Outside the restaurant, the drizzle was misty, and the rainwater fell under the eaves along the green tiles, and there were some turbid puddles.

This group of profiteers in Nanzhili is really not authentic, and at this time, they came to Huguang to fry grain, which was to block Fan Yongdou's way.

Last year, Li Zicheng laid down Shanxi, and suddenly copied Jiexiu Fan's house, so that his savings for decades were almost empty.

This time, Dolgon lent him money to run the business, so that he could buy grain for the Qing Kingdom, so that he could have a chance to make a comeback.

Dolgon borrowed his silver in the hope of getting relatively cheap grain from him, and the Qing court naturally would not give him too high a price, so Fan Yongdou bought grain in Huguang, and the lower the price of grain, the more he would earn when he shipped it to Beijing.

Now that the profiteers in Nanzhi have raised the price so high, he will definitely not make money when he goes to Beijing except for the cost of transportation.

After all, it was impossible for him to sell to the Qing Dynasty at too high a price, which would cause the Qing Dynasty to misunderstand him, thinking that he intended to raise the price of grain to blackmail the Qing Dynasty.

With the temper of the regent, he may be cut down with a single sword, and then all the money and food will be confiscated.

Now that the price of grain is so high, Fan Yongdou is very passive, and he continues to eat, he goes to Huguang, but he will lose money, and if he doesn't eat, he can't complete the grain purchase task given to him by the Qing Dynasty.

Some of the food they bought from the south was to be eaten by the north, and some was to be given to the British king Azig and the Yu king Duoduo as military rations.

Since it's military rations, do you feel delayed?

The shopkeeper's surname was Qian, and after listening to its words, he hurriedly picked up the account book and flipped a few pages, and then raised his head, "The owner, there are still 10,000 stones, and they have not been transported!" ”

"Only 10,000 stones?" Fan Yongdou frowned, and suddenly asked: "The price of grain has risen so fast, and the political envoy of Huguang has not sent someone to manage it and suppress the price of grain?"

"There was a notice to crack down on hoarding, but no one starved to death, and the people from Nanzhi seem to have a very good background, and the local businesses are also involved, as long as there is no civil uprising, no big things, where will the government care!" The money shopkeeper said.

This is indeed the case in the government, the bureaucrats have always been high, and if there is no problem, no one can be seen, and only when things are big will someone come out to clean up.

Local forces are intertwined and have a relationship with the government, and as long as there are no major problems, the government will generally not manage them.

Although grain prices have risen sharply now, they still have not reached the highest point compared with the year before when Zhang Xianzhong was in turmoil in Huguang.

After hearing this, Fan Yongdou knew that it was unlikely that he wanted to rely on the Ming Dynasty government to open a warehouse and put grain at a parity price and suppress grain prices.

There was anger in his eyes, and he waved his hand: "The 10,000 stone grain in Yuezhou, don't transport it away first, and the grain that has been transported recently will also be left first, I will be useful."

The shopkeeper Qian is also a person who has followed Fan Yongdou for many years, and his face can't help but be shocked, "Dongjia, do you want to demolish the platform of Nanzhi's gang and smash down the price of grain?" ”

Fan Yongdou sneered on his face, "Naturally, I want to smash their plates, the price of grain is so high, it is not good for us and the Qing Dynasty." ”

For the Qing court, it was natural that the lower the price of grain, the better it would be for them.

"The owner, the people in Nanzhi have raised the price of grain, if we smash him, they will definitely lose money, I'm afraid they will hate us!" After all, it is in the place of the Ming Dynasty, and the money shopkeeper is still a little worried.

"I do things for the Qing Dynasty, and I'm afraid of people from Nanzhi. This time I'm not just going to smash their plates, I'm going to make a big profit. Fan Yongdou's eyes showed greed, but the strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, and he really needed to be a little prepared, so he ordered: "Money shopkeeper, you send someone to bring five thousand taels of silver, and immediately go to Wuchang to visit Huang Shu, the superintendent of the army, and dredge up the relationship, in case the young people make trouble for us!"

Huang Shu is Zuo Liangyu's supervisor, in history it was this person who instigated Zuo Liangyu to rebel eastward, and later after the Donglin Party played smash, he defected to the Qing court, deceived Zheng Zhilong, led the Qing army into Fujian, and subverted the Longwu court.

The money shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Owner, I'll let Xiao'er do this." ”

"Good!" Fan Yongdou nodded, and then ordered: "You let Xiaofeng go today, and then take out all the cash in your hand, I want to prepare to buy grain!" ”

There was a puzzle on the face of the money shopkeeper, "The owner, don't you want to use grain to smash the plate and smash the price of grain?" Why do you collect grain instead, isn't this making the price of grain higher and higher? ”

Fan Yongdou sneered on his face, "Naturally, the price of grain is only interesting when it is smashed down from a high place, so that we can earn more." Isn't that group of Nanzhi businessmen going to speculate, I'll help them, and make the grain price higher, and when it reaches a high position, I will smash out the grain in my hand, so much grain will enter the market, the price will definitely plummet, and those businessmen with high-priced grain in their hands will definitely be scared to death, and they will inevitably rush to sell it first, in order to recover their losses. When the time comes, I will be able to bring back the grain from the lowest. If you sell high and enter low, I want to make a lot of money from the owner! Hahaha~"

Fan Yongdou is worthy of being a person who has been in business for many years, and the business makes a difference.

That group of Nanzhi people, I'm afraid they couldn't think of it, and they would make a wedding dress for him in the end.

If this matter is done, not to mention recovering his losses in Shanxi, at least he can use the money of the Qing Dynasty to come to a white wolf with empty gloves, and he can save a lot of money.

Outside the city of Yuezhou, thirty miles away in the southwest of Dongting Lake, there is a small island, called Junshan, and the famous building Yueyang Tower is far away.

It is located in Dongting Lake, surrounded by water on all sides, the peaks and mountains are coiled, the ravines are looped, the bamboo trees are verdant, the scenery is picturesque, and it is a good place for literati and ink writers to enjoy the lake scenery and chant poetry since ancient times.

Li Bai, Du Fu, Huang Tingjian, Xin Qiji and other big, have been here to enjoy the strange flowers and plants, the summer view of the vast cave garden, the autumn moon of the fishing songs, the winter view of the wetland migratory birds, left a lot of poems and stone carvings, is a holy place in the hearts of the literati of Huguang.

Today, this holy land, because of the arrival of a group of people, is stained with the smell of copper.

Although Junshan is not big, there are five wells and four platforms on the island, as well as several temples.

At this time, in the backyard meditation room of one of them, called Junshan Temple, more than a dozen people were sitting on a futon and discussing secretly.

Ma Hongshan sat in the middle, closed his eyes and recuperated, and a middle-aged man next to him said, "Ma Lao, the price of grain has now been raised to six taels per stone, and the price has tripled. ”

The price of grain in Huguang was originally two taels per stone, and Ma Hongshan and others first collected three taels and then four taels, and at this time they could already make huge profits by selling them.

Ma Hongshan slowly opened his eyes and looked at him with disdain, "Where is this?" ”

Ma Hongshan turned out to be just a wealthy gentleman in Bozhou, and then he was a little bit of a relative with Ma Shiying, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't get up and down for the rest of his life, but since he cooperated with Gao Yihuan, he quickly grew up by smuggling trade and became a big businessman with a head and face in Nanzhili.

Now that the horse rider is no longer what it used to be, his vision and ambition have naturally grown.

At this time, Ma Hongshan glanced at everyone with a pair of blazing eyes, and stretched out a slap, "Continue to fry, at least five times higher." ”

Now that Ma Yuanwai has the previous money in his hand, he has to recognize Ma Shiying as his uncle when he is old, he has a big network and has confidence in his heart.

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked in, bowed his head and whispered in his ear.

Outside the horseman, who was still in high spirits, he immediately frowned and was silent~

(End of chapter)