There are many other points similar to Xuanwumen Caishikou, and the sea fish from Tianjin began to be sold inside and outside the entire capital at the same time, and the sea fish meat for a penny and a pound instantly set off a super earthquake in the entire capital.

In a secret mansion somewhere in the capital, Hu Wanan was leisurely drinking tea while reading a book, and a person who looked like a housekeeper hurriedly walked over.

"How's the investigation going?"

Hu Wanan looked at the person and asked lightly.

"It has been found out that there are a total of ten marine fish sales points inside and outside the capital, and the number of sea fish piled up is extremely large, and the sea fish in each place are not less than 100,000 catties, adding up to more than one million catties of marine fish."

Hu Wanan's housekeeper, Hu Yining, who was also from the side branch of the Hu family of the Hui merchant, hurriedly replied.

"More than a million catties of sea fish?"

"Where did they get these sea fish?"

When Hu Wanan heard this, he couldn't help frowning, millions of catties of sea fish was definitely not a small number, he really couldn't figure out where so many sea fish came out of the capital.

"I don't know~"

Hu Yining shook his head, then seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said: "By the way, I remember one thing, some time ago there was news from Tianjin that there were ships in Tianjin that could catch millions of catties of sea fish a day, and these sea fish should not come from Tianjin." ”

In fact, Hu Wanan has always been concerned about the news in Tianjin, and the grain merchants in Tianjin have also sent the news back.

It's just that Hu Wanan didn't believe the news at all, what boat can catch millions of catties of marine fish in a day, although there are fish in this sea, how can it be possible to catch millions of catties of marine fish in one day.

So when he saw this news, he didn't care about it at all, thinking that this news was too absurd and not credible at all, how could it be possible to catch millions of catties of sea fish a day?

For people in this era, as long as they have a little common sense, if they don't see it with their own eyes, it is difficult to believe everything that happened in Tianjin, and the same is true for Hu Wanan.

"There are more than 100 kilometers from Tianjin to the capital, and it will take at least a few days for this sea fish to be transported, and this fish will not stink?"

Another reason why Hu Wanan didn't care about it was that even if Tianjin could catch a lot of marine fish, it would be irrelevant to the overall situation, because the traffic and transportation in this era were very backward, and since this sea fish was a fish, it was difficult to preserve, and it would not affect the overall situation at all.

"I went to check it out for myself, and these fish are very fresh, they should have been caught yesterday."

Hu Yining hurriedly added.

"Recovered yesterday?"

"Tianjin, the closest to the capital, is also more than 100 kilometers away, how did they transport it?"

Hu Wanan frowned suddenly, began to meditate, and then quickly shook his head again, and did not continue to think about these inconsequential things.

"Did you get a word from above?"

"We've already sent a word to you, let's find a way to find out where these sea fish came from as soon as possible."

"Well, you can do this matter, you go to Tianjin in person, and find out these things, if it's just a million catties of sea fish, it doesn't matter, it's not enough for a day's consumption in the capital."

"I'd like to see how many fish they have."

Hu Wanan pondered for a while, thought about it, and explained to Hu Yining.

The next day, there were still hundreds of four-wheeled carriages from Tianjin to the capital, and millions of catties of sea fish were transported again, and they were also in the same position as yesterday, and once again a penny and a pound of sea fish meat began to be sold.

For two days in a row, there were a penny and a pound of sea fish to buy in the capital, and the hungry people inside and outside the capital finally settled down a little.

At the same time, because this sea fish meat is very cheap, a penny a catty, even if this sea fish meat is far inferior to the grain wheat and rice to satisfy hunger, but it is also meat and food, and it can also satisfy hunger.

One person is limited to three catties, and a family of two couples can buy six catties of meat a day, which is basically enough for a family of several people to continue artificially, although they can't eat enough, but they will definitely not starve to death.

In the afternoon of the next day, Hu Yining also returned to the capital from Tianjin and reported to Hu Wanan what he had seen and heard in Tianjin.

"A boat can catch more than 100,000 catties of marine fish in one day?"

"Concrete road?"

"A four-wheeled carriage can travel fifty kilometers in an hour?"

"Five million pounds of rice?"

"Three million taels of silver?"

Hu Wanan listened to Hu Yining's report in detail, and the whole person could no longer be calm.

Originally, he was holding the ticket to victory, holding a huge amount of grain in his hands, controlling the grain in the entire capital and around Tianjin, and holding the biggest bargaining chip in the famine years.

In addition, with the cooperation of some people in the DPRK and China, it is not only necessary to make a big profit in the continuation of this famine, but also to realize the major events of the princes in the DPRK and China.

But now, if millions of catties of sea fish are transported over from Tianjin every day, it means that even if there is no food, it is enough to support it by relying on these million catties of sea fish.

Once the grain from the south is transported to the capital on a large scale, when the time comes, all his layouts will collapse in an instant.

Moreover, he now knows that there are still five million catties of rice purchased from North Korea in Liu Jin's hands, and if these five million catties of rice are put on the market, the grain prices in the entire capital will collapse instantly.

The reason why it has not been put down yet, Hu Wanan also estimates that Liu Jin seems to be waiting for something, perhaps because the time is not ripe, or it is kept as a hole card.

"We can't go on like this, we must stop the fish from entering Beijing, otherwise we will lose all our efforts, and we will die without a place to bury."

Hu Wanan quickly realized something, pondered for a while, and immediately knew what to do next.

As long as the fish does not enter Beijing, the people in the capital still need to eat the food in his hands, and the chips in his hands can play a role, as long as this famine can continue to spread, plus the central government continues to exert pressure on Emperor Hongzhi, there is no problem in completing his plan.

Originally, according to the plan, in the past two days, these hungry people inside and outside the capital should have exploded, and the sudden arrival of the sea fish was like a basin of cold water poured over, so that the powder keg in the capital instantly cooled down, so what he had to do now was to prevent the sea fish from entering the capital, and continue to let this powder keg brew until it completely exploded.

"You go and get in touch right now, explain it in detail, and they'll know what to do."