"But it can't go up that much, right?" The shopkeeper Wang wailed, "The principal is 20,000 oceans, and the principal and interest are 25,000 for half a month, and the monthly interest is five corners!" It's a tenfold increase! ”

"yes, it's ten times higher." Zhao Xingjiu said with a smile, "Hasn't the price of grain increased tenfold?" And poultry eggs and meat have also risen nearly tenfold? We can't afford to lag behind, can we? The king's shopkeeper. ”

"Can this money industry be the same as grain, poultry, eggs, and meat?" After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he turned around and left.

"Shopkeeper Wang, don't send it if you go slowly." Zhao Xingjiu said lightly, "However, I want to remind you, when you come to the door next time, I'm afraid the monthly interest will not be five corners, but six corners, or even one piece." ”

"Monthly interest hexagon, one piece? Why don't you grab it? "The king's shopkeeper slandered in his heart, and he didn't stop at his feet.

Zhao Xingjiu said slowly: "By the way, the interest rate of our silver money industry in Yinjiang has been unified, and as long as you borrow money, whether it is in our Zhao family or someone else's family, the interest rate is the same." ”

Half of the king's treasurer had already stepped out of the door, and when he heard this, he immediately withdrew it.

is still the same sentence, now these grain merchants are already riding tigers, and they may have a chance to fight to the death, but if they disarm and surrender, they will lose their bottoms!

Take advantage of the fact that other grain merchants are not paying attention and sneak away in advance? It doesn't exist at all!

As long as one company sells grain secretly, an avalanche effect will immediately be formed, and the entire grain market in Yinjiang will fall off a cliff, and these grain merchants who are forced to dominate the grain market will be bankrupt in an instant.

Therefore, they have no choice but to go all the way to the dark.

At that moment, the shopkeeper Wang walked back and begged: "Old Zhao Dong, no matter what, we are old acquaintances, can't you be accommodating, or give five points of interest?" ”

"Okay, okay, who made me soft-hearted." Zhao Xingjiu said, "Then the four corners!" The principal is 20,000, half a month, and the principal and interest are 24,000, which is always okay, right? ”

"The corners are too high, too high." The king's shopkeeper pleaded, "It's still too high." ”

"The corners aren't high, they're really not high." Zhao Xingjiu said, "In recent years, the silver and money industry has also been in a recession. ”

Seeing that Zhao Xingjiu was unwilling to make any more profits, the shopkeeper Wang could only say with tears in his eyes: "Okay, then give me 20,000 oceans, no, just give me 18,000 oceans." ”

"Okay." Zhao Xingjiu turned his head and shouted at the counter outside, "Shopkeeper Niu, give Shopkeeper Wang 18,000 yuan in the ocean, four corners of monthly interest, and 21,060 yuan with interest in half a month!" Don't dare fiat currency, just silver dollars. ”

"The king's shopkeeper supports 18,000 oceans." The counter immediately began to sing harmony, "the four corners of the moon ......"

Listening to the singing on the cabinet, the eyes of the shopkeeper Wang flowed.

……

After dark, the banks closed their doors.

Zhao Xingjiu still did not return to Xiaogang, but came to the city government again.

As soon as I entered the gate, I raised my eyes and saw Xiao Xianen getting out of another rickshaw.

"Brother Xiao." Zhao Xingjiu beckoned, "It's so late, you haven't gone home yet?" ”

"Brother Zhao, didn't you go home either?" After Xiao Xianen finished speaking, the two laughed at each other again.

At that moment, the two of them entered the city government compound together, and the guards standing guard naturally knew these two, how dare they stop them?

A moment later, Zhao Xingjiu and Xiao Xianen walked straight into Zhong Yi's big office, Zhong Yi didn't dare to slack off, quickly stood up to greet him, and personally poured a cup of tea for the two old people.

After taking a seat, Xiao Xianen said directly: "Mayor Zhong, I don't know something?" ”

"I don't know anything either!" Zhao Xingjiu said, "Why do you want to lend money to grain merchants? ”

Zhong Yi smiled slightly and said, "I'll help the four of you bring in such a large amount of usury business, isn't it?" ”

"Of course, it's good to have money, but it depends on what kind of money it is." Zhao Xingjiu stomped on the floor with the cane in his hand, and continued, "But if I lend money to those grain merchants, even if I borrow a super usury with a monthly interest rate of four corners, I am still unhappy in my heart, just like eating a fly." ”

"But you borrowed it anyway." Zhong Yi smiled.

"Nonsense." Xiao Xianen didn't have a good breath and said, "You Mayor Zhong speak, do the four of us dare to listen?" ”

Zhao Xingjiu continued: "But if you can't say a word, I'll whip you with a crutch!" ”

"My reasoning is actually quite simple." Zhong Yi's face turned grim, and he said, "If you don't borrow money, these grain merchants may blow up their warehouses due to lack of funds, or the grain hegemony will collapse, but they will not suffer a fatal blow, and they may come back after a while!" And it's going to get even more ferocious! ”

"But if you lend them money, won't you become an enemy?" Xiao Xianen said, "The grain merchant borrowed our money, and then went to buy our grain, and in the end, didn't he use our money to help the grain merchant become a grain tyrant?" ”

"Of course it's different." Zhong Yi said, "The grain merchant owes you usury!" ”

"What about loan sharks?" Zhao Xingjiu said, "If in the end our grain can't withstand it, let the Chen family and those grain merchants become a grain hegemony, they only need to sell a small part of the grain to pay back the money, although the interest we set is high, but the time is too short, it can't hurt their fundamentals at all!" ”

Xiao Xianen continued: "Don't think that you can transfer grain from other places, except for our Yinjiang Province, all other places in Zhejiang Province have reduced grain production last year, and even the state reserves of grain cannot be paid, not to mention the nearby Shanghai, there are still more than 3 million people in the French Concession and the Public Concession waiting to be fed. ”

"Don't worry." Zhong Yi said, "They will never be able to make a grain hegemony!" ”

"We're really not at ease." Zhao Xingjiu said, "Unless you stack your hole cards." ”

"Okay." Zhong Yi was helpless, and said in a low voice, "Don't hide it, as early as half a month ago, I had already ordered one million tons of corn from Mi country, and if you calculate the time, there will be eleven or twelve days at most, and the first batch of 50,000 tons of corn will arrive in Yinjiang, and then the price of grain will fall off a cliff!" ”

"Oh my God, 50,000 tons of corn?!"

Chen Xingjiu and Xiao Xian were dumbfounded, what a big stroke!

"So......" Zhong Yi smiled gloomily and said, "If you just want to destroy their grain hegemony, in fact, you don't need to be so troublesome at all, I just need to release the rumor of this million tons of corn, but what I want is not just to destroy their grain hegemony, what I want is to let them die!" ”

Chen Xingjiu and Xiao Xianen's expressions were awe-inspiring, it turned out that Zhong Yi had this plan!

It is said that this kid is ruthless enough to fight, but I didn't expect to be so ruthless in the economic war!

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "These stinky beetles who are worthy of this national crisis, but still seek profit, disregard the national righteousness, and disregard the interests of the country, I want them to lose their fortune!" I want them all to die! ”