Gu Daqi's manor was actually used as a warehouse in Nanjing. It originally had four underground money cellars.

But in the past month, he has been frantically purchasing Zhaowu Tongbao, and has almost filled all four money cellars. Now he can only put the purchased copper coins in the underground warehouse.

Based on his original idea, he should be ecstatic after acquiring so many Zhaowu Tongbao.

But he didn't.

It wasn’t that he was very good at cultivating qi, but that he noticed a big problem: based on the crazy acquisitions he and many of his peers had made in the past month, it stands to reason that Zhaowu Tongbao should have disappeared from the market.

Because after the continuous appreciation of Zhaowu Tongbao, ordinary people are also consciously collecting and hoarding, which not only contributes to the appreciation of Zhaowu Tongbao, but also accelerates the decrease of Zhaowu Tongbao on the market.

However, Zhaowu Tongbao still keeps appearing on the market, and on several occasions, other money dealers even came to him and sold him large quantities of Zhaowu Tongbao.

This made him wonder whether other peers were no longer acquiring the company, but were taking advantage of the high price to directly extract money from the country.

Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why Zhaowu Tongbao is flowing out of the market - it cannot be that the imperial court has been releasing money, right? Even if the imperial court's coin minting ability is stronger than them, it cannot withstand the numerous money dealers in multiple provinces and thousands of people.

Common people collect and hoard them.

As a result, after he sent people to inquire about the information, he learned that there were people who took advantage of the rising value of Zhaowu Tongbao and directly stocked up goods for arbitrage, but there were only a small number of small players who got up early to stock up; more big players were like him.

, I was thinking of buying more of these Zhaowu Tongbao before the imperial court stopped casting them, and selling them overseas to make huge profits.

This was difficult for him to understand.

After the servants stacked the dozens of boxes of copper coins exchanged today in the warehouse, Gu Daqi dismissed the others and asked: "Mr. Fan, why do you think there is an endless supply of Zhaowu Tongbao on the market?

You may not know, but I actually have a plan to sell part of it directly in Daming when the market for Zhaowu Tongbao is cut off and the price reaches its highest point.

Although we can sell it at a higher price overseas, after all, we have to share the profits with the maritime merchants, and our final profit is actually not much more than what we sold in Daming."

Under the light of the lights, Mr. Fan's face looked dim and unclear.

On a hot day, he put his hands in his sleeves and said: "There are only two possibilities in this situation.

First, there are other colleagues who are secretly using Zhaowu Tongbao, but we have not found it.

Secondly, the imperial court did not stop casting Zhaowu Tongbao. Instead, it increased the amount, accelerated the casting, and continued to pour money into the market.

Or a combination of both situations.

In addition, some people who have collected Zhaowu Tongbao for a long time may not be able to help but sell it when the price is high."

Gu Daqi's face turned gloomy upon hearing this.

He was silent for a while and said: "Now Zhaowu Tongbao has almost reached its peak. If the price continues to rise, we will not make much profit even if we sell it to Japan and Vietnam."

He said that there was not much profit, but it did not mean that there was no profit.

Sea trade generally results in huge profits, selling money is also huge profits, and selling money overseas is even more huge profits among huge profits.

However, selling money requires you to bear the risk of crime, and sea trade needs to bear the risk of goods being lost due to storms, piracy, etc. Therefore, selling copper coins overseas carries great risks.

Taking such a big risk, if the final profit is not high enough, it will be a loss.

"The master of the family wants to stop?" Mr. Fan asked.

Gu Daqi said: "Not only do I want to stop, I am also planning to sell a batch of Zhaowu Tongbao directly in Ming Dynasty. We know that the price of Zhaowu Tongbao is about to rise to the top, but ordinary people may not know it."

At the end, Gu Daqi thought of the scene of making profits from those ordinary people, and the scene of ordinary people finally being hurt and crying, the gloom on his face finally dissipated, and even a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

So many people lost money, but he made money. Even if he didn't make as much as expected, it was still a kind of happiness.

Mr. Fan's expression did not change when he heard this, and he only nodded slightly, "I understand. I will do as the master ordered tomorrow."

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Time enters August of the second year of Zhaowu.

Seeing that the ninth day of August is the time when the provincial examinations are held in various provinces, it cannot stop the people's heated discussion and enthusiasm for collecting Zhaowu Tongbao.

Nowadays, almost no common people are unaware of the high black market price of Zhaowu Tongbao, so almost all common people are buying Zhaowu Tongbao.

On this day, Wei Yao, who was working in the secretariat, felt unwell due to her menstrual period, so she took leave and went home.

As a result, when she got home, her father, Wei Songqingguan, asked her a few questions about her health and said, "Daughter, where is your salary this month?"

"Why did father ask about this?" Wei Yao felt strange.

Not only was she an only child, she later became the shopkeeper of the family's "Yingchunfang" and took over the financial power. Her father never asked her for money.

Later, when she went to the palace and worked as a clerk in the secretariat, her family's "Yingchunfang" was handed over to other people to run, and her father had the dividends in hand, so he would not ask her for money.

Why did she suddenly ask about her salary today?

Perhaps because her daughter has a bright future and people keep coming to ask for her hand in marriage, Wei Songqing's originally poor health is now getting better.

Hearing this, he smiled and said: "You stay in the palace all day long, waking up early and working late at night. Maybe you don't know that the price of Zhaowu Tongbao outside has skyrocketed.

Even if the ordinary Chongzhen money was made, it would take more than ten coins to exchange for one Zhaowu Tongbao.

Now there are crazy rumors outside that the price of Zhaowu Tongbao will continue to rise, and everyone is collecting it.

My father found out about this news late, and now he is not involved in the management of Yingchunfang, so he could only send his servants out to see if he could buy some, but he couldn't get anything at all.

I was just thinking that your July salary should be paid out. It must be Zhaowu Tongbao, so don't spend it randomly. Dad will keep it for you and let it continue to increase in value.

If you want to spend money, just spend it directly in silver, or use other copper coins."

As a clerk in the Secretariat, Wei Yao had a very low rank, but she was able to hear about many major and important affairs of the court. However, she abided by the discipline of the Secretariat, never mentioned court affairs at home, and was even more secretive about confidential matters.

In addition, she is rarely at home, and now she knows very little about family affairs.

After hearing what her father said, she suddenly felt that the matter was serious.

He couldn't help but said solemnly: "Didn't the imperial court do some propaganda and call on the people not to hoard new money? Why does my father still do this?"

Although Wei Songqing doted on his daughter, when he was questioned like this, he still couldn't help but said unnaturally: "Everyone is collecting and hoarding, and it's not just the father.

Not to mention other families, just the other rooms of our old Wei family have used Yingchunfang to store a lot of Zhaowu Tongbao.

In addition, the court only called on people not to hoard new money, but did not say that this matter was illegal."

Wei Yao stroked her forehead as she listened, feeling tired.

She said: "Father, did the court not mention it in publicity, or did it not make it clear on the notice? There are risks in collecting Zhaowu Tongbao.

Look at the high price now, who knows when the price will drop? And it may not be possible to exchange Zhaowu Tongbao for other copper coins in the future."

"Has my daughter learned any inside information?" Wei Qingsong wondered.

Wei Yao frowned and said, "Don't worry about what news I got. Just follow the court's orders and don't go against the court - doesn't our family lack the profit from exchanging money?"

Wei Qingsong couldn't help but whisper after hearing this, "If you don't have enough, it's just a little bit, but if you have too much, it's more than a little profit."

"What did father say?"

"Ah, it's nothing." Wei Qingsong felt a little guilty, "I mean, should I inform the other houses and ask them to stop hoarding money, or be careful about losing money."

Wei Yao knew the virtues of the other houses in the house, and felt that they might not listen if he told her, but she still said: "Father, let me tell you, it's up to them whether they listen or not."

After drinking a bowl of brown sugar and ginger soup at home and feeling slightly better, Wei Yao thought about her father's money collection and thought of other people.

'If the price of Zhaowu Tongbao drops suddenly, some people may lose their money. Although the imperial court has long issued notices calling on people not to hoard new money, it may not be enough.'

Thinking of this, Wei Yao immediately left home in a hurry and came to the Forbidden City again.

Arriving at the Wuying Palace Secretariat, Wei Yao told Liu Shuying her concerns.
Chapter completed!