Qian Mutong looked at Fu Yuan and smiled apologetically. It's a bit too ruthless to play with that hand to draw salary, and look at what it has become to embarrass the governor, and what can be solved with just a little money has become a problem. I'm really sorry for the governor.

That's right, the three major yamen in the province, the political envoy yamen, the criminal envoy and the prosecutor department, and the command envoy yamen, have no money on their books, but the three yamen don't still have private coffers in case of emergency.

It is said that it is a private treasury, not that the money is the private money of the chief official, but in fact it is still the money in the yamen, but it is not recorded in the clear account, but in a separate book, and the account book is the responsibility of the chief official. If there is a festival on the New Year's Day, the chief official will sign and draw a pledge, and give some silver for the festival to the errand in the yamen.

The money in the private treasury of the three yamen is not much, but it is a lot less, and there are still 200,000 taels of silver. Couldn't so much silver bring the corn back from Quanzhou? Totally enough!

He smiled and said, "Feibai, how much do you think it costs?" ”

Li Feibai stretched out two fingers and said, "I need this number!" ”

Qian Mutong said secretly: "I think the real shipping cost is only thousands of taels. However, it is also understandable that if there is no benefit, whoever goes all the way to do this drudgery will have a reasonable price. ”

He said, "Twenty thousand taels? No problem! ”

Li Feibai said: "Lord Qian laughed. Not 20,000 taels, but 2 million taels! ”

Qian Mutong was shocked by the three! Li Feibai is really a bit of a lion, and he dared to offer two million taels for a trip to Quanzhou! It's true that you found the corn, but you can't rip it off like that!

That's right, the corn is yours, but you can't be so ruthless! Two million taels, do you make your corn of gold or silver? But to solve the impending famine in Henan, we can only rely on Li Feibai. This is the only one, and there is no semicolon!

Qian Mutong smiled, started to discuss, and said, "Two million taels is too expensive, can it be cheaper?" ”

The main reason why Li Feibai wanted Naf's friends to buy corn in large quantities and send it to Quanzhou was that he had long realized that he could not make money by planting it by himself. Because corn is renewable and grows more and more.

For example, after Guo Xun asked for his first batch of corn seeds, would he ask for a second batch? People can't use up all the crops in their fields, and they have to buy them outside, so how can they buy his corn again.

Therefore, if you want to make a fortune from corn, you can only make quick money. Earn a year or two, and by the third year, it is almost impossible to earn again! At that time, corn was flying all over the sky, not to mention that the price had dropped to a penny and a catty, even if it could still make a little, it would be a small amount of money.

When he heard from Naf's friend that there was corn in Malacca, he immediately decided to buy it in large quantities. How much pound does he give Naf's friend? A pound of money. What about the price he wants to take? This batch of goods is at least 100 wen a catty. Is it black? Not black!

First of all, he gave Naf's friend a penny and a pound. You know, this thing is used as livestock feeding over there, and it's thrown for nothing, and it's not low to send it here for a penny.

The volume of sea ships is huge, and one can transport millions of catties at least, excluding expenses, is it less to earn thousands of taels of silver in one trip?

That's thousands of taels of silver! A farmer can't earn so much in a few lifetimes!

Secondly, did he sell a hundred dollars a pound of black? It's not dark either! How big an official is Guo Xun, and he is willing to spend this price? What is the status of other people, can they be compared with Guo Xun?

The only bad thing is that after the corn is brought back, he has to do his best to lead people to sell it everywhere, and it will take a year and a half to sell all the corn. And he didn't want to waste too much time on this, Guo Xun was in a hurry to let him go to Beijing, and he was hesitant who should he hand over this matter to? Fu Yuan wants to plant corn all over Henan!

What does it mean to be dozing off, someone sends a pillow? This is called someone who wants to fall asleep, someone sends a pillow!

I want all his corn at once, save worry and effort, and make it cheaper! Corn is planted so that the people will not be famine, and it should be cheaper if it can be cheaper. But he is a businessman, not a philanthropist, he can't do unprofitable trading, let alone losing money, and he can make more or less money!

Li Feibai smiled and said, "This price is already the lowest price I have quoted after thinking about it!" ”

Qian Mutong's face suddenly didn't look good. He is a dignified political envoy, and a small businessman dares not to give him face!

Li Feibai didn't look at Qian Mutong's face, and then said: "I'll settle accounts for adults, and adults will know my difficulties!" ”

It turns out that it's not that you don't give face, but that there are difficulties!

Qian Mutong's face looked a little better, and said, "You say, what difficulties do you have!" ”

Li Feibai said: "In the whole territory of Henan, how many arable fields are there!" ”

This is Qian Mutong's strength, and he immediately said: "There are about 50 million acres!" ”

Li Feibai said: "50 million mu, it takes three catties of corn to plant one acre, and adults calculate how much corn is needed in total!" But adults are only willing to pay 20,000 taels, and I can't afford to lose so much even if I sell my house and land! ”

Qian Mutong was stunned. Momentarily negligent, just calculating how much it would cost to transport corn to Jiyuan, I forgot to pay for corn and made such a big joke!

However, even if you buy 150 million catties of corn, it is impossible to spend 2 million taels!

He said: "Nowadays, bad rice is two wen a catty, and good rice is only five wen a catty. The price of wheat is slightly lower, about one to three cents. Let's not say that corn is not as good as rice, according to the best rice, it is only 750,000 taels of silver, how can it be so much as 2 million taels! ”

Li Feibai said: "My lord is laughing again!" You're talking about the price of grain, I'm talking about the price of seeds, how can you mix the two? ”

Qian Mutong was stunned again. Is there a difference between grain and seeds? It seems that there is no difference, but in fact, the difference is big! What is Grain? It's the equivalent of eggs sold on the street! What about seeds? It is equivalent to a domesticated chicken laying eggs. There are no eggs after eating, but chickens can lay eggs, and eggs can be regenerated chickens, and the prices of the two are indeed different!

Li Feibai then said: "Besides, I can't take out 150 million catties of corn, at most 30 million catties of corn!" ”

Qian Mutong shook his head categorically and said, "No! 30 million catties of corn is not enough for a few prefectures, how to ensure that the people of the province do not have famine? ”

Li Feibai said: "It's true that there isn't so much food, even if the adults kill me, there is nothing they can do!" However, I have something unclear and would like to ask an adult for advice? ”

Qian Mu channel: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Feibai said: "If you want to plant corn in Henan, what is your original intention?" ”

Qian Mu channel: "In order to avoid natural disasters and prevent the people from starving to death!" ”

Li Feibai said: "Then let me ask your lord, how much land do these people have in their hands for those powerful people who don't have to pay grain, and those who put their fields under their names under the names of powerful people to avoid taxes?" ”

As a political envoy, Qian Mutong knows how many people pay food and how many people don't. There are eight princes in Henan, hundreds of county kings, general of the town and auxiliary generals, to put it mildly, almost every village has it. In addition, the officials who are idle at home, and the scholars who have a reputation for their merits, these people do not have to pay taxes.

Don't look at the 50 million acres of fertile land in Henan, there is only a little bit of grain to really pay.

He said: "There are about 40 million acres!" ”

Li Feibai said: "Will these lords who don't have to pay taxes starve to death when there is a famine in Henan?" ”

Qian Mu channel: "These people are powerful and wealthy, how can they starve to death!" ”

Li Feibai said: "We plant corn to prevent people from starving to death, since they can't starve to death, what do they care about it!" ”

Qian Mutong understood. In this way, 30 million catties of corn is really enough to survive this crisis. But after thinking about it, it was still not right, and said: "If it is only 30 million catties, your corn will be more expensive!" A pound of corn is sold for 75 Wen, which is almost life-threatening! ”

Li Feibai said: "My lord, don't hide it, I sell a pound of corn for seventy-five yuan, which is not only not expensive, but also suffers a big loss!" ”