How can there be transportation fees when borrowing money? Haha, modern people certainly don’t know how big a pile of silver is three million taels of silver, real gold and silver, dug out from under the bed. It really takes a few million taels of silver to move It takes a lot of manpower.
Naturally, Ma Hanshan would not really pay interest on the transportation fee. Three million taels would be paid as interest on one hundred thousand taels. Although he thought it was a bit high, he couldn't be too fussy about other people's intentions.
Borrowing five million silver from Shen Wuwan and Zhang Zi, Ma Hanshan asked Qi Nanyue to speed up the construction of the special zone the next day, moved the money to exchange for some Tianxia United banknotes, and wrote an instruction to let people Send back to Wagonzhai.
The construction of the special zone is mainly focused on the construction of workshops, while the construction of Wagang Village is mainly focused on housing and roads. Mahanshan predicts that if the drought in Donghu continues, there may be chaos or war next year.
After research, no matter which country, which time and space, half of the unrest is related to wars and natural disasters. For example, earthquakes, snowstorms, floods, droughts, etc.
In ancient times, people relied on the sky for food. If there was a disaster, food production would naturally decrease. If food production decreased, food prices would naturally rise. The higher the food prices, the gentry and big businessmen would hoard them.
When a natural disaster strikes, the first to die are the destitute and untouchables who live without rice every night, and then the small farmers. When the untouchables die, society may still be controllable, because no one pays attention to them. When the small farmers and sharecroppers die, social security will definitely be compromised. Problem. Because some of these people are literate and able to read and write. People who have read books naturally have more ideas, so these literate people start to complain, start to write articles, and start to connect. Social dissatisfaction is formed, and then accumulates, and then Someone will take advantage of it, and eventually, it will become a torrent.
If this torrent of dissatisfaction is just dissatisfaction with the government and the wealthy gentry, the matter can be easily solved by the government coming out to provide disaster relief. Of course, this requires capable officials, and the disaster relief must not only be real, but also be high-profile. In this way, as long as the people do not starve to death, or not too many people starve to death, their emotions will soon be appeased and order will soon be restored.
However, if this emotion is used by foreign forces or traitors or people who oppose the government, they will soon be incited to become rebels. Generally speaking, the people who form rebels due to natural disasters always call them rebels. Rebels, this kind of rebels, are usually more difficult to pacify. They will starve to death, so they are not crazy. Sitting there will starve to death. If they rebel, they may be killed, but at least they will have a chance to eat.
The reason why Mahanshan digs deep holes and accumulates food is to recruit more refugees. When the natural disaster first breaks out and there is no chaos, the refugees taken in at this time will be the backbone of Wagang Village in the future. Of course, he may have a deeper understanding. Thoughts, but he would only bury this kind of thoughts in his heart.
Haha, his idea is actually to make Guogai Mountain safer. How to make it safer? If the entire prefectures and counties surrounding the Guogai Mountain Mountain Range become his own sphere of influence, it will be safe enough.
No matter what era, no matter what time and space, the market is very sensitive. Although the information transmission in this world is very slow, the market response is still the fastest in the world.
On the second day of the meeting between Ma Hanshan, Zhang Zi and others, the surrounding prefectures and counties centered on Lin'an and Wagangzhai had been detonated.
Can it not explode? Just the reduction in production and price increase of Zuixianjiu has made people into an uproar. Others’ products are sold more and more cheaply as they produce more, but Wagangzhai is better. The more they produce, the less they sell, the more expensive they sell. Everyone who has received the news The whole place is boiling. Wine costing several taels of silver per catty is already very expensive, and now the price is being raised. This... this is a money grab.
If we say that raising the price of Zuixianjiu only makes those who don’t have much money and have a good taste for wine scold them, then the sudden action of grain dealers from all over the country to raise prices to collect grains has made everyone excited.
Lin'an is the capital, and it is the place where Dasong consumes the most Zuixianjiu. Of course, the price is raised. The general agent Ruyi Warehouse has been stoned. Damn it, you bastard, the price has been raised. Why don't you just grab it... Huh, I'm drinking. If you can't afford it, don't even think about drinking it. Just smash it and smash the warehouse of Ruyi Warehouse.
Dasong's people were very incompetent in fighting against the Hu people, but they were very capable when it came to causing trouble. A group of chaotic mobs even went to destroy the warehouse of Ruyi Warehouse. Fortunately, Shen Wuwan and the officials from Qiantang County and Lin'an Prefecture were all involved. After making good friends and receiving the police alert, the county government sent officials to disperse the troublemakers. Otherwise, Ruyi Warehouse's largest warehouse in Lin'an City would be destroyed.
Of course, some people like everything and others worry about it. The drunkards were very angry about the price increase, but the shopkeeper waiting at Happy House was very happy.
"Shopkeeper Hou, I heard that someone smashed into the warehouse of Ruyi Warehouse?" Lin Xian'er stayed at home, so naturally she had to wait for the people below to report what happened outside.
"Miss, I am about to report this great joy." Shopkeeper Hou said happily, "God help us, miss."
"What's going on?" Lin Xian'er sometimes hates shopkeeper Hou's way of speaking, always half-talking.
"The production of Zuixianjiu has been reduced and the price has been raised. The warehouse of Ruyi Warehouse, the general agent, was almost smashed. Now every grocery store, restaurant, and wine shop is quarreling with the drinkers." Shopkeeper Hou said with a smile.
"Oh? What the shopkeeper means..." Lin Xian'er also smiled, and she said happily, "Then when will our Drunk Immortal Wine be available on the market?"
"It's almost time. I promise you that our wine will be on the market in July. I can't believe that that guy is so greedy. He actually wants to raise the price of wine that is already sky-high. This is good, we can do more Make a little profit and sell a little more." Shopkeeper Hou looked at Lin Xian'er and said, "The wholesale price of Ruyi Warehouse is now three taels of silver. If we lose two hundred coins..."
"If we earn 20,000 yuan per catty, how much profit will we make?" Lin Xianer said with a smile.
"If we sell it at this price, the net profit will be nearly two taels of silver. According to our current equipment, it is not a problem to produce tens of thousands of jins of wine per month. Tens of thousands of taels of silver, enough for one month's food and grass for tens of thousands of troops..." Hou The shopkeeper became more and more excited as he talked.
"Well, after Commander-in-Chief left the capital, he finally made some achievements. However, I would like to remind you not to be too complacent. The quality of the wine must be guaranteed, otherwise all the joy will be in vain. Once the quality of the wine is stable, increase production. ..." Lin Xianer said seriously.
Shopkeeper Hou heard Lin Xian'er speaking to him in his true identity, and quickly knelt down and responded very respectfully: "Please rest assured, princess, everything is under the control of this humble position, but to increase production... we Donghu have so much consumption power? That's not good. Will it be sold to Dasong?”
"Humph, you are so petty. Not to mention tens of thousands of jins of wine a month, even more can be consumed. We have no money, and those wealthy people have money all under their beds. If you can think of a way to put their Take out all the money, and I and your father will ask for credit for you." Lin Xianer said disapprovingly.
What she said is absolutely correct. Not to mention other places, among the hundreds of thousands of households in Bianliang City, which household doesn’t have silver? Those who don’t have money have all run away, okay? Those who remain have money.
People who have assets or have money hidden in them and don’t have time to run away.
It is true that Dasong is the richest in all dynasties. Not to mention the capital Bianliang, even people from other big cities have money stuffed under their beds. Although Donghu has been plundering for many years, what he has plundered is
How can a real wealthy family plunder the money of ordinary people? They all have the strength, right? Rob it? Unless you don’t want this place anymore, who will recognize your rule?
"Yes, I understand." Shopkeeper Hou bowed and said.
"Well, also, the penetration of Wagonzhai needs to be strengthened. It seems that you haven't reported the news there for a long time. What's wrong? Our people were discovered?" Lin Xian'er stared at shopkeeper Hou and said.
"Reporting back to the princess, the news about the production reduction of Zuixianjiu came from there. In Lin'an, we only know about the price increase, but the news from Wagang Village said that the price of Zuixianjiu will not only increase, but also the production will be reduced. In addition, the news also said,
That guy is purchasing a large amount of grain, much more than they need, and he has suddenly increased the number of houses in other villages..." Shopkeeper Hou was born as a military general. He has good kung fu and can be a bit cunning, but he is the master of strategy.
shortcomings, let alone information analysis and reasoning.
"Hoarding a lot of food? What does he want to do?" Lin Xian'er is not a shopkeeper. When she heard the news, her beautiful eyebrows immediately wrinkled.
"Bizhi thinks he wants to expand Wagang Village, otherwise why build more houses?" Shopkeeper Hou said.
"How many people are there in Wagang Village now? How many militiamen are there?" Lin Xian'er asked again.
"Now there are nearly 10,000 civilians. Including officials and students, the number should be 10,000." Shopkeeper Hou paused and said, "By the way, Princess, there is another piece of news. Our people reported that the militia in Wagang Village suddenly decreased.
Hundreds of their militia officers have also disappeared. As for where they went and when they left, our people can't find out. It's very mysterious."
"What did you say? When did you get this news? Why did you tell me this? It makes no sense. Hou Donghai, you are delaying the military plane. If there are any consequences, I will kill you..." Lin Xianer exploded,
She was angry that such important news was not reported back.
"Bizhang...Bizhong thinks...this news is not that...that important..." Shopkeeper Hou lowered his head and said.
For a person who is good at strategizing, for a person who knows how to analyze information, any news is useful.
However, Hou Donghai really doesn't understand this. For an intelligence officer, he is really incompetent.
"It's not that important? Have you forgotten the news that the militia suddenly lost several hundred people last time? At that time, we didn't think this news was important. A few days later, all the Hu troops in Raofengguan were gone. Do you still understand what it was?
Is something going on?" Lin Xian'er almost yelled. She was really angry. There had been precedents. If the militiamen of Wagang Village left the village, something must have happened. This bastard didn't know how to reflect.
"But... but Princess, the border is quiet now. They... they won't go north." Hou Donghai felt aggrieved. She didn't think the news was important even after reporting it last time. Wasn't everything just speculated later?
In fact, it is impossible for anyone to connect hundreds of militiamen with thousands of troops. How can there be such a crazy person in this world? Hundreds of militiamen rushing thousands of miles to attack thousands of troops? Let alone at that time, let’s talk about it now.
It is impossible for anyone who has not experienced it to believe it.
"Check, find out where they are going immediately..." Lin Xianer slapped the table and shouted, scaring Xiao Tao and Xiaohong to quickly advise, princess, be careful of being exposed.