Chapter 563 The Grain Merchant Arrives

After listening to Zhang Xu's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but have a dark look on his face.

Damn it!

Just a few pieces of crystal, spending one hundred thousand taels of silver, and still have to hire an official?

Glass!

If you can make glass, it will definitely be more profitable than refined salt and wine making!

Looking back, you must think carefully about what is the thing that lowers the melting point of glass!

Yun Zheng secretly made up his mind and asked Zhang Xu, "By the way, how are you doing selling your official position?"

"Haha, this trick is really good!"

When Zhang Xu talked about selling his official position, he immediately talked to Yun Zheng with excitement.

In accordance with the recruitment list released by Yun Zheng, Zhang Xu has already sold out many officials.

Many of them hold official positions under the Jiedushi of the previous dynasty.

There are even some official positions that were temporarily assigned by Zhang Xu.

Anyway, Shuobei is equivalent to a small imperial court.

What kind of official is it? Yun Zheng has the final say?

This birdman not only sold the officials in Shuobei, but also sold the officials in Beihuan.

All the wise kings on the left and right were sold out by him.

However, people who buy Beihuan's official position are not fools.

Everyone knows that the wise kings of the left and right are just used to brag and show off to others, and they cannot have real power.

Let’s talk about the wealthy businessman who bought the official position of King Zuoxian. His official position was bought for his ancestor who had been dead for hundreds of years.

In this way, he can brag to others about his royal family and how glorious his ancestors are.

The wealthy businessman's request was also very simple. Just give him a seal with the seal of Beihuan. As for things like making things old, he would find someone to take care of it himself.

Just such an official from hundreds of years ago was sold for one hundred thousand taels of silver.

So far, Zhang Xu has received a total of more than 500,000 taels of silver through selling his official position.

However, this can only be regarded as a deposit.

If the balance is received successfully, there will be almost two million taels of silver.

Yun Zheng himself was shocked when he heard the number Zhang Xu said.

He just wanted to get some blood back quickly by selling his official position.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xu, a birdie, would sell out for so much money!

Damn it, there are so many people who want to be officials!

"Good job!"

Yun Zheng patted Zhang Xu heavily on the shoulder, "Give me the list of those people and the official positions they need. I will send people back to Dingbei immediately and issue them letters of appointment. You give them the letters of appointment as soon as possible, and hurry up." The balance is back!"

No wonder those eunuchs in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were so fond of selling their official positions.

This damn money comes in really fast!

"well!"

Zhang Xu nodded repeatedly and immediately handed over the list he compiled to Yun Zheng.

Yunzheng didn't do any ink, and immediately ordered his personal guards to rush the list back to Dingbei.

As for officials, as long as someone wants to buy them, except for the official position of Jiedushi, any official can be sold!

Go back and put on a show with Zhang Xu and jerk off all the people who need to be jerked off!

……

The next day, grain merchants arrived in Mayi one after another.

In order to get these grain merchants into their trap, Yunzheng personally followed Zhang Xu to meet with them.

At this moment, several grain merchants had already brought the grain to the entrance of the official warehouse in Mayi.

Just wait for Zhang Xu to come over to accept and pay, and then you can enter the warehouse.

Fifty thousand dans of grain is just a small business for these grain merchants.

In the past, they would never come forward in person for such a small business.

The little money they earned from traveling so far away might not be enough for them to spend a few visits to brothels.

But this time is different.

Yunzheng issued a notice this time to purchase grain at a price that is 30% higher than the market price!

Take as much as you want!

If this business is done, it will be a huge business!

Due to floods in the south, the price of food in Guanhai generally increased by 10% to 20%.

But the grain in the hands of these grain merchants was all hoarded before the floods in the south.

Therefore, the purchase price of the grain in their hands is very low.

Now that the market price has risen a lot, Yunzheng purchases grain at a price that is 30% higher than the market price. After all, they make a lot more money.

If you can get a million tons of grain and sell it to Shuobei, you can definitely make a lot of money.

"Do you think King Jingbei will really purchase grain at such a high price?"

"Shuobei issued the notice, it shouldn't be false, right?"

"But I'm still a little worried. This King Jingbei doesn't seem like someone who is willing to suffer losses."

"I guess King Jingbei also started to stockpile food in advance because of the floods in the south. He was afraid that it would be difficult to purchase food as he got further back! When there was no war in the past, Shuobei was short of food, let alone now?"

"This is not about whether there is a shortage of food. The key is whether King Jingbei is really willing to buy a large amount of food at such a high price..."

Several grain merchants gathered together and talked in low voices.

Although they have never met Yun Zheng, they have heard some stories about Yun Zheng.

This Lord, who never suffered a loss on the battlefield, was willing to suffer a loss when buying grain?

Maybe this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface!

Just as several people were talking about it, a group of people suddenly appeared at the end of their sight.

Looking at this battle, several people's eyelids suddenly jumped.

"Isn't it King Jingbei who came in person?"

Meng Yunqi, a grain merchant in Juzhou, asked the people around him in a low voice.

"Looks like it should be!"

"Except for King Jingbei, there probably aren't many people in Shuobei who travel in such a big way!"

"Would King Jingbei want to talk to us personally about purchasing grain?"

Several people started talking in low voices again, feeling nervous and excited at the same time.

Under the gaze of several people, the team in the distance finally came closer.

They didn't need to see the people inside the carriage, just by looking at the flags displayed by the entourage, they knew that King Jingbei was really here!

Even if she is not King Jingbei himself, she is still his princess!

At this time, Sicang, who had received the news, also led people to the door to prepare for the reception.

Soon, the team arrived at the main entrance of the granary.

The carriage stopped, and Yunzheng and Zhang Xu got out of the carriage.

"Wang Shouren of Sicang, Mayi, welcome the prince!"

Wang Shouren immediately led the granary officials to salute.

Seeing this, several grain merchants quickly followed suit and saluted!

It’s really the King of Jingbei!

"No gift!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand and turned his eyes to several grain merchants. He turned to ask Wang Shouren, "What's going on? Why are they blocking the door of the granary? Do you want me to teach you the rules of this important granary?"

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Wang Shouren quickly explained: "These are grain merchants in the pass. They are here to sell grain."

"Selling grain?"

Yun Zheng frowned slightly and asked angrily: "Since you are here to sell grain, why don't you just order someone to inspect the grain and then settle the payment? Why are you blocking the door of this granary?"

Wang Shouren said bitterly: "Reporting to the prince, the official is only responsible for receiving grain and managing the granary, but they don't have the approval slip, so the official dare not put the grain into the warehouse privately, and the official does not have the money to pay for the grain. …”

"Your Highness, Wang Sicang is right."

Zhang Xu immediately helped to speak and explained with a smile: "According to the process, they need to get the batch slip, then transport the grain to the granary, make sure the inventory is correct at the granary, and then sign and stamp the batch slip. The merchant then took the approval slip and went to the palace or Mayi government office to collect the money..."

"It's such a useless thing, why is it so troublesome?"

Yunzheng frowned slightly and asked several grain merchants: "How much grain did you bring?"