Rivers and lakes rich man

Chapter 306 Black Heart
"Not only at sea, but all business contacts with Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce will be cut off." Fang Jing continued, "Xiyue, is it okay?"

"No problem." Wang Xiyue smiled, "Our Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce is not afraid of losing business from those people."

"So they have to worry?" Liang Jingwei asked.

"That's right." Wang Xiyue nodded and said, "A lot of things from Luoyang need to go from Jiangnan. If we cut off their business, most of their business will be cut off. Without them, we can do it now." Transport it by yourself and seize the original share of these guys in Luoyang."

Think about it, everyone, silk and tea in the south of the Yangtze River are still very popular in the north.

From south to north, this kind of business is not something ordinary people can do.

Those who can speak out in the court can naturally use his power to do so.

For this they earn a lot of money.

The firm in Jiangnan East County is now following Fang Jing's lead. As long as he gives an order, I believe the members of the firm here will execute it immediately.

At that time, if they want to buy these goods in Jiangnan Dongjun, they will basically find no seller.

Now that the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce is slowly gaining a foothold in Luoyang, some goods no longer need to be sold to firms in Luoyang.

Originally, I thought that it would be difficult to speak for a while, since we have cooperated for many years.

The original plan was to slowly reduce the supply, not to stop all of a sudden, at least give them some buffer time.

Now that these guys jumped out on their own, what else should the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce have to worry about?
It happened to take this opportunity to cut off their supply, wouldn't it be good to sell this part by yourself?

Why let them earn the middle price difference, and it is a huge price difference.

This kind of easy handling should be mastered by yourself.

"Great, let's see how long these guys can last." Liang Jingwei snorted coldly, "Brother Fang, even if they come to ask for it, just ignore them."

"That depends on whether it can bring us benefits." Fang Jing laughed.

All the women present also understood what Fang Jing meant.

At that time, you can use this to negotiate with them in exchange for support and benefits in Luoyang.

As long as they are sincere enough, of course I can still do business with them.

Afterwards, many people in the court spoke out, hoping that the court could immediately summon the army to go north again, and cooperate with Song Xiangming to attack the Turkic army.

Originally, such a proposal would most likely not be adopted.

Surprisingly, the imperial court quickly decided to conscript 20 troops immediately, and then mobilize another [-] from around Luoyang. A total of [-] will go north within half a month.

This can be described as vigorous and resolute.

I don't know how long it took to send troops before.

Fang Jing was not surprised when he heard the news.

This is the effort of the people behind those big grain merchants.

Only when the army goes out, can their food be sold.

Even if it is sold to the court, it can still make money.

Otherwise, with so much food in hand, I'm afraid it will get moldy.

"Want to make a fortune? Dreaming." Fang Jing sneered in his heart.

These guys are hoarding food to deal with themselves, how can this matter be left alone?
Fang Jing will not do anything to Zhu Wenren now, but he still needs to deal with these grain merchants.

Back home, Fang Jing immediately came to Wang Xiyue's side.

"The fleet should arrive in Luoyang within two days." Wang Xiyue replied after hearing Fang Jing's intention.

"Okay, just in time." Fang Jing said with a slight smile.

"Brother Fang, I have already received some news. Now the food in Luoyang City has risen to 45 taels per stone." Wang Xiyue laughed.

"45 taels?" Fang Jing was stunned for a moment, "Didn't it be 20 taels two days ago?"

When he first came to Luoyang, the price of grain was about one stone and six taels.

Later, these big grain merchants wanted to blackmail themselves, and after monopolizing the grain, the price of grain rose to 20 taels.

Of course, this is only for the people in the city.

If Fang Jing went to buy them at that time, 20 taels would definitely not be enough, and 60 taels and one stone is possible. What can these unscrupulous guys not do?

"As soon as the news of the imperial court's further northern expedition came out, these grain merchants moved upon hearing the news." Wang Xiyue said, "The people standing behind them have intricate relationships, and even the imperial court can't do anything to them. Raise the price first, and then the imperial court really wants to buy grain. , if they lower it a little bit, it will be regarded as giving face to the imperial court. The imperial court still has to think of them."

"It's really shameless." Fang Jing said.

"That's how shameless." Wang Xiyue covered her mouth and smiled, "It's a pity they didn't know our ship had arrived."

"As for this matter, we won't come forward." Fang Jing thought for a while and said, "Xiyue, you should go to Princess Yongxin's mansion."

Wang Xiyue immediately understood what Fang Jing meant.

"Okay, little sister, let's go."

When Wang Xiyue saw Zhu Bixuan, she found that her complexion was not very good, she must have lost her temper just now.

"What's bothering the princess?" Wang Xiyue asked.

"A matter in the court." Zhu Bixuan sighed, "Does my sister know the latest food prices in the city?"

Wang Xiyue immediately understood why Zhu Bixuan was angry.

Those guys are driving up food prices. Zhu Bixuan definitely can't stand this kind of behavior.

"I heard that forty taels a stone."

"In just two days, the price of food has more than doubled. If it goes back to the previous two months, the price of food is only five or six taels a stone. If the price increases by seven or eight times, they are not afraid of being overwhelmed." Zhu Bixuan said with a small face. His anger was not concealed.

Wang Xiyue didn't speak. After Zhu Bixuan vented, she realized that she had lost her composure: "Sister Xiyue, I'm really sorry to make you laugh."

"The princess is thinking of the people and the court." Wang Xiyue shook her head and said, "It's a pity that there are always some selfish and shameless people."

"That's right, they are shameless people." Zhu Bixuan said through gritted teeth, "If there is a chance, I would like to ransack their homes and exterminate their families immediately, and those old fellows will be hacked into pieces, Ling Chizhi."

She hated those guys who drove up the price of food.

Especially when they wanted to make a fortune while the court was in trouble.

"When the army goes out, food should be prepared, right? What is the court planning?" Wang Xiyue asked, "Oh, Princess, if these are related to court secrets, just pretend I didn't ask."

"It's not a secret anymore." Zhu Bixuan shook her head and said, "The imperial court wants to buy grain at 30 taels."

"It's too cheap for them." Wang Xiyue said.

"It's also at the expense of themselves." Zhu Bixuan said coldly.

Wang Xiyue understood that Zhu Bixuan referred to themselves as some people in the court who decided the price of food.

They are more or less related to those grain merchants, and they can't wait to get more silver taels from the court.

"This time, we have to prepare 100 million taels first. Calculated at 30 taels, that's 3000 million taels. How can the court get it out? Even 300 million taels are hard to come by." Zhu Bixuan said, "The people in the court I have already figured out a countermeasure, which is to use next year's salt to raise food and wages."

"Thirty taels probably isn't the final amount, is it?"

"I think at least five liang should be added." Zhu Bixuan said, "Those guys won't take advantage of the imperial court. They will say at that time that they are wholeheartedly for the imperial court and sell at a lower price. They are really loyal!"

"Princess, what would you do if you had 100 million shi of grain?" Wang Xiyue asked.

(End of this chapter)