Chapter 65: Hou Ming Turns the Tables
Zheng Zhilong sat on the iron carriage and kept looking, it was so comfortable, just like taking a boat, only to see the scenery outside the glass retreating rapidly, it was like a dream.
Such a big car, all of them are treasures, but he saw more than one, because the road comes and goes from time to time, but there are no sedans, bare cars, all of them are ready to transport grain, large-scale, absolutely generous.
Ma Monkey complained on the side: "It's all to blame for those people in the Chamber of Commerce who are too stingy, saying that Tianjin Wei is too poor, and the gains and losses of building the railway outweigh the losses, hey, don't repair them if they have a kind this time." ”
Seeing so many sea boats, the horse monkey can be regarded as raising his eyebrows, and now they are all starting to squeeze the people of the Chamber of Commerce.
Li Zhilan picked at the corner of her eye, these big cars are nothing? And what kind of railway, it seems that it is more powerful, Li Zhilan suddenly felt that this time it was really the right one.
Li Zhilan was originally a well-known maritime merchant in Fuzhou, and even directly in charge of shipping, and the passing ships had to tax him, that is, a soil emperor, even if he was a Francophile, he was not afraid, and at his peak, he confronted Taiwan Island and pressed the opposite side to the death.
But this year's good days are over, especially after Zuo Liangyu ran to the south, he is even more of a chicken and a dog jumping to mix up all places, as a sea merchant, how can Zuo Liangyu miss it.
At first, he was polite, but then he simply took Zheng Zhilong, and he couldn't do it without taking out his family background, Zheng Zhilong had never suffered such a loss, but he couldn't beat Zuo Liangyu, who was strong and strong, you must know that his strength was only at sea.
So Zheng Zhilong simply ran away and left Fuzhou for Nanyang, just at this time, the merchants of Haizhou in the north found themselves and wanted to do big business.
Who knew that they actually bought the most worthless grain, you must know that the grain in Nanyang is three seasons a year, and some of them cannot be harvested, so they are all thrown in the fields, and the price of grain is even lower and pitiful.
As a result, as soon as they opened their mouths, they were shocked by Zheng Zhilong, it turned out to be as many as there were, Zheng Zhilong smiled secretly, and directly found all the boats, but the other party was not surprised, but was overjoyed, and asked for them all.
Only then did I know that this man and a woman, their identities are not simple, and they know that they represent Hou Ming.
Zheng Zhilong was not disgusted with Hou Ming, but wanted to take a look at this wealthy Hou Ming, you must know that the name of the Jin merchants is known to their maritime merchants.
So Zheng Zhilong came, and he also gained a lot.
"Jin Shang really lives up to his reputation." This is also the first time Zheng Zhilong has complimented him.
"Without Your Majesty, they are nothing." The horse monkey raised his neck and said, this is not a big deal, the current Jin merchants are still their subordinates, and besides, those things that make money, which one is not made by His Majesty, as a result, they are still turning their elbows out, this time the food is available, they should clean up another batch of Jin merchants.
Zheng Zhilong didn't believe it.
"This group of businessmen should be kicked out of the Chamber of Commerce and left to fend for themselves." Yang Tie Ingot is even more ruthless, wilted, and indignant at the moment.
Zheng Zhilong was immediately confused, both of them said so, he valued this trip to Kyoto even more.
Originally, he just wanted to make friends with Jin merchants, open up relations, and do business between the north and the south, but now it seems that the Ming court is the real rich man!
It was already night when they arrived in Kyoto, and the next day was the day of the Diet, so there was no hurry.
But the food was delivered non-stop, day and night, and truckloads of grain were sent into Kyoto endlessly, and the people couldn't sleep.
I thought it was Nanming's grain, but I found out that it was actually bought by His Majesty from the sea.
"New grain, one stone, one tael and five dollars of silver."
"Oh my God, I'm not mistaken, isn't it fifteen taels?"
"Isn't this the same as giving it for nothing?"
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Rice shops everywhere are selling early in the morning, and the price of this grain makes the people ecstatic, and they are all rushing to buy it, and the grain in Kyoto has never been so cheap, is this really a disaster year?
"Don't rob it, the warehouse, and Tianjin Wei has gone to the sea, how much do you want, it's not the second price, but it hasn't been opened, so today's sales, in the future, open sales, how many do you want." The shopkeeper said hurriedly.
It didn't even go into storage, and directly put the cart of grain in front of it and sold it.
The whole Kyoto is more lively than the New Year, everyone looks at the white flowers and grains with tears in their eyes, thinking about how many times they haven't eaten dried food in the past six months, who doesn't feel emotional.
Not only this place, but all the Jin merchants were mobilized, and grain was transported everywhere, and this was the scene everywhere.
All of a sudden, the people of the Later Ming Dynasty were so happy that they couldn't find the north.
In Kaifeng Mansion, Hong Chengchou stood up suddenly, grabbed the collar of Hou Ming's envoy, and asked loudly: "You say it again?" ”
"Governor Hong, please let it go, is it not benevolent and righteous to buy and sell, our Majesty has already purchased countless grains from Nanyang, and it is only one or two silver to sell to the people, so you should keep your grain for your own use."
The messenger said arrogantly, and even more deliberately said that the price was low, squeezing him, a few days ago, this old thing let him live like a year, and now he finally raised his eyebrows.
Hong Chengchou was stupid, he never thought that Wu Dalang would have the ability to cross the sea with eight immortals, and he would really get food.
"No, this is his trick, if he wants to take the opportunity to talk about the conditions, how can I be fooled, hum, tell them that this time the price of food is not like this!"
Hong Chengchou immediately came to his senses, after all, it was tens of millions of people in the Later Ming Dynasty, how many mouths did they have, it was just a bit of food by sea, how could it be enough, it was just a bluff.
Therefore, Hong Chengchou not only has to increase the price, but this time he will also let Zuo Liangyu strangle their shipping, and Wu Dalang will still buy his grain obediently at that time.
As a result, Hou Ming not only did not move, but he got the exact news here.
Zuo Liangyu squeezed Zheng Zhilong away, and now he has become Wu Dalang's transport team, and the food crisis in Houming has been lifted.
With a plop, Hong Chengchou sat on the ground.
"Your Excellency!"
But frightened his subordinates, Hong Chengchou's eyes were red, his lips turned blue with anger, and he scolded tremblingly: "Zuo Liangyu! You're fucking killing me, you're killing Daming! ”
Hong Chengchou was furious this time, and he couldn't wait to lead troops to attack this bastard immediately, Zuo Liangyu ruined Nanming.
Why do you say that, because this grain has exhausted all the family funds of the imperial court, and the grain is expensive in the disaster year, Hong Chengchou also made a bloody capital in order to deal with Hou Ming, so he simply collected it all and did not give the Jin merchants a chance.
The silver taels of the imperial court have now become the grain of this white flower, Hong Chengchou originally ate Wu Dalang, and he can earn back any amount of silver.
No one thought that it would become like this, Hou Ming suddenly had food, and he wouldn't buy food at all, and he still thought about cutting the land, and it all became empty.
"Kyoto...... Haha...... "Hong Chengchou only felt that his mouth was bitter, as if he had eaten a yellow lotus.
"Governor Hong, what happened, why is there chaos in the army?" Sun Chuanting asked as soon as he entered the door.
"What's the matter? This time Daming is going to be messed up! Hong Chengchou said bitterly, only to feel that the sky was dark.
Sun Chuanting then learned about everything, and he couldn't help but sit down in despair, and Hou Ming's biggest catastrophe was actually spent like this......
Then he thought of Hong Chengchou's words, his eyes widened, and the court was about to be in chaos......
Hong Chengchou didn't exaggerate a little, not only did Jinling have no silver in the palace, but now even high-ranking officials and nobles have no silver to use, and they have all become food.
Everyone is waiting to cut a knife from Hou Ming's body, and now it has become a bitter fruit, the court has no silver, it will not be able to distribute food and salary, and the officials will make trouble, this is still secondary, there will be great changes in the army.
In the event of a military mutiny, the consequences will be unimaginable!
"It's over, it's all over." Hong Chengchou has led troops for many years, so he naturally knows that it is powerful.
Now even if there is food, no one will believe in him without money.
You must know that in order to deal with Hou Ming, he pressed the army's salary for two months, and he still wanted to treat the soldiers well, but now it has become empty.
"You...... You...... Confused. Sun Chuanting was so angry that he could only scold.
But this is not to any avail, you must know that without silver, you will not be able to stabilize the morale of the army.
"No, we still have a chance, brother Xian save me." Hong Chengchou suddenly woke up and hurriedly hugged Sun Chuanting's hand.
"What else can be done now? Even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you. Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly.
This is the entire court, how much silver? Even if he Sun Chuanting smashes pots and sells iron, it will be a drop in the bucket.