Chapter 700 Profiteer

  Before the Liangzhou Rebellion, Qianghu rebellion, the number of common people was no more than a few thousand, and the number of people was no more than tens of thousands.

  But since the Liangzhou Rebellion, Liangzhou has been in disorder, ranging from a few counties to a few counties, and the number of rebels has also increased from thousands to tens of thousands.

  The reason is that local wealthy families are involved.

  Without the support of local wealthy families, it is relatively rare for Qianghu rebels to reach tens of thousands.

   Just like this time, someone dared to put forward the slogan of re-establishing Heshou and leveling the King of Han.

  If someone said that the remnants of Song Jian's small court were not involved in it, Feng Yong would rather believe that his mother-in-law was pregnant with twins, and they were twins!

   But none of this matters anymore.

   Facing the Han army led by Jufu, Chen Shi and others after the Battle of Longyou, Feng Yong believed that the rebel army could not turn up any big storms.

   It is enough to hand over things like fighting and killing to the generals under him. He has more important things to do.

   For example, ensuring logistics.

   Compared with going to the front line in person, the most important thing in this battle is how to convert the results of the victory into war dividends.

  Xinghanhui plays an important role in it.

  Some time ago, when the weather started to warm up, Dongfeng Express was preparing to resume supply to Longyou.

  Xu Xun now completely entrusts the route from Jincheng to Yong'an to his nominal cousin Xu You.

  He worked tirelessly to follow the route of Longyou.

  When he went to Shouyang in person, the weather in Longyou was already very warm, and Shouyang in Longxi might be a little colder, but it was only a little bit.

   Walking outside, wearing a sweater and a coat is enough.

  Xu Xun brought a small bag of grain over and asked Feng Yong to inspect the goods: "Brother, take a look, how is the quality?"

  Feng Yong touched his body, but he didn't find the knife.

   I had no choice but to pick up a little powder with my thumb and forefinger, put it in my mouth and taste it, and then let out a bah, feeling that it didn't match the taste of dry food 2.0.

  He snatched the bag and looked inside, only to see that the powder inside seemed to be gray?

   I thought it was because of insufficient light, so I walked to the entrance of the hall and looked at it under the sun. Yes, it was gray.

   "What is this? Can it be eaten?"

  Feng Yong frowned and smacked his mouth, feeling that something was wrong with his mouth.

  Xu Xun came over and smiled: "Brother has a tricky mouth, it's normal that you can't get used to this food."

   "Don't worry! Tell me, what is this thing?" Feng Yong scolded, and shook the bag in his hand. At first glance, it looked like flour that was not well ground at the beginning.

  But today's flour is not only much finer than before, but also much whiter. Even if it is mixed with various types of soybean flour, it will not be as gray as this.

  If it was flour, it was impossible for Xu Xun to bring it over for him to inspect with a face full of credit.

  Xu Xun leaned over and said in a low voice: "I can't blame my brother for not knowing, this is a new product from Nanxiang."

   "It is ground into flour with Yutou. Except that the flour is replaced with Yutou powder, the rest remains the same. It is fried in lard and mixed with some salt."

   "It looks good without flour, but the taste is similar..."

  Feng Yong looked at Xu Xun muttering and nagging, and couldn't help shouting: "Speak human!"

   "Ah, yes, yes. My little brother means that the food we have in our hands can't just be used in Longyou. Didn't Nanxiang grow a lot of yuto in the past two years?"

   "Since this yu can be ground into powder and can replace flour, then this dry food..."

  When Feng Yong heard this, his heart was full of fire. Isn't this just drinking the blood of soldiers?

  Lao Tzu is working desperately on the front line, you are waiting to make war fortune in the back, dare to think about drawing blood from soldiers?

   At that time, if the soldiers turn their faces one day, I will be the first to die!

  Thinking of this, Feng Yongyang picked up the yu head powder bag and was about to smash it on Xu Xun's head: "How dare you? See if I don't kill you first!"

  Xu Xun saw that his brother turned his face before he finished speaking, and turned his face when he said it.

  Holding his head on the spot, he yelled: "Brother, spare your life, this is what Miss Zhang meant, little brother is wronged!"

   It was Xu Xun who yelled in time, and Feng Yong took back the bag that he almost dropped: "Who? Miss Zhang?"

  Recalling Zhang Xingyi's cute and pretty appearance, Feng Yong was furious again: "You are talking nonsense! How could Si Niang do such a thing?"

  Although she knew that she was hurting her, how could Si Niang lay mines on her like this?

   This blackening speed is too sudden!

  Thinking of this, Feng Yong kicked Xu Xun violently again.

   "It's true, brother, Mrs. Zhang said that in the past few years, Nanxiang has planted a lot of yu to prepare for the shortage."

   "There are too many yus, and they can't even finish the coolies underneath. In the end, they can only be fed to the pigs."

  Xu Xun was kicked, not daring to be negligent, and quickly explained, "Miss Zhang happened to be back in Longyou, and knows the situation in Longyou."

   "After she went back, she didn't know who learned the trick. She took the yu and ground it into powder, fried it and made it into dry food."

  Hearing this, Feng Yong's mouth twitched a few times.

   Seeing the change of expression on his brother's face, Xu Xun knew that he might be safe, so he approached cautiously again.

   "Brother, after all, this little lady is also thinking of our brothers."

   "The Hu people in Longyou, what do they eat? There is not much difference between this Yutou powder and flour, at most, the color is different."

   "Besides, the food in the hands of the brothers is not only for Longyou, the plantation in Nanzhong, the horse farm in Yuejuan, which one does not need food?"

   "Besides, since the Northern Expedition, the food stock in our association has been decreasing day by day. It won't work like this. Anyway, instead of feeding the pigs, why don't we use this yu to help the barbarians in Longyou?"

   Damn it!

  You look like a matter of course, you are really a complete profiteer.

  Feng Yong looked at him: "Are you sure this is what Miss Zhang ordered you to do?"

   It shouldn’t be, how can my fourth mother be so wicked, you must have instigated her to do it, and then pushed the matter onto her head!

   "How dare my younger brother talk nonsense? Besides, my younger brother can't think of such a wicked, uh, such a good way to save money..."

  Xu Xun stumbled on his mouth.

   Can you say one more thing? Believe it or not, I will kill you!

  Feng Yong pondered for a while, finally rolled his eyes, picked up a little powder, put it in his mouth and licked it.

  Forcing myself to believe: Well, this taste is similar, right?

   "I just don't know if they are used to eating..."

   "Is there anything you can't get used to?" Seeing Feng Yong's signs of loosening, Xu Xun quickly mustered his tongue, "Brother, it's good to have something to eat these days."

   "The little brother came from Pingxiang, and happened to meet a small tribe of the Huns. I heard that General Ma arranged to send it over."

   "They were chased by the Xianbei people in the north. They lost their cattle, sheep and horses. What a tragedy! I couldn't see it, so I specially sent them a bag of this kind of dry food."

   "Guess what? The leader of the Huns was very grateful to my younger brother, and even kept my younger brother to spend the night in his tent..."

  Feng Yong squinted when he heard this: "Huh? Why, did you sleep with him?"

   "Cough," Xu Xun blushed, "Brother doesn't know something, this barbarian is rude and rude, and some customs are quite different from ours. This master stayed overnight, which makes people feel..."

   Speaking of this, he paused, as if he couldn't think of any words to describe it.

   "It's delicious?" Feng Yong answered.

   "Yes! It's so delicious!" Xu Xun slapped his thigh, then looked at Feng Yong, "Brother also knows?"

  He looked to the side, and then whispered: "Could it be that brother Cheng also spent the night in the barbarian camp?"

   Speaking of this, he suddenly realized: "That's right, brother is the descendant of the mountain **** in the eyes of the barbarians. I'm afraid there are countless barbarian leaders who want to invite brother to spend the night?"

   "In this way, the wife and daughter of the barbarian leader in Longyou..."

  Feng Yong saw that this person's words were becoming more and more inhumane, so he immediately kicked him away: "Get out!"

   I didn’t even think about rubbing soap for them all night.

  Xu Xun posted it again with a sullen face: "Brother, look at this dry food..."

   "How many do you have?"

  Feng Yong asked.

   "Brother won't open his mouth, how dare we do this easily? Now the younger brother just took a little and let the elder brother palm his eyes."

   "If the elder brother thinks it is feasible, then the younger brother will bring a batch over next time. Speaking of which, the Yu heads from Nanxiang have been stored for a winter, and if they are left on, I am afraid they will be broken."

  Xu Xun said quickly.

   "Success, then bring a batch over next time." Feng Yong nodded, accepting the matter, "But this thing needs to be changed."

   "Try to mix half and half of the flour and half of the Yutou powder, so that it will not be too obvious."

   After all, it was Siniang who proposed it, so I have to give it no matter what.

   Besides, prepare food for famine, now there is a famine in Longyou, what's wrong with using Yutou to relieve the famine?

   Not only is it not wrong, but it is also a matter of course.

   It’s just that the shape is different!

  Si Niang is indeed a virtuous housemate, and she grasped the essence of things at once: it is a heinous crime to prepare food properly and not use it to relieve the famine, but to use it to feed pigs!

   "Brother is more thoughtful!" Xu Xun hurriedly flattered, and then leaned forward again, "Brother, this time the Western Expedition rebels, our one..."

   Speaking of this, Xu Xun's eyes sparkled, "Should the price be raised too?"

"What?"

  Feng Yong couldn't react for a while.

   "Work hard." Xu Xun pointed out directly, "I heard that there are more than 100,000 barbarian rebels in Longxi!"

   "The price of this pork has almost doubled, and the price of this human meat... Uh, I mean, this labor is still high-quality labor, so the price will increase anyway! Otherwise, wouldn't we be at a loss?"

   "How much do you plan to raise?"

  Feng Yong asked.

  The price increase is definitely going to increase, but Feng Yong has been staying in Longyou this year, and even went to the remote place of Longxi in the past few months.

  It is inconvenient to transmit information, and I am not familiar with the current market, so I have to ask someone who is familiar with the market.

   "This number." Xu Xun stretched out three fingers, "My little brother discussed it with Deng Weizhe, and this number is enough."

  Feng Yong took a deep breath when he heard this, you guys are bad enough, so the price was raised by almost half.

   "Come up an integer?"

   "Yes, that's right, make up a whole number, one in a hundred."

  Xu Xun nodded.

   "Will it be too much?"

   Feng Yong hesitated.

   It's not that I feel pity for these barbarians, but I'm worried about causing a market rebound.

   These days, for the barbarian who refuses to be educated, once the army passes by, it is basically a massacre.

  Since the war between the Han and the Huns, it has been this way, with no mercy and humanity at all.

  History books often say that they won the battle and obtained tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, but they never mentioned what happened to the original owners of the hundreds of thousands of livestock.

   Their livestock were taken away, how will they survive in the future?

   It’s enough to die, what kind of livestock do you need?

  This is the real historical truth.

  Since Feng Yong proposed the concept of converting prisoners of war into labor and restoring farming, the treatment of prisoners of war has become much better than before.

  And this concept is very in line with the trend of the urgent need of the Han people.

  At least the prisoners of war have changed from being **** massacred to having a little hope of surviving.

  From this aspect, Feng Yong feels that he has made great merit.

   "Brother, there are really not many of them. We have already negotiated with those who plan to open workshops in Longyou in Sichuan, and they are willing to raise the price."

  Xu Xun said quickly, "Brother, you don't know, apart from elder brother, you really can't find labor anywhere else."

   "Even Nanzhong, it is safe to say that in the past two years, it belongs to the tribe under the name of the five captains of Nanzhong, and it can catch some barbarians from the mountains and forests who attacked the manor."

   "Now those small tribes and small villages in the mountains and forests have also learned how to behave, and they will take the initiative to run out of the mountains and forests to find the government, saying that they want to learn farming."

   "Brother, listen, this barbarian can't stay in the mountains and forests, learn how to farm..."

  Feng Yong heard this, with a half-smile on his face, mixed feelings in his heart.

  On the surface, he had to scold: "Don't say a few words, teaching the barbarians to farm is the South China policy set by the prime minister. How can you allow you to make random comments? Don't die?"

   "Oh, yes, yes. The prime minister is very kind. How about saying that, I heard that General Huo Aji from Pingyi County even went to Jincheng to meet His Majesty in person."

   "Finally, with His Majesty's permission, we are planning to open a sugarcane plantation under the name of Nanzhong Metallurgy. It seems that the barbarians in Nanzhong have really been enlightened..."

  Feng Yong was slightly taken aback when he heard this: "Huo Aji?"

   "Brother, don't you remember?"

  How could you not remember?

  The title of Nanzhong Ghost King would not have resounded throughout Nanzhong and left such a notoriety without the help of the two barbarian leaders, Meng Huo and Huo Aji.

   "Huo Aji is a sober person." Feng Yong nodded approvingly. Feng Yong has always admired this barbarian general who used the strength of the whole family to help the Han Dynasty put down the chaos in the south.

   With such a transformation in Nanzhong, it has taken another step forward to transform from a semi-incumbent to a real county management.

  Xu Xun is a little disapproving, he only has labor in his eyes: "So, it is getting harder and harder to find labor nowadays."

   "I heard that my elder brother is going to attack the rebellious Hu in the west of Longxi, my younger brother was really happy, and came here without stopping."

  When he said this, his face was very anxious, even anxious: "Brother, have you heard about it? There have been rumors recently that the prime minister is planning to take action against Lao Li."

  Feng Yong looked like he had expected it a long time ago, "Isn't this a normal thing? How many benefits we have had in the past few years, the court can only watch from the sidelines, who will feel better?"

  Emerging markets always have to return to government management after experiencing the initial barbaric growth.

   Not to mention the sensitive issue of population.

  The Prime Minister’s idea that Han and Yi are the same is ultimately for the sake of population.

  Xu Xun was a little surprised when he saw Feng Yong's expression on the spot: "Brother already knew the prime minister's plan?"

  Feng Yong glanced at Xu Xun: "What do you think? How could the Prime Minister not greet me in advance for this kind of thing?"

   After all, he is the head of the Dahan Labor Company.

  If you bypass anyone, you can't bypass yourself.

  Xu Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his thumb: "My brother is still amazing!"

  During the Northern Expedition, the great Han captured many Wei soldiers, and now they are farming in the Longyou Governor's Mansion.

   There is also Di Wang, Qiangduan, who wanted to focus on the old tricks, and wanted to slander the big man again, but he was slandered by the big man, so all the Di people who rebelled in Yinping Wudu fell into the hands of the big man.

   Now the prime minister of the Han Dynasty finally intends to extend his evil hand to the huge market of labor.

  Longyou has a vast land and few people, so the big Han decided to farm here.

  What about labor?

  Ghost King to find it!

  The main source of labor is Feng Yong, as long as you can find Feng Yong, everything will be solved.

   "The prime minister means that in the future, anyone who uses labor must register with the government, just like farming cattle. If you kill labor at will, you will be fined."

   "So these laborers can only be regarded as sinners in hard labor. After the hard labor is over, they must be rearranged by the government."

  Feng Yong casually explained Zhuge Old Demon's plan, "It's just a temporary plan at the moment, and it's unclear when it will be implemented."

   "Since the prime minister and his elder brother have expressed this meaning, it is probably not far from implementation, right?"

  Xu Xun became even more anxious when he heard this.

"Maybe."

   Feng Yong actually couldn't tell what kind of feeling he was feeling.

  In the wildly growing market, I am definitely welcome to be in a huge advantage. I can eat as much as I want—but there are huge hidden dangers.

   Maybe it will explode one day, especially for myself who is getting more and more in a high position.

  So it is much safer to return to the unified management of the government, which shows that this market has been recognized by the government.

   Unsafe short-term profiteering and long-term steady flow each have their own advantages.

   "Brother, the price increase is even more urgent. Who knows what will happen to this labor in the future? Before the news from the Prime Minister's Mansion comes out."

   "Brother is now sending troops to quell the chaos of the Hu people in Longxi, hurry up and eat some more meat!"

  Xu Xun hurriedly persuaded, like a profiteer with a heart as black as coal.

   "Are you letting out rumors that the prime minister may not allow the sale of labor in the future?"

  Feng Yong thought of what Xu Xun said just now that people who buy labor are willing to raise prices, and he understood it all at once.

  You stinking and shameless wealthy capitalists!

  For the sake of profit, how dare the prime minister take the blame? Um?

   "No, brother, don't talk nonsense." Xu Xun immediately denied, "It's not someone's rumor, my brother just heard it occasionally!"

  Feng Yong sneered, and didn't say whether he believed it or not.

  Using information asymmetry to deliberately disrupt the market and then take advantage of the opportunity to grab huge profits, why does this routine feel so familiar?

  (end of this chapter)