Jiangzhou, Linchuan County, Linru County

Tian Yue and Wei Qianyang led the horses and walked in the streets and alleys of Linru County.

The two belong to the Investigation Department of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, and they are comparing the hometown address provided by Zhou Congguang.

"Is the Zhou family here?" Tian Yue looked at the copper ring gate in front of him.

Wei Qianyang glanced left and right, and said, "It should be right here, didn't the uncle at the entrance of the alley also say it just now?" After entering the alley, turn the second house. "They took the address and asked all the way.

This is the last one, and before coming to the Zhou family, they have already finished the Zhan family, the Wei family, and the Sheng family.

"Let's go, come and knock on the door."

They knocked on the door for a while.

Not long after, the sister-in-law of the Zhou family opened the door and saw two strange men, found that she didn't know her, and said suspiciously, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Tian Yue arched his hand and said, "This sister-in-law, may I ask if this is Zhou Bingxian's home for Master Zhou?" "Zhou Congguang's father is a private school master, and they are right to call Master Zhou.

"Yes, you're here for him?"

A quarter of an hour later, Tian Yue and Wei Qianyang were invited into the door.

After entering, the two explained their intentions.

"Master Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, that's the case, we are entrusted by Zhou Gong and Zhou Congguang to come to visit the two elders."

Sister-in-law Zhou learned that the two were friends of the brother-in-law, so she went to the kitchen to gather food, and by the way, asked the mother-in-law to get some forage and feed their two horses.

In the hall, Mrs. Zhou asked with concern, "From the light?" Is he okay in Liaodong County now? ”

After Zhou Congguang arrived in Liaodong County before, he wrote a letter back to report his safety.

"Zhou Gong is very good in Liaodong County."

"Zhou Gong?" Zhou Fuzi noticed the word.

Tian Yue and Wei Qianyang roughly explained to the two elders what Zhou Congguang is currently responsible for in Liaodong County.

Hearing this, Zhou Fuzi and the two elders were very surprised, Zhou Fuzi always felt that the younger son had learned a little off, but he didn't expect him to apply what he had learned in Liaodong County?

"By the way, Mrs. Zhou, Master Zhou, this is what Zhou Gong asked us to bring to the second elder, please accept it." Tian Yue and Wei Qianyang took out the silver that Zhou Congguang had brought to their parents.

Eight hundred taels of silver were more difficult to carry, so seven hundred taels were exchanged for gold, and the remaining hundred were silver.

Looking at the gold and silver in front of them, Master Zhou and the two elders were shocked.

"This—this—where did he get the money?" Mrs. Zhou's voice stammered a little.

Zhou Fuzi is the same, the youngest son actually asked someone to send back so much silver, he thought that he asked two friends to see that they were already children's filial piety.

"Master Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, don't be surprised, these silver are all earned by Zhou Gong......"

At that moment, the two talked to Zhou Fuzi and the two elders about Zhou Congguang's life and contributions after arriving in Liaodong County.

Mr. Zhou and the two elders were in a trance when they heard it, is this really the foolish son of his family?

Tian Yue took the opportunity to say, "If the two elders have time, they can go to Liaodong County to see Zhou Gong." ”

Wei Qianyang followed, "Yes, as long as the two elders want to go, we will arrange it on the way back and forth." ”

When Mr. Zhou heard this, he glanced at his old wife, and hesitated.

At this time, Sister-in-law Zhou, who was in charge of setting the meal, said with a smile, "The two distinguished guests laughed, Liaodong County is too far away, and the two elders won't go, right?" It's a tiring journey, and the two are old, I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it. ”

Hearing this, Tian Yue and Wei Qianyang did not persuade again. However, they proposed that the two elders write a letter, and they would bring it back.

Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou readily agreed.

Liaodong County, Houcheng

Lu Songli appeared in the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce building, and she once again summoned Lan Bingrong, Geng Yuan and other local families and wealthy businessmen to come, this time with the purpose of settling and distributing dividends.

While waiting for them, Lu Songli was settling with Ji Wuyin.

Before, she asked Ji Wuyin to calculate the cost on his side, just to calculate the net profit earned by their alliance in the battle of Nanyang.

The cost on Ji Wuyin's side is very easy to calculate, and if the cost is evenly divided, he will eventually need to supply 100,000 taels to the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.

However, Ji Wuyin promised to sell it to the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce at a price of one hundred and fifty wen per bucket.

This price is slightly lower than the market price, and he can also make money.

Ji Wuyin's 500,000 stone grain, Lu Songli ate it all. At this time, for Liaodong County and the whole of Pingzhou, grain was more important than silver.

The Jiliao Alliance put 800,000 stone of grain in Luoyang to maintain the stability of grain prices in Nanyang, and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce accounted for 400,000 stone.

After some substitution, Lu Songli's side finally made up a whole and supplied Ji Wuyin with 300,000 taels.

Ji Wuyin recognized the accounts she calculated, and both parties signed and signed to complete the settlement.

Because Lu Songli had something to do later, Ji Wuyin left first with his henchman Liu Xiaohuai.

After coming out, Liu Xiaohuai smiled and said, "Master, Mrs. Qin Liu's work is magnificent. "If you settle the settlement just now, Mrs. Qin Liu only needs to make up about 250,000 taels to them, but with a wave of her hand, she directly made up a whole for them.

"That is, your lord and I have a good eye and follow the right person." Ji Wuyin is still full of excitement now, and he has earned more than a million taels of silver in two months, which he can't do at the peak of his entire career as a big businessman.

The master and servant walked all the way back to the Ji building, and the two talked about their previous experience in Nanyang, and they couldn't help but talk about the current grain prices in Liaodong County.

Since Ji Wuyin decided to focus on investing in Liaodong County, he naturally conducted an investigation on it.

Don't look at the current grain price in Liaodong County, which is 160 wen per bucket, which is only slightly lower than 10 wen and 20 wen in other states and counties in the country. But most of this grain price is the result of the efforts of Lu Songli and others.

You must know that during the period from the beginning of the year to April and May, which coincided with the war, the price of grain in Liaodong County once soared to 300 wen and one bucket.

After Lu Desheng became the county guard of Liaodong, the grain price of Liaodong County has been lowered three times.

At first, it was Lu Songli who got a batch of grain from herself, and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce sold the parity grain at 200 wen per bucket of grain, which was the first time that it was lowered.

Then Xue Xu and Qin Sheng went south, and got back a batch of grain from the south, and the price of grain was lowered again to 180 wen per bucket.

The last time prices were lowered was after the autumn harvest, when grain prices dropped to 160 yuan.

Liu Xiaohuai was a little puzzled, "Master, you said that the grain price in Liaodong County was so high at the beginning, how similar it was to Nanyang, why didn't it attract grain merchants from all over the world to come like Nanyang." ”

Ji Wuyin said slowly, "There are three reasons. First, because Liaodong County is located in a remote area, unlike Nanyang, which is located in the Central Plains, the distance for grain merchants to transport grain is short, and the cost of transporting grain to it on the way is frighteningly high. "Specific reference Qin Sheng went north with 100,000 stone of grain before, and when he finally returned, only half of it was left.

"Second, at that time, Liaodong County was sparsely populated and not as densely populated as Nanyang."

"Thirdly, and most importantly, at that time, there were bandits on land and sea, and it was too risky to bring grain over."

"But this is the situation at the beginning of the year, around the middle of the year, the water bandits and pirates fought inwardly, and there was no time to take care of anything else, which made the entire sea area calm for a few months."

And these months are the period when Liaodong County frequently transports supplies.

Thinking of this, Ji Wuyin had to say that Liaodong County was a bit lucky.