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

Chapter 1052 Establishment of the Chamber of Commerce
Gu Chengyu sneered, "We Ming people don't talk dark words, how much food you have in your hands, I can calculate a rough idea based on the movements of the past few days. Before coming to Jiangnan, the emperor said that it would never be allowed The price of food has risen. The flood in Changtian Mansion is a major disaster. You still want to rely on rice grains to earn such ignorant money, where is your conscience?"

Speaking of later, Gu Chengyu's tone was already extremely severe.

Businessmen value profits, and profiteers have no morals at all.

They thought they had grasped the lifeblood of Hang Tianfu, as long as the food was in their hands, they could make as much money as they wanted?

This is trying to monopolize, buying rice and grain from farmers at low prices, and then hoarding them together.

When the price of grain is raised, if the common people want to buy grain, they can only buy it from them, and they have to buy it at a high price.

Just like before, the disaster victims outside the city gate of Hangtianfu were not assigned to work as river workers. They wanted to eat food, but they bought it at a high price.

During that time, there were guys from the rice shop in the city carrying grain to the gate of the city every day to sell it.However, these grains are ridiculously expensive, several times the original price.

But at that time, these disaster victims were not allowed to enter the city, so they had to spend several times the money to buy these jobs.

After all, people have to eat and drink when they are alive, even if they feel bad, they have to buy them.

Until the money on his body was exhausted, he started to gnaw the turf without the money.

I'm afraid it was during that period of time that the food was sold, which gave these people a taste of the sweetness.Otherwise, they would not be able to hoard so much rice without hesitation.

"Master Gu, are you serious? We are merchants. If we don't rely on these to make money, what else do we use to make money? It's normal to hoard more rice. The court didn't explicitly prohibit the hoarding of rice, did it?"

Xia Hongji is still resenting the fact that Gu Chengyu asked him to pay 10 taels of silver just now. He couldn't lose Xia's face just now, so he can only suffer from being dumb for the time being.

But even if Gu Chengyu is an official of the imperial court, he can't control the affairs between their merchants, right?

Forty words, outrageous?He also planned to sell hundreds and eighty yuan a catty, and he had to get back the 10 taels of silver no matter what.

Unless the imperial court issued an injunction not allowing them to raise the price of food, he didn't intend to give Gu Chengyu this face.

The faces of the owners of the other rice shops are also not good. They have just donated money, and Mr. Gu has not received the money yet!Are you going to turn your face and deny anyone?

"I know that in business and business, who doesn't like money? But gentlemen love money and get it in a proper way. The money you earn this time is the flesh and blood of the common people. How can you bear it!"

Gu Chengyu sighed and shook his head at the crowd.

The owners of some commercial firms are actually a little reluctant, so they don't hoard much rice.

Now that Gu Chengyu said that, they felt even more guilty.

One of them wanted to express his opinion, but he didn't want to be tugged at his sleeve by the people beside him.He looked over subconsciously, and saw Xia Hongji's expression was very disapproving.

If you respond to Mr. Gu's words at this time, won't you offend many people present?Moreover, he completely offended Xia Hongji.

Xia Hongji was a member of the Xia clan, and it wasn't Xia Hongji they were afraid of, but Xia Shoufu.

"Master Gu, you also said just now that you are talking about business. It is impossible for us to do a business that does not make money. The price of rice has increased because most of the farmland in Changtian Prefecture has been submerged. This year's The food will inevitably decrease a lot. If we don’t take the opportunity to stock up on more food before the food goes up completely, then the cost of purchasing in the future will probably increase several times! Please forgive us for our difficulties and don’t make it difficult for us ah!"

Xia Hongji had already thought up his excuse just now, anyway, he was sure to earn the money for the rice grain.

That 10 taels of silver, the patriarch will definitely be furious when he hears about it.But if the matter of hoarding rice and selling it at a high price is done properly, the patriarch may make an exception.

"Then you only hoard food and don't sell it. Isn't that unreasonable? Isn't the purpose of selling food when the food price rises to its peak and earning a lot of money?"

What Gu Chengyu pointed out was exactly the same, and everyone suddenly didn't know how to respond.If they didn't raise the price of food, they wouldn't be able to earn so much money.

This money is like picking up for nothing, who can be willing to give up?

But if the rice grains were sold at a low price now, they would be even less happy.

Gu Chengyu fell silent again when he saw the crowd, he knew that it would be impossible not to use his trump card.

"Everyone! When I came to Jiangnan, the imperial court was discussing the establishment of a chamber of commerce."

Gu Chengyu ordered someone to serve a pot of tea for everyone, and then carefully observed everyone's expressions.

After hearing what Gu Chengyu said, everyone started whispering.

"Isn't your home relying on that person? Have you heard about this?" One person asked the person beside him.

"Never, that person didn't say a word about the chamber of commerce"

"Chamber of Commerce? Dare I ask Mr. Gu, what is a Chamber of Commerce?"

Master Wang's mouse eyes were shining brightly, and he immediately caught a trace of unusual meaning from Gu Chengyu's words.

Hu Maoshen and other officials looked at Gu Chengyu strangely, chamber of commerce?

Why don't they know what chamber of commerce is being discussed by the imperial court?This is simply unheard of!
Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and after communicating silently with their eyes, they were sure that the court had never mentioned this matter at all.

Could it be that the emperor valued Gu Chengyu so much that he informed him of this matter?This is not impossible!

Hu Maoshen recovered from the shock, and couldn't help but hum in his heart.

Gu Chengyu didn't even reveal any rumors before, but now he caught them by surprise.

What chamber of commerce?This matter was not mentioned at all at the court meeting, so Gu Chengyu probably brought it up by himself, right?

I don't know if Gu Chengyu has discussed it with the emperor, so I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to say it rashly?
This kind of chamber of commerce must be troublesome, it can't be established in a day or two, isn't Gu Chengyu asking for trouble by doing this?
"May I ask Mr. Gu, what does this chamber of commerce mean?"

Master Sun is very interested in this Chamber of Commerce, just like the tea tax, since it is implemented, there must be a reason for it.

Before there was no tea tax, tea merchants and tea farmers often clashed.The tea farmers lost a lot of profits, and the tea merchants didn't necessarily take advantage of it.

After the implementation of the tea tax, although tea merchants lost part of their profits, their lives were guaranteed and many inconveniences were reduced.

Mr. Sun always believed that raising the price of food and earning those ignorant money is not a long-term solution.The imperial court has sent imperial envoys to help the disaster. Could it be that they will see the price of rice rise and remain indifferent?
After the disaster victims and the people have used up all their savings, can Mi Xing watch them starve to death?

The people had no money to buy rice, and their eyes were blurry from hunger.The rice in the rice shop cannot be sold, and the granary is piled up like a mountain. Isn't the last grain going to be sold at a low price?
(End of this chapter)