Because Jingu Hall is in Changguo and Shenjiamen rice market, Deng Qiuzhong is now Pu Shougen's guest Pu Shougen wants to grasp the situation of Changguo and Shenjiamen rice market through Jingu Hall.

During the all-night dinner banquet last night, Pu Shougeng even asked carefully and finally entrusted Deng Qiuzhong to find out the amount of grain stored in Changguo and Shen's family. He also vaguely revealed his intention to make a big move in the rice and grain transaction.

"Zong Lian, what do you mean by this surname Pu? What is the best way to do in this rice and grain business? Can it be compared with the sea trade?"

When he got into the carriage, Deng Qiushan discussed the sale of rice and grain with his cousin. In contrast to the stout Deng Qiuzhong, Deng Qiushan was slender and not old, only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and was just a pale and thin young man. Apart from being familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, he seemed to have no other skills. Jiang Wanli used him as an aide. He probably wanted to sell the rice and grain from Jiangxi for a good price through the relationship between Jin Gutang.

However, Deng Qiushan is from Changguo, and his wife is the young lady who is a family member. He still knows that the sea trade makes money, and he also knows the Pu family in Quanzhou.

Deng Qiuzhong said: "Marine trade is not something that anyone can do. If you want to run to the sea, you must keep a group of dead soldiers!"

"Private death warriors? Isn't this like a rebellion?" Deng Qiushan was shocked. He probably didn't tell him that his wife had never told him that the house was still in a state of sanity and was raising thousands of dead.

"Uh, what's going on." Deng Qiuzhong smiled and said, "not only do you have to raise dead soldiers, but you also have to equip paper armor, military crossbows, and thunder on the sea boat..."

"Privately hiding armor, military crossbows, and heavenly thunder are all death sentences!"

"It's a death sentence! But without these things, you will definitely be robbed when you go out to sea! You can't wait for the court to pursue your life and goods, your life and goods have been sent."

Deng Qiuzhong looked at his younger brother for a while, then smiled and said, "Now the dead soldiers, military crossbows, sky thunder and warships of the Pu family are gone, and they are all wiped out by Chen Dexing. So they can't do sea trade, they can only do rice and grain business."

"He is also a loyal minister." Deng Qiushan nodded. Of course, he knew that Pu Shougeng had a bad thing. "But look at Pu Shougeng's pomp, it seems to be a big maritime merchant. How could he have such a rich rice merchant? How much foundation does the Pu family have in their Pu family? How can they afford such expenses?"

Of course, the profits of selling rice and grain cannot be compared with those of the maritime trader, so the hand noodles of rice merchants cannot be compared with those of the maritime trader.

Deng Qiuzhong smiled and said, "The Pu family is doing big business. Now they want to do rice and grain business... I'm afraid they won't be willing to make small fuss. There will definitely be some storms in the Jiangnan rice market."

"Storm? This rice and grain are the foundation for stability in the world!" Deng Qiushan frowned, "The court will not ignore it, right?"

Deng Qiuzhong shook his head slightly, "It's hard to say..."

"Zong Lian, then should we write articles in the tabloids and appeal?"

"No, it's too early..." Deng Qiushan said, "I don't know what the Pu family wants to do now, let alone what the above meaning! This article cannot be written randomly, otherwise it will cause trouble."

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"Haiyun, what do you want to do?"

In the flower hall of Haiyun Hall, Pu Shousheng, who had sneaked back to the Central Plains at some point, was frowning and asking questions.

The person he asked about was of course Pu Shougeng. In the huge flower hall, there were only these two brothers. Two cups of tea, and there was no heat. I don’t know how long it had been left there, but no one came to change it.

Pu Shougeng smiled and said, "I am a businessman, of course I want to make money."

"By selling rice and grain?"

"It's just about speculating on rice and grain! Master Jia has already allowed me to let go... Xinquan, do you think this rice and grain may be sold out?"

"How to fry? The rice and grain are so much... I have at least 20 million stones of wealth this year!"

"Isn't it just 20 million guan... If you use a small appointment to lock the warehouse, it will only be 2 million guan. The Baifan merchant in Quanzhou alone has less than 30 million guan! Not to mention the gentry and wealthy merchants in Jiangnan. Although there is a lot of rice and grain, it is nothing compared to the money in the hands of everyone."

Of course, the merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty were rich, and the maritime merchants were rich, and officials and merchants were also rich. No matter how much rice and grain were, they were just a plate of 20 to 30 million yuan. However, the money in the hands of various wealthy merchants and literati and literati were calculated at 1 billion yuan!

You should know that the fiscal revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty has even exceeded that of the Qing Dynasty 1,900 years ago! And most of the revenue comes from commercial taxes. Behind such a prosperous business, there is naturally a huge amount of currency. However, since the Song Dynasty did not have a huge banking industry, a large amount of currency was hidden in the cellar, which caused a "money shortage", that is, deflation. Due to the money shortage, the issuance of paper money... However, no matter whether there is a money shortage on the market, the wealthy merchants in the Southern Song Dynasty were too much money to count.

To make a figurative metaphor, the grain market of the Southern Song Dynasty was a small-cap stock with a total of 20 million plates, while the spare money of the wealthy families in the Southern Song Dynasty was as high as one billion or even two billion!

If a portion of this billion and two billion spare money can be invested in grain speculation, what is a plate of 20 million stones?

The reason why there has been no large-scale speculation in the past is not because everyone does not understand this principle, but because the Confucian-controlled court has always paid more attention to stabilizing grain prices. And it is not very reasonable. If the grain merchants below oversell the grain prices, they will be dying.

"I know that this rice and grain can be fried. If our Pu family is prosperous, our family can increase the rice price of Song State several times with the strength of our family."

Pu Shousheng sighed as he spoke and glared at his younger brother with some resentment. If Pu Shougeng and Chen Dexing had not competed for the power of the sea, the Pu family would not have been destroyed to the point where only a few million yuan of yuan remained.

He shook his head, suppressed his dissatisfaction with his younger brother, and said, "Who is Jia Sidao? We have offered him a lot in the past, but what is the result? Haiyun, I'd better listen to my brother's words and don't trek into this muddy water again. We are businessmen and can't be Lu Buwei!"
Chapter completed!