The grain merchants in Jinling couldn't stand the price of eight coins of silver and one stone of rice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info What's more, six coins of silver and one stone of rice?

The grain business, in a non-disaster year, is not considered a profiteering industry. Instead, they rely on huge sales to make huge profits. The difference between these six coins of silver will cause the grain merchants to incur huge losses.

The shock was like a tsunami.

In the evening of the same day, all rice shops in Jinling were closed. I can't sell it if I want to. All the people inside and outside Jinling City who needed to buy rice went to the 16 grain sales points set up by the household department at the wharf and city gates.

Located in the rice industry office on Mihang Street in the south of Jinling City, the clouds are gloomy and mournful. The big shopkeeper who belonged to the Nanjing household servant Wu Zangjia said angrily: "Wei Shangshu will not talk about the rules!" ”

When a sentence fell, there was silence in the public office. Although the businessman is shameless, this accusation is still a bit weak.

Shopkeeper Luo shook his head in his heart. It's really hard to say that. After his proprietor, Chen Gaolang, the secretary of the ministry, learned that Wei Hong, the secretary of the household department, had sold out of grain, he brazenly tore up the agreement and wrote to the imperial court to attack Wei Hong.

Now, after Wei Hong was replenished by the new grain ship, he immediately reduced the price to six coins of silver and one stone. It is necessary to force the grain merchants who hoard and accumulate strange things in Jinling to death. This is a thousand kills and eight hundred self-inflicted losses. But what else can be said about this?

The two sides are already dead. Let's do our best.

After a brief discussion, the shopkeepers went to the owner's office to report the situation and wait for instructions.

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In a few days, it will be the beginning of winter. It is especially cold at night. Outside the north of Jinling City, the Jinchuanmen Wharf is brightly lit. Hundreds of dock coolies are busy carrying grain down from the grain ships and stacking them in the docks' warehouses. Tomorrow they will be transported by boat and carriage to all parts of the city.

Shi Yu, the big man of the Chen family trading house, took two partners and carefully calculated the total amount of grain among the porters.

About half an hour later, at about ten o'clock in the evening, Shi Yu and two companions followed a dozen resting coolies to the side of the tea shop to drink water and rest.

"Brother Yu..."A guy was wearing a gray coarse cloth shirt, wiping his sweat, and rumbling with a teapot to drink. asked in a low voice.

Shi Yu shook his head, "Don't think about it." The surplus grain is enough to last until the new rice is available in a few days. Chen's rice bank will lose at least 8,000 taels of silver in this business. Let's get ready to change owners! This job is smashed. ”

The profits obtained by the Chen family rice store before had to be spit out, and they had to lose 8,000 taels of silver. This is a huge loss for Mixing. It is very likely that it will not be able to buy and reserve autumn grain that is about to go public. Chenjia Rice Store may not go bankrupt, after all, the owner behind it has strength. However, it is imperative that the size of the rice bank be reduced, and they may have to be fired.

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In the night of Jinling, all kinds of discussions are going on. This time is different from the time a few days ago, when the household department put 8 yuan of silver and 1 stone of rice for the first time. At that time, there was still room for both sides. The atmosphere was just suddenly tense.

And this time, it is directly entering the stage of life and death. According to the news fed back from the wharf, this time the household department brought more grain from Songjiang Prefecture, and there were more than a dozen grain ships, which was completely enough to sell the autumn grain to the market.

If you can't negotiate successfully with Tobe Shangshu Weihiro, an agreement will be reached. Then, in the eight rice banks in Jinling, the magnates who participated in the manipulation of rice prices will lose thousands of taels to tens of thousands of taels of silver. However, is there still a way to negotiate with Wei Shangshu?

Chen Gaolang, the head of Nanjing's civil officials, also "played" Wei Hong once a few days ago. In the officialdom of Nanjing, almost all the civil officials thought that Wei Situ was going to fail, and followed the trend and wrote a letter to impeach Wei Hong.

However, Jia Huan came back from transporting grain from Songjiang Mansion.

In the night, Chen Gaolang, Zheng Guogong Deng Hong, Wu Zang, the head of the household department, Ba Ping, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Works, Pi Jingye, and others of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, as well as the wealthy families of Jinling who participated in this matter, were all discussing countermeasures. In such a situation, no one can sit still.

Slaves, long-term followers, servants, subordinates, nephews, brothers, masters, and raised Qing guests are constantly sent out, and all kinds of news, decisions, schemes, and letters are constantly transmitted. The curfew in Jinling City is a virtual reality for the magnates.

The proposal to burn the grain ship was brought up again. Chen Gaolang did not sleep at home, waiting for Deng Hong's reply.

Zheng Guogong Deng Hong pondered in the mansion. The candlelight flickered, imprinting his delicate face.

Jia Yucun watched all this indifferently in the mansion. He was not involved in the sale of grain. It's just a matter of taking a benefit as is customary. It is a huge circle of interests that manipulates grain prices, but it is impossible to bypass the Jinling prefect of Zhengsanpin.

In the middle of the night, many people have not yet slept. Waiting in anxiety and irritability, waiting.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

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Jia Huan didn't sleep either.

He took over the overall defense at the dock outside the Jinchuan Gate, guarding the grain ships. At night, Tobe Shangshu Weihiro came with his entourage. A Datongpu inn on the pier was chartered down and used as a temporary command post.

Jia Huan got up from behind the bookcase and welcomed Wei Hong inside. Master He, He Yuanlong, and Ji Ming all got up to salute Wei Hong. All the gravity, scheduling, and overall planning of the Nanjing household department are now here in the grain ship.

Wei Hong ordered his entourage to put the snacks and fruits on Jia Huan's desk, sat down and beckoned everyone to eat and drink, and said with a smile in a good mood: "Ziyu has worked hard all the way. A few more days of holding out is victory. ”

He certainly had reason to rejoice. Victory is only at your fingertips. After the grain price in Jinling was suppressed, the Nanjing household department was immediately able to supply a steady stream of grain to the Huainan disaster area. At that time, he will have no merit.

He has the ability to provide disaster relief, so naturally he does not have to bear the leadership responsibility of the grain resale case. The Son of Heaven and the princes of the court are not mediocre.

As for the silver for the purchase of grain, the silver on the books of the household department and the donations of Yangzhou salt merchants, local clans, and wealthy households. After the price of food was depressed, the purchasing power of silver increased greatly.

Jia Huan's face was a little tired, he smiled, and said, "Wei Situ rest assured, there will be no problems here on the grain ship." "The dog jumped off the wall in a hurry. There are some things that you must watch out for, of course. The powerful who manipulate the price of food can even kill people, let alone such a thing as burning ships? He has always been afraid to speculate on his enemies with the greatest malice.

Wei Hong smiled and nodded, "I can trust you." He said in his heart: "Just now, Wu Shilang of the household department came to see me in private, hoping that I would raise my noble hand and let them go!" But how could I possibly promise him? ”

This is a real plea for mercy. However, what did Chen Gaolang do to him? Turning the face is ruthless. He had already written to defend himself, and at the same time sent a letter to Scholar Liu to explain the situation in Jinling.

Jia Huan understood as soon as he heard it. The so-called circle of interests, when threatened by the most direct threat, is not monolithic. It's just a commercial interest, after all. A sneering smile flashed across the corner of his mouth, and he said firmly: "It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to become a famous overlord." ”

Wei Hong said with a smile: "Ziyu is talented, and the export is a chapter." He added: "In the past few days, there have been rumors in the city that I have been angry at home. How is that possible? It's just a delaying tactic. I think, now, Chen Shangshu can't sleep at home, right? ”

Master He, He Yuanlong, and Ji Ming all laughed happily. Not being able to sleep is as it should be.

Chen Gaolang's plan to delay the army was to ask the household department to sell the rice at the price of one tael and two taels of silver and one stone of rice, so that the Chen family rice store could sell the hoarded grain and return to its capital. However, when he learned that there was no grain in the grain ship of the household department, he brazenly tore up the agreement and attacked Wei Hong.

Wei Hong's plan to delay the army was to hold the grain in the grain ship until Jia Huan came with the second batch of grain, and the victory was decided in a battle.

Now is the time to decide.

I have food in my hand, and I don't panic in my heart. The lobby is used as a temporary command post, and the atmosphere is pleasant. Jia Huan smiled. I ate a snack with tea.

The reason why Chen Gaolang couldn't sleep was not because he felt sorry for the Chen family's loss in the price of rice. The eyelids of a person who is a second-grade person will not be so shallow. Rather, because if Wei Hong succeeds in disaster relief, he will definitely rise.

Wei Hong is the second grade of the Nanjing household book, and then ascended to the six books in the capital and the military aircraft department of the university scholar. With the bad relationship between Chen Gaolang and Wei Hong, I am worried about a court bigwig, can he sleep?

However, Wei Shangshu's victory was not Jia Huan's victory. It wasn't what he wanted.

His revenge did not end with the Chen family's loss of a few thousand taels of silver or tens of thousands of taels of silver. What he wants is to kill the Chen family!

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The night of September 16 was stormy and rough. The grain warehouse located at the Jinchuanmen wharf outside Jinling City was once set on fire. Smoke billowed and could be seen in the city. However, under Jia Huan's dispatch, the fire was extinguished and the food was saved.

On September 17, the price of grain in Jinling was six cents and one stone.

On September 18, the price of grain in Jinling was six cents and one stone.

On September 19, the price of grain in Jinling was six cents and one stone.

On September 20, the first batch of autumn grain in Jiangnan entered the market. The bustling bazaars ten or twenty miles outside Jinling City are full of peasants who come to sell grain in their own boats. It is quite similar to the picture described by Mr. Ye Shengtao in "Three or Five Buckets Overcharged": a friend with a felt hat, a river with vegetable leaves and white foam, a boat holding a penny, carrying grain...

The autumn grain entered the market, and the eight rice banks in Jinling could no longer hold on, so they sold at a comprehensive price and closed the position to stop loss. The price of rice was restored to six coins of silver and one stone. The overall situation of Jinling grain market is determined.

Since the end of July, the Huainan flood has caused serious losses to the grain merchants in Jinling, who have begun to speculate on high grain prices. Even the weaker rice banks did not dare to buy new grain on a large scale. As a result, food prices have fallen slightly this year.

However, according to the market of previous years, the household department purchased the grain on the market in Jinling to its heart's content, organized it, and sent it to Huainan in a steady stream. Jinling's first grain ship arrived in Huainan in early winter. At this time, a batch of grain from Huguang had also arrived in Taiping Mansion.

Several newspapers in Jinling City have published headline editorials arguing that the situation of high food prices has passed. And in some mansions in Jinling City, how many people and how many merchants are jumping and scolding their mothers?

It was rumored on the Qinhuai River that the eldest young master of the Chen family angrily whipped a maid to death. Zheng Guogong Deng Hong beat some sergeants' sticks. Wu Zang, the head of the household department, said that he was not sick, and the power of the household department was although Wei Situ.

In the late September of the twelfth year of Yongzhi, many people in Jinling City were very depressed.

But is that the end of it?

On September 26, the imperial court Qincha, who had been ordered to come to examine the grain case of the household department, arrived in Yangzhou Mansion, and the leading officer had already arrived in Jinling. Two days later, Lord Qincha was about to arrive at Jinling City.

The grain reselling case does not hurt the level of Shilang and Shangshu, and the people below are not easy to say. With the temperament of the Son of the Day.... Jinling officialdom was anxious to inquire about Qincha's name, place of origin, and hobbies, so as to make arrangements.

It is inevitably expensive, the country surname is Ning, the name is Confucian, and the word is great. No. Longjiang. (To be continued.) )