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This time, the second prince, the third prince and the sixth prince followed the prince out of the capital.
The prince and the third prince traveled several times with the emperor to various places when they were children, and they were not very surprised by the scenery along the way.
The second prince had stayed at home for twenty years and didn't care about the scenery outside his monastery. He was very calm along the way.
Therefore, the most excited one is the Sixth Prince.
On both sides of the canal, many farmers watched the mighty imperial grain ships.
The sixth prince also stood on the bow of the boat curiously, looking at the farmers from a distance.
"Why are they all dressed so frugally?" The Sixth Prince asked Xue Yao: "Are these farmers from the disaster-stricken county?"
Xue Yao didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry. This has already reached the border of Shandong. How can the farmers dress the same as the people in the capital?
"Besides, these farmers wear coarse linen clothes that are not too bright, and they don't even have patches, which shows that the living conditions are still passable.
Originally he wanted to truthfully explain that this was normal people's life, but when he saw the little face of the sixth prince who was worried about the country and the people, Xue Yao couldn't bear to shatter his imagination of a rich country and a strong people, so he could only coax him and said: "These farmers spend their days We all have to work in the fields. If we go to the fields wearing silk brocade clothes, if we are not careful, we will get muddy and even tear our clothes. It is such a waste of good materials. It is better to wear linen cloth."
"So that's it!" The sixth prince became happy again.
In an era when information does not circulate, young princes with no experience are so easy to deceive.
The prince and his party plan to go to Zhejiang to purchase grain, because prices in Jinling are slightly higher than in Hangzhou.
Xue Yao and the accompanying purchasing eunuchs advised the prince to compare prices from multiple sources, so the grain ship landed in Jinling first.
The customs and customs in the south of the Yangtze River are quite different from those in the north.
The talented man is charming and the beautiful woman is graceful.
The pace of life of the people in Jinling City seems to be slower than that of the people in the capital, and there is a leisurely and lazy atmosphere everywhere.
From the restaurants lined up on both sides of the Qinhuai River, the accompaniment of pipa and guqin and the melodious singing of women can be heard from time to time.
Listening to the sultry singing, the third prince imagined the appearance of the singer, and hurriedly asked to dock, saying that he would stay in Jinling City for a few days to negotiate the price with the local grain merchants.
But as soon as he got off the boat, he went to the most famous brothel to negotiate the price.
The prince sent a purchasing eunuch to follow Xue Yao to the grain store to find out what was going on. The sixth prince also actively asked to go with him.
Xue Yao set foot on his hometown of Jinling for the first time since his rebirth. This was his hometown of Nanjing in his previous life.
The landscape of his hometown was completely different from that of his time.
There are mostly bright and dust-free blue skies, clear green water, simple and elegant restaurants and shops, and few high-rise buildings in the future.
The local accent is still friendly.
In Xue Yao¡¯s view, Nanjing¡¯s dialect is not too difficult to understand, at least it is not as different as a foreign language like in Suzhou and Zhejiang.
Unexpectedly, the Sixth Prince didn't understand, and asked him curiously what the people around him were saying along the way.
The eunuchs purchased by the inner court are authentic Beijing people. Because of their years of official service and contact with many local businessmen, they can understand Jinling dialect, but the eunuchs themselves cannot speak Jinling dialect.
This gave Xue Yao a little headache.
He led a group of gentlemen from the capital to bargain with grain merchants in Jinling. From time to time, the Sixth Prince would curiously ask, "What is the boss talking about?" He would definitely be easily ripped off by unscrupulous merchants.
Even if you provoke competition among several grain merchants, the starting price will be higher, and you will naturally have more time to grind it out.
Xue Yao simply can¡¯t afford it.
The little fat boy¡¯s sense of security value is like a time bomb. It explodes in his mind from time to time, and one day it might fall off a building.
He must make a quick decision, finish the work, and quickly return to Beijing to serve the insecure little coward Long Aotian.
After thinking for a moment, Xue Yao smiled at the Sixth Prince and said, "This is your first time as a guest in Jinling, so why not go to a restaurant to order a play and savor the charm of Qinhuai, and then leave the official matters to me and Eunuch Liu to discuss."
The Sixth Prince was full of ambitions, and of course he had no intention of having fun, but he suddenly thought that he was young and inexperienced, which might affect Xue Yao and the others' business discussions.
He guessed that Xue Yao might just be tactfully persuading him not to get involved in business discussions.
The Sixth Prince's excitement was immediately extinguished, but he also knew that he did not have experience in this area and might delay the business.
So he scratched the back of his head, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "By coincidence, I also want to go to the restaurant to have a look, so I'll leave all the business to you. I'll secretly"bsp;Xue Yao had a gut feeling that there was something fishy about this matter, but he still asked calmly: "How much food can your bank provide in total now?"
The shopkeeper did not hesitate and directly calculated an account for Xue Yao: "The inventory in our granary is just enough for our retail business for one year. I must have inquired about the market price of selling it to the common people. If you are in need, Our grain store can provide up to 50,000 shi of grain - 20% of fine rice and 80% of medium rice, all at a price of 570 shi! I just hope that if you want to buy grain next year, you must take care of our Mingfang. Business."
This is very true. The grain store's inventory is only enough for this year's business. Logically speaking, it can be sold at the market price.
It is indeed very interesting to be willing to spend 50,000 shi of grain and sell it to them at a medium rice price.
However, Eunuch Liu did not accept the favor and sneered in a nonchalant manner: "Fifty thousand shi? You underestimate our business! Since your bank can't produce much food, let's go to other places first." look."
¡°Sir¡ª¡ª¡± Xue Yao stood up hurriedly and asked Eunuch Liu to take a step to speak.
In the original work, the final purchase of 1.2 million shi of grain at a high price seemed strange, but Xue Yao now fully understood it!
Eunuch Liu has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. In the original work, he must have offended all the owners of various grain stores in Jinling, thinking that since Zhejiang has harvested so much grain, he is not afraid of not being able to buy it.
The result was that the road became narrower and narrower, and eventually the prince was brutally slaughtered by Zhejiang grain merchants.
Xue Yao had mixed feelings. He originally thought that the purchasing eunuch had experience and style, but now he realized that experience and style might have affected his judgment.
In the current situation, half of the grain hoarded by Jiangsu Grain Bank has been taken away. Naturally, local merchants will no longer sell grain below the market price.
And this shopkeeper is willing to give such a preferential price, which can be said to be a huge loss, purely for the sake of long-term business in the future.
In the original work, the price of the grain purchased by the prince was nearly 670 yuan per stone, and most of it was inferior rice.
That is to say, the prince paid a lot of low-grade rice for the price of medium-grade rice.
???????????????? The shop owner of this grain store sold them medium- and high-quality rice at the same price as low-quality rice. It was really kind of him, but the inventory was limited and the portion was a little small.
Eunuch Liu is so sarcastic and sarcastic at the moment, he really lacks thinking.
Xue Yao took him aside to analyze the situation and said: "Five hundred and seventy cents is definitely a reasonable price. We have to make friends with this shopkeeper, and we must buy the 50,000 shi of grain."
However, Eunuch Liu waved his hands with a disdainful smile and said: "Master, please be patient and don't be fooled by these profiteers! What is the origin of our business? Are you afraid that you won't get a good price? Our family is not the first. The first time we bought grain and rice for the imperial court, one million shi of grain, we went to a well-stocked grain store to get the goods. Medium rice, at most 500 wen, why should we accept this superficial favor from him?"
Xue Yao knew that he was considering his young age and inexperience, so he patiently advised: "Father, we are not sure whether other families have sufficient supplies now. It is best to have food at a reasonable price, so we will collect it all, just in case. "
Eunuch Liu smiled like Maitreya Buddha: "Oh, young master, you are too afraid of trouble. Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings and abundant harvests everywhere. How can you miss His Highness the Crown Prince's measly one million shi of food? Just take a look!"
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Ah, today I saw a reader draw the character of Qizai as a child. Because he posted a link to an external site, it was reviewed and deleted by Jinjiang and cannot be found!
If this little angel has Weibo, you can go to Weibo and @me! I haven¡¯t had time to appreciate the seven cubs you painted. My Weibo name is ¡°Jujuanmao 520¡±~~~
In addition, thank you to "The Young Master Next Door" for these two super cute long comments! ! ! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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