He is gambling, betting that Daming can survive this hurdle, so that the grain in his hand can be sold at a sky-high price immediately, and the Huang family will become richer and stronger because of what he did.

In history, this Huang Yuliang did this, but he lost the bet.

The thieves entered the city smoothly, and seeing that the Dashun army began to burn, kill, and loot in Beijing, he had no choice but to throw down all his family property and leave with tears in his eyes.

In this life, Zhu Changwu's sudden appearance actually made him win the bet. Seeing that Jingshi began to become more stable, he immediately began to restore the price of grain, not only that, but in order to make a lot of money, he directly increased the price by three times after seeing some changes in the policies related to merchants in this new deal.

Not only did he have to be fed, but he also had to be fed.

He wanted everyone to know that what seemed like a risky move was worth it. His Huang clan will also make more money because of his Huang Yuliang's approach, and among the eight families in Shanxi, his Huang clan wants to take advantage of this incident to get rid of the position of the old man.

Huang Yuliang has ambitions, and the food in his hands is enough to support this ambition.

According to the book "Research on the Grain Yield per Mu in China in the Past Dynasties", a stone in the Ming Dynasty weighed 153.5 catties, and a catty weighed 594.6 grams, and the total grain output in the Ming Dynasty should be about 150 billion catties.

The Ming Dynasty should have a population of more than 200 million in its heyday, and one person ate 300 catties of grain a year, and it is conceivable that the people of the Ming Dynasty would need more than 60 billion catties of grain a year.

In general, there was no shortage of grain in the Ming Dynasty. In particular, the relatively high-yielding corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes have now been introduced from the West, and the Ming Dynasty should not be short of grain. It's just that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in order to provide high military support for the war with the Qing army in the north, the imperial court continued to raise the agricultural tax, which made the people miserable, so that the peasant army rebelled repeatedly, and finally a large number of fields were abandoned and no one planted them, which made food a scarce thing.

But no matter when, it is always the poor who really can't eat, and you see those rich people, no matter how high the price of food is, have you ever seen some of them starve to death?

Back to Huang Yuliang, this time he received all the grain from the seven families and some of the grain merchants who were going to flee in advance, according to the provisions of the new policy, the quantity of one catty in the future is 500 grams, and one stone is 1,000 catties, and he has 500,000 stones of grain in his hands, that is, 50,000 catties.

According to the calculation of one pound of grain a day for one person, it is enough to feed the needs of nearly two million people in Beijing for more than half a year.

With so many resources in his hands, Huang Yuliang couldn't help but feel good, especially after the price of grain rose more than three times, he was confident enough that he could make a lot of money this time, not to mention making another Huang family, but it should not be a big problem to let the Huang family's strength improve by a cut, at least surpassing the Zhai family.

Thinking that he would make such a great contribution to the Huang family, Huang Yuliang was in a better mood, and he couldn't help humming a little song.

"Sir, sir." Outside the door, the housekeeper Huang Ran trotted over and ran to Huang Yuliang's side.

"Coming back?" Huang Yuliang, who was sitting on the recliner, squinted at Huang Ran, and asked unhurriedly, "How is it?" Has the news gotten out? ”

"Back to the master's words, they all dispersed. In fact, not only us, but other grain stores are also spreading the news, and presumably the new business policy has already been known to everyone. It is impossible for the Ming army to take it back now. Huang Ran said with a smile on his face and a dog-legged look.

"Okay, just disperse, this time I want to see, master, what will the Ming court do this time? Hum! The new policy that has just been issued cannot be withdrawn immediately, if so, how can it win the trust of the people of the world? ”

Huang Yuliang had a smug look on his face. If it weren't for the New Deal, he would still raise the price of grain this time, but definitely not so much.

Speaking of which, he has the courage to do this, and thanks to the emergence of the New Deal, he is now taking advantage of the east wind. Unless the imperial court is willing to slap itself in the face and withdraw the policy, otherwise, it will have to swallow this bitter water.

Seeing that Huang Yuliang seemed to be in a good mood, the housekeeper stepped forward, "Master, the price of grain has risen, but so far, we haven't seen many people buying grain, they seem to be waiting." ”

"What's the hurry, they don't buy it now, it's because there is no shortage of it, and when there is no rice in the pot, you see if they can still calm down. Hum! Besides, if they don't buy it now, the lord will continue to increase the price in the past two days, and they will only regret it in the end. ”

Regarding the fact that no one buys grain, Huang Yuliang is obviously not in a hurry.

It always takes time for the temporary stability of the Jingshi to spread out, and when the grain merchants outside know about it, it will take about three to five months at the earliest, and with this time, it is enough for him to make a lot of money this time.

At that time, even if you can't sell all the grain, as long as you sell half of it, it will be a big profit.

I believe that at that time, his name Huang Yuliang will definitely resound in the north and south of the country, and he will also be called a business wizard, and it is difficult to think of being famous.

Seeing that Huang Yuliang was so confident, Huang Ran hurriedly slapped him with a sycophant, "Master Yingming, let's wait to make a lot of money this time, hahaha." ”

Huang Yuliang wants to borrow the east wind this time, and it is still the wind that Zhu Changwu made himself, so it can be said that the timing is just right.

After Zhu Changwu heard Zhang Ao finish talking about what happened in Huang's grain shop, he was not in a hurry, didn't he just use commercial means to deal with commercial means. Although he has not been in business, one of his retired comrades-in-arms is a good businessman, and he has done quite successfully.

These are already successful cases, and they were nothing before. But at the moment, no one has tried it, and no one has even heard of it.

In fact, dealing with a Huang family's shopkeeper, Zhu Changwu didn't think about using too many brains at all, and a random move was enough to level the other party.

"Lao Zhang, you don't have to blame yourself, I said before that you can improve the status of businessmen, and you can also allow them to buy and sell freely. Now that people have made moves to raise food prices, what we have to do is to find a way to suppress it. ”

I saw that Zhang Ao always said that this time the rise in food prices was caused by him, and if he had priced some specific goods in advance in the new deal, then there would have been no such thing. Zhu Changwu comforted the other party.

It is said that there should be a unified price for such a major matter as the price of grain, otherwise this will be very detrimental to the stability of the country. It's just that the current Ming Dynasty has rotted to the roots, pointing to what influence they still have, and what control they can do.

At least before Zhu Changwu completely stabilized the general trend, he had no intention of doing the so-called central price control thing, and it was destined to be a fruitless thing.

"Childe, in the end, I didn't think about it thoroughly, and let those profiteers take advantage of the loopholes, I..."

"Okay, let's not mention this matter, let me ask you, how much food is available in our hands now?" Zhu Changwu directly interrupted the other party's words. He can see that if Zhang Ao is allowed to continue, he will just repeat those words, the other party is not annoyed, he is still tired of it.

"Childe, we now have about 50,000 stone of grain in our hands, part of which is left over from the treasury, and a large part is left over when the thieves were defeated in a hurry." Zhang Ao replied very honestly.

"Oh, 50,000 stones, hehe, a lot, in this way, you come over." Zhu Changwu smiled on his face, and bit his ear at Zhang Ao for a while, and after a while, Zhang Ao, who was still sad, quickly became open-eyed and laughed.

"Childe, high, high." stretched out his thumb, Zhang Ao really admired Zhu Changwu at this moment.

"Okay, this trick must have been used by someone a long time ago, it's not surprising, the most important thing is to keep it secret, understand?" Zhu Changwu smiled, this Huang Yuliang actually hit his head with the idea, then he deserved to die.

In the Jingshi market, the price of grain has risen from the original two taels and one stone (in the late Ming Dynasty, one tael was about equal to about 700 yuan, that is, 1.4 yuan per catty of grain) to eight taels and one stone, that is, about 5.6 yuan per catty.

This price is naturally unaffordable for ordinary people.

Food prices are rising, and all the people can do is to eat as little as possible, eat as little as possible, and barely survive on the premise of ensuring that they do not starve to death.

After the major grain stores raised prices uniformly, almost none of them sold much grain, but everyone was not in a hurry. They also knew that because of the war, most of the people had hoarded some food, but how much was that?

I believe that once they finish eating, they can only come to buy food, and then it will be the time to make a lot of money.

Just when the price of food is rising, many people are still waiting to see if the imperial court will take any measures. Suddenly, a small news came that the first auction of the Ming Jingshi will be held tomorrow.

Leaflets have been distributed, and almost all the powerful and wealthy businessmen in the city have received invitations and the contents of the meeting. In general, perfume and glass art will be sold to the public tomorrow. Two hundred pieces each were sold on the basis of the highest price.

The leaflet makes it clear that after this auction, there will be no second sale in the market for the next month. In other words, these 400 pieces are equivalent to the sales volume in January.

Many people already know about the perfume, and they are full of praise when they hear that the nobles in the palace, including the queen's mother, are using it.

As for what glass art is, everyone is not very clear. But it doesn't matter, you can see it at the auction tomorrow.

Zhang Ao was busy late that day, and even went to the auction three times in person. He was the first to know the significance of the auction from Zhu Changwu's mouth, and he was shocked after hearing it.