Denglong Street Taihesheng tea gate gathered a lot of people early in the morning, businessmen a lot of guys more, not only the tea shop guys and the teahouse guys, in addition to some small guys, are here to inquire about Taihesheng news, yesterday Taihesheng raised the price of tea to twenty-four twenty-five yuan, everyone expected that today will continue to rise.

Sure enough, as soon as Taihesheng opened the door, he hung out a large number of purchased wooden signs, but the purchase price was unexpected, twenty-four taels and three dollars! That's two dollars lower than the price of yesterday's purchase! What is the rhythm of this? Want to cut the price? Someone immediately asked in a loud voice, "Man, this price is not wrong, right?" ”

"The guest officer is joking, isn't he?" The guy with the sign turned around and said with a smile: "If this price is written wrong, the small job will be gone." As he spoke, he raised his voice and said, "Everyone, this price is right, and it is normal for the price of tea to fluctuate." ”

The price of tea did not rise but fell, the crowd immediately dispersed, the news soon spread in the tea market, some speculators who had tea in hand, waiting for the price to sell were panicked, no one knew whether the price of tea would continue to fall? To be honest, the price of tea has fallen sharply several times, which scared everyone.

Some speculators who ate at the price of 222 taels and 1 quintals, insisted on not selling at this time, and cautiously took advantage of the surplus, did not dare to continue to wait and see the risk, and quickly got rid of it.

After Yi Zhifu returned to Rongyuan and heard about this situation, he smiled disapprerovingly, it seems that these Shunde silk merchants are not stupid and have a lot of money, they are still a little smart, and after thinking for a while, he ordered: "Go and invite President Huang here." ”

After learning about this situation, he was also a little nervous, and took the initiative to rush over, as soon as they met, he said: "These Shunde silk merchants also manipulate the market price of raw silk all year round, and there are some means, which should not be underestimated." ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, stretched out his hand to sit down, picked up a simple outline of the trend chart and said: "The price of tea collapsed from thirty-two, fell to twelve and thirteen, rebounded to eighteen, fell to seventeen, and rebounded to twenty-two, this is a paragraph." As he spoke, he drew a circle on the chart.

After a pause, he continued: "From twenty-two to seventeen, then it fell sharply to twenty-six and five dollars, rose to twenty-seven and twenty-four dollars, and fell to twenty-two and twenty-two, and now it has rebounded to twenty-four and three. ”

Regarding the situation in the tea market, Huang Zichang also knew with his eyes closed, and immediately said: "Twenty to twenty-two, twenty-six taels to early twenty-seven taels, these two price transactions are the hottest." ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded, in fact, he felt that the price of the Shunde silk merchant was not set well, in other words, he would repeatedly oscillate back and forth at the position of twenty-two taels and five coins to absorb the tea traded by twenty-two to twenty-two taels, however, he did not show off the mood, and groaned slightly, he said: "The Shunde silk merchant has repeatedly gone up and down twenty-four two five dollars, intending to absorb the tea of the previous stage, and then the price will be greatly increased, and it should be absorbed again at the price of twenty-five twenty-five dollars and twenty-six two." ”

Huang Zichang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "What does the shopkeeper mean is to compete with the Shunde silk merchant at the price of twenty-four taels and five cents to buy it, and then throw it out at twenty-five taels and twenty-six cents?" ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhishu nodded and said: "You can't let the silk merchants absorb too much at a low price, otherwise they will repeatedly fluctuate below twenty-seven taels, selling while pulling, in that case, they will have the possibility of uncoupling." After a pause, he continued: "This matter can only be manipulated by President Huang, because the silk merchants cannot be noticed, and once they find out, they are likely to retract, and the next few million funds will not enter the tea market." ”

Listening to these words, Huang Zichang was speechless for a while, the defeat of the bank club in his hands is really not unjust at all, this kid is thoughtful, he is very familiar with the methods of manipulating the market, and his heart is big enough and dark, I really don't know where he learned it?

This matter is good for the tea merchants, and it is obviously profitable, Huang Zichang naturally has no reason not to agree, but he is still a little cautious, and after a little hesitation, he said: "The old man is obliged to do this, but the shopkeeper Yi Da also knows that the tea merchants are greatly injured, and they are ...... with little money." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly and said: "There is no money to borrow, and Yuan Qi is not a tea merchant who does not lend, let them use tea as collateral and value it at twenty-five taels and one quintal." ”

Huang Zichang smiled and said: "Okay, good, Yida shopkeeper can rest assured, he will definitely not let those Shunde silk merchants get their way." ”

Yi Zhixiang didn't have the slightest smile on his face, and said calmly: "I also solemnly remind President Huang that Shunde silk merchants may not be willing to bear such a huge loss, once they are all trapped, they may be stalemate for a long time, and it will be delayed until the end of the peak season of maritime trade." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out two fingers and said, "Two things, President Huang must do, one is that the price of tea is around twenty-six taels, and your people had better get rid of all the goods in their hands, this is the last chance of this year, and second, inform tea merchants around the world that overseas tea sales will drop sharply in the next two years, so that they can reduce their supply." ”

Hearing this, Huang Zichang couldn't help but be stunned, this year's tea foreign trade, the Tea Industry Association was kicked out? He said a little unwillingly: "This year's tea price will stop at twenty-seven?" ”

"If you have money, you can earn it." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Only by joining forces with the Tea Industry Association can the Thirteen Lines firmly monopolize the overseas tea trade, and only by monopolizing can the high price of overseas tea be maintained, the Thirteen Lines only need to ensure the profit of four taels of tea, and the higher price, even if the price of tea rises to forty, will belong to the tea merchants, negotiate with foreign businessmen, and the Tea Industry Association can send personnel to participate in the whole process." ”

A load of tea earns four taels, which is a stable profit during the trade period between the Thirteen Lines and the British East India Company, which has been maintained for decades, Huang Zichang can naturally accept it, besides, what can he do if he doesn't accept it? He has seen with his own eyes the means of contentment, besides, Britain is now suppressing tea prices, and the only way to maintain high tea prices is to join forces with the Thirteen Banks.

He immediately said cheerfully: "Okay! After agreeing, he realized that he had been taken astray, and couldn't help laughing: "Yida shopkeeper took the old man to the ditch, how to calculate this year's tea trade?" ”

"I just said, everyone earns money." Yi Zhifen said with a smile: "This year's tea collapse, the tea merchants have lost a lot, but the situation of the thirteen lines President Huang also knows that the amount owed by the merchants over the years is not small, and everyone is not having a good time, so let's negotiate the price and quantity with foreign businessmen, minus the 100,000 quintals in the hands of the thirteen banks, and the remaining quantity will be purchased by the thirteen lines and the tea industry association from the Shunde silk merchants, and the two will be divided equally, and the profits of the thirteen banks this year will not be collected, how about it?" ”

Hearing this, Huang Zichang hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Yi Da shopkeeper Gao Yi, the old man thanked the tea merchants first, you can rest assured, the old man will vigorously rectify the tea merchants, but anyone who dares to trade privately with foreign businessmen, and finds that one is expelled from the other, and will not be tolerated." ”

Yi Zhizhi knew in his heart that the good days of the Thirteen Lines monopolizing foreign trade had not been two years, and he groaned slightly, before he said: "People have no long-term worries, businessmen seek profits, this is nature, this year is a rare good opportunity, I hope that President Huang can take this opportunity to vigorously support several powerful tea merchants, and gradually monopolize the tea market, and there are thousands of tea shops in Guangzhou, which is too complex." ”

"The shopkeeper of Yida is really far-sighted." Huang Zichang said with a smile: "In this way, the prestige of the Tea Industry Association and its control over the tea merchants will be greatly improved. As he spoke, he thanked him again and again.

Coming out of the bank mansion, the excitement on Huang Zichang's face couldn't be hidden, Yi Zhixiang's favor this time was really too big, and when it came to the end of the peak season of sea trade, the Shunde silk merchants who had hoarded hundreds of thousands of loads of tea in their hands were not fish on the chopping board, let them slaughter!

For Yi Zhicontent, he really admires it beyond measure, just this courage, even Wu Bingjian is not as good as him! Even if the number of tea exports will be greatly reduced this year, 300,000 quintals are indispensable, minus the 100,000 quintals in the hands of the thirteen lines, and then divide them equally, and the Tea Industry Association will still have a share of 100,000 quintals, which is 100,000 quintals without having to pay the difference between four taels, and the profit is hundreds of thousands of taels!

Giving away hundreds of thousands of taels without blinking an eye, who can have the courage to wait? Compared with him, Wu Bingjian tore up the IOU of 70,000 taels from the Citi merchant and had no face to mention!