Three Kingdoms

The sky is gradually getting brighter. For most people in Chang'an, this day is the same as yesterday. They work hard to eat, drink, and defecate, or they are facing the continuously rising prices of grain and grass, or they are angry or angry. wry smile.

The amount that increases every day may not be much. Today it will increase by two or three yuan, and tomorrow it will increase by four or five yuan, which makes ordinary people complain endlessly, but for the children of the noble clan, these increases are not a big deal, because Most of the time, most of these gentry children have more goods than money...

From the beginning of primitive society, after clan leaders occupied the surplus value, these people imprinted their memories in their genes. Producing the means of living is the real wealth, and money is just money, just like shell money used in primitive society. This is not because of the high value of shells, but because most people in primitive society lived in the mainland at that time. The ocean is full of mysterious fantasies and worship...

So does the money in primitive society still have the value it represents by the time of the Han Dynasty? Can coins from different countries in the Spring and Autumn Period still be used today? Just a pile of scrap metal.

Therefore, only the means of production and living that are constantly rolling back and forth are the livelihood of these nobles. This is also a very important reason why these nobles are devoted to land assets.

Only through the land can the means of production and living of these gentry children be kept in order, rolled out day after day and year after year, so that they can continue to thrive and survive forever. What if the price of grain and grass rises sharply? Grain and grass are still grain and grass, and inflated prices will only be more beneficial to those who control the means of production and means of living. Therefore, whenever prices skyrocket, it is the moment of carnival for the children of the gentry.

Even if the price is inflated, it can be regarded as an appearance of wealth, which is enough to make people happy, just like drinking fine wine and enjoying it.

Although the Han Dynasty's financial system, business management methods, and related laws and regulations were considered good in this era, they were actually so full of loopholes that it was impossible to adjust the gap between the rich and the poor, and they could only watch the rich getting worse and worse. The rich get poorer and the poor get poorer. Even though some officials or the emperor noticed something was wrong, they didn't know what to do. In the end, they just gave out soup and gave relief, and even ended up being pocketed by the soup kitchen.

The closer to the end of the dynasty, when the system collapsed and people became weak, the more they tended to hide things. The price of everything on the market was ridiculously high, just like the Han Dynasty's five-baht coin. It had been used smoothly for a hundred years, but by Dong Zhuo's time At that time, it became like scrap copper.

Within Chang'an, almost all the merchant houses of the Han Dynasty were gathered, and there was a constant flow of money from south to north. In other words, a large amount of hot money was rolling in the market. Because of the high price of food, the money currently flowing in the market has also increased, reaching a quite huge amount...

And all this money was eventually swallowed up by food and grass.

Countless money was gathered into rice shops, and these rice shops transported most of the money to their respective masters...

Then follow where the money goes, and of course you can find the person.

No one noticed anything was wrong. Many people were in the middle of the carnival. Even some ordinary residents in the market sold their excess grain reserves in exchange for temporary profits.

Most of the problems in this world are issues of interest. It's just that the situation is different. Even if you are a warrior who hates the smell of copper, those with money will have good equipment and blood food, and your strength will be three points higher. When fighting, you will have an advantage. In the end, even if you dislike the person who was ruthless before, you will still have two words of mantra left. , so fragrant.

In the yamen of Hussar Mansion, above the festival hall, Pang Tong sat sideways and slowly looked through the records.

So, this person is the one who is waving the flag and making noise? Pang Tong tapped twice on the bookmark page.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: Those who work for the tiger.

But Yi...Pang Tong read his name unceremoniously and laughed twice. The son of the former governor of Yizhou...didn't he say he was in Sichuan?

Zhuge Liang said: His father was in Sichuan and Sichuan. He imposed excessive taxes, privately owned tax items, and troubled the people...

The position of governor was bought for 20 million yuan. If he couldn't get 50 million yuan of land, how could this business be a good deal? Pang Tong sneered.

During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, many positions were publicly sold, and the three princes of the imperial court were also sold, let alone the governor of Yizhou. Although the money handed over to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was 20 million, it had to be managed along the way, so in fact, after calculation, it was not possible to get it without 50 million. Therefore, when he took office, he naturally searched desperately and focused on making money. So before Liu Yan entered Sichuan, he was killed by the Sichuan-Shu Rebellion. As for whether it was a real rebellion or a fake mountain bandit, haha...

After General Hussar entered Sichuan, he did not want to live in Sichuan and Shu for a long time, so he took some belongings with him and bought land in Guanzhong. Zhuge Liang said slowly, "Buy land, build houses, purchase people, thousands of people." The wealth of the entire family has been almost exhausted. Now that I see an opportunity, I am naturally the most eager...

Zhuge Liang poured himself a cup of tea, then held up the tea cup, smelled it, took a sip, and sighed comfortably. Zuo Fengyi, Zhao, Zhang, Ma, Tian, ​​and the other four households were led by the Que family as the vanguard. It stirred up a lot of trouble... Now the Que family is giving orders, but in fact, they are secretly communicating with Zhao, Zhang, Ma and Tian...

Zhuge Liang has been running around these past few days, secretly observing changes and sorting out subsequent clues, which is indeed not easy.

When most people see that prices on the market have increased, they will probably think that the shops are being shady. However, in fact, the price increase of most commodities is due to the increase in the price of daily necessities. Behind the rice shops, most of them have their own reasons. master.

Therefore, if Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others target these shops, it will actually be of no use at all. These people are like retail outlets. If the source problem is not solved, what is the use of just targeting one or two retail stores?

And Queyi is the general agent of these retail stores, or a large channel dealer, agent, etc., and behind this general agent, there are some big players who seem to have no connection. Even after the incident, these Big investors can also say that they were deceived by Que Yi and mistrusted people, but what Que Yi did had nothing to do with them, and they knew nothing about Que Yi...

These households in the land claim to have deep roots... Pang Tong sneered twice, saying that they have deep roots, which is not wrong. Yesterday's notice... Kong Ming knew that in this land of three auxiliaries, among the thirty-eight counties, twelve counties had opened their doors privately. , leak the news! The hussar ordered, but these people actually ignored it!

Previously, Pang Tong specially issued a notice about cherishing food and not losing money. Although the meaning is a cliché, Pang Tong specifically asked the remote counties to be distributed first, and then the nearby ones. As a result, he discovered in the process that, In some places, the contents of the notices are already known even before they are distributed...

Then there are the big households in the county who have already received the news before the notice is posted.

Once again it proves that government functions are to serve the ruling class.

But these county officials forgot one thing. The largest ruling class in Xijing at the moment is the Hussars.

Zhuge Liang put down his tea cup and sighed, "This is my lord's worry." Although there is good governance, why don't you fall into the countryside? The Lord is considerate of the people and has many benefits. However, these rogue officials are exploiting them at every level, falsely reporting their population, hiding their lost households, and lining their own pockets. How detestable it is!

In fact, this principle is not complicated.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there has been a saying that punishment is not worthy of the doctor. Later, there were eight meetings and so on, which ensured that major crimes would be discussed and minor crimes would be pardoned, which further protected the interests of the ruling class.

Just like in later capitalist countries, in order to protect the interests of the capitalist class, of course, those members of the capitalist ruling class will not be arrested if they can not be arrested, and those who can be protected will be protected. Anyone who infringes on the interests of the capitalist class will be , just find someone to settle the accounts with. And in capitalist countries, as long as you have money, you can atone for your sins. Even those who have committed unforgivable crimes can atone for their sins and reduce their punishment by giving them money.

This is all natural, because feudal society naturally protects the feudal class, and capitalist society naturally protects the capitalist class. Feudal society uses powerful people, and capital society uses money...

Therefore, in the current era of the Han Dynasty, these ancestors may be Sangong, or powerful people from various places who have served as prefects. Naturally, they know well. Even if the incident happens, what does it matter? Fine some money, at worst, find some connections to discuss it, and it will be a big deal. Make it small, make it easy, so if you make some mistakes and break some laws, what's the problem?

At worst, let's discuss it, or else we'll be fined copper.

These guys are waiting for someone to show up... Pang Tong laughed, there has been no progress for many years...

A matryoshka doll?

The outermost layer is the shops, similar to scalpers, who raise prices and speculate. The inner layer is the transitional middlemen, but the core is the big players.

Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang are more concerned about whether there is a layer of trap behind these big families...

There must be other forces involved.

These big households knew that under the current situation of the Han Dynasty, it was inevitable for the East and the West to compete, and grain and grass were an important resource for the two sides to compete. After being gradually forced into a corner by the "Juetian Law", these big households certainly could not just do this. Let it go, and this time may be the first trial, but it may not be the last.

Nowadays, the price of food is very high, but there is still supply on the market, and it is not completely exhausted. It is also to gain more advantages in the negotiations, so that everyone will not fall out, which will be very ugly.

Haha... Pang Tong smiled, these people are probably waiting for me to take the initiative to talk to them, haha... Let them wait... It's just catching some servants, it's not interesting...

What Pang Tong has to do now is to completely tear his face apart and see how many faces are hidden under the surface of his face.

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On the official road northeast of Anyi, Hedong, a long motorcade was moving slowly.

This official road was originally the first important thoroughfare to be developed in the North. After continuous repair and reinforcement, it became an important north-south transportation road, leading to Pingyang Taiyuan to the north and Chang'an Sanfu to the south.

Since Hedong belonged to the Hussars, no major wars have broken out for many years, and the people's livelihood and economy are very normal. In the east, there is also Shangdang Taiyuan as protection. Even if Cao Cao has a garrison in Hanoi, it cannot affect Hedong. Come on, anyway, as long as the natural dangers of the Yellow River and Taihang are in hand, Hedong can rest easy.

However, such a large-scale convoy still attracted the attention of many people. If it had been the time when people were panicked and the wind was trembling like before in Baibo and Heishan, not to mention the pedestrians on the road now, the people in the surrounding fields would have dispersed in droves. They ran as fast as they could, but now, these people couldn't help but stood on tiptoes, raised their heads, wiped their sweat and stopped to look.

There are a hundred heavy baggage vehicles, each with two horses, plus the cavalry guarding the surrounding areas, this group is naturally very impressive.

After many improvements on the previous two-wheeled baggage truck, a four-wheeled baggage truck was finally developed, with a load capacity of at least twice as much as the previous two-wheeled baggage truck! Of course, the problem of the difference between the inner and outer wheels is not so easy to solve, so we simply resorted to tricks. If someone gets under the belly of a four-wheeled baggage truck to take a look, in fact, structurally, it is two two-wheeled vehicles connected together. The speed difference between the front wheel and the rear wheel can generally meet the needs of small turns...

Of course, there is still a long way to go before we can achieve the structure of vehicles of later generations.

Just like from Hedong to Chang'an, it is also a long journey.

A line of vehicles was moving slowly. When one of the vehicles passed by a stone on the road, it hit it. It jumped a little. As the car body vibrated, something scattered in small pieces...

After the meandering convoy went away, the pedestrians who were originally giving way on the side of the road noticed the scattered things, and someone stepped forward to pick them up. Ah... this is Su Gu...

What? Are all these trucks transporting grain and grass? Tsk tsk, how many stones is this? How come there are hundreds of stones?

What? Hundreds of stones? You have no vision, this is at least ten thousand stones!

You are bragging, how could you have Wanshi...

How could there be no Wanshi!

Did you see it? Have you weighed yourself?

…

While people were arguing with each other about how much grain a fleet of vehicles had transported, Que Yi in Sanfu, Chang'an, also received the news...

At that time, Queyi was eating preserved food. When he heard the news, he almost choked to death. He coughed and slapped his back. It took him a long time to cough up the food that had been choked in his trachea.

But Yi originally thought that everything had been arranged and was just waiting for the result. There is no need to rush around urgently, which will actually make him lose his status as the son of a dignified governor.

All the greetings were exchanged, and the offensive and defensive alliances were determined. The price of grain and grass for Chang'an Sanfu was going according to their original plan. Then Pang Tong seemed to have no ability to resist, and when he was about to lose control, Food and grass were transferred from Hedong?

But Yi almost gritted his teeth and stared at the men who came to report the news, you, tell me in detail!

Que Yi's subordinates also said with a mournful face: Lord, these grains and grass are said to be transferred from Pingyang... Also, there is another saying...

say what! ? The hesitant look of his men aroused Queyi's anger even more. If he hadn't tried hard to control it, Queyi would have smashed all the plates and wooden bowls on his head!

His subordinates also knew that Qu Yi was angry and quickly told the latest news. It is said that this is only the first team, and there will be others behind... behind...

But Yi couldn't help but start shooting, what!

Before Yi Yi could burst into anger and panic, the sound of footsteps came quickly, and someone hurriedly came to report: Your Majesty...the shopkeepers are here...

But Yi sat down again, glanced at the table, and removed all these things! Call in!

Soon after, several figures appeared in front of the hall. Everyone had a gloomy look on their face, and they were a little panicked. These rice shop merchants originally wanted to follow this time to make some money, but they didn't expect to see the fat ones. It was about to be eaten, and everything arranged was done, but a disruptor appeared, causing a lot of changes in the whole situation!

But Yi reluctantly let his face be lively, so as not to be too stiff. He looked at the rice shop merchants in front of him and said: It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, this matter is all expected...

ah? Is that really the case? Mipu merchants are doubtful.

These merchants have purchased a lot of goods from Queyi, and they have even followed Queyi's plan and consciously stocked up. However, after all, grain and grass are very seasonal. If you can't take advantage of this wave to buy, It’s a good price, but if it’s delayed until next year’s Series 40...well, when the new grain and grass are harvested, then the old grain will be completely lost!

No problem, no problem! But he put on a stiff smile. These grains and grass must be used only to pay official salary and military salary, and they will definitely not be sold in the market! As long as not...

Lord! Lord! Before Que Yi finished speaking, he heard someone rushing towards him again, and bumped into the front of the hall with a bang, Your Majesty! Oh no! Wang's rice shop in the city is selling grain at low prices... at low prices!

That Wang?

Low price? ! what price?

How much will Wang sell for?

Suddenly there was chaos!

But Yi didn't know why. She just felt a burning pain on her face, and the veins on her forehead were beating. She could only hold the desk tightly to prevent her from jumping up. Why panic? !

What are you afraid of? ! What are you panicking about? ! How much can a rice shop sell? ah? But Yi couldn't care less about keeping the smile on his face and let them sell it at a low price! How many people are there in the city? How much food and grass can they have? At this moment, the most taboo thing is to panic! You all go back! In two days, no, I will give you a schedule tomorrow! All gone!

Que Yi ordered the customers to be sent off. Although these merchants have not yet reached the final conclusion, since they have done so much in the early stage and have reached this point, they can only wait for the time being and leave one after another.

But Yi no longer had any thoughts of making breakfast, and walked around the room with her hands behind her back. After a while, she ordered her to change clothes and go out. While changing clothes, he bowed and looked calm, as if everything was still as usual. It wasn't until the servants knocked down Que Yi's hand that they realized that Que Yi's hands and feet were already cold...