Chapter 631 Chuzhou Grain Merchant, Dark Bureau

Suzhou City next to Jingyue Lake is like a gentle girl in the water town south of the Yangtze River, beautiful and charming, but at this moment, Suzhou City has lost the protection of the high-walled compound, and was killed by a group of Dongyi robbers with weapons.

The city of Suzhou was groaning, struggling powerlessly, but everything was in vain, the defenders who were seriously under-armed in the Japanese invaded in a big way, only slightly resisted, and then led the troops to retreat, the courtyard of Suzhou City was too big, and the big defenders were scattered on it, and they could only pull up a sparse defensive line.

The warriors of the Sakura family broke through the East City, and the excited screams rushed into the streets of the city, at first they were quite cautious, gathered together, guarding against the surrounding streets and alleys, as well as the shops and houses on both sides, but as the ninjas who came out of the four corners came back one after another, all the Dongyi people were set on fire, and rushed into the city of Suzhou without any scruples.

"Suzhou City" Leng Zhuo stood on the Ghost only a few miles away from Suzhou City, looking at the Suzhou City shrouded in smoke from a distance, but there was a bit of bitterness in his mouth, but unfortunately this is not Chuzhou, so he is also powerless and powerless.

Leng Zhuo let out a long sigh, it was useless to moan without illness, as long as he could hold the corner of Suzhou, he would have been very successful, as the Ghost continued to approach the dock, Leng Zhuo turned his head and said: "The Ghost continues to lurk in the Mirror Moon Lake, and the three of them, just stay on the Ghost for the time being, wait for Suzhou to happen, and return to Chuzhou."

"Yes, Master Hou" The three Heavenly Spirit masters in their seventies and eighties cupped their fists in return, but Leng Zhuo stepped on the bow of the boat, a crisp slogan sounded, and in the sky, a falcon roared and flapped its wings and flew towards Leng Zhuo.

At the time of the erosion of the situation in Yangzhou, Chuzhou was because of the rebellion of the king of Xiangyang, and entered a short period of peace, although the bandits who made trouble were much higher than in the peaceful season, but after all, they were all shrunk in the mountains, as long as they had not been beaten down the mountain, everything was peaceful.

Chuzhou Xiyan Mansion, is the three major grain production areas in Chuzhou, Xiangshui grain area is located, Yangzhou was called Jiangnan in ancient times, hundreds of years ago, half of the rice grain supply in the south of the Yangtze River, and has the reputation of the imperial granary, but with hundreds of years of peace, Yangzhou industry and commerce, the rice grain area is less and less, the workshop continues to increase, most of the farmers leave the land, into the city to work, and the remaining farmers are not in the main industry of farming, but more cash crops, such as cotton, mulberry and so on.

At this time, Chuzhou, which is adjacent to Yangzhou, is coming from behind, since then there is Chuzhou abundant, the world is full, it can be said that Chuzhou's grain is still very sufficient, every year there is a large amount of rice grain from the canal, and even the sea to the north, and Chuzhou in the middle of the year grain shortage, grain prices once rose sharply, in fact, it is also caused by a variety of factors.

The first is that the autumn grain is transported to the north, the second is that the local government is greedy for ink and resells the grain in the warehouse, and the third is to hoard grain on the front line of Xiangyang, and the king of Xiangyang is in chaos, this batch of grain that is enough for more than 200,000 troops to eat for more than two months has become Li Tang's seizure, which has given Li Tang a shot of strength for the lack of resources, otherwise it will be difficult for Li Tang to support it for several months, except for this... In addition, there is a fourth point, that is, the local gate valve, the landlord hoards and raises the price of rice.

With these four points, even if Chuzhou is rich in grain, it will have to face a sharp rise in grain prices, especially after that, local forces will pull it out.

If it was a change to the usual, at this time, maybe it was the time of these people with rice in Dali City, but because of the emergence of Leng Zhuo, a strong rise of the Marquis of Ping'an, such a stirred, the situation suddenly became confusing, until Leng Zhuo took Xiangyang and calmed down the rebellion, the situation was clear, and the price of grain was also beaten, but it was still a few percent higher than before the turmoil, but it was not unacceptable.

Leng Zhuo can be said to have won a big victory this time, successfully achieved his expected goal, and with the help of the Jiang family, an old family, he controlled most of the grain in Chuzhou, but now it is the time when Leng Zhuo is reaping the fruits of victory.

But as the saying goes, some people are happy and some are worried, Leng Zhuo won, those who are willing to cooperate, although the landlord did not make much, but he did not lose money, but there are always some who are unlucky.

Xiyan Mansion, located in the west of Xiangshui, is an important part of the Xiangshui grain area, two percent of the grain in Chuzhou comes from here, and Xiyan Mansion is also the old sphere of influence of the Huang family, but this time most of these follow the Huang family, the landlord was ruthlessly swept away by the Huang family.

It is not for nothing that they have lost most of their families, and even those who have almost lost their families, businessmen, gambling are very big, and this gamble that was originally stable was enough to double their worth and have the opportunity to become richer, but they changed their appearance greatly, they did not make money, but lost the bottom of the sky.

The food at home, not to stay, not to sell, just piled up in their hands, for Leng Zhuo, these people can be said to hate to the bone, but in addition to Leng Zhuo, these people resented the Huang family even more, if the Huang family handed over the words, how could they take out all the family funds to carry it, but I didn't expect that in the end, the Huang family patted their butts and left, leaving their family to be broken.

In the past two months, there have been more than 100 dead maids in these large families.

Xishui Town, relying on a tributary of Xiangshui on the edge of Xishui, several branches and small streams converge Xiangshui, and the surrounding is boundless, full of green and green seedlings, the river is the best irrigation canal, coupled with the artificially built ditch system, Xishui Town is only more than 2,000 hectares of land around it, and can produce nearly 1230,000 stone meters in two seasons.

Seventy percent of these fields in Xishui Town belong to one family, and the Tian family in Xishui Town is regarded as a rural landlord with a lot of wealth, and a rich township.

"Get out, get out, don't see me, even if I let the grain rot in the warehouse, I won't sell it" Tian Wenhao, the head of the Tian family, shouted loudly, obviously, he was now on the verge of rage, picked up a celadon tea bowl in his hand, and raised it high, but he didn't fall down, because this celadon tea bowl is an antique, worth dozens of gold coins.

The steward of Tianfu, who was roared, lowered his head and let Tian Wenhao scold, and when he heard that Tian Wenhao was finally out of breath and tired, he accosted: "Master, it is not the procurement officer of the logistics baggage battalion who came, but a grain merchant, saying that there is a big deal to discuss."

"Oh" Tian Wenhao listened, but he was a little relieved, and said, "That person is still waiting outside?"

"Yes"

Tian Wenhao picked up the teacup, filled it with tea, spit lightly, and calmed himself down, the Tian family can be as rich as it is now, with thousands of acres of land, relying on an abacus in his head, good at calculation, before the purchase of summer grain, let him exhaust the rest of the family's wealth, and even took out the coffin book, all of which became the grain in the granary.

Seeing that the territory of Chuzhou has returned to peace, the news that came back a few days ago, the remnants of the king of Xiangyang have not been able to stumble for long, and a large amount of grain in his hand has disappeared all of a sudden, well, it can't be said that there is no, but the other party is simply taking advantage of the fire to rob, his grain is bought according to two silver and thirty or forty copper coins per stone, but the other party is only willing to buy it at the current market price, which is enough to half a silver coin, this change of hands, his family has to lose most of the loss.

And the most infuriating thing is that the damn Huang family actually scolded them, saying that they would advance and retreat together and suppress that Ping'an Hou, they were reluctant at first, but they were soft and hard by the other party, and they agreed to come down by relying on the relationship, but they didn't expect that they were sold in the end, which made Tian Wenhao, who has always calculated and even a few copper plates, not be angry.

But anger is angry, the grain should be sold or sold, otherwise in a few months, the new grain will become the old grain, and the price will be another one at that time, but he is unwilling to sell it to the one who took advantage of the fire to rob, and if there is one who sends it to the door, it is naturally the best.

Soon, the steward walked in with a slightly chubby middle-aged man, who was kind and kind-eyed, but looked like a Maitreya, but not like a businessman.

"Serving tea, I haven't asked for advice yet"

"The contemptible person's surname is Cao, his name is Cao Man, and he is a grain merchant," said the middle-aged man who sat down on the guest chair with a smile.

"It turned out to be the shopkeeper Cao, fortunately, fortunately" Tian Wenhao arched his hand as he spoke, and did not continue to go around in circles, but said: "Shopkeeper Cao is here to buy grain, but I don't know the price?"

Cao Man chuckled lightly and said, "The price guarantee is fair, and it can also satisfy Master Tian."

"Oh, what's the price?" Tian Wenhao didn't see the rabbit and didn't scatter the eagle.

"Add a silver coin to the market price of each stone, what does Master Tian think?"

When Tian Wenhao heard this, he suddenly felt excited in his heart, if he added a silver coin, not only would he not lose money, but he would make a little profit, but at this price, he was a little confused, if it was a grain merchant, the market price would be a loss, and the purchase price would have to be lowered, otherwise there would be no profit.

What will a businessman do if he doesn't have a profit? Tian Wenhao suddenly narrowed his eyes, this person really doesn't look like a businessman

"Shopkeeper Cao, you buy it at this price, but you have to lose to death, I'm a little curious about what is the reason for buying my grain at a loss," Tian Wenhao said, and looked at the other party with squinting eyes, as if he wanted to see something from the other party's face.

The shopkeeper Cao was calm, and said with a smile: "Buy this grain, whether you lose money or not depends on who you sell it to, if you get the Vermilion Bird City, or even the surrounding county towns, it will naturally be a loss, but I have a way, not only will I not lose, but I also have a profit."

"Oh"

The shopkeeper Cao looked at Tian Wenhao above, looked at the other party's curiosity, and continued: "Let's put it this way, Chuzhou is now too peaceful, but in this Kyushu land, there are still a lot of chaotic land, not to mention transporting it to the north, it can be doubled and sold after crossing the river, even if it goes west, you can also have a good harvest, the key is whether you dare to sell it."

What the other party said couldn't be clearer, Tian Wenhao's mind turned, and he understood the meaning of the other party's words, the north naturally refers to Zhongzhou, and the west, that is Jiuchuan, Songling Mansion, that place, there are many hills and mountains, of course, there are many bandits who raise flags now, if they really sell there, they can't sell at a high price.

This thing can be big or small, at worst, it is collusion and rebellion, and the worst thing is to rob the family and kill the head, and to the novel, it is also an enemy, and it also can't escape the end of a beheading.

"Don't worry, I'll buy this grain, you don't know anything here, I'll pull it out directly, as for where to sell it, I don't care about Master Tian's business, I haven't hidden this root, if Master Tian intends to go to the government to sue me, you can go"

Tian Wenhao's mind moved and moved, and finally he looked at the other party and said: "Hehe, Shopkeeper Cao is a grain merchant, I only sell grain, as for the rest, I don't know, but I don't know how much Shopkeeper Cao plans to buy."

"Let's come to 20,000 stones first, after all, the first time you cooperate, you must first try the sincerity of both parties, Master Tian said"

"When are you going to come to Lami, speak in advance, I will help prepare to ensure that it is all new rice this year"

"In two days, I will bring a cart to Lord Latian, say goodbye, and see you in two days"

Outside the Tian family's compound, the shopkeeper Cao got into a carriage, and through the window, he could faintly see a woman in it.

"Done?"

"Naturally, but to get on our car, it will take some time, first cooperate twice, and then pull him in, but this Xishui Town has relied on Xiangshui, I heard that the procurement of the logistics camp of the Northern Expedition Army often goes in and out of this area, will it be targeted by the other party?"

"They can keep an eye on it if they want to, we are a legal business, as long as the tail is not exposed, let them check, and they won't find anything."