He Qizhou said: "There are two major events in this trip. Let me tell you straight to the point. One of them is that the family owner learned that the disaster was severe here and the people's sentiments were unstable. He was very worried. Because the family owner was born in the local area, he was thinking about how to help the elders in his hometown.
, and to share the emperor’s worries, he sent us to come and help him.”
The old man said: "What does that have to do with Taohua Pavilion? What does it have to do with the Chen family?"
"Please listen to me first. The master of the family still has some thin fields in Jiangling Mansion. Unfortunately, it will be harvested in ten days. The master of the family wants to donate all this year's harvest to repay the emperor's favor and repay the love of his elders. But Yuanshui
We couldn't save the fire, so we thought about borrowing some grain from the Chen family and paying it back with new rice ten days later. Everyone knows that Taohua Pavilion is the Chen family's biggest property in Jiangling, so we found this place."
"Young master, I don't know. The Chen family does have many grain stores in this mansion. However, there has been a serious shortage of food recently. All the grain stores have been sold out. Unless our Chen family is unwilling to help, there is really nothing we can do."
He Qizhou said: "I have also seen the rice shop incident in the city with my own eyes. Food prices have soared and most of the rice shops have closed. We will not force the Chen family on this trip. We might as well give the old man a thorough explanation. The head of the family has always been honest. Don't worry."
It seems that the head of the family has received so many rewards, but the real wealth of the family is the thin fields in Jiangjun County. The whole family depends on this year's harvest, which is only about 20,000 dan, and there are so many poor scholars and students.
If we want to help, the family's savings are really not as good as the Chen family's. Moreover, God is ruthless this year, and the harvest will definitely drop sharply. If we still donate them all, the family owner will really have to borrow money next year to survive."
"Liu Qingtian is truly worthy of his reputation." The old man flattered him at the right time.
Qi Zhou continued: "When I was traveling, the head of the family told me that the disaster was urgent, so there was no need to report back and forth. As long as it was beneficial to the people and the country, I would act accordingly. I have a plan that will not only benefit you and our family, but also solve the problems facing the people."
Even though I will definitely blame the family leader severely afterwards, I still have to give it a try."
Xiang Chen's eyes flashed and he smiled and said: "My family also wants to help the poor, but it is suffering from lack of food. I would like to hear the young master's good advice."
He Qizhou said: "The navy has always been acquainted with my family. Today I saw the navy escorting one hundred thousand stones of official rations at the dock. Do you know how many stones the navy transported by himself?"
Xiang Chen shook his head, and He Qizhou continued: "Ten thousand stones! In previous years, they would all be sold to the north. Mr. Zhang and I just made an agreement with the escort officer at the inn, asking them to take the overall situation into consideration and sell them all locally. It's just because of their status.
, it is impossible to sell it directly, I can help you build a bridge, and the Chen family will get a big share of the proceeds, and we will get a small share, to make up for the loss of future food donations. You see, in this way, the Navy can recover the food as quickly as possible
With the money, your family and I can get a small profit, and the people's urgent needs are solved, wouldn't everyone be happy?"
Xiang Chen narrowed his eyes and said: "The strategy is brilliant, how much money do their navy want to collect for one stone of rice?"
He Qizhou made the sign of six and said: "Six taels per stone."
Xiang Chen immediately stood up and roared: "Six taels? In previous years, they couldn't sell more than three taels in the northernmost place!"
"There was a flood this year and the harvest was poor. I think they can still sell it for three silver per shi, but the price of food in the city is already 150 taels per catty. At that discount, it costs 18 taels per shi. We don't really want to make a profit."
This dirty money is just plus some fundraising expenses. Moreover, the donation from the family owner in the future will definitely be far greater than this mere addition. I think it won't be a problem for you to sell it for eight or nine taels, right?" He Qizhou said while talking to himself
They all feel disgusting.
Xiang Chen said: "What Young Master Cheng said is quite reasonable, but in that case, wouldn't it be better if you buy food directly from the Navy? You two gentlemen, don't get angry, and to put it harshly, can't my family buy food directly from the Navy?"
Purchasing grain can also help people save money from their pockets!"
When Xu Mu heard this, he immediately interjected: "Xiang, did you not listen to what I said before or something? My family has so much money, why do I waste so many words with you? Open the skylight and speak frankly, do you think all naval forces are like this?
Are you stupid? Dare to offend the prince for half a shipload of food? Only through my hands, they will have no worries! To tell you the truth, if no one takes over, the Navy will definitely hand over all the entrained food to Zhang Luyao, don't
I thought that the prefect could not come up with the money, but I heard from Zhang Luyao that someone seemed to have anonymously donated a large sum of money to Yuantong Temple in the past two days. He was sending people out of the city to Yuantong Temple to negotiate with Master Xincheng to purchase grain. He delayed
Resident water master, firstly, we are waiting for the imperial edict, and secondly, we are waiting for this money! If we didn’t want to save some wealth for the head of the family, would we come to you?"
Xiang Chen was startled when he heard this, and sweat broke out from behind, but he still said without changing his expression: "I heard that the Navy people had negotiated with Zhang Luyao tonight, and they probably haven't agreed to sell all the food to him yet."
Bar?"
Xu Mu said: "I guess you all know about the relationship between my family and Zhang Luyao. He begged me to talk to the Water Master, but without real gold and silver, I would definitely not dare to sell the three shrimps that were escorting the boat.
Yes, before we came here, we and the Navy also made up their minds. If you really don’t want to take over, then he will hide some of the entrained grain from Zhang Luyao and sell it in the north. The rest will be sold to Zhang Luyao at a fair price.
It must be the navy who shows great kindness."
Xiang Chen's head felt heavy for a while, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, and asked again: "Why don't you two live in Mr. Liu's house?"
Xu Mu said angrily: "I don't know him!"
He Qizhou hurriedly said: "Er Liu is not good at running the family and is out of town. We don't want to trouble his family. Now that we have said it, please remember, Boss Xiang. No matter what the final result is, the Liu family has never interfered with the navy's official food."
Things!"
Xiang Chen gritted his teeth and said: "That's natural, but I wonder if the navy can sell all the entrained grain to us?"
Xu Mu said: "They will leave three thousand stones for Zhang Luyao, and each stone will only be sold for three taels. However, if Zhang Luyao cannot raise the money within two days, they will not give it away for free. In addition, they do not accept cash checks.
They only accept cash. You know the truth. The banknotes of the Chen Family Bank are generally only circulated in the south. They brought with them three hundred taels of silver. In addition, this time they will not go to brothels or gambling houses, and will not see Chen again.
If anyone in the family finds out that the Chen family is selling rice from their navy, they will deny it! Finally, if there is no cash at noon tomorrow, they will go back to the ship directly."
Xiang Chen said: "Understood, one last question, how much commission do you want? And seven thousand stones is too little, can it be more?"
Xu Mu said: "We should still be able to discuss it. As for our commission, you don't have to worry about it. It's only one tael per stone. But I would like to advise you not to add too much. It's an emergency and it's a place of right and wrong!
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Xiang Chendao secretly laughed in his heart. It turned out that Liu Jinan was just a bitch who wanted to build a memorial arch. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Since you two are so straightforward, I must tell the truth. First of all, I have bought the rice, but
It doesn’t have to be our Chen family buying it. I will contact capable buyers to finance the purchase of grain. So this matter has nothing to do with the Chen family and the Liu family. It is at best a problem between us. Secondly, Jiangling City is big or small.
It's not small, but it's not easy to come up with 40,000 to 50,000 taels of cash at once, and I have to recruit people to raise it. In the end, I was able to escape here, but the monk couldn't escape from the temple, but the two of them were like dragons.
Can you show some more sincerity?"
He Qizhou was startled and thought that the old thief might be plotting the jade pendant again. But Xu Mu asked calmly: "How do you want us to show sincerity?"
Xiang Chen said: "Please Master Cheng, please lend me the token temporarily. This is a serious matter. After all, I only manage these two buildings. I need to inform other people in charge of what I just discussed. I have the order of Master Cheng."
With the cards in hand, everything is easy to discuss. I'll ask you two to discuss it at the old man's house tomorrow. I will give you a satisfactory answer. I also ask you and the navy to discuss the exact quantity. The more the better, I will raise it all night.
Silver taels."
He Qizhou deliberately hesitated for a long time, and Xu Mu said gloomily: "Didn't you just say that you just had to say it yourself, and you asked us to show sincerity, why can't I see the Chen family's sincerity at all?"
Xiang Chen was just rejoicing that the problem of the Navy's food contamination was solved so smoothly, and that he could get a lot of benefits through the gang, but after hearing Xu Mu's words, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured on his head, and he suddenly remembered something
, asked: "Just now you two said there are two major events, I wonder what the other one is?"
He Qizhou said with a proud look on his face: "My young lady will marry into the emperor's family soon. You must have heard about it, right? In the future, we can no longer just have a maid to accompany us as we usually do. Some ostentation is still indispensable.
My family asked me to come to my hometown to find two smarter girls. The people from the same town are more reliable after all, but they can’t be more than ten years old. If they are too old, they won’t be able to support the family. I thought it would be a trivial matter, but I just paid attention along the way, but didn’t look.
One of them is slightly handsome and smart, but all of them look disheveled, like a paralyzed child. If he is not raised well, he will be a disgrace to the master if he walks in the royal palace in the future. So I think of you.
I'm asking here, is there any little girl with a clean background?"
The old man's heart suddenly moved, and then he felt a burst of pain in his body. He gritted his teeth and said, "To be honest with you two, my Taohua Pavilion is the leading brothel in Jiangling Prefecture. Although it is not as good as those famous brothels in Beijing, Yangzhou, and Jiangnan, I think to myself
It's not much different. The girls have been raised in the building since they were young. They are absolutely gentle and lovely. It happened that they received a pair of twins two days ago. They are beautiful and well-behaved. Their biological father is a scholar who has nowhere to go. The old man originally wanted to
Taking them as one's own maids, such a pair of beautiful girls would be a waste of money in a brothel in the future. If they can really serve the eldest lady, then God will really open their eyes and allow them to have good fortune. It's too late today.
Tomorrow you two can see the two little girls at the old man's house to ensure that Mr. Cheng fulfills his mission. The old man can make the decision on this matter, so I will send the two girls to the eldest lady to show our sincerity. What do you think?