Two hours later, Wang Peng took the 25,000 quintals of grain extraction list personally issued by Old Man Zhou and left Zhou's mansion with a satisfied face. As for the old man Zhou, who was guaranteed by the General Military Office, he quickly gathered a few sons and prepared to arrange the task of purchasing the first batch of grain.

At the same time, several other grain merchants and trading houses in Datong Prefecture also received officials from the General Military Office who came to buy grain.

However, except for one or two that sold thousands of quintals of grain to the General Military Administration, the other grain merchants all symbolically sold dozens of quintals of grain to the General Military Administration.

Not only that, but as soon as the officials who came to buy grain from the General Military Office left, these grain merchants gathered together.

The lobby of the Wang family, which can be called the first commercial house in Datong, and the heads of several other commercial houses all sat on both sides of the lobby with smiles, discussing something with each other, and let out a chuckle from time to time.

In their opinion, the fact that the General Military Office went to their homes to buy food proved that their original judgment was correct.

With the continuous influx of a large number of displaced people into Datong Mansion, the grain price of Datong Mansion will surely usher in a new round of skyrocketing again.

When the time comes, everyone can make a lot of money with the food they have hoarded in their hands.

Seeing that the old man Wang who was the only one on the throne in the lobby did not show the smile that everyone imagined. The head of the Li family, who was sitting in the first place, asked with a smile on his face.

"Elder Wang, are you already thinking about how much silver the Wang family can earn after the price of grain skyrockets...."

"Among us grain merchants, Wang Lao, you have hoarded the most grain, a full 50,000 taels....so much grain, even if you earn an extra two taels of silver per load of grain, Wang Lao can also have an income of 100,000 taels of silver."

"It's not like us people. It is to sell all the grain in hand. I can only earn tens of thousands of taels of silver..."

The words of the head of the Li family just fell. A middle-aged man with a wicked smile followed him and said, "Brother Li, this is not necessarily... Now the price of grain in our Datong Mansion is four or five taels of silver a load, if we wait until the price of grain soars to ten taels of silver, we will open a warehouse and sell grain. When the time comes, each of us will earn more than 100,000 taels of silver..."

"Ten taels of silver for a load of grain, this is too high, is it possible that the price of grain has skyrocketed to such an expensive price?" The middle-aged man just finished speaking. An exclamation sounded in the lobby.

On the main seat of the hall, Wang Lao, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke.

With a firm face, he said: "As long as there is no intervention from the imperial court, the price of grain has skyrocketed to ten taels of silver a load, and there is absolutely no problem... After all, Datong Mansion suddenly had hundreds of thousands of more mouths to eat food, and there was only so much food in the entire Datong Mansion. ”

"The imperial court intervenes..."The head of the Li family frowned and asked the elder Wang on the throne.

"Elder Wang, you are worried that the imperial court will interfere in the price of grain... Forbid us to raise prices..."

Wang Lao nodded and replied, "Everyone knows that hundreds of thousands of displaced people need food. If food prices continue to rise, these hundreds of thousands of displaced people are likely to starve to death... What the entire Datong Mansion will be in chaos will become, I don't say that everyone should be able to guess. In this case. Do you think the court will care? ”

"The imperial court will definitely take care of it...", the head of the Li family, who gasped, affirmed loudly.

Just when the atmosphere in the main hall was condensed, the words of the head of the Li family suddenly changed and continued: "However, I think that even if the imperial court will take care of it, it is also a matter for the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with whether the price of food rises..."

"As long as we don't sell the food in our hands, and we don't have to do it ourselves, the two planes in Datong Mansion will naturally skyrocket."

"Besides, let's hold the grain in our hands and not sell it, and we won't break the law, even if the court wants to manage it, we can't manage it."

"If the imperial court really wants to calm the price of grain, then there is only one way, to send large quantities of grain to Datong from other places and sell it at a price lower than the market price. However, did the imperial court have the ability to transport grain from other places? ”

Hearing this, except for the Wang family's note on the main throne, several other people showed a knowing smile on their faces.

As businessmen who travel all year round, their understanding of the imperial court is definitely not lower than that of some officials.

Therefore, they all know the embarrassing situation of the imperial court not being able to make ends meet. With the situation that the imperial court has no money and no grain for food, it is impossible to mobilize grain from Datong Prefecture to provide relief to the victims and quell the imminent surge in grain prices.

Seeing that the worry on the face of the head of the Wang family still did not dissipate, whether it was because of age or because of business experience, the head of the Li family, who respected Wang Lao Yezi with great respect, continued to ask with a puzzled face.

"Elder Wang, in my opinion, you don't have to worry about the problems of the imperial court at all. Besides, we also have people in the imperial court, if the imperial court really plans to do something, we will definitely get the news in advance, and then retreat with all our bodies, and there will be absolutely no loss. ”

"Yes....Elder Wang, it's not the first time we've done this kind of thing, so don't worry about it at all..."

Under everyone's comfort, Wang Lao suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed down, and after everyone quieted down, he said with a worried face: "The court I am talking about is not the court hall of the capital, but our Datong General Military Mansion..."

"I will never have this concern until the new commander-in-chief arrives. But since he arrived, I've been worried about our future. ”

"Because, so far, I haven't seen through what kind of person our chief soldier is?"

Seeing the silent crowd, Elder Wang once again said in an astonishing voice: "I can say with certainty that with the attitude of the Chief Soldier towards the displaced people in the past, he will never watch the price of grain in Datong Mansion skyrocket..."

"As far as I know, in our Datong Mansion, there are still many grain merchants who do not stand with us. And our commander-in-chief has already purchased almost 40,000 quintals of grain from these grain merchants at a price higher than the market price..."

The middle-aged man with a wicked smile said with a mocking face: "Elder Wang, you also think too highly of the General Military Mansion....40,000 loads of grain, which is more than 4 million catties....You must know that the number of displaced people who have entered Datong Mansion has reached 200,000... If these 40,000 quintals of grain are used to help the victims, it will take a month, and God is already thankful..."

For what the middle-aged man said, the back and forth leaves directly expressed ignorance...

Under everyone's gaze, Wang Lao continued to say in an astonishing voice: "Everyone has forgotten the more than ten families that were exterminated more than half a month ago....Which of them was not exterminated because of their contempt for the General Military Mansion....Although there is no evidence to prove that these things were done by the General Military Mansion, we all know in our hearts..."

"Sue you, this is the price of despising the General Military Mansion." (To be continued......)