In the eighth year of Chongzhen, May 5, in the early hours of the morning.

Xujiazhuang Harbor City, a large port, is an inner bay port (i.e., inner harbor) that is not open to foreign ships.

Eight seaborne cargo ships, propelled almost silently by electric tugboats, entered the inner harbor and docked next to the quay.

Then the cabin was opened, a large number of strong workers boarded the ship, and with the assistance of shore cranes and nets, bags of goods packed in sacks were transferred to the bodies of electric pickup trucks parked at the dockside, and finally in the dim night, these goods were transferred to which warehouse.

After all, what kind of goods are you going to do so mysteriously, silently, as if you can't see the light.

Could it be some particularly high-value goods, such as gold and silver treasures?

But there were as many as eight of these sea cargo ships, and the holds were full of the same sacks, no matter the density, weight, or size, it could be seen from the surface that they contained the same items.

On average, 16,000 stone is shipped per ship.

This batch of eight ships is 128,000 stones.

Judging by this quantity, it is by no means a high-value cargo.

So what's in those sacks?

……

White Castle, 25th floor.

A small conclave room.

Xu Yuan only called a few completely trustworthy high-ranking officials over and held a secret meeting without any records.

"Owner, the first batch of rice transported from the grain manor in Hainan has arrived, all of which are high-quality rice with white flowers and flowers that have been shelled, the quantity is close to 130,000 stones, and this is only the harvest of the No. 1 grain estate, the No. 2 grain estate, the No. 3 grain manor and the No. 50 grain manor, the rice planted in these grain estates will also mature one after another, and then 130,000 stone of rice will also be sent, which can be transported for fifty days in a row, but it is estimated that it will not be long before the second crop of rice is ripe again, and then it can start to transport grain again...... This process can be repeated three times a year, and 50 grain estates in Hainan alone can deliver nearly 20 million stone of rice a year, which is enough to meet the food needs of 6 million people."

"In addition, starting next month, our 30 grain estates in the Kingdom of Vietnam will also be able to start delivering grain."

"Starting next month, our fifty grain estates in the Cham Kingdom should also be able to produce grain."

"All of them taken together, these 130 grain estates should be able to enter the state of grain production this year, and when all of them are operated into cooked land and achieve stable and high yields, the annual grain output should solve the food ration problem of 20 million people, which is about one-tenth of the population of the Ming Dynasty."

"Of course, there is a lot of land in the South Seas, and if necessary, we can build new grain estates and increase the number of them to two hundred, three hundred, or even five hundred, and we have the strength to do so."

Li Jin, who is in charge of agricultural work, said.

"Two hundred grain estates are enough, and I can't provide that many resources."

Xu Yuan shook his head, this round of overseas colonization has almost bankrupted him, and there are hundreds of collective estates, doesn't this cost him the life of his wallet?

It is better to expand in moderation.

It's just a mere 130 grain estates, which can solve the food ration problem of one-tenth of the population of the Ming Dynasty at most, compared to the shocking plan they are brewing, is it a bit insufficient?

You must know that Xu Yuan will now start to let people secretly store grain, store the rice transported from Hainan, like ammunition, in the secret grain depot, and send the elite Xu family army to guard it closely, the main purpose is to prepare for a terrifying grain war in a few months, and to arrange a shocking situation in advance!

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Food wars?

The war of real swords, guns, and cannons has been fought enough, Xu Yuan plans to start playing more high-end, right, even food can fight war?

In fact, Xu Yuan had no choice, so he had to make this decision.

Because there are too many mad people in the Ming Empire, their energy is too huge, on the issue of grain prices last year, even if the "Oriental Times" repeatedly reaffirmed, saying that this year's grain output is enough for everyone to eat, Xujiazhuang will also release 150 million stone of low-cost grain to the northern market, and then help 10 million hungry people, these two promises, Xujiazhuang all overfulfilled.

The actual amount of low-cost grain put into the market reached 180 million stones.

13 million hungry refugees have been assisted.

The result?

Grain prices in the northern market have always remained high, only to rise, rarely fall, even though the "Oriental Times" has repeatedly denounced hoarding and punishing a lot of typical examples, but it is useless, it cannot be managed for two days, and on the third day the grain price rises again, driving the price of goods in all aspects.

Tens of millions of people in the north can be described as living in misery, even if they have not yet reached the survival situation of uncovering, but they are not too much worse.

In this regard, Xujiazhuang does not have a good way to continue to throw grain into the northern market? Those who throw away as much grain hoarders eat as much as they want, and Xujiazhuang's grain reserves are not much, even if they are all thrown out, they will be eaten all, which will damage their own food security.

can only suffer this loss, and look at those who fry and hoard grain, one by one, they make a lot of money, which can be described as smiling.

It can also be seen from this that although Xujiazhuang's strength is very strong, in the territory of Daming, in the field of grain, Xujiazhuang really can't do the state of wind, rain, and even covering the sky with one hand, even if Xujiazhuang has more than half of the grain reserves in his hands at most.

It's just that in the area of food, Xujiazhuang has principles and bottom lines.

And those people don't.

So in this confrontation, Xujiazhuang lost.

But Xu Yuan is not reconciled, it is impossible to swallow this breath, this year he must find a way to break back a game, or rather, to lay a shocking trap, to beat those people into the bottomless abyss.

As a result, there was a scene of grain ships from Hainan entering the inner harbor at night and quietly loading and unloading and transshipment.

The number of seaborne cargo ships responsible for transporting grain will increase, and even a fleet of grain carriers will arrive every night, and then secretly load, unload, and transship...... This frequency will increase gradually.

But here's the problem.

It's just a grain manor with just 130 seats.

At most, solve the problem of food rations for one-tenth of the population of the Ming Dynasty.

It is too naïve to rely on only such a small amount of food to win the food war and lay a shocking trap, and to look down on the opponents, right?

If you don't have a grain reserve of more than a billion stones in your hand, how can you wipe out those who speculate and hoard grain, and how can you send them into the bottomless abyss?

In fact, the grain war is not about grain, it is essentially about money, and what is fighting for the right to set grain prices is to fight for it, and Xu Yuan has the Tianxia Bank in his hand, and the ammunition in this area of money is endless, and he is not afraid of any opponent.

Therefore, these grains from Hainan do not need to be the main force, they only need to be used as surprise soldiers.

What's more, Xu Yuan's plan has always been one ring after another, and before launching the grain war, he still has a lot of big moves and smoke screens to release, maybe some people or forces can't wait for the food war to happen, and the available ammunition may have bottomed out in advance.

"Owner, in addition to the grain in Hainan, the sugarcane in Taiwan's sugarcane plantation is growing very well, and it will soon be ripe, the first batch of white sugar can be produced this month, and the next month will be able to enter the harvest period, which shows that our overseas colonization strategy is extremely successful, it has only been more than half a year, there is a steady stream of rice to come, high-value sugar to come, the return is very fast, although the initial investment is indeed huge, but the results are very gratifying, and the immigrants have basically adapted to the local environment and climate, less than 100 people have died, It shows that the help of those miracle medicines is very great, and it should not be underestimated, but it is just ......."

Zhao Jinfu, the rotating consul, also said: "The news of our success in colonizing overseas, should we publicize it widely and let everyone in the Ming Dynasty know about it, or make a fortune in silence and don't spread the news, otherwise we will see that colonization overseas is profitable, maybe everyone will follow the colonization overseas in a swarm, take up a lot of those good lands and good resources, and finally make them our competitors...... Owner, if you don't make a noise, we'll make a fortune."

"yes, there's no need to make a big deal about it this time."

Wei Mancheng, the head of the Ministry of Industry, agreed: "This treasure land in Nanyang, we swallow it ourselves, at most give the Zheng family in Fujian two pieces of meat, other forces don't come to join in the fun, a grain estate, more than 30,000 acres of paddy fields, in addition to self-sufficiency, a net output of nearly 400,000 stone white rice a year, this news will definitely make many people in Daming crazy, because they plant 200,000 acres of rice, and they may not be able to produce so much rice, the difference in the middle is six or seven times the benefit, I will also go crazy if I change me, that is, I will go bankrupt, I also want to go to Nanyang to break through and circle dozens or hundreds of acres of land."

"That's right, that's the case, and I don't recommend going too far."

"Not only can we not advertise success, but we also have to release some false news such as colonization failures and epidemic outbreaks to discourage those people's interest."

"Okay lord, just do it, just report the worries and not the good news, let those people stay in the Daming Scroll, don't go to Nanyang to steal our business."

Other high-level executives also said.

"Enough! It's just a South Sea, the world is very big, and there are many good places, look at your unworthy appearance."

Xu Yuan knocked on the table and scolded them: "The established propaganda plan remains unchanged, when the first ship of sugar is sent from Taiwan, it will be publicized with great fanfare, to make everyone known in the Ming Dynasty, to attract more Chinese people to develop overseas, to occupy more living space, I have emphasized many times, Xu Jiazhuang's ability is limited, it is very good to be able to eat the best place in the world, why bother staring at those crooked fruits, secondary fruits, patterns, you have to have a little pattern, not to mention that we have magic medicine in our hands, Xujiazhuang only has a steam clipper, and it has already taken full advantage, and other people in the Ming Dynasty go overseas to colonize, no matter how great they are, they must rely on us, no matter how much income they make, they have to be ruthlessly stripped of their skin by us, they go overseas to develop, in fact, they are also helping us make money, we should be happy to see it, not narrow-minded."

Hear this criticism.

Li Jin nodded again and again: "Yes, what the owner of the village said is that we are indeed narrow-minded."

Zhao Jinde said: "Miracle medicine, steam clippers, ports, as long as they firmly control these things and jam their necks, no matter how big the world is, they have to obediently give us an offering, and at least fifty percent of the proceeds."

Wei Mancheng said: "It's better to be ruthless and let them spit out seventy percent of the profits, so that even if they become big shopkeepers, they will be wage earners in front of us."

"How to slaughter it later, anyway, it's so decided, and as soon as Taiwan's sugar ship arrives, let's go according to the established plan."

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

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