Cheng Shun is the account office of the noble side, since the beginning of the grain war, he has bought grain everywhere, Cao Gang, grain merchants, big households, in short, anyone who has grain will not let go, his goal is not to let a grain enter Suzhou.

The buying spree lasted for a month, from the initial excitement to the exhaustion now. Originally, it was estimated that Zhang Ke would not last more than twenty days, but a month has passed, and there is still grain at the grain sales point, and the grain in the imperial court is like water in a sponge, as long as you squeeze it hard, you can come out, and there is no end in sight.

The more it is delayed, the more detrimental it will be to the big households. After all, no one's silver is blown by the wind, and this month, the Gao family alone has burned 1.5 million taels.

At first, the grain was only two or three taels of silver, but now it has reached more than a dozen taels. The price has increased fivefold! If it continues, I'm really afraid that one day the Gao family's silver will be cut off and collapse first.

Cheng Shun dragged his tired body and came out of the grain merchant Hong's house, and the silver in his pocket was less than 200,000 taels, which was just a deposit to ensure that the Hong family's 150,000 stone grain would not be sold to Zhang Ke.

"I don't know when I'm a leader!" Cheng Shun was sighing, and suddenly a horse galloped over, and the knight on the horse saw Cheng Shun's carriage and hurriedly jumped down.

"Mr. Cheng, the master asked the little one to inform you."

"What's the matter?"

"Look at this."

Cheng Shun hurriedly took it, unfolded it and took a look, and his eyes suddenly widened.

It turned out that the noble Fang Tong Guò Governor Yamen learned that Zhang Ke had gathered the silver sold in these days and purchased 500,000 stone of grain from the grain merchants in Huguang in batches, and the first batch of 200,000 stone had been transported to Jiangnan.

If this batch of grain enters Suzhou, the crisis will be lifted immediately, and the investment of various large households will be completely lost, and the family will lose money.

Therefore, the top priority at the moment is to intercept this batch of grain and never transport it to Suzhou.

"Quick, get to the docks!"

The coachman whipped the horse so hard that the carriage flew up. Cheng Shun's bones hurt all over his body, but he didn't dare to slack off at all. When I arrived at the canal wharf, I got on the Gao family's fast boat and immediately went north along the canal. Just arrived in Wuxi. I saw dozens of boats on the canal, and the draft was extremely deep, so I didn't need to ask if it must be a grain boat from Huguang.

Cheng Shun hurriedly asked his subordinates to contact each other, and the two sides agreed to meet in the drunken immortal building in the city.

……

"Mr. Cheng, I know what you mean. But I can't do it. ”

Cheng Shun frowned and said, "Mr. Su, the price I gave is one percent higher!" ”

The little old man on the opposite side looked shrewd and capable, and said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, you are also a business person, and we pay the most attention to honesty in trading." The Duke of Pingliao sent someone to negotiate with us, four taels of silver and one stone of grain, which is an unprecedentedly high price. We promised to bring the grain, but we can't go back on it, and I can't let the golden sign of several lifetimes fall on me! ”

"Brother Su!" Cheng Shun said anxiously: "Why are you so stubborn? Zhang Ke buys grain. It's not good! ”

"Joke!"

Su Quanshan sneered: "Real money to buy food, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, what's not good?" ”

"Well, I'll tell you the truth." Cheng Shun said: "Zhang Ke wants to collect business taxes, if you help him solve the trouble and let him gain a firm foothold, from now on, the merchants in Jiangnan will have to pay taxes." By extension, Jiangxi, Fujian. You can't run away from Huguang. If you don't look at anything else, just look at us all doing business, and you can't fall into the ground! ”

"I see!"

Su Quanshan suddenly smiled and said, "No wonder you are crazy and raise prices." It turned out that he wanted to force Zhang Ke to retreat, what a good means and good ability! But...... Xiao Lao'er is not interested, these 500,000 stone grains are shipped in Huguang, but they are only one or two or eight dollars of silver. When I arrived in Suzhou, it was four taels, and a total of one million taels was calculated. The old man has never made so much money in his life, let alone collecting business taxes in the future, even if he jumps into the fire pit, the old man will not frown! ”

The words were categorical, blocking Cheng Shun's words.

He lowered his head and kept thinking in his heart, Su Quanshan just wanted money!

"Okay, Brother Su, don't talk nonsense, how much can you resell the grain to me?"

"How much? Do you really want to buy it? ”

"Hmm!"

"Ten taels!"

"What?" Cheng Shun jumped up all of a sudden, and the lion opened his mouth, compared to the price sold to Zhang Ke, it was one and a half times more expensive, it was crazy!

"Brother Su, you can't be too greedy in business!"

"Hehehe, the old man is not greedy, there is the credibility of our Su family in business for several generations, and Zhang Ke is not an ordinary person. That's a dignified grandfather, who would dare to offend him without enough benefits! Besides, the price of grain in Suzhou and other places has exceeded 20 taels, I heard that it is almost 30 taels, and the old man only sells 10 taels, if you are still too expensive, I have to sell it to Zhang Ke! ”

"Count you ruthless!"

Cheng Shun gritted his teeth, took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, and slapped them on the table.

"This is one million taels, which is considered a deposit, you have to remember that you must not sell it to Zhang Ke!"

Su Quanshan took the silver tickets, all of them were 5,000 taels, and they were redeemed when they saw the tickets, and the seals on them were readily available.

"Hey, hey, Mr. Cheng, this is only 100,000 stones, and there are still 4 million taels?"

"You!"

Cheng Shun gritted his teeth in anger, and said coldly: "You still don't believe in our reputation, how can the eleven big families in Jiangnan lose your silver!" ”

"Hehe, in the past, the old man believed, but you forced the old man to ruin his reputation, and from then on, I only knew silver! If you don't give enough, the old man can't agree! ”

What is called lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, Cheng Shun is going crazy.

"If you have you, I'll go raise money."

Cheng Shun turned around and left, he had just gotten off the Drunken Immortal Building, and from the private room next to him, Bao Shiqing walked in with a smile, and the two foxes of Su Quanshan laughed so much that they couldn't be happier!

Almost at the same time, a large amount of grain entered Jiangnan under various names, some to Hangzhou, some to Songjiang, and some to Zhenjiang and Yangzhou. The most is 50,000 stones, and the least is 78,000 stones. The whole Jiangnan is in a crazy situation, no matter how much food there is, all of them are swallowed in one go.

The grain on the black market has been copied to twenty-five taels, and there is still no price, and the bags are not white grain, but silver for white flowers.

At first, price gouging was the work of large households, but now medium-sized businessmen have joined in and are buying frantically. Gao Guifang and other eleven big households can no longer control the situation, and it is difficult to ride a tiger, and the only thing to do at this time is to keep taking out silver and raise the price of grain higher......

"Grandpa Guo, great joy, we have sold eight million taels of grain, and Bao Shiqing's side has won five million taels!" Fang Chongwen looked at the strings of numbers, he was a little dizzy, these big families are really rich, they are simply rich and rival the country, no, the Ming Dynasty is not as rich as them......

Who doesn't love silver, Zhang Ke said with a smile: "Pass my order, start from the Suzhou black market, sell with all your might, sell as much as you want, and cash out with all your might!" ”

"Yes!" Fang Chongwen pushed down excitedly.

At this time, the big ship full of grain is slowly sailing in from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the white sails cover the sky and the sun, which is amazing! (To be continued.) )xh118R1052