Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 794
Wang Yan's rapid fortune is inseparable from the support of Guangnan maritime merchants and Huguang squires. They provided a large amount of political donations and resources for the Chu Party to take power.

Throughout the Jiangnan campaign, the five loyal troops marched east from Wuchang to fight for the recovery of Nanjing. Most of the materials such as military pay, food, grass, and equipment were contributed by the gentry behind the Chu Party.

Now that the Chu Party is in power, as the gentry and merchant group behind it, it is natural to collect rewards.

After Wang Yan entered the boathouse, he frowned slightly as he listened to what the crowd said. If he wanted to make a fortune, he had to wait until he had gained a firm footing. , What's the matter with it?

Li Suiqiu asked Wang Yan to sit down first, and then said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, there is still food, but it can't be delivered now."

Still have food?Wang Yan was even more confused. He looked at Chen Yonghua and a group of Guangnan businessmen and said in a deep voice, "Why are you here? What exactly are you trying to do?"

Seeing that Wang Yan was a little angry, Chen Yonghua quickly came out and explained: "Your Highness, we heard that His Highness captured Nanjing in Guangnan. Famine, so I came here to help His Highness."

"Damn it's helping the orphans again?" Wang Yan was slightly taken aback, he was so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry, they organized a group to go to the south of the Yangtze River to reap the benefits.

Jiangnan used to be dominated by Jiangnan gentry and Susong textile giants. All kinds of industries were controlled by Jiangsu and Zhejiang gentry, and they made an unknown amount of profit every year.Later, the Qing army went south to support the Shanxi merchants of the Qing court. With the expansion of the Qing court's power, they quickly gained benefits in the south. The salt merchants in Lianghuai and the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang all lost to the Shanxi merchants, and the industries in Jiangnan were lost. Shanxi merchants mastered.

Now that the Ming army has returned to the south of the Yangtze River, Shanxi merchants have retreated to the north early. Many industries in the south of the Yangtze River are waiting to be developed.

Wang Yan frowned. He still owed people money. The Chu Party controlled the government, and they wanted political dividends. No, but there is a saying, Gu must say it first, and everyone must abide by the rules and not mess around."

"We all understand His Highness's rules. We are all law-abiding businessmen, unlike the evil gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Everyone laughed together.

After four years of contact, they and Wang Yan have formed a tacit understanding.

Wang Yan's expression became better when he heard that. If the merchants from Guangnan want to enter the south of the Yangtze River, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River and bring some troubles to Wang Yan. But who made the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang so unruly?Letting the Guangnan gentry in is also a warning to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang gentry, and what happens to him in the future, with them, he will not be so passive.

"Let's all sit down!" Wang Yan wanted to sing, so he had to set up a stage for this group of people.

A group of merchants immediately sat down with a smile when they heard the words.Thinking back a few years ago, when they met Wang Yan, they didn't dare to sit and couldn't refuse, so they leaned on the chair like a lottery and didn't dare to sit down, but now each of them has a very firm buttocks.

Wang Yan saw that they were out of sight, so he smiled helplessly, "Tell me! Where is the food and when will it arrive?"

Chen Yonghua hurriedly said with a smile: "Your Highness, at the end of August, the Guangnan Navy, together with the Ruan family of Annan and the Chenla Kingdom, attacked Zhancheng for more than half a year, and finally wiped out Champa. Rice. These grains, together with the grain purchased by many companies in Guangnan from Nanyang, Guangdong and Guangxi, are transported to Huguang via Lingqu, and are now hidden in Hengyang."

Wang Yan was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn’t really care about the small country of Champa. The key point was that he heard that there was grain, but he was a little puzzled, “Why do you go to Lingqu instead of sea? Wouldn’t it increase the transportation cost?” ? Why hide in Hengyang?"

"Because of shipping by sea, the gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are bound to find grain ships. Now we are secretly transferring them in the name of transporting ordnance under the banner of the Military Weapons Supervision." Chen Yonghua said: "Your Highness, with such a good opportunity, shouldn't we teach you a lesson? Evil gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang? Naturally, food is hidden in Hengyang in order to make a fortune and let the blood of the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang be shed."

Wang Yan is not very proficient in these problems, but Chen Yonghua is the big shopkeeper of Wude Company, who manages the pocketbook of Wuzhong Army and is proficient in business operations.

The countermeasure Wang Yan could think of was to find out where the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were hoarding food, get evidence of their hoarding, and then use official channels to directly copy and arrest people, but he always felt that the countermeasure was not enough.

"Oh?" Wang Yan was immediately interested when he heard Chen Yonghua say that the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang could do bloodletting and make a fortune. "What's Fufu's strategy?"

Chen Yonghua did not answer, but looked like Li Suiqiu, who immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness's urgent documents have been sent to Wuchang, and Fufu also arrived in Huguang with many merchants. We originally wanted to follow His Highness's order to buy grain. Then it was quickly transported to Nanjing, but when the humble staff went to buy grain, they found that the price of grain in Huguang had doubled in a few days, and it had risen to one tael or five silver per stone. , and discovered that there were merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who were selling grain wantonly in Huguang. Governor Wu hurriedly ordered to ban it, but the people were chasing profit, and there were still transactions in secret."

Wang Yan listened carefully, but he didn't expect that the evil gentry from Jiangsu and Zhejiang would go to Huguang to sell grain. This was not just a matter of them wanting to annex land at a low price, but also aimed at Wang Yan, "Tell me, how do you plan to deal with them."

Chen Yonghua said at this time: "These people hoard maliciously and raise the price of grain. It is really abominable. If we don't have grain in our hands, we can only buy it from them at a high price and let them make a lot of money. But they didn't expect that the water The masters will have a harvest in Champa, and now they have enough rice and grain. We can help them continue to raise the price of grain, raise the price of grain to three taels, four taels, or even higher, and at the same time let the merchants adjust grain from various places , the government borrowed grain from Annan and Chenla, let them collect it, and even borrowed money to let them collect it. When they thought that we had no grain and had to buy it from them at a high price, we would transport the grain to Nanjing and spread the word of Guangnan The news of the division's attack on Champa, the people's hearts are sure, and the food of these evil gentry can only be thrown away at a low price. Didn't we make a lot of money from it?"

Wang Yan was taken aback when he heard this, but he is also a business-oriented official, so it is not difficult to understand. It can be explained by one word in the 36 strategies, which is "going up to the house and pulling the ladder".

At this moment, Wang Yan's thinking was also opened, "This plan is good, but you must ensure that the food in our hands is enough for disaster relief, so don't play it off."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, after a while, the third season in Nanyang will be familiar. We destroyed Champa, and now the merchants' trade in Nanyang is much easier, and even the Annan Li family is much more obedient." Chen Yonghua said.

Wang Yan nodded. China has two crops, and Nanyang has three crops. The grain in their hands only needs to last until the third season of rice in Nanyang matures, not until the next summer harvest. "Okay, this matter is up to you." The idea of ​​doing it, but it seems to be too cheap for these evil gentry, how about this, you fry up the price of food, drain their money, let Jin Yiwei step up to detect where they store their food, and then do it all, just let this group of unscrupulous people An evil gentry who abides by the rules has no money or food."

Selling, let them sell a mother!After hearing Wang Yan's decision, all the merchants from Guangnan who were seated couldn't help mourning for these Jiangsu and Zhejiang gentry for a while, but at the same time, they were also a little vigilant in their hearts. Following His Highness King Chu, there is money to be made, but if you act recklessly, you will die very quickly. awful.

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