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Chapter 36 Isn't this faster than getting money from robbery?

Wang Dong went out to cheat and cheat, and he actually got money from those grain shops empty-handed. This made Liu Baobuyou very admired. It was like being a thief like before, and the chest became much higher unconsciously.

The two walked to the door of the grain shop in Jichang, and saw a signboard hanging on the door of the grain shop that no grain was harvested today. Several people dressed as farmers pushed the grain stand at the door of the grain shop and kept breaking with Xiaoer to get the grain. After selling it, Xiao Er just waved his hand and refused.

Liu Baojianzhuang, who was originally very happy, couldn't help feeling a little depressed, and whispered to Wang Dong: "It seems that the noble grain hurts the people, and the humble grain also hurts the people."

Wang Dong smiled when he heard the words, he didn't expect this little fat man to have a compassionate heart, well, yes, under his own training, he was finally no longer that little bandit back then.

Wang Dong smiled and said: "Don't worry about them. How can those who can transport food to the capital for sale be real poor people, or at least rich farmers. Real poor farmers can always have enough to eat because of the low food prices these days. A little belly is a good outcome in these troubled times."

Liu Bao thought for a while, and asked Wang Dongdao happily: "Is that really the case?"

Wang Dong nodded.

Zhu Di won the country after the battle of Jingnan, and in the first year of Yongle, he began to compile the "Yongle Canon". In the third year of Yongle, Zheng He went to the West for the first time, and in the fourth year of Yongle, he started the campaign to conquer Annan.These are all activities that cost a lot of money. If Zhu Di didn't cause too much economic damage in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions during the process of going south, the Tianxia Wealth Center was completely preserved, and Zhu Di took the lead to subsidize the expenses of these large-scale operations. ?

Therefore, although the final battlefield of the Battle of Jingnan was in the Zhili area centered on Nanjing, the fate of the people in Zhili was much better than that of the people in Huaibei. Many of them had narrow escapes in this war. After the horror, those who survive will usher in a rare and prosperous life.This is also the reason why many of Zhu Di's performances during the Battle of Jingnan were brutal, but he was still able to quickly secure his position.

After all, after experiencing the battle from the end of the Southern Song and Yuan Dynasties to Jingnan, the people on this land just want to live a stable life. As long as the emperor allows them to live a safe life and have enough food, no matter how you kill Qingliu and loyal officials, Ordinary people really don't care much.

Wang Dong and Liu Bao walked into the Jichang Grain Shop and bumped into Zhuang Youcai who was sitting in the shop.

At this time, Zhuang Youcai lived up to the demeanor of a wealthy man a few days ago, and his fat face was visibly thinner.He looked up and saw two Taoist priests entering the door, he was stunned for a while, and after recognizing them as Wang Dong and Liu Bao, the already bitter expression on his face suddenly became a little bit worse.

But soon Zhuang Youcai changed his face again and stood up with a smile.

"It turns out that Guanzhu Wang is here. What, do you want to buy food?"

Wang Dong also smiled and said: "No, no, my grain will be shipped to the capital soon, I'll come to your store to check the situation first, shopkeeper Zhuang, is your warehouse ready?"

Zhuang Youcai's expression froze when he heard the words, but soon he laughed again.

"Oh, what a coincidence, Wang Guanzhu. The grain store in our small shop has recently collected a lot of grain. I went back to see that day, and I couldn't put down your thousand stones of new wheat, Wang Guanzhu. If not, I and You introduce another store, and you sell the grain to their store. As for the difference, I am really sorry, and I will compensate you some time."

Laughing to death, really fooling honest people for fools?
Wang Dong and Liu Bao looked at each other, smiled and said, "Okay, I'll forget it if the shopkeeper pays 100 taels of silver."

Zhuang Youcai's smile froze.

"Hahahaha, the Taoist priest was joking, 100 taels, how can the small shop pay so much?"

Wang Dong shrugged, "Then please tell shopkeeper Zhuang to wait to receive the food."

Zhuang Youcai looked at Wang Dong with some surprise. The Taoist priest he saw last time was very stupid and he should be easy to deceive. Why did he suddenly seem to be unfamiliar to him?

"There's really no room for a small shop."

Wang Dong laughed.

"Very well, see you in court."

After he finished speaking, he waved to Liu Bao, and the two turned around and left.

Zhuang Youcai couldn't help panicking, Wang Dong is a Taoist priest, it's okay to go to the court to talk nonsense, and a big shopkeeper like him is usually extorted by people in the yamen for no reason. Know how much oil and water to be squeezed out.

He quickly ran forward to grab Wang Dong's sleeve robe and said, "The Taoist priest is joking, please stay still."

Wang Dong looked back at him and said, "If you continue to play me for a fool, then this is the only way to go on the path."

Zhuang Youcai gritted his teeth as he looked at Wang Dong's expression.

"I'll give you 30 taels, and you find another place to sell your grain!"

Wang Dong nodded, waved to Liu Bao and said, "Go, let's go back and prepare food for Master Zhuang!"

Zhuang Youcai was startled, pulled Wang Dong, and suddenly said with a cold face: "Master Wang, do you really want to do this? My small grain shop is not just for people to manipulate."

Wang Dong smiled and said: "Everyone does business fairly, and everything is done in accordance with the contract. You agree with me, so what should I do?"

Seeing Wang Dong's appearance, Zhuang Youcai finally came to his senses. It turned out that this guy had been pretending to be a fool to himself. What kind of foolish Taoist priest is he? He's just a treacherous thief!

In an instant, Zhuang Youcai changed his face, and he threatened: "You can try it."

Wang Dong nodded with a smile and said, "Just try it. With a contract of more than 300 taels, I don't know how much the shopkeeper Zhuang will spend to clear up the relationship in the Yamen? Is it 200 taels? Or split in half?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Youcai took a deep breath, stared at it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "50 taels, I'm falling into your hands today!"

Wang Dong was not nervous at all, he smiled and shook his head and said: "Shopkeeper Zhuang, in the contract between you and me, the grain price is three cents and seven cents per moment, and the delivery date is April. According to the current trend, the price of spring wheat per penny in April will be I'm afraid it will fall to three taels. For one thousand shi, shopkeeper Zhuang will lose 70 taels. In other words, by then I only need to find a merchant on Liangdian Street to buy a thousand shi of spring wheat. I can easily get 70 taels if I deliver it to Shopkeeper Zhuang's grain store. In this case, Shopkeeper Zhuang is only willing to give me 50 taels, is he afraid that he is treating me like a child?"

"What's more, shopkeeper Zhuang, your Jichang grain shop. A few days ago, you thought that the price of grain in Zhili would rise sharply, so you hoarded it. I'm afraid the warehouse is full at this time? I don't know where shopkeeper Zhuang is going after taking my thousand stones of spring wheat. let it go?"

"Sell the grain at a loss to free up the grain depot? Or rent a place at a high price and store my thousand shi of grain, so that I won't fight to occupy less space and pour out my thousand shi of good grain Bar?"

"I think 100 taels is a very reasonable price for your loss."

Zhuang Youcai listened to Wang Dong's words and stared at him, almost spitting out fire. After a long time, he viciously spat out a few words through his teeth: "I have you... waiter, go get the money!"

Walking out of the Jichang Grain Shop, Liu Bao couldn't help swallowing while carrying a small box of silver.No wonder Wang Dong didn't need to rob, and he actually extorted 100 taels from the grain store in a few words. Isn't this much quicker to get money than robbery?

(End of this chapter)