please make me king

Chapter 593 Buying Grain
The reason why rumors spread so widely is that the believers are willing to believe it.The ban by Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and others not only failed to achieve the desired effect, but strengthened the rumor that "Luoyang is short of food, ten times as usual".

Later Karl Marx once said in "Das Kapital": If there is [-]% profit, it will take risks; for [-]% profit, it will dare to trample on all human laws; It dares to commit any crime, even risking death by hanging.

Although the merchants of Ming Dynasty have not yet evolved into capitalists, this does not prevent them from demanding themselves strictly by the standards of capitalists.

These people are like flies smelling the smell, and they are moved by the smell.In addition to many grain merchants who were originally grain merchants, there were also Lianghuai salt merchants and Hedong salt merchants who temporarily changed their businesses and also participated in the grain trade.

When a large amount of grain and grass arrived in Luoyang by water and land, the price of grain in Luoyang naturally began to plummet.

The old mountain chief Zuo Lengchan and Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but said happily: "Nowadays, the price of grain is less than eight taels of silver, which has never been heard of since ancient times. The rebel army is stockpiling grain at that time, please send the silver taels in the treasury as soon as possible, and buy it as soon as possible."

"I don't know what price you two think is the best price to buy grain?" Zhang Shun frowned when he heard this, and asked involuntarily.

The old mountain leader only said that Zhang Shun still thought the price was too high, and quickly explained: "Now it is not worth buying at the market price of [-] yuan. If you wait for more than ten people, the world's food and grass will be exhausted, and the price may drop to [-] yuan. Seven dollars does not wait."

"It's just that time is running out now. If it's later, I'm afraid there are other grains that have already heard the price of Luoyang's grain, so I won't send grain to me. At that time, even if we can buy some grain and grass at a low price, we will not be able to fill the granaries in the city." Full."

Zhang Shun shook his head and smiled when he heard the words: "I will not take advantage of others' danger! The cost of buying grain for others should be about one tael of silver and one stone, plus transportation, one tael or two can be used to protect capital, and even make a little profit."

"Now my rebel army does not lack money. Since they are sincerely sending food to me, how can I let the visitors suffer?"

When Lao Shanchang Zuo Lengchan heard this, he almost turned his eyes on Zhang Shun.I've spent so much time and made up my mind for your feelings, but I've been a villain in vain?
Zhang Shun also knew that this was not the time to belittle his own people and elevate himself.He hurriedly cupped his hands to the old mountain leader Zuo Lengchan, and said with a smile: "This matter is difficult for Mr. Zuo. People say 'long-term business'. I've been thinking about it for the past few days. We can't do a one-off deal. .”

"Now there are more than [-] soldiers under my rebel army. This man eats horse chews. I am afraid that he will not have a hundred thousand shi of grain for a year. One hundred and eighty thousand shi of grain is worth nothing."

"I think we have quite a lot of silver taels in our treasury, and we have accumulated [-] million taels of silver. What I said earlier is true and sincere. Although this gold and silver are good, they cannot be brought with them in life or death. I can’t eat when I’m hungry, and I can’t drink when I’m thirsty. Why don’t you take this opportunity to exchange for millions of grains for our people and our soldiers?”

Laoshan Chief Zuo Lengchan, former Minister of the Nanjing War Department Lu Weiqi and Zhang Shenyan were all taken aback by Zhang Shun.

Especially Lu Weiqi, who originally worked in Nanjing and had heard a little about the amount of grain transported from Jiangnan to the capital every year, he couldn't help but subconsciously asked: "Does your lord know how much grain has been transported to the capital every year since the Grand Canal was dug? "

How did Zhang Shun know this?He thought of a random number and asked, "I'm afraid there are tens of millions of stones?"

Lu Weiqi slapped his thigh, and said with a helpless wry smile: "My general, how can there be so many? The tank boats are connected end to end, day and night, and there are only more than four million stones per year."

"You need a million stones for one mouthful. I'm afraid the grain merchants around here have hired millions of helpers, and they can't finish it!"

It turns out that in this era not only the production capacity is low, but also the transportation method is extremely backward.Like the Taiping cart used by Zhang Shun to transport grain, each cart can only carry more than ten stones.However, the shallow boats with [-] materials commonly used in inland river transportation can only carry [-] stones per boat.

According to Zhang Shun's idea of ​​buying a million shi of grain, it would take about [-] flat cars or [-] shallow boats to complete it.

In addition to transportation, loading and unloading is even more troublesome.A young man can only carry one stone of grain at most at a time, and he will lose his strength after carrying it one or two hundred times a day.

Coupled with loading and unloading, both ends use manpower.More than [-] people are needed before and after to complete the loading and unloading work.

Lu Weiqi spoke earnestly for a long time, but Zhang Shun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing: "Since Mr. Lu has a plan in mind, how about letting him take care of this matter?"

Where is Lu Weiqi willing to follow?He hastily waved his hand and refused: "The lower officials are still monitoring the lawlessness, and the communication with the village has not yet been completed, how can I have time to work on this?"

It's not that Lu Weiqi is self-effacing, his family was originally from a scholarly family.Lu Weiqi also learned a lot of economics, but only talked about farming and farming.Confucius said, "The four bodies are not diligent, and the five grains are not distinguished." I am afraid that he is referring to people like him.

Seeing that Lu Weiqi should not respond, Zhang Shenyan is now in charge of disaster preparation and rewards for farming, so he will be too busy for a while.

Zhang Shun looked at the old mountain chief with ill intentions again, and said with a smile: "I don't want to bother the two masters, since the old mountain chief came up with this plan, please ask Mr. Zuo to trouble you, okay?"

"Not good, not good!" Zuo Lengchan hastily bowed his hands and said, "'Life is rare in seventy years', this old man is over sixty this year, and I don't have a few days to live. Idea, it's okay to think of a way, if you work hard, forgive me for being helpless!"

When Zhang Shun heard it, it was the same reasoning, how could an old man in his sixties work hard for him?
He didn't laugh and said: "Although I claim to buy a million shi of grain, in fact, I only buy as much as I have. Why should the old man be afraid? If this is the case, I don't force it. I don't know if there is anyone under Mr. Zuo's staff. I recommend it to you." I?"

This Zuo Lengchan is old and refined, he has eaten more salt than Zhang Shun has traveled.He didn't laugh and said, "Since King Shun asked a question, the old man had no choice but to talk about it."

"The purchase of grain is no different than other things. There are grains of grain, dry and wet grains, shelled and shelled grains, and rice, millet, barley, wheat, corn, soybeans, and black beans. It is easy to be searched for. Those who are cheated by profiteers must be held accountable by those who have been dealing with them all year round."

"According to my estimate, Li Baihu should have returned to Luoyang in the past two days. He has been engaged in this matter all year round, so he naturally does his part. It is most appropriate to entrust this matter to him."

"There are more than ten people, including my disciple Huang Deqing, who happen to be at home and can be Li Baihu's deputy. Although these ten people are not very capable, they can still support them by doing calculations and keeping accounts."

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