No matter what the purpose is, now gathered around Chen Ji, the second generation of Qingzhou officials such as Hou Mingyu actually understand that it is not easy to get off the ship. After the original circle was disrupted by the traces, there was already a dislike between each other, and it was really touching the two heads together, which was also a situation that looked like a detached one. In addition, after half a year of screening, the people who are still willing to stay in this small group can be regarded as having shared hardships together. As Chen Ji said, "shopping malls are like battlefields", this small group of people can also be said to have rolled through the knife edge together in a sense, and they have a lifelong friendship.

Then again, in today's situation, it is Chen Ji who really provokes the beam, and most of Hou Mingyu and others are still from the perspective of "working hard", after all, not everyone can have the courage of Chen Ji. dared to carry his father behind his back and forge his father's handwriting, mortgage everything that could be mortgaged at home, and borrowed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to invest in this big gamble.

Even if he just learned these inside stories, Hou Mingyu was also shocked. If there is a mistake in one link, it will be a situation where there is no place to die. For example, those big households in Qingzhou City stopped buying halfway, or the grain transported by the Sun family in the south could not arrive in time...... Hou Mingyu was unwilling and didn't dare to think about the scene of losing all the games. I just hope that things will not be so exciting in the future. Don't even pay attention to him on the surface.

The current industry of Zhizhi Bookstore is obvious to all, after all, those IOUs written out have been recorded, and they are full of calculations, and they are already nearly 500,000 taels. It's just that when he thought that in so much silver, the proportion of the twenty ancestors who boasted that they had been spending extravagantly for more than ten years was less than one-tenth, and Hou Mingyu felt a deep sense of frustration.

After thinking about it, I can only comfort myself, after all, the Chen family has an ancestral house in Dengzhou, and it is also a wealthy gentry after decades of accumulation, and there is also a salt drying field that has been approved by the imperial court, which they can't compare.

With a long sigh, Hou Mingyu's heart was balanced.

……

Three days later, Chen Ji, who returned to Qingzhou again, got a report from Shen Qiu, and the grain in his hand had been sold, and the fly in the ointment was that when the last stone of grain was sold, the price of grain had fallen back to fifteen taels. At this price, Chen Ji calculated, 25,000 stone of grain is 375,000 grain, excluding the cost, he has at least 50,000 taels in his account. Rubbing his hands, he almost couldn't resist the rest of the food.

Shen Qiu's eyebrows fluttered, and then he took out a stack of papers from his body and handed it over, "Some of them have not paid the cash, and each family has mortgaged it with the title deed, house deed, and shop, if they can't raise the silver for a month, we can go to collect the shop." ”

Chen Ji took it suspiciously, "Why is there still this?" Didn't I tell you that you have to pay cash for everything? ”

"Young master, it's not to borrow money from the bank, how can there be so much cash, during this period of time, the government is strictly controlled, and all the cash is kept for backup, and they are unwilling to take it out. These shops are all places like Changxing Street and Changning Street, and they will never lose money. Besides, I asked someone from the dental shop to have an appraisal and signed a separate contract......"

Chen Ji flipped through it, but saw some familiar names. In particular, there were two silk shops, and his eyes were always hot. It's just that Fang's price is too high, even with his generous spending, he thinks it's too expensive, so he didn't start.

Now it seems that he hopes that the other party will not be able to raise the money.

glanced at Shen Qiu approvingly, and said sincerely: "I didn't realize that your kid still has this heart."

Shen Qiu scratched his head and laughed, "You learned from the young master." ”

Chen Ji shook his head, not breaking this fart is not sincere at all. After the current various contracts, he asked Shen Qiu to move the chair to the front and began to do some book review.

“…… Before the disaster, the bookstore's investment was not much, plus the looting from those twenty ancestors, it was only 80,000 taels to purchase property, run newspapers, buy land, and buy charcoal farms...... After all these calculations, the money was exhausted, and then it was 30,000 taels borrowed from the Qingzhou Xuanhe......" Chen Ji drew it with a quill pen on paper, and Shen Qiu occasionally helped to replenish it. At this time, he stopped writing, and Chen Ji sighed: "Qingzhou's account, this is it now."

"On the Dengzhou side, I mortgaged various properties, and borrowed a total of 110,000 taels, and this part was later sold for 10,000 taels at the price of 18 taels and 1 stone, and this money can be repaid, and there is a balance of 60,000 taels if you count the profits." Chen Ji paused for a moment, really feeling happy, and then said, "Then it was 100,000 taels pulled in 30 shares from the salt drying field, uh...... This money can also be directly counted as an account, after all, what was promised is a three-year dry share share, even if the terms of the contract are not reached, the repayment will be three years later. ”

Shen Qiu nodded and reminded, "I paid the Sun family 70,000 taels."

"Well, that's the balance of 30,000 taels." He spat out a turbid breath, "The 50,000 stone of grain transported by the Sun family is now half sold, and 370,000 yuan in silver is obtained, and after paying 280,000 yuan, there are still 90,000 taels left." In the next half a month, the remaining 15,000 stones will inevitably be put into the market, of course, the price will definitely fall sharply, conservatively calculated at five taels and one stone, and sell 10,000 stones, that is, 50,000 taels......"

Chen Ji circled the numbers of several "balances" and calculated, "The total is that there are 230,000 in the account now." ”

Chen Ji glanced at Shen Qiu, and understood why those guys were happy to make a fortune, it was a big deal.

Closing the booklet, Chen Ji took a sip of tea and changed the topic, "Early tomorrow morning, we will transport 5,000 stone of grain to Zhengjiawa, and tell our several grain stores that we are ready to send grain, and the price is one or two lower than that of the private market." ”

Shen Qiu said: "Isn't this going to offend those families?"

"This son is worried about the country and the people. By the way, in addition, he publicly donated 2,000 stone of grain to the Qingzhou Mansion......"

"Two thousand stones?"

"Hmm. Is this reluctant? Originally, I had 25,000 stone left, and I was going to rush to the market. ”

"Don't worry, before it drops to ten taels, ordinary people basically won't buy it, if it's a few big families, then it's a limited number of shots......" Chen Ji's eyelids blinked, "Then drop one or two taels of silver every day, the bottom line is ......" Chen Ji looked at Shen Qiu and asked, "Set as much as you want before the disaster!" Anyway, I'll leave you 15,000 stones, and you'll have to think of a way to hold out until the price of food collapses completely. Of course, if there are idiots who reduce the price to less than eight taels, you can also start at your discretion. After all, there are still thousands of people waiting to eat in Zhengjiawa......"

Shen Qiu's eyes rolled and turned, the amount of information was too much, and he was a little confused for a while. Seeing this, Chen Ji pursed his lips and smiled: "Tomorrow I will ask Young Master Hou to come over to help."

Shen Qiu raised his head and sighed, and it took a moment before he came back to his senses.