The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 1051 Hoarding Rice
Besides, so much money is clearly kept in the accounts, and I have to go to the emperor to pay for it in the future. After all, I use the name of the emperor, right?
Why are Gu Chengyu's eyelids so shallow?He didn't pay attention to this little money.As for other officials, he will naturally supervise them strictly.

If anyone really dares to reach out, then don't be cruel.

"Since we are together today, it is all fate. However, there is still one thing that I don't understand, so please clarify."

Gu Chengyu looked around, and with the money in hand, some accounts could be settled.

"Master Gu, you might as well just say it, we will know everything and say everything." Master Sun was very puzzled, so he quickly replied.

"I heard that the price of food in Hangtian Mansion has risen sharply recently, and many rice shops in the city are closed. Why is this? All of you here are local people, so I hope you can clarify for me."

Gu Chengyu looked at the crowd coldly, and an invisible pressure shrouded them. The originally lively banquet suddenly became quiet again.

"Recently, Japanese officials have inspected the city, and the people can't buy rice at all, and many people have no cooking. Moreover, the price of food is several times higher than before, and the price of brown rice has even risen to [-] cents a catty. .I don’t know, this Hangtian Mansion is so rich, and it’s only brown rice that can be sold for forty yuan a catty.”

"That's right, I'm a bit unbelievable when I first heard it. Even though Jiangnan is rich, I've never heard of brown rice for forty cents a catty."

Hu Maoshen understood immediately, knowing that Gu Chengyu wanted to control the price of grain, otherwise the price would go up and outrageous, and Hangtian Mansion would be in chaos in the end?

Although he is not optimistic about Gu Chengyu's thoughts, since even such things as donating money, Gu Chengyu can do it.

That can't be said about the increase in food prices, and Gu Chengyu really has a way.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unexpectedly Gu Chengyu would suddenly bring up this matter.

Of the fourteen merchants present, five of them opened rice shops.Among them, Xia's rice shop is the largest. In just one prefectural city of Hangtianfu, Xia's has opened three stores.

"Cough! Where did you hear the rumors, my lord? How can this brown rice cost forty cents a catty?"

Mr. Wang is a little guilty. He secretly sold it for fifty cents a catty two days ago!There are still people who are willing to buy it, but there is no way, if they don’t buy it, will they starve to death?

There are also two grain shops in his home. Although the shops are not large, the price of daily grain suddenly soared a while ago, and he actually sold a lot of money.

Later, if it weren't for the small amount of food stored, he could really make a fortune.

Yesterday, he heard his old wife muttering, envious of the several rice shops opened by other families, who have made a lot of money in the past few days.

But his family only had two small shops, and missed this good opportunity to make money.

At present, he has heard about which family hoards the most grain.It is said that the Xia family has been collecting grains everywhere recently, and it must be because they want to hoard rice grains and sell them at a high price.

The victims still had some silver in their hands, plus the people in the city had to eat and drink every day, the Xia clan would definitely make a fortune this time.

"That's right! My lord must have heard the rumors, but this is inaccurate. The rice shops in the city have not opened recently, which means that everyone really has no food to sell. I don't know who made the rumor that our Hangtian Mansion will also burst the embankment like Changtian Mansion. The common people They are all afraid that once the embankment is broken, they will be like the disaster victims outside the city, without food to satisfy their hunger. Therefore, those farmers are not willing to sell the grain, and would rather keep it in their hands for a rainy day!"

One of them, Mr. Ning, got Xia Hongji's signal and quickly got up and replied.

Xia Hongji was thinking of a solution quickly in his mind. This Gu Chengyu had just cheated him of 10 taels of silver, and now he actually asked about the price increase of rice.

He had hoarded a lot of rice this time, and he was waiting for the price to increase so that he could make a fortune.

Judging from the amount of rice he has hoarded, the profit is more than 10 taels!
If Gu Chengyu ruined something, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?

If he had known that today was the Hongmen Banquet, he would not have said anything.

I didn't expect that Gu Chengyu would make a fortune today, and he still doesn't know how to face the patriarch!

If something went wrong with hoarding rice and raising the price of rice, he could imagine how furious the patriarch would be.

He is just a branch of Xia Clan, he can't handle errands well, and if Xia Clan loses so much money, it is very possible that he will be sacked for errands.

I'm afraid that not only will I lose such a good job, but I may also be punished more severely.

This job is lucrative, and he has saved a lot of money every year by taking care of the business in Hangtian Mansion. He must not lose this job.

"Oh? I saw this with my own eyes. Mingmo, tell the masters what you found out."

Gu Chengyu knew that these people would not admit it so easily, so he naturally came prepared.

"Yes, my lord!"

Ming Mo took the order, and then said in a loud voice: "Two days ago, the Ning family rice shop sent people to a nearby village to collect a lot of rice grain, about a hundred shi, and it was bought at the rate of eight cents per liter. There is also a detailed list of who bought it from. A few days ago, the Xia family sent many shopkeepers to a remote village to collect about [-] shi of rice, which is also eight words. The villain still has a list here. Another king The master collected fifty shi in the past two days, which is nine cents a liter."

After reporting the movements of several rice shops in the past few days in one breath, Ming Mo paused, "I haven't found out the past few days, so please allow me a few more days."

Gu Chengyu nodded, "Go down first!"

"What my entourage said just now is absolutely true. I would like to ask, your rice shops have been buying rice recently, but you don't open a shop to sell it. What is your intention?"

Gu Chengyu knocked the wine glass heavily on the table, and the wine in it spilled out immediately, startling everyone present.

Master Wang cleared his tight throat, and said nervously: "Didn't you hear that Hangtian Mansion will burst the embankment? Our mansion has a large population, so we have so many mouths to eat and drink, so we must hoard some food for emergencies, right? "

In fact, when he said this, he couldn't help feeling very guilty.The food he had stockpiled before was all sold, and the price was even more outrageous.

Could Mr. Gu have already found out how much money he sold?Master Wang was very anxious at first, and then he glanced at everyone present, and then he was a little relieved.

What are you afraid of?It's not that he sells grain at a high price alone.These people have hoarded a lot of food!
He didn't hoard much, even if the imperial envoy blamed him, there would be a tall man to hold it up.

Thinking of this, Master Wang's expression relaxed a lot.The stomach that was still struggling to shrink was now trembling unscrupulously.

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