The cost of transporting grain from Suzhou is more than nine dollars and one stone, so what else can be earned? Several shopkeepers were silent, but the small grain merchants did not have so many worries, anyway, they were small business, and they could make more money and less money.

Boss Ji, we have dozens of contracts in our hands. The small grain merchant stood up and took the lead, looked at Ji Man and said: But this contract is only half a year, and it will have to be re-signed after this year, you see

Anyway. Ji Man, who had been standing behind him, was calculating: If the short-term contract ends this year, each contract will be transferred to make up ten taels of silver, and if there is next year, it will be ten taels more per year.

This condition can be regarded as rich, not only to buy the remnants of the contract in their hands, but also to sell the existing rice as cheap as eight pieces of silver. The small grain merchants simply went to the side to read the contract, and the remaining large grain merchants looked at each other.

The contract with the tenants is the source of food for their grain stores, if it is handed over to the Ji family, won't the Ji family have the final say on the grain price in the capital in the future?

How is this possible?

But there is no grain at the moment, unless the grain store closes the door and the imperial court collects grain at the end, and the imperial court order is greater than the contract, it is impossible for the grain store to grab it from the imperial court.

Everyone was in a dilemma, Shopkeeper Liu pondered for a long time, and said: This matter is very important, why don't we discuss it another day, and then go to the door and say to Boss Ji, how about it?

Shopkeeper Rong also arched his hand and said: Yes, this matter has to be discussed carefully.

Ji Man didn't stop them, and nodded with a smile: I'm waiting for you to drive again.

Several big shopkeepers wiped cold sweat and went out, muttering all the way.

Let's join forces and swallow all of Ji's grain. Shopkeeper Liu's expression was a little ruthless: why didn't he notice that someone was secretly collecting grain before, and he must have known the decree of the imperial court in advance. Things have come to this, we can't be at the mercy of Ji's.

Do you want to swallow the Ji family's stored grain? Shopkeeper Rong thought about it: If we unite several families, we can swallow 100,000 stones, right?

Shopkeeper Liu sneered: Shopkeeper Rong, don't be so modest, we are all everyone, how can we swallow 100,000?

Shopkeeper Rong said embarrassedly: The loser in my family recently went to the casino and owed me a lot of debt, and I really can't come up with much money.

Someone next to him echoed: The accounts just collected recently have all been trapped, and there is not much silver that can be used, and there is no difference between 100,000 stones.

A grain store generally stores only a few thousand stones, and if you store too much, it will be old grain. Although the Ji family transported grain from Changjun, there was definitely not much grain in stock. They swallowed it all, and they manipulated the price increase of food by themselves, and they also made some money. It's better than handing over the contract.

Once the Ji clan runs out of food, what will they fight with them?

After discussing it, a few people thought it was feasible. For the sake of insurance, I also asked people to inquire about Ji's granary. In the Ji family's granary that outsiders know, there are only 10,000 to 20,000 stones, even if he transports grain from Changjun later, then they can swallow it again.

The little abacus in my heart was crackling, and I went back to discuss it, and a few people went to Ji's grain store with silver tickets the next day.

Ji Man is smiling and hanging a grain price sign, yesterday only one or two silver of rice, today the price of rice has risen sharply to one or two yuan.

Why don't you grab it?!The shopkeeper Rong looked at the price and couldn't help but scold angrily: There are still people who sit on the ground like this?

Ji Man didn't mind his attitude, and said with a smile: "How many shopkeepers are here? I don't know if you have heard the latest news?"

What's the news?, Shopkeeper Liu asked, frowning.

This year, there have been droughts and floods in many places, and there are not a few spring seedlings left in several major grain producing areas. Ji Man sighed: The rice grain will definitely be more expensive in the coming year, why don't you hurry up and stock up on the grain?

This is not that Ji Man is alarmist, it is true that there are natural disasters all over the country, and Mo Yuhou came to drink tea yesterday and said it in person, which is more reliable than Zhu Yurun's there.

Shopkeeper Liu was secretly frightened, why didn't they receive any news at all? Impossible, they are also in charge of the officials everywhere, and they will not fail to tell them if there is news.

Seeing that Ji Man's face was confident, it didn't look like a lie, and a few shopkeepers retreated again, and went to ask for news first.

took the gifts to the homes of several officials, but they all said that they had not heard any news. Several shopkeepers sneered in their hearts, this is Ji's excuse to raise the price, right? They might as well contact the grain store in Suzhou to buy grain!

I sat home with peace of mind and wrote a letter to Suzhou to contact. As a result, the letter was only halfway to the road, and there was a rumor that Suzhou and other places, as well as Jiangbei and Jiangnan, were floods and droughts that had not been encountered in ten years. The imperial court kept the news until recently, when refugees wandered to the capital, and it became known that many farmers had been displaced.

No wonder the imperial court would collect grain so much, and even Changjun sent a grain collector. It's just that the granary turned out to be empty, and the king of Changjun said that there was no grain in Changjun, and the grain collector couldn't do anything.

Shopkeeper Rong couldn't sit still, thought about it for a while, and went to Ji's grain store with the silver ticket first.

I want to buy 10,000 stone of grain from the boss next season, would you like to sell it?

Ji Man slowly hung up the unit price of one or two or four yuan, looked at him and said: Is the shopkeeper Rong directly buying it as a big customer?

Rong Ji gritted his teeth, this grain hoarding only makes money and does not lose, seeing that the price of this grain is rising rapidly day by day, the common people know that they have to save grain, not to mention that he is a businessman.

Good. Ji Man smiled and clapped his hands: Yan shopkeeper, take Rong shopkeeper to pick up the goods.

Yan Buba made calculations, and finally had a smile on his face: Rong shopkeeper, please.

Several shopkeepers came separately this time, after Rong Ji came, it was Liu Ji, and the remaining ones also came one after another with silver, and this alliance also seemed to be very fragile.

Ji Man didn't ask them for a contract, so he sold them all the rice and grain at a high price.

The rice and grain they had collected from them for seven coins of silver had now been returned at the price of one or two or four pieces of silver, and they had sold the rice and grain from Changjun for 50,000 stones. Yan Buba looked at the silver, his eyes narrowed with a smile, and finally hung a sold-out sign outside the grain store.

Several grain stores have their own grain stocks, and they also have confidence, seeing that Ji's has no grain, they began to raise the price of grain, and one stone of grain directly rose to one or two or six yuan. The people complained bitterly, but the way the world is like this, and they only have to buy it.

It's almost time. After seven days, there was already a faint smell of dire distress in the capital, Ji Man looked at the grain prices of several grain stores, and said with a smile: Let's start to continue to open stores.

Ji's grain store has rice grain again, and when it opened, the listed price was one or two or three yuan.

At this time, the rice and grain everywhere were one or two or six yuan, and when the people saw that Ji's was so cheap, they hurriedly went to rob it, and those who had no money pooled their money to buy grain, and sold 30,000 stone of grain in one day.

There is cheap grain at this end, and a few grain stores are naturally stupid, is the Ji family going to fight with them?

Who is afraid of whom? They don't believe that Ji's grain can hold on forever!

As a result, Ji's really lasted until the end of summer, and autumn was coming, Ji's rice grain was still not sold out, and even the price was reduced to one or two yuan.

Several grain stores lost all their money, so they had to follow Ji Man's price, so they could sell it.

You're playing loud with that. Ning Yuxuan sat in Ji Man's room, looked at the thick ledger on her desk, pursed her lips and said: The action is too big, and many people in the household department are talking about what you have done in the past few months.

Ji Man was wearing a rich gold and silver brocade robe that businessmen often wear, and said with a gentle smile: Isn't the Hou Ye on the top and on the bottom? What are you afraid of?

The price of grain is not under the control of the imperial court, so naturally the merchant can sell as much as he wants. She is not treacherous, can the Ji family survive well?

The amount of silver earned in these months was quite terrible, not only to pay off the debts of Changjun, but also to sign contracts with hundreds of tenant farmers. has been busy, and she has no time to miss it.

That little guy, I don't know what happened now.

Food is the foundation of a country, you are at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is better to be smaller. Ning Yuxuan pursed his lips and said: If you provoke anyone, I will not be able to protect you if I send your Ji clan to the emperor.

This man came twenty times a month, and he just sat here and watched her keep accounts, as if he just wanted to come to see her, but he didn't say anything, only occasionally casually said a few things in the court. Ji Man was still a little resistant to him at first, but then he came more and said some things that were useful to her, so she put up with it.

Now that the grain banks are at the end of their strength, she will lower the price of grain to one or two tomorrow, and several will be in deficit, and next year's tenant contract will definitely not be signed.

There is a price monopoly here, and Ji Man is also contacting grain stores in various places to inquire about grain prices, and she doesn't have much surplus grain in her hand, so she always has to buy it.

Tomorrow, the prince of Huainan will come to Beijing and invite a group of people to ascend. Ning Yuxuan said lightly: They are all people you are familiar with, do you go or not?

Ji Man was stunned, the prince of Huainan?

It seems like a long, long time ago, Luo Qianqian, who dares to love and hate, they are finally back?

Go, why don't you go. Ji Man looked at the ledger in his hand and said: Thank you for the invitation, where are you waiting?

I'll pick you up tomorrow. Ning Yuxuan got up and said nonchalantly: You just need to prepare.

Recently, his attitude towards her has not been close, not far away, not close, and there is no sense of oppression. Ji Man liked this feeling, so he didn't mind walking with him.

Luo Qianqian and Zhao Kaifeng already have a son, and the two seem to be much more harmonious than before. The group of people who climbed the top were all in pairs, and Qian Yingchen and Zhu Yurun were also there, so when Ning Yuxuan took Ji Man to go, the two men, how did they look at it.

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