Poor family mother and son

Chapter 262 Guan Zhong's move is easy to use at any time
In the middle of the year, Hu Hengqiu went to the emperor with a bank note of 100 million taels.

"Why did you pay the silver at this time?" The emperor was not very excited about the amount of 100 million taels, but was puzzled: "Isn't it paid at the end of each year?"

"Your Majesty, please take a look at this." Hu Hengqiu presented a letter.

It was Chu Qing who wrote to Hu Hengqiu again, in which she described her plans for the second half of the year.

In the first half of the year, the cotton seedlings in the northern counties were growing well. Therefore, during the autumn harvest, they will be purchased at a price between five and seven cash per catty according to the output of each area, and processed and sold locally.

Because cotton has reached the level that some state capitals can self-produce, the unit price of cotton fabrics will drop significantly, and the production of cotton fabrics in the south has also increased under the control of several major merchants. Chu Qing is currently purchasing a large amount of silk.

"Whether the battle can be won or not depends on the one and a half months before the first payment of this year's tax, which is the same amount as last year; if the battle is won at the end of the year, an additional payment will be made. If the situation at the end of the year is not good, these are counted as this year's tax. It's all over," the letter read.

The emperor nodded: "I seem to have guessed what she is going to do."

Hu Hengqiu had the basic qualities to be a good subordinate, and asked: "What is she going to do? This letter is not clearly written. I read it over and over again, but I still don't understand it."

The emperor said: "The gang in Jiangnan robbed her of cotton, and she hoarded silk. At the end of the year, she used Daxuan's cotton to fight Voss' cotton, and knocked down all cotton prices;

And now this season is a low period for selling silk, Chu Qing can buy it at a low price, and at the end of the year, he can hit their silk with a price lower than that of Jiangnan.

In this way, the people in Jiangnan have no advantage, and the common people have really benefited from it. No matter whether it is cotton or silk, the common people can afford it;

The overall cotton output we announced should be much higher than Voss, so she shouldn't lose money! "

Hu Hengqiu looked suddenly enlightened: "Your Majesty, you are amazing! You will understand after saying this! Then the 100 million taels, why don't we return it to her first, so that she doesn't have enough money?"

The emperor thought for a while: "Why don't we get involved too?"

Hu Hengqiu: "How do you get involved?"

The emperor: "We don't return the 100 million taels to her, but lend her. Well, let's count it as five cents, how about it?"

Hu Hengqiu: "That's 5 taels!"

Emperor: "It would be nice to reward the secret investigator!"

Hu Hengqiu bowed on the ground: "Thank you Lord Long En!"

Originally 100 million taels, he had 20 taels from the secret investigation department, and an additional [-] taels, hehe...

"Get up, if Chu Qing loses this battle, you will have nothing to do, the million is mine!"

Hu Hengqiu: "No, Your Majesty!"

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Because Chu Qing speaks for the grassroots farmers and county magistrates on the emperor's side, these agricultural experts are very motivated. Under the bad weather conditions in the first half of the year, they still reached an average yield of [-] catties per mu by autumn harvest, and some reached [-] catties. Good grades.

This is similar to the results of the trial planting in Xinlunzhou.

Without the financial support from shops in Beijing and New Lunzhou, Chu Qing might not be able to purchase all the cotton.

After more than half a year, Xiaobao's "Baoqing Technician College" has been able to accept cotton spinning orders from all over the world.

The price of cotton cloth has dropped from an average of 30 taels in the past few years to around [-] taels after several years of attacks from Jiangnan merchants.

Chu Qing simply suppressed it this year, and the narrow vegan cloth only sold for a tael of silver.

Within two months after Chu Qing purchased the cotton, it was sold out on the spot.

Now that it is winter again, people have almost bought the winter clothes they should buy, and the common people have rich money in their hands. In order to welcome the new year, there are ordinary people in the silk counters of cloth shops all over the country.

The common people bought Jiangnan silks of less than five taels per piece from "Bao Qingsheng" branches in various places, which was [-]% lower than the average price of six taels over the years.

The price of silk in Kyoto is high, with a base of ten taels per piece, while "Bao Qingsheng" only sells for more than eight taels.

Although small profits, but more sales.

These merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are about to die of anger. Their cotton has not been made into much cloth yet!

The one who is more angry than them is the country of Voss.

Chu Qing's caravan did not go once this year.

Now in the middle of winter, they have no food at all!The food provided by those caravans in the south of the Yangtze River is not much, and it is not enough to last until the end of the year.

This is great. They wanted to organize an army to rob Daxuan, but they couldn't organize it at all. Only some small tribes came to invade the border, and they were guarded by the garrison outside the country.

Reluctantly, all tribes sent representatives to contact the "Bao Xingsheng" warehouse, hoping to get affordable food like in previous years.

"Bao Qingsheng" only sells to Hesot and Virat at a par price on the grounds of "insufficient inventory", which is less than half of the grain compared with previous years, but Tu Huerte can buy it at twice the price arrive.

What's more interesting is that there has been a lot of rain this year, and floods in the Jiangnan area have occurred from time to time, so the grain harvest is not good.

It was also very difficult for Voss to obtain food from Jiangnan merchants. There was no surplus in food in Jiangnan except for paying taxes.

They finally bought food, and said that the iron pot was broken and they needed to buy an iron pot.

What kind of pots can be broken together in batches?
The folks of "Bao Qingsheng" told them: We don't have iron ingots, so we can only "trade the old for the new", and we need to recycle the old pots and re-smelt them.

When Xiaobao's food street satisfies the gluttons of the people with spare money, the country of Voss wants to cry without tears while guarding a pile of cottonseed.

"Mother, why did you sell them grain? Have you forgotten how they blackmailed us with cotton?" Xiaobao was not satisfied with selling grain to them, and it was still cheap.

Chu Qing smiled: "Bao'er, mother, this is to thank them!"

Xiaobao: "Thank you?"

Chu Qing: "Yes, not only thank them, but also the cloth merchants in Jiangnan!"

Xiaobao: "Thank you for what?"

Chu Qing: "Thanks to them for helping me fulfill my duties as Deputy Qianhu of the Secret Investigation Division! Mother will tell you a story:

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Guan Zhong in Qi State who spent a lot of money to buy ironware from Hengshan State and revitalize the manufacturing industry in Hengshan State. As a result, the people of Hengshan State stopped farming and devoted themselves to the industry of smelting weapons.

When the time came, the Qi State sealed off the gates of the country, surrendered without fighting, and forced the whole Hengshan State to surrender to Qi State.

Originally, Niangqin didn't think about this aspect, and Niangqin herself was not enough to make the whole country of Voss change to cotton.

I didn't expect these merchants in Jiangnan to be so cruel for cotton, and I didn't expect Voss to be as short-sighted as Hengshan. "

Xiaobao: "Then mother, just starve them to death like Guan Zhong!"

Chu Qing: "Little Treasure, the two countries will fight, and they are still cavalry, so it's not worth it. Who will suffer the most if they fight barefoot and wear shoes?
Mother opened an opening for them so that they can buy food, but they are not full, and Tu Huerte still needs to buy at a high price, what do you think will happen? "

Xiaobao: "Mother treats them differently, will He Suote and Virat get closer to us?"

Chu Qing: "Well, I hope this effect can be achieved, breaking the balance of Voss' domestic relations, and causing them internal chaos for a while!"

Xiaobao: "Didn't that remind them to grow their own food next year?"

Chu Qing: "Whether they can wait until next year, they don't know. Let's wait for spring planting and autumn harvest. Besides, even if they grow food, the output is not enough to worry about."

Xiaobao: "But what good will we gain by doing this?"

Chu Qing: "I don't know, anyway, since I've made money, I don't have to be restricted by them, and then stir up their civil strife, regardless of whether it can be stirred up or not, anyway, if I do, it can be regarded as an explanation to the secret investigation department."

Xiaobao: "I guess next year Voss will come to the Congress to make a big announcement for help."

Chu Qing nodded: "I hope so."

Xiaobao suddenly asked: "Mother, does your job annoy you?"

Chu Qing smiled: "Bao'er, the purpose of work is to make money; the purpose of making money is to do business."

Xiaobao: "Then what career do you want to do?"

Chu Qing: "I'm raising you, I'm doing it now!"

(End of this chapter)