Chapter 106: Grain Merchant Selection

Style: Historical Author: Luo Mo KeWords: 2244Update Time: 24/02/20 17:57:08
As one of the eight leaders of the Righteous Path, King Yao unabashedly released Wia at this moment, which seemed extremely terrifying.

Even if Gu Beichuan had internal strength, he still couldn't bear it.

So he couldn't help but look at Li Dongbi, and after thinking about it, he said, "Brother Dongbi taught me."

Li Dongbi:......

"Master, this matter is purely for a reason. This disciple has definitely not revealed the secret knowledge of our sect."

"Everything happens for a reason? Why?"

"He... is the person the monk wants to protect, and it is the monk who asked me to teach him two internal skills and mental methods."

"The monk once said that he has informed you."

"Monk? Who is this?" Sun Xing looked confused, as if he was really thinking about which celebrity in the world was nicknamed monk.

"That's it, the Zen one."

boom!

Hearing this, Sun Xingcai reacted suddenly and said angrily: "When did that person become a monk?"

"Gu Beichuan called that, so I followed suit."

"He has indeed informed me, so you are not overstepping the bounds on this matter."

When Gu Beichuan heard this, he was overjoyed and thought to himself: Who is this monk? Even the contemporary medicine king wants to sell his face.

"But, the Pure Yang Sutra and the Medicine King's Canon are, after all, the secret knowledge of our sect and will not be passed on to anyone else." For a moment, the Medicine King actually showed a tangled look.

When Gu Beichuan saw this, he panicked and said to himself, Monk, your face doesn't seem to be of much use.

"In my opinion, either you can simply join me as a disciple of King Yao. It would be more legitimate and more convenient for us to cooperate."

"I wonder what you think, Boss Gu?" Sun Xing smiled like an old fox.

After all, Gu Beichuan was also a time traveler. He couldn't understand what people were talking about.

Sun Xing didn't want to make things difficult for him at all, he really wanted to accept him as his disciple.

But...since you can find yourself a well-known backer in the world, why not?

Anyway, you, Yaowang Palace, may make a small profit, but I, Feihong, will never lose money.

"If King Yao doesn't give up, Beichuan will naturally have no objections."

"Okay! It's settled then." Medicine King was also delighted. Even though he had been in the world for decades, he really didn't know anything about business.

So no matter how sincere Gu Beichuan said, he still felt a little distrustful in his heart.

But what if Gu Beichuan himself is a disciple of Yaowang Palace? So what are the worries?

My family will never deceive my own family.

Afterwards, Gu Beichuan performed the apprenticeship ceremony and officially became a disciple of Yaowang Palace.

Of course, there was something special about his disciple.

There is no need to compile medical books, and there is no need to cure diseases and save people.

It's like... similar to later generations spending money to buy a degree.

But all the resources of the Medicine King Palace were opened to him, including the Medicine King Pond, which is said to contain the essence of the sun and moon, the essence of heaven and earth, and can cleanse the bones and muscles!

You know, this is the treatment that only the core disciples of Yaowang Palace receive.

It can be seen that the King of Medicine attaches great importance to Gu Beichuan.

After the King of Medicine and Gu Beichuan discussed some specific details, they returned to the King of Medicine's palace. There were still many matters waiting for him to deal with, so it was not advisable to leave for too long.

The specific plan for establishing a medical center was implemented jointly by Gu Beichuan and Li Dongbi.

Therefore, Gu Beichuan, who had just returned from Huainan, was afraid that he would have to go back to Huainan soon.

But before leaving, there was good news in the workshop.

Hybrid rice is bearing fruit!

After many hybridizations, the Ministry of Agriculture led by Li Laoer finally produced rice seeds with many excellent qualities such as lodging resistance, high yield, cold resistance, acid and alkali resistance, etc.!

Gu Beichuan checked it and found that the effect was indeed good.

He decided that this time he could just go to Zhou Huai's house and give him the seeds.



Taicang's order Wu Yunxuan came again, but this time he came to Huainan, and he chose a grain merchant.

After all, the two counties of Jianghuai and Jianghuai are both fertile counties in the south of Daqian. The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, so one cannot favor one over the other.

But there was also King Jing in Huainan. Although he was not favored, he was still a king, with a noble status and a prominent position.

Naturally, he couldn't do things like he did in Jiangnan County and deliver news to Shen Gui in advance.

Therefore, the selection of grain merchants this time should be fair and just.

The grain merchants in Jianghuai and Jianghuai counties had already received the news and began to prepare intensively.

A grain selector is completely different from a cloth selector.

What cloth merchants pay attention to is the production process and whether they can make high-quality cloth to match the royal dignity.

But for grain merchants, in addition to grain quality, output is also a major factor, and can even be said to be a decisive factor.

Because this food is said to be royal food, but if you really think it can enter the belly of the royal family, you are inevitably a bit naive.

The royal family eats royal meals every day, with delicacies from the mountains and seas. However, rice made from grains like this is actually eaten less.

Therefore, most of the imperial rations were actually used as military rations.

What's more, the current Daqian army is at a critical juncture in preparing for war. The soldiers are training day and night, so they have to replenish their army rations.

There are many soldiers, so the food production is naturally crucial.

The strong contenders selected by the grain merchants this time were the Jiangnan An family and the Huainan Tian family.

As for Zhou Huai... he is the largest grain merchant in Huainan, and this time the selection is even more certain, it will probably be him.

Unfortunately, during the autumn harvest a few days ago, locusts were inexplicably infested in the fields, resulting in a significant reduction in food production.

But what is surprising is that in Huainan, locusts are not encountered anywhere else.

How come the Zhou family’s fields were attacked by locusts?

Of course, as the largest local grain merchant in Huainan, Zhou Huai naturally has some energy.

If the yield in your own land is not good, then just harvest grain. It’s not a big deal.

But... when it was time to collect the grain, Zhou Huai was completely dumbfounded.

Because for some reason, the price of food in Huainan has more than doubled!

Only then did Zhou Huai realize that someone was deliberately causing trouble behind his back!

But just when he negotiated with several landowners and made up his mind to collect grain at a high price, those landowners changed their minds again.

One by one, they either claimed to have sold them to others, or claimed that they had run out of food.

At this juncture, Zhou Huai still didn't know that someone had planned it in advance to target him specifically.

If he guessed correctly, once the imperial merchant selection is over, the price of this grain will fall off a cliff.

But even if you know, what can you do?

It's too late!

The selection of grain dealers is based on the existing grain stock in hand and the annual output.

The existing grain reserves are the amount that the court can use immediately, and the annual output is the guarantee. Both are important.

In terms of output, Zhou Huai is confident that he will not lose to others.

But the problem now is that he doesn't have enough food in hand.

Unless the output is much higher than that of other companies, it may not mean much.

In other words, Zhou Huai fell into a trap from the beginning.

Now that things have happened, those who are behind the scenes have already figured out that they want to take advantage of this imperial merchant selection to knock Zhou down from the throne of Huainan's number one grain merchant.

So, who is this person?