marquis of jingan

Chapter 24 Reading Seeds
The Ma family is the leading wealthy businessman in Jiangdu City.

Master Ma was originally a landlord in Jiangdu Mansion, and his family had more than a thousand acres of land. If those officials and noble relatives were not counted, the thousand acres of land could already be regarded as a big landlord.

Because of the abundance of fields, the Ma family naturally hoarded a lot of grain. When Master Ma, Ma Jun’s father’s generation, started a grain business, Master Ma was quite business-minded. After 20 years, it has almost become the largest grain merchant in Jiangdu Prefecture.

In fact, this is a decision that goes against the ancestors.

Because if the Ma family is the owner with peace of mind, then they are farmers in the fourth grade of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and if the family supports a few scholars, even if they only win the Juren, they can become scholars in the fourth grade. That is, "self-willing to be obscene", becoming the bottom of the four levels.

Moreover, abandoning agriculture and doing business is also risky. If one is not good, the family's thousand acres of land will be lost, so it is better to keep the family property and live.

But it is clear that the "transformation" of the Ma family has been very successful. After more than ten years in business, it has become a wealthy businessman in Jiangdu, and its assets have inflated by an unknown number of times.

Because the grain business is doing very well, in recent years the Ma family has started to start some wood and medicinal materials business. The capital is strong, and any business will not be too miserable, so the Ma family's wood and medicinal materials business is doing pretty well. There are many medicinal herb shops in Jiangdu Mansion, which belong to the Ma family.

If a rich businessman of this level were placed in another world, his status would be very detached, but in this era, the social status is not particularly high, so that Ma Jun, the rich second generation, usually hangs around behind Fan Dongcheng.

However, the Ma family's wealth is not completely useless. After all, among the four people who beat Chen Qing, the one who was used to take the blame was Qian Tong, not Ma Jun. This shows that the Ma family's power is not weak.

After Shen Zhang left Jiangdu, Shen Yi rested at home for two or three days, because he didn't have his father to take care of him, so he stopped drinking that extremely rare soup.

At this moment, he has been recuperating at home for about ten days. Most of the wounds on his back and buttocks have scabbed off, leaving only a small part, which no longer affects his free movement, and there is no problem in sitting or lying down.

After recovering, Shen Yi was not in a hurry to go to the academy to study, but wandered around the various restaurants and teahouses in Jiangdu City for two or three days, chatting with the people in Jiangdu City.

He was originally from Jiangdu, and he also spoke Jiangdu dialect. In addition, he changed his personality and was very talkative. He met many people outside in just a few days, and gained some new understanding of the city of Jiangdu.

After all, the other Shen Yi was a half-book nerd. Although he grew up in Jiangdu, he only wandered around his one-acre three-quarters of an acre. In addition to studying, he rarely went out to learn about Jiangdu.

It was March in the fifth year of Hongde, and the spring breeze was blowing, and the weather had already warmed up.

In the courtyard of the Shen family in Jiangdu City, Shen Qilang, who was recovering from his injuries, squatted halfway on the ground, holding a branch in his hand, making gestures on the ground, chanting words while gesturing.

"A stone of rice is four to five renminbi of silver..."

"The official price of one tael of silver is [-] renminbi, but the private circulation can only be exchanged for [-] to [-] renminbi..."

"Based on a discount of [-] yuan."

Shen Yi finally wrote a number on the ground with a branch.

one point five.

In other words, the price of rice in Jiangdu fluctuated from one and a half pennies per catty to two pennies per catty.

"The world is not bad."

Shen Qilang muttered in a low voice.

Rice prices, or food prices, reflect the social status of an era. If food prices are stable and low, it means that the basic market of this era is still stable, and large-scale starvation will not easily occur.

However, in this era, there is no government office for prices. Someday there will be a disaster, and the price of food will rise on the ground, to the point where most people cannot afford it.

The former Shen Yi basically didn't pay attention to such things as food prices. He used to eat at his brother-in-law's house, and then went to the academy, and ate at the academy. He almost never bought rice himself, and even if he did, he didn't put it down much. on heart.

For Shen Yi now, the price of rice is something he must know, because he is going to find an opportunity to bankrupt the Ma family....

This is a goal that is not easy to achieve, but for Shen Yi, it is not particularly difficult. After all, he was actually a retail businessman in his previous life, and he has some experience in business. Can do things that no one else can find.

Of course, even so, with his current family background, it is impossible for the Ma family to go bankrupt out of nowhere.

He needs to wait for a suitable opportunity.

But before the opportunity comes, he needs to make the necessary preparations, such as understanding the market.

These rice price data are the data obtained by Shen Yi's visits to three or four rice shops in the past two days, and chatting with the people in the tea shop. Generally speaking, they are still very accurate.

Just as Shen was nestling in his own water, someone knocked on his courtyard door.

Outside the door, Shen Sanlang's voice sounded: "Lao Qi, open the door."

Shen Yi... or the two brothers, Shen Yi, have a separate small courtyard. This small courtyard is the family property left by their father Shen Zhang. In the past few years, Shen Yi and his younger brother Shen Heng have been living in this small courtyard. She doesn't live with Shen Ling.

However, the two families are not far away, as long as Shen Yi is at home on weekdays, someone from his elder brother Shen Ling will come to deliver meals to him.

Hearing his elder brother's name, Shen Yi stood up from the ground, stretched himself, and came to the gate of the courtyard. After opening the gate, Shen Ling, who was carrying a food box in his hand, stepped into Shen Yi's small courtyard, and put the The food box was placed on the small table in the yard, and he sat down on his own.

Shen Yi looked at the food box and said with a smile: "In the past, the servants of the third brother's family came to deliver the meals. Why did the third brother come in person this time?"

"Your sister-in-law cooked chicken soup for you. She woke up early in the morning and was busy. She just made it and asked me to bring it to you."

Shen Yi sat down opposite his elder brother, looked at the food box, then at Shen Ling, and smiled dumbly: "What day is it today, you have worked so hard, Third Sister-in-law?"

Shen Ling who had already sat down looked at Shen Yi who was opposite him, sighed slightly, and said: "Your sister-in-law is afraid that you will be depressed, so I asked Brother to persuade you."

Shen Sanlang looked at Shen Yi, and said slowly: "Lao Qi, it has been more than ten days since you came out of the county government. I asked Dr. Yan for my brother, and Dr. Yan said that your injury is recovering well, and you are already well."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi paused and asked, "Since the injury is healed, why don't you go to the academy to study?"

Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, and just about to speak, he heard Shen Ling continue to say: "Brother, I know, it's probably because of Qian Tong's matter that made you feel uncomfortable, but this matter is over and it's over, we have to look forward."

About four days ago, Chen Qing's case was closed, the Jiangdu county government reported it to the government government, and finally ruled that Qian Tong had murdered by mistake, and had flown three thousand miles.

As Fan Dongcheng said, Qian Tong did not pay his life for it.

Shen Ling thought that his brother had been hit by this incident, so he came to comfort him.

He looked at Shen Yi, his face became serious.

"Lao Qi, you should also know that being a brother is not material for studying. My father was an official in the previous generation of our family, but in our generation, you are the only one left with the talent for reading."

"The future of the Shen family still rests on your shoulders, you can't take the burden off at this time."

People from the same hometown and the same discipline have to help each other, let alone the same family.

Therefore, it is very important for the clan to have a promising figure in the clan.

The previous generation of the Shen family, that is, Shen Ling's father, Shen Hui, is 50 years old this year and is still serving as the county magistrate. If there is no accident, he will stop at the county magistrate position, and it is unlikely to go any further.

And Shen Yi, who was able to read since childhood, is the seed of reading for the next generation of the Shen family.

Hearing this, Shen Qilang smiled dumbly: "Third brother misunderstood, I didn't go to the academy to study not because of other people, but because I have some things to do."

He raised his head and looked at Shen Ling, seeing that Shen Ling was still frowning, he said, "Well, my little brother will go to the academy tomorrow, okay?"

Hearing this sentence, Shen Ling smiled openly, opened the food box, and the smell of chicken soup came out immediately.

"Come, let's eat first and try your sister-in-law's handicraft."

Shen Yi nodded, took the chopsticks, then glanced at Shen Ling, and suddenly said: "By the way, third brother, have you ever thought about doing business?"

(End of this chapter)