They had to immediately start buying grain, forage, bean cakes and other military supplies and transporting them to various granaries as far as Liaodong. It is convenient for the Huayunlong army to be used at any time, and it is a dereliction of duty if the transfer is not timely.

"Isn't the treasury rich now? With money, everything is easy to do. A head of the household department said.

"Although the Ministry of Gold has just had an income of 50 million taels of silver, it can't stand the emperor's use of it. But all wars cost a lot! Daming has just been established, and it can't withstand such a toss at all. Lu Chang sighed.

"Since Your Majesty has made an order, we can only do what we do." The principal said, "To purchase military supplies, you need to contact the merchants of Ying Tianfu, and I don't know who the adults want to give the errand to." ”

Responsible for buying is a fat gap, and everyone wants it.

"The only merchant who has this ability is Shen Wansan." However, Lu Chang did not directly say who to hand it over, but diverted the topic and said, "When Shen Wansan repaired the Jinling city wall for the emperor before, it caused the emperor's dissatisfaction, and the emperor almost killed him at that time. Fortunately, the emperor didn't kill him at that time, otherwise he wouldn't know who to buy. ”

Shen Wansan, a giant businessman, has mastered a complete business chain, involving almost all areas of economic internal circulation. If he dies, it will be difficult to establish such a complete business chain in a short period of time.

Although there would be no Shen Wansan, there would be other merchants rising, but other merchants would never be as good as him.

In other words, Shen Wansan provided great convenience for the procurement of the imperial court, although he could finally purchase all the military supplies without his household department, but it would take a long time or even delay the military situation.

It is precisely because Shen Wansan has such an important role that he was not destroyed by all forces when the world was in turmoil. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the warlord melee was so serious, not only did he not die, but he was able to make a fortune.

"It's time for that profiteer to make money again." The head of the household department is not jealous or unhappy, said.

"Don't be too embarrassed when you contact him, after all, he now has the emperor's imperial plaque." Lu Chang said. Kindly remind everyone, don't knock too hard.

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Shen Mansion.

Shen Wansan and the two ladies got together, "The emperor is going to war, and the procurement of military supplies will definitely fall on my head." Shen Wansan was excited for a while, "Master, I want to spend the fifty million taels of silver this time and earn some of it back." ”

"If the emperor starts a few more wars, I dare to guarantee that I will earn back all the 50 million taels, so that the imperial plaque will be earned by the Shen family for nothing."

The two ladies were also very happy after hearing this, "Looking at the entire Yingtianfu, I'm afraid that only our 'Nantong Firm' has this strength." In a short period of time, the military supplies needed by the household department will not be able to be accomplished. ”

Although 50 million taels will not hurt their muscles and bones, it is also a big loss. But within a few days the emperor was about to go to war, giving them a chance to recoup their losses.

The money sent to the treasury will eventually go back to their pockets. The money to buy the plaque ended up being wool on the sheep.

"When a large army is conquest, food is the first priority." The eldest lady Zhao Xue'e said, "But now is the first decision of the great tomorrow, the food in all states and counties is very scarce, and the people can't even eat, where can we buy so much food?" ”

"You don't have to worry about the source of food." Shen Wansan said, "When the world is in turmoil, those gentry and rich people will not only hoard gold and silver, but also hoard a large amount of grain, and gold and silver cannot be eaten. ”

"Do they really have food?" Ms. Zhao was skeptical.

"You still need to think about this with your brain, and you need to think about it with your knees to know that they have food." Shen Wansan said, "The whole world is in chaos, can you survive by only hoarding gold and silver?" When the world is in turmoil, food is more important than gold and silver. The reason why they also hoarded gold and silver was because after the Great War, no matter which new imperial court was established, they would recognize gold and silver. ”

"Now that the Daming country has just stabilized, those businessmen and wealthy households dare not take out the hoarded grain. I am afraid that the court will blame them for not supporting the imperial army in the first place, and they are even more afraid that their money will be exposed. Therefore, they can only store the grain in the granary. It's been almost five years now, and the grain they have hoarded has long since become old grain, and it is time for us to buy it at a low price on a large scale. ”

"It's been five years, and they haven't finished their food stockpile?" Lu Chunxiang asked.

"The taste of old grain is far inferior to that of new grain, do you think those rich people will keep storing grain until they finish eating?" Shen Wansan said, "As soon as they have the opportunity, they will spend money to buy new grain to eat." Keep the stored grain, and once there is a famine in the world, or a war, and the court needs to buy a large amount of grain, they will sell all the unpalatable old grain to the court. ”

"And you think they hoarded a lot of food in times of chaos just for their own consumption? They want to win and make war money. ”

"I see." Lu Chunxiang said.

"If there is not enough food in Daming, we can also buy it from Nanyang merchants." The eldest lady Zhao Xue'e said, "Therefore, our Nantong firm will definitely be able to meet the purchasing requirements of the household department." ”

Shen Wansan mainly has two directions to make money, one is to do business with the imperial court and the government to earn huge profits.

The second is to transport silk, porcelain, and handicrafts overseas, and to transport overseas jewelry, rhino horn, and spices back to China for sale, and open up overseas trade. Today he has an entire overseas trade chain.

Whether it is doing business with the government or overseas trade, it is a channel that can make huge profits. And Shen Wansan alone has all these two things, and it is an exclusive operation.

The money villages, rice shops, and cloth villages he opened in Daming also accounted for the majority, and other merchants could only eat his leftovers.

One person has almost a monopoly on all money-making businesses at home and abroad.

"That's a good point." Shen Wansan said, "With Nanyang rice merchants, the domestic gentry and wealthy households will never dare to raise the price of grain. Let's let the wind go first, Nantong merchants want to buy a lot of grain from overseas merchants, and they don't even mention buying from wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty, so they don't know that they have grain. After the rich households in China get the news, they will definitely be in a hurry to get rid of the old grain in their hands, so that we can fiercely lower the price. ”

"So what is the bottom line of the rice price we give?" Zhao Xue'e asked.

"Now the market price of rice is one tael of silver and two stones, and our bid is one tael and six stones." Shen Wansan said.

"One, two, six stones? Twice the market price, will they be willing to sell? Lu Chunxiang was shocked.

"Don't worry, they'll sell it." Shen Wansan said, "They have been hoarding rice for five years, and if they don't sell rice, it will become moldy." If they really don't want to sell at a low price, we will really buy from the Nanyang merchants. ”

"Anyway, we don't care who buys it, they can't afford it."