Taipingchun

After a busy day, Xu Xiucai was able to wash off the dust and put on a clean robe.

Summer was approaching, but the evening breeze was still cool, Xu Xiu didn't realize it, and only when there was a little bit of moisture on the tip of her nose, did she add another coat. .

Behind them are old scholars and Zhang Cong who are sitting opposite each other playing chess, facing the bright moon, but they still have this thought, they are really elegant people.

Xu Xiu walked a few steps in the courtyard without turning her head, and asked, "Sir, Bingyong. I don't know how long the people in Jiangning County can last with their patience?"

Provoking a civil uprising is a serious crime. Xu Xiu's non-stop all day is also a sign of lack of confidence in his heart. The patience of the common people is very difficult to relax.

It was the old scholar's turn to play, and the chess piece that was already clamped by one hand stopped for a while, and then he played chess as usual as usual. Seeing that Zhang Cong's big dragon was in danger, he said with satisfaction: "I'm afraid there will not be many."

Zhang Cong added: "The rice noodles are still rising."

There was nothing in front of him, if there was, it could only be a wall, Xu Xiu narrowed his eyes, staring at it blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.

He didn't speak, and the two people behind him didn't have the intention to continue playing chess. They just sat there and waited for Xu Xiu's reaction. After a while, Xu Xiucai said: "It's a pity that the lazy dragon has not returned from visiting relatives, and the lazy tiger is missing. There are no people to do a lot of dirty work, otherwise people's sentiments would not make us so passive."

"Will you let the rumor lead you to Zou Wang's place?" Zhang Cong said.

"Yes. It's a pity that the lazy dragon and the lazy tiger are not here." Xu Xiu sighed and said, "It would be fine if only one of them was there. I really dare not trust the yamen servants in the county government. Who knows how many of them there are?" It's from Zou Wang."

The old scholar said: "Except Ge Bantou, there must be no one like you."

Xu Xiu twitched her lips and smiled, "Sir, you don't have to expose me."

The old scholar shook his head and said, "What a failure."

Out of goodwill, Zhang Cong said for Xu Xiu: "It's just because Jun can't give them new benefits, and also cut off many old benefits."

The three of them seemed to fall into a momentary silence, Xu Xiu's head was still thinking.

Soon, with a hesitant tone, he said tentatively: "Sir, Bingyong, if Jiangning Trading Company produces something similar to Dibao, is it feasible?"

As soon as these words came out, the two of them actually understood what Xu Xiu wanted to do. It was nothing more than relying on secretly distributing small leaflets to guide public opinion in an upright manner.There are still some things that can be done, but who will endorse them?If there is no endorsement, those scholar-bureaucrats who control public opinion will definitely not let Jiangning Trading Company go. At that time, in a dilemma, what should Xu Xiu do? Should he give up Jiangning Trading Company or Di Bao?

After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Xiu didn't bother them. He knew that in traditional society, the so-called public opinion was in the hands of the folk literati, and this force was very terrifying.He needs the wisdom of these two to help him check.

Zhang Cong took the lead and said, "I'm afraid."

The old scholar immediately said: "It's still difficult. The common people don't have much literacy, after all, it has to be read by those who can read, and the vast majority of those who can read are literati. What role can you play?"

Xu Xiudao: "The problem is not very big, just find someone to talk about the newspaper. The so-called storyteller, it's okay to talk about the mansion newspaper, but Xu Xiu, I'm afraid of one thing. It's a damning conclusion, even if I can keep myself, the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce may be over."

This is a big problem. No government can allow uncontrolled public opinion to arise among the people. The scholar-bureaucrat class started from vested interest groups and is not included in it. This was not possible even in ancient times.

Sitting in that seat, the first question to consider is the simple thinking of whoever threatens me, and I will kill him. As for the founder of the country, the hero of Zhongxing, there may be people in his heart, but more, he still needs to watch himself If the seat is not taken away, more people will come, and the people will be humble dogs after all.

Zhang Cong muttered a few words with the old scholar, and then said: "Jun, don't want literature, don't use martial arts, don't want government affairs, don't want frontier fortresses, don't go up to Jiuqing, don't go down to county magistrates. It may be feasible to get some market news, find some writing scripts It may be possible for a scholar to write stories, subtly, but it is a loss-making business."

Xu Xiu pounded his fist. He also had this in mind. Xu Xiu said: "In the final analysis, money is a word. If you have money, everything is easy to discuss and you can afford it. But now the chamber of commerce is in a hurry to spend money, and Nanmen is in a hurry to use money. The Huguang side We are in a hurry to use money for food and other things, and we need to run a miscellaneous newspaper, and it is still money. Trouble trouble."

Money, money, money is all about money.

The old scholar said: "If you want to spread it slowly, it's okay. But the time is too late. In my opinion, why not combine it with the previous two, distribute the cheat sheet, and make up some short sentences that rhyme with the same rhyme, so that people can sing it easily. As for For the question of who to turn to, you can ask Bantou Ge and ask him to find some scoundrels. If you want to continue to exist in Jiangning and don’t go to prison, they will sell the face of Bantou Ge. Although it is not safe, it is still useful .”

Putting up a thumbs up, Xu Xiule said: "Mr.'s words are so sophisticated that they seek the country, but show is not enough."

Annoying things followed one after another, and the plan to guide public opinion was determined, and the topic returned to food. It wasn't that Xu Xiu didn't want to discuss with the shopkeeper of the chamber of commerce, but that they had already done what they could. Forcing them to do it is not suitable anymore.

There is a limit to everything, if you pass it, you will make a mistake, make a mistake, and so on.

Xu Xiu said sincerely: "Twenty thousand stones, Zou Wang is rich and powerful, Mr. Bingyong, why teach me?"

Although the whole plan was completed by Xu Xiu alone, things will not be completed smoothly and smoothly. When there is a deviation, we must use everyone's wisdom to correct him, and strive to perfect every detail of the deviation. until the final success.

Zhang Cong is essentially an adventurous person, otherwise he would not have risked the world's disgrace and sided with Jiajing in the grand etiquette case.

Just listen to him say: "Does Jun Xi have courage?"

"The plan will come out?"

"Open Taicang to release grain."

The old scholar shook his hand and said: "It's not a natural disaster, the harvest is poor, how dare you do this? It's even dead."

These words seemed to have pierced the window paper in Xu Xiu's heart. He had been thinking about maximizing the utilization of the [-] stones since the discussion in the chamber of commerce, and now he seemed to have some clues, and said, "Bingyong, tell me in detail."

Hearing the words was not hypocritical, and simply comforted the old scholar. After all, the old man was old, and then said: "Open a warehouse to release grain, create an environment where Jiangning County's poor donkeys are poor, let those people underestimate the enemy, let them wantonly stockpile. Drive up prices It's nothing more than hoarding. Zou Wang has a lot of money, but the money is not his, but the Zou family's. The funds he can use must not go there. What's more, it depends on the merchants in Jiangning County. , This is also in line with the information provided by Wei Guogong's son, and it is accurate. He is just going to clear up the world. At that time, if some adults insist on releasing grain, they will slowly squeeze the bottom line of these merchants. Seeing results, and inviting grain merchants from all over the world to Jiangning, do they still dare to be so unscrupulous?"

Xu Xiushun said: "Can Zou Wang prevent the grain merchants in Jinling and Jiangning from releasing grain, and can he control Huguang and Susong in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Susong with one hand? For Jinling and Jiangning alone, he must promise benefits and not pay anything." The price, who will work for it? Just relying on the name of the Zou family, they can’t fool these people. This benefit is probably the monopoly benefit brought to him after controlling the Jiangning market. When you collapse, but you may lose a lot of money, you will definitely not be able to support cutting meat to cover your positions."

When the inspiration came, it couldn't be stopped, Xu Xiu said: "At first, I wanted to use cloth to stabilize the market price, and then stabilize the grain price. In this way, I can turn it around. The Lu family has a lot of ships transporting cotton cloth. Cover it with cloth bags similar to grain and mix them in, even if there are only five thousand material boats in Huguang, adding cotton cloth boats inside can also create some momentum, and it’s okay to bluff people, soldiers never tire of deceit.”

Listening to them talking about this place and continuing to talk, the old scholar also knew that his idea had been decided, and he calculated in his heart, and found that the feasibility was still very high, but how to calculate the bottom line that the merchants could not bear was a difficult problem, and there was a slight difference. , is playing with fire * ah.

After hearing their discussions, the old scholar said: "It's like playing with fire. If you succeed, let it go. Taking advantage of the trend to release old grain from Taicang and replace it with new grain, it is also considered a political achievement. But if you fail, you will lose your black hat. Think twice."

Mr. Zhang is an old man who seeks the country, and of course he can steer the helm steadily for himself, but if it is a dangerous situation, a person like Zhang Cong with an adventurous spirit can make dangerous moves. There is no difference between the two, but their styles are different. Xu Xiu I was very fortunate to have them. At this time, after listening to the old scholar's words, I quickly responded: "Mr. is very worried, but if you follow the steps, you will just sit and wait for death. Please allow the students to take a risky move."

Zhang Cong also said: "Mr. Hong Xu, relax, Cong will do his best."

Now that the matter has come to an end, the old scholar nodded and said: "Okay, let's fight this old bone, anyway, Huating's hometown will not lose our food."

Hearing these words again, the three of them laughed loudly, sweeping away their irritability.

Make a decision before moving, and wait.

……

The undercurrent is no longer enough to describe Jiang Ning's situation. It is more accurate to say that it is just a bad news.

Hearing all kinds of gossip, the common people's nerves collapsed tightly, and groups of three and four were talking about it.

A middle-aged man sighed, "What's the matter, Mr. Xu, the market price hasn't improved after so long."

Hearing this, a person next to him said: "Master Xu, Master Xu, are you still flattering him at this time? In my opinion, he is just a person who is just trying to gain fame."

The two looked at each other, and they turned to glaring at the same time. The middle-aged man said: "Every time a certain family says something good about Mr. Xiao Xu, you show up. What's the reason?"

The other was very angry and laughed back. He fought all the time because of that Xu Junxi, so what was he afraid of? He sarcastically said: "It means that God opens his eyes, so that I can expose the nature of that person who is trying to get fame every time."

Naturally, things got out of hand. The two of them went from quarreling, to cursing, to fisting each other, and it took only a dozen breaths. The people around them pointed and pointed, and they lacked the excitement of watching a good show in the past. Now, perhaps only the little one The little naughty boy, who can't understand the sorrows in the world, plays wantonly.

The breadwinner of any family is afraid that he will not be able to feed his family when he works all day, which is really a crime.