Chapter 26 Backlash
Kang Chengdong was instructing people to carry goods to the car, sighing repeatedly and said to Yelu Buhua beside him: "Oh, I was going to have a good business, but I didn't want to suffer this time because of a moment of greed. Fortunately, the government finally collected the incense medicine, but although I lost money, I didn't lose all of it."
Yelu Buhua's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "Bingzhou is actually very interesting. It doesn't require hard work to sell goods. You can do business by ordering by buying and selling goods. As long as you have enough capital, you can make prices rise and fall--"
Kang Chengdong was startled and hurriedly said, "My husband, can you think like this! This time, the merchants were so miserable. Isn't it because they thought the yamen must buy incense medicine and raise the price? As a result, the yamen saw that the price was high, so they simply stopped buying it, and instead made money from the merchants."
Yelu Buhua smiled and shook his head: "Uncle, if you think about it the other way around, it will be different. Is it possible? The initial news was released by the yamen, asking everyone to fry the price of incense medicine and sell the incense medicine in the warehouse. In this way, the yamen not only made a lot of money, but also suppressed the price of incense medicine. At this time, the people in the yamen came out to load good people and collected everyone's incense medicine at a low price."
Speaking of this, the more Yelu Buhua thought about it, the more he felt this was, and the smile on his face became even stronger: "In the end, the yamen did sell fur and bought fragrant medicine, which was the same as the initial news. However, if the order was reversed, it would be that the merchant lost money and the yamen made money."
Kang Chengdong was stunned by Yelu Buhua's idea and did not dare to speak. If this was the case, the merchants in Bingzhou would be cheated of this wave of incense and medicine market. He lost money and was still mute and had no choice but to eat coptis chinensis. He could not say anything about his suffering. In the end, he asked the yamen to buy it at a low price.
"Interesting, interesting-" Yelu Buhua smiled and nodded.
Kang Chengdong calmed down and looked at Yelu Buhua, saying in confusion: "Mr., look at you, why don't you worry about losing money?"
Yelu Buhua smiled and shook his head: "It's just a few hundred guan, what's the point of worrying about? I learned this method but it's worth ten thousand gold! When I returned to Datong Mansion, I also learned to open a yard here. Hehe, it's not easy to make money!"
Kang Chengdong was a little scared and dared not speak. With Yelu Buhua's identity, it was not difficult to open a cargo yard in Datong Mansion. If he really manipulated the price as he said, it would be easy to make money.
Looking at Kang Chengdong's expression, Yelu Buhua smiled and patted his shoulder: "Mr.com, follow me in the future, you don't have to work so hard and travel thousands of miles anymore! You can make a lot of money by sitting at home. What a pleasure!"
In the back garden of the prefecture, Xia Shu asked the Hedong Road to raise a prison sentence for Zhang Zhi to drink wine, Shang Yao, Wang Kechen, and Du Zhongxiao accompanied him.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Zhi said to Xia Shuo: "Recently, the price of incense medicine in Bingzhou City has soared. Most of them lose money because of this, and the people are noisy—"
Xia Shunhun didn't care: "Scented medicine is not salt and rice, and ordinary people do not use it. There are prices rising and falling, so where does the people make noise!"
Zhang Zhi looked a little bad after hearing this: "What my husband said is right. However, the price of incense medicine has skyrocketed and fell sharply this time, and there are quite a few families in the city who have lost money. Some people sued the Criminal Department on the grounds that the yamen officials manipulated the price and plundered the money of ordinary people."
Xia Xun said: "What are you suing? The transaction is all voluntary, and you will sue the official if you lose money. How can you make this reason?"
Zhang Zhi sighed slightly: "My husband, that's not what he said. There are rumors outside that the price increase in incense and medicine was manipulated by the yamen, with the purpose of making money. Whether this matter is or not, it is unfounded by the law and cannot be sued. However, it is inappropriate for the yamen to strip the people of money. If something goes wrong, it will be hindered."
Xia Sheng smiled and said, "What's the matter? If the businessman loses money in business, he will cause trouble. That's not bad! This year, the fur business in this state has become prosperous. The furs are piled up in the state, and the salaries of military soldiers and officials are mostly broken with fur, and complaints are filled. If the fur in Curry is not sold and the soldiers are angry, then something will happen! Now sell Curry's fur to eliminate the resentment of the military soldiers. It's a great thing!"
Zhang Zhi sighed and understood in his heart that the incense and medicine storm was very likely manipulated by the yamen. However, there were no corresponding charges in this era. Whoever suffers losses will make a profit, and everyone will be determined to do so. The Tizheng Department is in Bingzhou. There are so many people who lose money in the city. There are always people who are unwilling to accept it and go to Zhang Zhi to file a complaint. It is also good to disgust the officials in charge of the matter.
Xia Su raised his wine glass and said, "Don't talk about this, drink, drink!"
After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Zhang Zhi couldn't help it and said, "Mr. I've lost money this time, some of them have power. I heard that some of these people are quite powerful in the capital and discuss with each other to frame their husbands--"
After hearing this, Xia Shu's face darkened: "Hmph, I am in charge of the journey, are you afraid of these gossips? If there are people in the city who do this, wouldn't Tixing sit idly? We are officials in the same court, why don't you tell me clearly who are so bold!"
Zhang Zhi shook his head: "I just heard that I was not sure. Bingzhou is not as good as other places. There are many wealthy families, and many people are eunuchs in the palace. These people may not have high official positions, but they are close to the imperial court, so the husband should not be taken lightly."
Xia Shu nodded slightly, his face gloomy. Bingzhou was the place where military generals were produced during the Five Dynasties, such as the Yang family in Linzhou, Hu Yanzan and other famous generals all came from here, as well as the Guo family of Empress Guo of Zhenzong, etc. The founding of the Song Dynasty, many of these people were from Long heroes, and their official positions may be inconspicuous, but they had various relatives with the royal family. The local tyrants in Bingzhou were all in a vague way, not to mention that they had related to these people and cheated them of money, they would not know what kind of tricks they would get by if they were not careful. Not to mention that this place was the hometown of many eunuchs, and their relationship was complicated.
These people have low official positions and cannot cause great storms, but once they hold grudges, they will be disgusted at some point.
Zhang Zhi had no intention of standing up for these people, but just reminded Xia Shu. Besides, the Tizheng Department was in Bingzhou, and as one of the giants in the road, he did not even inform the state of doing such a big thing, and he was inevitably unhappy.
Du Zhongxiao listened on the side, and his heart was neither sad nor happy. These local tyrants who had connections in Beijing were the most troublesome, just like flies and fleas, they could not do anything to him, but they could disgust people. But as long as they did things, they would inevitably offend them and could not avoid them. He was just a verdict, and he was not yet targeted by these people, so it was useless to worry. He could only see how Xia Shu would deal with this matter in the end.
Wang Kechen, who was on the side, saw that the scene was a little awkward and said, "It's hard to raise women and villains in the world! Since my husband arrived in Bingzhou, he sold hundreds of thousands of kilograms of earth and salt in Wynn Supervisory and built a fur and fur yard, so many people benefited from it. Those who made money who made money did not say a good thing and suffered a little loss. Local officials are most afraid of such people!"
Zhang Zhi nodded silently and said, "The matter has been done, so I can only find a way to appease me. The person who lost money in the city is probably close to the royal relatives in the capital. He is used to taking advantage of the benefits, so he is naturally unwilling to suffer."
Chapter completed!