Not only Zhang Hong looked at him, but others looked at him.
This must be handled well, otherwise we will leave a good impression in front of these superiors.
Xie Dong saluted hurriedly and replied: "Report to the General and the Registrar, I have fifty dead horses. If the people of Xi County are in urgent need, I am willing to donate them."
His heart was bleeding. If their battalion had not become this general now, they would have donated these dead horses.
In fact, Xie Dong still didn't tell the truth completely. Even if he donated it, he still had fifty dead horses, which he absolutely could not donate.
Completely donated, what will their soldiers and horses eat and where will they have the strength to fight?
"Yes, you have the common people at heart." Zhang Hong glanced at Xie Dong and others appreciatively, and said to Xi Xing, "The Sichuan Protecting Army will donate another fifty horses to Xi County."
"The security team also donated fifty dead horses to Xi County." Xixing was naturally not far behind. "The people of Xi County are really having a hard time these days."
Tian Liang is the official historian of Wufang in West County. Now he is very worried.
The Wufang is a specialty of Xixian County. It specializes in managing the supply of wine, meat, grain, vegetables, salt, etc. in Xixian County. It is somewhat similar to the current Commerce Bureau, Grain Bureau, and Salt Industry Company.
It is similar to Changpingcang in the Song Dynasty, but its effect is far greater than that of Changpingcang.
After all, Changpingcang in the Song Dynasty mainly ensured the supply of food, which almost took care of all the food for the people.
After all, Xi County is under the eyes of the barbarians, and it has just been captured. People's hearts are far less stable than in the mainland. Whenever there is any disturbance, people will be in panic.
Wufang, as the name suggests, is a government management agency that guarantees civilian supplies.
During the Song Dynasty, commerce was developed and profiteers were also very powerful.
When some unscrupulous traders in Xi County were just captured by the security team, they sold grains, vegetables, oils, and meat at four to five times or even ten times the price, causing the people to suffer so much that they complained to the government one after another.
Hu Liang and Puda are the two largest grain merchants in West County, accounting for more than 50% of their share.
Among them, Pu Da accounted for more than 30%, and Hu Liang accounted for nearly 10%.
The two of them also have an identity unknown to outsiders, Hu Shang.
Puda is not only the largest grain merchant in Xi County, but also the largest businessman in Xi County. They also sell meat oil and the like.
Puda's home display is the latest thing produced by Zhaojiazhuang, which started before the security group took over Xi County.
When entertaining guests, famous dishes such as braised pork belly and fat pot pork must be served. The wine must be fine wine and jade liquid, and the wine glass must be a crystal cup.
What to do with pigs that don’t smell fishy? Just buy it.
But there is no such pig here, what should we do?
Go to Chengdu to buy and it will be shipped thousands of miles away.
Tuancha is thrown away as garbage, and drinking tea must be drunk with spring breeze.
Women must use flower fairy powder, not only concubines, but also maids.
Wearing gold and jade is out of fashion, now crystal jewelry is popular among the rich and powerful.
The women in his family have long since thrown away these common things such as gold and jade, and now wear crystal rings, crystal earrings, and crystal necklaces.
These crystal ornaments are indeed extraordinary, indeed worthy of being made by Zhaojiazhuang.
Isn't it? It is dazzling under the sunlight and lights.
Is gold and jade so dazzling, so dazzling, so crystal clear? Not at all.
Indeed, compared with crystal jewelry, gold and silver are too tacky.
The teacup is naturally also a crystal cup, and the delicate leaf bottom of Zui Chunfeng can be clearly seen, every detail is revealed.
The wine glass must also be a crystal glass, and the wine is naturally a fine wine.
A singer next to her played silk music and sang "Crystal Song":
"The crystal cup of jade liquid and fine nectar reflects the human figure crystal clear.
Du Kang was so drunk that his poems flew away, leaving lingering fragrance to intoxicate the mortal world. "
This poem is already a reflection of crystal and has become a must-play for the powerful.
Exactly, the fine wine and jade liquid complement each other. Compared with the original turbid rice wine, it is completely different from the heaven and the earth.
Hu Liang used a crystal cup to toast Puda frequently while eating fat pot pork.
Puda's home has almost become a crystal home.
The crystal series produced by Zhaojiazhuang turned out to be something that only powerful people could own.
It is said that the Great Khan rewards meritorious ministers, which is also a crystal series.
If a powerful person does not have a crystal system in his home, then he cannot become a powerful person at all. Crystal has become synonymous with powerful people.
Although Pu Da is not a powerful person, he is a big businessman, and he is also a businessman who can rank high in Xingyuan Mansion.
While eating delicious food and looking at the crystal series, Hu Liang thought bitterly: "Showing off your wealth is nothing. When I get rich, I will trample you under my feet."
However, he could only bury these words deeply in his heart and never say them out.
Not only could he not say it, he also had to express his respect for Puda in a look-up tone.
"Tell Shopkeeper Pu, there is a great opportunity to make money in front of you. I wonder if Shopkeeper Pu is willing?" He looked at Pu Da with drunken eyes and bowed his hands.
Pu Da took a breath of wine, looked at him and asked, "I wish to hear the good news."
He didn't bow deeply to Hu Liang, but just held his hand lightly to show his appreciation.
Hu Liang really wanted to jump up and beat him, but he didn't dare at all.
Although the two are businessmen, they are not on the same level.
"Now many people are pouring into Xi County, not only tens of thousands of security guards, but also tens of thousands of Central Plains people. Isn't this an opportunity?" Hu Liang made his hands into the shape of a trumpet and whispered.
Pu Da shook his head, thought for a while and said: "The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. You should not take this idea from the security team."
"Who dares to take the idea of the security team? It's life-threatening. But what about these Central Plains people?" Hu Liang looked at the dark night outside and looked away and asked.
Pu Da didn't say anything, and asked the maid standing aside to make a cup of drunken spring breeze.
He didn't care that there was still a taste of alcohol in his mouth, and gargled his mouth with the drunken spring breeze tea from the crystal tea cup.
Seeing Pu Da gargling his mouth with drunken spring breeze, Hu Liang really wanted to point at him and yell: "You are wasting your natural resources."
But he didn't dare, he just looked at it with envy, thinking in his mind when I would be able to be so good.
Maybe the drunken spring breeze really refreshed Pu Da's consciousness.
He asked his maid to change a cup of Zui Chunfeng tea, took a sip of tea and fell into deep thought.
What Pu Da was thinking was: "It's not easy for me either. The ostentation is big and the expenses are big, but the expenses are still a little tight."
"Does the security team know this?" Pu Da pondered for a long time and made a beheading gesture with his right hand.
Hu Liang didn't know what Puda was thinking. Hearing Puda's words, he fell into deep thought.
Hu Liang thought for a while, shook his head, and said in a positive tone: "This won't happen."
"The little saint not only has a literary name, but also has military power in his hands. He can find any excuse at will." Pu Da didn't believe it at all, and still made a downward slashing gesture with his hand.
"It is precisely because he is a little saint that he must cherish his feathers." Hu Liang's eyes lit up. "If the little saint kills easily, it will be a serious blow to his reputation."
"One of the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce is ranked first, and the other is ranked last." Pu Da thought for a while, but was still a little discouraged.
Hu Liang also asked for a cup of tea. He just rinsed his mouth with boiled water and drank the tea.
Hu Liang organized his words and said one by one with his fingers: "I am sure that the little saint will never raid his home and behead him. First, he is also a businessman, and businessmen must follow business rules. Secondly, he has never killed a businessman. "
Pu Da drank tea while thinking about Hu Liang's words, but said nothing.
"Third, the most important thing is that the things he makes need merchants to sell them. If he kills us, who else will sell them to him." Hu Liang said seriously, "It was the war between the Khanate and the Song Dynasty. The two sides fought hard. Even if it comes to life or death, I won’t kill the businessmen.”
Pu Da thought for a while, pushed away the teacup in his hand, raised his wine glass, clinked it with Hu Liang's wine glass, and said, "Here you go."
The next day, people in Xi County discovered that the prices of the two largest food stores in Xi County suddenly tripled.
Once the prices of these two stores increase, the prices of other rice and grain stores will also increase.
The two big shopkeepers have already increased their prices. You would be a fool not to make money when you have money.
Xixian County was already poor, and the people cried for their fathers and called their mothers, and found the clan leader one after another.
The clan leader found the elder squire. Upon hearing this, the elder squire said, "Let's go and find the government."
Seeing dozens of squire senior citizen service centers, Tian Liang bowed to them and gave them good advice, while asking people to serve them tea, while saying that the government was thinking of something.
An elderly man, supported by a servant, pointed his crutch at Tian Liang and scolded: "I'm not going anywhere today. I'm waiting for the government to solve the problem."
"If the government doesn't solve the problem, the old man will stay here and never leave." Several old people with age spots were leaning on their crutches and spitting at Tian Liang.
Another elderly man pointed at Tian Liang with trembling hands and said, salivating: "I don't have a few days to live anyway, and I don't have anything to eat now. I might as well starve to death here."
Tian Liang didn't dare to wipe the saliva from his face, so he had to take a few steps forward and give him good advice one by one.
Tian Liang did not expect that these profiteers would attack him as soon as he took office.
After receiving Tian Liang's report, the county magistrate Wang Wenxiu and the county magistrate Zhang Ding looked at each other.
Wang Wenxiu slammed the tea cup to the ground, pointed outside the yamen and shouted: "These profiteers should be caught immediately and beheaded all of them."
"This cannot be beheaded. It is absolutely forbidden." Zhang Ding hurriedly grabbed Wang Wenxiu.
"In troubled times, use heavy codes." Wang Wenxiu glared at him and made a chopping gesture with his hand, "The only way to deal with these profiteers is to use heavy codes."
"Zhaojiazhuang's goods cannot be separated from merchants." Zhang Ding shook his head and asked: "If the businessman is killed, who will help Zhaojiazhuang sell goods?"
"I can't kill him, I can't fight him, so what should I do?" Wang Wenxiu walked around the case and looked at Zhang Ding and asked.
Zhang Ding thought for a moment and said, "Let Xizuoying give the little saint a letter."
In the evening, I finally received a reply from the little saint.
"The little saint said that military rations should be released to meet the needs of the people." Xi Xing was shocked when he received Zhao Ping's letter.
Zhang Hong read the letter and couldn't help but frowned: "Military rations are for sale, but what do the soldiers eat? Even the emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers. Without food, the morale of the army is unstable. What should we do?"
"Let go of the military rations. There will be no problem within ten days, but it will have to be replenished after ten days." Yang Yun thought for a while.
Xi Xing thought for a while and shook his head: "This place is a thousand miles away from Chengdu. It is difficult to transport military rations within ten days."
This is a dilemma. If military rations are not released, people's morale will be unstable.
However, if military rations are sold, although the people's morale will be stable, the military morale will not be stable.
Including Xi Xing, Zhao Yun, Zhang Hong, Zheng Ding and others looked at Yang Yun, hoping that he would make up his mind.
"The little saint said that he would think of ways to make up for it within ten days." Yang Yun finally looked at the letter repeatedly and said decisively: "Let's release the military rations."
Amid the grateful voices of the elderly squires and people in Xixian County, ordinary people can use their household registration to buy a bushel of rice, a bushel of flour, a pound of vegetable oil, and a pound of meat per person per month at a flat price.
Pu Da and Hu Liang looked at the happy faces of the people, glanced at each other, and sneered: "There are more than 100,000 people in Xi County. Let's see if you can hold on for how many days?"
