Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 222, you still need money
"Old Sun, why don't you keep your word and sell at a lower price without convincing everyone?"

"We agreed at the beginning that we will advance and retreat together. This price is for everyone to discuss together."

An elegant-looking middle-aged man said to a pot-bellied middle-aged man in a very aura.

"Old He, I don't like to hear your words. What do you mean I'm dishonest?"

"Whoever sells at a lower price first, don't you have any idea?"

The person called Lao Sun is Sun Wentang. The Sun family is a family of great salt merchants and grain merchants from the south of the Yangtze River. Sun Wentang can also be regarded as the person in charge of the Sun family in the capital.

The person called Lao He is He Jingnian, who is a member of the well-known He family among Huizhou merchants. The main industries of the He family are also salt and grain. The industry is huge and the family power is extremely powerful.

"Anyway, our He family definitely didn't sell the price first."

He Jingnian was at a loss for words when he heard it, and after thinking about it, he could only say so.

"I've said long ago that we can't go too far in what we do. This time we raised the price too high. Two hundred yuan a catty of grain has never been seen in history. The famine this time is not too big. It is too serious, and we deliberately targeted the higher authorities, even if we can win, it will definitely not end well, no emperor will tolerate such a thing to happen."

At this time, another person also spoke. This person was handsome and had an extraordinary appearance. He looked only in his thirties, but in fact he was already in his forties.

His name is Jiang Yunshan, and he is from the Jiang family, a large family in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. The Jiang family's industries are mainly tea, grain and salt, and it is considered one of the most famous wealthy families in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

"It's indeed too much, but it's also for the benefit of us Jiangnan people."

Sun Wentang nodded and said.

"For the benefit of us Jiangnan people?"

"Our He family has invested more than two million silver this time around, and now all of them are going to be in vain."

He Jingnian said with a sneer.

Although the He family is a well-known family among the Hui merchants, throwing out two million taels of silver will still seriously damage the vitality of the entire He family. After all, although the He family's wealth is huge, most of its property is in the form of fields, shops, etc. Existence, the money in the real hand is actually not too much.

"It's as if our Sun family didn't lose money, and the money invested by our Sun family will not be less than yours."

Sun Wentang looked at He Jingnian and said.

"Okay, stop arguing."

At this time, Hu Wanan, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.

Speaking of losses, the losses of his Hu family are actually the heaviest. As the leader of Huizhou merchants, and also the leader of this operation, the Hu family really invested real money in this time. There are at least three million taels of silver in it.

With such a huge loss, it took a long time for the entire Hu family to recover, so that Hu Wan'an's current position is also unstable, and the family is also quite critical of him, which is very important for him to succeed the Hu family. The location is extremely disadvantageous.

Hearing Hu Wanan's words, the others immediately quieted down, wanting to hear what other good solutions and attentions this Hu Wanan can come up with.

"It's too late to say these things now. Now it's time to think about how to make up for it. If the money is gone, you can make more money, but if the little life is gone, you will have nothing."

Hu Wanan looked at the crowd and said coldly.

"Young Master Hu, what do you mean by that?"

He Jingnian asked immediately.

"Didn't the people in your family's court communicate with you?"

"The higher-ups have been chasing the state warehouse and the temporary clearance of the warehouse. This time, the higher-ups are acting too calmly?"

Hu Wanan said coldly.

Almost all of these people present were from the big wealthy families in the Jiangnan area, and they were all related to salt, grain, and tea.

Some people from their own families are officials in the court, some are through marriage, some are through fellowship, and many are bought with money. In short, through various methods, almost all officials from the Jiangnan area He is the spokesperson of these wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River.

And because these wealthy families in the Jiangnan area have almost all the most profitable business in salt, grain, tea, etc. in their hands, so they have the greatest wealth in the entire Ming Dynasty, and it is easy to do things with money.

In addition, the Jiangnan area has been a land of scholars since ancient times. Since ancient times, there have been many talents in the south of the Yangtze River, and the style of writing has flourished. During the Song and Ming dynasties, the Jiangnan area was full of literati and talents. Naturally, many of them are officials.

The combination of these many factors gradually formed the situation that Jiangnan Shilin controlled the Ming Dynasty. In the Hongzhi period, this situation was already very serious. In the late Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party was completely Controlling the entire government, everything is decided by these people from the Jiangnan area.

Because they are all from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, each family has its own people in the court, and they are all aware of the movements in the court.

"Isn't this already arranged?"

"It's enough to find a few ghosts to come out in place of the dead."

Sun Wentang said hastily.

"Hehe, it's not that easy. The higher-ups seem to have changed this time. They have secretly asked Jin Yiwei to investigate the matter secretly. It will not be so easy to fool the higher-ups. Everyone should prepare in advance. Everything that needs to be cleaned up has been cleaned up, so don't eat the mutton by then, but cause a whole body of trouble."

Hu Wanan smiled and said irrefutably.

"I have already notified that all the food on my side is sold for a penny a catty."

Then Hu Wanan dropped another blockbuster, which immediately stunned all the people present.

"A penny a catty?"

"Young Master Hu, are you alright?"

Sun Wentang was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Hu Wanan and said.

"If it sells for a penny and a catty, we will really lose money this time. Our He family is no better than your Hu family. The family has a big business, and we don't care about the millions of taels of silver."

He Jingnian couldn't help but sarcastically said.

"Follow or not, follow you, I'm talking to you."

"As I said, it's already this time. Whether you want your life or money depends on your choice."

"Now that we sell grain for a penny and a catty, it can be regarded as a relief to the victims. When the time comes, let the court ask people to talk. This time the matter is over. If you still have to care about the money that can no longer be collected."

After saying this, Hu Wan'an got up and left without continuing. There are some things that everyone can understand after clicking.

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