Prince Lian's Mansion.

Yinxi said that he was sick today and did not go to the court, leaning comfortably on the edge of the water pavilion, and from time to time feeding the koi that gathered under the window to compete for food.

Ba Fu Jin flipped through the account book beside him: "In this decade, three more grain merchants borrowed money from the ninth brother's money village, and they must have received a lot of grain. ”

Yin Yu laughed: "Businessmen are greedy for profit, just like this fish is greedy, it is all nature. ”

Bafujin sneered: "That day, I met the thirteenth brother who hurriedly entered the palace, and I also said that he, the emperor's "humerus minister", could have some great moves, and now looking at it, he will only open a warehouse and put grain and porridge." ”

She remembered that day she had been surrounded for a long time, and she had to sell several times the expected amount of grain, and said hatefully: "I want to see that the little grain in the treasury is enough for him to relieve the disaster for a few days." ”

Yinxi crushed all the cakes in his hand and threw them into the water, and patted the crumbs on his hands: "Ten days and half a month can always hold up, the fourth brother has always been cautious." ”

The ninth master Yinyu came in from outside, so hot that he wiped his sweat: "Starling, why are you catty here, tell my brother that I am easy to find." Eh, you're pretty cool here. ”

Bafujin said with a smile: "Naturally, around this water pavilion, I have asked people to put ice cubes, and the wind will blow in with a cool silky energy." ”

Yin Yu smiled: "The eighth sister-in-law is so ingenious. When I look back, I also ask people to learn. This is the first day of the day, and you can really sweat while sitting still. ”

"Brother Starling, you didn't go to the early dynasty today, but you lost it, you didn't see that Jiang Tingxi of the household department was arguing with the old thirteen there. was bitten by his own dog, and his face was really good-looking. ”

A cool breeze blew, and he said more energetically: "It's really interesting, usually whoever dares to offend him and Prince Shuoyi will hold him up to the sky." Now let him know that not everything comes with him. ”

He originally didn't have any opinions about Yinxiang, after all, the two were of the same age, and they played well when they were children. Yinxiang is a man and free and righteous.

But as soon as the new monarch succeeded to the throne, Yinxiang rose to the top and became the supreme and noble Prince Heshuoyi from the flat-headed elder brother.

That's it. Now even his mother, who has been dead for many years, has been posthumously crowned Emperor Jingmin's concubine, and has also moved into the imperial mausoleum of Huang Ama. Concubine Yi was very unhappy, but they could only watch as sons.

Yinxi motioned for him to sit down: "The household department is controlled by him, and Jiang Tingxi is also the person he picked, so what's going on with him?" Maybe it's a play for us to see. ”

Yin Yu didn't care: "How much food does the household have, none of us know yet." Last year's drought cut taxes, and at the beginning of the year I was preparing for war, and I spent a lot of money to get that musket. Now it is asking for money but not money, and food without food. ”

Now that the price of grain is so expensive, as soon as the government opens a warehouse, no matter whether there is a shortage of food at home or not, everyone runs to wait in line to receive rice and porridge to save the rice and grain at home.

There are a lot of leftovers, and some can even be sold at a higher price.

Therefore, although there are officers and soldiers guarding the places where the soup and grain are distributed in each county, they cannot stop the greed of the people.

Only three days after the disaster relief, there were two or three incidents of looting rice and grain.

Bafujin frowned when she heard this, she hated Yongzheng and Thirteen, feeling that they had suppressed her husband.

But he couldn't get used to this kind of selfish people, so he interrupted: "I'll set up a meal here in a while, and the ninth brother will stay and have a drink with your starling brother." ”

Yinyu naturally has nothing to do.

When she got out of the water pavilion, she said to Yinxi: "Starling, it seems that several batches of grain merchants from Jiangnan have entered the capital recently, and they haven't gone to the grain merchant guild to meet them, and they don't come out to socialize much. ”

Yin Xi raised his eyebrows: "Smell the fishy smell and want to get a piece of the pie?" ”

Yin Yu also felt that this was the case: "If you want to make money, you have to do what we want, and I'll find a few people to knock them when I go back." ”

Yinxi didn't take these grain merchants from the south of the Yangtze River seriously, and just listened to it.

Unexpectedly, it was not three days later, and Yinyu came to the door again because of this matter.

"Starling! These idiots don't know what the origin is, so they rented the best location in the East Market when they came up, and they didn't understand the rules at all. ”

Yin Yu laughed: "What do you care about with some businessmen, is it worth being angry like this?" ”

"If these southern barbarians don't go to the road, they will come up and come up with a price one percent lower than ours," Yin Yu was so angry that he was sweating: "The president of the grain merchant guild asked them to unify the price, and they just prevaricated. ”

The politeness is very polite, the hospitality is very good, but the price is refused.

said that they came all the way from the south of the Yangtze River, and they were not northerners, so they were not used to staying in the capital, so they sold out this boatload of grain as soon as possible, so that they could go home early.

"My subordinates also went to find it themselves, guess what they said?"

Yinyu wiped a handful of sweat: "Heh! People say that they have never heard of any royal mansions, they are traders and traders, and it is not illegal to do business. ”

The more he talked, the more annoyed he became, and he took the tea in his hand and drank it down: "Today's price is already two percent lower than ours." But those who don't have no rice to put in the pot are now reluctant to pay for food. I've been waiting to see if his price has dropped for a few days. ”

There were several grain merchants in his house, and they all stocked up on huge quantities of grain.

In the past few days, the imperial court has opened a warehouse for disaster relief, and encountered people who have reduced prices and grabbed business, and these people are a little unable to sit still.

He said it several times, whether it was the imperial court or these businessmen in Jiangnan, they couldn't hold out for a few days, and finally let the president of the grain chamber of commerce persuade them to leave, and they ran to hide here to hide quietly.

Yin Yu frowned slightly: "What is the background of these businessmen from Jiangnan?" You have to tell people to keep an eye on it, and don't make a mess at this juncture. ”

"It's all been checked, and there is no background. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they are indeed rich businessmen. There is a family that is related to Li Wei's family, but it is not very close. ”

Yinyu didn't look down on these Jiangnan businessmen, but he didn't dare to be careless.

In addition to letting the people of the Chamber of Commerce walk around on the surface, they also sent a lot of people to keep an eye on their storefronts in private.

These Jiangnan businessmen are very good at enjoying it, and they are also "thoughtful" to the people of the Chamber of Commerce.

Every day, there are delicious wines and delicacies, and there are beauties to accompany him, and he even generously sent a Yangzhou thin horse to the president of the grain chamber of commerce.

Although President Fang was dissatisfied with them, he stretched out his hand to hit the smiling man: "I see that the grain on your ship is almost out, and this price should be on par with us." ”

He just said a word, and a few southern businessmen said one word at a time:

"Where, half of the grain on our ship hasn't been sold, don't look at the people coming and going here, it's all about the excitement and the less. The court gives porridge and grain every day, and those who can line up don't come to me. ”

"However, the price here is high, almost five times as high as ours, and it will be worth waiting a few more days."

"President, you don't know, we are also in a hurry, the new rice will come up in two months, but it won't be able to sell at this price."

"You see, we got the news that we got such a big ship and got it out, we can't go back at a loss."

"Yes, I borrowed money from the money bank to collect the grain, if I can't sell it, my family's house has to be paid to the money bank. Now, if this price is not sold out, I want to reduce it a little more, and if it is reduced by half, I will also make money. ”

Several big grain merchants brought by the president looked at each other, and failed to persuade them to raise prices, but they were said to be lively.