Although Jinan is not along the canal, there are rivers such as the Daqing River connected to the canal, so although it is not a north-south land and water wharf, but the wharf is also full of dense boats, these days there are dozens of boats, more than hundreds of small boats sailing away from here every day.

Standing in the restaurant by the dock, staring at the grain ship outside the window, turning around, Zhu Guoqiang looked at Li Delin who was standing there respectfully, he had just come back from the capital, and he was busy for a while, so he smiled at him.

"Sit, don't stand."

"In front of the prince, there is a villain to sit, just stand up."

In this regard, Zhu Guoqiang did not insist.

"Business is all settled."

"One stone, four taels and three dollars, a total of one million stones! Delivery within half a month, Shiziye, what should we do next? ”

Looking at Shizi, Li Delin's tone was full of doubts.

"Lord Shizi, in fact, our million-stone grain rushes to the capital, and the price of grain in the capital will definitely be reduced, but why do you sell it to that ** merchant?"

When mentioning "profiteers", Li Delin's tone was obviously a little unconfident, the Li family used to be a grain merchant, a grain merchant...... That's not a profiteer?

As for what "top merchants", that's the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period! As for now, everyone is "the top of the profiteers".

And this trip to the capital, Li Delin went to be this "profiteer", of course, being this profiteer does not mean that there are no benefits, the biggest advantage is that those profiteers can be punished!

It's not easy to finally introduce them into the game after so long of laying them out!

"You've worked hard this time!"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"You say, how many evils have those profiteers in the capital done in the past few months?"

"This ......"

"How much money did you make?"

"How many people starved to death because of the price gouging of food?"

"A thousand?"

"Ten thousand?"

"Or thirty or fifty thousand?"

……

Faced with the successive problems of the prince, Li Delin was speechless for a while, as a "top profiteer", he learned to be hard-hearted when he was a child.

They can't afford to buy food, so what's my business?

The price of food is high, they can't afford it, they can find more work, they can borrow it, they can ......

Hungry to death...... Those who starve to death are just lazy people who can't afford to buy food!

Slacker...... Starve to death, just ...... Starving!

As a profiteer, you must have such an awareness. At least when he was doing business in the past, Li Delin thought so in his heart, so he would hoard Juqi, he would do everything possible to raise the price of grain, as long as there was an opportunity, even when Jinan was besieging the city, he also raised the price of grain more than once.

No business, no treachery!

That's what a businessman does!

But later, Li Delin himself was hungry, and when the Li family lost everything in the fire, he used to be clothed and fed, like everyone else, living on the porridge shed opened by the palace, eating two gruel a day, and working tirelessly on the construction site of the city wall, that is, eating one more dry meal. But even so, it is also the benevolence and righteousness of the prince, and if he is left in other places, he may have sold his sons and daughters a long time ago, and he would have changed his children and eaten them a long time ago......

Some things only need to be experienced to change the mindset. Of course, deep down, he still thinks that doing business is always a little more treacherous, but now...... He is doing business for the prince and must listen to the orders of the prince.

Right now...... The prince wants to clean up those profiteers!

Therefore, he must help the prince achieve his wishes!

"Why are the people innocent of letting profiteers harm them to that extent?"

Glancing at Li Delin, Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"So, all this, I'm going to make them vomit out everything they have eaten in the past few months, four million taels ......"

Thinking about this number, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"They must have earned more than this in the past few months, now collect some interest first!"

In the past period, he has been paying attention to the price of food in the capital, waiting for the right opportunity. In fact, I really thank Fan Er Gongzi for this matter, if he hadn't confessed everything, how could Zhu Guoqiang know that the Hui Fan family was preparing to sell those grains to the capital and other places, and earn him millions of taels of silver at a high price!

In fact, Zhu Guoqiang could also follow the operation of the Fan family - cooperate with the grain merchants in the capital, hoard Juqi and make a quick amount of money at a high price, but after thinking about it repeatedly, Zhu Guoqiang made another decision - to let those profiteers spit out the silver they ate.

It's not easy, but it's not that hard!

"The prince? What do you mean? ”

"This is the last batch of grain!"

"Yes, Lord Shizi."

"When will their money arrive?"

"Just these two days."

"You say, if there are more than one million stones of grain and rush to the capital, what will the price of grain fall in the capital at that time......

"Lord Shizi! Then, then they will lose miserably, and besides, this, this grain will also be ...... Lord Shizi! You're a great trick! ……”

Li Delin couldn't help but admire, he only knew that he was hoarding, although he knew that the government could use grain storage to stabilize grain prices, but he never thought that through a series of operations, those profiteers could vomit blood.

"It's endless, it's just a small test!"

With a sneer, Zhu Guoqiang's eyes narrowed into a slit, in another world, when he entered Shanghai, he didn't rely on mobilizing materials from all over the country to clean up the ** merchants in Shanghai, why did the grain merchants rape him, it was nothing more than bullying the government and having no food in their hands.

Now that I have this batch of grain in my hand, I can use this batch of grain to make a quick buck, and then rush to the market, so that I can not only earn money, but also benefit the people, why not?

Earning the people's silver is not the ability, the real ability is to make those profiteers who bring disaster to the country and the people pay, and now those profiteers in the capital who take advantage of the fire to rob are just a small test, who are the real profiteers?

It's still a Jin merchant!

It was those Jin merchants who colluded with the Manchus!

How to deal with them?

That's the big problem!

His brows were tightly locked, and after pondering for a moment, Zhu Guoqiang's gaze became more and more resolute.

"Right now, the most important thing is to let those profiteers spit out the looted people's fat and ointment! Spit out the money, and we'll get down to business! ”