After Zhang Shiping left Zhong's mansion, he did not go home as per Zhong Yao's suggestion, but quickly arrived at his own grain shop.

"Master, this business cannot be done." As soon as I entered the door, I saw the shop's shop dozing off. When I saw Zhang Shiping coming, I quickly said to Zhang Shiping with a wry smile.

"Seven hundred coins per stone of rice, there was no way before, but now that there is a cheap one, who will buy it?" Zhang Shiping shook his head and said, "Close the door."

"Master, don't do business anymore?" The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Shiping in surprise.

"Why don't you do it?" Zhang Shiping sat on the chair. The smart guy had already served him a cup of clear water. After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Starting tomorrow, sell corn at a price of 60 coins per stone."

"Sixty coins!" The shopkeeper and the shop assistant were shocked when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Shiping in confusion and said, "Master, how much money do you have to lose?"

"I can't lose much." Zhang Shiping shook his head: "Just treat His Majesty as giving his face."

Zhang Shiping had a good relationship with the head of the Su family. Yesterday, he had already received some news from the head of the Su family. His Majesty had already intervened in the grain price market in Chang'an.

If it were just like this, Zhang Shiping would not take it seriously. After all, the world is in chaos, so what about the emperor? He has a wealthy family, where can't he survive?

However, what happened today made him see something wrong. Although Zhong Yao was a famous scholar, he did not understand the secrets of the business. He did not understand the secrets. Apart from the word "profit", those who do business were not as evil as people said. If there was no professional bottom line, then business would have no foundation.

In addition to profit, the word "Xinyi" is also very important to merchants of this era. Now that His Majesty does this, invisibly, in addition to enhancing the hearts of the people, he also brought up wealthy merchants such as the Su family, Zhen family and Lu family. Don't think that their grain prices seem to be lower than normal, but Zhang Shiping is sure that these companies have established a firm foothold in Chang'an, and will be invincible when doing business in the future.

Although Zhang Shiping is not as good as these great men, he is also a wealthy businessman in the world, so he is naturally unwilling to do a one-time deal.

That's right, Zhong Yao is powerful, but his Majesty is better than His Majesty? Not to mention how great the Zhong family has, it's just potential. On the surface, no aristocratic family is willing to go against the imperial power, and the merchants are even more so. Since now there is the opportunity to go online with the emperor, Zhang Shiping missed the first soup, but he is not ready to give up this second soup.

As for the threat from the Zhong family, hey, the reason he had settled in the Zhong family was just to gain a foothold in Chang'an. After all, Chang'an is the place where the great Han dragon energy is located and it is more connected to the Western Regions. As a businessman, Zhang Shiping knew the true value of this, and only looked at His Majesty's actions. Zhang Shiping vaguely felt that His Majesty's emphasis on business was not the attitude of these aristocratic families to say it and waving it.

However, if you can take this opportunity to get along with the line of the court, Zhang Shiping felt that this transaction would not be a loss. What's more, the high-priced grain sold in the previous few days had already made him gain a lot. This time it was not a free gift, but a low-priced sale. If you really count it, not only will it not be a loss, but a small profit. The most important thing is the line of His Majesty.

It seems that it is time to meet the person who is talking to the Su family in Chang'an.

Zhang Shiping and the Su family are considered family friends. Since they have decided to turn against each other, they naturally hope that the Su family can help them set up a line.

"The boss, since they are all going to sell, why not start now?" The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Shiping carefully.

"If you don't work today, you have to do it, you have to become bigger. It's best to lead others to sell it with us at a low price." Zhang Shiping sneered. Thinking of Zhong Yao's previous attitude, he felt a little unhappy. He was not a master-subordinate relationship with the Zhong family, but the Zhong family brought them together to raise the grain price of Chang'an. At this time, since you want to turn against each other, you naturally have to do it thoroughly.

"Let's go and rest. I'll go see the other families." After taking a sip of water, Zhang Shiping asked everyone to rest behind. After resting in the shop, he walked through the back door and left quietly. The night was already dark. After Zhang Shiping changed outfit, he quickly disappeared into the thick night.

Under the same night, the Zhong family.

"The head of the family, even if the remaining rice and grain are sold at a low price, we have made a lot of money this time and are not at a loss." A shopkeeper in charge of managing the Zhong family's business looked at the worried Zhong Yao in confusion.

"You don't understand." Zhong Yao looked at the shopkeeper and shook his head. In this matter, making money is second. The most important thing is to let Your Majesty see the power of scholars clearly. Scholars are the foundation of the world. If you make money, which aristocratic family will lack this little money? Salt iron, war horses, and every thing is huge profit in this troubled times.

The root of this matter is the game between the imperial power and the aristocratic family. If the imperial power wins, the aristocratic family will probably find it difficult to raise their heads in the future. Liu Xie cannot retreat in this matter, so how can they retreat? Since Guangwu, the aristocratic family has been in charge of the court for nearly two hundred years. Even if the foreign relatives are dictatorial, the late emperor even created an imperial party and eunuch to balance the power of the aristocratic family. However, the status of the aristocratic family has never been shaken for so many years.

If it is defeated this time, although the aristocratic families cannot be extinct, they may no longer be as difficult as before when facing the imperial power.

After all, businessmen are just small paths. They can only see the small profits in front of them, but they can't see the general trend clearly.

"It is not difficult to understand that the Zhen family was taken hostage by Lu Bu. It is reasonable to take action at this moment. The Su family is just a wealthy merchant and is not afraid of it. But why did the Lu family, Qin family and even Xun family get involved?"

Zhong Yao sat on the chair, frowned and thought. The Zhong family and the Xun family were both Yingchuan families. Zhong Yao may be loyal to the Han Dynasty, but they are all masters who have been circulating for hundreds of years. Zhong Yao knew very well that in this matter, the Xun family could not stand on the side of imperial power. The Lu family and the Qin family were the same, that is to say...

Zhong Yao raised his head and sneered, "What a secret person who was almost deceived by His Majesty."

"Head of the family, what does this mean?" Several shopkeepers looked at each other and looked at Zhong Yao with some confusion.

"You don't have to pay attention to it. Everything will be the same tomorrow. I just don't know how many days these people can last?" Thinking about the key to the matter, Zhong Yao stood up, sneered, and said a little disdainfully: "Your Majesty is also very talented, but unfortunately, some things are not that simple."

The next morning, several grain teams entered Chang'an City under the banner of all parties. Yesterday, the people who had been clamoring for a day, as trucks of grain were transported into the city, most of the famous wealthy merchants and merchants all appeared. Especially, many people saw with their own eyes that a stone of stone was released outside a newly opened shop, and all of them were priced at 80 yuan. The originally restless people's hearts finally gradually stabilized. Although there were still many people buying rice, compared to the scene of yesterday's rush to buy, today is much more normal.

After learning the news, Zhong Yao did not express anything. He just smiled coldly and continued to deal with his own affairs. This would be better. Guanzhong could be more stable. When this matter came to an end in the future, there was no need to worry about the exhaustion of the great man.

Niu Er is Niu Geng's fellow countryman. Niu Geng's family was killed, and Niu Er helped Niu Geng a lot. Now Niu Geng has become a success, so naturally he has never forgotten that this fellow countryman who helped him in his most difficult times. Not only did he take Niu Er to the city, but he also helped Niu Er find a place to make a living and learn craftsmanship with a master craftsman. His Majesty said that if these craftsmen reach the extreme, they will definitely have no worries about food and drink.

After a few months, Niu Er had some savings. If it weren't for the trouble of food prices in these days, he would have been going to marry a wife.

Unfortunately, I don’t have a grain purchase license. If I hadn’t had some food stored at home, I would have to buy the corn that was seventy or eighty dollars a bucket of corn.

However, seeing that the family's surplus food was insufficient, Niu Er had to go out to find Niu Geng, hoping that he could help him get a grain purchase sign.

As usual, I walked around the doors of several grain shops, and the rice price was still very expensive. Niu Er said he couldn't afford it. He was about to go to the palace to see if he could find Niu Geng, Niu Er was attracted by the price tag of a grain shop.

Sixty coins? One stone is not one dou?

Niu Er rubbed his eyes. Although he didn't know much about literacy, he still recognized these common words. He looked up at the door sign of the grain shop and confirmed that it was not the few grain shops designated by His Majesty.

"Store, why are your rice so cheap?" Niu Er looked at the store with some uncertainty.

"You are so interesting. Our food price is cheap. Why are you still strange?" The shopkeeper rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction: "If you don't sell it, after a while, the weather will warm up and these things will be difficult to preserve."

"There won't be a problem, right?" Niu Er reached out and grabbed a handful of corn, put it on his nose and smelled it.

"Take off your dirty hands!" The shop clerk directly slapped Niu Er's hand, pointed to the plaque on his finger in dissatisfaction and said, "Did you see, Chang'an century-old store, an old brand, I'm saying, "Do you buy it if you fall to the ground?"

"Buy it, why don't you buy it? It's cheaper than the rice from those shops." Niu Er happily took out a purse from his body and said, "Give me two stones, no, three stones."

"Can you get it?" The shop guy rolled his eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm very strong and can carry it." After Niu Er paid the money, he directly carried a stone of rice on his shoulder. In the surprised gaze of the shopkeeper, he carried one stone in one hand and ran back happily. One stone was only about 30 kilograms. Although the three stone rice was not light, it was not too heavy for people who worked all year round. Before leaving, he said: "It is worthy of being a century-old store. I have a conscience. I will tell others that I will come to you to buy rice."

"Thank you then." The waiter waved his hand bored. The wages were the same anyway, so it was all right for him to buy it.

But not long after, when he watched a group of people rushing towards this side in a mess, he suddenly became a little confused.
Chapter completed!