Chapter 369 Waiting

There was something in Pang Ban's words, which temporarily suppressed the question that should have been asked. Jiang Cheng chooses to believe in the judgment of his protégé Shen Hao, and uses this to explain Pang Ban's inquiry, so Pang Ban also believes in Jiang Cheng's choice, but the premise is that this choice is correct. Once something goes wrong, Jiang Cheng will run away naturally. no.

When Jiang Cheng was tremblingly being questioned in front of Pang Ban, the news of the sudden military incident in the south had spread through various special channels in the imperial city.

Xuan Qingwei is not the only one who has his own news channel, there are many people who are well-informed.

Especially those supervising troops who belong to the Ministry of Officials but serve in the Ministry of War. They are different from the supervisors that Xuan Qingwei placed in the army. The supervising army has great power, and almost every military order requires Pass it through their hands, and you can't hide any secrets from them.

And if these supervisors know, it means that the top officials of the official department know, and if the top officials of the official department know it, it is almost equivalent to the top of the entire civil official group.

There is also the Slave Chamber of Commerce. They are all living in the south, and they are most sensitive to news from the south. Although the few battles at the end of March were not big, the Slave Chamber of Commerce had heard of them. Later, they were told by the frontier army to withdraw to the pass, or they would live and die at their own risk. These sensitive guys immediately felt the danger, and quickly withdrew all of them. At the same time, Teo also sent the news back to Guochao.

Some industries related to the Slave Chamber of Commerce, such as carriage and horse dealers, rice dealers, dental dealers, etc., have all received news one after another. It is not an exaggeration to say that "the wind is jittery" on a certain level for a while.

It's not that I'm afraid. Since the founding of the Jingjiu Dynasty, many battles, large and small, have been fought. There were no less fights on land and sea. And basically win more and lose less. However, winning does not mean that you like to fight. Fighting will kill people, and it will bring a heavy blow to the domestic economic environment in all aspects. This is undoubtedly bad news for big merchants.

However, whether it is the chamber of commerce or the officialdom, after knowing the news, they tacitly limited the news to a small range. No one is talking about it.

For one thing, the matter has not yet been decided. Zuo Yuliang, the chief military officer in the south, has not reported the official military situation, so anyone who dares to spread rumors can easily be labeled as a "rumour-mongering troublemaker". It's all possible.

Secondly, even if the news has not been spread everywhere, each of them has time to act, whether it is to stop losses, or to plan ahead, they can take advantage of this time difference.

Of course, the happiest ones are the Fengri City Yahang and the Bonus Chamber of Commerce.

Everyone talks about making money from wars, but the battle hasn't even started yet, and the two have already earned enough to make me laugh out loud.

The price of barbarian slaves doubled within one day, and no one sold them, so it was too late to hoard them. But except for some of the best barbarian slaves left in the hands of each family, the rest were all sold to Fengri City Yahang or the Bonus Chamber of Commerce. This business trip is like a sea of ​​silver.

It can be predicted that as the incident progresses, the price of barbarian slaves will skyrocket, and it is not impossible to triple or five times.

However, no one doubted the Bonus Chamber of Commerce. They only felt that Liu Yuanxiang, the shopkeeper of the Bonus Chamber of Commerce, had a vision and had predicted this result in advance. As for Fengri City Yaxing? Didn't that bastard Zhu Shou get the news in advance because he was friends with Liu Yuanxiang? Otherwise, how could Zhu Shou have any chance of making money?

I'm not happy, but the situation is stronger than others. The top big chambers of commerce who missed the opportunity began to tighten their business, collected money, reduced expenditures on a large scale, and even exchanged a large amount of cash from the bank. I didn't dare to cash it all out, because it would be too much, and it would annoy the boss of the household department, and it would be ugly if they turned their faces.

Of course, these actions were very quick, and everyone involved in their own family business moved extremely quickly, and they started to do it almost within an hour after receiving the news.

However, except for the top few people in the Jingjiu Dynasty who were busy stopping losses or even taking the opportunity to make a fortune, the vast majority of ordinary people, even the middle and lower classes and local officials did not know that there was a change in the military situation in the south. Still living as usual.

It’s just that on the morning of April 11th, the yamen in various places received orders from the higher level: temporarily cancel all rest and going out, and all positions in various places will strictly guard their posts and implement round-the-clock standby.

As soon as this order came out, the atmosphere below was not right.

Anyone with some brains can smell something unusual from this order. Because unless there is a major event happening at the upper and lower levels of the country, the rest of the yamen has never been restricted within the national court. And 24/7. This means that whether you are on duty or not, you need to be ready to deal with emergencies at all times.

As a result, gossip began to fly all over the sky, but for the time being, there were very few who could really talk about the point, and the above did not further clarify the situation in the south. This order from the Yamen was prepared by the Ministry of Officials on its own based on the briefing sent back from the Southern Supervising Army. The meaning is obvious, the supervisors are not optimistic about Zuo Yuliang's ability to suppress the momentum of the barbarians, and it is only a matter of time if there is no official military report yet.

The fastest responders in the market are the big merchants. Under the influence of many parties, it is directly reflected that the bank began to restrict the withdrawal and exchange of large amounts of money; the rice bank began to restrict the transaction of bulk grains; Start increasing production capacity and reducing shipments, stockpiling

The common people also discovered that it was only a few days, and most of the things on the market had inexplicably increased their prices. Fortunately, it didn't rise much.

The undercurrent has begun to slowly surface, and all the insiders unconsciously looked to the south, while patiently waiting for new news. No one dared to move at this time. Even the officials who always like to be harsh in the temple on weekdays consciously shut their mouths.

Seems like the calm before the storm.

But there are exceptions. That was Xuan Qingwei.

Xuan Qingwei, who should have waited cautiously for the news, suddenly beat the gongs and drums loudly when everyone was quiet, saying in Jingxi Fengri City that a "big martial arts competition" was going to be held to test the results of some experiments.

I haven't heard of this "big martial arts competition", what is it?

Pilot? What's new about this?

Does Xuan Qingwei like this kind of sensationalism now?

When everyone was squatting, the only person who stood up and jumped up and down was naturally everyone's focus. There are those who have doubts and those who are ready to watch the excitement and jokes. But no one dared to make irresponsible remarks in front of Pang Ban in the temple. The lesson from last time was not easy to forget.

After the disdain at the beginning, everyone became curious about what a "big martial arts competition" was and what was a "pilot", so they turned their eyes away from Pang Ban and turned to Fengsun City.