Is he crazy?

Must be crazy!

Another crazy one...

Yao Daqiao's ecstasy was rewarded with a few sympathetic looks.

This is understandable! Because everyone knew by looking at his official appearance that he was a profiteer. profiteers generally put their land in the name of respected gentry to evade taxes, so they did not have land deeds.

Without a land deed, you cannot get compensation!

Moreover, the gentry who received compensation must give up their official positions and settle in Wuhan, and are not allowed to buy property in their original place. All properties and shops in their original place must also be given up!

This means that profiteers no longer have a local protective umbrella. Without a protective umbrella, they will naturally not be able to recover the loan sharks they have given out at high interest rates.

The losses are so huge that many profiteers with limited financial resources can go bankrupt...it's easy to go crazy, and there are probably many who jump into the Yangtze River because they can't think of it!

Ye Jiaxin was frightened when he saw Yao Daqiao - these were his parents in Wuchang, so don't really go crazy... So he quickly dragged him to the Hanyang Gate, thinking of putting him

Pull him over and let the sisters-in-law comfort him.

Yao Daqiao was dragged so hard by him that he could only stagger along. Ye Jiaxin was a rich farmer, and he was full of strength. Although Yao Daqiao was fat, he was just puffy. How could he get away?

When the two arrived at Hanyang Gate, Yao Daqiao found the opportunity to take out his arm, rubbing it and complaining: "What are you doing? Why are you anxious? You haven't seen the notice yet... This is an opportunity to make a fortune!"

"Getting rich?" Ye Jiaxin was on the verge of crying, "Getting rich? It's all gone..."

His land was all stored in other people's names, and he didn't have a land deed, so he couldn't get any compensation.

Yao Daqiao patted his chest, "Here I am! I still have money... You come with me, let's find a restaurant to have a drink. Brother, I'm happy. Let's talk while drinking!"

Ye Jiaxin didn't look like he was crazy, so he followed him to a tavern, ordered some food and drinks, and started talking while drinking.

"You should tidy up when you get back. Let's set off together and follow the prince's warship!"

Ye Jiaxin asked: "What are you doing following the military ship?"

"Harvesting rice! I have built a few boats with a capacity of 500 tons these days, which can transport three to four thousand kilos of rice." Yao Daqiao said with a smile, "Didn't you say that Hubei's harvest was good last year? Last year's harvest was good, and again

No one is going to collect rent, and the trade routes have been cut off. Hubei farmers must have a lot of rice on hand now. Let’s buy it quickly... If we wait until today, the notices posted outside Hanyang gates are posted everywhere, the price of rice will

It will definitely increase a lot. Let’s go to your hometown, Jing County, to collect rice!”

"Yes!" Ye Jiaxin is a rich farmer, and of course he is also a traitor (rich farmers are also businessmen), "How could I forget... The prince wants the farmers in Hubei to redeem their fields, so that the rice in their hands will have a place to go?"

, so the price of rice must have gone up!”

Yao Daqiao thought thoughtfully and said: "Now the rice merchants from the southeast have sailed to Wuhan... We will sell the rice immediately after returning from transporting it, and then divide it into two roads. I will collect the rice. You can

Bring some money and go to Huainan to buy wheat seeds, rice seeds, cattle, and hire strong laborers!"

"Buying wheat seeds, rice seeds, cattle, and hiring laborers is for... renting land?"

Yao Daqiao nodded: "That's right! It's renting land... If it weren't for the prince's method of redeeming land with rice, a lot of land in Hubei would have been abandoned in the next few years. Because Li Zicheng planned to equalize the land.

The method is too crude, and many farmers who have divided their fields may not be able to cultivate it.

If there is no pressure to pay for the land, they may not rent it out. But now they will definitely rent it, and the rent will not be too high, because Hubei has just been in chaos and has a much smaller population, so there must not be many people willing to rent land for farming.

"

Li Zicheng's plan for handing over land was only to "grant the land", without sharing any extravagant wealth - all the extravagant wealth was taken away by Li Zicheng and his old camp soldiers, including cattle and farm tools (farm tools were all made of iron and could be used to make weapons, or they could be given to the old camp soldiers).

Bing's own farm). Therefore, in the four prefectures of Jingzhou, Chengtian, De'an, and Hanyang, there will definitely be a surplus of land and a shortage of agricultural tools, cattle and other production tools.

In addition, the standard for allocating four to five acres of land to a family is also very "rough". Because whether this family is a strong man or a woman or a child, a farmer or a town resident, the officials of the Dashun court did not ask, and they just granted the land indiscriminately.

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Therefore, many farmers who were granted land were actually unable to cultivate it. However, those rich farmers who were good at farming and cultivated a large amount of land suffered heavy losses in Li Zicheng's plan to equalize land, and many even ran away.

Therefore, in the future, the four prefectures of Jingzhou, Chengtian, De'an, and Hanyang in Hubei Province, and perhaps Xiangyang Prefecture, will have a land surplus.

For businessmen like Yao Daqiao who still have some capital, this is an opportunity!

Yao Daqiao calculated: "Let's rent as much as possible, rent contiguous land, and sign a long-term contract... I will pay for the capital, sell the rice and noodles grown, and leave the rest to you. If you make a profit,

We’ll split the money 70/30, I’ll pay 70/30 to you!”

"Okay!" Ye Jiaxin was of course happy. He was now empty-handed and had trouble eating, so he had no right to say no!

However, he was still a little worried and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yao, is it okay for us to follow the prince's warship? Can we follow?"

"Okay!" Yao Daqiao patted his chest, "I have a way!"

His path was Chen Yongxi, the man who went from Shanxi to Li Zicheng as an envoy, and then sneaked to Ji Shan, the prince's palace in Nanjing. Because he spent some time with Li Zicheng, he was transferred to the Xingyuan Army Department by Li Yan.

, followed him to Wuchang together. In Wuchang city, he met Yao Daqiao, who was looking for connections everywhere, and they became fair-weather friends.

But Yao Daqiao would not ask Chen Yongxi for help. Instead, Chen Yongxi would ask him for help...to help buy rice!

It turned out that not long ago, he was transferred to the Jiangdu Remaining Department to serve as a grain depot promotion, and he was also sent to Liu Kongzhao to mobilize rice merchants.

So since May, Chen Yongxi has been begging Yao Daqiao for help. Yao Daqiao looks like he is afraid of death, and must be encouraged by a large reward... He even wants to borrow ten five hundred

(These are the boats he and Ye Jiaxin were talking about) and a large piece of white land on Hanzheng Street - he has the land deed and house deed of Hankou Town, but Hankou Town has been destroyed by the war and must be rebuilt, so the land deed and house deed can be exchanged for white land.

But it's hard to say where it will be transferred. It may not be at the original place, because all the streets in Hankou need to be redesigned and planned.

Yao Daqiao had already made a plan. After receiving the white land on Hanzheng Street, he immediately pledged it to the Salt Merchant Bank, took the money as a deposit to buy cloth and rented a ship, and then used the cloth to exchange for rice. The rice was exchanged for the grain depot of the left-behind secretary.

, this way he can earn a vote, and he will have the capital to do bigger business.

It turned out that this profiteer had been brought to the brink of bankruptcy by Li Zicheng, but he had been trying hard to keep his appearance afloat.

"Chen Tiju, I am really not short of money. I have plenty of money, so why would I be greedy for huge profits? Just to help friends, right? You are a friend, and those big farmers (not just Zhang Jiaxin) are all my friends.

.....We can’t treat them badly!”

In a side room of the Jiangdu Remaining Department, Yao Daqiao, who was waiting to sign a contract with Liu Kongzhao, was not happy at all. He was just sighing and talking to Chen Yongxi who had just been stabbed by him (in fact, it was Zhu Cihong who was killed).

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After Chen Yongxi asked Liu Kongzhao for instructions, he agreed to all the conditions of Yao Daqiao. Now he is quite grateful to Yao Daqiao - he is so rich, but he still takes such a big risk to go to the countryside to buy rice, and he also signed a contract for 200,000 shi of white rice.

The contract is so interesting!

Although Chen Yongxi was brutally slaughtered, he hired a very reliable rice merchant and it was still worth the money, so he has made a contribution and is now in a good mood.

"Don't worry," Chen Yongxi said in Shanxi Mandarin. "With the Navy's warships going with you, what else can happen? And this deal is very stable. As long as you have a way in Hubei, you don't have to worry about not making money."

If I can really buy 200,000 shi of white rice, I can recommend you to become an official in front of Liubei."

"That's really honoring the ancestors. It's great..." Yao Daqiao finally showed a smile. He still wanted an official status. They were all talismans! If he could get the status of an imperial merchant, he would
Chapter completed!