Chapter 248: Urgent Pioneer (Three More Votes)
Wang Chonggu discussed with Hou Yunlai and others, Hou Yunlai believed that tickets were also a commodity, whether they were sold or not, whether they rose or fell, as long as the tickets were thrown out on a large scale, causing panic, a wave of selling would be formed, and then the big households in Suzhou would be forced to compromise. After all, they have millions of coupons in their hands, which can be described as enough soldiers, Wang Chonggu thought about it again and again, and finally nodded.
Sure enough, as Hou Yunlai expected, just after throwing it out, the popularity of the tickets dropped, and the prices on the market also fell a little, but in less than half a day, a large amount of funds appeared, and he did not hesitate to eat the tickets. A rumor is rampant, saying that Shanxi's ticket number is tight, so it has to throw out the ticket in exchange for silver.
It doesn't matter if you say this, many people took the silver tickets and ran to the money bank to exchange them for silver, and what made a few shopkeepers even more angry was that the people actually took the exchanged silver to grab the tickets.
Good fellows, the rise is more ferocious than ever, and their actions are completely to stop the boiling, and they have lost precious silver in vain, and it has no effect at all.
Wang Chonggu consulted with several shopkeepers overnight, and finally came to the conclusion that it was necessary to open a warehouse to release grain and stabilize prices. However, Wang Chonggu also knew that the so-called strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, and without the help of the local gentry, it would be difficult for him to achieve victory.
But the gentry in Suzhou are all on the side of Zhao Xu and others, and who is willing to work for them, thinking about it, Tang Yi is left.
The little guy has strength, and he is his own student, so it is not difficult to open his mouth, so Wang Chonggu sent Wang Ru to invite Tang Yi. Wang Chonggu told Tang Yi about the situation, Tang Yi knew everything, but he listened very carefully, and kept frowning and thinking.
"Sir, please forgive the disciple for saying bluntly, what you did may not be appropriate."
"Haha, I don't need you to say it, the old man is also clear. The old man, please come over. I just want to ask for a solution. ”
Tang Yi was embarrassed, and said after a while: "Sir, when prices rise, most people are blind, it is human nature to chase up and down, of course, selling the coupons in your hand is against people's hearts." It is naturally difficult to achieve results if you go against the sky. The disciple thought that the top priority should be to follow the trend and get rid of the passive situation, so that there would be hope of victory. ”
"Wonderful!"
What they painstakingly discussed, Tang Yi said it clearly in a few words, and it was really terrifying, Wang Chonggu's confidence became higher and higher, and he said encouragingly: "Go on, what are the tricks?" ”
"Sir. Since the other party relies on hoarding, driving up prices, and speculating on tickets, we should mobilize a large amount of materials to keep prices down. ”
"It's easier said than done!" Wang Chonggu sighed and said, "Although there are a few money banks that support the old man, they are all fiddling with silver. There are not many supplies in hand, and there is no ability to transport them. The old man is the prefect. However, on the one hand, it was necessary to deal with the Japanese invaders, and on the other hand, it was necessary to appease Suzhou, and the forces that could be used were limited. There is no ambition, but there are no soldiers available! ”
When I saw it, I wanted to be a thug!
Tang Yi's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Mr. has a life." How can a disciple shirk it? I immediately wrote to Taicang, asking Lei Qi to send 300 workers, plus 20 ships, to listen to Mr. Hou's dispatch. ”
Seeing that Wang Chonggu didn't speak, Tang Yi thought that he was still not satisfied. continued to add: "The disciple still has less than 400,000 taels earned from tea, and another 600,000 taels will be added, and the disciple is willing to hand it over to Mr. to stabilize prices." ”
Contribute people and money!
Wang Chonggu was really surprised, he was surprised just now, not because he disliked the few things Tang Yi gave, but because he was surprised by Tang Yi's boldness, and added another million taels, which made Wang Chonggu not know what to say.
"Okay, you don't have to think about it?"
Tang Yi shook his head, "Sir, the disciple has always thought that making money is not the ability, knowing how to spend money is ability, and selfishness, Mr. is my teacher, and the public, and the kindness of the people of Suzhou to stabilize prices." There are also disciples who firmly believe that Shanxi Ticket is strong and will definitely not be defeated by a few turtles! ”
Tang Yi's words were half-true and half-false, affectionate and righteous, and with praise, Wang Chonggu was very moved when he heard it.
"Okay, you're not afraid of losing?"
"Hahaha, if you lose it, you will pay tuition, it's not a big deal!"
"What a spirit!" Wang Chonggu was completely moved by Tang Yi, he called Hou Yunlai and others over, and discussed countermeasures with Tang Yi, and it took them a full night to establish a strategy for the next two ways of marching.
First of all, Wang Chonggu wanted to mobilize Suzhou's grain stocks, open up the regular liquidation, and stabilize prices. Tang Yi will cooperate with Wang Chonggu to mobilize grain, cloth, and all necessities for people's livelihood to help maintain market stability.
Second, the four major banks should change their attitude, not only not selling coupons, but absorbing coupons and allowing mortgages.
Tang Yi calculated an account for them, although the ticket is a thin piece of paper, after all, it must be supported by physical objects, and when it reaches the agreed deadline, it can be exchanged for physical goods, forcing large households to deliver.
In addition, concentrating on a large number of ticket sales can cause panic, form a balance of terror, and force opponents to retreat.
There is no doubt that the people of Shanxi are definitely the most powerful businessmen, they not only understood Tang Yi's plan, but also filled in many loopholes, such as restricting purchases when opening up regular positions, and as long as the price of grain is a little lower than the market price, for example, the purchase of tickets should be focused, mainly to purchase grain and cloth...... These loopholes were actually left by Tang Yi intentionally or unintentionally, in order to make Wang Chonggu and them underestimate their abilities, and it was obvious that his goal had been achieved.
The four shopkeepers have seen Tang Yi's sharpness and sharpness, but after all, he is a young man, and he is not thorough enough, maybe in five years and ten years, he will become a strong opponent, and he is only a reliable ally in front of him......
Coming out of the prefect's yamen, it was already full of stars and moonlight, Tang Yi had a faint smile on his face, and the method he gave Wang Chonggu was to hide evil intentions at all.
If he and Wang Chonggu swap identities, Tang Yi will definitely let the four major ticket numbers join the ranks of purchasing materials, as long as the opponent is defeated, the tickets become worthless, and at least seventy or eighty percent of the businessmen in Suzhou will go bankrupt, and when the time comes, they will be able to acquire high-quality assets at the lowest price and make a windfall.
However, the four shopkeepers didn't expect it, maybe they also thought of it, but they had been playing with money for a long time, so that they had enough confidence to be able to wrestle their wrists on the ticket, so they did not hesitate to choose the strategy of attacking in two ways.
Tang Yi doesn't bother to guess who wins or loses, what he really has to do is the key minority, just like Uncle Liu Huang in the first battle of Chibi, it's enough to wait to pick peaches.
However, Liu Bei is not easy to do, people must first play the banner of joint resistance to Cao, and obtain the support of Soochow, so as to gain a firm foothold. Tang Yi is the same, his banner is to save the people, and after he returned, he immediately gave Lei Qi an order to mobilize personnel and ships, as well as various materials, and transport them to Suzhou. After turning the day, Tang Yi deposited one million taels of silver on the ticket number that Hou transported, and his actions were so fast that he was even above Wang Chonggu.
This alone was not enough, Tang Yi called Wang Shimao, Xu Wei, and Shen Lin, and several people went to Changping together, where Wang Chonggu was directing the transportation of grain.
"I've seen you, sir."
Wang Chonggu saw that several people were short, and asked curiously: "Okay, what are you doing here?" ”
"The disciple can't bear to work hard, even if there is one more monkey, he can have three more points, and we are all willing to help with things."
When Wang Chonggu saw this, he was full of emotion in his heart, Cao Zichao was his own nephew, he was bored to study, and he was contending with Tang Yi for the first place in the Taoist exam, and he didn't know what kind of trouble his uncle had encountered.
It is no wonder that some people say that the closest people in the world are masters and apprentices, and relatives take everything given for granted, and they will be resentful if they are slightly unsatisfactory. Students are different, and if the teacher treats him well, they will repay him very much.
Wang Chonggu patted Tang Yi's shoulder with emotion, "The old man didn't misunderstand you, forget if you can't break through, if you really break through, the old man will definitely repay you in the future!" ”
Tang Yi's face turned red, outsiders only thought he was moved, but the three behind him were clear in their hearts, and this girl was ashamed. Wang Chonggu's current situation is all dug by him, but he came to be a good person, it is like Zhuge Liang who gave Zhou Yu filial piety, and I don't know if Wang Chonggu will be like Zhou Yu after knowing the truth, he will be angry to death!
After Tang Yi arrived, he really acted resolutely, he planned three areas, namely rice, flour, and miscellaneous grains, and opened five windows in each place to sell grain to the outside world.
The seemingly fair design actually implies a trick, in general, there are far more people buying rice than the other two, and the same configuration can reduce the pressure of panic buying.
Wang Chonggu knew it well and praised Tang Yi's ability.
Everything was laid out, and the sign for selling grain was played. In the past few days, the price of grain has jumped from less than two taels to three taels and one stone, almost doubling.
Many workers receive money every month, and the family will not have more than 10 days of food, and the price of food will rise wildly, how can they not be afraid. It was blocked at the door of the grain store before dawn, but when the grain store opened the door, there were only a few hundred catties of rice for sale, and after a while, it was sold out, and a sell-out sign was hung out.
The people are simply mad with anger, not to mention the price increase, and they are still hoarding, trying to force the big guy to go to Liangshan?
Many young men showed their thick arms and were about to smash the grain store, but fortunately there were officials patrolling and did not cause a catastrophe. Hearing that the imperial court released grain, everyone rushed to Chang Ping again.
"Folks, don't crowd, what is our place in Suzhou? The land of fish and rice, when is it shorter than food. Don't listen to those nonsense, Lord Fuzun ordered to open a warehouse and release grain, with a limit of five buckets per person, and the price was one or two silver. Everyone lined up and came one by one. ”
When many people heard this, they were happy in their hearts, it was half cheaper than the grain store, and the old man Qingtian really loved the people like a son, but they forgot that at this time last year, the price of grain was only one or two silver and one stone!
Tang Yi shouted at the top of his throat, busy and busy. Whenever the people came to buy grain, he had to keep an eye on it carefully, and he couldn't miss a catty or a tael, and he would trap the people, but the quality of the silver should also be optimistic, and the court would not suffer. Therefore, the speed of the transaction was very slow, but even so, more than 5,000 stone of grain flowed out in the morning.
Just opposite the Chang Ping, a few young people sat in a private seat by the window, and everything was in full view.
"I really didn't expect that the boss of the dignified traffic line would actually do the work of selling grain? Wang Chonggu has such a big face! ”
Zhao Xu sneered slightly, "Be a pioneer for Lao Xi'er, there will be no good end!" (To be continued.) )