Both Jia Lian and Xue Pan were very convinced by Jia Cong's words.
Hearing what Jia Cong said, they readily agreed. Their wealth today is all due to Jia Cong.
Jia Cong is the uncle of the Lin family, and is half the master of the Lin family. In addition, there are no boys in the Lin family, and Lin Ruhai is the only daughter of Lin Daiyu. The Lin family may also belong to Jia Cong in the future, and the managers of the Lin family will naturally obey orders.
Not to mention the stewards of the Shi family. When they came, Shi Xiangyun told him that they would obey Jia Cong in everything and were not allowed to make decisions without authorization.
After talking to a few more people and asking about the situation on the road, Li Biao arranged for them to go down to rest.
Jia Lian and Xue Pan did not leave together, but chose to stay.
After everyone left, Xue Pan asked: "Brother Cong, tell me how long we can last in this business. There is too much food. Will the price get lower and lower? If it is too low, But it’s not very cost-effective and there’s no need to do it.”
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Brother Xue, don't worry. As long as I am in Shaanxi, I can keep doing it. If it is a city where all the grain is concentrated, the price will naturally be lower and lower. We can use the local grain Businessmen sell grain to other cities and stabilize grain prices at a high level.
As long as everyone makes money, food will naturally come in a steady stream, and food prices will gradually stabilize. My ultimate goal is to balance food prices, and making money is just incidental, a means to attract everyone. "
Xue Pan said: "Brother Cong said this, and I feel relieved. I will definitely support brother Cong."
Jia Lian said: "Brother Cong, we can also sell the grain to other places ourselves, why do we need to go through other people's hands? Wouldn't that mean that others would make a lot of money?"
Jia Cong said: "Second brother, there are some things that those merchants can do, but we cannot do. Selling food in areas controlled by rebels. If you are labeled as a bandit, you will have to suffer. Then It's no small matter.
Of course, nothing will happen to me as long as I'm here, but it will always bring a bad reputation if word spreads, so we can't get ahead of this kind of thing and just leave it to those businessmen. Although we made a little less, we made up for it by shipping a few more times. "
Jia Lian smiled and said, "Brother Cong is still thoughtful, and I will listen to you."
Jia Cong said: "If you do it well this time, you can make money that you will never make in your lifetime."
When the two heard this, they all laughed.
Nothing but money!
In the evening, after entertaining a few people, I called Shopkeeper Li and others over to let them get to know each other. From now on, they would be responsible for the transactions themselves, and Jia Cong no longer had to worry about it.
Shopkeeper Li and the four of them hurried out to contact the buyers after receiving the grain.
Nowadays, food is a scarce commodity in Shaanxi. Basically, there is no need to worry about selling as much as there is. The four of them went to four different cities and found their next home very smoothly.
In less than ten days, nearly 400,000 shi of grain from the Jia family, Xue family, Lin family, and Shi family were all sold.
Among them, Jia Cong accounted for 200,000 shi, and the other four families combined were not as much as Jia Cong.
Jia Cong did not ask them to go back immediately. Instead, he took out 10% of the food and asked them to open a porridge shop outside the city to help the victims who had nothing and the orphans who had no father or mother.
At the same time, he secretly arranged for people to collect the orphans, and sent someone to notify Wangcai, asking him to send a food team over to secretly transport the orphans to Jeju Island.
Anyway, it would be difficult for these orphans to survive without anyone taking care of them. Taking them away also gave them a way to survive.
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Chang'an was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and an important town in Guanzhong. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.
Now Chang'an City Government Office has been changed to Chuang Wangfu, and the three characters "Chuang Wangfu" are engraved on the plaque on the gate.
At this moment, the atmosphere in Prince Chuang's palace was depressing, and there was silence in the main hall.
Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang was sitting in the main hall, where a group of rebel generals
, and some surrendered officials were all downcast and silent.
Yesterday, the news of the northern army's defeat finally reached Chang'an.
A small number of defeated troops also escaped and brought news from the north.
It was confirmed that Li Chuang's army was almost completely wiped out. All the rebel generals, including Gao Yingxiang, were shocked.
Li Chuang's army had a total of 130,000 troops, and most of them were elite men who had experienced hundreds of battles. In the past two years, they had fought in the north and south, and gained a great reputation.
Li Chuang was brave, good at fighting, resourceful, and had outstanding military exploits in battles with officers and soldiers.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be the second-in-command of the rebels, and it would be impossible for other generals to obey him.
Such a strong general and such a team were completely wiped out by the army in just over ten days.
It's a bit unbelievable to say, but after confirming the facts, it makes everyone even more frightened.
Li Chuang's combat prowess is well known, and there are really few people who can consider themselves to be superior to him. Even Gao Yingxiang cannot guarantee that he will be stronger than Li Chuang.
Originally, it was a great joy to occupy Shaanxi in one fell swoop.
Xi'an is located on the Guanzhong Plain and is locked within the pass by several dangerous passes. For strategic considerations and the dangers of the passes, Gao Yingxiang decided to conquer Tongguan before the imperial reinforcements arrived, march into Henan Prefecture, and threaten the Central Plains.
Unfortunately, the success fell short. The imperial reinforcements arrived, and more than 100,000 of his own troops were killed in one fell swoop.
That's nearly 40% of his troops. It would be a lie to say he doesn't feel sorry for him.
The most critical thing is that his plan to enter the Central Plains was also shattered and was directly aborted.
He didn't dare to attack Tongguan now. If he were to be killed by Jia Cong from behind and be attacked from both sides, he would really be close to death.
The top priority is to first eliminate the group of officers and soldiers who entered Shaanxi, and first stabilize Shaanxi's internal affairs.
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If he hadn't wanted to send back the enemy's news, brother would have gone to avenge Brother Li alone. King Chuang wanted to kill brother, and brother had nothing to say. King Chuang would have done it, and brother would never have frowned, let alone Will resent King Chuang. "
Liu Yidao said: "King Chuang, Brother Niu is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is also kind-hearted. He even brought us detailed information about the officers and soldiers. Now is the time to employ people. Please allow King Chuang to allow him to make meritorious service." .”
"Please show mercy to King Chuang."
Other generals also begged for mercy, which shows that Niu Xing's popularity is still very good.
When Gao Yingxiang saw this, he couldn't disobey everyone.
"Forget it, I'll spare you this time. I hope you can perform well in the next battle."
Niu Xing's face lit up with joy and he said loudly: "Thank you very much, King Chuang. Brother, I will definitely not let King Chuang down."
Gao Yingxiang said: "Generals, in this current war situation, do you have any clever plans that can eliminate Jia Cong's son in one fell swoop and avenge Brother Li and others?"
Wang Lei said: "King Chuang, General Li's defeat was all caused by a sneak attack. If it were an upright battle, I believe those officers and soldiers who are greedy for life and fear of death will definitely not be our opponents. As long as we are careful and will not be plotted I believe Jia Cong has nothing to do."
Liu Yidao said: "King Chuang, the officers and soldiers became so powerful because of Jia Cong. Why don't we send some experts to assassinate him. The remaining officers and soldiers will definitely not be our opponents. Maybe we can Attack the capital in one fell swoop and make King Chuang the emperor."
"Hahahaha, what Brother Liu said is that now that King Chuang has become the emperor, all ours will become generals."
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Seeing the excitement of the generals below, they had already recovered from the previous blow.
Gao Yingxiang said: "What you brothers are right, let's do as you say. General Liu, I will leave it to you to assassinate Jia Cong. Success or failure depends on this one move. You must act cautiously. This move must be successful." .”
Liu Yidao said: "Don't worry, King Chuang. I, Old Liu, will definitely bring Jia Cong's child's head back to King Chuang."
Gao Yingxiang nodded, and then ordered: "Inform the rebels everywhere to guard against sneak attacks by the government troops. The generals also went back to intensify training of the troops and wait for the order to send troops."
"Yes, I will obey."
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In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Most of the teams transporting grain this time also sold the grain, and everyone made a lot of money, with smiles on their faces.
Even Li Rong looked at it with envy.
Jia Cong has arranged a team of people to escort them back to the capital.
These people carried millions of taels of silver, which was not a small amount. If they were robbed on the way, it would be troublesome.
Jia Cong also hoped that they would bring the money back to attract more people to sell grain to Shaanxi.
Only in this way can food prices be pushed down faster.
The 10,000 death camp soldiers recruited by Xie Qiong were already in shape after a month of training.
After a month of rest, the army has a completely new look.
This month was too short, and there would not be much progress in other aspects of training, so Jia Cong arranged for them to train in military posture and obedience.
After a month, it was still very effective.
Tie Zhu contacted the internal agents hidden among the rebels and got a clear understanding of the rebels' situation.
Even the character, preferences, abilities, etc. of the Chuang King and the main generals were all understood. The layout and strength of the rebels had also been clearly investigated.
It can be said that everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.
Jia Cong came to the camp, walked into his commander's tent, and shouted to Li Biao: "Send the order, beat the drum and gather the generals."
"Yes, I will obey."
Li Biao agreed, turned around and left the handsome tent.
"Dongdongdongdongdong..."
After a while, the drums of gathering generals sounded, and all the soldiers immediately rushed to the dianjiang platform.
Jia Cong stood on the gathering platform and looked at the neatly organized 100,000 troops below, arranged in ten pairs of our side, each of them full of energy, high morale and high morale.
Jia Cong nodded with satisfaction and shouted below: "My fellow soldiers, you have to raise your troops for a thousand days and use them for a while. The court is in trouble today. It is the time for us to serve the country. Some time ago, we wiped out 100,000 rebels." , but there are more rebels on the ground in Shaanxi, waiting for us to exterminate them, and the people of Shaanxi are also waiting for us to rescue them, what should we do?"
"Destroy the rebels and rescue the people."
"Destroy the rebels and rescue the people."
"Destroy the rebels and rescue the people."
"Kill, kill, kill..."
The deafening shouts of killing resounded through the sky and throughout Yulin City.
After a moment, Jia Cong pressed down his hands, and the sound stopped. The school grounds became silent, and the falling leaves could be heard.
Jia Cong shouted again: "Okay, you are all good, you are all warriors of the empire, the empire will be proud of you, and the people of Shaanxi will not forget you. I now announce that in the future suppression In the bandit war, 40% of all seizures belong to you. As long as you fight bravely to kill the enemy, I will not treat you badly, the court will not treat you badly, and your Majesty will not treat you badly."
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
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Jia Cong got on his horse, drew out his sword with a swipe, and shouted loudly: "Let's go!"
