Gu Chengyu sneered, "We don't talk darkly, how much grain you have in your hands, this official can also calculate an approximate based on the movements of the past few days." Before coming to Jiangnan, the emperor said that grain prices would never be allowed. The flood in Changtianfu was a major disaster. You still want to earn that kind of money from rice, what is your conscience? ”

Speaking of which, Gu Chengyu's tone was already extremely harsh.

Businessmen are profit-oriented, and profiteers have no morality at all.

They thought that they had grasped the lifeblood of Hang Tianfu, and as long as the food was in their hands, they would be able to earn silver as they wanted?

This is an attempt to monopolize the rice and grain in the hands of farmers at a low price, and then hoard them together.

When the price of grain is raised, the people can only buy grain from them, and they have to buy it at a high price.

Just like the victims outside the gate of Hangtianfu City were not arranged to work as river workers before, they wanted to eat food, and they all paid a high price to buy it.

During that time, every day there were men from the rice shops in the city, who carried grain to the city gate to sell. However, these grains are ridiculously expensive, several times more expensive.

But at that time, these victims could not enter the city, so they had to pay several times as much money as these workers to buy.

After all, people have to eat and drink when they live, and even if they feel distressed, they have to buy it.

Until he ran out of money, he began to gnaw on the turf.

I'm afraid it was during that time that the grain was sold that gave these people a taste of sweetness. Otherwise, they would not have been able to hoard so much rice without hesitation.

"Lord Gu is serious, right? We are businessmen, if we don't rely on these to earn silver, what else can we do to earn silver? It's normal to stock up on more rice grain, but the imperial court doesn't explicitly prohibit hoarding rice and grain, right? ”

Xia Hongji was still resentful of Gu Chengyu's request for 100,000 taels of silver just now, just now he couldn't lose Xia's face, so he could only suffer this dumb loss for the time being.

But even if this Gu Chengyu is an official of the imperial court, he can't manage the affairs between their businessmen, right?

Forty texts, is it outrageous? He also planned to sell it for one hundred and eighty wen a catty, so he had to make up for the 100,000 taels of silver.

Unless the ban issued by the imperial court did not allow them to raise the price of grain, he did not intend to give Gu Chengyu this face.

The faces of the owners of several other rice shops are not good-looking, they have just donated silver, and this Lord Gu's silver has not yet arrived! Are you going to turn your face and not recognize people?

"This official knows that in business, who doesn't like silver? But the gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and the money you earn this time is the flesh and blood of the people, how can you bear it in your heart! ”

Gu Chengyu sighed and shook his head at everyone.

The proprietors of some trading houses are actually a little reluctant to bear it, so they don't hoard much rice grain.

Now that Gu Chengyu said this, they felt even more guilty in their hearts.

One of them wanted to open his mouth to make a statement, but he didn't want to be pulled by the people on the side. He subconsciously looked over and saw Xia Hongji's expression very disapproving.

If you respond to Lord Gu at this time, wouldn't it offend many people present? and completely offended Xia Hongji.

Xia Hongji is a member of the Xia clan, and what they are afraid of is not him Xia Hongji, but Xia Shoufu.

"Master Gu, you also said just now, you are talking business. It's impossible for us to do this business without making money. The price of rice and grain has risen, and that is because most of the farmland in Changtianfu has been submerged, and this year's grain will inevitably decrease a lot. If we don't take the opportunity to stock up on more food before the food price rises completely. In that future, the cost of acquisition will be increased several times! Please also understand our hardships, don't make it difficult for us! ”

Xia Hongji had already thought of his rhetoric just now, anyway, he had earned the silver of this rice grain.

The 100,000 taels of silver, the patriarch will definitely be furious when he hears it. But if the matter of hoarding rice and grain and selling it at a high price is properly handled, the patriarch may still be able to open the net.

"Then you only hoard and don't sell grain, which is a bit too much to say, right? Isn't the purpose so that you can sell it again when the price of food has reached its peak, and make a lot of money? ”

What Gu Chengyu pointed out was exactly the same, and everyone suddenly didn't know how to answer. If they hadn't raised the price of food, they wouldn't have made so much money.

This silver is like picking up for nothing, who can be willing to give it up?

But if the rice grain is now sold at a low price, they are even more unhappy.

Gu Chengyu saw that everyone was silent again, and he knew that it would not work if he didn't use a killer move.

"Ladies and gentlemen! When the official came to Jiangnan, the imperial court was discussing the establishment of a chamber of commerce. ”

Gu Chengyu ordered someone to serve a pot of tea to everyone, and then carefully observed everyone's faces.

When everyone heard what Gu Chengyu said, they began to whisper.

"Isn't your house leaning on that one? Have you heard of this? One of them pulled the person next to him and asked.

"No, he didn't say a word about the Chamber of Commerce......"

"Chamber of Commerce? Dare to ask Master Gu, what is the Chamber of Commerce? ”

Master Wang's eyes were shining, and he immediately caught a trace of unusual meaning from Gu Chengyu's words.

Hu Maoshen and other officials looked at Gu Chengyu strangely, Chamber of Commerce?

How did they not know what chamber of commerce was being discussed in the imperial court? This is unheard of!

Several people looked at each other, and after silently communicating with each other's eyes, they were sure that the imperial court had not mentioned this matter at all.

Could it be that the emperor valued Chengyu and told him about it? It's not impossible!

Hu Maoshen came back from the shock and couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart.

This Gu Chengyu didn't even reveal the slightest rumor before, but at this moment, he caught them off guard.

What chamber of commerce? There was no mention of this matter at the court meeting, I am afraid that Gu Chengyu brought it up himself, right?

I don't know if Gu Chengyu has discussed it with the emperor, so he said it so rashly, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, right?

This Chamber of Commerce must be a troublesome matter, it is impossible to establish it in a day or two, isn't Gu Chengyu asking for trouble by doing this?

"Dare to ask Lord Gu, what is this chamber of commerce?"

Master Sun is very interested in this chamber of commerce, just like the tea tax, since it is implemented, it must have its reason.

In the past, when there was no tea tax, tea merchants and tea farmers often clashed. Tea farmers have lost a lot of profits, and tea merchants have not necessarily taken advantage of them.

After the implementation of the tea tax, although the tea merchants lost some of their profits, their lives were guaranteed, and there were many fewer inconveniences.

Master Sun always believes that raising the price of grain and making those undesirable money is not a long-term solution. The imperial court has already sent a messenger down to provide disaster relief, will it be indifferent to the rising price of rice and grain?

After those victims and ordinary people have used up all their savings, can Mi Xing watch them starve to death?

The people had no money to buy rice, and they were so hungry that their eyes were glazed. The rice in the rice store can't be sold, the granaries are piled up, and in the end, the grain is not to be sold cheaply?