Rivers and lakes rich man

Chapter 285 River Transport
"Anyway, you can't escape the money. Fortunately, everyone will share it. I believe you can bear it." Yao Xumang said, "The next troublesome thing is the transportation of grain and grass."

"Your Excellency just said that there might be someone secretly doing something wrong?" Fang Jing asked.

"Maybe the other party doesn't need to do anything." Yao Xumang shook his head and said, "The imperial court requires one and a half months to collect the food and pay and transport it to the barracks. The money is easy to collect, but there is a problem with buying grain and grass. According to the imperial court, 600 of them Ten thousand taels are used to buy 100 million shi of grain and grass, and 400 million taels are the salaries of soldiers. 100 million shi of grain and grass can guarantee the rations of 30 troops for a month. The grain merchants near Luoyang must have known about the imperial court’s dispatch of troops, and they will hoard them. It will greatly increase the price of grain, usually 600 million taels can buy 100 million shi, but then 50 shi may not be able to buy."

"A hundred thousand stones are probably hanging in the air," Fang Jing said.

"Yes." Yao Xumang nodded and said, "You have to prepare for the worst. You offended people in Luoyang, and those people will not let you complete the task easily. At that time, they will definitely join hands with those grain merchants to lower the price. Speaking of an astonishing level, even if you bought 100 million stones, the price you paid would be more than ten times that.”

Ten times, that is 6000 million taels.

Yao Xumang knew in his heart that the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce would definitely be able to raise 1000 million taels, but if it was 6000 million taels, it would be really outrageous.

"Even if I spend a lot of money to buy food and grass, they can destroy it on the way and won't let me arrive on time." Fang Jing said again, "Hmph, I want to make money and make trouble secretly, how can it be so good?" thing."

It stands to reason that the court will definitely take care of these grain merchants driving up grain prices.

But this time, Zhu Wenren ordered it secretly, and the court probably pretended not to see it.

There are too many people who want to share the benefits, but the Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce is at a disadvantage, so naturally no one will help them out.

"What do you want to do?" Yao Xumang asked.

"You can buy grain from other places." Fang Jing replied.

"This is also what I think." Yao Xumang said, "But I'm afraid you have to stay away from Luoyang. The farther the better, those places will be less affected. It's only a one and a half month period here, and you are destined to be unable to leave Luoyang. Otherwise, the food and grass may not be able to reach the front line. If there is enough time, I think it would be best for you to buy food in Jiangnan East County, which is a pity."

"It's not necessarily impossible to buy grain in Jiangnan East County." Fang Jing said.

"Oh?" Yao Xumang's face changed, "Take the canal? Is there time?"

"There are a lot of trackers pulling the boat all the way, so maybe there will be time if we hurry up." Fang Jing said.

Yao Xumang pondered for a while and said: "When you arrive at Luoyang, you have to disembark. The speed on land can't be increased, so the speed on the river can only be as fast as possible. Mr. Fang, you should think about it. If you use a lot of trackers like this, There are also chariots and horses on the road, many porters, and the money spent on the way is probably not cheap."

The canal cannot go directly to Taiyuan Mansion, so we can only disembark at Luoyang, and then go by land.

The journey from Luoyang to Taiyuan is eight or nine hundred miles away, and the time is very tight, and it is carried by horse-drawn carriage.

So you can only save time from the river, and sailing or paddling alone is certainly not enough.

It may be possible to barely meet the court's deadline by relying on a large number of trackers.

"No matter how big the price is, it's not as expensive as buying from the grain merchants in Luoyang, right?" Fang Jing said.

Yao Xumang froze for a moment, he realized that he was a little confused.

If Fang Jing really wanted to buy grain from these grain merchants near Luoyang, it would cost Fang Jing at least tens of millions of taels.

If you add up all of them with trackers and so on, it will be almost a few million taels at most.

In such a comparison, a few million taels is nothing at all.

"Master Fang, have you thought about it?" Yao Xumang asked.

"Think it over." Fang Jing said affirmatively, "Humble jobs won't let them earn a penny."

"Okay, since that's the case, I support you. I will give orders to the Martial Arts Guard Thousand Households along the way to fully cooperate with you. Of course, the government along the way will also notify you. I believe they will still give me some face. In this way, the time may be extremely tight, but it is still possible to complete. The porters who went north to transport grain tried their best to arrange for you as much as possible." Yao Xumang said.

"Thank you, my lord, I am very grateful. I will bear the necessary expenses." Fang Jing said gratefully.

There are not so many horses and chariots. At that time, people will still have to pick them up on land, or they can use wheelbarrows to transport grain. If you don’t need 10 people, the grain and grass will not be transported.

Fang Jing left, and Yao Xumang was satisfied with him.

In Yao Xumang's view, Fang Jing still needed help from his side, and that was to acknowledge his affection.

If Fang Jing succeeds, he will naturally think of himself well. At that time, with a pacifier like him standing by his side, his power in the martial arts guard will be greatly improved.

After all, Fang Jing is not an ordinary eunuch. The Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce has astonishing financial resources. If it is used well, there will be many benefits.

One of his appeasement envoys is at least as capable as several appeasement envoys.

If Fang Jing fails, he has nothing to lose.

Anyway, it's just a matter of saying hello and giving him some convenience on the way.

When Fang Jing came back and told the story, Liang Jingwei's face was full of frost, and she was so angry that she scolded Zhu Wenren several times.

"Is Zhu Wenren trying to rob our Mingzhou Chamber of Commerce?" Wang Xiyue asked with a faint smile.

"They probably decided that we can only buy food near Luoyang." Xu Nishang said, "I believe that this time it's not just Zhu Wenren who made the move, but some other forces."

"Aunt Xu's guess is very reasonable." Fang Jing nodded and said, "Zhu Wenren is giving benefits to those forces, so that they can confidently raise food prices, and we have to suffer a hidden loss."

"Give him a favor with our silver taels?" Liang Jingwei sneered, "Fortunately, he figured it out, Brother Fang, we have to give Zhu Wenren some flair, and let him know that even if he is the eldest prince, he will never want to find us again. Trouble with the company."

"Don't be angry." Fang Jing smiled, "There's no need. What he did was just self-righteous and wishful thinking."

"Oh, that's right, we don't give them a penny when we buy grain in Jiangnan East County." Liang Jingwei said with a smile, "I believe they will stockpile a large amount of grain in the future, and maybe they will increase the price to buy it. It’s time to leave them alone.”

Everyone laughed. In order to hoard all the grain in the market, Zhu Wenren and his forces will definitely buy the grain from some small grain merchants. In order to buy it faster, it will definitely be more expensive than usual.

At that time, I will not buy grain near Luoyang, and the grain they suddenly hoard must be a loss-making business.

"I'm a little worried. Is it really too late to buy grain from Jiangnan Dongjun?" Shen Yunyan was a little worried, "Even if they go by river, they will definitely become angry when they find out, and they will definitely send someone to make trouble on the way. So much grain and grass , It’s not easy to guard, but it’s too easy for them to destroy it, a random fire can cause us heavy losses, I’m afraid it’s impossible to guard against.”

Shen Yunyan's words made everyone calm down.

"Actually, this side of the canal is just a cover." Fang Jing laughed.

(End of this chapter)