"This self-striking bell is exquisitely made, and the wood is of the highest quality, I am afraid that it is worth at least a thousand taels!" Kang Yanjiang peeked at Mo Jing's face while quoting.

"A thousand taels? Is it really only worth a thousand taels? The corners of Mo Yan's mouth curled slightly, and he asked.

"Madam, although this chiming bell is a strange item, the price of one thousand taels is about the same, no matter how much, I'm afraid it will be one thousand two or three hundred taels!" Kang Roaring Jiang said with a difficult face.

"One thousand, two or three hundred, what are you going to do?" A personal soldier behind Mo Jing shouted towards Kang Yanjiang.

"No, no, no, that's not what the small one means, in fact, if you can meet a good customer and sell well, this chiming bell should be able to sell for 1,500 taels!" Hearing the soldiers' shouts, Kang Yanjiang hurriedly added.

"Fifteen hundred taels?" Mo Jing smiled again, "The big shopkeeper, since the bell is imported from the West, it has always only paid tribute to the royal family, because there are not many Western envoys in recent years, so there are never more than a hundred in the palace, and the prince's mansion is extremely rare, and there is no price on the market." It's only 1,500 taels, I'm afraid I can't buy this thing, right? ”

"That'...... Then two thousand taels! Madam, the price of the villain is already very high! Kang Yanjiang said painfully.

"Hehe, people say 'Shanxi Lao Li'er' refers to the stinginess of Shanxi's rich people, today's view, although this is not all right, but you are quite right with the big shopkeeper! This self-striking bell, if it is put in Yangzhou, I am afraid it is not impossible to sell it for three or four thousand taels, but you only sell more than one thousand taels, which is really enough to pick the door! Mo Jing smiled at Kang Yanjiang.

"Well, ma'am, you're joking. It's just ......" Kang Yanjiang peeked at Mo Jing and those who were soldiers who didn't mean to smash Qianzhuang, relieved his heart a little, and said with a smile.

"Forget it, who told me to wait for the money, just mortgage 1,500 taels! The shopkeeper, please write a note! Mo Jing restrained his smile and said to Kang Yanjiang again.

"Fifteen hundred taels? Madam, you, do you really only need fifteen hundred taels? Kang Yanjiang stretched out a palm and asked Mo Jing in disbelief.

"yes. It's just 1,500 taels! Mo Jing replied lightly. She was still just smiling, making Kang Yanjiang unpredictable.

"Then, let's make a note!" Kang Yanjiang stared at Mo Jing's eyes, for a moment, hoping to see something.

"Stand up!"

……

The note is ready! Both sides signed.

Kang Yanjiang slowly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that this woman is not as domineering as she imagined! He thought to himself.

"Uncle Kang, I want to ask you for a favor!" After collecting the note, Wang Dejin brought over 1,500 taels of silver from the tray, Mo Jing motioned to his soldiers to take it, and said to Kang Yanjiang.

"Madame, please command!" Kang Yanjiang asked Wang Dejin to carefully carry the self-striking bell into the money village, and then arched his hand to Mo Jing.

"I want to borrow some silver from your bank, I don't know if the shopkeeper can call the shots?" Mo Jing smiled.

"Borrow money?" Kang Yanjiang was stunned for a moment, "Madam, haven't you already mortgaged some money?" ”

"That's just a little tea money for my soldiers, I don't have to use it myself!" Mo Jing smiled. It's just that the smile that originally seemed very kind, after she said this, quickly deteriorated in Kang Yanjiang's eyes, and a feeling of being deceived made Kang Yanjiang almost scream on the spot...... This woman is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, she is playing with Lao Tzu! Kang Yanjiang held back his anger and roared in his heart.

"Kang Da shopkeeper, your face doesn't seem to be very good, what's wrong? Uncomfortable? Mo Jing looked at Kang Yanjiang and asked with a smile.

"No, there's nothing uncomfortable about the villain! ......" Kang Yanjiang replied with a smiling face.

"Are you really okay?"

"It's really fine. Madame, you don't have to worry. Kang Yanjiang breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Mo Jing again, "I don't know how much silver you plan to borrow, husband?" ”

"Oh, I've always used a lot of money, just this amount!" Mo Jing smiled and stretched out a hand in front of Kang Yanjiang.

"Fifty thousand taels?" Kang roared Jiang screamed! That's not much? You're three points worse than the lion with the biggest mouth!

"Fifty thousand taels? Hehe, the shopkeeper has really seen the world, I didn't think it was five thousand taels! However, shopkeeper Kang, do you really think that I am a son? Mo Jing withdrew his hand, looked at Kang Yanjiang and smiled.

"Not fifty thousand? Do you ...... Do you still want 500,000 taels? Kang Yanjiang couldn't see clearly behind Mo Jing, the lobby of Qianzhuang, and the soldiers standing outside, and he felt that he was about to be dizzy. Back then, Ge Li caught millions of dollars and extorted silver, and he didn't ask for so much money.

"Five hundred thousand? Hehe, shopkeeper, I'm really sorry, you're wrong again! The amount I am going to borrow is ...... Five million taels! Mo Yan smiled, as if it was not she who said that she was not the one who wanted to borrow money.

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Mo Jing entered Linfen, and Ma De also recruited Liu Yingxia, the Taoist of Anhui Grain Road!

Since Ma De was stationed in Anhui as the governor, Liu Yingxia's work has more than doubled immediately. Originally, he only needed to pay attention to the collection of the annual imperial grain, but since Ma De came, in order to deal with possible floods and droughts, in addition to collecting the imperial grain, there must be various preparatory measures. And his grain channel is specifically responsible for managing these things.

In addition, Liu Yingxia also had to pay attention to the usual grain prices and other grain prices, such as meat prices, bean prices, cloth prices, and so on; not only the grain prices in Anhui, but also in the neighboring provinces, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, he also had to pay attention to calming down within a certain range, and he could not let "grain cheapness hurt the peasants," nor let grain be too expensive, so that many ordinary people could not afford it.

Therefore, after three years, Liu Yingxia already felt that he could go to be a household secretary, at least, there was absolutely no problem in being a waiter.

……

"Lord Futai, what are your orders for summoning the officials?" As soon as Liu Yingxia entered the governor's yamen in Fengyang, he asked Ma De. The officials in Anhui all know that Governor Ma does not like to be polite, and he has no arrogance, as long as you don't do anything, he will treat you very kindly. And Master Ma likes to get straight to the point in everything, so it's better to say less about those twists and turns that are not necessary. Another thing worth noting is that the most annoying thing about this Master Ma is "Zhihu Ye", don't drag the text here with him!

"Ying Xia, do you know what the current price of grain is in Jiangsu?" Ma De asked Liu Yingxia to sit down, and asked his subordinates to serve tea before asking.

"Lord Hui, this year's year is good, and the price of grain in Jiangsu is about one or two dollars of stone rice!" It turned out that I was here to test me, hum, since I came to see you, can you not do your homework first? Liu Yingxia looked at Ma De slightly proudly, and said in his heart.

"What about Zhejiang?"

"Zhejiang is one tael per stone of rice, which is about the same as Jiangsu." Liu Yingxia replied.

"One, two, one, two? If the price is suppressed, one or two stones should be about the same, right? Mader asked again.

"My lord, do you want to buy food?" Liu Yingxia said.

"That's right. It's really about buying food! Moreover, I have bought a lot, I decided to send you to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and buy me 800,000 stone of grain to Anhui! How, can it be done? Ma De looked at Liu Yingxia and asked.

"800,000 stones?!" Liu Yingxia exclaimed.

"That's right, and moreover, more than less!" Mader added.

"Your Excellency, ...... Do you want so much food? Liu Yingxia asked.

"Naturally useful. It's just that the stakes are too high to tell you. ......" Ma De glanced at Liu Yingxia, and then asked: "Can you buy 800,000 stone of grain?" ”

"My lord," since Ma De said so, Liu Yingxia was not good at asking any further, he pondered for a while, and replied: "Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces can naturally get so much grain, but the grain that the imperial court transports to Beijing every year is only three or four million stones, and our purchase of such a large amount will definitely attract the attention of people with a heart, and it is also very likely to cause local grain price fluctuations. ”

"Then it's not just in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, you just have to go to a few more places. Remember, 800,000 stones, not one or two can't be missing! Mader said.

"Yes!" Liu Yingxia answered, hesitated for a moment, and then asked Ma De: "My lord, where should I get the money from the lowly position?" ”

"Go to Nanjing," Ma De took out a letter and handed it to Liu Yingxia, "You go to Wei Dongting, the governor of the customs of the four provinces, and say, I want to borrow money from his customs!" ”

"The Governor of Customs?" Liu Yingxia was shocked again, "My lord, 800,000 stone of grain, plus the freight on the road, I'm afraid it's almost 1 million taels!" With such a large sum of money, why do you have to be controlled by others? Don't we still have silver in Anhui Curry? ”

"Although this is an official matter, it is nominally my private matter, so I can't use the money from the treasury. Originally, my own money was so-so, and it was enough to scrape together a little, but Wei Dongting is a sitting tiger in Jiangsu, if I can ask him to help, things will definitely go a lot smoother! Mader sighed.

"My lord, this ......" Liu Yingxia knew that this thing was unusual even if she was stupid, and wanted to ask, but she didn't dare.

"Remember. When they had finished buying grain, they were to take back the surplus money without pulling any money. …… The remaining two million taels are the life-saving money of our Anhui province! Ma De stared at Liu Yingxia and said word by word.

"There are still two, two million taels left?!"

"That's right, this time, I'm going to borrow three million taels of silver from the customs yamen!" Mader said quietly.