Wei Zheng eyebrows a wrinkly again with a puzzled asked, "not surprisingly, these grain merchants bought their grain from Jiangnan, that is to say, we took five taels of silver to buy them a load of grain, which has made them gain great benefits. Why not sell …"
Wang Peng explained with a hard face that "the company commanders’ adult hundreds of thousands of refugees poured into Datong House in just one month, and individuals would know that the arrival of these refugees would definitely cause the food prices in Datong House to skyrocket, and even worse, those discerning businessmen, officials and landlords".
"The officials are worried that these grain merchants will not only sell us grain, but will also deliberately stop the market and hoard the grain department in their hands, and then sell it after the food price has been driven up to a certain height …"
"Bang …" I heard that Wei Zheng clenched his fist and directly smashed the table in front of him because of anger.
He said to himself, "Now I finally know what it means to have frozen bones in the rotten road of Zhumen … Faced with hundreds of thousands of refugees who are going to freeze to death and starve to death, these businessmen don’t want to provide relief, but they have to drive up prices and make money … They are simply a bunch of unscrupulous businessmen …"
Anger belongs to anger. Should we solve the problem or solve it?
After some venting, I calmed down a lot of Wei Zheng and directly asked Wang Pengpeng a key question: "Wang Daren, tell you the truth, how much food can you buy from Datong House after I give you the silver …"
After a short meditation, Wang Peng replied cautiously, "My Lord, there are still many conscientious grain merchants in Datong Prefecture. Not surprisingly, we can buy 30,000 tons of grain from these grain merchants …"
"It is not clear whether the surplus grain merchants and officials and landlords are willing to sell them to our grain officials …"
I heard that Wei Zheng was directly lost in thought and stopped talking.
Before Wang Pengze quietly looked at Weizheng and waited for Weizheng to make a decision.
Next to Kelly Y Zhou, he was very familiar with Wei Zheng after seeing his changing facial expression. A few consciousness in his heart raised a bad feeling because he had felt a little cold and murderous look coming out of Wei Zheng.
Sure enough, when Wei Zheng forced a pair of eyes to shoot out two clothes quickly, a sneer before Wei Zheng killed quickly passed from Wei Zheng’s face.
The two men looked at each other with different expressions and directly ordered, "After Mr. Wang goes, you should visit those grain merchants immediately. For those grain merchants who have a conscience and are willing to sell us grain at a low price, we should not only let them suffer, but also make a big profit …"
"Aren’t we going to need 900,000 tons of grain in the follow-up? After you go, you divide 900,000 tons of grain into several parts and give them to those conscientious grain merchants … tell them to help me transport the butch army back to 10,000 tons of grain and I will give him 12,000 silver profits."
"For those profiteers who plan to hoard grain and drive up prices quietly, I plan to deal with them in two steps."
"The first step is summed up in a few words: deterrence and intimidation …"
"Wang Daren after the completion of the first round of acquisition Ma Company commanders mansion name to say a few words about Company commanders mansion’s efforts to help the victims. Company commanders mansion can’t guarantee that the refugees with hungry eyes will directly riot and rush into their good lives to kill and rob food …"
As soon as Weizheng finished speaking, Kelly Y Zhou reacted to Weizheng and asked, "General, are you going to deal with the officials and gentry who hoarded land and deal with these grain merchants …"
Wei Zheng nodded and answered, "It depends on whether these grain merchants know the time … If they know when Company commanders mansion will go, there will be no action … but …"
At this time, not only Kelly Y Zhou, but even Wang Peng, a civilian, clearly felt the thick murderous look emanating from Wei Zhengshen.
Chapter two hundred and nine The first grain merchant
Zhoujia in Datong Prefecture is a big grain merchant with conscience in Wang Peng’s mouth.
For Zhou’s huge family, if Zhou was willing to collude with other grain merchants and hoard food to drive up food prices, Zhou might have become the largest grain merchant in Datong.
However, just because the Zhou family didn’t want to go along with the flow, they sold grain at low prices many times, destroying his grain merchants’ plot to make huge profits by driving up food prices during the drought.
For this reason, Zhoujia has become the object of exclusion of all grain merchants in Datong Prefecture, but it has not developed into the largest grain merchant in Datong Prefecture despite its silver and strength.
In the face of a new wave of refugees in Datong Prefecture, Master Zhou, the owner of every family, almost realized without thinking that the food price in Datong Prefecture would surely usher in a new round of skyrocketing due to this wave of refugees.
Of course, this business opportunity is not only seen by Master Zhou, but also by other grain merchants in Datong.
At this moment, master Zhou is sitting in the owner’s seat, calmly looking at the future and destiny of the Zhou family and arguing with each other.
The reason for this dispute is that Zhoujia just received a message from several grain merchants, "I hope Zhoujia grain merchants can stop selling grain with them until the price of grain is driven up to a certain height before opening a warehouse to sell grain to earn huge profits."
According to Zhou’s habit, Master Zhou must have refused without thinking.
But this time master Zhou hasn’t come to speak, and his most dependent boss has raised objections.
Master Zhou looked at the boss with a face of anger and said, "Father, haven’t we suffered enough from the so-called’ moral’ losses over the years? If we continue to fight with his several grain merchants, our Zhou family’s righteous name will be played out, but our Zhou family firm will crowd out his grain merchants step by step and go to extinction … "
Zhou Jia also runs a shop, followed by Lao San, and agrees, "Father, I agree with Big Brother … Why do people make money and we lose money … If we continue to be squeezed out by other grain merchants, it won’t be long before we really don’t have a family …"
"This time I went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy food because these grain merchants made things difficult and crowded out for thousands of taels of silver. If you don’t follow everyone to raise food prices, then let’s Zhoujia Firm really be squeezed out of the big city by his grain merchants bit by bit …"
Master Zhou is old, but he is not confused. It is becoming more and more difficult for Zhoujia Firm to operate the situation. Although he didn’t say anything, he was anxious in his eyes.
Sometimes, he thinks about whether it is right for him not to follow other grain merchants to’ drive up grain prices and make huge profits’. After all, he is a businessman and the purpose of a businessman is to seek profits. If there is no profit to be gained, then he is not as good as a businessman.
However, when he saw the sallow and emaciated refugees outside the city, he disappeared completely from his mind when he decided to doubt the horse.
Because he can’t imagine how many people will be refugees and starve to death if the food price remains unchanged …
So a firm idea quickly came to Master Zhou’s mind.
Even if a businessman pursues profits, he should also pursue justice because he is not only a businessman, but also a man with conscience.
Therefore, in the face of two well-founded objections, Master Zhou was just calm and his face turned pig liver color because of anger.
Clenched his fist and slammed the desk next to the seat and cursed "You all shut up …"
"Don’t you conscience like those grain merchants were eaten by dogs? I don’t care how much silver his grain merchants earn, but we can earn silver worthy of our conscience … "
"Boss, your horse has turned down these grain merchants’ kindness … tell them that our Zhou family does business with their own conscience …"
When the atmosphere of the room became more and more dignified, the confidant housekeeper suddenly came in with a full face of fear and walked quickly to Master Zhou’s side, and then wrote a few words.
A few boys watched the butler just finished saying that Master Zhou’s livid face quickly eased like unpredictable weather, and then said to the butler, "Then why are you still staring at the horse? Ask Wang Daren to come in. Now Wang Daren is not a seven-county magistrate, but the court is urging the five ministers to tell Tongzhi the horse …"
After some greetings and everyone seated, Wang Peng did not hesitate to directly tell his intention to buy food.
See always open the old man was silent Wang Peng eyebrows a wrinkly bad tone asked "Zhou Lao don’t have any difficulty …"
Recognize that Wang Peng has changed his climate. Master Zhou hurriedly said, "Wang Daren, I have no problem here … it’s the second child who regrets that we finally met an adult with a sincere company commander. Not only that, but the second child also regrets that he has two children. If only he could have the kindness of an adult with a company commander …"
"Two gentlemen … what’s going on here? If Zhou Lao doesn’t mind, tell me about it …" Wang Peng asked thoughtfully with a bright eye.
After a long sigh from Zhou Lao’s mouth, he didn’t hide anything. He told the story about the dispute just now, and then said to Wang Peng with a wry smile on his face, "Let adults laugh. It’s all a little second religion …"
Wang Peng shook his head and comforted, "Zhou Lao, you worry too much. So do the two men. There’s nothing wrong with the whole Zhou family trying to make some mistakes …"
Seeing that Zhou Lao’s feelings are becoming more and more dim, Wang Peng’s temper suddenly turned and continued, "But Zhou’s current dilemma must be solved … I won’t say much about Zhou’s good name among the people over the years. For Zhou’s conscience firm, our company commanders said that we must help solve it if we have difficulties …"
"Before I came to Zhoufu, the company commanders’ adults have already brought me ways to help Zhoujia survive this dilemma. Not only that, but our company commanders’ adults also said that it is very possible for Zhou Lao to seize this opportunity and develop Zhoujia Business into the first grain merchant in Datong House rather than the first grain merchant in Datong House …"
Chapter two hundred and ten Make a name for yourself
"The first grain merchant …" When I heard these words, Master Zhou was directly intimidated.
However, when sitting in front of him, Wang Peng didn’t give him too much reaction, but continued to ask, "I don’t know what kind of person Zhou Lao thinks our company commanders are …"
"Company commanders’ adult …" Zhou Lao reacted from the shock and quickly said with the wave.
"Wang Daren, you’re here to make fun of the second child … the second child is a businessman. I dare not evaluate the third courtyard. If the company commanders know it, don’t let the second child head."
Wang Pengxiao smiled and answered, "Zhou Lao, I promise you that no matter what you say today, I will forget everything except your Zhou family door … Don’t care if you say anything …"
"This …" When I heard that, Master Zhou hesitated directly.
However, when he thought of what Wang Peng just said, "the first grain merchant", he still got up the courage and said
"Wang Daren, if you have to let the second child say that the second child said it … I think our company commanders are a very rare generalship and love the people … because everything has been proved after he came to our Datong mansion. In addition, from the perspective of the second child, the company commanders are still a very ambitious person …"
Master Zhou said here to shut up and stop talking directly.
After Wang Peng nodded thoughtfully, he continued, "Since Zhou Lao has ten good officers in our company commanders’ eyes … I wonder if Master Zhou wants to play for the company commanders’ adults …"
"To be more direct, Master Zhou helped the company commanders’ adults to do business and sell and buy all kinds of urgently needed materials as a business …"
"Official businessmen … official businessmen …" Master Zhou’s face once again showed a heartfelt shock expression, and a pair of eyes stared at him intensely. Wang Peng hoped that Wang Peng could give himself an explanation.
Master Zhou looked at Wang Peng and nodded firmly. Then he affirmed to Master Zhou, "Yes, it is an official businessman … If Master Zhou is willing to work for adults, I believe that the company commanders will never be stingy with an official position, otherwise I will not directly change from a seven-county magistrate to a five-knowledge …"
At this moment, Master Zhou’s shocked expression is gone, but he shows a look of disbelief. Of course, Master Zhou’s eyes have seen Wang Peng’s heartfelt desire …
Yes, it’s the desire, the desire to be an official …
Since the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Great Dynasty has divided the Chinese people into categories that can be called cover. For example, if Master Zhou’s ancestors were businessmen, he could be a businessman for generations without the slightest possibility of becoming an official.
Of course, this is not the most important thing.
For these businessmen, although they hold a lot of money in their hands, they have no political status at all, even worse than ordinary people, that is to say, they have no way to enjoy the money, and they are also regarded as traitors to businessmen in agriculture, industry and commerce …
Although these businessmen are rich, they want to get rid of this industry from the bottom of their hearts and become a society that people admire and respect scholars …
For master Zhou, what he has been doing is to get rid of the title of rape and not business.
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