Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Although these businessmen may not have committed any serious crimes.

But his hands and feet are not clean, if he is caught, even if he does not die, he will definitely lose a layer of skin.

Now that he suddenly heard that Jin Yiwei had summoned him, Liu Ping'an almost peed.

If it's another yamen, maybe you can go to the family relationship and talk about love or something.

But Jin Yiwei.

This is a yamen led by His Royal Highness the King himself.

Who doesn't know that His Royal Highness is impartial and never bends the law for personal gain.

Now, they are really going to suffer.

At this time, Liu Ye is more calm, or the ignorant is fearless.

He was not afraid of Hida, but he was able to encourage Liu Pingan: "Don't worry, uncle, it may not be a big deal. If Jin Yiwei really wants to do something to us, I'm afraid they will be arrested directly, and there is no need to send a post to invite you to come over."

Liu Pingan did not get much comfort because of this, but said angrily: "What do you know, pulling flesh with a blunt knife is the most terrifying thing."

"I'd rather Jin Yiwei directly arrest me and send me to prison than it is now."

Although there are a thousand and ten thousand unwillingness in his heart, but the matter has come to this point, there is no reason for him not to agree.

Stand up forcefully: "Xiaoye, come with me."

When the two went out, there was indeed a captain of Jinyiwei waiting there.

Seeing them, he clasped his fists politely: "This is the owner of Ping An Food Co., Mr. Liu Ping'an, Mr. Liu, my lord, Captain Jin Yiwei..."

Liu Pingan basically didn't listen to what the captain said later.

The more polite the Jinyiwei people were, the more desperate Liu Ping'an felt.

Originally, it might just hurt the muscles and bones, but the people from Jin Yiwei are so polite.

Isn't that the rhythm of going bankrupt.

Liu Pingan really wanted to turn around and run away, but he really didn't have the courage.

With the support of his nephew, he got into the carriage tremblingly, and together with the captain of Jin Yiwei, rushed towards the mansion of King Ying.

At the same time, in the entire Yanjing City, many carriages were driving in the direction of Prince Ying's Mansion.

Sitting in each carriage are well-known grain merchants in Yanjing City.

In the mansion of King Ying, Xu Da looked at Zhu Han with a serious face: "Qi Wu, are you really going to do this?"

Zhu Han, who was burying his head in processing official documents, raised his head in doubt: "Brother Xu thinks there is a problem?"

Xu Da's face at this time was extremely ugly: "Do you really understand, what are the consequences of doing this?"

"Although you are the Lord Qingtian in the hearts of the people now, but once your decision is known to the people, you will immediately become a traitor that everyone shouts and beats!"

What Xu Da said was already very serious, but Zhu Han didn't seem to care at all: "Don't worry, brother Xu, I know it well."

"What's wrong with being scolded a few times, it doesn't hurt or itch and you can't lose a piece of meat. Besides, do you think I am the kind of person who cares about fame?"

"You..." Xu Da didn't know what to say for a while, as long as Zhu Han made up his mind, even nine cows would not be able to pull him back.

Moreover, Zhu Han had explained to him before why he did this.

Xu Da also knew that Zhu Han had his reasons.

However, he still felt that the damage to Zhu Han's reputation would be too great.

He was really a little scared, and finally got out of hand.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Zhu Han straightened his expression slightly.

"Besides, it doesn't matter if the common people don't understand it. For the disaster-stricken people in Datong, I, Zhu Han, can bear this infamy."

"Also, brother, I had a good reputation in the past, so I won't be reviled for thousands of years like Qin Hui."

Seeing that Zhu Han was so determined, Xu Da also knew that this time he would definitely not be able to persuade him.

He could only turn his head away angrily: "I know you're extremely smart, but us big bastards can't compare to you."

Zhu Han knew that Xu Da was not angry with him?Seriously instructed Xu Da: "Brother Xu, Yanjing, you must help to keep an eye on it. At such a critical time, you must not allow anyone to take advantage of the loophole."

Xu Dashuang raised his eyebrows, and said murderously: "Don't worry about Qi Wu, if someone dares to be dishonest, I will definitely make him regret coming to this world."

The two had just chatted for a while, when Jin Yiwei came to report: "Report to the lord, all the grain merchants you notified have arrived."

"Very good!" Zhu Han stood up and tidied up the prince's crown clothes: "I really want to see, if these guys know, this king is going to give them a fortune, what's the matter with them what expression."

The newly tidied up living room in the palace.

All the shopkeepers of the grain merchants sat here nervously, looking at each other.

All of them could see the deep anxiety on each other's faces.

As grain merchants, their business sense is extremely keen.

This time, the imperial court had just started collecting grain, and they had already guessed that something must have been affected by the imperial court.

If it was changed to before, they would definitely know the news before the people in the court.

But now Daming is developing rapidly, and the appearance of trains has changed the speed of communication drastically.

Because of the existence of the train, the court's message transmission speed has far surpassed them.

However, this does not stop them from hoarding and raising prices.

While everyone is worried, there is also a big upside for business people.

As long as there is interest, these people are not even afraid of death.

Even if some people have already guessed the purpose of Zhu Han calling these businessmen here.

Of course, the so-called truth they guessed is only based on their past experience.

Even if they were beaten to death, Zhu Han couldn't imagine what the real purpose of Zhu Han calling them over.

However, this is no longer a hindrance, these people are colluding.

"Shopkeeper Zhou!" Feng Xueyi, one of Yanjing's largest grain merchants, lowered his voice, and said to Zhou Ziliang in front of him, "You must understand why the lord invited us here this time, right?"

Although these words were only addressed to Zhou Ziliang alone, the voice could be heard by everyone.

The guards of the palace next to him did not know whether it was intentional or not, but they all stood outside the living room, and no one came in.

Moreover, this living room was obviously remodeled later, and the space is not particularly large.This also led to the fact that the distance between these businessmen is not far.

These people, of course, are some big families or some aristocratic families behind them.

But their own status is not particularly high.

Naturally, it was impossible for Zhu Han to use the main hall of the palace to entertain people like them.

Seeing that everyone's ears were lost, Zhou Ziliang cleared his throat: "Brother Xueyi, let's stop playing charades now."

"Obviously, the prince came here this time to discuss the price of food with us."

Hearing Zhou Ziliang's words, everyone's eyes lit up at the same time.

The situation is urgent now, and the King of England may come over at any time, and they really don't have time to talk about those scenes.

Everyone hopes that they can get straight to the point.

In the shortest possible time, discuss an appropriate solution.

Feng Xueyi hurriedly asked: "Brother Ziliang, what do you mean, we must not lower the price of food?"

"Surrender, I'm afraid it will." Zhou Ziliang didn't even bat an eye.

This answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

what's the situation?
You, Zhou Ziliang, were bought by His Highness the King of England, and you came here to be a traitor, right?

Otherwise, why speak directly for His Royal Highness?
Natural disasters are often the most profitable time for these grain merchants.

No matter how conscientious it is, it is easy to earn two or three times.

At this time, even with a knife on their necks, they won't lower the price of grain. You, Zhou Ziliang, want us to lower the price on our own initiative?
"This..." Feng Xueyi suddenly showed embarrassment: "Brother Ziliang..."

Before Feng Xueyi could finish speaking, Zhou Ziliang said in a deep voice: "Brother Xueyi, don't you still understand what happened?"

"Now, His Royal Highness personally asked us to reduce the price."

"Those people outside are either Jin Yiwei or the soldiers of the palace. If we don't agree..." Zhou Ziliang made a beheading motion as he said.

Feng Xueyi and the others swallowed involuntarily, feeling their necks feel cold.

But even so, under the influence of greed, they are still unwilling to lower the price.

Someone suddenly said unconvinced: "The grain is our own, we can sell as much as we want, why should the imperial court interfere with us?"

However, even the person who spoke felt that what he said was very unfounded.

The sound got smaller and smaller until it was almost inaudible at last.

Zhou Ziliang sighed and said, "We are just businessmen, and we have nothing to reason with the imperial court."

"In short, if the imperial court is determined to let us lower the price, we will not be able to fight against the imperial court."

Just when everyone was depressed, Zhou Ziliang changed the topic and said with a smile: "But..."

Hearing this word, everyone's hearts couldn't help but move. "

Everyone knows that, but after that is the key.

Seeing Zhou Ziliang said unhurriedly: "Although we people are grain merchants, we don't have that much grain in our hands."

"It's not that we don't want to sell, but we really don't have food."

"Without food, we can't make food to sell, right?"

When all the grain merchants heard this, they all smiled knowingly.

They used this method often before, but this time it happened so suddenly that they didn't even think of it.

Liu Pingan, whose heart had been hanging all this time, was completely relieved at this time.

Yes, the imperial court can control the price of grain, but not the quantity of grain.

No matter how low the price was, if they had no food in their hands, the price would definitely not be able to come down.

After making a plan, the grain merchants were completely relieved.

Without the uneasiness just now, they all regained their composure and began to chat with each other.

As if waiting for them to discuss the countermeasures.

Only then did they have the result, when they heard a sharp voice: "His Royal Highness is here!"

Naturally, the grain merchants did not dare to be negligent when they heard the words, and stood up one by one.

They said in unison: "The students have seen the prince."

That's right, these grain merchants are basically well-known.

These days, even the fame of a scholar is very important.

Without this fame, no matter what you do, it will be very difficult.

So no matter how hard they are, these people will at least take the test.

At least in this period, fame still needs to be tested in person.

Even if someone with fame goes into business, it is a very criticized thing.

But if you really do these things, you don't care about those white eyes and contempt.

And in the later Ming Dynasty, as long as you have money, you can even buy fame directly.

And at that time, the status of many big businessmen was not even much lower than that of scholars.

At that time, there were not many businessmen who came out of a special examination for convenience.

With fame and fame, he naturally didn't need to kneel down when he saw Zhu Han.

Everyone clasped their fists in salute: "I've seen the prince, thousand years old, thousand years old."

"Excuse me." Zhu Hanrao's meaningful eyes swept over these grain merchants one by one.

The unsharp gaze made them feel as if they had been seen through.

Everyone couldn't help but go down, not daring to look at Zhu Han.

Zhu Han walked to the top, sat down with a big horse, and motioned for everyone to take their seats: "Everyone, please sit down first."

Although the way to deal with it had been discussed before, but after Zhu Han appeared, everyone was still a little nervous.

After all, this is the founding hero who assisted His Majesty in bringing down the Great Ming Dynasty, King Zhu Han of England.

God knows, whether the method they discussed will be useful to His Royal Highness.

They had just taken their seats when Zhu Han's voice sounded.

"Everyone must have noticed that Daming has suffered a disaster recently."

"I'm not going to hide it from you, it's true. Datong is suffering from a severe drought, and there are thousands of miles of barren land, and there is no harvest."

hum!
In the lobby, a burst of discussions suddenly broke out.

It seems that His Royal Highness does not follow the rules.

In the past, wasn't this kind of thing strictly confidential?
Even if everyone knows about it, the court will try to hide the news as much as possible so that no one will know.

Why, His Royal Highness, just released this news directly?

Looking at the King of England like this, it seems to be telling them that the court is currently short of food, so you should hurry up and raise the price to trap the court.

The prince who can help Zhu Yuanzhang conquer the world is naturally impossible to be so naive.

Therefore, this should only be the prelude to the thunder storm.

Zhou Ziliang pretended to be in pain, and sighed a long time: "Why is this happening? It's only been a few days of peace, and yet there is another famine. The people are really suffering."

"Is it true that there is a severe drought in Datong Mansion?" Liu Ping'an was a little excited.

The reason for this is because their Liu family is an aristocratic family in Datong Prefecture.

Originally thought that this time, the Liu family could only drink some water.

But they didn't expect that this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was right under their noses.

On their own territory, whether it is to mobilize grain or control prices, isn't it just a matter of their Liu family?

Even if it doesn't embarrass the court too much and needs to be restrained, it is enough for the Liu family to make a lot of money.