Chapter 138: Take a Risk

Qian Tianen and the four of them were naturally the people who made the most money in the grain store, and when the four of them saw that they were almost there, they left the grain store, went to the nearby Qinglou, ordered the most beautiful girl, drank some wine, and then returned home proudly.

As soon as Qian Tianen entered the house, the housekeeper Qian Fu came to look for him.

"Young master, the master is back, I have something to do with you!"

Qian Tianen was shocked, his father has been busy outside in the past few days and rarely comes home, so he doesn't know why he is looking for himself early in the morning today.

When he arrived in the hall, Qian Laocai was drinking tea and listening to his wife explain the situation.

"Master, my son didn't mess around, and he has made a lot of money in the past few days."

Qian Laocai's face was pale, he didn't answer, and when he saw Qian Tianen coming in, he shouted angrily: "Livestock, kneel down for Lao Tzu!" ”

Qian Tianen was startled, quickly knelt down, and asked in a panic: "Dad, what did the child do wrong?" ”

Qian Lao was very wealthy and asked, "How many of you have been doing these days?" Tell me honestly, how many food stamps did the four of you buy from the Daxing Grain Shop! ”

Qian Tianen thought to himself, it turned out that his father already knew, but he did not lose money, but earned nearly 50,000 taels, so he naturally did not feel weak at this time, and said: "About 600,000 stones!" ”

Qian Laocai was stunned and scolded: "You rebel, Lao Tzu has worked hard for so long to hoard a total of 100,000 stone of grain, and you bought 600,000 stone at once, do you have so much silver to pick up the goods at the end of next month?" ”

Qian Tianen suddenly had confidence, laughed, stood up, and said: "Father is worried about this, then there is no need, my son will not wait for the day when he picks up the goods, I don't know how many people beg his son to sell them food stamps every day!" ”

Qian Laocai was stunned again, and said, "Is there anything else going on?" ”

Qian Tianen nodded and said, "I don't believe that my father can go to Daxing Grain Store with me tomorrow!" ”

Qian Laocai frowned and said, "In this case, you will clear the goods tomorrow, and you are not allowed to go again in the future!" ”

Qian Tianen was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said, "Father, what do you think, I have only earned 50,000 taels in just three days, and I have earned 50,000 taels in 100,000 taels, why do you want to stop?" ”

Qian Laocai was stunned and said, "Did you make money so fast?" ”

"Of course!"

Qian Laocai stood up and began to walk in the hall, such a speed of making money even he himself was excited, he hoarded 100,000 stone of grain, the cost price is around one tael of silver and one bucket, according to the current market price of one or two halves, each stone can earn five taels, 100,000 stone is 500,000 taels, however, this also has to remove various costs, the capital is an astonishing one million taels, and the overall proportion of making money is not as good as that of his son.

"Do you know that Your Majesty has long been concerned about the rise in food prices, a few days ago, I was angry, and it was all because Lord Qian strongly opposed that I didn't do anything to the big people who hoarded grain, we are now very restrained, we don't dare to raise the price of food too fast, you actually ran to buy so much, if you annoy Your Majesty, what should I do?"

Qian Laocai finally told the truth.

Qian Tianen smiled and said: "Father, you are really worried, your son bought the food stamps of the Daxing Grain Shop, even if Your Majesty wants to blame, then you should also blame the Daxing Grain Shop, what is the matter with the son?" ”

Qian Laocai was stunned, he also learned from a friend that many rich children in Nanjing City have joined the Daxing grain shop to speculate on food, and the specific details are not too clear, so he came back and asked his wife tentatively, and his son really participated, and he was still a big customer, so he came to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

Qian Tianen continued: "Therefore, it is faster and safer to speculate on the food stamps of Daxing grain shops like this son than for his father to hoard grain to make money, anyway, there is something to do with Daxing, and King Xing is not under the control of His Majesty, not to mention that Daxing has a trade agreement with Daming, this son has inquired clearly, Your Majesty wants to move Daxing, it will affect the situation in the world, and he must think about it clearly." ”

Qian Laocai nodded, and said with a wicked smile: "It seems that you have read the book for so many years, and you have not read it in vain, tomorrow my father will accompany you to Daxing Grain Store to have a look, and then bring 200,000 taels of silver tickets!" ”

Qian Tianen was overjoyed and said, "In this way, it couldn't be better." ”

……

The next day, Daxing grain shop, today is still a booming business, there is a long queue, as soon as the door is opened, Uncle Qian came with a beautiful maidservant girl with a sign, which reads, "Today's price, the selling price of each bucket of grain stamps is 400 Wen, and the buying price is 350 Wen." ”

Qian Laocai was dumbfounded, Qian Tianen couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and said: "Dad, look, yesterday it was still 330 Wen, and a bucket rose by 70 Wen, one stone is 7 yuan of silver, and the 500,000 stone food stamps in the hands of his sons can earn more than 300,000 taels a day, and the robbery is not so fast!" ”

When Qian Laocai heard this, his eyes were about to light up, and he turned his head to Qian Fu on the side and said: "You go back, take all the cash at home, take all those antiques, calligraphy, paintings, and jewelry, and rush over as soon as possible!" ”

Qian Fu hurriedly took the order and left.

Qian Laocai is not stupid, now the price of grain outside is one or two halves, and the price of grain stamps in Daxing grain shop is one or two to pick up the goods, plus the price of grain stamps is 400 Wen, which is only comparable to the price outside, not to mention that the price of grain will rise.

Uncle Tian was in front of the counter, collecting money and receiving hand cramps.

"Shopkeeper, I'm going to buy 800,000 taels today!"

Qian Tianen said loudly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in line was shocked, and in a moment, the earth-shattering cheers erupted.

Qian Laocai brought 300,000 taels, as well as his three brothers, and the adults in the family all participated, and the four families made up 800,000 taels.

Uncle Tian broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Young Master Qian, wait a minute, I'll ask the owner." ”

Everyone in line was worried, if Daxing didn't dare to sell, the people in line behind them would be lined up in vain, and everyone began to whisper.

Yang Xin and Fan Yuxuan were nervously watching in the corridor upstairs, and after a while, Uncle Tian went upstairs and whispered in the ears of the two: "King Xing, someone wants to buy 800,000 taels, do you want to sell it or not?" ”

When Fan Yuxuan heard this, she was so shocked that her jaw was about to fall.

Yang Xin smiled and said, "Okay, the big fish is finally hooked, sell it to them!" ”

Uncle Tian hurriedly agreed and left.

Yang Xin pointed to the crowd queuing below and said: "See, what came today are all big fish, these people are all worth a lot of money, and the strength of the rich businessmen in Jiangnan is really amazing." ”

Fan Yuxuan nodded, and said worriedly: "We still have to be careful, you won't think about running away when the time comes, otherwise where will there be so much food for them at that time?" ”

Yang Xin stretched out his finger, gave her a violent chestnut, and said, "What nonsense? They are too greedy, they have hoarded a lot of food in their hands, and they don't want to think about how many food stamps they bought in a day today, if these food stamps are not food stamps, but real food is bought by them, think about it, how high should the price of food in Daming rise! ”

Fan Yuxuan's eyes widened, and said: "800,000 taels, 400 wen a bucket, just this Qian Gongzi alone hoarded 200,000 stones, if you really buy such a grain hoard from the market in one day, the price of grain will at least double!" ”

Yang Xin said with a smile: "So, where is the fried grain ticket fast?" We are afraid that there are millions of stone in the food stamps we are hoarding a day today, but the price of grain has not risen sharply, if we hoard food, Chongzhen is afraid that he will jump up and send Jinyi Wei to seal up our Daxing grain shop, you still want to earn two million a day, is it possible? ”

Fan Yuxuan laughed and said, "You are really a traitor, or in a few days, the family of the rich businessman in Jiangnan will be hollowed out by you." ”

Sure enough, as Yang Xin expected, at the evening meeting, each store summarized the data, and sold 1.2 million stone of grain stamps that day, and obtained a total of 4.8 million taels of silver stamps.

The high-level shopkeepers of Daxing themselves couldn't believe that the money would come so quickly, and in just a few days, the Daxing grain store collected more than 7 million silver tickets.

Uncle Tian expressed his concern and said, "King Xing, we only hoarded 300,000 stone of grain, but today we sold 1.2 million stone of grain stamps in one day, what if these people come to pick up the goods at the end of next month, we don't have so much grain?" ”

These words were like a basin of cold water, poured on the head of the excited Daxing shopkeeper.

Yang Xin nodded and said: "Uncle Tian is right, continue to collect money according to this progress, tomorrow the selling price of grain stamps will be increased to one tael, and the purchase price will be increased to eight hundred, we will not consider this problem first, and when we receive the silver of the rich merchants in Jiangnan, it will be equivalent to binding these people to our chariots, and then, it will be the turn of Xiang Chongzhen to force the palace, I think, Chongzhen will solve this problem for us." ”

Everyone was taken aback, and Uncle Tian was the most cautious, and said: "King Xing, it didn't rise from four hundred wen to one tael of silver in one day, an increase of more than two times, but the price of grain outside is only one or two halves, and the price of our food stamps is much higher than that outside, what if someone resells it to us?" ”

Yang Xin said with a smile: "Haha, even if we do it, no matter how many people resell, it will not be our turn, because our selling price is one tael, and the purchase price is only eight yuan, they sell us eight yuan, it is better to sell it to those who line up, isn't it more fragrant to sell one or two?" ”

Everyone suddenly realized that this Yang Xin's design was really dripping, and no one admired it.

The next day, when the people in line saw this amazing price, all broke out, yesterday's Jiangnan rich businessmen spent a huge amount of money to buy 400 Wen, today has risen to one or two, in one day has increased two and a half times, this speed of making money, everyone is almost crazy, not only no one sells, but grabs even more, on the same day, Daxing grain shop sold more than 5 million taels of silver.

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Qian Laocai had already invested all the cash and silver, and the next day he came purely to see the market, and that night he summoned all the wealthy businessmen of Jianghuai who knew each other to discuss matters in his own home, and there were more than ten people.

Most of these people are the same as Qian Laocai, they are rich people who fled from Jianghuai with silver, of course, more did not escape, but took refuge in the Qing army, they are already rare animals, and they naturally hugged together in Nanjing.

"You must have bought a lot of food stamps, right?"

Qian Laocai was not polite to them, and he was straight to the point.

Everyone nodded, and Qian Laocai continued: "Then the old man said bluntly, if you want to make a fortune now, there is no other way to go, that is, to fry the price of grain, the price of grain rises by one or two per bucket, and the food stamps we buy at the price of 400 wen can be tripled, and the speed of making money is much faster than selling grain!" Starting tomorrow, our Qian family's grain shop will follow the price of Daxing grain shop and raise the price of grain per bucket to two taels and one yuan. ”

Everyone was shocked, and one of them said: "Old Qian, at this outlet, if we do this, will it cause Your Majesty to be unhappy and come to deal with us?" ”

Qian Laocai said with a smile: "Master Zhang doesn't have to worry too much, my son Qian Tianen has already calculated clearly, the food stamps we bought, that is the Daxing grain shop, it is the Daxing grain shop that took the lead in raising the price of the grain stamps to one tael, and it is cost-effective, a bucket of grain is worth two taels and one dollar, Your Majesty wants to deal with it, and the person to deal with it should be the Daxing grain shop first, and what does it matter to us?" ”

After hearing this, everyone felt that it made sense, and one of them echoed: "What Qian Lao said is right, and we are not the first to raise the price, if Daxing lowers the price, we will definitely follow it!" ”

Everyone laughed, everyone knew that unless they were crazy, how could it be possible to reduce the price at this time?

Qian Laocai continued: "Okay, then we will set a strategy, follow the price of Daxing food stamps, we will increase as much as they dare to rise, if there is something Your Majesty to find Daxing, compared with Daxing, we are just small fish and shrimp, it is none of our business." ”

A maid who poured tea through the crowd listened carefully to the conversation of these people, and when the banquet was over, the woman quietly dodged to the backyard, jumped over, and easily climbed the courtyard wall of the backyard, and then jumped down and hid into a nearby uninhabited alley.

In the alley, a man in black wears a cloak and stands in a corner.

The woman quickly walked over and said in a low voice: "My lord, the small one has already investigated clearly, these people are ready to jointly raise the price, and each bucket of grain will rise to two taels and one yuan, they say that the price of the grain stamps of the Daxing grain shop will rise first, even if Your Majesty knows, he can't help them, he should find trouble with the Daxing grain shop first." ”

The man said coldly: "Very good, we have someone staring at the Daxing grain store, this Qian Laocai is Qian Qianyi's person, you are careful in everything, don't reveal your identity." ”

The woman bowed her head in agreement, and then quickly left.

The man disappeared in the darkness, passed through several streets, and kept changing directions in a roundabout way, and then entered the gate of the Jinyi Guard.

Xu Xianchun looked coldly at the few thousand households under him, and said: "I know, many of you have bought food stamps from the Daxing grain shop, and this seat will give you one night to empty all the goods in your hands, and this news will be handed over to Your Majesty early tomorrow morning." ”

Several people were in a cold sweat, they had a special thousand households staring at the Daxing shop from the beginning, naturally they knew the Tao inside, watching others make money, where there were people who were not red-eyed, naturally some people secretly sent people to buy because of public fat and private interests.

These thousands of households are all officials and officials, in order to avoid the exposure of things, they naturally want to pull their colleagues into the water, in fact, Xu Xianchun himself also bought 5,000 taels, and now the price has increased to more than 30,000 taels.

After listening to Xu Xianchun's words, everyone hurriedly thanked them and left.

They didn't need it overnight, as soon as the news was released, someone rushed to buy it in an instant, and the more than 100,000 taels of grain stamps in the hands of these high-level Jinyi guards turned back into silver overnight, no need to be corrupt, making money is faster than corruption, if it weren't for the fact that His Majesty would be angry after the price of grain skyrocketed, they would be reluctant to sell it.

Xu Xianchun had more than 30,000 taels of silver tickets in his arms, and hurriedly went to the upper study to meet Chongzhen, who collected all kinds of information last night, but didn't come and put the silver tickets home, so he had to carry them on his body temporarily.

Chongzhen listened to the report with a sad face, and after listening to it, he didn't say anything, thought for a moment, and said: "You invite the king of Yanping County for me, and the flower shopkeeper of the Good Luck Gambling Room, call them over!" ”

Xu Xianchun was stunned, it is natural to call Zheng Chenggong, what the hell is the shopkeeper of this good luck gambling house?

Chongzhen said with a smile: "The Good Luck Gambling House is in the Qinhuai River, just send someone there!" ”

Xu Xianchun hurriedly agreed, kowtowed respectfully and withdrew.

Less than half an hour later, both of them came.

Chongzhen calmly sat on the dragon chair, ordered the eunuch to sit the two of them, and then ordered everyone to go out and closed the door to the study.

"Both, things have changed dramatically that could affect our original plans."

Chongzhen said lightly: "This Daxing grain shop sells grain stamps on a large scale, and it will take the lead in raising prices wildly today, and most of the rich businessmen in Nanjing City who are taken care of by the Donglin Party plan to follow the price increase, how should we deal with it?" ”

Zheng Chenggong was a little confused, and said: "Your Majesty, what is going on with this food stamp, I still don't understand!" ”

Chongzhen said with a smile: "I don't know, it seems that I bought food stamps now, and I can't get food from them immediately, so I have to get it at the end of next month, which is really a bit inexplicable." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Your Majesty, the old slave doesn't understand it anymore, my master told Your Majesty that he has prepared a million stone of grain in Jiangxi, Huainan, and Anqing, and just waited for His Majesty's order, all of which will be transported to Nanjing, and sold out in one go, to ensure that the Donglin Party that hoards goods will go bankrupt!" ”

Chongzhen was overjoyed and said: "This kid is amazing, he likes to play yin, no one knows to this day, he is our person, haha, admire, admire." ”

Zheng Chenggong was also dumbfounded when he heard it, and said: "No, Lao Tzu sent a fleet to the South Seas and only got 800,000 stones back, how can he make more than me?" ”

Zheng Chenggong then laughed again and said, "This time we have 1.8 million stone grain, if we can't kill them, the Donglin Party will count me as losing!" ”

Chongzhen was a little worried, and said: "The key is that now this Daxing has stepped in, and we can't understand what he is playing, will there be a problem?" ”

Zheng Chenggong didn't care, and said: "Whatever, anyway, he didn't sell grain, he just sold food stamps, and the ghost knows what this food stamp does." ”

Chongzhen said: "Then what are we going to do to start the plan?" ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "I think it's almost over, as soon as they raise the price like this, the grain has doubled, and then it rises, I'm afraid that people will starve to death, we will start secretly transferring grain into Nanjing City now, and start the plan in ten days!" ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, I will send someone from Dongchang to assist you, don't leak the news." ”

The two went as promised, Chongzhen sorted out his thoughts, and beckoned Wang Chengen.