"Wang, have you considered how much silver the Wangs can earn after the food price has skyrocketed?"
"We, the grain merchants, are Wang, and you hoard food for up to 50,000 loads … so much food, even if you earn two taels of silver per load of food, Wang can earn 100,000 taels of silver."
"Unlike us, people can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver even if they sell their grain department …"
Li Jiagu’s voice just fell, followed by a middle-aged man with a smirk on his face, and said, "Li Xiong, it’s not necessarily … Now the food price in Datong House is four or five taels of silver. If we wait until the food price soars to twelve taels of silver to open a warehouse and sell food, then each of us can earn 100 thousand taels of silver …"
"Twelve taels of silver and a load of grain is too high, isn’t it? Can food prices skyrocket to such an expensive price?" Middle-aged people just finished an alarm when the lobby rang.
The lobby theme hasn’t spoken. Wang suddenly spoke.
With a firm face, he said, "Without the government’s intervention, there is absolutely no problem that food prices have skyrocketed to 12 silvers … After all, the Datong government suddenly has hundreds of thousands of mouths to eat food, and the whole Datong government has so much food."
"Court intervention …" Li Guzhu eyebrows a wrinkly to the theme wang asked.
"Wang, are you worried that the court will intervene in food prices … and forbid us to raise prices …"
Wang Lao nodded and replied, "Everyone knows that hundreds of thousands of refugees need food. If food prices continue to rise, these hundreds of thousands of refugees are likely to starve to death … If hundreds of thousands of refugees are hungry and cold, I don’t say that everyone should be able to guess this situation. Do you think the court will care?"
"The court will definitely take care of it …" gasped Li Guzhu, who affirmed.
Just purlin atmosphere with a clot when Li Guzhu (suddenly turned) continued, "but even if the court will tube it’s the court’s business and whether food prices have gone up …"
"If we don’t sell the grain in our hands, or if we don’t do it ourselves, two Datong houses will naturally skyrocket."
"Besides, it’s not illegal for us to shake hands with food, even if the court wants to manage it."
"If the imperial court really wants to calm down food prices, there is a way to transport a large amount of food from other places to Datong for sale at a price lower than the market price, but does the imperial court have the ability to transport food from other places?"
When I heard that, except for the theme Wang Jiajia’s note, several people showed a knowing smile on their faces.
Foreign businessmen who travel all the year round know the imperial court as well as some officials.
They all know the embarrassing situation that the court can’t make ends meet. The court wants money, no money, no food, and no food. It is impossible to transfer food to Datong House to relieve the victims and calm the soaring food prices.
Seeing that the main face of the Wangs is still worried, no matter because of their age or business experience, they respect Wang Laoye. Li Guzhu continued to ask with a puzzled face
"Wang, are you worried about the court? Besides, there are people in our court. If the court really intends to do something, we will definitely get the news before the meeting and then leave without any loss."
"Yes … if you do such a thing, it’s not the first time we’re finished …"
Everyone comforted Wang and suddenly reached out to press the pressure. When everyone was quiet, they looked worried and said, "I said that the court is not the capital court, but our Datong Company commanders mansion …"
"I would never have been worried before the new company commander arrived, but since he arrived, I have been worried about our future."
"Because so far I haven’t seen through what kind of person our company commander is?"
Seeing the silence, Wang once again said surprisingly,’ I’m sure that the company commanders’ adults will never watch the food prices in Datong House soar …’
"As far as I know, there are still many grain merchants in Datong Prefecture who are not with us, and our company commanders have bought almost forty thousand loads of grain from these grain merchants above the market price …"
A face of grinned middle-aged man with a full face of sarcasm interface "Wang you also too highly of Company commanders mansion … forty thousand bear food is more than four hundred ten thousand jins … you know now into the datong mansion refugees have reached two hundred thousand people … this forty thousand bear food if you can come to the relief of the victims for a month, you will be thankful …"
For the middle-aged people, the leaves directly express the view …
Everyone watched Wang continue to speak amazingly and said, "Everyone forgot that more than a dozen families were exterminated more than half a month ago … which one of them was not exterminated because they despised Company commanders mansion … Although there is no evidence that Company commanders mansion did these things, we all know in our hearts …"
"I’m telling you, this is the price of belittling Company commanders mansion."
Chapter two hundred and twelve Cash cow
"Hissing …" Wang had just finished a series of inspirations when the lobby rang.
Everyone’s face except Master Wang showed an unprecedented dignified expression.
The atmosphere in the lobby fell into silence.
Finally, Master Wang himself broke the atmosphere in the lobby and said to everyone, "Of course, everyone is not too worried …"
"Although our company commanders have never played cards according to common sense, he is definitely not an unreasonable person. If he really intends to do so, he will release the wind before the company commanders will give us a chance to re-select."
"If we can seize this opportunity at that time, there will be no danger, but if anyone dares to look at Company commanders mansion’s warning, I can definitely say that those families that have been wiped out are these fields."
"Well, that’s all for today … just now, those words were just a piece of advice from my peers. Just listen to them if you want …"
With that, Wang got up from his seat and several pairs of complicated eyes full of shock and worry went straight out of the lobby …
Two days later, everyone was worried and waited for a rumor to spread quickly in Datong Prefecture.
"Datong Prefecture hopes that all grain merchants can work together with Company commanders mansion and Qi Xin to tide over the immediate crisis at such a critical moment … Company commanders mansion, a grain merchant who is willing to cooperate with Company commanders mansion, will send troops to ensure safety … Company commanders mansion, a grain merchant who does not agree to cooperate with Company commanders mansion, can’t guarantee that the refugees will not be rioted under the limited forces."
There is no guarantee that the refugees will not riot, which means that they may be attacked by refugees and become scapegoats in Company commanders mansion to make an example of those families that have been wiped out …
So rumors have just spread to Datong Prefecture, and those grain merchants who still want to shake hands with grain and wait for food prices to skyrocket can’t sit still.
In order to ensure his family’s safety, he rushed directly to Company commanders mansion and begged Company commanders mansion to buy his own food.
So in just three days, it was successfully completed that Wei Zheng gave Wang Peng 100 thousand loads of grain
Not only that, some grain merchants may have been scared by Company commanders mansion’s series of means to sell their grain to Company commanders mansion earlier and even take the initiative to cut prices.
As a result, Wang Peng received hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Company commanders mansion, not only to buy an estimated 100,000 tons of grain, but also to buy a full 25,000 tons, which is enough for hundreds of thousands of refugees for ten days …
The food problem has been temporarily solved. I am going to the south to buy the first batch of food and sea salt for Wei Zheng. The Zhous also set off a few days ago … After hearing the latest news from Kelly Y Zhou’s report, Wei Zheng’s nervousness was finally released.
After a long sigh, he said to Kelly Y Zhou, "Now I can finally make money safely …"
"Strategist, haven’t you been complaining that there is not much silver in Company commanders mansion’s treasury? Today I will conjure up a cash cow for you. With this cash cow, we can earn a steady stream of silver that allows you to count your money and get cramped …"
Kelly Y Zhou’s eyes lit up and his face was incredible. He asked, "General, you didn’t fool me … Count the money and count the cramps in your hands. How much silver is there? You can really conjure up a cash cow for me …"
"Of course …" WeiZheng a face of firm affirmation.
Then Kelly Y Zhou looked at him with a pair of expectant eyes and asked, "I ask you, strategist, what are the prices of crude salt and refined salt in the current market?"
Although Kelly Y Zhou’s face flashed a little puzzled, he still readily replied, "If the general buys salt directly from Jiangnan or Shandong, a load of coarse salt is the most expensive, and it costs one or two silver …"
"Salt is expensive …"
"Our base of refined salt comes from Shaanxi, but with the beginning of Shaanxi riots, Shaanxi refined salt can no longer enter the Central Plains and Jiangnan areas to need three taels of silver and one load of refined salt. Now it has soared to twelve taels of silver and one load. Even so, it is difficult to buy a little refined salt in the market …"
Weizheng smiled and answered,’ If I tell you that I have a way to turn crude salt into refined salt and turn it into a very low pure load of refined salt, even less than one hundred articles, do you think this business is a cash cow … "
After hearing Wei Zheng’s words, the horse in Kelly Y Zhou’s mouth began to calculate that "coarse salt becomes one tael of silver, and even if it is transported and pure, it will be at most two taels of silver … If you can really turn coarse salt into refined salt, you can earn two taels of silver … Several times the profit is of course a cash cow …"
Speaking of which, Kelly Y Zhou’s face has been covered by a strong excited expression, staring at a pair of hot eyes and asking Wei Zheng, "General, do you really have a way to turn crude salt into refined salt …"
"Of course, I’ll take you to the backyard now to see how coarse salt becomes refined salt …"
Weizheng with Kelly Y Zhou just walked into the backyard and walked over with respect and reported, "My Lord, what you want, my brothers have already prepared everything …"
"Well, let’s start now …"
Wei Zheng directed a pack of coarse salt to be quickly dissolved into a barrel of boiled well water.
After the crude salt in the well water reaches saturation, the face is taken out and made into a filter screen to start layer-by-layer filtration.
When the impurities can no longer be seen in the last layer of cotton cloth on the filter screen, a whole bucket of brine is poured into the cauldron again.
Then, the final step of taking refined salt is to evaporate the water in the brine to separate out refined salt.
Of course, there is a very important step in the evaporation process, that is, the brine is constantly stirred to avoid precipitation of refined salt and agglomeration again, which will affect the quality of refined salt.
In this way, Kelly Y Zhou’s stomach was full of confidence, and his eyes were full of expectation and suspicion. The water in the cauldron began to become less and less, and some powdered salt particles began to appear at the bottom of the cauldron.
When the well water in the cauldron was completely evaporated, a scene that shocked Kelly Y Zhou appeared …
Two hours ago, it was coarse yellow coarse salt with large particles. At this moment, it has turned into powder white refined salt without impurities … Yes, it is refined salt, and it is still the same as refined salt …
Kelly Y Zhou knows all kinds of crude salt and refined salt in the market. At present, the refined salt in a large pot can be sold for a load of eleven taels of silver …
Seeing this, Kelly Y Zhou could no longer restrain his excitement and shouted at Weizheng, "Great General … With the method of coarse salt and pure salt, we will never worry about silver again …"
"I’m sure that if we keep the pure secret of refined salt and Shaanxi continues to go in such a mess, the whole refined salt market will be monopolized by us at the latest one year …"
See in the lobby only Lord Wang’s face didn’t show everyone’s imaginary smile. The first Li Guzhu asked with a smile on his face.
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