The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"Hoarding food!" Qian Guangjin wiped his sweat and said, "He said that hoarding food at this time can be a huge profit."

"Are you that stupid? You are fooled when people say hoarding?" Wang Jiaping sneered.

"Of course not!" Liu Cunshan shook his head and said: "We didn't believe it at first. But he said that he can sign an agreement with us. If the grain price (bfcc) does not increase by 5 times after one month, we will pay the price by 5 times. Buy the food in our hands!"

Shakespeare, Chen Yuanyuan, and Hai Rui all stared blankly.

"5 times the price? One month?"

"Yes!" Qian Guangjin said with a wry smile: "Businessmen value profits. This kind of business is tantamount to a huge profit and has no risk. Why not do it? We only need to take out the funds, buy food, and wait patiently for a month. Five times or even higher income. This kind of good thing, the pie in the sky is not enough to describe it."

"The situation of our Zhejiang merchants and Huizhou merchants is similar." Liu Cunshan said with a sad smile: "Someone came to us and bet against us, saying that the price of grain would rise five times within a month. They also gave us a little advance payment."

"Why do you believe those people's words so much?" Hai Rui cursed bitterly, "That person made a bet with you that he would buy grain at five times the price within a month. You know it's tricky if you think about it with your ass? How much money does he have?" Is there no place for it?"

"Because he is rich!" Qian Guangjin said firmly: "We didn't believe it at the time. We thought it was not good for him. Why should he do it? He took out 2000 million silver notes at that time! We have 100 million, and we think there is no reason not to believe him!"

Liu Cunshan also nodded and said, "I've also checked it. It is indeed the bank note of the three largest bank numbers. It is correct when you see the bank note. We are the big bank issuers, and fake ones can't fool us."

"Then what? You foolishly followed others, snapping up food and hoarding it?" Hai Rui snapped.

"Before the war, it was not illegal to buy grain!" Liu Cunshan and Qian Guangjin said in unison: "We were allowed to do grain business at that time."

Hai Rui snorted coldly.

Both were right.

In the usual non-war state, the grain business in Tianjin is open.Anyone can buy food.

That is to say, half a month before the start of the war, businessmen from various factions led by Qian Guangjin and Liu Cunshan began hoarding food, which did not break the law.

Qian Guangjin sighed and said, "We also bought a lot of grain with half-belief at that time. Mr. Yan Ge, we Shanxi merchants are your allies, and we never thought of harming Daming! Besides, if Tianjin is breached, The shops and port shares we bought will be ruined, so what's the benefit?"

Liu Cunshan also burst into tears: "Mr. Yan Ge, you have to trust us."

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Chapter 709 Li Ling Wisdom [2]

Beside Yan Song, Wang Jiaping said coldly: "Okay. Even if you were encouraged by others before the war, it is not illegal to buy a large amount of grain. But after entering the state of war, you should realize that the grain in your hands is a strategic material, so you should take the initiative to ask for it. The imperial court is honest, and sold it to the imperial court at a fair price according to the order of Elder Yan Ge! Why is your grain store refusing to hand over the grain, what crime should it be?"

In the end, the future Chief Assistant of Ming Dynasty is already very serious.

Liu Cunshan and Qian Guangjin looked at each other in embarrassment: "-this, that."

"The real situation is," Yan Song said with a faint smile: "Since the war started, you businessmen have suddenly discovered that the price of food in your hands is indeed increasing. Although it is not a skyrocketing increase, it is not a problem to increase it by two or three times in a month. .So, you merchants, how can you be willing to contribute the daily price of grain in your hands to the imperial court at the original price?"

The two were sweating profusely, knelt on the ground, and said with snot and tears: "Mr. Yan Ge, we actually hoarded a limited amount of food, but most of the merchants in Shanxi, Huizhou, and Zhejiang participated in the hoarding. We hoarded a lot. As the president, I really earnestly persuaded those grain merchants to contribute. But at present, we are not their superiors, we are just a chamber of commerce. Why should we listen to us? We can only look at these The merchants from the same village are hoarding, and there is nothing they can do."

The people present were also silent.

Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, and Zhejiang merchants are just a name.In fact, they are fighting on their own.

It is true that Qian Guangjin and Liu Cunshan are the presidents of Shanxi Merchants and Huizhou Merchants respectively, but they just have the most money and the most powerful. They are like the leaders of a loose alliance. If those businessmen really don't buy it, they have nothing to do.

"But you can at least report to the court in advance, right?" Hai Rui roared angrily, "Tell the court about the plot of these people, we are prepared, and we won't end up in such a desperate situation!"

The two hung their heads: "We still have illusions. These people just want to make some money. Once the court orders, they will naturally hand over the food. We don't want to offend too many people."

"Bah!" Hai Rui yelled, "Businessman, there isn't a single good thing!"

Yan Song stopped Hai Rui from going mad, and said calmly: "Continue. What about the food in your hands now? Even if you have hoarded food before, as long as you are willing to hand it over, the imperial court can still pardon your innocence."

Qian Guangjin cried, "Mr. Yan Ge, the food is gone!"

Liu Cunshan also knelt on the ground and cried, "We are sinners in Tianjin!"

"How do you say it?" When Wang Jiaping heard that the food was gone, his hairs stood on end in fright.

Without food, how can Tianjin, with a population of millions, survive under the siege of Altan Khan?

Isn't this killing people?

"A few days ago, that person mysteriously appeared again and told us that what he said before was correct, right? In one month, the price of food in Tianjin has indeed increased five times." Qian Guangjin said.

"What do you say?"

"Shanxi merchants, these worthless old-fashioned hats, all of them look at others at this time, just like looking at the grandpa of the God of Wealth!" Qian Guangjin gritted his teeth and said: "Instead of reporting to the government, they humbly ask for leave from others. The next step is How to do?"

"The desire for profit blinds the mind, and the mind is blinded by profit!" Yan Song said lightly.

"The man just sneered, saying that although you have successfully hoarded grain and waited for five times the price of grain, you can't escape the imperial court's order! As long as the imperial court collects grain, you have to hand it over! Unless you don't want to live!" Money Guangjin said with his head downcast.

Yan Song, Wang Jiaping and Hai Rui looked at each other.

This person's every step was counted into the bones of these Ming merchants, and every word he said was irrefutable to them.

"Then you won't sell it? Sell it right away?" Wang Jiaping said bitterly: "All of them are sold to the common people, and food is not in such a shortage now."

"We did say that. But the man sneered and said that we have committed the crime of hoarding, and the court will not forgive it lightly. Once there is a shortage of food in Tianjin, Mr. Yan Ge will definitely order a search for food. After being found, according to the law, we will Confiscated the house and beheaded." Qian Guangjin said in a cold sweat.

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Liu Cunshan added: "In addition to coercion, he also used lures. He said that as long as the food is handed over to him, he will be able to drive up the price of the food tenfold! By then we will all be rich! "

"Threats, lures, are you being fooled like this?" Hai Rui rolled his eyes and asked.

"That's right!" Qian Guangjin and Liu Cunshan said in agony, "We were afraid that Mr. Yan Ge would send troops to search and they would not be able to hide the food, so we were delusional and handed over the food to that person."

"How did he transport it? So much food?" Wang Jiaping asked sharply.