In the south of Nanjing, Yuhuatai, in Xishan Temple, Zhang Gongri hurriedly came to the East Chamber, entered the room, and Xie Sanbin and others were talking and laughing in the room, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

Zhang Gongri came in with a cold face, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but this group of people was still in the mood to laugh, he immediately said angrily: "The grain ships have arrived in Nanjing, you are still in the mood to talk and laugh, I will let you shoot early, don't smash your hands, now it's okay, everyone didn't catch the hair, but put the coffin into it." ”

After speaking, Zhang Gongri flicked his sleeves and sat down with annoyance.

Xie Sanbin smiled when he saw this, got up and made him a cup of tea, and put it on the small table next to him, "Drink a cup of tea to reduce the fire, Huguang is Wang Yan's lair, and he can bring food, which is what we expected." ”

Where is Zhang Gongri in the mood to drink tea, he raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "As expected, you don't throw it away as soon as possible?" ”

Xie Sanbin smiled, "Let me ask you, how much grain is here?" ”

Zhang Gongri was stunned for a moment, "It's not very clear about this, the boat stopped in the middle of the river and did not dock." ”

"It's right if you don't have a shore." Xie Sanbin sold a pass, paused before continuing: "In this year's Jiangnan War, Huguang supported more than 100,000 loyal troops to march into Jiangnan, and the government has long been poor. ”

Xie Sanbin picked up the teacup, handed it to Zhang Gongri with a smile, and then said, "Marquis Longping, don't worry, my people have sent back the news." This time, Huguang was going to buy 300,000 stone of rice and grain to send to Nanjing, but the price of grain rose, but they only bought 150,000 stone, and they also put a batch of them in Chizhou and Taiping along the way. At that time, the imperial court can only buy grain from us at a high price, and everyone can make a lot of money. ”

Zhang Gongri was suspicious, took the teacup, but put it back on the table, "What if Wang Yan dials the silver to Huguang to buy grain?" ”

"Wang Yan didn't dare to dock the boat, because he didn't want us to know that he didn't have much food, and wanted us to scare ourselves and throw away the food in our hands to solve his current crisis, but unfortunately Wang Yan was okay to fight, and he was still a little tender in business." Xie Sanbin said leisurely: "There is so much grain in Huguang, we have the opportunity now, as long as we work hard, all the grain on the market in Huguang will be swept into the bag, and when the time comes, he will not be able to buy it even if he has money!" It's only October now, and it won't be until the summer harvest next year that there will be new grain on the market, and I don't believe that Wang Yan can last that long. ”

Zhang Gongri didn't seem to have any loopholes when he heard what he said, and his heart was a little calmer, "Then what should we do next?" ”

"What should I do?" Xie Sanbin said with a smile: "Now that the price of grain in Nanjing has risen to six taels, let's naturally go to Huguang to sweep the grain, even if you collect three taels, you will also make money, don't you?" ”

Xie Sanbin was full of confidence, and it seemed that the whole world was in his hands.

Zhang Gongri listened to him, the corners of his mouth cracked to his cheeks, and he laughed like everyone else in the room.

When the grain ships arrived in Nanjing, only one ship approached the wharf every day, unloaded the grain and left, but the rest of the ships never docked.

The residents of the city of Nanjing, hearing that the grain had arrived, flocked to the official warehouse from all directions.

When they arrived, the official warehouse did not release the restrictions on grain purchases, but reduced the original share by 20%, which caused extreme dissatisfaction among the residents.

Isn't the food coming? Why is there less and less food that can be bought?

For a time, there were rumors in the city, Wang Yan ordered some of the grain to be quietly transferred to the barracks, and asked the sailors to strictly guard the river defense, so that the Qing army in Jiangbei could not take advantage of it, and on the other hand, let Ying Tianfu strengthen the patrol in the city to strictly prevent riots.

The actions of the government showed that the court was very weak and did not have much food.

This strengthened the confidence of Xie Sanbin and his gang, and he sent his henchmen to continue to sweep grain to Huguang, and as they kept sweeping away the grain in the market, the price of grain in Nanjing had risen to seven taels, and Huguang had also risen to three taels.

In the city of Nanjing, there was a panic for a while, but after all, the official warehouse had not cut off the grain at a low price, although the residents could not eat enough, they still had food to eat, and the government strictly patrolled, so there was no riot.

Ten days have passed in this way, still in the east chamber of Xishan Temple, Zhang Gongri brought good news to everyone, "Everyone, my inner line has been figured out, it is indeed as Lord Xie expected, most of them are empty ships, as soon as this ship is finished today, tomorrow the imperial court should look for us to buy grain, begging us to buy land for disaster relief." ”

"Haha, seven taels and one stone!" Song Zhipu's face bloomed, "Those Diao people, before they gave three stones and one acre, they didn't sell them alive or dead, but now I will give up one stone and one acre at most, to see if they are willing to starve to death or sell their fields." ”

Xie Sanbin was quite complacent when he saw this, "This disaster relief failed, those Diao people are still very realistic, the prestige of the Chu Party will definitely plummet, and the imperial court will still rely on us in the future!" ”

"Lord Xie is condescending to a provincial envoy, it is really condescending, I think with Lord Xie's talent, he should enter the cabinet to say the past." The gentry in the house flew up.

While everyone was talking, suddenly a person knocked on the door of the house, and it was Long Pinghou's son Zhang Fengjie who came in.

Seeing that he was out of breath, Zhang Gongri couldn't help asking, "What am I doing here?" ”

"Father, it's not good, the inner line on the wharf has come to report, and another grain ship has sailed to Nanjing." Zhang Fengjie said in a panic.

The smile on the faces of everyone in the room froze instantly because of this sentence.

"Don't you say it's all empty ships?" Song Zhipu was a little anxious, "Why did the grain ship come over again?" ”

The incident happened suddenly, but Xie Sanbin was more steady, he looked at Zhang Fengjie and said, "How many ships are coming?" ”

"The inside line says it's thirteen big ships." Zhang Fengjie replied.

Xie Sanbin pondered for a moment, "It seems that Wang Yan has allocated silver to Huguang to buy grain, but everyone doesn't need to be in a hurry, the key now is that we must add silver money to buy Huguang's grain clean." If the court pays three taels, we will pay four taels, and we can't let the court buy any more food. ”

"Usually a stone is more than seven dollars of silver, it is very rare to rise to three taels in a disaster year, and now the price of grain in Nanjing has reached seven taels, and Huguang has also fried to three or four taels, will it be too big?" Song Zhipu was a little timid.

Xie Sanbin snorted coldly, "At this time, whoever retreats will lose, if you throw the grain now, the crisis of the imperial court will be solved, and Wang Yan will definitely not allow us to buy land at a low price, only if he is forced to have no choice, the imperial court can come according to our wishes." Think about it, when the imperial court went to Jiangnan to fight for taxes, is this the reason! ”

Everyone is now on the thief ship, Song Zhipu patted his thigh, he understood that what Xie Sanbin said made sense, but he was still a little anxious, because the price of food was too high, so high that it made his liver tremble, "Even if you continue to fry, there is not so much silver!" ”

Xie Sanbin's face was cold, "Which of you here is not a thousand acres of land, countless shops, and a family that has gone through several generations, and it is not easy to get some silver." Listen to me, as long as we win, everyone's assets will be doubled at least twice! ”

Everyone in the room groaned for a while, and after half a sound, Song Zhipu slapped the table, "If you fight, listen to Lord Xie." ”

Xie Sanbin smiled on his face, "That's right!" Hold up the bold, starve the faint-hearted! ”

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