Chapter 1128 Doubt
"No!" the servants said in a daze: "It's food here."
"Is there any food here? Where does the food come from?" At this time, these people recovered a little, and the merchants who rolled onto the ground also got up from the ground and sat back on their chairs.
"It was the food bought by Lord Luo. It is said that it was bought from the China Kingdom in the sea that helped to fight off the pirates. There was too much food. The ships carrying the food were pulled to the ground and there was no end at all. The government also said that this was only the first batch, followed by the second batch."
"ah……"
Businessmen sat there like clay wood carvings. Suddenly, they jumped up from their chairs and ran out the door.
These people ran towards the port. Before they could reach the port, they saw grain trucks coming along the way, and there was no end. The merchants' expressions changed. They stood there dumbly when they arrived at the port. How many ships were there, and they could not see the end at first sight. If these ships were full of food, how many would there be?
The sky gradually became dark and the food was out of service. These merchants were in a daze and headed towards the road. At this time, Luo Xin was busy. The food had to be distributed to 10 million stones to transport it to the north. Hu Zongxian sent Qi Jiguang out, led a large army to protect the food, and followed Luo Xin to the north.
Hu Zongxian was in charge of Suzhou, Yu Dayou was responsible for transporting food back and forth in the south, and Qi Jiguang was responsible for transporting food to the north. The south of the Ming Dynasty began to calm down completely.
Qi Jiguang's army had gathered, but Luo Xin and the others did not leave. They were waiting for the food to be transported from the ship, and 20 million stones were not a small amount. The silver had been settled to Luo Sheng and the others. Luo Xin wrote another memorial, writing about the fact that the food had been transported to the south had been completely restored, and solemnly wrote that the second batch of food in China on the sea no longer needed silver, but the materials on the list were required. If there were no materials, China would no longer sell food to the Ming Dynasty, so it is necessary to ask His Majesty to allocate the materials to Hangzhou within two months.
Liu Shouyou took the Jinyiwei and left with the memorial. Luo Xin was still in Hangzhou, waiting to transport the food from the ship.
one day.
Two days.
Three days.
Trucks of grain were pulled to the official warehouse and transported to various places. There was a huge transportation team gathering. Qi Jiguang led a large army to protect him. He only waited for the 10 million stones of grain to be assembled, and then followed Luo Xin's army to set off.
The grain was constantly sold for three days, and everyone saw with their own eyes that the grain transported from the ship would open bags for sale on the spot, which made the grain merchants look green. What does this mean?
This shows that the grain they hoarded this time will be compensated, and if they don’t sell it at this time, they will not lose one-third of the money by the autumn harvest. Even if they want to lose two-thirds, they will not be able to do so, because at that time there will be more food, and the price will drop further, and they may fall below the price last year. Their grain will be in their own hands and will go bankrupt.
These grain merchants really regretted it. When the five big families were looking for them, it would be great that they sold them to the government three times!
but……
Even if they want to sell it now, will Luo Xin buy it?
Without thinking, Luo Xin is not short of food at all now. A group of grain merchants gathered together, sighed, and finally decided to cut the meat helplessly and reduce the price to twice last year.
At this moment, the south had five more problems, and Luo Xin was completely relieved. At this time, ten million stones of grain were gathered, and Luo Xin led the army to set off.
Outside Hangzhou City, officials and gentry saw him off. Luo Xin called the five masters to the front and said:
"Everyone, I will come back. After the disaster relief and bandit suppression are completed, it will be time for me to come back to solve the Maritime Bureau."
The five masters breathed a sigh of relief. They blindly trusted Luo Xin. They believed that as long as Luo Xin was willing to take over the Maritime Affairs Office, the Maritime Affairs Office would be able to restart.
Looking at the army leaving, everyone was intricate in their hearts. They admired and feared Luo Xin.
Royal Palace.
Luo Xin's first memorial was finally delivered to Emperor Jiajing. There were four memorials, two of which were the same, and were written by Luo Xin, but they were handed over by Jinyiwei and Dongchang respectively. The third memorial was written by the Dongchang manuscript, and the fourth was written by Liu Shouyou. These four memorials were all taken by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and were presented directly to Emperor Jiajing, without leaving the cabinet.
However, although the cabinet did not receive the memorial, they knew that Luo Xin's memorial had arrived. Xu Jie and Gao Gong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, were standing in front of Emperor Jiajing at this time, secretly looking at Emperor Jiajing's face. Through Emperor Jiajing's face, they could analyze whether Luo Xin's memorial brought good news or bad news.
Emperor Jiajing first picked up the memorial from the East Factory and frowned slightly. In this memorial, he only wrote down the story of his arrival in Hangzhou and meeting Luo Xin, and then wrote down the situation in the south. One of them, the price of grain was ten times that of last year, which made Emperor Jiajing frown.
Gao Gong felt a stern in his heart, and he thought to himself, isn’t there any solution to the problem? Is the Ming Dynasty really going to be in chaos and suffering from the sufferings?
Xu Jie was happy in his heart and said in his heart that it was indeed as expected by me. Even the God of Wealth Luo Xin had no choice in the face of such natural disasters and man-made disasters. As long as I implement my plan, you, Luo Xin, will be the one who takes the blame in the end.
Emperor Jiajing put down the East Factory's note and picked up Liu Shouyou's note. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. After reading it in a hurry, he picked up Luo Xin's note. After reading it carefully and in detail, he couldn't help laughing. Gao Gong and Xu Jie looked at Emperor Jiajing with confidence and thought to himself:
"Is Your Majesty crazy?"
When the laughter fell, Emperor Jiajing gave the two memorials written by Luo Xin to Xu Jie and Gao Gongdao:
"You two can see."
Xu Jie and Gao Gong hurriedly opened the memorial and watched it. Soon they finished reading the memorial, and both of them had incredible faces.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Xu Jie said with a voice: "How could Luo Xin get so much food? What kind of small country on the sea has so much food? It must be fake. Your Majesty, if you want to punish Luo Xin, he is deceiving the emperor."
To be honest, Emperor Jiajing was also a little disbelief. Why did Luo Xin get so much food in one go? And there is something to do later?
"Your Majesty!" Gao Gong reacted from the shock at this time, pondered for a moment, and said, "It is easy to distinguish the authenticity of this matter."
"Oh? Tell me." Emperor Jiajing looked at Gao Gong.
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Chapter completed!