Naturally, many people disagree with his words, but they all said yes, patting the sycophants and saying that the uncle was wise, and we suddenly realized and understood the uncle's hard work.

Lian Zining felt a sigh in his heart, and he didn't reveal it, and said: "Here is the official, I don't know how much corn there is, and the corn that has been harvested is piled up, not to mention one Lianji, ten Lianji can't eat it, so everyone who comes here has a share!" No one is missing! ”

Everyone was waiting for this sentence, and as soon as Lian Zining said this, they all immediately put their hearts at ease, knowing that with his identity and status, he either didn't say it, since he said it, he would definitely practice what he said.

Lian Zining said again: "As for how to sell this corn, I have made a charter, and I will talk about it here, if you have any ideas, you can say it, and we will discuss it." ”

He said it politely, but everyone present knew that this kind word should not be taken seriously, and if it was taken seriously, you would not be far from bad luck.

I heard Lian Zining say slowly: "This method is called the subscription method." That is, first set a price for corn, how much silver is a stone, and then, you say how much silver taels you can use this time, according to your silver taels, the official will allocate grain to you. How? ”

When everyone heard this, they were all overjoyed, this method is good!

Unified pricing, buy more if you have money, buy less if you don't have money, each with strength, no one can complain about others, what should be yours is yours! And in this way, it is also clear and clear, there are a lot less flies and dogs, how much is how much!

Although they also knew that Uncle Wu Yi's price for the Lian clan must be lower. But to be able to do this is enough.

Many people were worried about not having enough food to harvest, but now they are worried about not having enough money.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Lian Zining nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then the next focus is how to price this corn." I'm here to ask you what this corn is like rice and wheat. How does it taste? How useful is it? ”

When he asked, everyone suddenly became in a commotion, and Lian Zining pointed to the thin old man sitting on the right hand side and asked, "This." What do you call it? ”

The thin old man was the one who was pointing out the country outside Zhenyuan Mansion yesterday, and Lian Zining also listened to Shi Dazhu's report on everyone's performance, so he paid special attention to him.

was named by Lian Zining, and this thin old man was flattered. Hurriedly got up and said: "Back to Uncle's words, Caomin Lake will spread the political envoy of Jingzhou Mansion Wang Fumin and participate in Uncle!" ”

"The royal family of Jingzhou Mansion? It's far enough. It's not easy to get here. Lian Zining smiled slightly: "You answer my question." ”

If this problem is placed in the future generations, it is naturally a matter of opinion, and there may be no one who looks down on corn, but in this era when corn has just been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, this problem is very easy.

Wang Fumin pondered his words for a moment and said: "This corn tastes sweet and glutinous, compared to rice and wheat millet, it is naturally superior. There is no doubt about that. As for the use, not to mention, corn cobs can be used to burn firewood and can also be beaten into millet. Animals love to eat. Corn can be boiled and eaten, and it tastes sweet, which is better than rice and wheat. It can also be ground into a face to eat, boiled porridge and drunk, and has its own sweet taste. It's a tie! As for the steamed noodles into cooking cakes and baked flatbreads, they are all the same, but they are still full! In this way, this corn is certainly better than rice and wheat. ”

"Well said!" Lian Zining applauded and asked, "Everyone, what else do you have to say?" What are the different opinions? ”

Naturally, everyone didn't say it, and if they didn't say it, they really agreed with Wang Fumin's words, even if they had an opinion in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it. …,

"Okay, then the officer asks another question. What is the market price of this corn in Kannai now? ”

Lian Zining's voice fell, but there was silence in the hall.

This question can be regarded as poking at the sensitive point of everyone, and they suddenly dare not speak. The heart said that if we say the market price, and you sell it to us at the market price, we will still make a fart?

Lian Zining said lightly: "Old Qin, you come on." ”

"Yes, uncle!" The shopkeeper of Qin bowed his waist, cleared his throat, and said: "When the old man set off from the capital, it was August, and at that time, all the rice, flour, grain and oil shops in the capital were selling corn, and the price was one tael and one silver per stone. ”

Everyone looked at him with a little unkindness, but Lao Qin didn't care, and the old god was standing in place.

"One stone of corn is one tael and one penny, this price is not low!" Lian Zining said slowly: "If the official remembers well, the price of rice in the capital, in August, is eight coins of silver per stone, which is still due to the drought in Henan and Huwan for two consecutive years last year. ”

"However, I also know that this price will not be stable for a long time. Before, only six counties in Shandong planted corn, and then a bumper harvest, after selling a large price, but it was imitated by swarms all over the country, and it was also the corn planted, only the official knew, Shandong Henan and Nanzhili, there are many prefectures and counties. At this time, the corn is almost ripe, yes, the price will definitely fall, this said, you know, I will not pretend to be confused. Just when everyone couldn't help but want to speak, Lian Zining suddenly changed his words: "And you come all the way to it, and I can't let you go back without a harvest." So what about the price! ”

Lian Zining stretched out five fingers: "One stone of corn, don't go to the corn cob, five dollars of silver!" ”

"Five cents? One stone of corn and five dollars of silver? ”

After hearing this, everyone suddenly fell into silence, and their thoughts were different.

There was an awkward silence in the hall.

Lian Zining was not in a hurry, he leaned back, leaned back on the back of the chair for a long time, and looked at these businessmen with uncertain faces comfortably.

He was confident that these people would definitely accept this price.

In all fairness, Lian Zining's price. It's still quite authentic.

In fact, this price was also carefully studied by him in advance. In fact, logically speaking, the price of corn should be lower than that of wheat and rice, in the time and space of Lian Zining, since corn was introduced to the Ming Dynasty. For hundreds of years, it was considered coarse grains, while rice and wheat were fine grains. It is also eaten more widely. It's just that I can't stand the fact that the corn has just come in, and everyone has never eaten it, so no matter how you eat it, it feels sweet! So the price is high. In the future, with the continuous expansion of the planting area, and the price itself will definitely fall, its price will definitely be lower than that of rice and wheat.

The current price of corn is higher than that of rice and wheat, but Lian Zining has foreseen that due to the drought in the north this year, it has not affected Shandong, so the corn output in Shandong is not low, and there is the impact of these corns. In later words, the corn market will certainly fluctuate considerably. At this time, it is undoubtedly an unwise choice to force these businessmen away at high prices and force them to go to Shandong to buy corn. Unless Lian Zining uses his huge connections in Shandong and the strength of the Lian chaebol to buy all the corn on the ground in Shandong.

But this is impossible, he is not without such strength. If even the chaebol takes out all the money, there will be no problem at all. But he doesn't have the leisure to do this, let alone this need, this kind of behavior will not only make his funds be occupied a lot, but also be hated by others. …,

To know. Lian Zining now has a gold-sucking monster-like Wu Yijun in his hands!

Nowadays, with the scale getting bigger and bigger, Wu Yijun's expenses are also getting bigger and bigger, not to mention anything else, just the monthly food and clothing, it will consume nearly 800,000 taels of silver!

A year is also an astronomical amount, and Lian Zining is now trying his best to support it, but the actual need is to let him continue to expand the army. But fortunately, now that the Haixi Jurchens have been wiped out, and one of the biggest enemies for the time being has been swept away, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In this era, it has always been a headache, especially when the government transports grain. I think that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's three expeditions to Goryeo are the most typical representatives, especially the first time, there was no grain in Liaodong, so he had to transport it there from Shandong, the journey was thousands of miles, and the people who were requisitioned pushed by the small cart were transported over, and it took several months to walk on the road, and a stone of grain was transported there, and the efficiency was also extremely low, and I didn't know how many people would die when I met such cool officials.

From this point of view, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were still very clever and invented the method of transporting grain to the border and then changing the salt for import, but there was a great deviation in the implementation process according to Chinese practice. However, it is undeniable that the efficiency of merchants in transporting grain is indeed much higher than that of the government.

These caravans are all coming by big cars, and the northeast to the Guannai, the road is smooth, the speed is not slow, and it is a month to go back from here. And in these years, what things are not allowed to eat, drink, and live in the store? It's just a little bit more expensive.

Counting the freight, manpower, the settling-in money, the cost of re-purchasing the maintenance of the cart, and even the tariffs of various tax cards, the cost of transporting a stone of corn to the customs is only an additional two coins of silver.

And no matter how much the price of corn falls, a stone of corn will make three or four dollars.

It doesn't seem like much, but the merchants who can come here are all wealthy people, and the amount of purchases has gone up, and the total profit has naturally gone up.

Not every general is like Lian Zining who strategizes to win a thousand miles, and not every businessman is like Lian's chaebol who makes frequent moves. A trip to buy and sell can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver, even if it is these big merchants, they are very content.

How shrewd were these merchants? I had already calculated these things before I came, and when I heard this price, I accepted this price in my heart.

It's just that the nature of businessmen is to pursue profits, although Lian Zining has already pushed the price so low, they still have a trace of luck in their hearts, hoping to lower the price even more, and then lower, so that they are all frozen here and do not speak, just looking forward to a bird coming forward to talk to Uncle Wu Yi about the price.

Not to mention, there are really birds on the rise.

A businessman sitting at the end of the crowd stood up and arched his hand, "Uncle." The grass people have something to say. ”

When everyone heard it, hey, they were all happy, and they sat up straight, looking at the person, looking like they were watching a good show.

Lian Zining also looked at it, this person was about thirty years old. He looks dignified, has a thick beard, and is burly. Not like a businessman, but like a man of the army.

Lian Zining took a sip of water and pinched him from the corner of his eye. asked lightly: "This one, how do you call it?" ”

This attitude is to make this person unhappy for a while, he was born in a merchant family, the family has been rich for generations, and is a well-known family in the local area, and there has been a jinshi in the clan, two or three people, some people are officials in Beijing, and some people are local officials, and they are very prestigious in the local area. Of course, this is only locally, and if you get the national comparison, it will not be nothing. Even in this hall, it can only be counted as the first. If not, I wouldn't have been in that position. …,

However, this person thinks very highly of himself, and he has been quite smooth along the way, and has not suffered any twists and turns. Because of the seniority just now, he was the last in line, and he was extremely unhappy in his heart, and he was treated with such contempt by Lian Zining at this time. It's even more infuriating.

However, he naturally didn't dare to show it at all, so he could only say honestly: "Liu Yilin, Caomin Henan Guide Mansion." ”

"From Henan Guide?" Lian Zining nodded slightly and asked, "I'm afraid it's going to be shipped back and sold to those victims, right?" ”

Liu Yilin nodded and said, "Uncle is wise." ”

Lian Zining suddenly showed a mocking look on his face, and asked again: "I'm going to ship it back, how much will it cost?" ”

"This?" Liu Yilin looked embarrassed, he didn't say anything, but he didn't dare, and said with a forced smile: "Naturally, it is the same as the market price, but Henan is farther than the capital, and the cost is higher, so it can't be said to be a little more expensive." ”

"A little more expensive? I'm afraid it's more than three or five times! Taking advantage of the year of great disasters and droughts to do such things that hurt nature and reason, it really deserves to be killed! Lian Zining's heart snorted slightly, but he didn't break it, but just said: "If you have anything to say, say it!" ”

"Yes, uncle!" Liu Yilin cleared his throat and said, "Uncle, the grass people think that your price, one stone of corn and five coins of silver, is too expensive. You see, your corn is all collected from the hands of the people, and not a penny is spent. Shouldn't your price be cheaper? ”

After speaking, he also bowed his hands in all directions, expecting those merchants to rise up and respond to him, but he did not expect that those people were all sitting firmly on Mount Tai, motionless, and did not say anything at all.

Liu Yilin secretly spitted, and said in his heart that Lao Tzu deserves to get cheap food, you grandsons should it!

"Hmm! There's some truth to what you're saying. Lian Zining's eyes shrank slightly, and he actually nodded.

Liu Yilin was suddenly very proud in his heart, as soon as everyone heard this, their hearts immediately moved, and they were about to speak, but they didn't expect Lian Zining to change his words, he smiled coldly: "Liu Yilin, doing business is a matter of willingness, forced buying and selling, and the official doesn't do it!" Since it's too expensive, then don't buy it, get out! ”

After that, he raised his voice and said, "Someone! ”

The armor outside the door was loud, the door was rudely pushed open, and two guards wearing bright silver plate armor and red cloaks walked in and said, "My lord! ”

Lian Zining pointed at Liu Yilin: "Drag it down, drive him out of the mansion, within a cup of tea, let him get out of Zhenyuan Mansion!" ”

"Yes!"

The two guards simply responded, and one dragged Liu Yilin to take him down. Liu Yilin was almost stupid, but he didn't expect Lian Zining to turn his face like this, just wanted to scream, he was already pressed in his mouth, and then his arms were cut behind him, Liu Yilin's eyes widened all of a sudden, his eyes were about to bulge out, his face was red like pig liver, and his mouth let out a painful muffled snort.

The two guards clamped him all the way out of the house, and then threw it up and threw it heavily on the ground, Liu Yilin only felt that the bones all over his body seemed to be broken, bursts of pain came from all over his body, and his chin hit the ground hard, this time he fell very hard, and it was a very coincidental knock, almost his jaw was broken, and a sharp pain came from his chin, because of the vibration on his chin, several teeth were also shattered, Liu Yilin opened his mouth, A few snow-white teeth that were brushed with the finest green salt every day were mixed with blood and rolled out.

At this moment, Liu Yilin could scream, he lay on the ground and didn't get up for a long time. Bursts of screams came from the leaky mouth.

After a long time, the pain finally eased a little, and Liu Yilin's brain, which was a little chaotic and sluggish because of this throw, also woke up, and this was the fact that he couldn't believe it: he was swept out of the house like this? This transaction has nothing to do with itself? …,

You know, for this business, the family has transferred all the working capital in the store to make this big deal. Even at the expense of other stores because of lack of money to operate, they lost money or even smashed their own signboards! And this time, in order to win the opportunity to lead the team, he also tried his best, if it weren't for the fact that he was the eldest son. took out the name of righteousness, and really couldn't compete with his little rabbit brother who was deeply favored by the old man!

But that's it?

It's over?

This time, if it happens. His position is eternal, and no one can shake it, but it ends like this......

Thinking about the tragic consequences, Liu Yilin is a cold war.

He stood up, glanced at Uncle Wu Yi viciously, and staggered away.

But after a cup of tea, the caravan of the Liu family left Zhenyuan Mansion gloomily.

This time, it was a change of elbows and armpits, and before everyone could react, Liu Yilin was dragged out. After everyone came to their senses, they were all in awe, and then looked at Wu Yibo, who was still sitting on the top with a faint smile, and they were all in awe.

They all understood that Wu Yibo was using these means to send an extremely clear signal to them - no one should try to fight with me for any kind of nonsense. If you want to buy it, you can buy it, if you don't buy it, it's not rare!

This time, it's all honest.

Lian Zining glanced at everyone and said, "Since you have no opinions, let's report the number!" Lao Qin. You come first! ”

"Yes, uncle!" Shopkeeper Qin replied respectfully: "So that the uncle will know that the silver we brought this time is a total of one million taels." ”

This number is not small, but all of you here, who are not the wealthy businessmen who can be counted in various places, although they are secretly shocked that the Lian's chaebol funds are so abundant, they will not lose their temper.

Next is the king of Jingzhou Mansion, Fumin, he smiled: "The grass people should also report the number!" The funds that the grass people can bring this time is 700,000 taels. ”

Lian Zining couldn't help but glance at him, he didn't expect that the forces behind this person were really not small, Jingzhou was a place where outstanding people were and there were many officials, so there must be a background behind this person.

Next, everyone is their own number, how many are different, more than six or seven hundred thousand, less is as many as two or three hundred thousand, but none of them are less than 100,000 taels, think about it, the funds are not strong enough, run this trip, pull back two or three kittens, not enough for a freight.

Lian Zining summoned the clerks, counted the numbers one by one, and added them together, and the total number reached seven million taels!

You must know that this money is a net income, and what Wu Yijun paid was only the corn collected from the farmers, which was equivalent to no cost at all, but the net income was seven million taels!

This number made Lian Zining let out a long sigh, and there was a slight color in his eyes, it turned out that at the beginning, he did not hesitate to buy all kinds of things out of his own pocket, and lent farmers cattle and farm tools, etc., which seemed to be a loss-making transaction at the beginning, but at this time, it showed his original foresight.

The prosperity of the peasants, the bumper harvest of agriculture, and the continuous payment of taxes made Wu Yijun gain great benefits.

This incomparably rich, but at this time, the most desolate and lonely land on the map of East Asia, under Lian Zining's hands, is radiating vitality little by little.

Lian Zining shook the paper in his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone, let's have a meeting this morning, let's come here, I have a lot of money in your hands." As for the next thing, you will discuss it with Lord Hong, that is, you met yesterday. How to hand over, how to organize, and when to ship, he has the final say. But this official is here to make it clear to you, at the latest tomorrow, this matter must be settled! ”

When everyone heard this, they were relieved.

Lian Zining said again: "In addition, I will say one more thing, I have Songhua Jiangnan land, you have seen it all the way, the people are rich, agriculture is prosperous, and the court is constantly moving untouchables to fill the frontier, this is an opportunity for everyone to get rich!" Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that after you go back, think more, discuss it, and come here to do business, ginseng mountain goods in the Northeast, deer antler mink skin, these specialties can also be sold for a lot of money in the customs! If you come here to do business, this official welcomes you! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )