Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

"Didn't they say that Yangzhou was hit by war and was in serious shortage of food? Why are they still selling it? Moreover, two taels of silver...? I have seen this for two days."

"I heard that a large amount of food has just been imported from outside, and there is now enough food in Yangzhou..."

"Impossible...? Didn't they say that the Tartars destroyed a lot of food? Would there be disasters everywhere?"

"I don't know about that. Anyway, they dare to sell it this way. Judging from the situation, it will take a long time to sell it."

The merchants were in an awkward situation. Logically speaking, if you stockpiled hard currency like grain, you would definitely not have to worry about not being able to sell it. But the question was, where was this place? Nanzhili.

There may be food shortages everywhere in the Ming Dynasty except here. As the region that generates more than half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue during the war, the grain production in Nanzhili has always been online. This means that even if you sell grain at a high price here, you won't be able to sell it at all.

Unless you pay a high freight rate to sell them, but look at the hundreds of thousands of Tartars out there, where are you going to ship them?

Now I have used the twenty-odd taels of silver to buy food. If something goes wrong, wouldn’t I become a clown?

"Oh no!!! Mr. Zhang!!!"

It’s still the same garden, and it’s still the same people. This group of people haven’t been separated much in recent days, and they discuss things together every day.

"That...that thief Jiang said he brought in a large amount of food from outside, and now he's selling it at the price of two taels!"

"What!! Didn't they say they had no food?"

"Oh no! He actually found the food. What should we do now?"

The yard was instantly in chaos.

"Calm down!" The old man shouted in a low voice, and finally the panicked crowd calmed down. As the initiator of the action, the old man is now the backbone of all of them. As long as he can keep calm, everyone can feel relieved.

Mr. Zhang looked at the people below and said, "Two taels of silver... Buy all the goods you have! You will definitely not lose money if you buy them at this price."

"But...but that thief Jiang only does retail, I'm afraid..."

"Manufacturing and retailing..." Mr. Zhang thought for a while, raised his head and sneered: "Ha, that thief Jiang must be anxious! Seeing the soaring grain prices, he can't buy grain, so he can only resort to this last resort, tough and hard"

The people below didn't say anything. They all knew that if Thief Jiang was anxious, then they were anxious too. They all had their lives and property tied up in this. Not only did they borrow their own savings, they also borrowed a lot of money from the bank just to make a fortune. If something went wrong, their families would be ruined.

Yangzhou, the largest buyer, currently has sufficient inventory. If this news gets out...

"Mr. Zhang, everyone is afraid now. What if other people who have goods start to sell them? What should we do?"

"Don't panic. We have the most food in our hands. As long as we can hold on, these are just minor storms."

These businessmen were still trying to avoid losses, but Jiang Han's serious killing move was hanging over their heads without them realizing it.

"Thank you for your hard work. I should have let you have a good rest, but I really can't spare any manpower now, so I can only let you do more work if you are capable."

To be honest, Jiang Han felt a little sorry. He was really short of professional sailors at his disposal right now. Moreover, this operation was very important. He would not feel at ease to hand it over to others.

"It doesn't matter. Completing the mission is the duty of a humanoid, and..."

And I am also willing to help you solve your problems. The Scarecrow kept the second half to himself.

Nodding slightly, the scarecrow turned and walked onto the boat, heading towards the river in the night. Under the moonlight, his huge black shadow looked like a giant beast out hunting.

A granary somewhere in Suzhou

"boom!"

A huge force came from nowhere and blew the gatekeeper and the huge hatch away for dozens of meters. Rows of silent soldiers filed in, holding long swords and killing anyone they saw. One servant even wanted to escape secretly, but a beam of light pierced his chest directly from behind.

"Leave no one alive, move all the food away, and burn this place."

Without even looking at the fellow who was shot, the scarecrow with a floating gun hanging beside him calmly announced the order, his eyes glowing green under the light of the mask, like a hungry wolf.

"The water is burning!!!"

The shrill shouts and the sound of gongs pierced the night sky, and the black smoke and red flames foreshadowed the reality that it would be difficult to calm down tonight.

"No, it's bad! It's bad! Mr. Zhang!"

This person came into the courtyard in great fear. At this moment, the merchants had completely lost the interest in appreciating the beautiful scenery. Hearing this, their hearts skipped a beat again.

Zhang Lao frowned, thinking, where did this young man come from? Should I give you a loud speaker to shout? You want to shake the morale of the troops, you bastard! Can't you be more steady like me?

"What's the point of making so much noise? Tell me what's going on!"

At this moment, the man said in great panic: "Mr. Zhang, our granary in Suzhou is on fire!!"

"What!!!" Zhang Lao Teng stood up and said, "Why did the fire start? Where is the food? How is the food inside?"

"I don't know either. I just heard that some bad guys came from outside. When I saw it, the whole granary was already on fire. Although everyone tried their best to put out the fire, the granary... the granary was still gone. And... today I heard that Jiang Han brought in another batch of grain from outside, and the limit for no one has been increased to four stones."

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Not only Mr. Zhang, many people were petrified on the spot because of the news, as if a stream of blood rushed directly to their foreheads, and their entire thinking was shut down. There was only one thought left in everyone's mind: it's ruined, all ruined.

To be honest, the granary in Suzhou was not all of their storage, but it accounted for the majority of their storage. This fire would cause them to lose money and break apart. But what made their hearts stop even more was the news that a new batch of grain had arrived in Yangzhou, and that Yangzhou was not short of grain at all. Jiang Han was so cruel! !

"Mr. Zhang! Mr. Zhang, are you okay?!"

Seeing the old man fall to the ground, many servants hurried forward, some supported him, some pinched his Ren Zhong, some comforted his chest. At this time, many people had quietly turned their feet and started to move towards the outside of the yard.

After finally rescuing the patient, Mr. Zhang drank a mouthful of tea like a cow. When he looked up, he found that a lot of people had disappeared from the yard in the blink of an eye.

"Where are the others...?"

At this time, the people in the hospital woke up from their dreams and found that many of their colleagues around them had disappeared.

"Could they be secretly selling their own goods?"

At the same time, many money houses in Nanzhili began to panic.

"Boss, now that this news has spread, I'm afraid it's not good. If the price of grain drops, can we get our money back?"

The housekeeper of the bank looked at his boss with a face full of worry.

The boss who heard the news also stopped his abacus, his face full of anxiety. They were lending money, but if they lost too much and couldn't get the money back, they would also lose everything. If the grain merchants lost so much money that they just kicked their legs, who could they ask for their money back? Wouldn't it be a total loss?

No! He had to go there in person and get the money back no matter what!

Good luck to you all, brothers. If the wind is against you, you must die or not! After all, money houses are always icing on the cake, not a timely help. Everyone is here to make money, no one would think there would be any friendship between them, right?

While I was thinking about it, a group of people on the street were running around telling each other: "The Li family up ahead has started selling grain. I heard it's only twenty taels!"

"Twenty taels? Shouldn't it be twenty-five taels? Come on, let's go and take a look!!"

The owner of the bank couldn't sit still any longer: "Quick! Get the carriage ready! Go and get the silver back! Hurry up and hurry up!!"

"Why!!!"

Overnight, the price trend of grain in the market suddenly changed. It was falling just as fast as it had soared before.

"The Zeng family has spread the news that only 17 taels of food are needed at home!!"

"Seventeen taels!! Are they crazy??? Quick!! Spread the word, we'll sell at this price too!"

"The Li family's grain store is open today, and it's sold for 15 taels!"

Merchants desperately exported grain in an attempt to recoup their costs, but grain prices continued to fall like a cliff. It was simple: their supply and demand market had been completely cut off by Jiang Han.

All their previous goals were to make sure that the big enemy Jiang Han would take over the business no matter what. Now that there is no one to take over, no matter what the price is, if they want to sell the grain, there must be someone willing to buy it.

But if someone is really willing to buy, why don't they go to Jiang Han's grain store and buy two taels of grain? Although there are only four stones, it is enough for emergency anyway. The naive merchants actually thought that they could recover their costs. Jiang Han dared to sell grain at two taels because. His grain did not require any capital at all, and was purchased for 0 yuan, but what about these merchants? The price they bought grain at, but it rose from eight taels to more than twenty taels, and it was all bulk transactions. If they dared to follow Jiang Han to sell, then their families would be destroyed.

Fifteen taels, twelve taels, ten taels, eight taels...the price of grain continued to plummet, and finally, the first thief appeared.

There is another chapter in the early morning. Q group 7. ⑧ ② . ⑦ clothes

Volume 344: Chapter Chapter : Jiang Han, the Great Kind Man

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"Boss!!!!"

After a splash, a shrill scream echoed along the river bank. The waves surged, and in a blink of an eye, the person who fell in disappeared.

"Ouch, another one jumped down. Is this the fifth one today?"

In the teahouse, many people were chatting about the current situation. There was a lack of entertainment these days, and the common people only went out for three things: storytelling, singing operas, and watching beheadings. They just wanted to watch the excitement, but watching a beheading was only one more time. How could they do it like now, with five people jumping into the river every day like throwing dumplings?

"Not only that, I heard that the great grandfather hanged himself on the beam at home with a rope."

"Because of what?"

"I heard that before, we bought food from other people and stockpiled a lot at home, but couldn't sell it. Now that the price of food has dropped so much, all our wealth has been wasted."

"Oh, what a sin..."

"Isn't it? He died and everything is fine, but he left behind an orphan and a widow. How can they live like this?"

The common people sighed and groaned, knowing that their lives were as miserable as those of a basket case, but they also felt a very simple sense of sympathy for such things.

Someone couldn't stand it any longer. "Hey, you guys are quite funny. Didn't you also curse these people when they were hoarding food and making unscrupulous money? When you do something like this that will make people spit on your ancestors' graves, you should have thought about this day. We are a bunch of ordinary people who usually eat bran and steamed buns, and you still feel sorry for them who eat delicious food every day. You should pay more attention to yourself!"

"Hey, you!" Some scholars nearby couldn't stand it any longer: "Do you know what it means that the dead are the greatest?"

Jiang Han didn't know what it meant that the dead are the greatest. Those who jumped into the river or hanged themselves were considered to have died happily, but their debts were not paid off. There was so much grain at home that couldn't be sold, and everyone was busy shipping it. Even if they pawned their house, they couldn't fill the hole. The whole family was an orphan and a widow, and they felt very sorry for Jiang Han when they saw him.

“Alas, I am too kind-hearted.”

So he bought all the stored grain from the widows and their children at the price of two taels and six cents. As for these people, Jiang Han, a kind-hearted man, was heartbroken: "Drive them away quickly! I can't stand this! Quick, quick, quick!"

Why don't you benefit from the disaster? When your master was squeezing you dry, didn't you get any benefits? The silk and satin you wear, the food and clothing you wear, which one of them is not made of the blood and tears of others? Aren't you a vested interest? You enjoy all this, so you have to bear the price of its collapse.

"How much silver have we earned so far?"

Gently taking out a cup of soaked wolfberries, Jiang Han slowly asked, it is time for him to replenish his body.

"Sir, these days, if we don't count the expenses for buying food and other things, we have earned a total of about 4,567,300 taels of silver."

The staff who said this number were also a little terrified when reporting it. To be honest, this number is too big. This is also the main reason why they were blinded by money before. It is really too much!!!

You know, the annual tax of the Ming Dynasty was only three million taels! In just half a month, they earned as much as the entire Ming Dynasty earned in a year and a half!

Looking at the gentleman again, he is holding a teacup and sitting in such a cool manner. After all, he is a gentleman, so stable.

"......How many?"

It seems you didn’t hear clearly just now!!!

He hurriedly reported it again, and Jiang Han nodded to indicate that he understood. To be honest, it was not that he was slow. He still did not quite understand the conversion between silver and currency. He had only heard a number, and he was not particularly clear about the actual amount of money.

When I heard that it was about 4 million, I thought, oh, it can buy a toilet in Shanghai, that’s about the same amount, there wasn’t a particularly big fluctuation.

"For now, we will continue to ship at this pace. Probably... it will take another ten days. By then, the market should have stabilized."

The people below nodded quickly. They were now in awe of Mr.'s talent. He earned more than four million taels in half a month. How could he be a human? Was he the reincarnation of the God of Wealth? They had originally doubted that Mr. was a star from heaven. How could there be a star that had trembling legs because of paying public taxes every day? Now, they began to believe it.

As for the issue of paying public grain, I believe that the gentleman’s wife must not be a simple character, and she must have been a fairy to begin with!

"Then let's put this matter to an end for now. Just follow the planned steps. Next we will start the third step of the plan and go find Liuzi for me."

The Sixth Son that Jiang Han mentioned was the one who had recommended himself to Jiang Han before, and later finally cleaned himself up from being a scoundrel and joined the regular army. He had a wide network of contacts in this world.

It's not hard to find them. They are in the city with their friends to maintain order. This job is very familiar to them. Many dirty things in the dark can't escape their eyes. In their words, what are you going to do, I don't know? Long-term illness makes a good doctor.

Hearing Jiang Han's call, Liu Zi was actually a little touched. After all, he had a clear idea of ​​himself. He was just a wild boy on the street, no one loved him. He was already grateful to Mr. for giving him a chance. How could he be remembered by a big shot like Mr.? He hurried to the meeting room where Jiang Han was.

As soon as Liu Zi entered the room, he lowered his head and shrugged, leaning towards Jiang Han. "Sir, you are looking for me."

Jiang Han's height of 1.85 meters really stood out in the late Ming Dynasty. In those years when there was a widespread shortage of meat, eggs, milk and other nutrients, the average height was around 1.6 to 1.75 meters. Of course, the Japanese classmates next door who were living a good life were smaller because of the island effect, and 1.4 meters was considered tall.

Jiang Han's height was such that he could see everyone's head from where he stood. Liuzi was even hunching over, so from Jiang Han's perspective it looked like he was talking to someone on the top of his head. Moreover, Liuzi didn't take a shower often, so there was a layer of icing on his head, which made Jiang Han feel very uncomfortable.

Of course, he would not open his mouth to blame others, he still had to maintain this character: "Always hunching over is not good for your waist and back. You will be a clerk in the future, so you can't let this bad habit develop. Stand up straighter."

These words sounded so comfortable. Liuzi felt more refreshed in his heart than drinking a sip of cool well water in the middle of summer. He quickly stood up straight.

Nodding, Jiang Han turned around and said to Chuntian, "Add Liuzi to the list as well."

Chuntian nodded, indicating that he understood. What list? The confidential observation list. This list was to be submitted to Sister 45 and the intelligence team to prevent someone from making mistakes for money and leaking something that shouldn't be leaked.

Liuzi still doesn't know what list he will be added to, and he is still a little confused about the situation, but years of street life have taught him to listen more, watch more, and speak less.

"It's like this." Jiang Han finally turned around and began to explain to him: "I have a very important task that needs someone to do. This person needs to have a certain network of contacts on the street and be able to handle all kinds of channels. Your name came to my mind at the first time, so I plan to give it to you."

Patting Liuzi on the shoulder, Jiang Han continued, "I need you to bring money and take the news to the various prefectures in Nanzhili. Tell them that Su's Bank, Mingyue Bank...these banks all used money to buy grain. Now that grain prices have plummeted, there is no silver in the banks. You must let the people over there know the news. I will approve how much money to take. Is there any problem?"

Liuzi was a little confused at first, what was going on? But when he heard it, it was this matter. He was so good at this matter! This was a big deal. As for the grain price issue, it was a big deal. I heard that a lot of people hanged themselves and jumped into the river! Everywhere was in mourning, it was too scary. He had heard a lot of rumors in the neighborhood these days. The master actually asked him to spread such news, etc.

Liuzi seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Jiang Han, who was still smiling, with a look of shock.

"Yes, I did it. How is it? Is it difficult?"

How could it be difficult? Liuzi stood up straight and saluted on the spot: "I guarantee to complete the task!"