Su You saw a lot of emptiness and grievances, and it was not so easy to believe the three people kneeling on the ground for a while, although they were soft, they did not let them get up immediately, but stood in front of them, and asked lightly, "Didn't Xiao Wei bring you a message?" ”

The three of them nodded in unison and replied ashamedly, "Bring it, bring it." ”

Su You's voice raised, "Then why don't you follow the official's arrangement?" Is there someone behind your back? ”

The heads of the three shook like rattles, and they desperately denied, "No."

"None? Is there or isn't? Su You said coldly.

The three of them looked at each other, and they didn't know what to answer for a while, and if they confessed here, they would obviously not be able to eat any good fruit when they returned.

Seeing that they didn't want to confess, Su You immediately turned around, "Since you don't know anything?" So what is the use of keeping you? ”

The three of them were in a hurry, prostrate and hugged Su You's feet, "No, let's stay in the foot, let's confess, can't we confess?" It was they who informed us overnight and let us arrive. The ticket management committee of the economic and strategic envoy adhered to the original plan, and said that the situation was under control, and after this battle, the economic envoy would definitely be removed from his post and investigated.

Su You didn't really want to leave, he turned around at this time, and immediately raised his feet to ask something, but a mockery appeared on his face, "They? Are they the Yuan family? Or is it the person of His Royal Highness King Qi? The idea is very good, but it's a pity that it's just a cake to satisfy hunger. ”

When the three of them heard Su You's words, their hearts were shaken, but they could only shake their heads, "We really don't know, we're just helping people do things." ”

Su You nodded, of course he knew that there were proprietors behind these people, if he had to involve the proprietors behind them, I was afraid that a small half of the forces of the imperial court would be affected, and he didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

"Okay, this official will not embarrass you." Su You clasped his hands on his chest and asked leisurely, "Then tell me about your plans." ”

The three of them sweated like rain, shook their heads and said: "They said that it would not collapse, because the price of food is firmly controlled in their hands, and they will rise when they say it will rise, and it will fall when they say it will fall." ”

"How can they do it?"

"I only heard it yesterday that they used three steps to raise the price of grain, first spreading rumors that the imperial court was going to levy Ryukyu again, and then reporting the approximate amount of grain produced in Jiangdu last year, which caused rumors to spread and people panic, and then the common people themselves spread rumors, as if the famine year had really arrived."

When he heard this, Su You secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the man behind the scenes talked about Jiangdu's grain production!

Last year's grain production had a great relationship with the weather, and another reason was that Yang Er planted sugarcane on most of the fields where he originally planted grain.

If Yang Er did not participate, on the one hand, Su You could also increase his efforts to win over Dongdu Qianzhuang; What's more, if Yang Er is not involved, it will be much easier to handle those people.

Then they mobilized a lot of money to secretly buy the grain in the hands of the big grain merchants, and after eating a large amount of it, there was not much grain left in the hands of the grain merchants, and finally they hired people to line up in various grain stores to buy grain. The common people were already panicked, so that the people's hearts were more floating, and there were more and more queues to buy them, but there was not much grain in the grain stores. ”

"I see." Su You nodded, these methods are very common in later generations, and the last one is a typical "hunger marketing".

"Now the grain is in the hands of those big customers, and they can sell it as much as they want." The three shopkeepers said cautiously, "After the strategy, the funds in their hands add up, how much is tens of millions?" Although you are holding the Sword of the Son of Heaven, you are alone after all, and it is important to protect yourself. ”

"You guys are kind, and you still care about the official?" Su You couldn't help laughing, paused and asked, "There is another question, how much money do you still have in your number, and how much are the various ticket tickets worth?" ”

The three of us replied honestly, "The three of us are about the same, all of them are two or three hundred thousand yuan of silver, and there are so many tickets, and other stores should be too similar." ”

Su You nodded, and immediately turned around and left the cell.

The three of them were still unsatisfied, but this time they didn't hug his calf in time, but their hands were still stretched out in the air, and they couldn't help themselves in embarrassment for a while.

Su You immediately instructed the jailer, "Good wine and good food are waiting, when the price of grain in Yangzhou will come down, when will they let them go." ”

The three of them listened to Su You's words, their faces turned green, and now they sincerely prayed that the price of food would come down soon.

Su You was full of confidence in prison, but after going outside, he had to face reality.

At this time, the sky has darkened, and the weather in Yangzhou in early February is still a little cool, but when the light rain falls, the air is surprisingly good.

Su You greedily breathed in the fresh air and strode towards the post house; Wang Shichong and Wang Bodang followed left and right, and more than ten guards behind them also followed silently, and the picture seemed silent and sad.

"It's not as hard as it seems." After walking more than ten steps, Su You whispered.

Wang Shichong and Wang Bodang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, they didn't have a good face when they saw Su You just now, and they thought that Su You would be out of proportion.

"After talking with the three of them, I estimate that there are about five or six million yuan of money in the money banks in Yangzhou City, and the tickets are about the same, we only need six million yuan to solve the problem satisfactorily" Su You said this sentence next, and then raised the hearts of Wang Shichong and Wang Bodang.

"Six million?" Neither of them knew what kind of concept it was, but there were many, many of them.

"You probably don't know how much money passed through me before and after Qingming last year, right?" Su You obviously heard the gasps of the two, and then talked about old things.

Wang Bodang shook his head blankly, and Wang Shichong said cautiously, "After helping His Royal Highness King Qi prepare for the auction last year, Xia Guan has heard a little, but how can he know the specific amount?" ”

Su You said softly, "The money from the sale of land last year was close to 30 million. ”

"Thirty million!" Wang Shichong and Wang Bodang couldn't help but be dumbfounded, no wonder Su You would not put six million guan in his hands.

But the question is, where do these six million come from?

After a while, Wang Shichong couldn't help but whimsically say, "It would be nice if the land in Yangzhou could have half the price of the eastern capital, then it would not be a matter to raise six million." ”

Su You shook his head, "It's not good if the low price is high, then the people can't afford to live in a house; Dongdu is a newly established city, and there are originally few people who have settled in, and in ten or eight years, various problems will arise due to population problems."

Wang Shichong didn't understand Su You's theory, but he still nodded in agreement.

Wang Bodang asked, "Six million taels?" How much can I buy if I buy food? Are you really sure that so much is needed sir ”

Su You thought about the wording, and then slowly said his worries, "This money is for the aftermath, those who manipulate the price of food, their purpose is not only for me Su You, nor just to make a profit, but to sweep away the money bank ticket number in Yangzhou City." If I don't prepare this money, the silver money in Yangzhou City will become someone else's, and we still have to rely on others, which is equivalent to losing a lot. ”

Wang Shichong listened to Su You's words, and said with some concern, "If the lower official says something inappropriate, don't be surprised by the envoy." ”

Su You nodded, "You and I are in the same boat, please speak up." ”

"I heard that the economic envoy to the south of the Yangtze River came for commercial taxes, and I also know your plan to build a wharf and a market company, it stands to reason that these are the sources of commercial taxes, and this is the focus of your trip. Xia Guan always thinks that your mind is now full of money bank ticket numbers, is there something putting the cart before the horse? ”

Of course, Su You can't tell him, if this era continues to develop normally, it will be an era when finance is king, but Wang Shichong can put forward the main contradiction at this time, which can be regarded as his heart-to-heart with Su You.

Perhaps, this is also Wang Shichong's purpose, right?

Even so, Su You replied angrily, "This thing is now the core of the contradiction, and if you solve it, this problem will be solved." ”

Wang Shichong seemed to understand, but he didn't want to ask again, so he had to nod and say, "Then where does this money come from?" ”

"Borrow." Su You was categorical and only replied with one word.

According to Su You's current thoughts, there are two main sources of this money, one is to rely on Xiao Wei's power to win over, but Su You will not be able to use too much of this money, according to his initial analysis, Xiao Wei's silver money owned by these grain merchants is compared with that of the major money banks, and the share is not even half, which also throws away the grain stores owned by those behind the scenes and the grain banks that fall to them.

Xiao Wei can come up with the money for Su You to use, and two million is considered good.

Another source is borrowing, that is, borrowing from Qijun Qianzhuang and Dongdu Qianzhuang, they are natural competitors with Yangzhou Qianzhuang, if Su You is not their enemy to kill, they have no reason to choose to cooperate with the people of the Yuan family instead of Su You.

So, the next question is to talk about cooperation, and time is of the essence.

As soon as Su You arrived at the post station, he said to Wang Shichong, "Invite Xia Ziwei's brothers and sisters to help me." ”

Wang Shichong left in response, and Wang Bodang had just closed the door and he turned back, and when the latter was surprised, he said, "Xiao Dong's family from the Xiao family of the Xiao family is here." ”

Su You said "Please", stood up, and then saw Xiao Wei walking in in a hurry.

While pouring him tea, Su You asked with a scowling face, "How much money can you scrape together?" ”

"Less than 1.5 million." Xiao Wei simply reported the number, and explained with some embarrassment, "This number has been made up by the villain's repeated persuasion." ”

Su You smiled, "It's good, it's enough to buy food with this money." ”

Xiao Wei didn't expect that this answer would satisfy Su You, and he was rarely relieved.