Call for a monthly pass again, big guys, can you support Rolls-Royce again?

West Lake, Xilin Bridge, outside the gate of Haiyuntang.

When the sky was bright, the lavishly decorated sedan chairs were leaving surrounded by the gorgeously dressed servants and maids. Needless to say, these are the leading figures in Lin'an and even the entire Jiangnan shopping mall and officialdom. I just attended the banquet of Pu Shou Geng as the east, and now I am gone.

The two brothers Deng Qiushan and Deng Qiuzhong from Changguo are also slowly pacing out of Haiyun Hall. The two of them actually don't have much status or much net worth.

Among them, Deng Qiushan, the "Wenshan" in the "Wenshan Wuzhong" of the Shuangjie of the Deng Jiaqiu character generation of Changguo, is now the staff of Jiang Wanli, the pacification ambassador and the ambassador of the regimental training on Jiangnan West Road.

Deng Qiuzhong now also has an official, from the general Shilang of Jiupin. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, this official was awarded to alternate officials who had just entered the official career, and generally did not give such officials a formal assignment. However, Deng Qiuzhong did not have the time to become an official, he is now not only a celebrity in Jiangnan Shilin, one of the leaders of the anti-Ming faction, but also shouted the slogans of "scholars discuss politics" and "school politics".

It is believed that "the king and the scholars" should have an occasion for the scholars to openly discuss politics and express their opinions. On this occasion, it is the Confucian academies run by officials at all levels. Including the highest level of Taixue and Jingxue, the lower level of the government school, the state school, and the lowest level of county school, should become a place for the gentry to discuss politics. All students. They can openly discuss the government and criticize officials. You can also jointly write to the emperor and make suggestions. Impeachment of unscrupulous officials.

Such a system of "scholars and doctors" and "school discussions" is similar to that of the aristocratic council of the Northern Ming Dynasty. It's just that it is not the nobles and gentry who participate in the discussion of politics. Rather, it is a reader who reads the books of the sages.

As soon as this proposal came out, it was immediately like a cloud! If this set of things had been proposed a few years earlier, Deng Qiuzhong would most likely have become the target of public criticism and be criticized as a rebellious. However, at present, the Southern Song Dynasty is holding a large-scale group training, and the essence of the Southern Song Dynasty group training is that the scholars are in charge of the soldiers, and the leaders of the Shilin return to their hometowns, ascend to the heights, and organize the clans, students, and township celebrities as the backbone of the group training. Then recruit the township to serve as soldiers. This is the basis of today's Great Song Dynasty's armed forces!

With their own armed forces, it is natural that there are some scholars and scholars who want to further get involved in the political power, especially the local power in their respective hometowns. And the "scholars' discussions" and "school discussions" just cater to such needs. Therefore, Deng Qiuzhong was also praised as the leader of Shilin.

In addition, Deng Qiuzhong also has his own business to cook. The trading of the Deng family's Jingutang in the Southern Song Dynasty was taken over by Deng Qiuzhong. And Jingutang is a rice merchant, who originally controlled the rice and grain business of Shenjiamen, and also has several branches in Qingyuan Mansion and Shaoxing Mansion on the mainland. Now Jin Gutang's business on the mainland belongs to Deng Qiuzhong. He also opened branches in Lin'an and Zhenjiang, and also contacted rice merchants in Jiangxi through Deng Qiushan's relationship. Another hand is connected to Changguo County, which has a great demand for rice and grain. It's hard to think about this business without booming!

This day has also been nourished, not only married a famous family like flowers and jade, but also set up a rather exquisite mansion in Lin'an City. Daily exchanges. is not a celebrity, an official, or a wealthy businessman.

Because Jingutang still has some foundation in Changguo and Shenjiamen rice markets, Deng Qiuzhong has now become Pu Shougeng's guest - Pu Shougeng wants to figure out Guò Jingutang's grasp of the situation in Changguo and Shenjiamen rice markets.

And in the midst of last night's all-night dinner. Pu Shougeng inquired carefully, and finally entrusted Deng Qiuzhong to find out the number of grain stocks in Changguo and Shenjiamen. It also vaguely revealed that he was ready to make a big move in the rice and grain trade.

"Zong Lian. What do you mean by this surname Pu? What is there to do in this rice and grain business? Can it be compared with sea trade? ”

Sitting in the carriage, Deng Qiushan and his cousin discussed the sale of rice and grain. is the opposite of the stout Deng Qiuzhong. Deng Qiushan was born slender and not very old, only twenty-seven or eighteen, just a miserable and thin young man. In addition to being familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, he doesn't seem to have any other skills. Jiang Wanli's only purpose in using him as a staff member was probably to figure out the relationship between Guò Jingutang and sell the rice and grain requisitioned from Jiangxi at a good price.

However, Deng Qiushan is a native of Changguo, and his wife is the eldest lady of Shen, and he still knows how to make money in Haimao, and he also knows the Pu family in Quanzhou.

Deng Qiuzhong said: "Maritime trade is not something that anyone can do, if you want to run to the sea, you must raise a group of dead soldiers in your hands!" ”

"Privately storing the dead? Isn't that tantamount to rebellion? Deng Qiushan was taken aback, it is estimated that his wife has not told him that his family Shen also raised thousands of outlaws.

"Well, that's what happened." Deng Qiuzhong smiled and said, "Not only to raise the dead, but also to equip the sea ship with paper armor, crossbows, and heavenly thunder ......."

"Possession of armor, crossbows, and thunder is a capital crime!"

"It's a capital offense! But without these things, you will definitely be robbed when you go out to sea! can't wait for the court to investigate, and his life and goods have been sent. ”

Deng Qiuzhong looked at his younger brother for a while, and then said with a smile: "Now the dead soldiers, crossbows, heavenly thunder and warships of the Pu family are gone, and they have all been killed by Chen Dexing." Therefore, they can't do sea trade, they can only do rice and grain business. ”

"He's a loyal servant, too." Deng Qiushan nodded, of course he knew what was wrong with Pu Shougeng. "But looking at Pu Shougeng's pomp, it seems that he is still a sea merchant, where is there such a grand rice merchant as him? How much foundation does their Pu family have, how can they afford such an expense? ”

Of course, the profits from selling rice and grain cannot be compared with maritime trade, so the hands of rice merchants cannot be compared with those of maritime merchants.

Deng Qiuzhong said with a smile: "The Pu family is a big business, and now they want to do a rice and grain business...... I'm afraid that I won't be willing to make a small fuss. This Jiangnan rice market is bound to have some ups and downs. ”

"Wind and rain? This rice grain is the foundation of the stability of the world! Deng Qiushan frowned, "The imperial court won't care, right?" ”

Deng Qiuzhong shook his head slightly, "It's hard to say......"

"Zong Lian, should we write an article in the tabloid to appeal for it?"

"No, it's still too ......early," Deng Qiushan said, "I don't know what the Pu family wants to do now, let alone what it means!" This article can't be scribbled, otherwise it will set yourself on fire. ”

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"Haiyun, what the hell do you want to do?"

In the flower hall of Haiyun Hall, Pu Shousheng, who had sneaked back to the Central Plains at some point, was frowning and asking.

And the object of his questioning, of course, is Pu Shougeng. In the flower hall of Nuoda, there are only these two brothers at this time. Two cups of tea, there is no heat, and I don't know how long it has been there, but no one has come to change it.

Pu Shougeng smiled: "I'm a businessman, of course I want to make money." ”

"Selling rice and grain by speculation?"

"It's just by selling rice and grain! Master Jia has already allowed me to let it go...... Xinquan, do you think this rice grain may be stir-fried? ”

"How to fry? There is a lot of rice like that...... At least 20 million stone will be rich this year! ”

"Isn't it 20 million...... If you use a late contract to lock up the position, it is only 2 million. The white businessmen in Quanzhou alone have no less than 30 million yuan in hand! Not to mention the gentry and wealthy merchants in the entire Jiangnan. Although there is a lot of rice grain, it is nothing compared to the money in the hands of the big guys. ”

Of course, the merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty were rich, the maritime merchants were rich, and the officials and merchants were equally rich. No matter how much rice there is, it is only a plate of twenty or thirty million yuan. And the money in the hands of all kinds of wealthy businessmen and scholars and wealthy families is calculated in billions!

You must know that the financial revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty has even exceeded that of the Qing Dynasty before 1900! And most of this income comes from commercial taxes. And behind such a prosperous business, there is naturally a huge amount of currency. However, because the Song Dynasty did not have a large banking industry, a large amount of money was hidden, which caused a "money shortage", that is, deflation. Due to the shortage of money, the issuance of paper money has been ...... However, regardless of whether there is a shortage of money in the market, anyway, the wealthy businessmen in the Southern Song Dynasty have too much money in their hands to count.

To make an analogy, the grain market in the Southern Song Dynasty is a small-cap stock with 20 million plates, while the spare money of the wealthy families in the Southern Song Dynasty is as much as one billion or even two billion!

If some of the billion-2 billion spare money can be invested in food speculation, what is the value of a plate of 20 million stones?

The reason why there has been no big money speculation in the past is not because everyone does not understand this truth, but because the imperial court controlled by Confucianism has always paid more attention to stabilizing grain prices. And it's not very reasonable, if the grain merchants below raise the price of grain too much, they are dying.

"I know that this rice grain can be fried, if it is when our Pu family is prosperous, with the strength of our family, we can fry the price of rice in the Song Kingdom several times."

Pu Shousheng sighed as he spoke, glaring at his younger brother with some complaint. If it weren't for Pu Shougeng and Chen Dexing's struggle for sea power, the Pu family would not have fallen to the point where there were only a few million Guan family funds left.

He shook his head, suppressed his dissatisfaction with his brother, and said, "Who is Jia Rudao?" We have offered him a lot in the past, but what is the result? Haiyun, listen to my brother's words, don't wade into this troubled water again. We are businessmen, and we can't do Lu Buwei! ”

"I know, I know......" Pu Shougeng sighed bitterly and lowered his voice, "Big brother, I know what you said." In fact, the younger brother also had the intention of retreating, but he wanted to retreat...... You can't quit empty-handed! If we don't go overseas, how will our Pu family live? The younger brother's meaning is to take advantage of the opportunity of the Song and Yuan dynasties to replace the soldiers with grain, take advantage of the situation, and leave when they have enough money! (To be continued......)