Jin Yujun went to the headquarters of the railway company to find Yuan Weiting. The person on duty told Jin Yujun that Secretary Yuan had gone out to take care of business. Jin Yujun was patient. He went back to his office and opened the door. He was ready to find Yuan Weiting as soon as he returned.
At this time, Yuan Weiting and Wang Shizhen were in the interrogation room of the railway police. A Korean was tied to a chair across the table. Judging from his attire, this person was also from a rich family. Yuan Weiting walked in front of this person with a straight face and straightforwardly gave him two big slaps on the face.
After that, Yuan Weiting rubbed the back of his hand, which was hurting from the recoil, and yelled at the door, "Chief Cao, bring the stuff in!"
The door opened, and Cao Kun, the chief of the Hancheng Freight Division, used a small cart to bring in a sack. Yuan Weiting opened the sack and took out a handful of grain and sprinkled it on the table. The wheat was mixed with at least 30% bran. Rather than calling it grain, it was more like feed. Yuan Weiting pointed at the person tied to the chair with his left index finger and sneered, "Li Wence! How dare you! How dare you scam our railway company! We didn't ask you to sell us the bran! "
Li Wence was already scared out of his wits when he was arrested by the railway police. After being slapped twice by Yuan Weiting, he was even more scared out of his wits. Now that he understood Yuan Weiting's reason, he wasn't that scared anymore. He quickly shouted, "Sir! Sir! It was my men who moved the wrong grain! This grain was to be sent to the barracks. It just so happens that sir also bought grain from us. My men only know how to slack off. They must have moved the wrong grain! "
"Bullsh * t!" Yuan Weiting was furious, "You dare to send this kind of thing to the barracks? Aren't you afraid of death? "
Seeing that Yuan Weiting was furious, Li Wence was so scared that he started crying, "Sir! You have bought so much grain from me. When did I dare to lie to you? This is really the grain I sold to the barracks. I accidentally moved it to you. Sir, you should have seen the other grains. If I wanted to lie to you, then all the grains must have problems. Only this bag of grain has problems. How could I deliberately lie to you? "
"What bag? We found out that there's a problem with the three bags! "Yuan Weiting shouted angrily.
"Milord, it's even more impossible that I did it on purpose. If I really did it on purpose, you would have bought thirty bags of food. I mixed the bran from these three sacks into the thirty sacks. How could you find it? I will exchange for your food. As long as you let me go, I will immediately exchange for your food! Sob sob! "Li Wence cried as he spoke.
Yuan Weiting and Wang Shizhen exchanged glances, then turned back and shouted, "This time, we'll check every single bag. If we find out that you're lying to us, we won't let you off!"
Seeing that there was hope for him to escape, Li Wence hurriedly shouted, "Sir, this is really the wrong move. Please check carefully. If you find any problems with the food in the other bags, I will immediately change it for you. Daren's rations were really sold to the barracks. Since a few bags were moved wrongly, then the rations that should have been given to Daren must have been sold to the barracks. I … I even ate three bags of grain! "
Yuan Weiting wasn't really angry, but after hearing Li Wence's words, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. After laughing, Yuan Weiting asked, "Haha, Li Wence, let's not talk about our matter first. Aren't you afraid that the barracks will tie you up and take your life for selling these things to the barracks? "
"No! Don't be afraid! "Lee Wence, the landlord of Goryeo, said. After saying that, he was afraid that Yuan Weiting wouldn't understand, so he immediately explained, "My family's rations were all sold to Japan. The rest was sold to the railway according to the contract. I'm under Magistrate Min's protection, so he asked me to hand over some rations. That's all I could do. Otherwise, how could I gather so much rations? The rations from both sides were transported in the same cart, and the barracks had already taken the rations away. If they didn't know about this, they definitely wouldn't have agreed during the inspection! "
At this point, Yuan Weiting had explained everything clearly. He pulled Cao Kun out of the interrogation room and asked, "Division Chief Cao, the Goryeo barracks really didn't say anything when they took the rations away?"
"That's true." Cao Kun didn't say much, and his answer was simple.
Yuan Weiting nodded slightly. Cao Kun was a hardworking person. He was someone who knew how to take losses and had a strong sense of responsibility. In addition, he wasn't stubborn and had some methods of doing things. He was also a graduate of the railway school. It was easy for someone like him to make a name for himself in the Goryeo Railway.
Currently, the railway was transporting very few types of goods. Cao Kun only needed to look at the size and weight of the rations to know that there was something fishy going on. After checking, he confirmed that it was so, so he informed Yuan Weiting about it. Yuan Weiting didn't expect Cao Kun to be so serious. His observation skills were good, and his judgment was good. He patted Cao Kun's shoulder. "Division Chief Cao, good job! Continue doing this in the future! "
After letting Cao Kun go back to work, Yuan Weiting asked Li Wence a few more questions. These questions might seem like the railway didn't want to take responsibility, but they were actually trying to understand the current situation of the Goryeo Army's supplies. After gathering the information, Yuan Weiting ordered Li Wence to be released.
"If this goes on, Goryeo will soon be in chaos. I've never seen such a bully before! "Yuan Weiting and Wang Shizhen said as they returned to the headquarters.
Wang Shizhen nodded. "17 months of arrears. According to what Li Wence said, he's probably not the only one who did this. Most of the other landlords also did the same. If they can't even eat properly, how can the soldiers endure it? "
Seeing that Wang Shizhen had the same opinion as him, Yuan Weiting sighed. "I don't want them to cause trouble so quickly. Up until now, our preparations are still lacking to instigate the Japanese. If we can get the Goryeo people to expel the Japanese forces from Goryeo, it'll be killing two birds with one stone. "
Wang Shizhen's expression was solemn. He said with a straight face, "Let's leave this to fate. To be honest, I'm already very surprised that the Goryeo people can endure until now! But that list … "
Yuan Weiting turned to look at Wang Shizhen. Yuan Weiting retracted his gaze and thought for a moment before saying, "Section Chief Wang, that list and the previous arrangements have been done very well. Why, have you become softhearted? "
Listening to Yuan Weiting's firm tone, Wang Shizhen couldn't help but turn to look at him. Yuan Weiting pursed his lips slightly and squinted his eyes. His body exuded a kind of indomitable momentum. Wang Shizhen originally wanted to shrink back, but feeling Yuan Weiting's ambition, he also made up his mind. Some things were already done, and there was no practical meaning in being overcautious. A considerable part of this plan was planned by Wang Shizhen. Only when it came to action did Wang Shizhen realize that he was indeed not as resolute and courageous as Yuan Weiting.
As soon as the two returned to the office, Jin Yujun came to find them. After listening to Jin Yujun's suggestion on ginseng planting seriously, Yuan Weiting asked with a smile, "Mr. Jin, why do I feel that you look a little scared?"
Of course, Jin Yujun was afraid. Before he got this task, Jin Yujun was full of the drive to do it well. If he couldn't get this task, then there was nothing to talk about. Only after this task was done did Jin Yujun have time to think about it. At this time, he realized that if China bought ginseng from Korea, they had to pay Korea for it. After reading Vézé's words, Jin Yujun hoped to be able to sell ginseng to China steadily every year. China also produced ginseng, so why did China have to spend a lot of money to buy ginseng from Korea every year?
Although Jin Yujun had read a lot of books about China and tried to understand China's political philosophy, he obviously hadn't read Das Kapital. But he obviously hadn't read Das Kapital. Marx described the successful sale of a commodity on the market as a "thrilling jump." Without this passage, when Jin Yujun thought about business with a normal way of thinking, he also intuitively felt the thrill of it. China, who paid for ginseng, could completely refuse Korea's request.
Yuan Weiting asked Jin Yujun directly why he was afraid, but Jin Yujun couldn't answer for a moment. He was afraid that Yuan Weiting would refuse, and he was also afraid that Yuan Weiting would bite Jin Yujun's neck after agreeing. In this situation, Yuan Weiting continued, "If your supply is large enough, of course we are willing to buy it for a long time, but the lower the price, the better. If the ginseng depends on planting, we will spend a lot less effort, and the harvest will increase a lot. If Mr. Kim wants to sell it at a sky-high price, of course we will not buy it. "
Jin Yujun stared at Yuan Weiting and asked, "Then how is Secretary Yuan going to set the price?"
Yuan Weiting answered frankly, "We are going to open a food futures market in China, and I hope to include ginseng in the futures market, or open a drug futures market."
Jin Yujun didn't understand what the futures market was, but his intuition told him that this futures market would be an opportunity for Korea, and it would also be a very difficult place.
With Jin Yujun's sudden participation, Yuan Weiting and Wang Shizhen's plan immediately expanded to the point that they couldn't handle it alone. Hou Renjie from the Ministry of Commerce was involved. Hou Renjie was overjoyed at this opportunity. China had long wanted to conduct a thorough investigation in Korea, just like China had done in its own country. Korea's mineral resources, Korea's agricultural products, and Korea's specialty products. Now that the Central Government had agreed to export capital to Korea, this kind of investigation became even more urgent. To Hou Renjie, Jin Yujun was like a timely rain that sent a pillow when he was sleepy.
In the past few years, the railway and telegraph companies had accumulated a lot of information about Korea. Now, they could use the excuse of investigating the growth of Korean ginseng, and China could move toward the unknown areas of Korea based on what they already knew. This was a great contribution.
In the past few days, Jin Yujun also learned what the futures market was from the people from China's Ministry of Commerce. This was an expectation of the future, and it was also a place to raise production funds. There were definitely risks in this, but this was the only organization that Jin Yujun knew that could really provide financial support to the producers. At least from the regulations, this type of loan was much better than usury. Jin Yujun also began to fully cooperate with China's Ministry of Commerce.
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