes, Xu Dalang is right, we can't always think in secret... Then let's handle this matter like this, don't expand it, don't pursue it, just find out, as long as they really follow what I said

As a relative of the middle and higher-ups in the gang, I reprimanded them and got rid of the matter."

"Yes." Xu Shiying stood up and responded.

Also standing up together were Cao Xi, the actual person involved who had been silent, Feng Chang, the person in charge of the paperwork, and a female official who was considered a direct party.

"Also, even if ordinary local traders come to sue, we must also find out if there is anyone behind them..." Zhang Xing continued to warn, thinking that the matter was over.

"This is natural." The last official who was sitting also stood up. It was Cui Suchen, the director of the Criminal Law Department who had just returned from inspecting the local area. What is interesting is that as the theoretical final handler of this matter, the person who had said the previous sentence

He didn’t say much. “But chief, my subordinates still want to ask one more question. What should we do if ordinary local traders or local chambers of commerce who are not involved in the gang come to sue us and accuse us of taking advantage of the people?

According to the previous meaning, the people are more important than the help?"

Zhang Xing became serious: "This is troublesome, because specific things need to be treated in detail... For example, the types of commercial goods, if they are grain, basic fabrics, livestock, gold and silver, ironware, pottery and other commercial goods that are related to people's livelihood, they must be treated separately.

We must pay attention to the fact that too rapid price increases and price cuts are not good, but if it is other types of groceries, especially those that are somewhat out of touch with basic living needs, such as porcelain, lacquerware, jewelry, furs, and silks, it will cause some impact on the local area.

Not bad. However, it doesn't matter today, because I know the prices inside and outside Yecheng. This time the garment factory did not cause harm to local small businessmen, especially since there will be more people in Yecheng and local prices

It will continue to rise, and their entry will be beneficial to the locals."

"So, what the chief means is that the government property contracting system proposed by General Manager Cao, as well as the similar help of property and business, should be encouraged to a certain extent?" Cui Suchen continued to ask.

"That's what I mean, cautious encouragement." Zhang Xing admitted.

"In that case, there is nothing to worry about in this matter. I would like to ask the chief one more thing..."

"you say."

"In addition to helping industry and business, how does the chief view the dispute between merchants and farmers?"

"Put agriculture first and prudently encourage business."

"Chief, do you think merchants and farmers will not invade each other?"

"It's not non-invasion, nor is it either/or." Zhang Xing knew that only Cui Suchen could discuss this kind of theoretical issue with him, so he waved his hand. "If you are busy, go and do it. If you are not busy, stay and listen...

Mr. Cui is sitting... What I mean is that it is impossible to expect that the world will be peaceful for eternity through farming. In other words, even if the world is peaceful for eternity, just farming will not be able to sustain it. We cannot afford that something will not happen.

Just ignore the possible problems.”

Among the people nearby, Xu Shiying and Feng Chang chose to stay, but Xiahou Ningyuan left with Cao Xi and the female officer after hesitation.

Several people went downstairs and met Bai Yousi coming in. The female officer was obviously frightened.

Upstairs, Zhang Xing inevitably talked about some commonplace topics. Arable land is limited, wealth is created by human labor, so handicrafts are fundamental, and commerce is an indispensable pole besides agriculture and handicrafts, as it maintains circulation.

The main method is also a means of maintaining stability to meet people's needs.

That's what this red head rope is.

It is the essence of life.

Regardless of whether Cui Suchen accepted it or not, and whether the audience understood it or not, everyone still listened to these words of questioning for the sake of Chief Zhang's name, and then prepared to leave.

By this time, it was almost dark.

But Xu Shiying still sat still.

Cui Suchen and Feng Chang didn't know what to say, so they left directly. When they got downstairs, they heard Chief Zhang complaining: "How can such a thing find its way to me? It's wasted all my afternoon. It's not like you don't know that most of my

What a happy month!"

"Not to mention the embarrassment of this matter, the chief cannot decide it, but the happy days are gone, and the chief has only a few days left." Xu Shiying said firmly. "In five days, there will be scientific examinations, and then there will be various awards and military parades...

Then the conference.”

"You can still have fun. After the scientific examination, there will be various competitions." Zhang Xing disagreed. "I have been serving in the army for many years, so I am not allowed to enjoy it?"
To be continued...