Daming News does not have a printing house in Huzhou, but it is very close to Hangzhou, Daming News and Da Nei enshrined two newspapers have set up branches there, and after printing every day, they will be distributed to the surrounding places along the way along the post station, therefore, Huzhou's Daming News is one day later than Hangzhou.
The news has become old news, but fortunately, in this era, the spread of news is slow, and the pace of life is slow, so of course the difference of one day is not bad.
Fifteen Lang pointed out to Li Zhiqiu that was the news headline in the old news, Lu Qinchaping, Lu Disaster Relief, and bought grain from Jiangnan at a high price Seeing this column headline, Li Zhiqiu's eyes lit up at that time, and he seemed to open a large window in his heart, grabbing the newspaper and looking down hungrily.
Lost the praise of the emperor, and went directly to the topic, to the effect that Lu Hanqiang was appointed by the emperor to go to Shanxi to help the victims, and now Shanxi is short of grain, so he called on righteous businessmen to send grain to Pinglu, Shanxi, and the price offered was brown rice one stone and one or two dollars, such a price had to make Li Zhiqiu exclaim that this was a sky-high price.
Yes, this is definitely a sky-high price for Jiangnan grain merchants.
The tax revenue of the dynasty was originally a combination of silver and kind, but later Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip law reform, in addition to the necessary local grain reserves need to pay grain in kind, other taxes are converted into silver, escorted into Beijing, therefore, every year when the summer tax and autumn tax are collected, it is the time when the people's suffering comes, because the government only needs silver, the people must sell the grain in their hands to the grain merchants, at this time, it is the happy moment of the grain merchants, At this time, everyone rushed to buy the grain in the hands of the people at a price lower than half of the usual, and sold it at a high price when the green and yellow were not available.
At this time, some big families also saw the business opportunities here, at this time, they bought back the grain in the hands of their clansmen, paid taxes for the clansmen, and made a profit from it, now Li Zhiqiu is not counting the grain of the clansmen, just when the summer tax is tight, according to the convention, the brown rice purchased in the hands of the surrounding people is one stone and three dollars, which is definitely the price of conscience, and the agents of those Jin merchants are two dollars and seven dollars with one stone, and the remote places simply have two dollars and five dollars, although the people scolded, But after all, the government's urging is urgent, and if you don't exchange the grain in your hand for silver, you won't be able to complete the tax, and the consequences will be much more serious than selling grain at a cheap price.
The cost of three coins, deducting the loss, is considered three coins and one cent, if it is transported to Pinglu, Shanxi, it is four times the profit, even if it is according to the local grain, it is close to double the profit.
Looking at such content, Li Zhiqiu's heart began to beat violently, raised his head, and asked this fifteen lang eagerly: "Where is Shanxi Pinglu and how to go?"
Fifteen Lang saw that the fifth uncle was tempted, and hurriedly pointed to the bottom of the newspaper, "Fifth uncle, people are careful in their work, and they have published the route."
At that time, there was no problem with movable type printing, but there was still a certain degree of difficulty in printing pictures, so the route described in words was very simple, that is, from Hangzhou to the north through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and then in Shandong into the Yellow River to the west, you can go directly to the Pinglu wharf.
Not to mention the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the water volume of the Yellow River is still abundant, the inland river ships of three or five hundred stones can pass smoothly, and it is also very convenient for them here, and it is also a waterway from here to Hangzhou, and Huzhou is a developed place for shipping, and boats are an important means of travel.
It seems that this Qincha is a practical worker, and he thinks very carefully.
The small abacus in my heart began to crackle and plan quickly, but after carefully calculating the accounts, my heart couldn't help but cool down again, Huzhou is thousands of miles away from Shanxi Pinglu, and transportation along the way is a big expense, and then count the loss of eating and drinking along the way, that is, a stone and a tael of silver, although it is still two dollars higher than the local area, in fact, this is already a lot, but according to the newspapers of the past, Shanxi is a place of chaos, in case there is a mistake in the grain ship, if it is their own business, they have to take a risk on everything that is twice the profit, But what he shoulders is the burden of the family, and if one is not good, the gains outweigh the losses.
As if seeing the fifth uncle's concern, Fifteen Lang encouraged the fifth uncle: "The fifth uncle is worried about safety." ” Li Zhiqiu nodded, staring at the price of one or two or two coins, and reluctantly expressed his worries, "Yes, it is said that there is a great chaos in Shanxi, and if the food is robbed by the pole rogues, I can't explain it to the family." ” "Fifth Uncle don't worry, because we can hire the Royal Post Courier to escort you, do you know who is actually in control of this Royal Courier Courier?"
"Who" "It is this disaster relief messenger Lu Hanqiang, and his other identity is the co-organizer of this commercial house."
"yes, this is the first time I've heard of it."
"The news is true, the abolition of the post station into a commercial bank, and the change of the face of the national commercial bank, the operation of a method that we have never thought of, and the method of making every commercial bank make money every day is this Lu Hanqiang came up with it."
"In this way, this Qincha is a rare business talent."
"No," Fifteen Lang nodded affirmatively: "If we hire the carriage and horse shop of the Royal Post Courier to escort the transportation, that is to say, we are using his ship to transport his grain, even if the ship capsizes and is looted, he must be responsible and compensated, which is not very safe." ” Li Zhiqiu thought for a while, and couldn't help clapping his hands: "This is indeed something that can't be grasped."
But then he said worriedly: "But does the Royal Post Courier have such a large transportation force If the grain merchants in Jiangnan have to transport grain over, do we still have a chance" Flipping through the date on the newspaper, Li Zhiqiu was a little frustrated, the newspaper from Hangzhou was first sold in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and then it arrived at his own place, it seems that he got the news too late.
"Haha, don't worry, Fifth Uncle, I have already helped Fifth Uncle with this matter.
Don't hide it from the fifth uncle, I have some friendship with the general office of the Zhejiang Department of the Intelligence Department of the commercial bank, and I got the news earlier than this Daming news, so I immediately entrusted the general office to contact the carriage and horse shop of the commercial bank and have already ordered the cargo ship. ” Li Zhiqiu looked his nephew up and down again, and he really couldn't see that this fifteenth lang, who used to be a hanger, had such a network and such courage to do things, it seems that he will have to train him well in the future, and he will become a rising star in his family.
"To say that this firm is really full of talents, there are many people with means and courage."
Fifteen Lang didn't know the fifth uncle's thoughts, but he sighed with emotion: "As soon as the chariot and horse Xinglongwei under the trading house got the news that Lord Lu was going to buy grain in the south of the Yangtze River, he immediately leased a lot of inland river boats, and waited to lease them to us, the grain merchants who dared to venture westward, from which he not only earned a rich price difference, but also earned a large amount of protection fees. ” Li Zhiqiu nodded, he admired those talents in the firm very much, and it was good to have resources.
"But if the grain is shipped and the money can't be settled, wouldn't it be bad to deal with the government, and it's not easy to do."
This is what everyone is worried about, everyone has traveled thousands of miles to transport the grain to Shanxi, and the government has a white note to you, that you have to pay the account, you just wait, maybe it is the year of the monkey and the month of the horse, this thing happens at any time between the government and the businessmen, the government and the people, and the current government has no credibility at all.
"Fifth uncle, why don't you read the newspaper This person Lu said that the issue of money will be guaranteed by the local newspaper, that is to say, our grain transportation is guaranteed by Hangzhou Daming News, this is Lu Hanqiang's industry, this is an absolute gold reputation."
"Lu Hanqiang, he is really capable, he has taken everything into account, what concerns does this grain merchant have" Li Zhiqiu couldn't help but sigh again about this Lu Hanqiang's ability calculation.
"Actually, we definitely don't want silver, but we should want this."
As he spoke, Fifteen Lang turned the newspaper to the second page, and on the second page was also the entire headline, Pinglu Carbon sincerely recruited agents from all over the world "What is this coal essence, what kind of agency law" Li Zhiqiu was a little confused, he had never heard of this thing in this world.
So Fifteen Lang read to him the newspaper about the performance advantages of coal essence, and the more he listened to Li Zhiqiu's eyes, the brighter he became, and the more he listened, the more he felt that this was a huge business opportunity.
"Lord Lu has decided that there will only be one agent number in one prefecture and one state, responsible for the wholesale of the local area, Uncle Wu, this is a great opportunity, this is an opportunity that must not be missed."
Speaking of this, Fifteen Lang's hand holding the newspaper was already trembling, and because he was not paying attention to the excitement, he tore the whole newspaper with a loud tear.
Li Zhiqiu also got up excitedly and smashed a fist on the coffee table, "Without further ado, I will report to the patriarch immediately, and hurry up to load the ship and set off for shipment, even if I lose money on the grain this time, I will catch this coal essence business."
Then he didn't care about the fifteen lang who was full of anticipation and walked out directly, but when he came to the door, he remembered why fifteen lang didn't follow, and when he turned to look, he saw the kid standing there in a daze with a depressed face, and he pondered for a while, and immediately laughed: "Boy, this time you go to Pinglu with me to meet this Lord Lu, and at the same time, if you win the agency of this coal essence, I recommend you to the patriarch to take charge of the affairs of this coal essence firm." ” When the kid heard this, he raised his head in disbelief, his eyes turned from frustration to ecstasy, and he knelt down and kowtowed to the fifth uncle with a bang.
Li Zhiqiu laughed and said: "With kowtow, we would have already walked 108,000 miles." ” Li Zhiqiu of Huzhou is such an arrangement, at the same time, there are definitely not a few smart people, especially in the south of the civilization, business has become a trend, and giant businessmen are everywhere, when they see the huge advantages of the coal essence that Lu Hanqiang has drummed out, almost all the people have moved their minds, and have contacted the royal post house in various places, hoping to get the local agency of this coal essence, everyone knows that as long as this thing is in hand, it is a few generations of eating, drinking, and wealth, how can you give up So, the local commercial houses are immediately in the market, Wealthy merchants and magnates came to the door one after another, placing orders and asking for help, but no matter where the trading houses were, the news to them was that this thing could only be exchanged for grain, not cash.
This is the threshold, there is no accommodation.
So, almost overnight, countless wealthy businessmen and magnates also began to join the army of buying grain, this time, driven the price of grain in the south, the original more than two dollars of brown rice, at this time soared, and finally reached the highest price of five coins that has never been seen in history, now, these big businessmen with a keen sense of smell no longer care about the profit of grain, as long as there is grain, take the local agency of coal essence, at all costs, such a price.
This made the people smile from ear to ear, not only easily completed the tax burden, but also had a slight surplus.
The people paid the taxes in full, and the government was also happy, unlike in previous years, the handing over to the household department was simply procrastinating, and there was still arrears, now it is okay, a boatload of silver was escorted from the south to the household department of the capital, and immediately made the household department Shangshu and so on smile, at that time, Chongzhenle was about to dig out the leek filling, and the result of this virtuous circle was what Lu Hanqiang never expected.
The grain is in hand, of course, you have to find someone to transport, this is for Lu Hanqiang to transport grain, of course, you have to use the carriage and horse of the trading house, just as the fifteenth Lang saw the benefit, everyone also saw this benefit, as long as the grain is on the ship of the commercial house, it is immediately equivalent to the grain has been delivered to Lu Hanqiang, so grasp the thing so not to do so, sitting in Hangzhou's commercial house carriage and horse shop Longwei is simply blocked in the door every day by the grain merchants who flock to the door from all over the world, gritting his back molars and holding back laughter, posing with a look of I don't have a boat, I want to raise the price of the posture out, ruthlessly for the business to earn a lot of income, now it seems that according to the original Lu Hanqiang to give him the income target, has far exceeded, this is really a good form, not a small good, is a big good.
Long Wei, who was busy renting boats around to earn the middle price difference, ushered in Zhao Liang, the head of his business bank headquarters, Zhao Liang, who had been obviously emaciated, was in good spirits, almost in a state of excitement.
As soon as I came in, I asked directly about the food preparation.
Long Wei made a silent calculation, and then reported to him: "Now there are no less than 100 grain merchants who have begun to book ships with us, and the minimum position required is not less than 2 million stones, I will prepare to send out the first fleet tomorrow, that is the Li family in Huzhou, and his family alone has enough 100,000 stone of grain, which should also be able to solve the urgent need of the co-organizers." ” "I came this time to be ordered by the co-organizer of the adult, put down the supervision of the Jiangnan Commercial Bank, and directly intervene in the problem of grain operation, it is difficult for the adults, it is difficult to have no rice to put in the pot, has the rationing system already begun, and the damned officials in Shanxi, not only do not give support and assistance, but make things difficult everywhere, and even use the point of robbing and withholding a little grain that the adults have worked so hard to buy, and now as long as the 100,000 stone of grain arrives first, then, it can ease the embarrassment of the adults."
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When Long Wei heard this, he was in a hurry, and immediately stood up: "These bastards, are they still officials of the Ming Dynasty" Long Wei scolded a few words, but he also knew that scolding would not solve the problem, "I can't wait for tomorrow, I will go to Huzhou immediately, and immediately urge them to set off." ” Zhao Liang grabbed Long Wei: "I personally followed this escort, first, I have the right to mobilize the armed protection of the merchant houses along the way, this grain ship cannot have an accident no matter what, and secondly, I will also go to the co-organizer to report the situation of the merchant house, and you can't go anywhere, just in this Jiangnan to urge the grain merchant to ship, not to mention 100,000 stones, even 12,000 stones will also be transported, tens of millions."
Then he suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Your Excellency has an order, not only does you ask you to do your best to purchase grain, but also must store a batch in Shandong and other places, the amount must not be less than 500,000 stones, and you must complete this task before October. ” "Why is that?"
Long Wei wondered.
"The adult didn't say it, but the adult will definitely not be untargeted, you and I just need to do it."
Long Wei nodded with a serious expression: "Don't worry, Lord Steward, I must use the fastest speed to transport the grain from Jiangnan to Pinglu and complete the task assigned by the adults." ” "Yes, this is no longer a question of making money, this is a question of the success or failure of Lord Lu's disaster relief, Lord Lu, you must not give Donglin's bastards a little excuse, Lord Lu, you can't fall."
Huzhou Wharf, early in the morning, the Li clan people almost stood in all the venues, with a long blessing from the Li clan patriarch, Li Zhiqiu stood at the bow of the boat and yelled at the captain beside him: "Set sail, let's go." ” The old captain waved the red flag in his hand vigorously, and roared slowly: "Let's go with the sails" Immediately, thousands of sails were erected at Huzhou Wharf, and with the strong southwest wind of the drum stall, the overwhelming sails were raised, and the big ships full of grain carried everyone's hopes, and Yang Fan traveled. t1706231537: