As the news of Shuobei's high grain prices spread, the grain merchants who first received the news had already taken the grain through the Beilu Pass.
These grain merchants are all from Fuzhou area, which is close to Shuobei.
However, these grain merchants still have doubts about Shuobei's high price for grain.
Therefore, not much food arrived in the early stage.
According to the information Yun Zheng obtained, the total amount of grain transported by the several grain merchants who passed through Beilu Pass was less than 50,000 dan, which was purely a test of the waters.
After receiving this news, Yun Zheng couldn't help but sigh that these grain merchants were really cautious.
He did issue a notice to collect grain.
This is equivalent to using official credit as a guarantee.
As a result, these people are still so petty.
Oh, forget it!
...
...
This matter cannot be rushed.
Let’s wait for these grain merchants to take the bait!
"Are we really going to build a city in Xin'an?"
In the palace, Shen Luoyan leaned on Yun Zheng and asked worriedly.
"You think building a city is bad?"
Yun Zheng placed his hand on Shen Luoyan's belly and asked with a smile on his face.
Shen Luoyan's pregnant belly has already appeared. Although Yun Zheng did not feel the movement of the baby in her belly, he still felt a blood connection.
"Building a city is definitely a good thing!"
Shen Luoyan pursed her lips and said, "But I'm worried about the financial situation of our Shuobei..."
It is not appropriate for her to use force now, and she also began to learn how to handle internal affairs from Ye Zi, hoping to help Yun Zheng share some of the burden.
She was quite clear about Shuobei's financial situation.
Although Yun Zheng and Zhang Xu have a lot of profitable businesses, Yun Zheng is even better at spending money.
Shuobei's financial situation is not optimistic.
If those workshops didn't help them make money, and they had to rely on Shuobei's own finances to support themselves, Shuobei's finances would have collapsed long ago.
Moreover, the further you go in the future, the greater the expenses may be.
After the autumn harvest, the war in Shuobei is likely to reignite.
No matter what, we must prioritize ensuring the money and food supply for the Northern Army.
Otherwise, once the Northern Palace Army was defeated, it would be meaningless no matter how well Yun Zheng built Shuobei.
"It's okay!"
Yun Zheng smiled disapprovingly, "Our current financial situation is indeed not optimistic, but it will improve soon! If we really have to fight with Qiuchi and Dayue Kingdom, we can still rob them of gold and silver treasures. Don't worry, I have a plan."
Money is meant to be spent, isn't it?
Their financial situation is somewhat tight now because they have just experienced a great war, had a large population increase, and had built workshops on a large scale.
Once all these workshops are completed, their financial situation will gradually improve.
Not to mention anything else, there is a great demand for honeycomb coal in the north of the country in winter.
"Okay! Just keep it in mind!"
Seeing Yun Zheng's confidence, Shen Luoyan said no more and just leaned on Yun Zheng, enjoying this rare warmth.
However, their warmth did not last long.
Soon, Ye Zi came over with Chen Bu.
Upon seeing this, Chen Luoyan immediately sat up straight.
"Greetings, Prince and Princess!"
Chen Bu saluted.
"No need to be polite."
Yun Zheng smiled, beckoned Ye Zi to sit next to him, and asked Chen Bu, "Did you finish writing the thing I asked you to write so quickly?"
"yes!"
As Chen Bu spoke, he took out the memorial and respectfully presented it to Yun Zheng.
Yun Zheng took the letter and looked at it carefully.
Yun Zheng asked Chen Bu to write a memorial on the governance of Shuobei.
Chen Bu wrote in great detail, covering all aspects from people's livelihood to economy and future plans, and even mentioned some proposals on military construction.
Yun Zheng was so fascinated by the sight that he didn't even say anything about giving Chen Bu a seat.
Shen Luoyan was about to offer Chen Bu a seat, but suddenly something occurred to her. She immediately leaned over to Yun Zheng's ear and asked, "Do you want to offer Chen Bu a seat?"
If this had happened in the past, she would have thought that Yun Zheng had forgotten about it.
However, since Yun Zheng invited Ye Zi to come and sit down, but did not let Chen Bu sit down, she could not help but wonder whether Yun Zheng did it on purpose.
Yun Zheng shook his head slightly and continued reading the memorial.
have to!
This guy really did it on purpose!
She had heard from others that Chen Bu was a bit arrogant.
I don’t know whether Yun Zheng’s move is to kill the arrogance in Chen Bu.
Yun Zheng just sat there watching, nodding and shaking his head from time to time.
Looking at Yun Zheng's expression, Chen Bu couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but his face still looked calm.
Yun Zheng looked at it for nearly half an hour.
And Chen Bu just kept standing there.
Yun Zheng closed the letter, turned to Shen Luoyan and ordered: "Please take a seat and have someone serve him a cup of tea."
Shen Luoyan nodded, then let Chen Bu sit down and ordered someone to serve him tea.
"To be honest, I am a little disappointed in you!"
Yun Zheng raised his eyes and looked at Chen Bu.
Chen Bu was about to drink tea when he suddenly paused and said with a smile, "Please correct me, Your Majesty."
"Nothing to correct."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, returning the memorial to Chen Bu. "As for your memorial, anyone in the palace could have written it! You only considered internal factors, not external factors! Shuobei is not just Shuobei, it also includes Beihuan, and we also have to consider the court's attitude towards Shuobei..."
As he spoke, Yun Zheng whispered something into Ye Zi's ear.
Ye Zi smiled, stood up and left.
Chen Bu's memorial is actually quite good.
But to be honest, it’s not that good.
Many of Chen Bu’s suggestions are good, but some are taken for granted.
Soon, Ye Zi brought a booklet.
Yun Zheng directly asked Ye Zi to hand the booklet to Chen Bu, "Take a look!"
Chen Bu quickly stood up and took the booklet from Ye Zi.
Chen Bu just flipped through a few pages and sweat began to form on his forehead.
He didn't sit down, but just stood there reading the contents of the booklet.
The booklet also contains plans and suggestions for the development of Shuobei.
Some have already been implemented in Shuobei, some have not yet been implemented, and there are also some things that cannot be implemented in a short period of time, and the reasons are explained.
The more Chen Bu read, the more frightened he became, and his hands holding the booklet began to tremble.
Suddenly, Chen Bu had the urge to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Compared with the contents of this booklet, the memorial he wrote is almost no different from nonsense!
After a long while, Chen Bu respectfully returned the booklet to Ye Zi, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, bowed and said: "I am ashamed to have made you laugh..."
“There is no such thing as something to laugh at or not to laugh at.”
Yun Zheng said calmly: "You are indeed a talent, but not a great one! Stay in the palace as a steward and help Madam Zi deal with some internal affairs!"
"yes!"
Chen Bu looked ashamed, and then asked tentatively: "I wonder which great talent wrote this book? Your Majesty, could you introduce this great talent to me?"
Ye Zi smiled and nodded at Yun Zheng, "This is the great talent you mentioned."
"This...is this written by the prince?"
Chen Bu looked at Yun Zheng in shock.
"Um."
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Okay, you go down and rest first! If you need, I can order someone to take you to the north of Baishui River."
Chen Bu thought about it and nodded, "Then I'll trouble you, Your Majesty!"
"No problem!"
Yun Zheng smiled faintly, turned his head and looked at Shen Luoyan, "Tell Zhou Mi to take him to Sanbian City."
"good!"
Chen Luoyan stood up and walked out with the somewhat distraught Chen Bu.
Looking at Chen Bu's back, Ye Zi couldn't help but chuckle, "You seem to have scared him."
"No!"
Yun Zheng shook his head. "He is a smart man, but also a conceited person! Such a person needs to be suppressed. Once he puts away his conceit and arrogance, he will be a great talent in the future..."
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