"Qu Shuijing, you are a businessman, just think about making money. But this mansion is not only the Great Ming Ming Taiwan Mansion, but also the biological father of King Ming. What this government is thinking about is how to use this rice and grain turmoil to bankrupt as many Jiangnan giants as possible! ”

Chen Huaiqing's gloomy voice echoed in the hall of the mansion, and several businessmen who came with Qu Huajie were dumbfounded, no one expected that this Ming Wang's biological father was not moved by the profits of up to tens of millions of yuan, and he was full of only how to rectify the wealthy family of Jiangnan scholars. For a while, the lobby was so quiet that it could be heard.

In fact, Chen Huaiqing's thoughts are normal, his son is going to be the emperor, money is just a number to him, and it is important for the Chen family to win the world.

Now the Southern Song Dynasty court did not believe in martial artists, and instead relied on the training of scholars and doctors as the cornerstone of force. If a large number of these wealthy families go bankrupt, the economic foundation of the regimental training will not exist, and even if it is barely maintained, the combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened due to insufficient equipment and training.

After a while, Deng Mingli, the big shopkeeper of the Deng family's Jingu line in Changguo, said: "In fact, many wealthy families in Jiangnan have their own rice industry, such as our Changguo Deng family has a Jingu line." ”

Since ancient times, there have been two types of rent: rent in kind and rent in money. In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, landlords overcharged monetary rent. Because of the rapid population of that era, the per capita arable land decreased, and the scholars had begun to gradually lose power, it was difficult to develop a large landlord's family. In this way, it is very unaffordable for the landlord to charge dozens of stones or hundreds of stones of rice to open a rice shop to sell.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the land of the five roads in the south of the Yangtze River was highly concentrated, and relying on the imperial examination system, many wealthy families of eunuchs for many generations were developed. For example, there are many large landowners like Changguo Deng who own seventy percent of the land in a county. The rents received by these large landlords' homes were tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of stones. It is definitely cost-effective to open a rice shop and sell it yourself. Among other things, the tax on the smuggling alone can be much less - they are all powerful and wealthy. Of course, you can pay less tax when you do business!

"Well, the official knows about this as well......" Chen Huaiqing said. That is to say, most of the rice shops that have been released late now are the industries of the wealthy families in Jiangnan! ”

Qu Huajie said: "That's right. Pu Shougeng ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dared to be the enemy of these wealthy families. It seems that it is a calculation to get a vote and leave. ”

Everyone was talking, "If he doesn't run away, we won't be able to spare him!" ”

"But the wealthy families in Jiangnan have big roots and deep roots, so they won't go bankrupt because of this, right?"

Qu Huajie said: "After all, the wealthy families in Jiangnan sell rice, as long as the price of rice is high, it will be good for them after all." The money lost to Pu Shougeng can also be recovered from the rice eater. This can be regarded as the loss of the embankment and the compensation of the embankment, right? If you want to make the Jiangnan giants collapse, then let the price of rice rise first and then fall. ”

"Deng Mingli, what do you say?" Chen Huaiqing will not listen to Qu Huajie's words, although this fat man is still quite good at business, but after all, he is not from the rice industry. However, the Deng family of Changguo has relied on the rice industry for generations to make a living - collecting rent and selling rice, and they are all too familiar with the situation in this industry.

Deng Mingli bowed and saluted, and then said: "Deng doesn't know about other families, if it was the Deng family of Changguo in the past, when it was a disaster year. They all open porridge fields while hoarding rice to raise the price of rice. ”

Chen Huaiqing stroked his beard and straightened his face, "How many meters does it take to open a porridge field a day?" Besides, the porridge field is not open to charity. One and a half stones of rice a day is too much, and that expenditure is a drop in the bucket compared to the harvest of hoarding rice. Aren't you doing this for fame? Where have you read the books of the saints for so many years? ”

Deng Mingli muttered in his heart, you seem to be quite familiar with this matter of opening a porridge field and raising the price of rice...... Didn't you do the same before?

Of course, this cannot be asked. Deng Mingli is another salute. With a face full of shame, he said: "Deng Mou knew that he was wrong, and he would never dare to do it again in the future." ”

"Mistakes can be corrected. Good is great. Chen Huaiqing stroked his long hair and said with a smile. In the future, we must be honest in doing business in Daming, and the money that harms the people and the disabled people can never be made again. ”

"The lesson of Dafu is that the late life must be kept in mind."

Chen Huaiqing said slowly: "The turmoil in the rice market is all the crime of profiteers, why are the people of Jiangnan innocent?" Why buy rice at a high price to make up for the losses of those Jiangnan giants who lost money on late contracts? This kind of thing can't be seen by the official! King Ming won't agree either! ”

Several people present nodded heavily, with a look of admiration. Qu Huajie said: "What the government said is extremely true, we must not let the tens of millions of people in Jiangnan bear the losses for the unscrupulous profiteers. It's just that it's late to buy, and it's hard to buy cash, even if we have the heart to save the people, we can't go back to heaven...... Moreover, even if the price of rice in the rice market in Zhenjiang can be suppressed, the price of rice in Lin'an, Shaoxing, Mingzhou and Quanzhou will not necessarily fall. ”

"Can you bring down the price of rice in Zhenjiang Rice Market?" Chen Huaiqing asked.

Qu Huajie pondered and said: "This can be a try, if the price of rice collapses and the Yangtze River channel is unimpeded, it may lead to a sharp drop in grain...... It's just that this rice may not be able to enter the big city. ”

Chen Huaiqing said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this matter, when the time comes, you just have to bring down the late contract price in Zhenjiang for the official...... By the way, what price is Pu Shougeng ready to fry? ”

"The highest possible is to kill five thousand birds with one stone."

5,000 Wen is 6 pounds, if Zhenjiang Rice Market is late to this price, then the spot rice is not less than 5 Guan, and from Zhenjiang to Lin'an has to go through ten tax cards, but also to pay freight. The total amount of taxes and freight will always not be less than 1 run, and you have to make another one more money in the process of temporary sales after entering the city, at least add 1 run, and the price of brown rice in Lin'an will be as high as 7 copper coins!

"This Pu Shou Geng is really dark enough!" Chen Huaiqing sneered, "Shui Jing, what are you going to do with him?" ”

"In the next plan, I will buy 50,000 late contracts, and gradually sell them after the price of rice reaches 5 guan per stone."

50,000 late contracts represent 5 million stone brown rice, and when the price of rice reaches 5 guan, each late contract is worth at least 400 guan (a late contract needs to pay 100 guan to exchange for 100 stone rice, which is actually an option contract). 50,000 is 20 million!

"Why are there only 50,000 late appointments?"

50,000 is not enough? Several people in the hall were muttering in their hearts.

"If you can't buy more, you'll be even more scared." Qu Fat replied.

"Why buy it?" Chen Huaiqing suddenly asked another strange question.

"No...... Don't buy? Where does that belated covenant come from? ”

"Can't we put it on our own?" Chen Huaiqing asked rhetorically. "Isn't this late appointment issued by the rice merchant himself?" He pointed to Deng Mingli of Jingu Xing, "Didn't Jingu Xing put 500 plates?" Let's control the rice line by ourselves, can't we print tens of thousands of late contracts and smash them out? ”

"This ......" Deng Mingli took a breath when he heard this, this Chen Huaiqing is not nonsense! How big is the market for Jingu Xingcai? Tens of thousands of late appointments are smashed out and become liars? This is not smashing Pu Shougeng's plate, it is smashing the brand of Jinguxing!

Deng Mingli explained with a wry smile, "Dafu, most of the insiders in Zhenjiang Rice City are doing it, and everyone knows how many plates Jingu Xing can put in it." ”

Chen Huaiqing sneered, waved his hand and said, "Then secretly invest in a few big banks that can enlarge the market...... As far as the government knows, in the past, most of the rice purchased by Jiangnan came from Lianghuai, and the rice shops in Lianghuai were controlled by Anfeng Jiangmen. The government has liaison with them, and the government will handle the matters of shareholding. However, the 50,000 late contracts can be bought as usual, just remember not to buy them from the rice store of the Anfeng department. ”

"Got it," Qu Huajie paused for a moment, and then asked, "Dafu, what do you mean, how low should we smash the late appointment in the end?" ”

Chen Huaiqing spread his hands and sneered: "No! Smash to no! Smash the price of rice below 1, let the late appointment be smashed into waste paper, and let the people who bought the late appointment go bankrupt! ”

Qu Huajie asked, "That'...... What should I do on the delivery day of September 15? We don't have that many meters! ”

Chen Huaiqing laughed, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry...... On September 15, there will be drastic changes in the general trend of Jiangnan, and it is difficult to say whether there is a Zhenjiang rice market at that time! ”

……

"Late appointment? Is this a late appointment? ”

The military and state affairs of the Great Song Pingzhang, in the hands of the Taishi Jia Nidao, also pinched a late appointment at this time. It is a late contract issued by Pingjiang Zhaofeng Bank, and it is also a quota of 100 stones, and the contract price per stone is consistently late.

These days, the late appointment of rice grain has gradually become a hot topic in Jiangnan shopping malls. There is no one who is involved in the rice and grain business and is not aware of this kind of delay. Because there are many commercial banks in the market that are receiving this kind of rice grain at a high price. The consistent contract price is high enough compared to the current rice price, and for each late contract of 100 stones, you can get an additional 10 yuan of contract money. This is simply sending money to the rice grain merchants, and the contract price plus the contract money is equivalent to a consistent eighty copper coins per stone. It is 80 wen more expensive than the current price of rice in the Zhenjiang rice market, and these late appointments are still after the autumn harvest, and by then, the price of rice will definitely be much cheaper than now.

Therefore, there is no such good thing that the rice grain merchant does not contract. In just one month, the total number of late appointments set by the major rice banks has exceeded 150,000 sheets, and all the printing houses in Lin'an have received the business of printing late appointments. Among them is the Shicai Hall opened by Liao Yingzhong's family.

"Taishi, this is the late appointment, it was printed in the Shicai Hall where I was looking for students in Pingjiang Zhaofengxing, and a total of 1,000 sheets should be printed."

"Pingjiang?" Jia Rudao frowned, "Pingjiang to Zhenjiang transporting rice?" Isn't Pingjiang closer to Lin'an? And Pingjiang itself is also a big city, and the local rice price has never been much lower than that of Lin'an, right? Each stone has always been eighty copper coins about them also ordered? ”

"The master doesn't know, and now it's about to increase the price."

"What? Isn't it 1 through the appointment? ”

"The price of the contract is still 1 yuan, but the late contract itself has risen, and I can't buy 80 wen a piece, and it has risen to 160 wen!"

"Oh? And such a thing? Jia Rudao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "It must be Pu Shougeng's handwriting, let him toss...... Qunyu, now Lin'an, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, and Shaoxing are all full, right? ”

"It's full, it's full!"

"Okay, then let him fry...... The price of rice is not bad, but the grain is cheap and hurts the farmers! (To be continued......)