There were only two rice shops in Yunzhou City, but with the influx of a large number of people, they keenly smelled the business opportunities. There were many people who wanted to make a fortune with their grain. Therefore, when a grain merchant named Liang, who was well-known in Taiyuan Prefecture, quietly joined forces and attracted several grain merchants who had strong new arrivals in Yunzhou, it soon caused a situation of high prices in Yunzhou City. Through reluctance to sell and the price increase every two or three days, the grain they stocked up almost doubled. Therefore, under the urge to profit, even those who were originally prepared to take it as soon as possible gradually developed greed under the encouragement of Liang Xiaoshan.

Liang Xiaoshan said that he had a backer behind him. Even if Du Shiyi had a strong foundation, he could not control other places in Yunzhou. At worst, they would not do business in Yunzhou in the future. What's more, Liang Xiaoshan also said confidently that Yunzhou's city had a weak foundation and would need to rely on importing food from outside for a while. As long as they grasped Du Shiyi, they would be able to support half of the mountain in Yunzhou in the future.

But they were ambitious before, but they were now surprised to hear that the grain transported from Shuozhou arrived at the gate of the Yunzhou Governor's Office. After Du Shiyi said that the grain would be delivered continuously, they were shocked. Several grain merchants decided to go to Liangji rice shop together, and when they saw Liang Xiaoshan, they questioned him.

"Brother Liang, you said that Du Changshi could not transfer food, so we have been reluctant to sell it. Now the gate of the Governor's Office is opening to sell rice. How can this be done?"

"Yes, you know, I have to put in a total of 2,500 stones of food on my hand."

"If it's just a drop from 60 yuan to 55 yuan, it's fine, but Du Changshi's tone seems to have a further decline. Wouldn't our painstaking efforts be completely in vain?"

Seeing that some of the allies were anxious, some were angry, and some were irritable, Liang Xiaoshan smiled and reached out to suppress the pressure. When everyone finally calmed down, he said slowly: "Everyone, don't be impatient. We finally raised the rice price this time, how could we easily be scared by his Du Shijiu's words?"

No matter what he thinks about Du Shiyi, the Yunzhou parent official, even if the grain merchants have backgrounds and wealth, no one dares to call Du Shijiu nakedly behind their backs. So Liang Xiaoshan's calm name shocked them all. One of them couldn't help asking, "Well, Brother Liang, do you have any tricks?

"It's not a clever plan, it's just seeing through Du Shijiu's bluff." Liang Xiaoshan smiled confidently, as if he was really a wise man who knew everything. "Guo Quan was a director and joined the army in Shuozhou. He was originally trusted by the Wei envoy in Shuozhou. However, Du Shijiu ordered him and had to migrate households from Shuozhou and nearby states. This was enough to anger the Wei envoy, and he had to draw the grain from Shuozhou. They thought that the Wei envoy was the one who opened a good hall? The so-called first batch of 1,000 stones of grain was at most two or three hundred stones. Only they knew what the rest were."

"Brother Liang can really confirm?"

Found that everyone's anxious expressions gradually eased, and the questioners were just suspicious, Liang Xiaoshan slapped his hands gently. In a moment, someone raised a curtain on the door behind him, but it was a brown-clothed servant. The visitor bowed respectfully and deeply, and then he said softly: "I just came back from Shuozhou quickly and whispered, but no one on the market bought rice in a large amount, but heard that Guo Envoy ordered people to set up two hundred stones of rice before. Because Shuozhou also had a high price of rice, he got two hundred stones of rice, and spent 40 cents a bucket of money."

"So that's it. Brother Liang is really planning ahead to predict the enemy's opportunity. It turns out that this is a bluff."

"Fortunately, we almost cheated him."

"What should we do now? Wait for the two hundred stones of rice to be sold out?"

Faced with the crowd's verbal advice, Liang Xiaoshan said with a smile: "Since we have suffered such a false alarm, how can we not respond at all? Since Du Shijiu was bluffing, he even asked someone to buy only one bucket of emergency, clearly hoping that these two hundred stones of rice can last for a few more days. Since this is the case, we will use a cauldron to remove the firewood. Immediately send more people, one stone, and buy all the life-saving food that has just been transported to Yunzhou. If we know that the food will be gone tomorrow, the people in Yunzhou City will cause trouble again, but it will not be as strong as today.

"Will this... force others to jump over the wall?" A grain merchant in his early thirties nodded when he saw others and couldn't help but hesitate, "You know, Du Changshi is not a good person. Whether in Chang'an, Chengdu, or Jiangnan, his methods are very sharp..."

"If he wants to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, it depends on whether he can bear the consequences. Don't worry, even if the people behind him are afraid of Du Shijiu, the people behind me are not afraid." Liang Xiaoshan hooked his hand and instructed everyone to step forward, squirmed his lips and said the word "king" and then said with a smile, "My old master is the most trusted person of the saints today."

After taking such a reassurance, everyone naturally looked furious when they dispersed. Liang Xiaoshan stepped back and forth, but bowed to the previous brown-clothed servant with great sincerity and enthusiasm, "I feel really sorry for Brother Wang's trip back and forth. If I can successfully complete the drainage of the firewood commanded by the general this time, I will definitely thank you very much."

Although Wang An was not a lot of benefits around Wang Maozhong, he saw that the troops released by the Wang family were already doing so well. Liang Xiaoshan took advantage of him again. He had already thrown the word "caution" that Wang Maozhong ordered to Java. He smiled and stroked his chin and said, "If this time, I can really make Du Shijiu fall into a fight, the general will definitely look at us differently. What would you want at that time?"

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time. In their opinion, this time, they were completely up to the point of view, just waiting to see Du Shiyi's embarrassment.

Sure enough, on the same day, although Du Shiyi said that except for the middle-aged rice that was put into the pot at home, others could wait until the price of grain fell before buying rice, but before evening, people who carried and even pushed carts to buy rice emptied all the two hundred stones of rice. Finally, the temporary rice shop had to close the door on the grounds of darkness. Hearing this news, since he moved into Yunzhou Trading Company these days, Jihamo, who had been doing nothing, finally ordered people to go to the Yunzhou Governor's Office to post to Du Shiyi, and was taken to Du Shiyi's study that evening.

Eight years later, as soon as they met, Jihamo discovered that the young man who was so young with Princess Gu'an was now seemingly restrained and implicit. Although he had the idea of ​​being sure of this trip, he still had to be very careful. After bowing, he smiled in his inexplicable Chinese: "After eight years of separation, Du Changshi rose all the way, and it turns out that he has been a hero since ancient times."

Du Shiyi also recognized Jihamo almost immediately. He and the three tribes of Shi Jin did not fight each other, and not only asked Tian Mo to teach them Tian Geng, but then continued to export tea to the three tribes of Xi. It can be said that most of the Gu'an Princess and his family came from the Xi tribe, which was not the Khitan and Turkic trade routes that were expanded because of the Xi tribe. So he also reciprocates and used his efforts to pick them up these days and replied: "I didn't expect that this time it was Jihamo Shi Jin who came to Yunzhou in person. Why didn't you let someone inform me early? If I had known, I would definitely go to greet him in person."

"Hahaha, I dare not. I don't want others to know that I came to see Du Changshi in person. If others knew that the Duji Department did not wait for Jin to take advantage of the situation, I would be in a difficult situation."

Jihamo smiled heartily, and continued to use Chinese. When Du Shiyi sat down happily, a boy came up to serve tea and sat down behind the small book case in the corner. He wanted to ask Du Shiyi to retreat, but suddenly he thought of rumors outside that Du Shiyi had brought a confidant disciple when he came to take office. He couldn't help but look at him more, and finally withdrew his scrutiny gaze and decided to go straight in one go.

"Du Changshi, I have been in Yunzhou these days and found that it was a lot of rumor outside. It seemed that Yunzhou City is short of food now?"

"Oh? It turns out that Shi Jin has discovered it." Du Shiyi took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened, and then said lightly, "It's just a rumor."

"I'm afraid that's not the case?" Jihamo smiled and put down the teacup and said with concern, "And, I heard that the food transported from Shuozhou today has been snatched away by panicked people in recent years. In recent years, many prefectures and counties north of the Tang Dynasty have suffered serious disasters and insufficient food. Speaking of which, Du Changshi and I have been in love for many years. To be honest, I went to Yunzhou to trade tea this time. I am willing to exchange 5,000 cattle and sheep for food. What can I do is not only grain for food, but also meat that is far more precious than food. As long as Du Changshi can give in to the price of tea, these 5,000 cattle and sheep can be transported into Yunzhou City immediately. How about it?

Du Shiyi suddenly turned his eyes: "Go back? Shi Jin is joking, I'm not a tea merchant."

"Although Du Changshi is not a tea merchant, who doesn't know that this tea inscription in the Tang Dynasty was built by you. If you had not promoted it, this tea would not have been planted everywhere in the southwest and southeast of the Tang Dynasty. Since it is no longer a rare item and sold so expensively, wouldn't it be a pity for our friendship for many years?" Jihamo said with a pun, and then said with a smile, "Du Changshi, there is an old saying in the Central Plains that heroes do not suffer losses in front of you? Now you can finally preside over the land of Yunzhou. If you are beaten up by a grain merchant in a mess, your reputation will be gone for the rest of your life."
Chapter completed!