Chapter 100: Grain

"Is there a great response to the proclamation issued by the government today?" Wan Qiyang didn't go out all afternoon, so he didn't know the situation in the capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Childe, yes, there are now a lot of people at the gates of each city, and the number of sentries responsible for maintaining order is twice as large as usual, and at the same time, patrols are also stronger. At the same time, according to their report when they came back, there was a long queue at the registration place, but I didn't expect that there were really about 1,000 people queuing. Qiao Zhi was also amazed that there were really a lot of damaged houses.

"That's for sure, I remember that Lord Yin of the Mansion has kept a three-day registration time, it seems that it is appropriate, and this time is getting tighter and tighter, I have a job in my hand, that is, from now on I am going to buy grain on a large scale, so I want to build the warehouse first, and when I buy it, I will buy half of the existing grain in each grain store, and pull it by myself, and buy it at the same time at each city gate, and come back in another place the next day, don't buy it on the third and fourth days, isn't it the season to collect grain? The price of grain should not be high, we must maintain a price range for a large number of purchases, and finally send people to buy around the capital, of course, this is after the warehouse is built, no, it is too late in time. Wan had the idea of stockpiling some food before the Shanxi earthquake and the floods in Jiangsu, but it was clear that it was too late.

"Childe, it's too late, isn't it time to collect summer grain? Under normal circumstances, the purchase price at this time is lower than the usual grain price, and it should be in time. Qiao Zhi was a little confused by Wan Qianyang's words.

"Didn't I mean this, what if I bought all the grain that was shipped to the capital? How much will it rise? "Wan Qiyang only wants to put away the grain first regardless of the cost, otherwise the disaster will be out by then, and he will not be able to do things without food in his hands, and he will definitely not be able to buy food no matter how much money he has.

"If you buy directly from the grain merchants, the price will not rise so much, it will definitely be much higher in the grain store. Now a stone of grain is about ten dollars of silver, if you collect a lot, isn't there still a warehouse for rent? Qiao Zhi's words woke up the dreamer.

"Yes, why didn't I think of this problem, I only thought about repairing the warehouse myself, which can be rented. In this case, rent a warehouse on the edge of the gate of the eastern city for a year. That is 10,000 stones, one stone is more than 94 kilograms, and the loss is calculated in it and folded into 90 kilograms, and 10,000 stones is 900,000 kilograms, which is 900 tons of grain. At most, more than 5,000 taels of silver tickets can be done, which is not expensive. Wan Qiyang muttered in his mouth, Qiao Zhi didn't understand even if he heard it clearly, how did he know that Wan Qiyang was calculating how much money he could spend to harvest 10,000 stone of grain.

"Qiao Zhi, I'll give you 20,000 taels of silver tickets, you go to collect grain, it's all stored in the rented warehouse, you can do it on how to operate it, you need someone to recruit temporary, give wages, of course you need to recruit honest, the warehouse also needs to be guarded day and night, if you spend all the money, you will find me to withdraw it, in addition, I will buy it in the business house tomorrow, another thing, you send Li Chang and one of them to Majiabao, thirty miles outside the city, to find a person named Ma Chenglong, and let him buy the grain near their village, It's okay to have a CD or two more than the market price, but it must be shipped to the city warehouse within six days. There are also warehouses that must be moisture-proof, find more quicklime and charcoal, these two days are a little cloudy, rain is unlikely. Hurry up! After a while, the mountain bear followed me to get the money. ”

Wan Qianyang's sudden nerves in the afternoon determined the fluctuations in the price of grain in the entire capital, in fact, Wan Qiyang also left half as the consumption of ordinary people in the capital, the eunuchs and the rich and noble families are surplus grain, so basically the grain collected is new grain, and in Wan Qianyang's memory, there is an economic overview of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which completely summarizes the social economy and people's income during this period: "Every banknote is consistent, the quasi-money is a thousand wen, and the silver is one tael; Four quasi-gold one tael" "History of the Ming Dynasty", Zhi 57 Food and Goods 5. So the household department decided: one ingot of banknote, one stone of rice; one tael of gold, ten stones; One tael of silver, two stones. "History of the Ming Dynasty, Zhi 54 Food and Goods II." The ratio of gold to silver rose from 1:8 around 1600 to 1:10 in the mid and late 20th centuries, and doubled to 1:20 by the end of the 18th century. It can be known that the ratio of gold to silver in the early and middle Ming Dynasty was 1:4 or 1:5, and around 1644, there was a large inflow of foreign silver, and 1 tael of gold could be exchanged for about 8 taels of silver. Get the first conclusion: 1 tael of gold = 8 taels of silver = 8000 copper coins.

However, during this period, a tael of gold can be exchanged for about 12 taels, and it can be a little higher in coastal areas. Wan Qiyang finally realized that his gold was the real essence of himself, and he couldn't move it until he had to.

At present, the fields are basically in the hands of the bureaucrats and landlords, and in the event of a famine, the peasants will not even be able to pay enough rent for their harvest, so they will have to flee the famine. "One field, one cow, wife and children hot kang" is the ideal life that farmers yearn for at this time. Of course, if there is really a cow, it can really be regarded as a well-off family.

When Wan Qiyang returned to the mansion, the people who heard it in the same courtyard included the two little guys, Ma Chenggong and Ma Zhidao and Lin Hai and his wife were all staring at the moment, and they could stuff an egg into their mouths. All of them were stunned by Wan Qianyang's words, the son's tone was so big, it was too scary, saying that the money was tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets, and his brows were not wrinkled.

Of course, Qiao Zhi was already immune, and when he saw everyone's expressions, he also smiled, but when he entered the backyard by himself in a wheelchair, he solemnly said to a few people: "You all heard what Gongzi said, no one is allowed to say a word outside, you know!" After speaking, he went into the backyard and ordered a few people to do things!

Wan Qiyang returned to the mansion and entered the backyard, closed his door, opened the box in the place where the treasure was hidden, took out 20,000 taels of silver tickets, and then took out the title deed and house deed, one was what Wan Qiyang was going to use to lure the flower boss, and the other was to find a way to find the place and then take it back.

After calculating the calculations, he has already taken thirty-four thousand taels, but now is the time to use the money, and this money is nothing. Wan Qiyang called out to the black bear, then walked out and handed the twenty silver tickets to the mountain bear, and asked him to take them to Qiao Zhi immediately.

As for this land deed, Wan Qiyang felt that he would give a part to Feng Qingbai first, which could be regarded as luring the snake out of the hole, and tomorrow he would ask Feng Qingbai to find some grain merchants to buy grain, and he was saying that he would go out to find Feng Qingbai, when he heard Si Qi'er call him, "Childe, are you going out again?" ”

Wan Qiyang looked back, Si Qi'er and Feng Xiaoqing came out of the backyard, it seemed that Si Qi'er sent Feng Xiaoqing out,

"Yes, Xiaoqing girl is going home, right?"

Wan Qiyang saw that he didn't have to run anymore, "When you go home, call your brother over, I have something to look for him, I just don't have to go out, you can come to find my little sister when you are free!" ”

"Thank you, Childe, I will. I've delayed Sister Xiaoqi for an afternoon today. Feng Xiaoqing was really sweet when she laughed.

Wan Qianyang also likes it when he looks at it, the two beauties have their own merits, one is green and the other is round, naturally Feng Xiaoqing grows taller, but at this time, Feng Xiaoqing's hairstyle is still a double bun braid, which obviously belongs to the type that is not married, but Wan Qianyang does not know these details.

(End of chapter)