He did not live up to his father's expectations, nor did he live up to his own name. In the past few years, Wen Youcai had managed the Wen family in an orderly manner. Especially since the chaos in the world, he had seized this golden opportunity and showed his good will.
As the powerful people continue to expand, the Wen family is now at least twice as strong as before.
Even so, Wen Youcai was not satisfied. After all, he was still a little younger, less than thirty years old. He still wanted to create more glory. At this time, news came out on the dock that the Goryeo Kingdom
They searched for grain at a high price and bought grain at twice the market price. The only requirement was that the seller would take the initiative to transport the grain to the Koryo Navy dock.
The price has doubled, which means that the profits will increase even more. Some grain dealers are ready to make a move after hearing this, and even some people who are not in the grain business have begun to make up their minds. After all, no one is dissatisfied with the money.
Isn't it?
Wen Youcai couldn't help but be tempted after hearing the news, but he knew more than others. What he knew clearly was that Goryeo was now heavily surrounded by His Highness King Ji. Things couldn't get in, and things inside couldn't get out.
Come on, I really can't imagine how King Ji could have such great courage and ambition.
Of course, in business, Wen Youcai doesn't like politics, and he doesn't want to think about why something like this happened, let alone consider that this is a war between dry people and foreigners. All he wants to think about is this:
Just how to make more money in it.
Wen Youcai wanted to do this business, but the profit in it was really too great. This was not just a matter of twice the price of food. If it really came to pass, he could completely take away the ginseng and precious furs that could not be exported from Korea.
If the ship is shipped out, the ship will not be empty and profits will be made from both inside and outside, the profit may be tripled or even tripled, or even more.
With such huge profits, Wen Youcai couldn't help but be tempted. But before that, he still consulted with his father Wen Huai to see if the matter was somewhat possible.
As his son grew up and showed his abilities, Wen Huai has retreated behind the scenes. Unless there are major matters related to the life and death of the family, he will not express any opinions. Sometimes it is the same with business and war.
No matter what kind of controversy there was before, only one voice can be heard in the end, otherwise everything will be chaos.
Compared with Wen Youcai's excitement and desire, Wen Huai was much more calm. "Son, whoever does this is tantamount to offending King Ji. Otherwise, why would everyone know that there is such a huge profit?
Are we just waiting and watching? It’s not easy for our Wen family to get to where we are today, so we don’t have to worry about earning some money."
His father actually disapproved, which made Wen Youcai's originally hopeful eyes suddenly turn gloomy. "Father, we are just doing business with Korea. We will not support them with any money or food. We will also make money from each other."
Money, isn't this another way to weaken Goryeo? Why is King Ji still dissatisfied? Is King Ji really so overbearing? He even has to take care of what we businessmen want to do? This is Zhezhou,
Not Jizhou, nor the backward and impoverished Guzhou and Liaozhou."
The unhappiness on Wen Youcai's face fell into Wen Huai's eyes, and the father didn't know what to say. It is said that the Wen family has now taken refuge with the King of Nan Wu, and will spend a large sum of money to buy it every year.
The other party's support meant that there was no need to be afraid of Tang Ao, but for some reason, Wen Huai felt a little uneasy.
Just when the father and son could not reach an agreement due to different ideas, the old housekeeper of Wen Mansion appeared in the small courtyard at some time and said, "Master, young master, news just came from the dock. The Koreans are willing to pay the market price of three thousand yuan."
Buy grain at twice the price.”
"What? Three times?" Even though Wen Huai was used to seeing wind and waves, he couldn't help but feel moved at this moment.
Not to mention Wen Youcai, he made a decision when it was doubled. Now that it is mentioned three times, he will never let it go. There is a saying that real businessmen are actually gamblers, but the bets are higher than those of ordinary people.
Just bigger.
With the benefits increased so much, Wen Huai knew that there was no way to stop this. He could even guess that not only the Wen family, but also many other grain merchants would take action at this time.
.In other words, even if the Wen family doesn't do it this time, others will do it, so how to stop it.
Unable to stop Wen Huai, the only thing he could do was to say to Wen Youcai: "Son, before you do anything, you should go see King Ji's people and say hello to them, even if you can't get them.
To understand, we must at least express our sincere attitude.
This is Wen Huai's idea of not making enemies everywhere and forming more good relationships, and it is also one of the important reasons for the Wen family to continue to grow.
"Yes, father, I understand." Wen Youcai was also the one who listened to the advice. He nodded in agreement immediately. After leaving Wen Mansion, he went straight to Xianweiju in the city.
Although Tang Ao's army has not yet entered Zhezhou, his tentacles have already reached in, and the emergence of the Xianweiju branch is one of them. The person sitting here is Jin Zhen, the earliest
One of the members of the Chamber of Commerce, he listened to the words of Tang Aozhi, who was still Lord Zhongguo, and joined the Chamber of Commerce. While receiving countless benefits, he also achieved his wish. His son Jin Zhe is now an official in Jizhou and a Qipin County official.
Ling, an official position in charge of real power.
His son actually had an official status. Jin Zhen didn't know how much incense he burned and how many words of thanks he said. For the sake of his son's future, he even ended all the business in his hands. But he knew that under King Ji,
Officials, immediate relatives in the family are absolutely not allowed to engage in business. In order to pave the way for his son, he was willing to become a wealthy man who retired. What he didn't expect was that Chang Hong came to the door. This man had been named one of the business chiefs.
People saw Jin Zhen's ability and hired him into the Ministry of Commerce, and arranged for him to go to Zhezhou to be responsible for purchasing military rations.
Jin Zhen, who originally started his career in grain trading, is naturally in a happy mood when he returns to his old business. In addition, he represents King Ji, and the amount of grain purchased each time is huge, and the glass shipped from Jizhou
, refined salt, Jizhou tea, heroic drunkenness and other products are all very popular. Jin Zhen, who holds a lot of power, is in a good mood, can eat and sleep, and feels a little fatter than before.
Be in a good mood every day and be respected by everyone. This kind of life should not be too good. But the good days that were originally full of longing and hope, because of the sudden arrival of Korean ships and the news that they wanted to harvest grain at high prices around the dock, let Jin
Zhen was very unhappy.
For this matter, he approached the local official in charge of the dock and expressed his willingness to pay a large sum of money to kill these Korean spies. Unfortunately, the official who also paid the Korean spies a large amount of money did not agree and warned Jin Zhen that he would not care about the two.
Does Fang have any grudges, but this is Zhezhou, and he doesn't want to see anyone fighting and killing here, otherwise, he will be punished with serious crimes and be cruel.
Unable to get rid of it quickly, Jin Zhen felt a little depressed, and even wrote a letter to send to King Ji. At this time, Wen Youcai came.
The Wen family is a famous grain merchant in Zhezhou, occupying 60% of the market share, and is considered one of Jin Zhen's important partners. Jin Zhen did not dare to neglect, so he received him in the best suite on the third floor of Xianweiju.
the other party.
In fact, Jin Zhen also knew what Wen Youcai meant at this time. In business, it is always right for the Wen family to take the opportunity to make more money. It's just that the positions of the two parties are different, and Jin Zhen must give a warning.
Talk to the other party.
As expected, Wen Youcai expressed his intention to come and talked about the Korean people collecting grain at high prices. "Brother Jin, we have all been businessmen. I think you will understand what I think. The temptation of Korea is really too great."
It’s big. Well, seeing as we usually cooperate very happily, and Brother Jin has also given us a lot of supplies from the Wen family in Jizhou, as long as Brother Jin agrees to charge us double the price for the food from the Wen family, then this time we
How about not getting involved in this matter?"
Wen Youcai still gave him face and asked Jin Zhen to increase the price of grain harvest. He would rather earn less than sell it to Prince Ji for the sake of face. But it was impossible for Jin Zhen to agree to this request.
Perhaps to outsiders, Jizhou is very short of food. After all, the feeling there has long been stereotyped: remote, bitterly cold, backward and poor. Even when growing food, it can only be harvested once a year, unlike in the south where it can be harvested twice a year.
Ripe, or even triple-ripe. But they ignored one thing. Jizhou is a black soil with a vast land and rich resources, and there are a lot of wasteland that can be cultivated. The current shortage of food is just because the population is limited, and the outside world is so oppressive that the people simply cannot
There is no spare energy to open up wasteland.
Since Tang Ao arrived in Jizhou, a series of reforms have been carried out. Jizhou is now covered with fertile fields, and the grain produced every year has reached the goal of self-sufficiency. However, Tang Ao continues to buy grain from the south. Firstly,
The price of grain here is not expensive. If it is transported back and turned into wine, it will still be a large amount of income. Secondly, if Tang Ao collects more grain, other vassals will collect less. This will also weaken the enemy sooner or later.
a method of hostile forces.
To put it bluntly, there is no shortage of food in Jizhou now, and once Guzhou and Liaozhou reach the level of Jizhou's output, there will only be more food to be sold. But others don't know, Wen Youcai
He also didn’t know. Maybe even if he was told this result, he wouldn’t believe it. That’s why he thought Jizhou needed their food, and that’s why he thought he had taken the initiative.
"It is impossible to increase the price of grain, and it is impossible to sell grain to Goryeo." Jin Zhen rejected the other party's proposal and also made a suggestion.
Hearing such suggestions in Wen Youcai's ears naturally made him unhappy, so his face tightened, and he snorted coldly and said: "Brother Jin is a little too domineering. I would like to remind you, here