Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 795
In the south of Nanjing City, Yuhua Terrace, inside Xishan Temple, Zhang Gongri hurried to the east chamber and entered the room, where Xie Sanbin and others were chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

Zhang Gongri came in with a cold face. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but this group of people was still in the mood to laugh, and he immediately said angrily: "The grain ship has already arrived in Nanjing, and you are still in the mood to talk and laugh. Tell you to act early, don't smash your hands, it's okay now, everyone didn't catch it, but put the coffin in it instead."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Gongri flicked his sleeves and sat down annoyed.

Seeing this, Xie Sanbin smiled, got up and made a cup of tea for him, and put it on the small table next to him, "Drink a cup of tea to reduce the fire, Huguang is Wang Yan's lair, he can bring food, which is in our hands As expected."

How could Zhang Gongri be in the mood to drink tea? He frowned and said angrily, "As expected, why don't you throw it away early?"

Xie Sanbin smiled, "Let me ask you, how much food is here?"

Zhang Gongri was taken aback, "It's not very clear. The boat stopped in the middle of the river and didn't dock."

"It's right if you don't land on the shore." Xie Sanbin let it go, and then continued after a pause: "This year's Jiangnan War, Huguang supported more than [-] loyal troops to march into the south of the Yangtze River. Huguang has more than doubled the price of grain, the Huguang treasury, how can there be so much money to buy grain."

Xie Sanbin picked up the teacup, handed it to Zhang Gongri with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, Marquis Longping, my people have sent back the news. This time, Huguang was going to buy 30 shi of rice grain to send to Nanjing, but the grain price After a price increase, they only bought 15 shi. They also released a batch in Chizhou and Taiping along the way. Now most of the boats on the river are empty, and the remaining grain will not last long. At that time, the court will only If you can buy grain from us at a high price, everyone can make a fortune.”

Zhang Gongri was skeptical, took the teacup, but put it back on the table, "What if Wang Yan transfers money to Huguang to buy grain?"

"Wang Yan didn't dare to dock the boat because he didn't want us to know that he didn't have much food. He wanted us to scare ourselves and throw away the food in order to solve his current crisis. Unfortunately, Wang Yan is still good at fighting. The business is still a little tender." Xie Sanbin said leisurely: "There is only so much food in Huguang, and now we have the upper hand, as long as we work harder and sweep all the food in Huguang market into our pockets, when the time comes, he will Even if you have money, you can’t buy it! It’s only October now, and new grains won’t be available until next year’s summer harvest, and I don’t believe Wang Yan can last that long.”

Zhang Gongri seemed to have no loopholes in what he said, and felt more at ease, "Then what shall we do next?"

"What should we do?" Xie Sanbin said with a sinister smile, "Now that the price of grain in Nanjing has risen to [-] taels, we naturally go to Huguang to sweep the grain. Even if you charge [-] taels, you can still make some money, right?"

Xie Sanbin is full of confidence, it seems that the world is in his hands.

After Zhang Gongri heard what he said, the corners of his mouth parted to his cheeks, and he laughed like everyone else in the room.

When the grain ships arrived in Nanjing, only one ship approached the pier every day, unloaded the grain and left, but the rest of the ships never docked.

The residents of Nanjing City, hearing that the food had arrived, flocked to the official warehouse from all directions.

When they arrived, Guancang did not release restrictions on the purchase of grain, but instead reduced the original share by [-]% for many households, which aroused extreme dissatisfaction among the residents.

Hasn't the food arrived?Why can we buy less and less food instead?
All of a sudden, there were rumors in the city, and Wang Yan ordered some food to be quietly transferred to the barracks, and asked the navy to strictly guard the river defense, so that the Qing army in the north of the river would not be able to take advantage of it. riot.

The actions of the government showed that the court was very guilty and did not have much food.

This strengthened the confidence of Xie Sanbin and his group. He sent his confidantes to continue to sweep the grain in Huguang, and as they kept sweeping away the grain in the market, the price of grain in Nanjing had risen to seven taels, and in Huguang to three taels. .

In the city of Nanjing, there was panic for a while, but after all, there was no shortage of cheap food in the official warehouses. Although the residents were not full, they still had food to eat, and the government was closely patrolling, so there were no riots.

Ten days have passed in this way, and Zhang Gongri brought good news to everyone in the east chamber of Xishan Temple, "Everyone, I have figured out the inside line, and it is indeed as Mr. Xie expected, most of them are empty ships. , once this ship is finished today, tomorrow the imperial court will ask us to buy food, begging us to buy fields for disaster relief."

"Haha, seven ounces and one shi!" Song Zhipu's face blossomed, "Those unscrupulous people used to give three shi an acre and would not sell it, but now I give a shi and an acre at most to see if they are willing to starve to death or sell the land. "

Seeing this, Xie Sanbin was quite proud, "The failure of disaster relief this time, those unscrupulous people are still very realistic, the prestige of the Chu Party will definitely plummet, and the imperial court will still rely on us in the future!"

"Your Excellency Xie is condescending to serve as an Inspectorate of a province. I think it's justifiable for you to join the cabinet because of your talents."

While everyone was talking, suddenly someone knocked on the door, and it was Long Pinghou's son Zhang Fengjie who came in.

Seeing that he was out of breath, Zhang Gongri couldn't help asking, "What is my son doing here?"

"Father, it's not good. Just now the inside line on the pier came to report that another grain ship has arrived in Nanjing." Zhang Fengjie said in a panic.

The expressions of laughter on the faces of everyone in the room froze instantly because of this sentence.

"Don't tell me they are all empty?" Song Zhipu was a little anxious, "Why is there another grain ship coming?"

The incident happened suddenly, but Xie Sanbin was still calm. He looked at Zhang Fengjie and said, "How many ships are here?"

"The inside line said it was thirteen large ships." Zhang Fengjie replied.

Xie Sanbin pondered for a while, "It seems that Wang Yan has sent money to Huguang to buy grain, but you don't need to worry, the key now is that we have to add more money to buy all the grain in Huguang. The imperial court will give three taels, and we will give four taels. The imperial court cannot be allowed to buy more grain."

"Usually one stone costs more than seven taels of silver. It is very rare for a stone to rise to three taels in a disaster year. Now the price of grain in Nanjing has reached seven taels, and Huguang has also been fried to three or four taels. Is it going to be too big?" Song Zhipu Be less courageous.

Xie Sanbin snorted coldly, "At this time, whoever retreats loses. If you throw away the grain now, the crisis of the imperial court will be resolved. Wang Yan will never allow us to buy land at a low price. We mean it. Think about it when the imperial court went to the south of the Yangtze River to fight for taxes, is this the reason!"

Everyone is now on the thief boat, Song Zhipu patted his thigh, he understood that what Xie Sanbin said was reasonable, but he was still a little anxious, because the price of food was too high, it made his liver tremble, "Even if we continue to fry, it's okay So much silver!"

Xie Sanbin's face turned cold, "Which one of you here is not a rich man with thousands of hectares of land and countless shops. It is not easy to get some money. Listen to me. As long as we win, everyone's assets must at least double. Double flip!"

Everyone in the room pondered for a while, and after a while, Song Zhipu slapped the table and said, "If you work hard, I will thank you sir."

Xie Sanbin smiled on his face, "That's right! The bold will die, and the timid will starve to death!"

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