In the room, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous when they saw Ma Hongshan's face change.

A few businessmen who came from Nanzhi were relatively calm, and at first glance they were people who had seen the wind and waves.

At the beginning in Shouzhou, they followed Ma Hongshan to do business with Gao Yihuan, but the merchants from Shanxi colluded with Liu Liangzuo, arrested their people, and forced them to sell their goods to the Jin merchants, but what happened in the end?

The merchants in Shanxi were wiped out, and Liu Liangzuo was also beheaded.

Now their horsemen have the relationship between Ma Shoufu and Ma Shoufu on the outside, and the relationship between the tall and handsome outside, and the internal relationship is uneven, so they collude with the tall and handsome outside, they have no fear, and they are still relatively calm.

A few local businessmen in Huguang were worried that something would happen.

Ma Hongshan was silent for a while, looked at everyone for a while, and suddenly said, "Something has changed!" Eyeliner told me that the grain on the wharf in Yuezhou had stopped being loaded, and the Shanxi grain ship from Changsha had also been left in Yuezhou. ”

"Ma Lao, what does Jin Shang mean by doing this?" A businessman from Huguang, some didn't understand what he meant.

Ma Hongshan snorted coldly, "Isn't this obvious?" The Jin merchants did not want to buy high-priced grain from us, and were ready to wait for us to raise the price of grain and sell the grain in their hands before us. If a large amount of grain enters the market, the people will calm down, the price of grain will plummet, and other merchants will inevitably rush to sell first, and the grain in our hands will be smashed in our hands, and the people of Shanxi will be able to use the money they earn to buy more grain after they make a lot of money by selling grain. ”

"These Jin merchants are really lacking in virtue!" This is not only to cut off the way of talents, but also to make them lose all their money, and everyone immediately became angry.

There was a commotion in the room, but Ma Hongshan waved his hand, "Be quiet, don't disturb the Buddha!" ”

"Ma Lao, these Jin merchants have a lot of grain in their hands, let's fry them in four taels or five taels, but he suddenly smashed our plates, then this matter can't be done, it's better for us to take advantage of their lack of action and throw it first!"

Ma Hongshan glanced at the proposed Huguang businessman, "Lao Zhang, you are also a well-known big grain merchant in central Hubei, in the territory of Yuezhou, are you still afraid that he will throw it first?" ”

Ma Hongshan relied on his relationship with Ma Shiying's relatives, and he was also very comfortable here with these Huguang merchants.

Everyone didn't know that his relative, in fact, couldn't beat the eight poles, and I heard that he was the eldest nephew of Shoufu Ma Shiying, and he had already been suppressed by his origin.

The businessman surnamed Zhang didn't dare to get angry after listening to Ma Shiying's words, and Shoufu's nephew couldn't help but give face.

"Ma Lao, what do you mean?"

Ma Hongshan looked at him and said, "With Lao Zhang's power in Yuezhou, can you let him throw it first?" If I were you, I would find someone to stare at these Jin merchants, and if they make any moves, let people block them or create a little accident. You're a local, and you're still afraid of a few Shanxi people who have come thousands of miles away, and you can't cure them?"

Isn't this a scoundrel's method, but Lao Zhang has taken a reassuring pill and already knows it in his heart.

This group of people gathers together, and you let them do a good thing together, and they are sure that all kinds of problems are smashed, and most of them are smashed, but if they do a bad thing together, there is basically nothing that cannot be done.

At this time, another person came in and said a few words to Ma Hongshan again, and Ma Hongshan immediately smiled, "These Shanxi people are really greedy, they are not satisfied with the current grain prices, and they are worried that our strength is not enough to stir up, and they have already begun to collect grain in six taels." ”

After Gao Yihuan occupied Xiangyang, his forces had penetrated deep into Huguang, and Xuan Yiwei's meticulous work fully cooperated with Ma Hongshan's action this time.

"Ma Lao, what should we do next?" Someone asked.

Ma Hongshan smiled slightly, "First of all, we must continue to walk the news that Zhang Xianzhong is going to conquer Huguang again, and in addition, there is a famine in the north, and the Jin merchants collect grain at a high price, and secondly, the shops will continue to raise the price to collect grain, and continue to speculate the price up!" ”

Huguang did not suffer a catastrophe, and there was a reason for the grain to rise, and Xuan Yiwei took a walk earlier to hear the news that Zhang Xianzhong was going to conquer Huguang again, and if he wanted to fight, the grain would naturally rise.

Now another one has been added, and the Shanxi merchants have indeed been collecting grain again recently, so they have given the people and some small grain merchants another reason for the price of grain to rise.

At this time, everyone will continue to speculate, so that more people can think that the grain will rise, and when they sell, someone will take over.

For a time, the rise in grain prices caused panic among the people, and there were long queues to buy grain in all good shops, and all grain warehouses were full of grain, but they restricted the sale and continued to buy surplus grain in the market.

In the city of Yuezhou, in front of a grain shop, the people who came to buy rice lined up in a long line, and one of the people in the team saw that the grain shop did not sell a few people, so he closed the door in the protest of the residents, and was about to turn around, but saw a team of officials suddenly separated the crowd, took away the shopkeeper and the men in the shop, and the shop was sealed, so he hurriedly and quietly broke away from the team and left quickly.

Unaware that someone was following, the man quickly returned to a house by the docks.

This is a courtyard that Fan Yongdou bought, close to the dock, which is convenient for him to dispatch and command.

At this time, in the house, Fan Yongdou was settling the silver and grain in his hand with the money shopkeeper.

"Owner, we originally had 600,000 taels of silver in our hands, which was enough to buy 300,000 stone of grain, but now we buy it for 6 taels, 7 taels, and 12 taels, so we only bought 80,000 stones." The money shopkeeper fluctuated his abacus and said to Fan Yongdou: "Owner, now the grain in our hands has a total of 100,000 stones!" ”

Originally, the silver in Fan Yongdou's hand was enough to buy 300,000 stones, but as the price of grain rose, he only bought 80,000 stones, and the previous purchase was less than 100,000 stones.

However, Fan Yongdou was not only not angry, but a little happy.

"Now the price of grain has risen to 12 taels per stone, if I sell it now, 100,000 taels is 1.2 million taels, and I will earn nearly 600,000 taels" Fan Yongdou smiled and took the account book from the hand of the money shopkeeper, "In this way, I will have 1.2 million taels of silver, and once the price of grain falls back to 2 taels per stone, then we will be able to buy 600,000 taels of grain, and we will definitely be rewarded by the regent." ”

Thinking of this, Fan Yongdou felt a burst of joy in his heart, and at this moment, a guy suddenly walked in and saluted, "Owner, the little one just came back from the city and found that the price of food was still rising, but the government took action today and took away a shopkeeper of the Longsheng number, and the shop was also sealed." ”

Fan Yongdou listened and raised his eyebrows, "The Ming Dynasty government made a move, and it seems that it can't continue to be fried." ”

Saying that, he was in good spirits and hurriedly ordered: "The people do not fight with the officials. Hurry up and get ready, and have the food thrown away at once. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion on the dockside.

(End of chapter)