Chapter 19: The way of animal life

Li Xiuning was speechless.

Guanzhong grain merchants could have stopped. Even if they take the price of 80 yuan per bucket of grain, they will suffer costs, but they will not lose more.

However, they were reluctant to come and test where the bottom line of Chen Ying and the imperial court was. As the fleet under Xie Hui arrived at Luokou Cang, more than 5 million stones of grain were recruited and 30,000 civilians around Luoyang were recruited to carry it. Luokou Cang, which was about to bottom, was filled instantly.

The fleet naturally cannot enter Guanzhong, but the grain piled up in Xin'an, Mianchi and Luoyang City has become a small hill.

It has long been heard that the food prices in Guanzhong are inflated. Some people in Hedong and Hebei who want to take the opportunity to make a fortune have also used their own channels to go to Guanzhong to smuggle grain. In fact, even if the autumn harvest is next year, Guanzhong will no longer have any worries about hunger.

Li Xiuning actually hated these unscrupulous grain merchants, because these grain merchants took advantage of the situation and corrupted the foundation of the Tang Dynasty court.

Of course, Chen Ying made a lot of money this time, but in fact, Chen Ying made a small profit. Apart from the loss of travel, storage and transportation, the price difference he earned per stone of grain was less than ten cents. But he couldn't stand the amount, and more than ten million stones of grain was as much as one million guan.

Although the grain was not much, it was not even more profitable than the royal families of the Tang Dynasty. Chen Ying gave them the price of fifty coins per bucket of food, which they made more than ten times. Most importantly, they also gained a relatively good reputation, which is something that a thousand golds cannot buy.

Chen Ying earned the most, in fact, the Tang Dynasty Tongli Money House, with a loan of 1.5 million yuan plus the court's three million yuan, totaling 4.5 million yuan, making nearly 900,000 yuan in a year. Of course, part of it is pledged by the wealthy industries in Guanzhong. Now that the short-selling of grain has gone bankrupt, they will definitely not be able to repay the loan on time within next year. Chen Ying has the right to auction these industries.

Chen Ying could even consider auctioning these industries at a higher price than the original price, and he could make 5 million guan within next year. You should know that the annual fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty was only more than 5 million guan, and he could be as rich as a country.

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and asked, "Chen Lang, is the price of Guanzhong grain still lower?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "It will surrender. There are more than three million people in Guanzhong now. Even if the more than ten thousand stones of grain is still not enough to eat, so they have to force them to spit out the grain. This is called taking it from the people and using it for the people."

Although Chen Ying was forced to fight in advance because the Eastern Turks sent envoys to the Pass, in order to prevent the Turks from seeing the weaknesses and the actual situations of Guanzhong, he would continue to suppress the price of food.

After all, although Chen Ying was the main force involved in the Guanzhong food war, this website also sent many grain merchants who took the opportunity to fish. The grain of these people had been transported to Guanzhong. As the saying goes, the goods died on the ground, Chen Ying would never let the grain come out of Guanzhong again.

As grain prices continue to fall, these grain merchants who want to take advantage of the situation will be forced to take action. After all, once they are transported back, the price will be higher.

Of course, in order to make up for these grain merchants transported to Guanzhong, Chen used the price of 30 coins per bucket to buy all their grain. At this time, the grain in Chen Ying's hands was still maintained at nearly nine million stones.

But this war is not over yet. The grain controlled by Guanzhong Food Trading Group is almost five million stones, and Chen Ying needs them to spit out this grain.

The price of thirty coins is still too high. In order to make up for the losses of the people, Chen Ying decided to reduce the price of 5 cents per bull, which is twenty-five cents per bull.

Guanzhong Food Trading Merchants will have even more headaches at that time.

They will lose all their money.

...

Chang'an was completely crazy. As the food prices fell, the people were excited to sing and dance. After nightfall, fireworks could be seen everywhere in Chang'an City. The sky was well-versed, but now it was infected by colorful fireworks.

In Guanzhong in July, the air is full of scorching heat. Although it has not stopped the enthusiasm of the people, the entire Chang'an City is shrouded in the bright lights and surrounded by a lively atmosphere.

All kinds of people are crowded on the streets and alleys of Chang'an City at the same time. Some are wandering around, some are shopping, some are looking for good friends, and some are chanting poems and writing couplets in remote teahouses, which is elegant.

At this moment, all the people who appeared on the street had bright smiles on their faces, a sincere smile that had never appeared before.

There were three people crowding on the street, namely Li Jiancheng, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling.

A smile finally appeared on Li Jiancheng's originally gloomy face. Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling were also the same as ordinary people. From time to time, they looked around and were attracted by the lively noise.

Li Jiancheng was not unmoved by these scenes. All this was not in his eyes, but in his heart. To be honest, Li Jianchengcai had not seen the people so happy for years.

Li Jiancheng did not speak or look around along the way. From time to time, the three of them had already arrived at the south gate. The crowds here were even more crowded, shouting, applause, noise, talk, firecrackers, and cheers... All kinds came at the same time. Although it seemed a bit noisy, this noisy was a rare scene in the seven years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jiancheng's eyes were a little wet. The Tang Dynasty in his dream was like this, and the people were satisfied with happiness. Especially when the worries of hunger were relieved, the streets and alleys of Chang'an were filled with the fragrance of food, including mutton soup cakes, Hu cakes, roast lamb, and sweet and greasy glutinous rice.

Li Jiancheng knew very well that it was not the dynasty who created all this with his own hands, nor was the aristocratic family that helped them strongly when Li Tang established the country, but Chen Ying.

This time, the worries of famine in Guanzhong also allowed Li Jiancheng to see the faces of the aristocratic families clearly. Li Jiancheng's head unconsciously emerged, and the grand blueprint Chen Ying painted him.

Li Jiancheng finally came back from this mysterious environment. He looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Fang Qing, I have done your five strategies, documents and disarmament, and I am planning to do the remaining items one by one. However, you, the initiator, cannot be used to observe on the wall. Whoever advocates and implements your own suggestions, you must do your own suggestions yourself."

Fang Xuanling smiled disconcertedly and said, "What is the thing that Your Majesty is most anxious to do now?"

Li Jiancheng thought and said, "I hope that you can come forward to preside over the Ministry of Personnel and eliminate official posts, but what you are most anxious about now is to announce the rescinding of the royal family."

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is most anxious to do now. The Turkic envoy is about to enter Chang'an. How to deceive the Turkic envoy is the most important thing!"

Li Jiancheng's mouth twitched and said, "Then I... I must transfer Chen Ying back to Chang'an."

Wei Zheng nodded silently and said, "Let General Chen deal with the Turkic envoys be the best choice!"

...

In just five days, Yu Wenhui and seemed to have passed five years, he never thought that Chen Ying would transport grain from Jiangnan, and it was unaware of it. In fact, Chen Ying not only asked Xie Hui to help transport grain, but also transport grain from Lin Lu in the Inner South Peninsula. Lin Lu, because of the killing weapon of Chameng Rice, the rice in Lin Yi was as cheap as earth.

Zhang Zhongjian's ocean-going fleet could use a kitchen knife worth a few cents to exchange for two stones of rice in Linyi Kingdom, and the average price was less than one cent per bucket. Of course, if you exchange cloth with extremely good breathability, a ship of thousands of stones of grain would be only a few pieces of cloth.

The key is that Zhang Zhongjian has such a cheap deal, and he still wants to save it. Anyway, his subordinates are all used to pirates who are used to being unsolicited and letting them spend money on things, which is a bit of a high opinion of their character.

As Zhang Zhongjian prepared to withdraw all forces from Zhuzi Island and the Indochina Peninsula, Zhang Zhongjian and Chen Ying had a huge armed sales business. Zhang Zhongjian used more than three million stones of free food to exchange Chen Ying for millions of triangular arrows, more than 20,000 folded shields, and a comparable number of spears.

The Guanzhong food crisis is actually caused by too many accidental factors. Once the autumn harvest is harvested next year, the food supply will be not provided to satisfy the consumption of the people in Guanzhong and can also save the surrounding areas.

In this case, they will also experience a sharp drop when they keep their food. You should know that in the harvest year, the food in Guanzhong is only five cents.

A entourage Xiang Yuwen and reported: "Sir, today the grain has dropped by another five cents, and seven more grain families committed suicide!"

Li Yuanji was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. He finally accumulated millions of wealth, but this time he threw all into the food war, but the result was good. In just five days, he had a million yuan of wealth, but at this time he was less than 300,000 yuan.

Li Yuanji's mouth was filled with blisters, and he said anxiously: "Sir, what should we do now?"

A shopkeeper said anxiously: "It's all the damn Chen Ying who is doing it..."

Li Yuanji said angrily: "Then kill him!"

"It's useless!" Yu Wenhuaji shook his head and said, "If Chen Ying was so easy to kill, how could he survive until now? He has more than 300 guards in and out of the city, and he doesn't usually leave Chen's house. If you want to deal with him, you will be humiliating yourself!"

Li Yuanji's eyes were about to break and said, "I don't believe that there are still people in this world who cannot be killed. I will invite him to visit the mansion. At that time, I will poison it. At worst, I can just like the second child and feed myself a glass of poisoned wine..."

"It's useless!" Yu Wenhuaji sighed and said, "If murder is useful, how can I be lenient? Now Chen Ying has handed the food to the government office. Chen Ying is still there or not, the danger of food famine has been resolved, and it will be useless!"

Li Yuanji said anxiously: "What should I do now?"

Yu Wenhe said solemnly: "I can only wait!"

"Wait?" Li Yuanji looked at Yu Wenji suspiciously.

Yu Wenhua and looked at the north and murmured: "Now we have to look at Jie Li Khan. As long as he is not afraid, we still have a chance!"

In fact, as Yu Wenhe said, the decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks is about to break out. Once the Tang Dynasty wins, it will naturally be firmly in the country. Once Li Jian succeeds and fails, no matter how much food Guanzhong has, it is not enough for the Turks to grab it. At that time, the food crisis will break out, and the money and food they lost can be retrieved.

Chen Ying received a oral order from Li Jiancheng to ask him to be responsible for receiving Turkic envoys. Chen Ying did not dare to neglect, and then rode his horse to lead his personal guards back to Chang'an City.

Now that Chen Ying has increased his defense, he has become the public enemy of the aristocratic families in Guanzhong. I don’t know how many people want to kill him.

Just as he entered the city gate, Chen Ying looked at the energetic soldier and frowned slightly.

Although most of the elites in Guanzhong of the Tang Dynasty were like-minded, they were afraid that the Turks would think that the Tang Dynasty was bluffing. After thinking about it, Chen Ying said: "To recruit three thousand elderly, weak, sick and disabled people, it is as miserable as it is. It is best to be too thin!"

Soon Chen Ying used three thousand victims to change into the armor of the soldiers guarding the city, and asked them to replace the originally tall Guanzhong soldiers on duty.

When the Eastern Turkic envoy arrived in Chang'an City, especially Zhishili looked at the weak-looking faces and thin body, Zhishili looked contemptuous.

However, Bu Lugen, dressed as an ordinary member of the regiment, approached the soldiers guarding the city and looked at them up close.

It was not long, and when Chen Ying led the Eastern Turkic mission into Chang'an City.

A solemn look appeared on Bu Lugen's face.

Zhi Shili smiled and said, "National Master, what's wrong? If the Tang army was just such a person, I could step into Chang'an City with only six thousand elite soldiers under my command!"

Bu Lugen shook his head and said, "Look at their hands, the hands holding the knife, and the hands holding the hoe, the force is different. The calluses on their palms are also different. These are not the elites of the Tang Dynasty, and they are not even the army..."

Zhi Shisili said with a serious look on his face: "What do they mean by doing this? Or maybe it's not that the national teacher is careful, they must have been hidden by them. Could it be that they have set up a net to wait?"

Bu Lugen shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet, and more news must be obtained!"

Chen Ying stared at the Turkic envoy behind him with his eyes. Seeing Zhishisili's respectful attitude towards Bu Lugen, he understood that Zhishisili was just a small character on the surface, and the real person was this unpretentious Li Tenu.

With Chen Ying, he entered the Tai Chi Palace through Chengtian Gate with his power of pride and thought.

At this time, Li Jiancheng and the important officials of the three provinces of the inner court were all staring at the entrance of the hall.

As soon as Zhi Shili entered the hall, he enthusiastically opened his arms and trembling beard and shouted: "Your Highness, the heroic prince, Jie Li Khan learned that you have become the emperor, and specially brought a million Turkic warriors to see you and expressed to you, brothers on the desert grassland, the most sincere congratulations. How quickly, in just a few years, our little prince has become the emperor..."

Li Jiancheng was so angry that his face turned pale.

Chen Ying stared at Zhishi's soul with a sharp look.

The power of pride and loss of thinking suddenly became silent.

Li Jiancheng laughed coldly and said, "I think I am a bastard, it turns out that it is you little wolf cub!"

Zhidui Sili was shocked.

The ministers in the hall looked at each other.

Both Xiao Shiwen and Chen Shuda thought that Li Jiancheng was too deprived of the emperor's dignity.

In fact, they had too little contact with the Turks. They didn't even know that the Turks were also afraid of power but not virtue.

Li Jiancheng shouted: "Zhi Wu's ability to think, although he is an old acquaintance, the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty is not abolished. Please kneel down and speak to me!"

The two warriors in the hall ran over immediately and pushed Zhishisi's power to kneel down.

Zhi Shili shouted angrily: "Little Prince, is this your etiquette for receiving guests?"

Li Jiancheng sneered: "The Tang Dynasty treats guests with courtesy and animals, and there is a way to treat animals. Now, I am no longer the prince of the past. I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the king of a country. How can I allow you to be here? The little prince and the little prince are shouting randomly?"

Zhi Di Sili looked up at Li Jiancheng above with some at a loss.

He was just about to argue when he saw Chen Ying making a gesture to him to wipe his neck.

Suddenly, he became timid.

Li Jiancheng continued: "Jie Li is a Khan. When he sees me, he will respectfully call him brother. You, a little special agent, dare to be in front of me, randomly and casually. If I tolerate you, how will billions of subjects in the world look at me? Pull this beast outside the Zhuque Gate and behead him, and his head is hanging outside the west gate. A piece of white silk is placed next to it, with only four words written on it, 'Those who swear by you will die!"

The warrior in the temple set up his power of pride and dragged it outward.

Zhihuo's power of thinking was so scared that he was full of courage. He kept shouting and spared his life, shaking his hands and kicking his feet.

Wei Zheng quickly stepped out and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the person who has transformed himself into a foreign country has never been convinced of Wang Hua and does not understand etiquette. If he is rude, he can just hand over to the Honglu Temple Shen Shen. Besides, if the two countries have fought with troops, they will not beheaded, please ask Your Majesty to be kind, scold such a vulgar person and send him back, that's it!"

Li Jiancheng blinked at Chen Ying and said, "That's right. Now that he has killed this person, the one who has been defeated by the alliance is his master. I'm sorry he won't accept it!"

Chen Ying bowed and said, "I asked for an order, where should I take him? Is it the Yeting or the Beiya?"
Chapter completed!