Seeing Yang Changjun leave in a sedan chair, Hu Chuyuan had several pictures shining in his heart.

Yang Changjun revealed two pieces of information to him, first, the case will be closed at the end of the month; Second, the fines imposed on salt merchants will be unusually heavy.

This means ...... After the end of the month, a large number of merchants will go bankrupt, especially those in Nanxun who fry both raw silk and salt, and the price of silk will plummet.

Thinking about these clearly, Hu Chuyuan asked Hu Rong to hurry up and return to Shanghai Tang.

Before leaving, he called Zhu Funian, the shopkeeper of Suzhou Gongji Pawnshop, and asked Zhu Funian to go to Nanxun with 2 million taels of money to save tickets, but all mortgaged mansions and stores will not be accepted, and the mortgage of high-grade mulberry fields will be given priority, and the mortgage of antique cultural relics and calligraphy and paintings will be cut into seventy.

There was no ready-made river boat for the time being, so Hu Rong could only charter a boat at a high price.

Hu Chuyuan left in the afternoon, and when he arrived in Shanghai, it was already evening, and when he returned to Shanghai, he didn't have time to go back to his Hu Mansion first, so he went directly to Xu Run's Yuyuan.

This time Lightning returned to Shanghai, his identity and status were completely different from before, and now who would dare to let him get out of Shanghai Tang?

After waiting outside the gate of Yuyuan for more than ten seconds, there were bursts of shouts from the garden.

Soon, Xu Run strode out with a few family members, his face was full of joy, and after a dozen steps, he and Hu Chuyuan hugged their fists and smiled: "Hu Shao, don't come unharmed!" ”

Hu Chuyuan also hugged his fists and said: "Boss Xu, don't come to harm!" ”

Xu Run hurriedly asked, "Hu Shao, let's go in and talk." ”

"Good!"

Hu Chuyuan was not polite, he raised his feet and walked into the garden quickly, he also had urgent things to do, otherwise he would not have come in such a hurry.

Entering the hall of Xu Run's house, two family members also came out, one was a middle-aged lady who still had charm, and the other was a graceful woman about twenty years old.

Xu Run took Hu Chuyuan's place, one was his wife, and the other was his daughter. He was a believer in Christ, with only one wife and only one daughter.

Hu Chuyuan said hello to them, and then entered the study with Xu Run.

As soon as he sat down, Hu Chuyuan said to Xu Run: "Boss Xu, I came to you this time to ask you to do me a favor." ”

Xu Run said: "Then please speak!" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "To be honest, I have now got the raw silk hoarded by Boss Tang, Boss Zhang and Boss Gu, 520,000 catties of Suzhou silk, 700,000 catties of first-class silk, plus my own 210,000 catties of Hangzhou silk, a total of 1.43 million catties, I want to ask Boss Xu to sell it for me immediately in your name." ”

Whether doing business with Chinese or foreigners, as long as you do business, you pay attention to a familiar way.

The Hu family used to negotiate with those foreigners in person by Hu Xueyan, but now, Hu Chuyuan and those foreigners neither know nor have friendships, and they have to sell so much raw silk urgently, so I don't know how troublesome it is.

Xu Run was also slightly startled and said, "So urgent? ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently.

Xu Run couldn't help but have some doubts and asked, "Did you get any news?" ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "At this point, Boss Xu doesn't need to ask too much. I have other things to do, and I must turn these raw silk into silver as soon as possible. ”

Xu Run sighed, pondered carefully before saying to Hu Chuyuan: "Right now, the foreign companies in Shanghai still haven't bought last year's Xia Si. According to experience, textile factories in Europe and the United States should also be out of stock at present. A few days ago, Jin Hengneng, the Taipan of Qichang Foreign Bank, came to me, saying that he wanted to buy 500,000 catties of first-class Xia Si, and he was willing to offer a price of 7.3 taels per catty...... Unfortunately, I didn't have any goods in my hand, so the deal was not completed. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Then please go and talk to him again, just say that you have the goods." ”

Xu Run nodded and said, "The situation is changing, the recent investigation of the salt case has been tight, and many silk merchants involved in the salt case have begun to loosen up and want to negotiate the price with foreign banks." I estimate that the price of 7.3 taels per catty is probably not good. ”

Hu Chuyuan also had this hunch, but he felt that the price that Qichang Foreign Bank gave to Xu Run should be more than 7.3 taels of silver per catty, and Xu Run wanted to resell it from it, so he stopped it for 1 tael of silver per catty.

He asked for the surname and Xu Run and said: "That's it, Boss Xu, no matter how much you can sell, I will only trade at the price of 7 taels of silver per catty of Husi and 6.5 taels per catty of Hangsi, and the middle one will be your hard work." ”

Xu Run hurriedly said: "Hu Shao, am I that kind of person?" We can partner to do big business together in the future, if you have something to ask me to help, can I not do my best? Don't worry, I'll try my best to get you a higher price, even if it's a single cent rebate. ”

"Oh?"

Hu Chuyuan couldn't help but be a little strange, and didn't understand what tricks Xu Run was playing.

Xu Run smiled again: "But ...... Hu Shao, I also have something I want to ask you to help with. It's also a trifle for you. I have something to say, I don't have anything to hide from you, Boss Tang and Boss Gu transferred all the assets in Shanghai to my name when they left, with a market value of about 8.5 million foreign yuan, and the agreed selling price was 3.2 million foreign yuan, on the condition that I have to remit 700,000 foreign yuan to them within a month. ”

At present, Shanghai has mainly passed foreign yuan, and everyone is mainly foreign yuan when doing business.

Hearing this, Hu Chuyuan had roughly guessed what Xu Run wanted to ask him to help with, so he continued: "Isn't that a good deal? ”

Xu Run couldn't help but sigh and said, "That's what you said...... I guess the imperial court will not continue to entangle with foreigners for this matter, this asset is still very safe in the end, but no one dares to ask for it at the moment. It's a pity that my money is pressed on the real estate in Shanghai, and I can't pull it out for a while, and under the influence of the salt case, the foreign banks and money banks in Shanghai have long stopped borrowing, and I can't lend money to them with others, so I have to ask Hu Shao to do me a favor, can you lend me 700,000 foreign yuan first. Of course, I'm not a lone eater, and if there is anything in their assets that match Childe's preferences, I will transfer it to Childe at the price they transferred to me! ”

O human spirits, human spirits!

Hu Chuyuan finally fully understood Xu Run's calculations.

Xu Run deliberately said that it was so hard to sell raw silk on behalf of him, but he just wanted to borrow some money, and he also explained the truth of the matter clearly, leaving no secrets at all, which made it difficult for Hu Chuyuan to refuse.

Xu Runneng started as an apprentice in a foreign bank, and when he was forty years old, he had a family business of nearly 10 million taels of silver, this person is of course shrewd, and his ability must not be doubted.