The king behind the empress

Chapter 236

"Master... Master..."

Seeing Qian Shaoyuan slumped on the chair with blank eyes, Qian San hurried up to beat his chest and rub his back, and it took a long time for Qian Shaoyuan to recover.

"San'er, how much did you say you fell?"

Qian Shaoyuan raised his head tremblingly, his eyes fixed on Qian San, as if he hoped that what he heard just now were hallucinations.

"Master, don't worry."

Qian San couldn't care about anything else now, and comforted Qian Shaoyuan while giving Qian Shaoyuan his chest with his hand, and said: "The price may still go up, and even with the current grain price, can't we still To make some money?"

"Heh~ you know a fart."

Qian Shaoyuan showed a miserable smile, and then pushed Qian San away, "The price of food has fallen, how can it still go up?"

Some time ago, when he had just transported the grain to the capital, Song Hui from the household department said that the official warehouse in the capital had run out of grain for the past few years because of helping the victims of disasters in the three counties. Song Hui said that if he could pay some money, he could Let him store the grain in the official warehouse, and the storage price is only one-tenth of the outside price.

But who is he? His uncle is Qian Min, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After he moved Qian Min out, not only did he not need to pay a penny, but he also formed a cooperation with Song Hui, and made an appointment with him to persuade others. Yu grain merchants, and he would share half of the storage fee given by those grain merchants, Song Hui readily agreed to this.

Under his persuasion, the grain merchants who came to the capital basically stored their grain in the official warehouses in the capital, which filled half of the official warehouses.

You must know that the Guancang is the largest grain warehouse in the capital, and the grain in half of the Guancang is enough for the people in the capital to eat for several years.

If these grains were released little by little, and they manipulated the grain price at will, even if they sold only a little grain, it would be enough for them to recoup their costs. So although they felt that the grain was a little too much, they were not too worried.

But it’s different now. The price of grain suddenly collapsed. The big grain merchants are okay and may be able to hold their breath, but the small grain merchants are different. Under the panic, they will definitely sell their grain at a lower price. The price will definitely fall even more.

"I can't go back, I can't go back."

Thinking of the amount of food he brought in, Qian Shaoyuan felt his heart was bleeding. He seemed to see his silver taels and flew out as if they had grown wings.

"No, it can't be like this, this is my money!!!"

Qian Shaoyuan stood up abruptly, and said angrily, "It's impossible for food prices to fall so fast, there must be someone playing tricks behind the scenes."

"I'm going to find my uncle and ask him to find out this person. After I find him out, I must kill him with my own hands!"

"Qian San, prepare the sedan chair. I'm going to Shangshu's mansion to see my clan uncle. He must give me an explanation on this matter."

After finishing speaking, Qian Shaoyuan walked aggressively towards Qian Min's mansion in a sedan chair.

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"Uncle Clan, you must make the decision for me..."

As soon as Qian Shaoyuan arrived in Qian Min's study, he started yelling, making Qian Min frown, "Okay, stop howling, I already know."

As the Minister of the Household Department, it is impossible for him not to be unaware of such large fluctuations in grain prices, so as soon as he heard the report from his subordinates, he knew what Qian Shaoyuan was here for.

"Uncle Clan, someone must be behind this matter."

Hearing what Qian Min said, Qian Shaoyuan didn't say much, but said angrily: "Uncle Clan, if you find this man out, I must kill him!"

"You sit down for me."

Seeing Qian Shaoyuan's ignorant appearance, Qian Min slapped the table fiercely, "This is the capital city, not the south of the Yangtze River. You can kill whoever you want. You think you are not at ease!"

As the Minister of the Household Department, Qian Min still has some power. Seeing him angry, Qian Shaoyuan didn't dare to say any more, and sat down honestly opposite Qian Min, but he couldn't help saying: "Uncle Clan, It's not that I don't know the importance, but that the person behind me must be aiming at me."

"Food prices continue to fall like this, not to mention making money, it will be difficult to even keep capital."

Speaking of this, Qian Shaoyuan's words unconsciously carried some threatening meaning, "Uncle Clan, you let this capital come here, and I don't own the food alone. If I lose too much, I'm afraid the entire Qian family will be shocked." won't agree."

"So you have to find this person, and you must not let him mess up the market again."

Hearing Qian Shaoyuan's slightly threatening words, Qian Min couldn't help but feel a little angry, but with Qian's strength, if he was really dissatisfied with him and cut off his support, it would be difficult for him, the Minister of the Household Department, to hold on firmly , so although he was a little angry in his heart, he still forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "How much food did you bring in?"

"Total..."

Qian Shaoyuan was a little hesitant and hesitant to say anything, but thinking of the current situation, he simply stopped covering up and said directly: "A total of 70 shi!"

"How many?"

Qian Min's voice suddenly raised several tunes. He just informed Qian's that they wanted to transport some grain to sell. He didn't intervene in the specifics. Therefore, after hearing the 70 shi, he looked at Qian in disbelief. Shao Yuan, "Where do you get so much food?"

"The family's food reserves."

Facing Qian Min's sharp gaze, Qian Shaoyuan gritted his teeth and said, "I have transported most of the family's reserves, so there is absolutely no room for loss of these grains. Uncle Clan, you can't stand idly by anyway."

As the head of the Qian family, but not a direct descendant, Qian Shaoyuan has been ignored all these years, so he was sent to do business. But this time, he heard from Qian Min that the price of grain in the capital had soared. He thought it was an opportunity, so He directly defied all opinions and transferred 70 shi of grain from the family.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that this kind of thing would happen. If he loses money and goes back this time, it's hard to say what will happen to the family, but his life is definitely over.

"Are you a pig brain?"

Qian Min was almost pissed off by Qian Shaoyuan, "Even a pig knows how much it can eat, but you don't know how much you eat? Can you count the number of people in the capital?"

"70 shi, the food you transported by yourself is enough to feed the people of the capital for a year. Do you want to monopolize the business of the capital by yourself?"

Listening to the previous reprimand, Qian Shaoyuan did not speak, but he really thought so in the beginning. After all, Qian Min is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so it is nothing to monopolize the grain business in the capital, but when he knows that grain merchants everywhere have After the background and backstage, he gave up this idea.

But the grain had already been shipped over at that time, and it would be troublesome to transport it away, and it was free to put it in the official warehouse, so he didn't bother to bother.

"Uncle Clan, this is the end of the matter, it's useless to say any more."

Qian Shaoyuan didn't care about Qian Min's reprimand at this moment, and said directly: "This matter must come up with a solution, otherwise if the losses are too large, it will be difficult for you and me to explain."

(End of this chapter)