Chapter 202: The Merchant (Second Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"The owner, this surnamed Zheng is deliberate, and he has already calculated everything!"
The owner's words made Fang Decai's brain start to sweat, and he immediately thought of the "Regardless of the Outline List" launched by Zheng Xia last year, everyone only thought that he was himself, but who would have thought that he was actually planning for today.
"Isn't it just that everything has already been calculated!"
Qiu Yuncheng nodded, and then continued:
"What is a strategy? It's just a reckless martial artist, what does Yu Yanwu know? The surname Zheng seized this opportunity and changed this outline slightly, so that his surname Zheng could not only continue to be a salt merchant, but I am afraid that he would have already counted it to this day, and this list can be transferred and sold at will, and now that he has released so much news that it is true or false, the price will naturally fall......"
"Isn't he just buying the compendium?"
Fang Decai hurriedly said:
"We can't let him get what he wants!"
Qiu Yuncheng looked at him, thought for a moment, and then said in a deep voice:
"It's not a matter for us to let him get his wish, the thing now is, what is his surname Zheng going to do next? He released the news first, and everyone was in a mess, so naturally someone would release the compendium. When the time comes, this compendium will be released, and he will collect it at a low price over there......"
The owner's words made Fang Decai have nothing to say for a while.
And Qiu Yuncheng pondered for a while, and then said categorically:
"If Qinghe's side doesn't prepare to move the compendium this time, I will fight for him at all costs. This is not for the sake of temporary profits, but for the future of our Shaanxi businessmen, if this opportunity is given to his surname Zheng, I am afraid that our Shaanxi businessmen will only eat leftovers behind their Jiangnan people from now on......"
Fang Decai, who was a little uncertain, still asked cautiously:
"But...... What if this news is fake? ”
Qiu Yuncheng snorted:
"If this news is fake, I will also let the surname Zheng be ruined in Yangzhou!"
Fang Decai nodded again and again and said:
"That'...... Owner, I'll go to Qinghe tomorrow? ”
Qiu Yuncheng waved his hand and said categorically:
"No, you will leave as soon as it gets dark today, don't get on the boat from Yangzhou, and get on the boat again after leaving Yangzhou. Within 10 days, you have to send me a letter of approval! ”
After getting the owner's orders, he got rich, and hurriedly prepared to go to Qinghe.
It was at this time, in the Yamen of the Salt Transport Envoy, as soon as Zhao Pingyue stepped into the door, he saw Zheng Xia pacing back and forth in the house restlessly like an ant on a hot pot, and he had been operating the anonymous "compendium" for the past two days.
The anonymous outline is not Zheng Xiaru's invention, but the invention of Jingluo, after the fifty-one Jin merchants were killed, their remaining interests will naturally be redistributed, how to distribute is a big deal, according to the rules of previous years, it is natural to see who gives more filial piety to officials, who takes the lion's share.
However, at that time, it was called for an "auction", and those "compendiums" were valued and then auctioned, and unlike the ordinary compendiums, those anonymous compendiums could be transferred, and it was precisely for this reason that they were called "living compendiums", and since their appearance last year, they have been sought after by salt merchants. And now, after learning about Jinglu's plan, Zheng Xiaru moved his mind on the outline.
The reason why it will be moved to the compendium, the reason is simple, this anonymous live compendium, not only a voucher for buying salt, but also because it can be transferred to others, since its launch, it has been transferred among salt merchants many times, and even its price has been repeatedly inflated, and now Zheng Xia needs to make this live compendium a business with the greed of everyone.
But after all, there are some risks, or taking risks but not getting a return, isn't that a waste of time?
"Dong Ong ......"
After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Pingyue said:
"Maybe the price can go down a little more!"
Zheng Xiaru, who had heavy eyes, shook his head and said:
"Really?"
Zhao Pingyue nodded and said:
"After all, this compendium is worth 10,000 taels of silver, and no one wants it to rot in their hands, and if the news is released, someone will naturally pick it up! When the time comes, naturally someone will release it, and I estimate that the price will drop a little more. ”
Snorted, Zheng Xiaru didn't speak, only heard Zhao Pingyue say:
"When it falls, let's collect it again, and then wait until it's almost time, and then release another message, and when the time comes, this matter will naturally be done!"
Talent and wealth die, and birds die for food.
This sentence is true, for Zheng Xiaru, although he is an official, but it does not prevent him from abolishing the "shore monopoly business", using the "bearer outline list" set up in order to facilitate salt merchants to sell salt to the Qingyu ruling area, those bearer outline lists are equivalent to "legal private salt", of course, because its sales are in the Qingyu ruled area, now Zheng Xiaru naturally hopes to reduce his losses through some means, after all, the Zheng family still holds more than a dozen bearer outline books in their hands.
"Hmph, it's not that simple!"
Zheng Xiaru glanced outside:
"At this time, they will definitely not believe us as soon as they come up, no one can say whether this is true or false! In case ......"
Groaning, Zheng Xiaru didn't say anything more, his brows locked.
"Is there any movement from the others?"
After a while, Zheng Xia asked as a result.
"It seems that no one has gone to Qinghe to inquire about the news yet."
This answer made Zheng Xiaru's mind sink, and the expression on her face changed from time to time.
"No one has gone yet? How so? ”
Zhao Pingyue hurriedly whispered:
"But I guess they will definitely send someone, after all, for such a big matter, anyone will send someone to inquire before making a decision!"
Walking around the room, Zheng Xiaru said:
"I know, but the key is time, what about time? I'm looking at it here, so I'm going to write a book for the scriptures, so if I wait any longer......"
It's just in your hands!
Seeing the worried look of the old man, Zhao Pingyue had no choice but to say:
"Wait, wait a few days, there will definitely be good news......"
Then Zhao Pingyue didn't dare to speak anymore, he knew why the adult in front of him did this, not only to "get a handful", but also for another thing, waving his hand, Zheng Xiaru, who was no longer speechless, let him retreat.
In the evening, a piece of news came that made Qiu Yuncheng more and more annoyed. In addition to reporting that the price of the "compendium" has dropped a little, the people who came also said that someone is secretly buying the compendium there!
This news made Qiu Yuncheng couldn't help but be shocked and said:
"Acquisition Guidelines?"
The visitor nodded hurriedly.
Suddenly, Qiu Yuncheng's whole person couldn't help but lose his temper, and reprimanded angrily:
"Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier! You are all dead! ”
The visitor looked at him fearfully, and then said:
"The owner, this, this news, too, has just gotten it, and it needs to be confirmed, so ......"
Qiu Yuncheng slapped the table angrily, and then said:
"Confirmed, can't you tell me before you confirm it? Won't I look at the news? I ask you, has all the silver from other places arrived? How much cash is there? ”
The person hurriedly whispered:
"It's all shipped, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangxi, a total of 530,000 taels!"
Listening to this number, Qiu Yuncheng immediately said irritably:
"Why is it just that? …… Put them all in the treasury for me first, and no one can move a tael without my orders! In addition, you immediately start to borrow 500,000 taels of silver, no, you want to borrow 600,000 taels, be quick! ”
The person who came hurriedly nodded again and again, and then asked tentatively:
"Owner, your old man has always been like a god, if you think of something, let's do it now, if you wait for the big shopkeeper to come back, maybe it will be too late!"
At this time, Qiu Yuncheng calmed down instead.
"Nope. The more urgent the matter, the more urgent it is. I'm going to have to wait a little longer, I'm going to have to wait! ”
As he spoke, he sat down and drank the tea, this new tea should come up soon, and he had to do it before the new tea came up, otherwise he would delay the sale of tea.
When the shopkeeper silently retreated, Qiu Yuncheng admonished him in the back:
"If there is news outside, report it immediately!"
As the days passed, all kinds of news in Yangzhou City had been spreading, and the anonymous compendium in the exchange had been rising and falling there.
When these compendiums were auctioned at the beginning, no one thought that it was only half a year's work, and this compendium not only became a certificate for the shore, but also became a kind of speculation and speculation of goods, and the price also rose from the original 10,000 taels, all the way up, but now the price has been falling for several days, and seeing that the price is about to fall below 10,000 taels, Qiu Yuncheng couldn't help but send his cronies and instructed him:
"You also went to Qinghe overnight to ask how things were going, as long as it was done, come back quickly!"
After his confidants left, Qiu Yuncheng became more and more unable to control his emotions, he seemed to feel that a big net was tightening on his head, making his whole person fall into a dilemma......
Throughout the night, Qiu Yuncheng had no intention of sleeping, and he would occasionally stand up and look in the direction of Qinghe in a daze. There was a mixture of hesitation and confusion in those eyes, so much so that at last he got up and went into the courtyard, and then paced up and down the courtyard, all that was on his mind was one word.
Is it to buy or sell?
Sometimes, people will always face all kinds of opportunities, and what determines a person's fate is always whether they can seize the opportunity, now, for Qiu Yuncheng, he is naturally unwilling to miss the current opportunity,
But this opportunity is full of various risks, so that it is difficult for him to make a decision, at least before the news from Qinghe's side comes, there is no way to decide.
Again, looking in the direction of Qinghe, he thought to himself in his heart.
"As long as it is ......"