Chapter 135 Food Stamps

Fan Yuxuan was dumbfounded when she heard this, it seemed that she was still short-sighted.

Yang Xin nodded again and again when he heard this, this old man Tian is still trained in business, and he is a good hand, in fact, this era is a small peasant economy, and farmers are equivalent to small businessmen.

The same is farming, the shrewd can become yeoman farmers and small landlords, and the unshrewd are afraid that they will not have enough to eat, but the general trend is not good, these people have no family background, and many people's abilities cannot be used.

The enthusiasm of the restaurant exceeded everyone's surprise, Uncle Tian and the shopkeeper started a homework, only to know that their monthly salary is not high, the shopkeeper is only eight dollars of silver, and the ordinary guy is only five dollars.

Uncle Tian was shocked and asked, "Shopkeeper, your monthly salary is so low, will life be difficult?" ”

The shopkeeper was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "I was originally a cook in this restaurant, and the monthly salary is indeed higher than now, after the Dashun army came, the original shopkeeper was raided, and the restaurant was also accepted, and the small one was appointed as the shopkeeper, and the monthly salary was low, but the small family was divided into land, and life was better than the original, and we were all satisfied." ”

The other guys echoed in unison, their original monthly salary did not even have five coins of silver, and they all divided the land, and their lives were naturally much better than before.

The shopkeeper of Daxinglai is full of disdain, although they have no land, but the monthly salary is much higher than this shopkeeper, can come with Tian Laobo, the monthly salary is more than fifty taels, and some have also risen to the national, and the treatment is far from being comparable to the family divided into twenty or thirty acres of land.

After eating, everyone walked around the street, only to find that there is only one luxurious restaurant on the street, and the others are the lowest grade snack shops, the price is very close to the people, and there is no green building on the street, no gambling house, no pawnshop, only one Dashun money village.

Yang Xin was stunned, Dashun also learned to open a money bank?

Out of curiosity, everyone stepped forward to ask, it was really a money village opened by the Dashun Imperial Court, and there was a Dashun army standing guard at the door, which was exactly the same as the semicolon of Daxing Qianzhuang.

Even the guards stood upright, and Yang Xin even suspected that the Dashun army in Wuchang City had received the same military training as himself, and the appearance of the soldiers was not the same as the Dashun army he had seen in the capital before.

Yang Xin's doubts became more and more, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the enhanced version of Li Zicheng seemed to be a time-traveler like himself.

This mystery, maybe the next time you see Li Zicheng, you can ask him privately.

However, he did not have such an opportunity in front of him, and the next day, Li Guo signed a formal cooperation agreement with Daxing on behalf of Dashun, and Yang Xin sent someone back to Laiyang to withdraw silver.

Dashun's efficiency is particularly high, and 100,000 stone of grain was prepared on the same day, but fortunately, the food is not much, and the fleet brought by Yang Xin can be loaded.

Yang Xin immediately paid the silver for the grain, led the fleet, and arrived at Jiujiang, Jiangxi.

Sure enough, Mrs. Chen's harvest was greater than Yang Xin's, and she had already received 200,000 stone of grain.

The price of grain in Jiangxi has risen by two layers, and more and more gentry from the south of the Yangtze River have joined the ranks of the grain tun, and the price of grain is getting more and more expensive.

Nanjing, Imperial Palace.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and was furious, looked at the ministers in the court, and roared: "Now that the Ming Dynasty is in danger, there are still gentry and heroes participating in the grain storage, and they want to make a fortune in the country, do they really not take me seriously!" ”

The ministers were shocked, everyone knelt down, and Shi Kefa, the first assistant of the cabinet, stood up first and said: "Your Majesty is angry, blame the old man for signing a business agreement with Yang Xin that day, but I didn't expect him to use this as a basis to come to Daming to fry grain, and wait for the old man to negotiate with him, and persuade him to stop as soon as possible, and the price of grain will naturally be flat." ”

He has been promoted by Chongzhen to the head of the cabinet, so he naturally has to be the first to express his opinion.

At this time, Qian Qianyi, the second assistant of the cabinet, stood up and said: "Shi Ge Lao's words are wrong, how can the trade agreement between the two countries be scrapped lightly, so I Da Ming will not become a person who goes back on his word, where is the majesty of the Heavenly Empire, Shi Ge Lao must not lose a big one because of a small one, Yang Xin is just building momentum because of the situation, and there is no hostility, businessmen naturally aim to make money to stabilize the problem of food prices, we think of another way." ”

He didn't want to help Yang Xin, but most of the Donglin Party was involved, Qian Qianyi is now the leader of the Donglin Party, he needs to find a reasonable excuse for frying grain, even Yang Xin is not punished, and others can be blatant.

Chongzhen was so angry that he vomited blood, but this kind of market speculation is a normal business behavior, as long as he doesn't break the law, he can't kill businessmen at will, and suppressing it by force is the next strategy.

Sure enough, the ministers seconded Qian Qianyi one after another, even if Chongzhen's throne was stable now, he felt great pressure, so he looked at Zheng Chenggong and said, "King Yanping, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Zheng Chenggong stood up, but said: "Weichen thinks that what Master Qian said is extremely true, commercial matters, let's use commercial means to deal with them, so how much money can Yang Xin have in his hands?" Your Majesty doesn't have to be too nervous. ”

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect his concubine to speak for outsiders, and looked at Zheng Chenggong, but saw Zheng Chenggong giving himself a look, knowing that he had a hidden secret, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, I will hand over this matter to the king of Yanping County to deal with, I hope you can solve this matter for me as soon as possible!" ”

Zheng Chenggong promised, the ministers were all happy, and the undercurrents in the court were surging, each with a ghost.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zheng Chenggong stayed and discussed with Chongzhen alone for a long time, no one knew what they talked about, and since then, Chongzhen has never mentioned the price of grain in the court.

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Yang Xin finally arrived in Nanjing, he never thought that his people had not yet arrived, and it had caused a shock in the Ming and opposition in Nanming, and almost everyone believed that the rise in grain prices was caused by Daxing's grain speculation.

Kong Dali and Sun Liang personally went to the dock to greet them, Yang Xin had already sent people to rent a warehouse in Nanjing City in advance, and at this moment, he deliberately made a big fanfare, slowly moving the grain on the ship to the warehouse in the city, eager to let the people of the entire Nanjing City know that they had grain in their hands.

Fan Yuxuan on the side was very puzzled, looked at the few people on the dock, and said: "Yang Xin, what the hell are you doing, moving so slowly, I don't know how long it will take, not to mention that we are here to fry grain, you are so well known, everyone knows that you have a large amount of food in your hands, where are you in a hurry to buy food, others are waiting to spend it with you, do you have so much time to waste?" ”

Yang Xin didn't think so, and said to Aunt Chen on the side, "The matter of the dock is handed over to you, move slowly, don't worry, let alone move him for ten days and eight days, and the others will follow me into the city!" ”

As he spoke, he led a group of henchmen into the city, which made Fan Yuxuan almost mad.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers on the other side of the river, the city of Nanjing is still prosperous, as if it is another world, here is the most prosperous city in the world that Yang Xin has ever seen, the city walls are tall, the buildings in the city are also magnificent, and the streets are full of traffic.

Yang Xin came to Kong Daxing's Daxing Qianzhuang, gathered all his henchmen, and started this grain speculation arrangement.

Fan Yuxuan couldn't wait for a long time, after doing it for so long, he only hoarded 300,000 stone of grain, and only spent 2.7 million taels of silver, and he didn't know what kind of medicine Yang Xin was selling in the gourd.

"Uncle Tian, you take people to rent ten shops in various parts of the city with Kong Dali, and open a grain shop, remember, although it is a grain shop, we don't sell grain, and the decoration style is made according to the tea house, let the guys prepare tea and pastries, and prepare more tables, chairs and benches."

Yang Xin's first sentence thundered everyone.

Uncle Tian was so shocked that his jaw was about to fall, and said, "King Xing, Nanjing City is so big, isn't it a bit too little to open ten grain shops?" And what is the reason why your grain shop does not sell grain, so it becomes a teahouse? ”

Fan Yuxuan was about to jump up and said, "Yes, Yang Xin, what the hell are you doing, what do we sell if you don't sell food?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said: "Okay, I have a showdown, Kong Dali, you send someone to contact the printing house in Nanjing, and ask them to customize a batch of food stamps for us, all grain shops don't sell grain, we sell grain stamps!" ”

"Food stamps? What the hell is that? ”

Fan Yuxuan felt that she was about to go wild, and said, "I've only heard of silver stamps, but I've never heard of food stamps!" ”

Kong Dali was also confused, and said: "Yes, King Xing, I haven't heard of this small food stamp, how to print it in the printing house, and ask King Xing to make it clear." ”

Yang Xin spread his hands and said: "Didn't you say it very clearly, since there are silver stamps, then there are naturally food stamps, silver stamps can be exchanged for silver, and food stamps can be exchanged for grain!" ”

"However, our grain stamps are still different from silver stamps, Kong Dali, you print one bucket, two buckets, five buckets, a stone a total of four denominations of grain stamps, the name is called the grain purchase right ticket, it is noted, whoever holds this stamp, at the end of the next month, can come to the Daxing Qianzhuang headquarters according to the price of one tael and one penny silver per bucket of grain, to buy the amount of grain indicated on the face value."

After Yang Xin finished speaking in one breath, the people below were confused, this was a bit too complicated, Fan Yuxuan asked: "It means that if you buy a food stamp, you have to spend money to buy grain, doesn't that cost twice?" Why bother? ”

Yang Xin nodded and said: "Yes, but with this grain stamp, it can be guaranteed that the price of the grain bought at that time will not rise, or one or two dollars of silver, a fixed price, no matter what price the grain rises at that time, whenever the food stamps are presented, add one or two dollars of silver, we have to give a bucket of grain unconditionally!" ”

Fan Yuxuan was about to cry and said, "Then what's the point of us trying to fry the grain?" When we look back, we sell it for one tael of silver, and the price of our purchase is one or two silver, so we can't make much money? ”

Yang Xinjin's more than 300,000 stone grain, only Dashun bought relatively cheap, only six dollars of silver a bucket of grain, and the price of grain in Daming was far more than Dashun, and had to grab grain with the landlords and gentry, Chen Da's purchase price has risen to one or two silver, and the current market retail price is about one or two dollars of a bucket of grain.

Yang Xin said with a smile: "Don't we still have income from selling food stamps, the price of this two is the basic profit, and the huge profit is in the food stamps!" ”

Fan Yuxuan finally reacted and said, "Then how much are you going to sell for your food stamps?" ”

Yang Xin laughed and said: "Let's take action first, the food stamps on the first day will be a penny and a bucket, which is considered an opening discount, and only 1,000 stone food stamps will be sold in the city, while supplies last!" ”

Everyone was speechless in surprise, a penny, isn't that crazy? A thousand stone grain stamps can only be sold for ten taels of silver, which is not enough for the expenses of so many shops and personnel.

Yang Xin looked at everyone's surprised looks and said, "Hehe, don't be surprised, this money is just the right to spend one or two dollars to buy a bucket of grain, and it is not a bucket of grain to sell for a penny." ”

Uncle Tian smiled bitterly and said: "King Xing, you only sell it for a penny, why make such a fuss?" ”

Fan Yuxuan said: "Yes, isn't it easier for you to sell food directly, why bother so much?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said, "Miss Fan, we only bought more than two million taels of grain, but there are still more than two million taels that have not been spent?" I didn't say that in the end, only 300,000 taels of grain stamps were sold, and how much I wanted to sell at that time depended on the mood of the king, the price of this penny was only a preferential policy on the first day, and all Daxing citizens were not allowed to buy and sell food stamps privately, and those who violated military law were involved! ”

Everyone was stunned, Yang Xin's words were unpredictable everywhere, everyone didn't know what he wanted to do, Uncle Tian asked: "We only have 300,000 stone of grain, is it possible that King Xing still plans to sell more than 300,000 stone of grain stamps, and when the time comes, others will come to us with food stamps to buy grain, what if we don't have enough food?" ”

Yang Xin was confident and said: "This king has his own way, your task now is to open a store, sell food stamps according to the king's requirements, and wait for the king's notice." ”

Everyone carried out the order with questions, this time it was rare that there was no rat barn, because even the high-level leaders of Daxing didn't know what Yang Xin wanted to do, even if they were rat barns, they didn't know what to do, not to mention the military law, it can be said that Yang Xin has asked for the highest level since so many times of business.

After everyone left, Yang Xin left Sun Liang, and in the study, Yang Xin dismissed all the guards and maidservants, and asked, "How is the princess?" How is she doing with Zheng Chenggong? ”

Sun Liang said calmly: "The princess is very good, she said that Zheng Chenggong did not force her to complete the marriage, and made a two-year contract with her, if the princess is not willing to marry after two years, Zheng Chenggong will withdraw from Chongzhen." ”

Yang Xin was overjoyed, almost jumped up with joy, and said, "Did you tell the princess that this king has arrived in Nanjing?" ”

Sun Liang nodded and said: "What happened to King Xing recently, the little one told the princess, and the princess said that it is inconvenient to see King Xing now, for fear of causing rumors, which is not good for Chongzhen, but the princess hopes that King Xing will wait patiently for two years, and she will definitely not marry Zheng Chenggong." ”

Yang Xin was immediately disappointed, but he knew that the princess was filial, and it was not surprising that she had such a practice, after all, she was already engaged to Zheng Chenggong, and if she had a private meeting with another man, it would definitely damage the royal face if it was circulated.

Yang Xin nodded and said, "This king can't wait for two years, and he will definitely find a way to get Chongzhen out of the marriage, I Daxing is not so easy to bully." ”

After speaking, he learned some information about Nanjing City from Sun Liang, and then let Sun Liang leave.

Because before Yang Xin came to Nanjing, he was designated by Shi Kefa as the initiator of the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the Qing school officials represented by Shi Kefa, or the corrupt officials represented by Qian Qianyi, no one dared to visit Yang Xin, so that the dignified King of Daxing was blocked by the entire Southern Ming Dynasty, but there were many unidentified people near Daxing Qianzhuang, Sun Liang reminded Yang Xin that those people were the fans of Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

Fan Yuxuan was worried, and came to find Yang Xin early in the morning, but Yang Xin was still calm and comfortable, and was eating breakfast under the service of the maidservant.

Fan Yuxuan sat opposite unceremoniously, glanced at him, and said, "The situation is so bad, you are very calm, let's talk about it, what are we going to do today?" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said: "Last time, the enemy was bright and I was secret, the Manchu princes were cut leeks and didn't know it, the rich merchants in Jiangnan are not as good as the Manchu princes, they are all very fine, but as long as they are people, they will be greedy, as long as they are greedy, then they can't escape the trap of this king, this time this king is playing a trick with them, eat quickly, after eating, let's go out to visit the Qinglou!" ”

Fan Yuxuan's eyes widened and scolded, "Are you sick?" Visiting the Qinglou early in the morning, and asking me to go with you? ”

Yang Xin laughed and said, "You said it yourself, when you went to Nanjing to find Qin Huai Bayan to play with this king?" ”

Fan Yuxuan stood up, ready to turn around and leave.

Yang Xin hurriedly said: "It's just a joke with you, after eating, let's go to the Daxing grain shop in Qinhuai River, where the main battlefield of the two of us is next, this king will teach you, how to make a lot of money, how to not get familiar with the environment?" ”

Fan Yuxuan listened curiously and said: "Qinhuai River is the most prosperous street in Nanjing, and it is inhabited by rich people, and rich people will still lack food?" If you go there to open a grain store, I'm afraid you'll lose even your pants. ”

Yang Xin didn't care, and said: "Didn't I tell you, we don't sell grain, we sell food stamps, rich people don't lack food, but food stamps, I think they don't know what it is, we have to publicize it." ”

Daxing people do things, the efficiency is extremely high, Kong Dali has been operating in Nanjing for a long time, Yang Xin explained to him before, make more friends with the rich second generation, the rich second generation's favorite place to go is the Qinhuai River, Kong Dali naturally often stays in the Qinhuai River, and Sun Liang's military intelligence department also has a soft spot for the Qinhuai River, the personnel composition here is complex, and many powerful people appear, which is the best choice for exploring intelligence.

So the two hit it off, simply opened a high-end restaurant here, usually there is no business, mainly used as an intelligence base, yesterday Yang Xin just ordered, the meritorious Kong Dali suggested that this Daxing restaurant be transformed into the first grain shop, actually got Yang Xin's strong praise, today, the restaurant is being renovated, in fact, it is just a plaque, and Tian Lao Bo found the printing house that night, printed the first batch of food stamps.

Fan Yuxuan reluctantly followed Yang Xin here, because she had been in business for so long, and she had never heard of the grain being spread into a teahouse, and it was also opened in the most prosperous place in Nanjing!