The grain merchants in the magistrate’s court room were complaining and complaining endlessly, and Zhu Pingan was very patient, not interrupting any of the grain merchants’ complaints and complaints, but listening carefully, nodding his head occasionally, until he heard a group of grain merchants complaining and complaining and not moving.
Room all of a sudden quiet down, quiet to a group of grain merchants can only hear their own heartbeat.
Most afraid of the air suddenly quiet …… class room suddenly quiet, let a crowd of grain merchants heart inexplicable panic.
Are we reacting a little too much? Some grain merchants began to reflect uneasily.
However, this is not to blame us ah, the county honourable said to define the Jingnan grain price is too shocking, the impact on us is also too big, we did not control ourselves for a moment.
However, the good thing is that this silence only lasted for a second before it was broken. A gentle voice broke the silence of the class room, saving the crowd of grain merchants from their uneasiness.
“What all of you have just said, grain procurement is difficult, the road is far, the freight cost is high, and there are many risks …… These are the difficulties you have actually encountered, and they are all true, so this official can understand. Well, when defining the price of grain, all these factors should be taken into account, do you all have anything else to say?”
After no grain merchants complained about their grievances, Zhu Ping An asked the crowd in a warm voice.
Er?
The Prefectural Governor is not right.
This time, not only did Shopkeeper Yang realise this, but a group of grain merchants also realised it as an afterthought.
We are so uncooperative, shouldn’t the magistrate be angry, why is he still so patient and gentle? There’s an idiom called “Joy brings sorrow”, the Taoist ideals are universal, shouldn’t the county honourable be overly pissed off by us, right?
“Back to County Honour, no more. We have already told you all the difficulties, please have mercy on your county honours and think twice.”
The crowd of grain merchants looked at each other and spoke one after another.
“Gentlemen, your difficulties, this official understands, but defining grain prices is related to the livelihood and stability of my Jingnan County, the day grain prices are uncertain, Jingnan is uncertain. The grain price still needs to be defined.”Zhu Pingan nodded his head at the words, scanning the crowd of grain merchants present, and said in a firm tone.
Right! This is the reaction that the county honours should have! This is the attitude that the government should have! Hearing Zhu Pingan’s insistence on defining the price of grain, the crowd of grain merchants felt normal.
“Combining various factors, a stone of grain ……” Zhu Pingan said here paused, squinted his eyes and pondered for a few seconds and then opened his eyes, his eyes burning at a group of grain merchants, and then went on to say, “a stone of grain priced at two thousandWen, what do you all think?”
“County Zun …… we are really hard, a stone of grain two thousand wen …… ah? What? Two thousand wen?!”The small shopkeeper who was winked at by Shopkeeper Yang, reflexively got up to express his opposition, and only halfway through his words, he reacted with an afterthought to the fact that the county honourable pricing is 2,000 wen for a stone of grain, and suddenly shouted out with an “ah” sound of astonishment, shocked that his eyeballs were all going to pop out, and his mouth was open enough to be able to stuff in a fist as big as it was, and then heHe swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva in succession before saying the words that followed.
However, no one laughed at him at this moment! Because all the grain merchants present, including Yang Zhen, the manager of Yang Ji Grain Store, were all stunned! The expressions reacted no better than him!
“What? Two thousand Wen?
The crowd of grain merchants all exclaimed out in dumbfounded astonishment! They couldn’t believe their ears!
2000 Wen for a stone of grain!
My dear mother! I couldn’t have heard it wrong, could I? The market price for a stone of grain is only 1,340 Wen, and the county governor is pricing a stone of grain at 2,000 Wen!
The governor sitting up there is not a grain merchant pretending to be a grain merchant, is he? The crowd of grain merchants all stared in disbelief as they looked up at Zhu Pingan, who was seated at the head of the table, not only did they not believe their ears at this moment, even their eyes did not believe them.
“Well, it’s a bit lower isn’t it? It’s also true that grain procurement is a long and risky journey, and the cost is also higher by the day……. Then let’s price a stone of grain at two thousand and five hundred wen!”
Zhu Pingan squinted his eyes and paused for a moment, then spoke.
What?!!! Pricing a stone of grain at two thousand five hundred wen?! Two thousand five hundred wen!!!
Snap!
One grain merchant planted himself out of his chair in shock after hearing this! As he planted himself on the ground he muttered, this isn’t true, I must have heard it wrong, I must have heard it wrong ……
There was also a grain merchant who suspected that he was dreaming and quietly reached out and pinched his thigh for a moment, which hurt him so much that he grimaced before believing that this wasn’t a dream and that it was real.
Surprise! Great joy! Ecstatic joy!
A stone of grain is two thousand five hundred Wen ah! Than the current market price, a whole double ah!
Goo ……
The county office classroom resounded with the sound of a group of grain merchants swallowing their mouths neatly and uncontrollably.
The county …… county honourable gentleman should not be deliberately saying the opposite of the right thing? To amuse us, right?
This surprise came so suddenly and violently that the crowd of grain merchants couldn’t believe it was true.
“Within the Jingnan territory, one stone of grain is priced at 2,500 Wen, do you all have any comments?”
Zhu Pingan inquired once again in a warm voice under the gazes of disbelief of the crowd of grain merchants.
“Nope! No opinion!”
A crowd of grain merchants have opened their mouths, their heads shaking like an electric fan, jokingly, a stone of grain two thousand five hundred Wen, how can we have an opinion, just afraid that you have an opinion!
“County …… county honourable, a stone of grain really want to price two thousand five hundred Wen? It can’t be that you’re amusing us, right?!”
That little shopkeeper who had been winked at by Shopkeeper Yang was once again pushed out to represent the crowd of grain merchants, and carefully enquired about the point that they were most worried about at the bottom of their hearts.
All of a sudden, a group of grain merchants all looked towards Zhu Pingan, there was no more serious observation than this moment, not blinking an eye, concentrating, fully focused, not missing any of Zhu Pingan’s expression, they were worried that this was an empty joy.
At this moment, lest Zhu Pingan let out a sneer and add another sentence, humph, think beautiful, you guys dream!
“Defining the price of grain is a matter of the county’s livelihood and stability, it is not to be joked about! If you have no opinion, or opinion is not enough to adopt, this official this is going to draw up the text with the seal, notice the whole county! From the time this notice is posted: the price of grain within Jingnan County will be 2,500 cents per stone!”
Zhu Pingan swept a glance at him and said with a serious face.
“No opinion, of course no opinion!”The small shopkeeper shook his head repeatedly, ecstasy surging up, rushing his heart fluttering, trying to control his expression, but he still couldn’t control his grin.
It was confirmed!
Really!
Surprisingly, it’s true!
A crowd of grain merchants were overjoyed, one by one, as if they had drunk two pounds, their faces were red with excitement, a sound red face blooming like a flower, rubbing their hands vigorously with excitement!
They all hated to run up at the moment, hold the face of the county dignitary, and gnaw on it with all their might.
Excitement and joy, impacted every cell of their body, excited a few desire to go crazy, if not for the concern that this is the county government office, they can be excited to dance with their hands and feet.
“This official has only one request, anyone, any grain shop, no more limited grain sales! How much grain, how much grain to sell! This official will send people to spot check from time to time, which one dares to sell grain in limited quantities, don’t blame this official for being merciless!”
Zhu Pingan stretched out a finger, sweeping the crowd with a burning gaze, saying with a serious face.
“We respectfully follow the orders of the county honourable! Never sell a limited amount of grain! If we go against it, we will be at the mercy of County Honour!”
The crowd of grain merchants responded without hesitation.
Just kidding, the price is fixed, 2,500 Wen for a stone of grain, it’s like robbing money, how can we sell grain in a limited amount, on the contrary, not only will we not sell grain in a limited amount, but we will also use all the power we can use to purchase grain all over the country.
By the way, my fourth grandpa is a local grain merchant in Ba Shu, I need to send him a message and ask him to bring grain to Jingnan for sale! Also, my sworn brother, I also have to say, there is money we all earn together ……
The people of Jingnan have a lot of money! I’ll be back soon!
