Just as Shen Xi was in contact with the people in the treasury grain theft case in the name of the young owner of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, Jiang Liwei had just walked out of the door in the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen, and he had been busy interrogating Tang Yin and Xu Jing in the past few days.

It was Xu Jing who confessed all under torture, and it was Tang Yin who did not admit a word under torture.

At this moment, Yu Niang rode a horse, and the servants rushed to the outside of the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, got off the horse, and stepped forward to salute: "Lord Jiang, why don't you send troops soon?" ”

Jiang Liwei looked at Yu Niang, a smile appeared on her face, which was meaningful: "Yu Niang should go back to rest earlier." ”

Yu Niang felt that Jiang Liwei had bad intentions, and said before that she would do her best to investigate the grain theft case in the treasury, but now there are big fish over there, but Jiang Liwei does not move.

At this time, Shen Xi's situation is somewhat dangerous, since the thieves are eyeing him, and they want to use the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to help transport the thieves' stolen grain, they may use means such as hijacking or threatening. After all, Yu Niang has no authority to transfer troops, no matter what she wants to do, she must ask Jiang Liwei's consent.

"Could it be that Shen Gongzi will leave it alone?"

Yu Niang was a little angry, "Investigate the grain theft case, but Lord Liu personally ordered it, and now the thief has already appeared, if you let it go, how will you have another chance to catch the thief in the future!?" ”

Jiang Liwei smiled faintly and said, "Why is Yu Niang so anxious, in fact, everything is in the official's plan." ”

Jiang Liwei said it easily, but Yu Niang knew that this was just his prevarication, in fact, Jiang Liwei had always had a rejection of Shen Xi, especially the last time Shen Xi rejected his opinion, which made it more and more obvious after Liu Daxia did not get support.

Now that Shen Xi has won the tribute, he will be a jinshi after the palace test in the future, and he is likely to be appointed by the six departments. Based on Liu Daxia's appreciation of Shen Xi, Shen Xi is likely to be recruited to the household department or the military department as an official, and will become an important opponent in his career promotion in the next few years.

Jiang Liwei regarded Shen Xishu as his old enemy, how could he easily help Shen Xi break the siege?

"And what about Lord Jiang's plan?" Yu Niang asked directly, wanting to embarrass Jiang Liwei.

Jiang Liwei's face turned cold: "How does this official arrange it." I can't explain it to others, if Yu Niang is dissatisfied, just report it to Liu Shilang! The official has to go back to the house first, and he can't send him off. Leave! ”

Yu Niang saw Jiang Liwei flick her sleeves and leave, and she was quite helpless. She promised to protect Shen Xi's safety, but now it seems that Jiang Li only sincerely wants Shen Xi to touch his head, and it is best if he dies because of this. Even if he was pursued by Liu Daxia afterwards, he could shirk responsibility on the grounds that Shen Xi did not obey orders and acted without authorization.

Jiang Liwei is now doing things more and more extremely, Yu Niang has no other way, she and Liu Daxia have always been separated by several layers of relationship, there is no way to directly report to Liu Daxia, for the sake of today's plan, only hurry to the place where Shen Xi and the thief contacted, just relying on Xi'er and Yunliu, I am afraid that there is no way to protect Shen Xi. She was very worried that Shen Xi would be kidnapped by thieves.

Yu Niang is obviously overconcerned.

Shen Xi is very clear about his position and situation. He approached the thieves in the treasury grain theft case and behaved with ease. At present, he is already the head of the new science department, and he will participate in the palace examination in the future, even if the thieves in the treasury stealing grain case are bold and reckless, they will definitely not make any extraneous branches, and the hijacking of Shen Xi will only make the court intensify the investigation under the rage, and it is likely to involve them.

“…… This price seems a little unreasonable. "Shen Xi is not only knowledgeable, but also good at negotiating with people in the business field.

Shen Xi knows very well that what businessmen pursue is to maximize profits. If the other party makes a condition, he agrees, but it is easy to arouse suspicion and expose his feet. What the current Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce is going to do. But in the case of killing heads, he must stand on this position and deal with the other party.

The negotiator on the other side claimed to be surnamed Zhong, and Shen Xi temporarily called him Zhong Dangjia, as for what the official identity of this person was, Shen Xi did not know, but listened to this person's mouth. It seems that he is an official in the household department, and he can transport the grain out of the treasury through some channels for resale. After the end of the war in the northwest, the imperial court strictly inspected the treasury, and these people still committed crimes against the wind, which shows how fearless they are.

In Shen Xi's view, with the support of Queen Zhang behind him, the Zhang brothers did not take Liu Daxia, who was in charge of investigating the case, in their eyes.

In fact, with Emperor Hongzhi's favor to his relatives, even Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia did not dare to be enemies of the Zhang brothers head-on, and to investigate the case of stealing grain from the treasury, in fact, they could only single out those moths in the six departments, and when they reached a certain rank, they had to stop in moderation, otherwise the consequences would be dangerous.

Zhong said: "Your Excellency will inevitably open your mouth, and I am afraid that a boatload of grain will not be able to earn this silver." If you take this as an example, how will business be done in the future? ”

This person obviously bullied Shen Xi for being young and ignorant, thinking that Shen Xi didn't know how much profit was in a boatload of grain.

There are two modes of operation to make a profit from stealing grain from the government treasury, one is to use shoddy goods, exchange old grain for new grain, and then sell the new grain to earn the difference.

This model is relatively unprofitable, and it is more troublesome to enter and exit.

Because the Zhang brothers had no fear, they preferred to adopt the second option, that is, to let the local grain depot report the "loss", and at the same time make a fuss on the treasury books, cross off the grain from the account, and then transport the grain out and directly transport it to various places for sale. This is purely an empty glove white wolf, and it costs nothing.

A boat can transport about 150 stone of grain, almost more than 15,000 catties, according to the price of grain in the north today, corn and wheat are basically 7 cents a catty, and a boatload of grain with no cost can basically be sold for about 100 taels of silver. And this is just the price of the place of origin, and when it is transported to the south, it will have to be increased by at least fifty percent, and the profit of that shipload of grain will be about one hundred and fifty taels.

The price offered by Shen Xi is already very fair to transport a boatload of grain to collect thirty taels, because even if it costs thirty taels of silver for transportation, these people can still get a net profit of about one hundred and twenty taels for a boat.

However, these people are used to eating dry and clean, and they don't want to share the profits with the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce at all.

Shen Xi said: "If you don't agree, then there is no need to talk about this business." Our Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce is responsible for transporting the imperial court's rice grain to various places, and based on the number of orders in the previous year, at least 100,000 stone of grain will be transported......"

Shen Xi exaggerated the numbers a little, which is also a common method used by businessmen.

Originally, the grain that Liu Daxia approved for the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to be transported was only 10,000 stone at most, almost more than 70 ships of grain, which was the limit that Zhou Fatzi could bear, after all, he did not have many ships, and most of the grain ships had to be seconded from other places.

Shen Xi's opening is 100,000 stones, that is, more than 700 boats of grain, according to each boat's grain can be increased by at least 20% to smuggle stolen grain, at least 20,000 stone of grain can be transferred for these thieves in a year, all in all, this Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce relies on the transportation of grain, bringing nearly 20,000 taels of silver to the grain thieves a year.

Zhong Dangjia was silent for a long time, and he was also calculating this account in his heart, no matter how you look at it, it is a good deal, but it just makes the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce earn a little more money, but as a person in the government, he is not very worried, at this time his thoughts are: "Even if you earn more, when you reach the destination, you will be exploited by the local government, not only will you not get benefits, but you will be spit it out!" ”

"Okay, that's it." This person didn't say that he would go back to discuss with someone, and he just made a decision.

This shows that Zhong Dangjia is a person with decision-making power in the treasury grain stealing forces, and it is likely to directly serve the culprit behind the scenes. Shen Xi and Zhou Fatzi glanced at each other, in fact, they were both wondering if the case could start from this Zhong master and open the gap in one fell swoop.

Shen Xi said: "Businessman, pay attention to one hand to pay and one hand to deliver, now we can't have a business on the table, so we can't even sign a contract, but I don't know when to send the order to us?" ”

"What!? Do you want to order silver? "When the Zhong family heard it, he was furious.

I am a dignified court official, and I am looking for you to talk about business with a group of ninth-rate businessmen, who can afford you, and I am not to mention being bargained with you, but I still dare to ask me for silver with my face?

Believe it or not, I will let you Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce jump with a piece of paper!

Shen Xi looked taken for granted: "If there is no fixed silver, who will pay the wages of the guys?" Who pays for the money to rent the boat? How to pay the tax after passing the customs? ”

Shen Xi's question hit the nail on the head.

You can't say that we mix the stolen grain with the official grain and load it on the ship, and designate a place for us to transport it, but don't forget that the transportation cost is there. It is true that we can wait until we get to the place to pay the final payment, but we have to pay the subscription money first, so that we will not fill too much money into it along the way.

Zhong Dang was not angry, but he calmed down a little and asked, "When will the grain be delivered?" ”

Shen Xi thought for a while: "Late March." ”

Zhong Dangjia calculated, seeing that it was more than half of mid-March, and in a few days, the official grain would be shipped, and some of the hot stolen grain would be taken away.

If the deal is not negotiated, the deal will fall through, and there is a risk that the stolen grain in the granary will be exposed at any time.

Thinking about it again, the matter must be handled quickly, and the two uncles of the country must not be anxious, after all, the imperial court is very close to checking this batch of stolen grain, and it is said that even the British prince is alarmed, and this batch of grain is always a disaster in his hand.

"Two days later, I personally sent someone to the Dongsheng Inn and presented 20% of the silver."

"Thirty percent."

Shen Xi calculated, and the silver order for the two percent of the goods was only more than eight hundred taels, which was obviously a little less, and it was really unreasonable not to bargain.

Zhong Dangjia's face was iron-blue, he could be regarded as having seen the cunning and insatiable greed of businessmen, and said with a cold smile: "Three achievements and three percent." ”

Throwing down a sentence, the person left in a huff.

waited for people to get into the carriage at the door, and Shen Xi reacted, why didn't he see Yu Niang and Jiang Liwei's people?

In fact, at this time, it is already possible to torture people, but on second thought, isn't it that Jiang Liwei wants to continue to catch big fish and fish out the Zhang brothers?

I'm afraid that at that time, although the fish will come out of the water, they will not be able to go ashore, but they will drag the anglers into the water!

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