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Chapter 1009 Grain Sales License

At Yokohama Port Wharf, bags of rice were unloaded from the galleon, and the Chinese businessmen who were supervising by the side were full of expectations.It's just changing hands to transport the rice from the Shandong Peninsula to sell, and he will get a huge profit from it.

"Isn't this shopkeeper Chen? You're also here to do the rice business?" A merchant who got off another merchant ship on the Yokohama pier waved to him.

"Shopkeeper Han, didn't you also transport rice here? But anyone who does business in Dongying knows that the price of rice near Edo Castle has risen sharply. As long as the grain is transported here, it will not worry about selling it! I don't know if you transported it. How many ships of rice are coming?" Shopkeeper Li asked.

"I have only brought three ships of grain here. I really don't have enough funds. I can't afford to hire more sailboats, and I can't buy too much grain. It is not easy to collect grain. Except for the large farms run by the government, there is no way to get it quickly from other places. Collecting so much grain. It is really a painful thing to buy grain with those scattered farmers. I thought of a good business. Why don’t we go back to Shandong Peninsula to be a rice distributor after making money in Dongying this time? , to collect food from scattered farmers, and then sell it to the government or places that lack food, and we can always make profits through the price difference. I can’t be a distributor with my own financial resources, why don’t we join hands?” Shopkeeper Han suggested.

Shopkeeper Li thought about it, and it seems that this is really a suitable business: "After the rice price in Edo City returns to normal this time, we will go back to Jinan City to discuss in detail. If the business of centralized distribution of grain can be completed, it will be a long-term business. way to get rich."

"Hey, back in Jinan City, some of our Jinan businessmen who are doing business in Dongying must have a good get together. This time, shopkeeper Li, what kind of food did you bring besides rice?" Shopkeeper Han asked.

"In addition to rice, there are also sweet potatoes, peanuts, and bacon, all of which can fill your stomach." Shopkeeper Li replied.

"I don't know if they can get used to eating sweet potatoes and bacon?"

"If the scale of the war in Japan expands, let alone sweet potatoes and bacon, even the vegetable leaves that feed pigs in our countryside will be snapped up by a lot of people."

"It's true. During the famine in Shandong Peninsula, tens of thousands of people died of starvation. Even the roots of trees had to be dug out and eaten."

Two businessmen from Jinan City discussed the sale of grain in Edo City on the pier.Everyone thinks that a lot of profits can be obtained from it. Once the opportunity of rising rice and grain prices in Edo Castle is missed, it is equivalent to losing money!

Wars are often accompanied by business opportunities that are hard to see in ordinary times!Not only Jinan merchants, Yokohama Port also gathered Liaodong merchants, Dalian merchants, and Leiden merchants, who wanted to make profits on the eve of the war and during the war.Many of these merchants also borrowed from Kyushu Bank to buy more grain and sell it in Edo Castle.

However, when all the Chinese merchants were preparing to dump grain on the rice market in Edo Castle, the Oriental Company and the Tokyo Branch, which were in charge of supervising the trade with Dongying and Korea, strictly prohibited the Chinese merchants from exporting grain to Dongying without permission!
"Protest, why don't you transport the grain to Edo City for us? Grain is not a weapon or saltpeter, and some of it is purchased from the government's large farms. The government completely allows the sale of surplus grain. Why did the East At this time, the company forbids us to sell grain in Edo Castle?" A group of businessmen who thought they could make a fortune in the war were suddenly ordered by the government to restrict grain, and they gathered in front of the mansion where the Dongying Branch of the Oriental Company was located to protest against it.

They couldn't understand why the Eastern Company would ban them from selling grain at this time.Selling grain to the Japanese people not only can get more than [-]% profit for these merchants, but also the government can get a lot of taxes from it. The Tokyo branch can get interest, and almost everyone can make a profit.Obviously big guys can make money, but why does Dongfang Company prohibit this kind of behavior?
"Please be safe, everyone. We will issue grain sales licenses to everyone. Those who have obtained the licenses can sell grains in the places we stipulate. Others who do not have grain sales licenses are prohibited from selling grains privately, otherwise Punish it according to the crime!" The only two remaining directors of Dongying Branch of Dongfang Company came out and announced the decision of Dongfang Company to the puzzled rice merchants.

"In the past, there was no such thing as a grain sales license. Why do you suddenly come up with such a thing now? We have invested a lot of money in buying rice and other grains. If this batch of rice and grains rot in our hands, what if we lose all of them?" Do it?"

"There are at least dozens of grain ships in Yokohama Port, and merchants who have heard the news continue to buy grain and ship them over. With so many merchants, who will be able to obtain a grain sales license?"

"What if there is too much food and the price of rice is lowered?!"

The merchants stranded in Yokohama Port were all frowning, and they didn't understand the restrictions of the Eastern Company. The restrictions on grain sales might make them lose everything!
"Grain sales licenses are issued according to the order of your customs declaration. This rise in rice prices will last for a long time, and the rice boats parked in the port will not lose money. However, our grain sales licenses are issued very slowly, and we will ship them later. It’s hard to say whether the rice boats coming will lose money, and everyone should be careful to send more grain boats according to the situation!” said the director of Dongfang Company.

"Issuing licenses according to the time of customs declaration? What is the government going to do? Is restricting food distribution to prevent everyone from flocking to lower the price of rice?"

"I don't know if the speed of the government issuing the license is fast enough. If the rice is rotten on the merchant ship, we will all suffer. I also borrowed 1 taels of silver from the Tokyo branch, and I still lost the principal with interest for a while. , I'm going bankrupt!"

The merchants were worried one by one, but they did not dare to confront the Eastern Company.Dongfang Company is the management organization of the Kyushu Army here. If you offend the government, don't think about doing business here in the future.

"What do you think above? Why do you need to set up a grain sales license? Is it true that it is to monopolize the grain market to raise the price of rice and make a profit from it." One of the directors of the Eastern Company asked the other director, even if they also Don't know the purpose of the above.

"I don't know either. Since it is the meaning of the above, we will follow suit. I heard that the large government-run farms will also deliver grain. I wonder if the large government-run farms will also take advantage of the rise in rice prices in Edo City to make some money. Pen."

"Government-run large farms don't depend on the difference in food prices to make a living. They have always been hoarding surplus food to prepare for the needs of famines everywhere."

(End of this chapter)