I saw this agent tell me that my third hand had been sold. Li Er breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, it was just noon and the market closed. The price has now tripled from the starting price. Li Er was light, holding a bamboo tube filled with boiling water, drinking slowly, waiting for the afternoon opening.

The square actually provides free boiling water here, and in the alley next to it is a strange stove made of iron sheets, burning wood in the stomach and water all around, and one person is high. A mechanism called a faucet can release boiling water. There was a mute who was hired to carry water and make a fire. I heard that it is hired by the exchange, what is it called public welfare undertakings to solve the employment of people with disabilities.

"Have you let them out?" asked Bai Yu.

"Young Master, all our goods have been released, and a total of one hundred and fifty-four thousand one hundred and twenty-one taels have been recovered."

"Okay, has the Balizhuang Treasury Baofeng taken over?"

"Yes, the inventory was completed yesterday and the regulatory procedures were completed."

"What is the situation of the big buyer on the other side?"

"Just calculated, their cost is within the price range this morning, but it is not ruled out that they have hoarded a large number of goods before, and even then their total cost is more than twice that of the early stage."

"Okay, smash it at the opening, and throw out all the new cloth from Hanjiang that we have hoarded. Put them in a high position. ”

In the afternoon, the market did not open on time, and the price rose slightly, and Li Er knew that this was a buy order that he had not had time to trade in the morning. It's an inertia rise, it's nothing.

"Brother Juren, as expected, it has risen by one percent" said the head of the household department excitedly, this time he and other colleagues also secretly bought a lot of rat barns. He mentally calculated how much he had earned.

However, the good times were short-lived, and soon all their buy orders were filled, and the rally stopped. Juren immediately sensed that something was wrong, but he believed that he had enough silver, as long as he continued to buy, he would definitely be able to protect the price, and he must not let the price come down now.

A strange situation has arisen, the price has been violently tugging up and down, and the transaction has been sharply amplified. Half an hour later, it seems that the buyer power has increased, and the price has started to rush all the way up again.

"Lord Li's funds came in time, these three million taels are really timely rain, look at how these poor sticks fight us." Director Wang said excitedly.

"I hope it can hold on, if it falls, no one will buy it, and only if it keeps rising can it be shipped. Otherwise, our goods will be smashed in our hands, and Lord Li and they won't be able to take out any more money. ”

There were two quarters of an hour left to close, and the price doubled again. The whole market is going crazy. A large number of medium and large speculators began to buy frantically. Trading volume has reached new highs.

"How many goods are left," Li Jing asked Bai Yu.

"Young master, there is still half of it, I'm afraid we don't have enough goods for this momentum," Bai Yu said worriedly.

"How much did the biggest buyer buy today"

"News from the exchange, 2.65 million taels have been bought."

"Almost, if I'm not mistaken, this money is not their own, the household department just allocated money to the military department this morning, and it is also three million"

"What, they dare to embezzle this money, this is Liaodong's military spending."

"There is anything in this world that they don't dare, I wanted to take out the principal after hyping it on the cloth. I didn't expect to be caught by us. ”

"Childe, will our doing this affect the battle situation in Liaodong?"

"It's okay, there are some things you don't know, there is a person in the court, who is the middleman of the embezzlement of military funds by civilian officials, and thirty percent of the money from the household department will go to him, and then it will be secretly distributed to officials at all levels. This man is very rich, I estimate that he has at least seven million taels, only a little more. ”

"What, so much money, who is this" Bai Yu called out in surprise, Daming's financial income in a year is only four million taels, and this person actually has a family property with almost two years of financial income. It's horrible.

"Caoyun Governor Li Sancai," Li Jing said calmly. I also feel very emotionally in my heart, this person is a broker, but he serves the entire civil service system.

Bai Yu thought to himself, since ancient times, one of the most profitable people has been river workers, and one is Cao Yun. This Grand Canal is the flowing Golden River, and it is really not difficult for him to control the canal for ten years and get hundreds of thousands a year. Plus embezzlement/public funds, money laundering, acting as a middleman, broker. It's not strange to have this family property.

"Don't worry, he will make up for the three million by himself, whether it is the thirty percent of the civilian official or the remaining seventy percent of the military expenses, he doesn't dare to move a child who shouldn't take it, no matter why there is one less copper coin, he has to explain it, otherwise, ...... Hmph" Li Jing didn't go on.

"Childe, our cooperation with the Baofeng may not be able to hide from those who have a heart, will they jump off the wall in a hurry, we are not afraid of them in the capital, Liaodong is going to fight again. After all, you're going back to Yingkou in the near future. Safety on this road should be taken seriously. ”

"Li San is the Donglin Party, and the behind-the-scenes consortium is the Huishang Group. Baofeng Xinglong belonged to the Jin merchants, they were by no means controllable by Donglin, these people were more complicated and more like an independent group, they colluded with the Mongols and Jiannu, subsidized the poor scholars, paid them to buy/pave their careers, and even arranged marriages for them. Secretly mastered the power of great officialdom. This group of people is not offended by all forces, but they do not depend on anyone. They won't help Li Sancai, but Donglin's power is so big and pervasive, and the Baofeng is a competitor of the Lund, so it is impossible to interfere with people, and we must not guard against it. If it is true that there is a ghost in Baofeng who leaks our news, Baofeng and the Fan family will definitely give us an explanation, after all, our current liquidity in Baofeng has reached tens of millions of taels of silver. The Li family is not only a local hero, but I also have military power, we have strength They know very well that they are not comparable to those who study in Donglin, and they are really hard but not guns. ”

"Young master, I'm still not at ease, why don't I transfer an ironclad ship and a battalion of soldiers from Jishuitan, and transfer troops over to send you out of Beijing to each other."

"It's okay, after receiving the grain and silver from the military department this time, it's time to go back."

At this time, there was still a quarter of an hour before the closing, and Li Jing smiled: "You see, what will happen if the other party runs out of money, it doesn't need more, as long as they blow up their positions with one hand." ”

Before the words fell, the new price fell, and the market buyers' funds were finally exhausted, and without the support of buying orders, the price began to plummet.

Li Er's face was pale, his hands were covered with sweat, and his legs were trembling and he could barely stand. In the afternoon, it fell first and then soared, and the whole market went crazy, desperately following the purchase, and he was shaken again and again, and the silver tickets in his hands were soaked with sweat. In the end, he suppressed his greed and chose to trust his own reason. This kind of psychological struggle, torturing one's own rationality and character, finally won himself.