After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 74 One person monopolizes all profitable businesses

They should immediately start to buy grain, fodder, bean cakes and other military supplies to be transported to granaries all over the country to Liaodong.It is convenient for the Huayunlong army to take it at any time, and if the transfer is not timely, it is a dereliction of duty.

"Isn't the national treasury rich now? With money, everything is easy to do." A head of the household department said.

"Although the Ministry of Finance has just received 5000 million taels of silver, it cannot support the emperor to use it like this. But all wars cost a lot of money! The Ming Dynasty has just been established, so it simply cannot withstand such a toss." Lu Chang sighed.

"Since Your Majesty has decreed, we can only act in accordance with the decree." The host said, "Purchasing military supplies requires contact with merchants in Yingtianfu. I don't know who your lord wants to entrust the errand to."

Responsible for buying is a fat poor, and everyone wants it.

"Shen Wansan is the only merchant who has this ability in Yingtian." However, Lu Chang did not directly say who to hand it to, but changed the topic and said, "When Shen Wansan repaired the Jinling city wall for the emperor before, it caused the emperor's dissatisfaction. At that time, the emperor almost killed him. Fortunately, the emperor did not kill him at that time, otherwise he would not know who to buy."

Giant businessman Shen Wansan has mastered a complete business chain, involving almost all areas of the internal economic cycle.If he died, it would be difficult to establish such a perfect business chain in a short period of time.

Although there would be other merchants rising without Shen Wansan, other merchants could never compare to him.

That is to say, Shen Wansan provided great convenience to the court's purchases. Although he could eventually purchase all the generals without his Ministry of Household, it would take a long time or even delay the military situation.

It is precisely because Shen Wansan has such an important role that he was not destroyed by various forces when the world was in chaos.At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the melee between the warlords was so serious that not only did he not die, but he could also make a fortune.

"It's time for that profiteer to make money again." The head of the household department said, either jealous or unhappy.

"Don't be too disrespectful when you contact him. After all, he now has the emperor's royal plaque." Lu Chang said.Kindly remind everyone, don't knock too hard.

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Shen House.

Shen Wansan and his two wives got together, "The emperor is about to go to war, and the procurement of military supplies will definitely fall on my head." Shen Wansan was excited for a while, "My lord, I want to earn back part of the 5000 million taels I spent this time. "

"If the emperor starts a few more wars, I can guarantee that all the 5000 million taels will be earned back, and then the imperial plaque will be considered as the Shen family's free money."

The two ladies were also very happy after hearing this, "Looking at the entire Yingtian Mansion, I am afraid that only our 'Nantong firm' has such strength. It is impossible for any other firm to gather the military supplies needed by the Ministry of Household in a short period of time."

Although 5000 million taels would not hurt their muscles and bones, it was still a considerable loss.But in a few days the emperor will go to war, giving them a chance to recover their losses.

The money sent to the treasury will eventually return to their pockets.The money to buy the plaque is ultimately the wool of the sheep.

"Food is the most important thing for the army to fight," said the eldest lady Zhao Xue'e, "but now it is the beginning of tomorrow, and the food in the prefectures and counties is very short, and the people can't even eat enough food. Where can we buy so much food? Woolen cloth?"

"You don't have to worry about the source of food." Shen Wansan said, "When the world is in chaos, in addition to hoarding gold and silver, those gentry and wealthy owners will also hoard large quantities of food, and gold and silver cannot be eaten as food."

"Do they really have food?" Zhao Xue'e expressed doubts.

"You still need to use your head to think about this truth, and even your knees to know that they have food." Shen Wansan said, "The whole world is in chaos, can you survive only by hoarding gold and silver? When the world is in chaos, food is more valuable than gold and silver. Important. The reason why they also hoarded gold and silver is because after the war, no matter which new court is established, it will recognize gold and silver.”

"Now that the Ming Dynasty has just stabilized, those wealthy merchants dare not take out the hoarded grain. They are afraid that the imperial court will blame them for not supporting the imperial army at the beginning, and they are even more afraid that their money will be exposed. So they can only store the grain in the grain depot. It has been almost five years now, and the grain they hoarded has long since become stale grain, which is when we buy it on a large scale and at a low price."

"It's been five years, and they haven't finished their food storage yet?" Lu Chunxiang asked.

"The taste of old grain is far inferior to that of new grain. Do you think those rich people will keep the grain stored until they are finished?" Shen Wansan said, "Whenever they have the opportunity, they will spend money to buy new grain to eat. When there is a famine in the world or a war occurs, and the court needs to buy a lot of grain, they will sell all the unpalatable old grain to the court."

"In addition, do you think that they hoarded a lot of food when the world was in chaos, just for their own food? They want to win the war and make a fortune."

"It turns out that it is." Lu Chunxiang said.

"If there is not enough food in Daming, we can also buy it from Nanyang merchants." Da Madam Zhao Xue'e said, "So our Nantong company will definitely meet the purchasing requirements of the Ministry of Households."

There are two main ways for Shen Wansan to make money. One is to do business with the imperial court and the government and make huge profits.

The second is to ship silk, porcelain, and handicrafts overseas, and overseas jewelry, rhino horns, and spices to be sold in China, opening up overseas trade.Now he has a complete overseas trade chain.

Whether it is doing business with the government or overseas trade, it is a channel that can make huge profits.And Shen Wansan took all of them all by himself, and it was an exclusive business.

The money shops, rice shops, and cloth shops he opened in Daming also accounted for the bulk, and other merchants could only eat his leftovers.

One person has almost monopolized all profitable businesses at home and abroad.

"That's right." Shen Wansan said, "With Nanyang rice merchants here, the wealthy domestic gentry will never dare to raise the price of grain. Let's let the wind out first. Nantong merchants have to purchase a lot of grain from overseas merchants, and we don't even mention it. If you buy from wealthy households in Daming, you don’t even know that they have grain. After the wealthy households in China get the news, they will be eager to sell the old grain in their hands, so that we can severely reduce the price.”

"Then what is the bottom line of the rice price we give?" Zhao Xuue asked.

"The current market price of rice is one tael of silver and two shi, and our bid is one tael to six shi." Shen Wansan said.

"One or two or six stones? It's less than twice the market price. Will they sell it?" Lu Chunxiang said in shock.

"Don't worry, they are willing to sell it." Shen Wansan said, "they have been hoarding rice for five years, and if they don't pound the rice and sell it, it will become moldy. If they really refuse to sell it at a low price, we will really buy it from Nanyang merchants."

"It doesn't matter who we buy anyway, they can't afford it."

(End of this chapter)