Under the wise leadership of Lu Hanqiang, with the participation of all scholars, not colleagues, and with the joint efforts of everyone, the four southern provinces began to become stable and prosperous, and in the envy and jealousy of Shanxi officials, they moved towards Lu Hanqiang's ideal step by step.
But at this time, a bad news came, which made Lu Hanqiang angry.
The drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi, the grain production is small, therefore, in the land of Shanxi, the price of grain soared, the highest time, reached one or two eight yuan of stone rice, and there is no market, which makes many well-off families are on the verge of bankruptcy, in order to curb the soaring prices, try not to make the small and medium-sized households bankrupt, Lu Hanqiang began to put on the market the southern grain exchanged for coke, and the price of grain was one tael, and the merchant agreed that the selling price should not be higher than one or two yuan, that is, slightly higher than one or two yuan in normal years.
But the result was that those businessmen not only did not abide by the rules, but raised prices crazily, and made a ruthless profit from the grain subsidized by Lu Hanqiang, which made Lu Hanqiang very sad.
So, Lu Hanqiang also came up with a black-hearted method, using the royal post delivery firm under his control to sell it himself.
This not only subsidized the commercial banks in Shaanxi that were sluggish due to economic slump, stabilized prices and people's hearts, but also made the business bankers feel the warmth of the big family.
Shanxi here is also the same, but soon after the implementation of this method, as the logistics manager Zihan found a phenomenon, the share of Shanxi commercial banks that come to Pinglu every day to pull grain is increasing, carefully inquired about the general manager of the commercial bank from Taiyuan, only to know that since you Lu Hanqiang does not sell the grain of our grain merchants all over the country, then the price of your grain of one or two or two yuan is not expensive, as long as you can sell, I will buy, and all the grain merchants work together to drive the people away with a domineering method, blocking the door of the commercial bank, you just open the door, I will buy them all, and then it was still sold at the price of one or two or eight yuan, which means that Lu Hanqiang did useless work.
In this way, it is equivalent to Lu Hanqiang selling grain upside down but achieving the wealth of a large number of wealthy grain merchants, not only that, but they also laughed at Lu Hanqiang behind his back as a fool.
To curb grain merchants from raising prices, Lu Hanqiang really can't intervene in this matter, because he can't control this matter from the top position.
He also wrote an official document and sent it to the governor of Shanxi and the political envoy, but the people used the famous words of the golden dictionary that Lu Hanqiang once said: "It is feasible if the law does not prohibit it, and the Ming Dynasty does not stipulate how much money the grain merchants must buy, so we can't control it."
"In fact, it's not that they can't manage it, but they don't want to manage it, because these big grain merchants either have their background background, or they have already raised them and become their money bags, how can they start to get along with themselves "But there's a strange phenomenon here, too."
The worried Lu Huanzhi proposed to Lu Hanqiang.
"What a strange phenomenon" "Since we have expanded the production of coke, coke has also been greatly promoted in the south, just this month, we have exchanged coke for 1.5 million stone of grain, plus our original inventory is properly distributed, as a result, so much grain is put on the market, I think according to the law, the market should be close to saturation, and the price should also come down, but now why is there still a shortage of grain in the markets of the two provinces?"
Lu Huanzhi's words, of course, made Lu Hanqiang's head buzz, a month million stone grain put on the market, there is definitely a sharp drop in grain prices in a short period of time, how not to fall but rise There is only one situation: "There are people with deep pockets who are buying grain for export."
And who can this foreign transport be The answer is about to come out, in addition to the eight Jin merchants who smuggled with Outer Mongolia Houjin, who else can there be "Wang Jian."
In order to prove his guess, Lu Hanqiang immediately beckoned his entourage Wang Jian.
Wang Jianma rushed to Lu Hanqiang, "Sir, what are your orders?"
"You immediately go to the new district and town, and look for the southern grain merchants who are stranded here, I want to ask something."
Now the new area is prosperous, businessmen gathered, especially the grain merchants and shipwrights from the south, who accounted for the vast majority of the guests in the new district and town, and the grain merchants delivered the grain, they had to get the coke to be transported back by ship, so there were countless southern grain merchants stranded here.
It's quite convenient to find someone to ask about the situation. sent Wang Jian away, and immediately called another personal guard: "You immediately rush to Taiyuan and call me the director of the General Intelligence Department of Taiyuan Commercial Bank, I have something to say."
The guard agreed, and immediately galloped away.
At this time, looking at the endless cargo ships on the Yellow River far outside the door, Lu Hanqiang gritted his teeth and said: "Eight families, once I catch your handle, I can't kill you if I don't kill you." ” When Lu Hanqiang was walking around anxiously, Wang Jian reported loudly outside: "Sir, the Jiangnan grain merchant you invited has arrived. ” Lu Hanqiang looked at it, but he was an acquaintance, the first merchant who brought him 100,000 stone of grain, and vaguely remembered his name, Li Quanyou.
Hurriedly strode out, grabbed him who wanted to give a gift, and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect it to be an old man, come and come, and let's talk in detail when we enter the house." ” Being remembered by Lord Qincha, Li Quanyou was very moved, and humbly followed Lu Hanqiang in, and the two sat down, and Lu Hanqiang asked with concern: "The food that was shipped last time has solved my urgent need, I thank you here, I don't know how the coke shipped back last time is sold."
Li Quanyou bowed and then said respectfully: "Thank you for remembering, the 20,000 stone coke shipped back last time began to sell well, but under the vigorous publicity of your newspaper, the sales channel opened quickly, so that people realized the huge benefits of this thing, less than a month, 20,000 stone coke was sold out, no, this is the third time to transport grain, but the adults have been busy, the small ones did not dare to disturb, this time they brought 50,000 stone of grain, and 60,000 taels of silver, I hope to purchase another 20,000 stone of coke."
Looking at Lu Hanqiang, his eyes were full of eagerness and said: "I have been stranded in this new district and town for five days, and the boatman with me has a lot of expenses, can you implore the adults to be accommodating, and hand over the villain's coke first, so that you can leave for home as soon as possible."
Lu Hanqiang touched his nose in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "This is difficult, everyone is waiting, everyone is asking for goods, I can't set a precedent for this favor." ” Looking at Li Quanyou, who was slightly disappointed, Lu Hanqiang comforted: "But the delivery of your goods is also fast, because my other carbon plant has also been operating for many days, and I want to start opening the kiln to produce carbon, although it can not be said that the supply is sufficient, but it has also greatly accelerated the speed of delivery, and I will give priority to the delivery of the carbon of the new carbon plant to you, so that you can turn around in advance." ” "Thank you so much, sir."
Li Quanyou hurriedly stood up and thanked him.
Lu Hanqiang's words changed suddenly: "Why did you only bring 50,000 stone of grain this time, and you have to bring 50,000 silver to come, is there not enough food in the south?"
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