Wait a minute......

They must have been so desperate to make money that they hallucinated.

Four taels of silver, this can't be regarded as food, it's no different from gold.

Even grain merchants like them would never dare to dream of selling grain at such a high price.

Of course, in a year of great famine, the price of grain is actually even more exaggerated than this.

However, that is also what these merchants sell secretly.

But there has never been a court that directly set grain at this price.

In recent years, because of the grain varieties made by the British king, the grain output of the Ming Dynasty has been increasing year by year.

However, because the Ming Dynasty has been fighting abroad, after the founding of the country, the national calendar has become more and more stable, and the people's income has been increasing.

In fact, the price of food has been slowly increasing.

In the early days of Hongwu, a stone of grain was only four dollars of silver.

Now it's almost a tael of silver.

But even so, the people do not feel how expensive the price of food is.

Now, it has risen directly to four taels of silver, and it is still the price in the disaster area.

If you add in the price of the grain they receive......

Eight, or even tenfold profits.

It was precisely because the price given by Zhu Han was too exaggerated that the businessmen present all suspected that they had heard it wrong.

Zhou Ziliang couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, "Wang ...... Rajah...... Isn't that what you're talking about, four...... Four coins of silver, right? ”

According to the past grain prices and the situation in the disaster area, Zhou Ziliang felt that his speculation should be relatively accurate.

After all, no matter how good the court is, it won't let them lose money and sell food.

Although the price is low, for them as grain merchants, it is not enough to lose money.

But in the next moment, Zhu Han's voice directly made their hearts almost stop beating.

"What four coins? This king is talking about four taels, from now on, the generation of Datong Mansion, all grain has the lowest selling price, each stone can not be lower than four taels of silver, now do you hear clearly? ”

In the hall, the sound of cold air was endless.

Everyone was blinded by this price.

The reason why they are so shocked is not because of anything else, but because this is the official price, and they can sell it boldly at this price, without worrying about the government's inventory.

In the past, there were years of famine, although it was also a time for them to make a windfall.

But the government will not watch them raise prices.

At least on the surface, the price of food must not be too high.

On the one hand, they have to do superficial work, and on the other hand, they have food in their hands, and they can only release it little by little through the black market.

Although it also makes money, what makes money is hard money and risk money.

If you are not careful, you will be caught by the government, and you may end up with a full end of beheading.

And even if they make money, it's not their own.

Everywhere in the upstream and downstream needs to be done well, and there can be no mistakes.

Just when the grain merchants were excited, Zhu Han smiled and said, "But ......"

The grain merchants couldn't help but feel nervous in their hearts, saying that pies would not fall from the sky.

His Royal Highness suddenly promised such a great benefit, it is impossible not to have no conditions at all.

His Royal Highness is also ruthless enough.

They have seen a lot of businessmen who have made a fortune.

It is not for nothing that it is difficult for officials to make a fortune.

But Zhu Han, the prince who founded the Ming Dynasty, actually took advantage of the drought to make a fortune.

And it's so obvious......

Zhu Han is not afraid, the people of the world poke his backbone?

Either way, it has nothing to do with them.

As long as they can make money, even if Zhu Han is a demon from hell, they don't care at all.

The grain merchants are only worried about one thing now, that is, what kind of conditions Zhu Han promised this great benefit.

Seeing Zhu Han smiled slightly: "The disaster situation in Datong is urgent, and the imperial court has no way to allocate too much grain in a short period of time."

"Therefore, the imperial court decided to select ten powerful grain merchants as agents."

"Datong is up and down, and only recognizes the grain of these ten families."

"By the way, there are already three firms named at present, so we still need to choose seven firms."

As soon as Zhu Han said this, the grain merchants in Yanjing immediately became anxious.

Feng Xueyi said a little anxiously: "Lord Wang, in this Yanjing City, how can there be a grain merchant with stronger strength than me?"

They also understood that those so-called firms must be His Royal Highness's "own people".

There's nothing strange about this kind of thing, it's just that the benefits this time are really eye-catching, and they don't want to give up so easily......

A mere businessman dared to question the prince in person, and Zhu Han was not angry.

just smiled slightly: "Don't be impatient, the merchants selected by this king before will arrive soon."

"And among you, this king has also picked a powerful firm, so now there are only six places left."

"The rest of the firms, the imperial court will choose according to your strength and usual reputation."

Zhu Han's words later, the grain merchants present couldn't listen to it at all.

The only thing they could hear was that Zhu Han had already picked a business name.

Who will it be?

It's Zhou Ziliang or Feng Xueyi.

Among the people present, most of them thought that if Zhu Han really chose a candidate, it would definitely be one of the two of them.

Because, among all the grain merchants, the two of them are the strongest.

Even Zhou Ziliang and Feng Xueyi themselves think so.

Both of them looked at each other vigilantly, scolding in their hearts.

"Good fellow, you have been in contact with the King for a long time."

"I can't see that your guy's skills are very clever, and he has laid out the game in advance."

Just when the smell of gunpowder between the two people was getting stronger and stronger.

Zhu Han smiled and said, "The one elected by this king is Liu Ping'an and Liu Dongjia of Ping An Firm."

What?

Everyone was dumbfounded, they never thought that Zhu Han would pick out Liu Ping'an.

Among all the grain merchants in Yanjing, Liu Ping'an is definitely not the strongest.

Not to mention the strongest, Liu Ping'an can't even rank in the middle reach.

As a result, in this business like a sea of gold and silver, His Royal Highness actually picked Liu Ping'an?

Is there something wrong with their ears, or is there something wrong with His Royal Highness's head?

Liu was stupid on Christmas Eve, splashed the sky and wealth, and smashed it on his head at once, smashing him all over.

What the hell is going on?

He didn't have any special relationship with His Royal Highness before?

Why does His Royal Highness think so much of him?

Feel the unkind gaze of the people around you. Liu Ping'an, who usually acts cautiously, is completely indifferent to these at this time.

strode out directly, kneeling on the ground and trembling a little with excitement: "Thank you for your appreciation, the villain will not disappoint the prince and the court."

"Even if the family is bankrupt, we must help the imperial court to assist the people in the disaster area."

Shameless!

The grain merchants around scolded in their hearts.

As long as the grain is transported to Datong, at least seven or eight times the profit.

With such a voice, he even has the face to say that he is bankrupt.

Can you not be so shameless?

Liu Ping'an first confirmed this matter.

It doesn't matter if there's something wrong with this, or if there's something inside.

Anyway, this business is sure to make money and not lose money, and as for other dangers, that is something that needs to be considered later.

As a businessman, if you don't even have this decision, then what kind of business is there?

However, after everything settled, Liu Ping'an was still a little apprehensive, and asked the doubts in his heart: "Lord Wang, the villain dares to ask, why does the Lord ...... Choose my Ping An firm? ”

My family knows my own business.

Among all the grain merchants in Yanjing, he is really not very powerful.

The only advantage, that is, the family has a certain amount of power in Datong, that's all.

If Zhu Han chose him because of the Liu family's power in Datong, Liu Ping'an was the first to believe it.

Zhu Han smiled slightly: "The reason why this king chose Boss Liu is naturally because Boss Liu has strength."

Just when the grain merchants were puzzled, Zhu Han explained seemingly casually.

"I just heard that the people of Datong were affected by the disaster, and only Shopkeeper Liu was the most generous, not only donating money and food, but also mobilizing the strength of the family to donate more food."

"From this aspect, it can be seen that the strength of the Liu family is strong."

"What the imperial court needs is a powerful businessman like you."

……

The grain merchants were all blinded for more than ten seconds.

How else can that be said?

As businessmen, they also boast of being thick-skinned.

But they didn't find out until today.

Compared with King Zhu Han of England, they are simply pure little white flowers.

Zhu Han's words sounded like there was no problem.

But if you think about it, you can understand the subtext of the words.

What bullshit strength.

The King of England almost told them directly.

If you want to become a businessman officially authorized by the imperial court to go to the Datong disaster area to sell grain at a high price, you can donate money and grain.

To put it bluntly, it is to spend money to buy places, and the more money you spend, the more powerful you are......

After instantly understanding what Zhu Han meant. A truly qualified businessman has no interest in denouncing Zhu Han.

The most important thing now is the quota, which they have to win no matter how much it is.

Zhou Ziliang hurriedly pretended to be abrupt: "Lord Wang, it was the villain's negligence just now." The people of Datong suffered from this natural disaster, and we, the merchants, were really distressed. ”

"As the people of the Ming Dynasty, we really can't stand idly by. The son is said to be the old and the old, the young and the young. ”

"For the sake of the people in the disaster area, the villain is willing to donate a silver tattoo...... No. Fifty thousand taels! ”

For the sake of this quota, Zhou Ziliang can be regarded as free.

Although 50,000 taels is not a small amount of money, as long as you can get this place, this money can still be earned after all.

But if he misses this opportunity, he will definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

Feng Xueyi also immediately said: "Lord Wang, what Brother Zhou said is reasonable, and we businessmen can't bear to see the lives of the people in misery, and our firm is also willing to donate 50,000 taels, plus 10,000 stone of grain."

Zhou Ziliang scolded in his heart when he heard this, good you Feng Xueyi dared to backstab me.

Not to be outdone, Zhou Ziliang also hurriedly said: "We are also willing to donate 10,000 stones of food."

At this time, food is money.

Although it has not been sold, the price of food is already there.

10,000 stone of grain, that's more than 40,000 taels of silver.

Zhou Ziliang's heart was dripping blood.

But he knows that the more times like this, the more he can't be stingy.

After the two of them made a move, other businessmen did not dare to show weakness.

You have 30,000 taels, and he has 20,000 taels, and they have begun to donate money and materials.

However, after a few of the most powerful grain merchants took action, other relatively less powerful grain merchants died down.

There are so many places, and it is impossible for them to open up their families and fight for a place.

The most important thing is that although the grain can only be sold at a high price of four taels of silver in Datong.

However, as the news of the disaster spreads, the price of food will inevitably rise.

And the closer you get to Datong, the higher the price of grain will be.

Although they can't eat meat, they have no problem running to the vicinity of Datong and drinking soup.

After the quota was determined, the merchants who Zhu Han had previously ordered to provide grain also came.

In fact, there were many people present, and they all guessed who those places were.

One of them is naturally the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan.

The other is Zhou Gushan, which is as famous as Shen Wansan.

The third person was a bit of a surprise.

It turned out to be a businessman who had just risen in the Yanjing business community, Zhang Fengnian.

Compared with the previous two, Zhang Fengnian can really only be regarded as a small shrimp.

Even the many grain merchants sitting here don't know how much stronger than Zhang Fengnian.

But helplessly, Zhang Fengnian hugged the thigh of King Zhu Han.

What's the benefit, the king of England can make a lot of money by directly lifting him.

Others can't envy even if they want to.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The disaster situation in Datong is urgent. No matter what method you use, what you have to do is to use all means to transport as much grain as possible to Datong as quickly as possible. ”

"Of course, I don't think you need this king to tell you."

A hint of a playful smile appeared on Zhu Han's face: "Because, food is silver, isn't it?"

As soon as Zhu Han sent those grain merchants away, he saw a bearded man blocking in front of him.

This person's eyes were red, as if he was going to bite Zhu Han to death.

"Your Royal Highness." Liu Song said word by word: "Today's matter, Weichen hopes that the prince can give Weichen an explanation."

"Lord Liu, this king is also trying to tell you about this." Zhu Han greeted Liu Song warmly: "Come with this king, let's talk slowly."

After saying that price, Zhu Han knew that Liu Song would inevitably come to him, and if he didn't come, he wouldn't be Liu Song.

In the palace study, Liu Song's face was still as black as the bottom of the pot: "Lord Wang, do you know that under the disaster, the most important thing is to stabilize food prices?"

"Instead of ordering the local officials to obey and strictly controlling grain prices, you have allowed profiteers to raise grain prices."

"In this way, where can the people in the disaster area afford to buy food?"

"Do you know how many people will starve to death in Datong in this way?"

The more Liu Song spoke, the more excited he became.

"Please also ask the prince to take back his fate, otherwise, Weichen would rather die in front of you!"