. "Di?" asked quietly.
"Haha, that's it." Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "I'm also thinking about you and your Suzhou Prefecture." As she said that, she looked at her grandson unintentionally.
Xu Ke smiled and said, "Yes, Lord Shen, grandmother knows that your Suzhou Prefecture is already in debt in order to stabilize the food prices, and I really can't bear to let you pay for it."
"It doesn't matter..." said silently, but Xu Ke continued to say to himself: "So we don't want your money anymore, just use some unparalleled wasteland to support it."
‘Bornless wasteland?’ Chen sneered in his heart: ‘There were few places in Jiangnan, and the Ming Dynasty was established for a hundred years. Every inch of land that could be opened has already been mastered. How could there be no masterless wasteland?’
He heard Xu Ke say very skillfully, "In previous years, twenty stones of rice per acre, but this year the rice price has increased six times, which is three stones and three dou per acre." He said slowly, "But our Xu family is famous for being unwilling to take advantage of nothing but not losing money - let's do it, give me 50,000 acres of land and 200,000 s of grain to you, how about it?"
He thought of silence as if he didn't understand 46 or so. 25. Little did he know that silence clearly knew that the average land price in Suzhou was 20 stones, and the current grain price has indeed increased by six or seven times. It seems very reasonable to purchase one acre of land with 4 stones of grain.
But in fact, the people will not agree until they are desperate - because the grain prices are empty and the land is real. The average yield per mu of rice in Jiangnan can be harvested by two stones per mu, and four stones a year is already April. It is already April, and even if the autumn harvest is only half a year. In other words, this grandson wants to harvest six months in exchange for the crops of the people for the rest of their lives, but he still has to wear a reasonable fig leaf - hypocritical greed is nothing more than this!
"This price is not unacceptable." Silently smiled, "If I had land in my hand, I would definitely sell it to you." He sighed, "But there is a saying that it is 'a thousand-year-old land, eight hundred masters'. Buying land has always been a public price, and the government cannot control it, and it cannot interfere... You can't let others force it to buy, right?"
Xu Ke didn't expect him to say this, and said a little displeasedly: "Sir, don't seem to be sincere?"
"The third young master is wronged." Chen Si said without rushing, "You are already very clear, and you will never interfere if you want to buy it - but the barrier is that I have no land at all, and it is useless to be anxious with me." Chen Si would not agree no matter how hard he was. Although under the pressure of survival, the people are likely to accept this price and sell their own land at a low price.
If that happens, this year will be over, but what will happen next year? If the people lose land, what will they eat? Then there will be a lot of trouble! This will be a fatal blow to him, so he will never accept it.
"Mr. Shen, you have to understand that we are helping you." Xu Ke said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, Suzhou City can last for up to three days. After three days, the food will be cut off and people will have no food to eat. They will cause trouble. At that time, it will not be as simple as picking black veil." He said with a murderous intent: "I want to lose my head!" This grandson didn't know what kind of person silence was, and he thought that a few words of intimidation would work.
"Haha, if that's the case, the matter is really serious." Chen Jing smiled faintly and said, "But the news of the third young master is a little inaccurate." He said, "There are 200,000 stones of grain waiting to be transported on the Caobang Wharf." He stretched out and said, "There are ten grain transport ships parked on the Wujiang Wharf, 100,000 stones waiting to be transported on the road." He stretched out another finger and said, "My division commander in Shaoxing has managed to raise 50,000 stones of grain for me and has been transported here." He said, "These 350,000 stones should be enough to reduce the price of grain in Suzhou City by half... at least it can last until the grain I bought from Japan arrives in Suzhou."
"Do you dare to buy food from Japan?" Xu Ke glared and said, "This is open smuggling! Are you tired of living?"
"The third young master said this," Chen Jing smiled gently, "I am the head of the Jiangnan Maritime Warehouse Department, and I still have the right to decide who to do business with and what to do."
"How much food did you buy?" Xu Ke's face was already ugly.
"Not much, that country is too barren, and the country is fighting, so I can't get much food." Chen Shu shook his head and sighed: "A few princes gathered together and gathered together, but they were only 200,000 to 300,000 stones. If they hadn't had the cheap food, I wouldn't have had such a hard time."
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"You..." Xu Ke was so angry that he was about to have an attack, but when he heard his grandmother coughing, he stopped him.
"No matter how large the population of Suzhou City is, is this food enough to last until the new grain is launched?" Mrs. Xu said to silent with a gloomy face: "Is it unnecessary for Lord Shen to come to the door this time?"
"Oh, old lady, you really misunderstood Wansheng." Chen Si smiled with a grievance: "Wansheng just wanted to explain to the third young master that the arrival of Wansheng was not because he was desperate, but because of his filial piety to his mentor and his teacher's mother!"
"Oh, what's the method of filial piety?" Mrs. Xu sneered slightly.
"Don't be anxious first," said silently, "Although I can find a channel for food in my late-sen, it is said that 'Female water will not flow to outsiders' fields.' Such a high-priced opportunity to get rid of it is to take advantage of your own people first."
"Well said," said Mrs. Xu, "I don't know how much do you plan to buy my food?" After all, the old lady was a decent person. Seeing that she was silent and reluctant to sell the land, she changed her question.
"Seven taels per stone." said silently. The price is extremely fair, a few dollars higher than the retail price on the market.
Before he finished speaking, he heard a crisp voice outside shouting: "Our family has a 80% off." Then he saw the handsome Lu Ji, who was rudely rushed in.
Mrs. Xu didn't care and laughed and cursed: "It turns out that it's a ghost from the Lu family. Why did you come to Songjiang?" Obviously, the two sides are not only familiar with each other, but also have a very intimate relationship.
"Please greet the grandmother," Lu Ji bowed his hand in a cool manner, and after a series of greetings, he looked silent inadvertently: "It turns out that Lord Shen is also here."
Silent smiled and ignored him. Since those who come are not good and those who are good do not come, then just follow them.
After they finished their greetings, Mrs. Xu asked Lu Ji: "You said Baliang just now, right? Do you want to buy food too?"
"Yes," Lu Ji glanced at it and said in silence: "The Han family wanted to buy the grandmother's food at a high price, so Lord Shen had to find another way."
"First come first served." Silence still smiled.
"Those who have the highest price will get it." Lu Ji also said with a bright smile.
"Even if the price is higher, you will get it." Silently nodded, "Then I will pay nine taels and pay the money."
"I'll give you ten taels!" Lu Ji's index fingers intertwined, and he said in a cold air: "The same silver is paid."
"I'll give out eleven taels!" said silently, "The silver is paid!"
"I'll give it to you twelve taels!" Lu Ji also gritted his teeth and said, "The cash is paid!"
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In the hall of the Xu family's backyard, the bidding sounds are rising step by step, the atmosphere is extremely tense and the air is almost stagnant.
The price of both sides has been raised to twenty taels!
Even though the Xu family's grandparents and grandsons were used to the world, they had never seen such a crazy scene. The average price of grain of one or two stone increased by twenty times. This was an unimaginable price!
Their family can sell a total of 200,000 stones of grain, which is 4 million taels. The hearts of the grandparents and grandchildren are almost leaping out of their chests.
Such pressure has already made Chen Si's forehead full of sweat. He subconsciously loosened his clothes and his voice changed tone: "Twenty-one taels, 80% of the cash, and the rest is paid for the rest."
Lu Ji, opposite, bit his lower lip and stared at Chen Si. The blue veins on the backs of his two fair hands were faintly visible. His lips moved several times, but he didn't say anything, which showed that the pressure was also extremely high.
Seeing him like this, Chen Si finally breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up the teacup and drank water in big mouthfuls, and looked at Lu Ji with both flesh pain and a slight pleasure.
Lu Ji repeatedly thought about it. Even if these foods dominate the success or failure of this decisive battle, the price was really surprising. Even if he was full of anger and paranoid, he had to ask himself, is this price affordable?
He couldn't stand such pressure, so he suddenly covered his stomach and said dryly, "Oh, my stomach hurts, I have to go out first, and I'll talk about it later." After that, he ran out without waiting for everyone to answer.
As soon as he saw him suddenly running out, silent almost collapsed on the chair. Fortunately, he had a bit of aura of being a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, so he resisted it.
After he left, Old Mrs. Xu recovered from the shock and shook her head at Chen Si and said, "If you answered early, why would it be difficult to get rid of a tiger?"
Chen Jian smiled bitterly and said, "This is also helpless." He said, "The opening of the Maritime Mansion Department is a major event that His Majesty is extremely concerned about. Master Yan is also watching it. If it is delayed, Wansheng will lose his head."
As soon as she heard the words "Yan Ge Lao", Old Mrs. Xu's heart skipped a beat. She suddenly realized that if she wades into this muddy water again, it might affect her son.
For a moment, the old lady regretted it and shouldn't have made the matter so big.
After a moment of silence, just as he was about to speak, Lu Ji was murderous and returned. Old Mrs. Xu had to stop... After all, the temptation of millions of taels of silver was enough to erase anyone's reason.
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Lu Ji sat opposite Shen Mo, preparing to launch a quote again. He went out and asked the master who came with him. The man told him that Chen Mo even shouted out a high price of 21 taels, which proved that he only had this last move! If he took away this life-saving straw, the breathless decisive battle would be settled - from then on, the entire Suzhou City will be manipulated in their hands!
Let me ask, how much is a Suzhou city worth? So the man asked him to come back and beat him to death with a blow!
Lu Ji also had a question, how could Chen Mo raise so much money? The man explained that the two million taels were from the grain merchants. As for the other money, it should have been borrowed from those vinegar jars... Last night, Chen Mo talked with Wang Chonggu all night, and it might be a exchange of interests! Otherwise, he would not have helped him go to the dock to watch the venue this morning.
But those old Xi couldn't lend him too much. I believe that silence has reached its limit... Let's grit our teeth and persevere! As long as it does not exceed thirty taels, don't give up!
‘What if it exceeds thirty taels?’ Lu Ji asked.
‘Then he was destroying himself.’ The man said firmly: ‘This money will directly crush him!’
"Twenty-five taels!" Lu Ji quoted directly.
"Add one or two." Silently wiped the sweat.
"Twenty-seven taels!" Lu Ji's heart was almost in his throat.
Silent rubbed his face hard, his eyes flushed and said, "Another... add one or two."
"Twenty-nine taels!" Lu Ji clenched his fists, his palms were wet and covered in water.
Silently closed his eyes, and after a long time of silence, he finally opened his eyes in depression and said, "You won..."
"Twenty-nine taels per stone of grain, the deal is completed!" Xu Ke was so ecstatic! This was 5.8 million taels of silver! The opportunity should not be lost, so he hurried to the paper and ink and asked Lu Ji to sign and write.
At this time, a gust of wind blew outside the door, and Lu Ji suddenly felt a little awake. She sat there blankly, asking herself in her heart: 'What have I done? Is there anything stupider in the world to buy 200,000 stones of old grain using the annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty?'
But seeing the silence is like losing his parents, thinking about the man's words, he had to secretly encourage himself and said, "I can't bear to leave my child and can't trap the wolf! I can't win this game without spending a lot of money!" So he gritted his teeth, picked up the pen to sign, and then used the seal. Xu Ke used their seal again, and the contract was established.
"Sit and wait for death, Lord Shen!" Maybe it was because of too much bleeding, and Lu Ji couldn't even feel any pleasure.
Silently ignored him, Xiao Suo stood up and said, "My teacher, since you don't buy food here, I have to go somewhere else to find a solution. I will take my leave now and come to visit me again next day."
Old Mrs. Xu also apologized: "This is the case with the transaction, always the higher the price." Then she let it go: "Go somewhere else to take a look, maybe there is another way."
"Yes." After silent bowed deeply, he looked at Lu Ji again, and then bowed his head and left sadly.
Looking at his departure back, Lu Ji didn't know what it felt like.
But I couldn't wait for him to appreciate his mood, so I heard Xu Ke say, "According to the contract, you have to pay 4.6 million first, and the remaining 1.2 million yuan will be paid within one month."
Lu Ji's face suddenly darkened. After adjusting for a long time, he said, "I only have two million taels of silver notes on hand now, and the remaining two and six million yuan are the only ones. Please give me a grace to you when I send it to you the next day."
"Which day is the next day?" Xu Ke said with a dark face.
"It's within seven days." Lu Ji said: "It always takes some time to raise such a large amount of money."
"Okay." Xu Ke nodded just now, "But if the deadline is overdue, one cent per day will be profitable, and this cannot be vague!"
"No, no." Lu Ji felt dizzy when he thought of taking so much money.
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Chen Si kept returning to the car in a posture of falling leaves, but when the curtain of the car was lowered, a strange smile appeared on his face, lying in his wife's ear, muttering in a low voice.
Ruohan's expression changed a lot when she heard this, and finally gritted her teeth and nodded, "It seems that you hate them so much." Then she lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and ordered, "Go to Caobang Wharf!"
The carriage quickly left the Xu family and arrived at the Caobang Wharf in a quarter of an hour. Wang Chonggu was indeed a friend and personally protected the wharf with his men. Seeing the silent carriage coming, he quickly walked up to him and asked, "How?"
Chen Si shook his head and said, "It was still stolen by the Lu family. They paid twenty-nine silver for one stone."
"How is that possible?" Wang Chonggu exclaimed in dismay: "How can they afford it?"
"Transfer to Jiebei." Silently said: "I have to bring this grain back with me. I think of some solutions and try my best to keep the food from Japan in."
"Is there really Japanese food?" Wang Chonggu asked, thinking that he was dying and not dead. If not, you should not take these grains away.
"Well," Chen Si said softly: "To be honest, when Mao Haifeng left, I asked him to buy food for me. It should be here in early July."
"Oh." Wang Chonggu didn't say anything, patted his silent arm and said, "Go, be careful in everything. If you don't have it, just accept it. I'll help you contact me and see if there is any way to reconcile."
He nodded silently and said, "I can't say that I'll have to worry about my brother." Then he boarded Ma Wu's ship with Ruohan.
When the fleet sailed away from the dock and could not see the figures on the shore, Ma Wu asked softly: "Sir, Brother Chen, do you really have Japanese food?"
"There is no Japanese food." Silent sighed, "I don't have any eyes, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to buy food." He said softly, "Tell me the truth, fifth brother, the food in my hometown was also detained by Governor Ruan as military food, and I can't count on it at all."
"Ah, Brother Chen, what should I do now?" Master Ma Wu said in a state of emotion: "Those people are going to force you to death!"
Chen Si suddenly laughed and said, "Pussy to death? Well said!" As he said that, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "I just don't know who is pushing whom!"
Chapter completed!