Su You nodded, and couldn't help but sigh, "Really? It's like being ordered to be in danger when you're in the midst of a defeated army. ”

Yao Si is also a person who is familiar with poetry and books, how can he not know the excerpts in "The Teacher's Table"? In fact, when he went south, he also knew that something was wrong here, but when he arrived in Yangzhou, he seemed to be in the game.

At this time, hearing Su You's point, Yao Si couldn't help asking, "I don't know what Mr. means?" ”

Su You smiled and said nothing, and after walking a few steps, he turned his head and asked, "What happened to your bookstore in Dongdu?" I was going to buy a few books from you a few years ago, but I didn't expect to be sent out of the Eastern Capital by His Majesty. ”

Su You was sent to Jiangnan by Yang Guang, and Yao Si was sent to Yangzhou by Yang Ying.

Yao Sizheng wanted to talk about the bookstore, but found that Mai Tie Staff had already greeted him, although he didn't know Mai Tie Staff, he could guess his identity from the momentum of Mai Tie Cane, so he consciously lagged a few steps behind Su You.

Su You exchanged a few words with Mai Tiezhu, and then pulled Yao Si over and said, "This is the shopkeeper who came to Dongdu Qianzhuang just now, but I didn't expect it to be the acquaintance of the younger brother, and in the future, you will have to take care of him more in the Jiangdu." ”

Good words are warm for three winters, although he knew that Su You was just talking casually, Yao Si still nodded to him gratefully, and then began to introduce himself to Mai Tiezhu.

Mai Tiezhu waited for him Yao Si to finish introducing himself, and he didn't take him to heart, but said to Su You, "Both of them are here, let's take a seat?" ”

Su You nodded, and then walked side by side towards the living room with Mai Tiezhu.

The two people in the hall were already in the seat, and after seeing Su You being guided in by the wheat iron rod, they hurriedly stood up and saluted Su You together, "Meet the envoy of the scriptures"

"You don't have to be polite, you and I are both guests of Mai Envoy today." Su You nodded, immediately returned the salute, and said with a smile.

Mai Tiezhu and the other three exchanged a few words of greetings with each other, and even though they wanted to help them introduce, Su You shook his head and pointed to the two of them, "There is no need to make you recommend, this is the shopkeeper of Miao Haichao Miao of Yangzhou Qianzhuang, this is the platinum Xibai shopkeeper of Qijun Qianzhuang, both of them donated 200 stone of grain to the refugees in Yangzhou today, how can I not remember it?" ”

Miao Haichao is burly, and his face is righteous and awe-inspiring; Bai Jinxi is a little thin, and his skin is worthy of his surname, so white that even women will be jealous.

The two of them listened to Su You's words at the moment, and they didn't know whether to be happy or regretful, they knew that there was also Mai Yuanjun inviting them to dinner, how could they be more generous when they donated food at noon......

So Mai Tiezhu introduced Yao Si to the two of them, and then the three shopkeepers nodded to each other.

They were originally competitors, but at this time, they were invited to the county government at the same time, and most of them were vigilant in their hearts; Therefore, the three of them tacitly let go of the hatred they should have, and naturally used all their energy to deal with Su You and Mai Tiecane.

After the five guests were seated, the banquet began.

All of a sudden, the wine and food came up, and the hearts of the three shopkeepers, who were still tense just now, slowly relaxed, after all, the wine and food in front of them were not bad, compared to the three or five side dishes they ate in Tianya Pavilion at noon, it was like a cloud and mud.

A meal in the conversation and talk between the guests and the host to the fullest, the shopkeeper of the three major money houses can be regarded as half-familiar with Su You, and finally saw Su You want to speak and stop, Bai Jinxi first confessed, "Just now I heard the envoy talk about the work for relief, it is really an eye-opener, if the envoy is in financial difficulties, Qi County Trading Company can open the door to convenience." ”

The reason why Bai Jinxi is so generous to Su You now is naturally related to the hint he heard from Xia Ziwei before he came here.

Miao Haichao and Yao Si listened to Bai Jinxi's words, and they both secretly hated that they were not happy enough, and then hurriedly made amends, saying, "If there is any difficulty, we must be duty-bound." ”

"I really have something I want to discuss with you." Su You nodded, and said while cleaning his hands in the copper basin served by the maid.

A few people didn't expect that Su You would also play this trick of beating snakes with sticks, and they all complained bitterly in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces.

"Shall we go to the study?" Su You asked with a smile at the main seat, but no longer asked for their opinions.

"Of course, the subordinates are ready." Mai Tiezhu nodded, stood up first, and then said to the three shopkeepers, "Several, there are some important things to say about the scriptures, let's move to the study, right?" ”

Mai Tiecane doesn't know a lot of characters, but he also has his own study, since a few shopkeepers have arrived here and eaten, they have naturally been out a long time ago, so at this moment, even if Su You and Mai Tiecane let them go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, they can only stubbornly obey the orders.

The study room of the wheat iron rod is not so much a study as a clean room, because there are no books in it at all, and there is no table.

There were a few futons in the middle of the room, and a blank sheet of paper hung on the wall when I entered the door.

After entering the quiet room, Mai Tiezhu first asked the three shopkeepers to sit on the futon, and immediately found a futon to sit down, and nodded to Su You.

Su You walked up to them, and then said with a smile, "After receiving the invitation from the envoy, you must have guessed why he invited you to the mansion, right?" ”

Miao Haichao and Bai Mingda both nodded, and Yao Si also asked carefully, "Could it be because of the abnormal prices in Hangzhou City recently?" ”

Su You nodded, and said earnestly, "That's right, we don't need to hide here, to put it simply, Yangzhou City's daily necessities such as grain and salt have risen continuously recently, and it is already five or six times that of half a month ago, if this momentum is not curbed, Yangzhou will be over, and you will not be able to leave anything good." ”

Miao Haichao was very unimpressed, and said on his lips, "Is this a bit alarmist?" ”

Su You didn't know whether his words were okay or not, but said eloquently, "Generally speaking, the increase in prices is often due to changes in the relationship between supply and demand. After my investigation, I also found that because of the weather, good and man-made reasons, the grain harvested in Jiangdu County last year was not as good as in previous years, but the price of grain increased several times in half a month, is this too exaggerated? Maybe you all know the secret, right? ”

Miao Haichao and the others looked at each other, but no one went to pick up Su You, because they were all vested interests, and if the secret was exposed, it would obviously outweigh the losses.

"Tickets, right?" Su You glanced at the three shopkeepers sitting on the futon, and then asked with a bloody question.

Mai Tiezhu's heart was a little shocked, in fact, when he left Tianya Pavilion at noon, he had thought about the issue of this ticket, but he had never been able to understand it; The other three knew it, but they remained silent.

The scene also cooled down, and suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Su You turned around and used charcoal to write a big word "coupon" on the white paper on the wall behind him, and then turned to the four people on the futon and said, "Let's talk about the word 'coupon' today." ”

Yao Shi sat up first, and he suddenly returned to the state of listening to Su You's lectures, most of the reason was because he learned that Qian Zhuang had exchanged most of the money for various coupons after he came to Yangzhou, and his previous understanding of coupons was only to listen to the shopkeeper who handed over to him.

Miao Haichao smiled and said nothing, although he also had a large number of tickets in his bank, he didn't believe that Su You could say anything, after all, Su You would only come to Yangzhou for a month at most, and tickets were a specialty of Yangzhou, and it was impossible to have them elsewhere.

Bai Jinxi looked like he was watching a good show, after all, the time when Qijun Qianzhuang entered Yangzhou was later than the other two Qianzhuang, correspondingly, if the two Qianzhuang ate meat in the ticket transaction, Qijun Qianzhuang could only be regarded as drinking soup at most.

"Although you all have a lot of coupons in your hands, and you have been running this thing for a long time, do you really know what this 'coupon' is?" Su You glanced at them and said lightly.

Miao Haichao immediately raised his hand and replied as a matter of course, "The meaning of this 'coupon' is to use money to buy the right to buy something, and then whether to redeem it or not, and when to cash it out, it is up to the buyer to have the final say; no matter how the price changes in the future, the merchant must unconditionally redeem it." ”

Su You nodded, and then asked, "What else?" ”

"Because the price fluctuates greatly in the harvest year and the famine year, some shrewd people buy coupons in the harvest year, save them at home, and sell them to others when the price rises in the famine year. If you guess that the coming year will be a good year, the price of the coupon will fall now; If the coming year is a famine year, the price of the current coupon will rise, and whoever predicts it accurately will make money. Seeing Su You nodding, Miao Haichao immediately started talking, and after saying this, he added, "What you earn is to predict that the opposite party will lose money." ”

Su You was shocked when he heard Miao Haichao's words, and then thought of Wei Yongchang, who shocked him once at noon today, he couldn't tell what era this was.

Su You originally thought that these ancient people's understanding of tickets should be very naïve; But in fact, on the contrary, these shrewd businessmen have mastered this lever-carrying tool, departed from the scope of spot trading, and have the rudiments of the futures market.

In Su You's memory, the world's first bank was the Italian "Banco de Baldi", which did not appear until the thirteenth century; The world's first futures market was established in England in the 17th century, a thousand years after the present.

Because of the arrival of Su You's little butterfly, the money bank with the same function as the bank was born in advance, and futures trading also appeared in advance

Su You was shocked, and realized that now was not the time to count his great achievements, so he stared at Miao Haichao sternly and said, "Shopkeeper Miao is so knowledgeable!" But I will say, you look at the problem too one-sidedly! ”