"After leaving Beijing, I went south from Tongzhou and found that the price of grain really rose several times a day." Qian Wensheng finally said: "When I arrived in Linqing and Qingjiangpu areas, I found that many large grain merchants from Shandong and Henan were on the ground to collect grain, and many grain merchants brought were collected without Linqing at all. Before and after the New Year, it is estimated that the price of grain in the capital area would rise to an unimaginable level."

"When you left Beijing, did someone suggest that you put more grains?"

"There are several censors who have passed the imperial examination, but the court has let the sanctions go and failed to succeed, but they dare not release them at will. Tens of thousands of eunuchs, palace maids, tens of thousands of nobles, civil and military officials, and the Beijing camp soldiers, which together have hundreds of thousands of people. These people do not agree to release too much grain. And they also need to support the military grains of Ji Liao and Xuanda Town. If the grains of Ji Da are released a few more times, they may not even protect the military grains of Xuanda Ji Liao. Moreover, as far as the following are concerned, most of the powerful people in the capital are also hoarding grains, many eunuchs are hoarding, and the Dukes, Marquis and some civil officials are hoarding. Locally, the towns of each town also hoarded grains. When they arrived in Linqing, they saw many wealthy gentry stocks being hoarded. Everyone felt that the price of grain would definitely rise before the New Year, so there were many people hoarding grains."

Qian Qianyi listened to Qian Wensheng's words with great attention. At this time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Is the country's fortune so good?"

"The royal family members were hoarding grain. I am afraid that the emperor did not hoard grain in the whole north, but the emperor had a large warehouse of grain in Tongzhou, so he was the one who hoarded the most."

Cheng Jiasui told a joke, and everyone thought about it, and they all laughed together.

"The emperor's storing grains must be supplied to millions of people, and it is not easy." Qian Qianyi pondered: "For example, the grain transport in the north arrives in Beijing in the early summer, so after the New Year, millions of stones may be distributed to stabilize the price of grain, and in addition, it will urge the grain transport in the south as soon as possible. However, it is too early to talk about it now, so let's look at the New Year."

Ma Shiying looked depressed and said, "Does he plan to wait for the New Year before talking?"

"No," Qian Qianyi said with a firm look on his face: "I mean, many people have similar mentalities, so the year will fluctuate greatly. This is a good opportunity. I can invest all my wealth."

Everyone present was shocked, and Cheng Jiasui said with some embarrassment: "If you accept it, if you don't have a good reason, the Hui merchants would probably not agree."

"Huaji has never been done without preparation, and he will not fight a battle without certainty." Qian Qianyi said: "Xuan Da was ruined, and Zhang Han retreated like a little bit. Why? Because the new emperor had just ascended the throne, he had not lost his virtue or lost his expectations. Although he had achieved success, he still needed time to accumulate. If the current situation evolved, Zhang Wenlan became the master of saving the time. At that time, many places did not have to fight hard, and could even go down in one go, and even fall in sight. It's so good to calculate and skill. Remember, Huaji wants the world, not just to make money by merchants, so this time it's time to raise the grain prices in the capital and the north. It's a good idea to Huaji.

It was a war, not just to raise the price of grain to make money. If you just want to make money, you can release it when the price of grain is almost the same before the New Year, and you will make a lot of money. Hutchison was the first to stock up on grain. I heard that Zhang Wenlan had already stocked up more than tens of millions of stones of grain in the northern grasslands, not inferior to the warehouse in Tongzhou. This time, the price of grain is so high that many military towns would not be able to stand it, but Hutchison doesn't matter. He has food on hand and is not panicking. He can take out all his wealth and continue to raise the price of grain. As long as someone takes the lead, many people will throw away the grain, but more people will follow up. It would be too late if we don't follow up at this time."

Qian Qianyi took a sip of tea and said quietly: "Making money is a small matter. Although Qian, I, Changshu, is not a rich man, I don't care about this little money. What students care about is the future."

The meaning of this "future" is very important, which shows that a family of officials like Qian and a Hanlin who were born in a Jinshi like Qian Qianyi were all planning to abandon the court. The meaning of this is really too profound.

Cheng Jiasui's face changed and he clasped his fists and said, "This matter is too important. Let's go back and discuss it with everyone before replying."

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "Yes, hurry up, and I guess Brother Mengyang's tribe members will agree."

Ma Shiying also said calmly: "The people from Nandu to Suzhou and Jiading are very active. They are willing to go to sea with more sailboats, reduce insurance premiums, provide cloth for Songjiang people, and produce porcelain for Jiangxi people, and they are responsible for transportation. Our department stores in Jiangnan are just raw silk, cotton, porcelain, and tea, which are easy to sell, and Hutchison is underwritten. When the ship is sunk, they are responsible for compensation. We Jiangnan merchants just wait at home to count the silver. So in this way, who would still be willing to be enemies with Hutchison? Now, although there are many ships in Jiangnan, there are more vehicles to go to Huguang area in Jiangxi. After all, the ship depends on water and wind, and it is not as good as their four-wheeler to take people or cargo, and it is not as expensive as the day they should arrive, or the day they will arrive, and the cost will not be very high."

If Cao Huachun were here, he would have suddenly realized it.

According to the investigation of the factory security, only a small number of cars returned to the northern grasslands, and a large number of carriages and personnel disappeared.

The factory guards dug three feet into the ground but couldn't find the carriages and personnel. As a result, a large number of carriages and horses were retreating to Jiangnan in batches and in batches!

A large number of goods and personnel also arrived in the south of Huguang, and the important connection was in Kaifeng. Therefore, Li Guobin and Liu Ji went to Linqing and Kaifeng to preside over major plans, collecting grain and carrying out various transactions in the south. Although they were not as much as selling in the north, a large number of personnel could be placed. The stores in the south were comprehensive stores, whether they were accounts, insurance, or department stores, Huguang and Jiangxi. In addition, the logistics industry also developed to the south. Huguang and Jiangxi have developed in Jiangnan, and Fujian.

Of course, the court did not know that local officials may not dare to report it. If the local authorities report it, they will not forgive me. They still have their lives worrying, so why bother?

Moreover, Hutchison will not openly play the Hutchison sign. It is mostly covered by "Xingji". With such a layer of concealment, no local officials will come out to cause trouble.

The emergence of Hutchison represents financial resources and hidden means of life-threatening. Except for a very small number of local officials, they will not pay attention to it first, and secondly, they will not risk being guilty of local businessmen, civilians and gentry to cause trouble. Even if a bold official appears, they will not escape the threat and final means of the Military Information Department.

Now, there are almost all parts of Hutchison's semicolons and various personnel everywhere in Jiangnan. After the maritime insurance opened up in Jiangnan, Hutchison had long had its foundation in Jiangnan. Because Emperor Tianqi's reason has never expanded in Jiangnan, at least on the surface, but Hutchison is now a swagger, and no one can restrict it.

After a long period of cooperation, many Jiangnan gentry had long understood how powerful Hutchison's potential was.

Just from the perspective of maritime trade, Hutchison controlled the areas including Taiwan and Penghu. The trade routes controlled most of the trade with Japan, and the trade of the countries in Southeast Asia also had a large share. At least in terms of routes, Hutchison completely mastered the waterway after defeating the Netherlands. Fujian's raw silk is tens of thousands of dan a year, all belonging to Hutchison. A dan of raw silk is collected in Fujian, and a dan of 120 taels per dan, and it is more than 200 taels per dan when it comes to Japan, and the price is of course higher to Europe.

Hutchison alone monopolizes the tax collection of maritime channels, which means that he has made enough huge profits. The keen gentry and businessmen in Jiangnan know this.

Not only is there anyone thinking about grabbing this bowl of rice. As of now, there are not many people who dare to think so, let alone those who start working on it.

"We still have to think about it again." Ma Shiying was quite convinced of Qian Qianyi's judgment, but he shook his head and said, "The atmosphere in Nandu is more conservative than Songjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou, and Songjiang, with more officials and many nobles, and more people are facing the Ming Dynasty. I'm still waiting. When it's time to make sure that everyone from all sides participates in the Hunting Festival, it's not too late for us to follow up."

In the past two years, Ma Shiying and Qian Qianyi have joined forces with Hutchison, with maritime insurance guarantee. The two and the other three spent more than 100,000 taels of silver to do maritime trade business, with a large capital and a large profit. In a few years, their net worth has more than doubled.

It is not a difficult task for everyone to raise hundreds of thousands to help Hutchison now. There is absolutely no problem with money. Ma Shiying is not worried about not being able to make money. On the contrary, he firmly believes that following Hutchison will make a lot of money.

But Ma Shiying considered more about whether Hutchison could win the world in the future. If Hutchison could never be transformed and the Ming Dynasty always blocked Hutchison on the seas in the north and south, then helping Hutchison, although it could obtain money, would definitely not help his career.

If the Ming Dynasty recovers, sooner or later, officials and families related to Hutchison will be found. Those who buy maritime insurance like Ma Shiying cannot be considered colluding with Hutchison, but taking action with Hutchison to control the grain prices in the north is equivalent to fighting an economic war against the Ming Dynasty. Ma Shiying may not understand this term, but he is still quite clear about the meaning of it.

This means that if you participate in this matter, it is equivalent to being tied to the chariot of Hutchison. The consequences are difficult to predict. Hutchison's victory may not be of great benefit. Ma Shiying's understanding of Hutchison is that he is practical and not fame. Hutchison probably will also open a subject to the examination and betting on scholars, because he cannot cut off the hope of scholars at once, but Hutchison will definitely promote schools. Decades later, the students trained by the school will be officials, and officials will be officials.

Officials in the old system had a very awkward position, so from the bottom of their hearts, Ma Shiying was unwilling to change his family.

But Ma Shiying would not turn against Hutchison. Like Qian Qianyi, he judged that Hutchison would win the world, and the probability was quite high... This made Ma Shiying fall into an unspeakable pain, and it was difficult to make a decision.

"I will go back to Nandu tonight." Ma Shiying was silent for a while and said, "I will always go and see it in person and talk about anything else."

"Okay." Qian Qianyi was silent for a moment. Although he disagreed, he nodded and said, "It's okay to wait a little longer. If the Hutchison people come, the students will casually say some excuses to ask them to wait a little longer."

Ma Shiying apologized: "Because I want to make you wait for a long time."

"It's okay." Qian Qianyi smiled and said, "I don't expect that the Jiangnan family will agree immediately. They always have to contact each other and discuss with each other before they can make a decision. The matter involves the survival of the family, so how can Meng Lang act rashly?"

Ma Shiying understood and said with a smile: "Brother Cheng is also going to the family to discuss, and I guess he won't make a decision all at once."

Qian Qianyi said: "That's the reason."
Chapter completed!