Chapter 123: The price of Tokyo City is many times higher (ask for subscription)
Zhang Bangchang said that he was going to go outside, and he was going to send some silver, and bribed several big officials in the court to help say some good things and not cure his own crimes.
Of course, Qin Feng didn't plan to take those things, and was ready to return them to him, not wanting to be a corrupt official.
But he just raised his sleeves and walked quickly outside.
How can anything that is sent out be taken back, but it will arouse resentment.
Qin Feng didn't have time to take those silver and unicorn jade, so he sent him to the gate, which was considered a courtesy.
Of course, there is also a big carriage waiting for him outside, and it looks very grand and high-end, and he is really a rich official.
Qin Feng walked towards the mansion, since the battle report from Taiyuan had reached the imperial court, why was there no early dynasty today?
Why didn't Ah Fu tell himself to get up early, looking at the high sun, it was already more than nine o'clock, and he had already delayed the time to go to Sanya.
I accidentally fell in love with a few houses over there, how could there be several servants in green clothes moving things, as if they were food or something.
Ah Fu was also there, but he was standing and commanding, wearing a blue robe.
Walking briskly there, they were still carrying bags of grain, not knowing what they were going to do.
said: "Ah Fu, why didn't you tell me to get up early today, I have already delayed the time to go to the Ma Jundu Command Division, and now I am a few hours late."
Ah Fu also saw him, and hurriedly bent down to salute, this is his own master, and he wants to salute when he sees him.
"Oh, that's right, the eldest lady told me last night, saying that you may be very tired at night, and you will get up late in the morning, so don't wake you up, and talk about it in the afternoon."
"And the master is a five-grade official, if he doesn't go in the morning, they don't dare to say anything, as long as the affairs are handled in the afternoon, it's okay, and there will be no delay."
Qin Feng felt speechless, this reason was too complete, and it also made sense.
The eldest wife Xiyue is experienced, and she knows that she will do the things of husband and wife at night, and she will sleep for a long time, and her body will definitely be empty and weak, and she will sleep until late the next morning, and she will get up.
Even if you don't go to work in the morning, it makes sense, so be it! I'll go back to business in the afternoon.
Seeing these servants in the house, they still kept moving the food inside, and felt curious, so they put it in the courtyard.
He poked his head forward as well, and looked into the room, and there was actually a pile full of food, how could there be so much food!
looked at Ah Fu, his face showed surprise, and said, "Qin Fu, how can there be so much food in the mansion?" Even such a big room is full, what are you moving outside? ”
Qin Fu looked at the old man with a smile, feeling so kind, let's explain it to him.
"Master, I remember that on the morning you left the mansion, you went to Taiyuan to negotiate peace with the Jin Kingdom, and you told me in person that if you take all the money in the mansion to buy food, there may be a large-scale war."
"So I bought a lot of food and piled it up in this room, not only this one, but also several other rooms, but enough to eat for more than a year."
Saying this, Qin Feng also remembered that there were a lot of chaos along the way, and his head was muddy, and he forgot about it.
But there is too much grain to buy, won't you spend all the money in the house? There is money to buy groceries, clothes and something!
Said: "Ah Fu, how much silver is there in that house?" The daily expenses are enough to buy so much food. ”
Ah Fu's smiling face was also put away, showing some seriousness, and he was also thinking carefully about the silver in the house.
"Although it costs a lot of silver to buy grain, accounting for about six or seven percent of the total silver in the house, there are still three or four percent of the silver left, which is enough for the expenses of the house."
"The master really has the vision, let me buy so much grain, now the price of grain has risen several times, if we sell it, we will definitely make a lot of silver! Overnight riches are not a dream. ”
It only took six or seven percent! It seems that the house is still relatively rich, Qin Feng thought.
Suddenly, I also figured out one thing, why grain has become so expensive, and the price has increased several times, it is because the war has begun, and some grain cannot be transported.
In the war-torn era, money is of little use, and food is the most precious, which can feed people and save people's lives.
Even if you sell it for tens of times and 100 times the price you used to pay before, you have to buy it in order to survive.
Ah Fu saw that the old man did not answer, as if he was thinking about something, he would not sell grain! I thought of it with myself, but I could earn several times the price.
smiled and said, "Master, are you trying to sell the grain in the house, sell most of it, so that you can earn a lot of silver, and you can buy more poems and paintings."
Qin Feng looked at him angrily, in the war-torn era, food was a treasure, it was much more useful than silver, it could save people's lives, and it would be sold for a hundred times the price in the future.
"Sell you big-headed ghost! I only have money in my mind, and I don't know how to think about the current situation, the big war has begun, and the Jin people are about to fight. ”
"Now how much is a pound of grain sold in the city, are those big businessmen also hoarding a large amount of grain and starting to sell it at a high price, extorting the rich people."
The servants who were carrying the grain put it in the yard to dry, and there was a lot of moisture in the room, and it would become moldy after a long time, and it would not be edible.
Hearing the old man say something like that, he first looked at it in surprise, then pretended not to hear it, and continued to get the food in his hand, afraid of being scolded.
Ah Fu was also confused, and when he was said like this, he was a little angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to vent it, but he was his master.
"It's similar to what the old man thought, the big businessmen in Tokyo City did hoard a lot of grain, and they also sold it for several times the price, hoarding Juqi, especially the second richest merchant Zhou Li in the city, and the first richest businessman Li Jia is the most domineering."
"Originally, the white noodles in the city were three yuan a catty, but now the white noodles are sold for eighteen yuan a catty, twenty-one yuan, twenty-four yuan a catty, and in some places even sell for thirty yuan, which is simply a sky-high price, extorting the hard-earned money of the people."
Sure enough, it was these big merchants who were the most hateful, who obtained useful information, bought grain on a large scale, and then sold it at a high price, taking advantage of the opportunity to obtain the greatest wealth.
Qin Feng continued to ask, "Ah Fu, are the other things in this city also several times more expensive?"
Ah Fu nodded in agreement and agreed, the old man was really very smart, and he guessed it.
"Many things in the city have become more expensive, those clothes and quilts have also become several times more expensive, and the vegetables and meat bought in the house have also become several times more expensive, especially the medicinal materials, which have increased to more than ten or dozens of times, especially those for treating external injuries."
"It is said that the imperial court sent people to buy a large number of them and stock them up for later use, but there are too many of them, and they are almost exhausted of the kind of medicine in the pharmacies in this city, so it is so expensive."
Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh a few times, feeling very worried, the prices in the city are several times higher, this is not a joke, the big war has indeed happened, and it will eventually come to the city of Tokyo.
At that time, the price of these grains and medicines will be dozens of times higher and become sky-high, and there will still be more people rushing to buy them with silver, otherwise they will starve to death.
The city of Tokyo will also become a mess, and there will be wars everywhere.
The reason why the imperial court would buy so many medicinal materials, especially for the treatment of external injuries, was for military supplies, knowing that in the event of a large-scale war, there would definitely be a large number of casualties, and the medicine for external injuries was used to treat external injuries.