Fulixing tea shop put out the price of twenty-seven taels and one quintal, and the news of a large supply soon spread, the tea market was in an uproar, the price of twenty-seven taels is not low, even if the price of tea can be on thirty, there is only three taels of profit margins, if it is not thirty, the profit will be less, one is not good, and there is the possibility of loss.

Twenty-five or six, still acceptable, twenty-seven, the general speculators have some drums in their hearts, dare not make easy moves, one by one are on the sidelines, and the tea merchants who have tea in hand are also holding a wait-and-see mind, neither lowering the price, nor selling tea.

From time to time, someone came in to ask how much tea there was in the tea shop, Xue Qigui was annoyed by the question, but he knew that behind these people who dared to inquire were either rich businessmen or giants, and they generally bought hundreds of quintals, and those who were one or two thousand quintals would not inquire about the number, so although he felt annoying, he had to be patient and perfunctory.

Xiguan, Tong'an Street, Guangzhou Branch of Yuanqi Bank.

The chief shopkeeper Liang Jiemin is very busy these days, not only busy with the merger and acquisition of the money village in Guangzhou, but also busy meeting with the money bank shopkeeper and owner who have a branch in the township of the prefecture and county below, and began to lay out the layout of the prefecture and county below.

Fortunately, he is familiar with the shopkeepers of the Guangzhou Money Bank, understands the ability of the shopkeepers, and the bank hall also has a group of capable people, although the Guangzhou branch has only been established for a few days, it is strong, busy but not chaotic, and the matter is handled in an orderly manner.

Sending away the two shopkeepers, Liang Jiemin was about to instruct the guy to bring a group of shopkeepers, but the guy hurriedly came in and reported: "The chief shopkeeper, there are guests to worship." As he spoke, he bowed down and handed over his name sticker.

There are three words written in the middle of the name sticker, He Shutai, Liang Jiemin looked at it, and hurriedly said: "Quick, please." As he spoke, he got up and went out of the door, this He Shutai is a famous silk merchant in Shunde, and the two are cousins, so he naturally won't take it big, and he wants to greet him in person.

He Shutai is in his early forties, with a long beard, a good appearance, a moderate figure, a gray robe, he is dressed in an unknown detail, and he thought he was a scholar who fell to the top, and Liang Jiemin came out, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down, and said: "I haven't seen you for a year, is my cousin okay?" ”

"Okay." Liang Jiemin said with a smile, looked him up and down, and then said, "Why is Zi'an dressed like this?" ”

"When you go out, your little nephew doesn't dare to show off." He Shutai said with a smile.

The two exchanged a few words, walked slowly into the room, and after taking a seat, Liang Jiemin asked: "Now that the spring cocoon is on the market, and it is the season to open the scales and harvest and dry, how can Zi'an have time to come to Guangzhou, but there is something important?" ”

He Shutai said: "This year, there is a lot of rain and cold, and the spring cocoon not only reduces production, but also goes on the market later. ”

"Reduced production? Isn't it amazing? Liang Jiemin asked with concern.

"It's estimated between two and three." He Shutai hesitated slightly as he spoke, and then said, "How could Uncle Cousin be the chief shopkeeper of Yuanqi?" ”

There are a lot of Shunde people who open money banks in Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Bank Hall is dissolved, and the matter of Yuanqi's unification of Guangzhou money banks is in an uproar, how can He Shutai, who is a famous silk merchant in Shunde, not know the reason? Liang Jiemin glanced at him and said, "Zi'an came to Guangzhou, is it for the matter of Shunde Qianzhuang?" ”

"The little nephew is not here to be a lobbyist." He Shutai said with a smile: "Yuanqi's measures are beneficial to the people and businessmen, and the little nephew hopes that Yuanqi can open a branch in Shunde." He knew that Liang Jiemin was busy, and he didn't go around in circles, so after a slight pause, he asked: "Guangzhou tea collapsed, Qianzhuang lost a lot of money, after attaching shares to Yuanqi, should all the debts go back to Yuanqi?" ”

Liang Jiemin said with some puzzlement: "Why does Zi'an care about this?" As soon as he thought about it, he reacted and said, "Zi'an wants to speculate in the tea market? ”

He Shutai nodded and said: "The silver for the purchase of spring cocoons and raw silk has long been prepared, but the listing of spring cocoons has been postponed, and the production has been reduced a lot. ”

Liang Jiemin shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "The reason why Yuan Qi was able to dominate the money bank in Guangzhou was to take advantage of the collapse of the tea market, why did Zi'an come to wade into this troubled water?" ”

"Yuanqi won't raise the price of tea?"

"Absolutely." Liang Jiemin pondered and said: "Most of the money houses with shares of Yuanqi have lost money due to the collapse of the tea market, and Yuanqi will naturally raise the price of tea and reduce the losses of the shares of the bank, which is beyond doubt, but it is unknown how to pull it up and how high it will be raised." ”

"The price of tea has collapsed from thirty-two taels." He Shutai said slowly: "During this period, after the bailout of the bank hall, it was suppressed again, it can be said that the loss is not small, if Yuanqi wants to reduce the loss of the attached stock bank, at least the tea price must be raised to more than thirty, if it is to join hands with the Tea Industry Association to resist the British suppression of tea prices, it is likely to be higher, even more than the price of thirty-two, and then a new high." ”

"It's hard to say." Liang Jiemin said: "England suppressed the price of tea, rumored to be related to the East India Company, and it was rumored that the company hoarded a large amount of tea to sell in London, and this year's tea exports are afraid that it will be greatly affected......." ”

"My little nephew doesn't understand tea." He Shutai humbly asked: "How much tea does the West buy from Guangzhou in a year?" Are they like the Mongols who can't do without tea? ”

"The export of tea is 500,000 quintals a year." Liang Jiemin said: "Such a large number is enough to show that Westerners cannot do without tea, according to President Huang of the Tea Industry Association, the number of tea exports this year will be reduced by 100,000 quintals." ”

"In this way, the price of tea has risen to thirty-eight to make up for the loss of these two percent." He Shutai said with a smile.

Seeing that he was full of confidence, Liang Jiemin hurriedly said: "Zi'an can't be blindly confident, the tea market is extremely risky, don't take risks." ”

"Uncle cousin, don't worry, the little nephew is not an insatiable person." He Shutai said with a smile: "Now that the price of tea has been raised to twenty-seven, the little nephew has made a profit and left the market." ”

The stalemate in the tea market did not last long, and in less than half an hour, there were tea shops and tea merchants who successively put out the price of 26 taels and 5 yuan, although the difference was only five yuan, but it quickly caused a rush to buy, and the amount of these tea shops and tea merchants sold was not large, and successfully detonated the popularity of the tea market.

The price of tea has risen all the way, 26 26 yuan, 7 yuan, 8 yuan, 9 yuan, the higher the price, the larger the number of tea leaves sold, to the afternoon, the tea price successfully exceeded 27 taels.

The price of 27 taels and 1 quintals of Fulixing tea shop has not changed, and when the price of tea climbed to 26 taels and 9 yuan, a few middle-aged people who were not dressed in a rich and noble person walked in, and the one with a beautiful mustache was also among them. ”

Xue Qigui knew at a glance that he had come to buy it sincerely, so he immediately arched his hand and said with a smile: "Forty-two thousand quintals." ”

"It's not going to go up again, is it?"

Xue Qigui smiled when he heard this, and said, "The morning move is intended to be tempting and make the guest officer smile." ”

"Okay, it's all there." The man said magnificently: "Take someone to inspect the goods." ”