"It turned out to be a Shanxi merchant?"

Jiang Zhe took the news from the Xu family and said in surprise.

Recently, the price of grain in the Jiangnan ground has risen, which has to attract his attention. The Zheng family is the largest seller in Jiangnan today. You should know that when new grain is on the market, the price of grain will fall. So I notified the Shen family and Xu family to investigate. The news came from the Duke of Wei’s mansion - Shanxi merchants.

"What do they buy food?"

Zheng Zhilong bought grain to support people. These days, ships of immigrants were sent to officials. It was natural for the Zheng family to buy grain.

But what about Shanxi merchants?

The road from Central Plains to western Jin has been blocked. The salt merchants in western Jinzhou purchased grain and rice in large quantities. Is this going to the north to solve the problems of the court?

In the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters continued. In May, the Tartars were sent out of the frontier, and the plague broke out in the capital. The refugees who had previously hid in the capital due to the Qing army entering the capital were like a flood. They did not even dare to stay in the capital, because since the tenth year of Chongzhen, plagues broke out one after another. For example, Changping and Tongzhou, plagues broke out in these capitals. They were often those who died in the morning and evening, with hundreds of people every day, and even those who had their families died without leaving one person. Although relatives and friends did not dare to ask, no one would be buried in the door.

Therefore, the capital is not short of food now. On the contrary, the escape of a large number of residents has actually greatly reduced the food pressure in the capital.

If we say that the price of grain in the capital at the beginning of the year could reach 35 taels per stone of fine grain, it is not as expensive as that in Jiangnan. If we traveled a long distance, we would have no profit at all.

Of course, this does not mean that Emperor Chongzhen's finances have become loose.

Hong Chengchou wanted to clean up the mess in the Central Plains, and contacted Ma Shiying, Huang Degong and others to put pressure on northern Hubei. This requires money and food? The rewards that the court had previously raised money were very defeated.

Sun Chuanting was resting in Qin, but Emperor Chongzhen still missed it. He always wanted to ask his troops to leave Tongguan and work together with Hong Chengchou to attack Li Zicheng. This also requires a large amount of money and food? Without the support of the central government, relying solely on the money and food of the ruined Guanzhong area, how could Sun Chuanting bring up a large army of money and food?

Emperor Chongzhen, who had been suffering, did not mention it, but only looked at the current situation, "How strange, how strange!" Jiang Zhe was really puzzled.

Is there anyone still thinking about going to Beizhili at this time? That's the plague, a fatal thing.

Zheng Zhilong had previously set up immigration sites in Denglai, but never thought about introducing refugees in Tianjin. This is the main reason.

That is not only a matter of whether the court will be eyed, but also a matter of life and death.

The Ming people looked at the plague and looked at the god of death, and they all looked so magical. There is a record in "The Flower Village Talk" that an official had a tea and a fight with his colleagues the moment before, but he "did not get up" the next moment; two people rode horses and chatted, and the person behind had just spoken a few words to ask the person in front, but found that the person had "dead in the saddle, and his hand was still whipped up"; the most thrilling thing was probably the strange death of two thieves: the rich man in the family died in the plague, so the two thieves planned to make a fortune. The two agreed that one would pick up the eaves on the eaves and the other would go down to the room to hand over the stolen things. As a result, the person below died suddenly with the bag, and the person above was also infected with the plague and died. When he was dead, the two thieves were still holding the stolen bag.

If it can be done, I am afraid no one will be willing to enter the disaster-stricken area.

Moreover, even if the northern Zhili will be out of food next year due to the plague and drought, due to war disasters, the salt merchants in Shanxi, Yangzhou will take advantage of the opportunity of new grain listing and the opportunity of falling grain prices to purchase grain and rice, hoping to make a big profit next year, but is this price difference really in their eyes?

The efforts and the gains are incomparable.

If you want to make a difference next year, you must first transport large quantities of grain to the north. This is just the cost and troubles of transportation, as well as the reserve problem after arriving in the north. Those are not profits from the grain that can be compensated, right?

Besides, this is not their main business. I have never heard of salt merchants in western Shanxi who are still selling food to the north, right?

Jiang Zhe subconsciously felt that something was wrong. But he couldn't tell me, so he could only report the matter to Zheng Zhilong.

Then I went to the flower building to attend the banquet.

There is no way. As the agent of Zheng's family in Jiangnan, Jiang Zhe's social status has made great progress. Don't say that he is an ordinary official, even those senior officials above the third rank, so he should be polite when he sees Jiang Zhe.

But at the same time, Jiang Zhe's friendship suddenly became widespread. The daily banquets were polite.

The high-ranking officials and nobles in Jiangnan, the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, and the gentry...

If he wants, he can have a banquet every day and an invitation every day. Sitting in a brothel and sleeping in a dawn pillow and flower bed will no longer be a dream.

But the sisters, Da Bian and Xiao Bian, would not be dissatisfied with this because they were also very busy.

Hum? Why are you sisters? Is it surprising that Jiang Zhe took over Xiao Bian? Bian Min is not a salt-free girl!

As the only women in Jiang Zhe's home, their hero books are added every day. Jiang Zhe received a bunch of famous thorns on the wine table. Since he had accepted it, this was Jiang Zhe's favor.

Not only do people want to give gifts to the Jiang family, but the Jiang family always needs a gift to return.

You should also carefully inquire about the person’s birth date and personal hobbies. When someone celebrates his birthday and holidays, a gift of appropriate importance must be presented.

If the woman from the house sent an invitation and the Bian sisters really couldn't refuse, they would have to record the personal birthdays, preferences, and birthdays of the children they had given.

Jiang Zhe is a business card that Zheng placed in Jiangnan. In fact, it is just occasionally rude and others will not talk too much.

But he suddenly jumped to a high position, and he still felt proud. He not only enjoyed the exchanges with these high-ranking officials and nobles, but also enjoyed the superiority of the society, but also was also willing to integrate into the life of this upper class.

This is personal psychology, and the second is that Zheng Zhilong is a role model.

The Zheng Group in the past and the Zheng Group today look like they actively integrate into the upper class?

Jiang Zhe was unwilling to be a crazy person who had "destroyed his reputation".

Therefore, he must try his best to express etiquette.

He is so tired that he is the Bian sisters.

At most, he was paying attention to some people, such as the top bosses in the Jiangnan area, or the Shen family. Most of the second and third-rate characters had to be managed by the Bian sisters.

The two sisters held Jiang Zhe's current "steward" power like the hostess of the Jiang family.

In just a short time, my subordinates had a lot of managers and buyers, and they were assigned to buy various items and gifts.

Most gift lists have a frame, and there is a specification for the amount of items inside, but to reflect the owner's wishes, you must choose as much as possible to meet the preferences and hobbies of the recipient.

This kind of thing is a waste of mind, but the Bian sisters are happy with it.

Maybe they will be bored after a long time, but now they are far from reaching the boredom period.

This kind of scene made the sisters experience the rush of an official wife.
Chapter completed!