Yuanqi Bank, Shunde Branch, backyard.

Dog days are still a few days away, but the last few days are hot, humid and stuffy, the slightest movement is sweating, Yi Zhizhi sat in the room while shaking a fan while looking at the newspaper that was just delivered - "Xiguan Weekly", this is the first newspaper they drummed up, planned to be launched in early July, but it was delayed again and again, and it was finally published in the middle of the month.

He had already read the sample report, so naturally he would not look at the content again, he looked at it slightly, and saw that the layout was neat and clean, and the handwriting was clear, and the quality of the paper seemed to be a little better, although it could not be compared with the later generations, but it could be regarded as having the prototype of a modern newspaper, he looked at the door and said, "Li Wang." ”

Li Wang hurriedly came in and bowed, "Young master." ”

Yi Zhishu handed over the newspaper and said, "I have nothing to do with reading the newspaper, I can not only learn words, but also increase my knowledge." ”

"Young Master Xie." Li Wang bowed down and thanked him before he stepped forward to take the newspaper, after experiencing the hijacking incident, he found that the young master began to pay attention to his studies, he naturally understood that this was a good thing, as soon as he had the opportunity, he seized the time to practice reading and reading, took the newspaper out of the room, looked up and saw that Xiuyuan and He Shutai came together, he hurriedly said: "Young master, the shopkeeper is here." ”

After the two of them came in and sat down, He Shutai said: "Big shopkeeper, now the price of raw silk on the market has risen to one or two or eight yuan, slightly higher than the price of rice, and in normal years, this price is the largest trading volume." ”

"A normal year?" Yi Zhizu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Zi'an means to reduce production this year?" ”

"Not bad." He Shutai nodded and said: "This year's spring cocoons are not only late on the market, but also have a serious reduction in production, the preliminary estimate is about two or three percent, under normal circumstances, the price of raw silk will inevitably rise accordingly, and it is expected to rise to about two taels or two taels and one dollars." ”

Yi Zhisuff ordered a cigar slowly, then looked at Xie Xiuyuan, and said, "How many foods have we eaten during this time?" ”

"Nearly four million taels of silver have been spent." Xie Xiuyuan said with a smile: "This is mainly due to the strong help of Zi'an and other silk merchants. ”

"You don't need to be polite." He Shutai said: "Our silk merchants in Shunde are now prosperous and prosperous with Yuanqi, and they are both lost, how can they not try their best to help." ”

Yi Zhixiang said with concern: "As soon as the price of raw silk rises, will you be complained by Sang Nong?" ”

"No, it won't." He Shutai said: "We just introduce customers to the door, not involving business negotiations, besides, even if they are complained, next year's purchase of a large number of fresh cocoons will inevitably raise the price, and it can make up for them." ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded and said: "It is to think of ways to make up for them, Shunde is the main base of the Silk Industry Co., Ltd., and the relationship with the local Sannong must be handled well, and they must not be disgusted." After a slight pause, he said: "Yuanqi encourages the mulberry farmers to expand the scale of mulberry planting and silkworm raising, and gives priority to supporting these lost mulberry farmers. ”

He Shutai said with a smile: "The big shopkeeper is kind-hearted and ....... ”

"It's not that you're kind-hearted." Yi Zhizu interrupted his words and said: "But in the long run, only a win-win situation, in order to establish a long-term and stable cooperative relationship, the machine silk reeling factory is built, if the local mulberry farmers do not sell fresh cocoons to the silk reeling factory, it is we who suffer." ”

He Shutai hurriedly nodded and said, "What the big shopkeeper said is very true. ”

"You have contributed a lot to this raw silk acquisition." Yi Zhizu said and looked at He Shutai, and after a slight pause, he smiled and said, "Giving you a profit of money is considered a reward." ”

Profit for a penny? He Shutai couldn't help but be excited, he was very clear, Yuan Qi came to Shunde to buy raw silk this time, but he mobilized tens of millions of taels of silver, which is enough to buy millions of catties of raw silk, and the profit of one dollar is hundreds of thousands of taels! This is impossible, think too much, easy to know the meaning of contentment, it should be a load of money, think about it is not right, a load of money, only a few thousand taels of silver, at the moment he cautiously tested: "A load of money?" ”

"Am I that stingy?" Yi Zhifen smiled: "One pound and one penny." ”

He Shutai's face was swollen and red, and he didn't know what to say, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! Yi Zhizhi gave them at least 400,000 taels of silver in one sentence! He couldn't believe it!

Xie Xiuyuan was also stunned, the big shopkeeper was too generous, although he was shocked, he didn't dare to say more, looking at Yi Zhixiang is casual remarks, but he knew that Yi Zhixiang was not so generous, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, even thousands of taels of silver, and he would not give it away at will, there should be another purpose behind this.

After coming back to his senses, He Shutai hurriedly got up, did not shirk, and said respectfully: "Thank you for the shopkeeper." ”

"Don't rush to thank you." Yi Zhicontent said with a smile: "Let's make it clear first, it was acquired before, and we won't make much money later." ”

That's 200,000 taels! He Shutai hurriedly said: "How dare you be insatiable in the inferior, thank you for the shopkeeper!" ”

"Don't make any fuss, sit." Yi Zhizu waved his hand and took a puff of his cigar before he said slowly: "We have only purchased less than four million silver, and the price of raw silk has risen to one or two or eight yuan, obviously, in addition to us, there are still people buying." ”

"The Great Shopkeeper Mingjian." He Shutai said: "Yuanqi in the towns below the castle to buy a large number of local silk merchants, however, from the market raw silk price rise and speed of the rise, the number of their acquisitions is not large, now from the peak of the raw silk market is still a few days, they are waiting for the price of raw silk to fall, if Yuanqi stops buying a few days, the price will inevitably fall." ”

"Prices can't be allowed to go down." Yi Zhicontent said: "Once the price falls, many silk merchants will rush to buy, continue to collect, try to maintain the price of silk does not fall, but do not let the price of silk rise." ”

Xie Xiuyuan said with some puzzlement: "The price has fallen, and we will also follow the acquisition, wouldn't the profit be greater?" ”

"That's a small profit." Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said: "Once the price falls, a group of silk merchants rush to buy, the price will rebound quickly, in this case, the silk merchants will no longer expect the price of raw silk to fall, they will continue to rush to buy, the price of raw silk will rise rapidly, and the millions of taels of silver we have left in hand will basically be unprofitable."

Silk prices do not fall or rise, a group of silk merchants will have the illusion, that the price of silk will fall when the peak comes, will not be busy with acquisitions, we are just to take advantage of their hesitation, a large number of eat, and then steadily rise, let them hesitate to watch the price of silk all the way up, let them miss the opportunity to buy, let them regret it. ”

Hearing this, He Shutai hesitated and said, "The big shopkeeper wants to... Domination? ”

"That's right! Domination! Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "Only by dominating the market can we create more profits." ”