After a while, Chen Su also rushed over and said that rice was being replenished at various food stalls. He asked what should be done next?
Chen Yan said: "This should be the last two thousand taels that Zhang Luyao can use. Quickly tell him to buy as much as he wants. The gambling house and the bank will each give another five thousand taels. We will sit here today and see Zhang Luyao tomorrow.
How does Lu Yao close the stall?"
Xiang Chen's house suddenly became lively, with people of all kinds coming and going like a stream of water, reporting on the situation of grain purchases. Halfway through the application period, nearly three thousand more stones were bought, accounting for almost three-quarters of Zhang Luyao's grain sales.
Almost all the grain stalls were sold out. However, a government servant hurriedly ran over and shocked the three of them with the news. Zhang Luyao transferred the grain transport fleet to the dock to transport his three grains that were temporarily stored at the dock.
Thousand stones of rice.
Chen Su was shocked and said: "Cousin, we don't have much cash on hand. Three thousand dan will cost more than ten thousand taels. If the gambling houses and banks take away the silver taels, they will not be able to open anymore! And it may cost more to buy more.
It’s no longer profitable. If he still has grain on hand, we will definitely lose everything. Why not take advantage of the fact that the price of grain is still good and throw it away in every county in the prefecture?”
The veins on Chen Yan's forehead popped out and he said sternly: "It seems that he really underestimated Zhang Luyao. He must have discovered that we are collecting grain and wants to burst us. Cousin, are you confused? Why don't you throw it away now?
It plays into his heart. Let alone Zhang Luyao and the others, it will be a question whether we can still stand here. He is putting all his efforts into it. As long as we hold on to the food in our hands, he will not be able to overturn the world!"
Xiang Chen echoed: "What Mr. Chen said is, I think Zhang Luyao's use of those three thousand loads is not only not a bad thing, but also very likely to be of great benefit to us. Think about it, the navy will set off tomorrow morning. If they are missing
What will happen to the official rations? Without us taking action, the navy will put the prefect on fire."
Chen Su said: "What if the navy asks us to return them three thousand stones? How can we turn against each other so quickly?"
Chen Yan said: "That's easy. If we disappear, they won't be able to find us, and they can't miss the sailing date. So what can we do? Or we can give them a few hundred dan, anyway.
No matter how we deal with the Navy selling grain, they can only knock out their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs. The only blame is that the Navy is too greedy and dares to even lend out official grain!"
Chen Su added: "But there is not enough cash in cash. Even if we ask Yangzhou for instructions, it will be too late to transfer the money."
Chen Yan said: "Can the bank provide another five thousand taels? We will immediately send people to the neighboring counties to transfer money. It may be two or three thousand taels. Should the three of us also put some down first? Let each of us take out another three thousand taels."
How about a thousand taels? Anyway, he will be back in a few days, so you should get your own cushion first."
Xiang Chen said: "I have no problem, you can bring it here."
Chen Su was actually the richest among the three, but he was also the one least willing to take risks. However, seeing the two of them saying this, he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
After a while, someone came over to report secretly. After hearing this, Chen Yan frowned and said to the two of them with a smile: "The cook of the Zhang family came to report that just now Zhang Luyao had someone send ten shi of rice to the back kitchen. What else could he say?
"If you drink wine today, you will get drunk. If you don't starve to death tomorrow!", it seems that he is really at his wits end. He broke the pot and broke it. You two can rest assured, hahaha..."
Just after Youshi, before it got dark, Sister Juan came to Danguiju early. She said she was invited by Mr. Cheng from the Dan suite. She waited at the concierge for a stick of incense before finally a waiter came to take care of her.
Went to a guest room. The two children in the room were not crying at all. There were various cakes on the tea table in the room. Mr. Cheng was sitting in the room. When he saw the waiter bringing Sister Juan over, he stood up and said with a smile: "
Please, sister, please stay here for one night and help take care of these two little girls."
Sister Juan quickly saluted and said: "No worries, no worries."
Mr. Cheng said with an expression of embarrassment: "Sister Juan, I am very grateful to you for doing me such a big favor. I just don't have much silver with me. I went to the bank to exchange some cash, but I never thought that Chenji Bank would even give me a thousand taels."
I can't even cash out the banknotes, so if I only reward you with thirty or fifty taels, I really can't handle it."
Sister Juan yelled in her heart, that’s it, fifty taels or thirty taels is fine! Just when she was about to say that the young master could give any reward, Mr. Cheng then said: “Sister Juan, do you think this will work? I can reveal something.
I have news for you, do you have the courage? Whether you can make a fortune depends on how courageous you are."
Sister Juan was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, thanks to the great love of the young master, this little girl can be considered a person who often walks around in the rivers and lakes, how can I not dare to do so!"
Mr. Cheng asked: "I heard that the government in the city was selling grain today. Has Sister Juan bought it?"
Sister Juan was stunned, but she still replied seriously: "Go back to the young master, I still have some food left at home, but I haven't bought it yet. Besides, it costs fifty cents per catty, which is more than three times more expensive than usual."
Mr. Cheng said: "Oh, then why did I hear that the price of rice two days ago was one hundred and fifty cents per catty? I heard that the government has almost sold out all the rice today. Do you know who is buying rice today?"
Sister Juan said: "Not everyone in the city has food in stock. Prices have been rising every day some time ago. I think some families don't have much leftover food."
Mr. Cheng smiled and said: "Sister Juan, you might as well go see who is buying rice when you have time. I heard that Mr. Xiang bought tens of thousands of kilo of rice from others at noon today. What the government received today should be ten days in the future."
The last batch of grain may be gone if it is sold out today."
Sister Juan was stunned and her mind changed rapidly. No wonder there were so many people coming and going in the Xiang Mansion today, and she saw several gangsters she knew in the queue to buy food. She immediately understood what Mr. Cheng meant. If a pound
If you can earn a hundred cents from rice, how can you make a fortune if you are a little evil? But I still wanted to confirm it, so I asked tentatively: "Mr. Cheng, why don't the people in the city take advantage of the drop in food prices?
How about stocking up on more?”
Mr. Cheng said: "Do the people in the city know the relationship between Mr. Zhang, Mr. Chen and Boss Xiang? The notice said that the grain stalls will be closed as soon as you arrive at the You hour. You see, you are talking too much. You
You are a smart person. You can just know some things by yourself. I have something to do later, so I won’t leave you to eat. You can come over after dinner in the evening."
Sister Juan knew that Mr. Cheng was leaving time to buy rice for herself, so she quickly thanked him and trotted away. She really didn't believe that Mr. Cheng was so kind, but she knew that the Chen family was holding back on selling rice these days and was desperately raising the price of rice.
Yes, when Mr. Cheng said this, he expected that the price of rice would definitely go up, so he hurried home and mobilized his trustworthy family members to buy rice separately.
It was not convenient for her to buy more rice from the Chen family, but even if she was caught buying rice from the government, she would not blame herself. Immediately, she took out the seven or eight hundred taels of silver she had accumulated through cheating and kidnapping, and borrowed five hundred taels from others.
With more than one hundred silver, he actually stocked up more than two hundred stones of rice in half an hour. And those gangsters were using the money distributed by the Chen family to hoard food. Naturally, they would not suspect that Sister Juan was poaching the Chen family.
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After seeing Sister Juan off, He Qizhou let out a long sigh and stayed idle all afternoon. After returning from Xiangzhai, he first handed over the money for buying grain to Huo Yan. The navy also chose to ask for gold. After all, it was much more convenient. He Qizhou gave it to him.
The navy's gold and sixteen thousand taels of silver were reduced to thirty-two thousand taels. Huo Yan was determined not to take the one thousand taels, and He Qizhou did not force it.
In previous years, ten thousand shi of grain was only about 25,000 taels. This year, although it was only 5,000 shi, they still collected 30,000 taels. The three officers were both happy and worried. He Qizhou could not control so much even after giving the money.
, just a word of comfort, that’s it anyway, let’s get the money first.
Then He Qizhou took Lin Chuan to wander around the city for a long time, watching a few lines to buy rice, and then paying attention to the Chen family's grain store and bank. Naturally, all the rice shops were closed, and the two of them saw them at the door of the bank.
A merchant who couldn't exchange the silver note came out cursing. He Qizhou was dressed as a rich man. When he asked about the man, it turned out that the man wanted to exchange a thousand tael of silver note and went to two Chen's banks in succession.
, one family said that the manager was away, and the other said that a large sum of money had just been cashed out, and both families asked him to come back tomorrow.
Then the two of them went to the casino again and lost dozens of taels of silver "vigorously". Strangely, the pawn shop located in the casino closed down just after the closing time. Many gamblers who lost their money were so angry that they couldn't pawn.
, I can only go home early.
When the two returned to the inn, there were still many people buying food. At this time, Sister Juan was already waiting at the inn. Xu Mu went out as soon as he returned to the inn at noon, easily getting rid of the Chen family, and contacted after changing his appearance.
The Jinling Sect disciples who are helping at various shelter sites, plus the Quanzhen Sect disciples entrusted by Zhang Luyao, forty or fifty young people each perform their duties, half of them continue to help at the shelter sites, and the other half are assigned to maintain order at various food stalls.
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Compared with Quanzhen Sect disciples, not all disciples are good at martial arts. Jinling Sect disciples are younger and more powerful. Although they are only third or fourth generation disciples, most of them have the strength of the second and third lineages. Although every food stall is composed of
The general magistrate of the state capital sent people to sell grain, and there were one or two pretentious government servants to guard it. However, in order to prevent accidents, Xu Mu still arranged for Jinling sect disciples to guard each stall and protect the grain.
The next morning, in Xiang Chen's secret room, Chen Yan, Chen Su and Xiang Chen gathered early as scheduled. Chen Yan was the first to speak: "Yesterday evening, Huo Yan and three others returned to the ship and did not have fun in the city as usual.
It seems that in order to avoid suspicion and will not have any contact with us again, the three Liu family members left the inn in the afternoon. The man named Cheng and his servant were always in sight, but the man named Zhang was nowhere to be seen, but he was almost the same as Cheng.
They all returned to the inn in Xushi, and they were probably secretly protecting the two of them. In the morning, the prefect reported that Zhang Luyao seemed to have stayed up all night after summoning Tang Tongpan last night. He was in the study all night, just walking around.
I went without summoning anyone. Judge Tang Tong also reported to me afterwards that a total of 7,000 shi of grain was brought into the city yesterday, and about 6,000 shi had been sold, with a total of two to thirty-six thousand, six hundred taels of silver.
The income and expenditure of silver coins were kept by Tongpan. However, Zhang Luyao asked Tang Tongpan not to use any of these silver coins. I guess he wanted to use the money to buy off the navy to offset the shortage of food.
If you really dare to do this, you won't be able to escape my eyes. Just wait for the good news."