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The days out of Beijing are becoming more and more difficult. In addition to worrying about the little fat cub's sense of security value that drops from time to time, I also have to worry about the life safety of the rabbits raised in the imperial dining room.
The prince did not let them go out to explore the price of food for three days in a row.
At noon that day, the father-in-law who was serving the prince came to the side courtyard and asked Xue Yao to go to the study to discuss matters.
Before Xue Yao came, he never expected that he would be so respected by the prince. He quickly regained his energy and followed his father-in-law to the study.
Also participating in the discussion were several accompanying reform advisers and two purchasing eunuchs.
The two guards sent by the prince to investigate told everyone the information they obtained.
The two guards worked separately and lurked in the inner courtyards of the two largest grain stores in Hangzhou for three days. They did not find that the shopkeepers of the grain stores had received Beijing merchants.
The merchants who came in and out of the grain store were all ordinary grain merchants from the surrounding areas, and the so-called merchants from Beijing had probably gone into hiding before the prince came to raise grain.
The two guards secretly observed for three days, and finally got hold of a shop assistant who had dirty hands and feet. They used this as a blackmail, plus a bribe of some money, and forced him to ask some things about Jingshang from the shop assistant.
According to the store clerk¡¯s explanation: there is not just one but two groups of merchants from Beijing, all with accents from Beijing and very impressive.
One group of Beijing merchants behaved like civil servants, while the other group of Beijing merchants, who rode horses and carried swords, looked like military generals.
Mr. Guan, a businessman from Beijing, came to Hangzhou first, visited eight major grain stores, and took over almost all the grain warehouses in Zhejiang.
They have lowered the price of grain to 530 shiwen, but they have not yet finalized the price. They want the grain merchants to lower it to 511 shiwen.
And on the fifth day of the stalemate between the two parties, a group of people who looked like military generals also came to Hangzhou. On the first day, they sent people to call all the owners of the eight major grain stores to the restaurant to sit together and discuss business.
A large amount of food was also needed, and the military general-looking Beijing merchant also wanted to pay 500 coins to collect the grain. However, when he learned that a group of people were already negotiating the price, and the inventory was not enough to be shared equally between the two merchants, the military general Nabo Beijing merchant made a decision directly and agreed to do so. For 550 coins, 1.4 million stones, grains and rice were obtained.
The Zhejiang merchants were overjoyed and prepared to sort out inventory and deliver goods.
??And Mr. Guan¡¯s group of Beijing businessmen also heard the news, and in a hurry, they increased the price to 560 Wen!
No one knows the specific origins of these two groups of merchants, but for some unknown reason, they seem to be in urgent need of purchasing this batch of grain.
The businessmen of the military general group were more impatient. In the second negotiation, they directly raised the price to 590 taels. On the day of the negotiation, they took out 80,000 taels of silver as a deposit and asked to make a deal with the Zhejiang merchants on the spot.
The owners of the eight major grain stores in Hangzhou were all red-eyed. They were eager for another merchant to raise the price again, so they made excuses and confiscated the deposit.
As expected, Mr. Guan¡¯s group of businessmen lived up to expectations and increased the price to 600 yuan.
After going back and forth like this, the two groups of Beijing merchants competed across the air. In the end, the price of grain was settled by the group of Beijing merchants who looked like military generals at 640 Wen.
The actual purchase price of Jingshang was six hundred and forty cents. Although it was fifty cents lower than the price falsely reported by the grain store owner, it was still a sky-high price. It was equivalent to using the market price of bulk sales to collect grain in large quantities, resulting in a loss of nearly twenty cents. Ten thousand taels of silver!
Because the merchants of the general group did not expect that the price would be raised so high, and they did not bring enough banknotes, they paid the deposit first and sent people back to Beijing to raise money, so they have not shown up recently.
And the group of merchants who looked like Mr. Guan also left Hangzhou and went to look for food elsewhere.
After hearing the information obtained by the two guards, Eunuch Liu was livid.
¡°I didn¡¯t expect that there were such Beijing merchants who took advantage of them, and there was more than one. It was not a pretext created by Zhejiang grain merchants to drive up grain prices.
"Things are almost as Xue Yao expected." The prince spoke: "The first batch of merchants negotiated to lower the price, and the second batch of merchants directly placed an order with 100,000 taels of silver. Both groups showed great sincerity. Zhejiang merchants did not expect them. With the motive of fraud, he naturally thought that the deal had been completed, and after receiving the deposit, he used a higher price to persuade us to leave, not wanting to cause any further trouble."
A counselor suddenly stood up with a face full of shock and anger: "These two groups of people are clearly playing a double act! They did not hesitate to spend one hundred thousand taels of silver as a fake deposit to hold up the grain depots in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in order to delay the trial implementation of our new law!"
Another counselor with half-white hair and beard sat in an armchair and whispered: "This is going to be difficult. We can't find out the identities of those two groups in the short term. They go to the capital to raise money under the pretext of coming back in a month or two." It¡¯s not unusual, the Zhejiang businessman has a deposit of 100,000 taels of silver in his hand, so there¡¯s no way he can suspect that those people won¡¯t come back, and we can¡¯t even afford half a month!¡±
&nbThe matter of harvesting grains still needs to be discussed. Before the meeting ended, the prince smiled at Xue Yao again: "Sixth brother praised you to me yesterday for your eloquence. I hope you can let Zhejiang merchants also experience it."
Xue Yao was named by the prince. His heart was beating wildly and he wanted to spin in circles. He clasped his hands and nodded: "I will do my best to serve His Highness!"
On the same day, Xue Yao asked two experts to escort him to the Eighth Grain Store, where he obtained some information and made all preparations to fight for the prince.
The price of six hundred and forty grains is too high. I remember in the original book, when the prince was questioned, he mentioned the matter of borrowing grain for the first time, as if the profit and loss evened out.
Logically speaking, the fact that the prince is willing to collect grain at this price should mean that there is still a lot of profit in the plan. However, after a year, some unexpected situation may have occurred, or it may have been tricked by the group of people secretly, causing some of the prince's If the loan cannot be recovered, the result will be no loss on the books.
This makes the prince's new method a joke. For one million taels of silver, let the Ministry of Household Affairs operate and transport silk tea overseas. A round trip can earn at least hundreds of thousands of taels.
But after trying out the new method and struggling for a year without making a penny, it is actually considered a depreciation loss.
Early the next morning, Xue Yao took his two father-in-laws and a few guards to the largest grain store.
"When we get to the place soon, follow what I said and tell the news, and pretend to be a little bit more like it." Xue Yao went to the grain store to make money and reminded the two father-in-law again.
The expressions on the faces of the two father-in-laws were almost crying.
Eunuch Liu had no shame in refuting Xue Yao's idea anymore, so he could only wink at Eunuch Fang sideways.
Father Fang bowed his head and asked: "Master Xue, do you really want to spread such a rumor? Wouldn't that make the grain merchants raise the price even higher? At that time, even 700 yuan may not be willing to sell to us."
Xue Yao turned to look at him sternly: "Father, I told you before I left. If my method raises the price of food, I will bear the responsibility myself. But if you don't cooperate, I can only go back and report the truth to His Highness the Crown Prince." .¡±
"Cooperate! Of course we have to cooperate with Mr. Xue! You are the reincarnation of Zhuge, your idea is definitely right!" Eunuch Fang hurriedly flattered.
There was no other way, Eunuch Liu had no choice but to bite the bullet and accompany Xue Yao into the grain store.
In the hall of the grain store, big merchants who bought grain from other places were holding the grain store clerks and talking anxiously.
"We come to your bank every year to get grain and rice. According to the market situation, it doesn't matter if it goes up by dozens of cents every year. Why has it increased so much all of a sudden this year? We are all land dealers, there is no reason to rip off customers like this!"
"Hey, Boss Chen, I have told you ten thousand times. This year, merchants from other places have transferred a large amount of grain. Our inventory will not be enough to sell in bulk until the end of the year. I will give you this price. For every stone more, you will lose ten cents. Just because you are a regular customer, there is really nothing we can do!¡±
As soon as Eunuch Liu heard this conversation, his heart dropped.
Food is already in short supply. I can¡¯t figure out why Xue Yao wants him to spread such rumors?
Could it be that he wanted to mess up the prince's affairs and let eunuchs like them take the blame?
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