please make me king

Chapter 863 Cooperation
"Then how much food does King Shun want?" Cheng Jia was a little unconvinced, as much as he wanted, I'm afraid you don't know the strength of our Cheng family in Xin'an.

"This number!" Zhang Shun stretched out his left hand to show Cheng Jia.

"Half a million stones? This matter is easy." Cheng Jia couldn't help laughing.

"No, it's five million stones!" Zhang Shun slashed down vigorously with his left hand, and corrected firmly.

"Crack!" Cheng Jia shook his left hand, but there was only an oval tea boat left in his hand, but he accidentally knocked on the teacup on the tea boat.

Cheng Jia couldn't help but turn pale with shock, and hastily apologized: "I didn't intend to disturb King Shun, the power of the shock is so great."

"Is your husband also afraid of thunder?" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he knew the allusion.

"Is there anything to be afraid of thunder? I'm afraid to see the real dragon's ears!" Cheng Jia also laughed, "Although King Shun was born in a rough place, unexpectedly he swept the world, including the universe, the meaning of the four seas, and the heart of the eight wilds."

"Although Cheng is chasing after fame and fortune, he can't help being aroused in his heart."

"It's just that this number is really unbelievable. I have to confirm it again. Is King Shun really planning to buy five million stones?"

"Your Excellency, you know that the Grand Canal starts from Hangzhou and ends in the capital. It is three thousand miles from north to south, and it only transports four million shi of grain and rice a year!"

"The two thousand miles from the south of the Yangtze River to Luoyang by water and land are more difficult than the Grand Canal. How can it be done suddenly?"

Are you kidding, there is a Grand Canal from Hangzhou to the capital, how many people manage it along the way, how many people are involved in the transportation, and only four million stones are transported a year.

Your boss asked me to give five million shi with just one mouthful, what can I do?
Don't say that I am a small salt merchant, even if the imperial court mobilizes the power of the whole country, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete such a grand task!
Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing: "Although it is a bit difficult, at least three million stones should be completed this year!"

"I want to go to the Yangtze River, Han River, Tangbai River, and Baihe River to buy a million stones of grain from Huguang and store it in Nanyang."

"Take the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, and Shaying River, buy a million stones of grain and rice from Nanzhili, and station them in Yuzhou."

"You can also take the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Shaying River, and Jialu River to Zhuxian Town, and then enter Luoyang by land; or you can take the Yellow River from Shandong and North Zhili; or you can cross the river from Shanxi to the south; or you can go out of Tongguan from Shaanxi. To the east, Luoyang is also garrisoning millet, millet, and millions of stones!"

"Are you really kidding?" Cheng Jia confirmed again and again, thinking carefully in his heart, although Zhang Shun's method was crude, it was not impossible.

If it is true what Zhang Shun said, the annual purchase of grain is three million shi, and its demand is second only to the important towns of the capital, wouldn't it mean that the daily income is increasing, and the financial resources are overflowing?

This is far more profitable than selling salt here, no, I want to earn money for salt, and I also want to earn money for food!
"First of all, the second is that the mountains in western Henan are rich in metals such as gold, silver, copper, iron and tin, and are rich in specialties such as fur, medicinal materials, wood, and jade. I want to let go of the mountains and forests and attract merchants to mine them."

"Thirdly, Luoyang used to be the ancient capital of nine dynasties, and it was prosperous for a time. I want to set up a special place here, one side is specialized in bulk goods, and the other side is a place for eating, drinking and having fun."

"The style of clothing in its house is designed to imitate the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is called: the city that never sleeps in the Tang Dynasty; the place where it eats, drinks and has fun is called: the night banquet of the Tang Palace. It is expected to attract businessmen from all over the world, and Luoyang's economy will be prosperous!"

"This..." Cheng Jia can be regarded as a well-travelled, well-informed person.

In the past, the officials he saw, no matter they were honest, greedy, capable or cruel officials, were all ashamed of talking about profit, but King Shun was an exception!

What's more, King Shun's thoughts are all unconstrained, transcending all people.The "Da Tang Never Sleeping City" and the "Tang Palace Night Banquet" sound like a prosperous Tang Dynasty, and people can't help but yearn for it!
Cheng Jia was worth millions, and he was able to do a business worth hundreds of thousands of taels.

As a result, since he saw King Shun, he couldn't help being amazed and convinced.

He got up and worshiped: "In the past, when the sage Confucius saw Lao Tzu, he said, "I see Lao Tzu today. It's like a dragon and evil! I didn't believe it at first, but now I know it!"

"Although Cheng is not talented, as long as King Shun doesn't think I'm stupid, I'm willing to run around for you and publicize your benevolence. I will help you to fly to the sky as soon as possible and become a great treasure!"

ah?Are you going to trust me now?Isn't it a bit too sudden!Zhang Shun was stunned.

As a result, Zhang Shun thought too much, only to hear Cheng Jia continue to say: "Although Cheng has a small family, even if he destroys the family to relieve the difficulties, it is nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and it is nothing!"

"Fortunately, I, the Cheng family of Huaitang, have no other elders, and I have a little smell of copper. I would like to get up immediately, return to Shexian County, Huizhou, and report to the patriarch, in order to mobilize the strength of the Cheng family to help King Shun."

"Whether this is successful or not, I will personally lead the fleet to transport grain to Yuzhou City within a month. I can't guarantee the amount, but at least there will be [-] shi of polished rice."

That's it?Zhang Shun is still dizzy until now, "Then how to set the price?"

"The price of Huaitang Cheng's will be negotiated later by King Shun. As for my price, King Shun will do whatever he wants!" Cheng Jia said.

"Okay, Mr. Cheng is so bold!" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing, "Since that's the case, if I postpone it, I'll look petty. Then let's make a high-five and make an oath!"

"Okay, it's a deal!" Cheng Jia also stretched out his palms, and both hands clapped together as an oath.

Do you know why Cheng Jia is so bold?
It turned out that before he came to Luoyang, he paid a special visit to his nephew Cheng Dagong.The relationship between these two people is also interesting, Cheng Dagong is thirty years older than Cheng Jia, but according to the family tree, he is a generation behind him.

Seeing Cheng Jia's arrival, Cheng Dagong couldn't help but said happily: "It turns out that my uncle is here, please come in quickly, I don't know what I can teach you!"

Hearing Cheng Dagong, who is also a teacher and nephew, call himself that, Cheng Jia couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

After a little politeness between the two parties, Cheng Jia then got to the point: "I heard that 'shun thieves' are rampant in Heluo, and the governors of the five provinces, Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou, couldn't control them, so today's disaster has happened!"

"In the past few days, I heard that he fought fiercely with Master Zhu, Governor of Water Transport and Governor of Fengyang, Tang Hui, Governor of Huguang, and Fu Zonglong, Governor of Henan, in Central Henan and Southern Henan, and won again, beheading Fu Zonglong, Governor of Henan. So sooner or later 'Catastrophe' will affect the world, we must make plans early!"

"What are you going to do? I heard that the price of grain in the border areas is soaring now. Merchants from Shanshan and other salt merchants are exporting grain to the north. This is very beneficial, and many people even get rich overnight."

"I also invested more than [-] taels of shares, and there will be income at the end of the month. If you waste more than a month, you will fall behind!"

"It's not in my opinion!" Cheng Jia said disapprovingly, "Master, why do you think that the merchants from the border areas of Shanxi and Shaanxi outperform our merchants from the two Huaihe Rivers?"

"After the Gai salt industry was controlled by me, the merchants on the border of Shanxi and Shanxi went to the north privately, which benefited greatly from the salt, so they survived."

"Nowadays, all the merchants have neglected their righteousness and betrayed their trust in the 'shun thief'. This is the time to send charcoal in the snow. Why don't I do it, thinking that the Lianghuai salt merchants have opened up a new world?"

"Officials have no trust, and thieves have no righteousness. If you go, I'm afraid you won't be able to return. What about the old mother, wife, and children at home?" Cheng Dagong asked again.

"If this matter succeeds, the benefits will be shared; if this matter fails, one person will bear it alone!" Cheng Jia said firmly.

Cheng Dagong then understood what Cheng Jia meant, and he went to open up the market in person this time. If King Shun could accept him, then the Cheng family would receive a steady stream of gold and silver treasures; In the name of a thief, Cheng Dagong helped him take care of the young and old in the family.

Good Cheng Jia!Cheng Dagong couldn't help but secretly nodded.The reason why he was willing to lend a helping hand back then was because of his courage to move forward and dare to fight!

(End of this chapter)