"The first grain merchant in the Ming Dynasty..."Hearing these words, Old Man Zhou was directly suppressed.

However, Wang Peng, who was sitting in front of him, didn't give him much time to react, but continued to ask: "I don't know what kind of person Elder Zhou thinks our chief soldier is..."

"Lord Commander..."Old Zhou, who reacted from the shock, quickly waved his hand and said.

"Lord Wang, are you here to make a joke about the second child....The second child is just a businessman, but he doesn't dare to evaluate the Zhengsanpin compound of the current dynasty. If you let the chief soldier know, don't want the head of the second child. ”

Wang Peng smiled and replied: "Old Zhou, I promise you, no matter what you say today, except for the door of your Zhou family, I will forget it all... So, if you have anything to say, don't care about ......."

"This..."Hearing this, Old Man Zhou directly fell into hesitation.

However, when he thought of what Wang Peng had just said, 'the first grain merchant in the Ming Dynasty', he still plucked up the courage to say.

"If Lord Wang has to let the little second child say it, then the little second child will say... In my opinion, our general soldier is a very rare general, and he loves the people like a son....because what he did after he came to our Datong Mansion proves this. In addition, from the perspective of the second child, the chief soldier is still a very 'ambitious' person..."

Speaking of this, Old Man Zhou directly closed his mouth wisely and stopped talking.

After Wang Peng nodded thoughtfully, he continued to ask: "Since in the eyes of Old Zhou, our chief soldier is ten good officials... I don't know if Old Man Zhou has the idea of serving the Chief Soldier..."

"To put it more directly, Old Man Zhou helped the general soldier to do business. Sell and buy much-needed supplies for the Commander-in-Chief. When an official or businessman ......"

"Officials and businessmen....Officials and businessmen... A businessman who is an official..."Old Man Zhou once again showed a heartfelt shocked expression on his face. A pair of eyes stared at Wang Peng in front of him, hoping that Wang Peng could give him an explanation.

Under Old Man Zhou's gaze, Wang Peng nodded firmly. Then, he affirmed to Old Man Zhou: "Yes, it is a businessman who is an official... As long as Old Man Zhou is willing to serve the adults, I believe that the chief soldier will definitely not be stingy with an official position. Otherwise, I wouldn't have stepped down from a Qipin county order. directly became today's Zhengwupin Tongzhi..."

At this moment, although the shocked expression on Old Man Zhou's face was gone, he showed an expression of disbelief. Of course, in the eyes of Old Man Zhou, Wang Peng has already seen the desire from the heart....

Yes, that is, the desire, the desire to be an official...

In the Ming Dynasty, since Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country. It divides the Chinese people into categories that can be called cover. For example, the old man Zhou in front of him, if the ancestor is a businessman. Then his generation can only be a businessman, and there is no possibility of becoming a businessman.

Of course, that's not the most important thing.

For these merchants, although they hold a large sum of silver in their hands, they do not have the slightest political status, and they are not even as good as ordinary people. In other words, they held on to their silver but had no way to enjoy it, and they were regarded as unscrupulous merchants among the merchants......

Therefore, although these businessmen are rich, they want to get rid of this industry from the bottom of their hearts and become respected and respected scholars in society......

For Mr. Zhou, the reason why he has been doing good is to get rid of the title of no treachery and no business.

And now, Wang Peng in front of him actually told himself that he had the opportunity to get rid of his identity as a businessman. Not only that, but he can also be an official, a true glory to his ancestors......

Therefore, after only a short period of contemplation, Old Man Zhou asked Wang Peng: "Lord Wang, can this work....as far as I know, this seems to be incompatible with the etiquette of the imperial court....I am a businessman, how can a businessman be an official......

Wang Peng waved his hand directly and replied: "Old man Zhou, what I want to sue you is that nothing is impossible in the general soldier's place...... Therefore, as long as you agree to do things for the Chief Soldier and be loyal to the Chief Soldier, the Chief Soldier will naturally give you an official gentry who will make you very satisfied... Let your old man Zhou glorify his ancestors, and he will never be looked down upon again..."

"Okay, I'll do it...... Please tell the Chief Soldier that in order to glorify the ancestors, the little second child swears here that from now on, my Zhou family will only be the head of the Chief Soldier and serve the Chief Soldier..."

After making a decision, whether it was Wang Peng or Old Man Zhou, a relaxed smile appeared on their faces.

Now that you have decided to work for the Chief Soldier, you must always know what you should do. As a result, Old Man Zhou's face, which had just shown a smile, was restored again.

Then, he asked Wang Peng: "Lord Wang, I don't know, what does our Zhou Family Commercial Bank need to do for Lord Zongbing?" ”

Wang Peng directly took out a list from his sleeve, handed it to Old Man Zhou, and said: "This is the first batch of materials that our Lord General asked the Zhou Family Commercial Bank to purchase....a total of 200,000 quintals of rice, 100,000 quintals of sea salt..."

"So much....what does the chief soldier want to do?" After seeing and hearing the numbers on the list, Old Man Zhou let out an exclamation without thinking about it.

Wang Peng, who was generous with Wei Zheng's generosity, was also emotional, smiled and replied: "So much food, of course, is for people to eat...."

"You know, according to our estimates, there will be more than 300,000 displaced people who will eventually pour into Datong Province... 300,000 displaced people, plus the original 100,000 displaced people, how much food do you need to eat a day... Therefore, 200,000 quintals of grain seems like a lot, but it can't be eaten for too long. ”

"According to the requirements of the chief soldier, the first batch of materials will be advanced by your Zhang family and bought back from Jiangnan. If the Zhou family's silver is not enough, the General Military Mansion will replenish it..."

"After all the materials are transported back to Datong Mansion, the General Military Mansion will avenge the Zhou family according to the proportion of 20% of the total price."

"That is to say, if the Zhou family buys the first batch of materials and draws 500,000 taels of silver, when the goods are delivered, the General Military Mansion will give the Zhou family 600,000 taels of silver... And so on......"

Seeing that Old Man Zhou nodded by default, Wang Peng continued: "Of course, Old Man Zhou should not underestimate the profits of these two percent....According to what the General Soldier said, in just this year alone, the General Military Mansion needs 800,000 quintals of grain purchased by the Zhou family. As for Haiyan, I don't know what the purpose of the chief soldier is to ask for so much, but it will definitely exceed 500,000 quintals...."

"Of course, this is only this year's time, and after the autumn harvest next year, what Old Man Zhou needs to do is not to buy grain, but to help the General Military Mansion sell grain..."

"Selling food... Does the General Military Office have a surplus of food to sell? Old Man Zhou asked with a puzzled face.

"Of course there is...," Wang Peng affirmed.

"Old Zhou, don't forget, what I'm doing now..."

"Tuntian..."Old Zhou replied thoughtfully.

"Yes, it's Tuntian," Wang Peng affirmed loudly.

"You all know that the General Military Mansion will carry out Tuntian again, but you don't know how big the scale of the General Military Mansion Tuntian is....Since Zhou Lao has decided to be loyal to the General Soldier, then I will reveal it to Zhou Lao."

"Now I have 100,000 people in charge of the Tuntian army, and if nothing else, in a month, the size of the Tuntian army will exceed 400,000 people... 400,000 people, even if each person cultivates 10 acres of land, it is a full 4 million acres of fertile land...."

"Coupled with the tens of thousands of wells drilled by the General Soldier in the middle of the four million acres of fertile land, these four million mu will definitely be able to get a bumper harvest in two days....The whole four million mu will get a bumper harvest in two days....Zhou Lao thinks that at that time, how much grain will be in the hands of the General Soldier's Government..."

"At that time, these surplus grains will definitely be handed over to your Zhou family for processing....With so much grain in hand, your Zhou family has become the first grain merchant in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not a very simple matter."

At this moment, Old Man Zhou has once again fallen into an unprecedented shock because of the news reported by Wang Peng.

In Zhou Lao's eyes, four million acres of fertile land, as long as there is water, harvesting eight million quintals of grain is definitely a breeze.

At that time, even if the rations of the people of the entire Datong Mansion are left for a year, there will still be three or four million loads of grain left....

Three or four million taels of grain, even if a load of grain earns half a tael of silver, the Zhou family can earn two million taels of silver in a very short period of time. Of course, making money is secondary, and when you have grain in your hands, grain merchants all over the country will beg to buy grain from you. Over time, the Zhou family will naturally become the first grain merchant in the Ming Dynasty......

Of course, this is only one reason for my own shock. Although Mr. Zhou has never been in politics. However, his perennial business acumen has made his sense of smell keen, and Cheng Dù is definitely not inferior to ordinary politicians.

When he first learned about Wei Zhengwei's general soldiers, Old Man Zhou judged that Wei Zheng was definitely a very ambitious person.

Otherwise, after a military general enters Datong Mansion, how can he give relief to the victims and take out a lot of silver to Tuntian... Doing so much has nothing to do with me, but without exception it is a matter of buying people's hearts.

Now, after listening to what Wang Peng said, Old Man Zhou has strengthened his guess in his heart.

As a businessman who travels from south to north all year round, Mr. Zhou is very aware of the importance of food in troubled times.

Wei Zheng is the chief military officer of Datong Mansion and the undisputed emperor of Datong Mansion. With tens of thousands of iron-blooded elites and the support of tens of millions of displaced people, if there are millions of loads of grain to support, Old Man Zhou can't imagine what this Wei Zheng will do..."

However, shock is shock, and Old Man Zhou knows that he has no way out....

Since Wang Peng told a series of secrets of the Chief Soldier, the Zhou family has been tied to the General Soldier Mansion in the same boat.

However, Old Man Zhou also believes in his eyes. can be so forbearing, first of all, think about the chief soldier of Tuntian, he is definitely not a simple military general who is easy to defeat.

Following Wei Zheng may be the biggest business that the Zhou family has done since they started business, and it is also the business with the greatest benefits.

If it succeeds, the Zhou family will become famous and become the first official businessman in the Ming Dynasty...... (To be continued......)