Chapter 530: The Women Settle in the Capital (End)
The middle-aged scholar smiled bitterly, "Master, if we can keep the situation under control, the Zhen family will naturally be willing to add fuel to the fire. But now, using the price of grain to disrupt the capital is obviously no longer feasible, so the Zhen family will naturally withdraw. If we can make a fortune from this, why not do it?"
The old man sighed, "How much grain do we have left in the shops in the city now?"
"Shopkeeper Xi said two days ago that our shop and the merchants we have contact with have about 800,000 dan of rice in stock in the city. In addition, there are 800,000 dan at the dock, of which 300,000 are from previous reserves, and the remaining 500,000 dan were purchased from Wu Ming!"
"Then Wu Mingke said, what's the price for the purchase?"
"I remember this Erhu clearly!" Erhu laughed and said, "Boss, that brother Wu Ming said that the grain in the shops inside the city is one tael of silver per stone, and outside the city it's one tael and five cents per stone! If we sell all of it, we can get an extra 300,000 taels of silver. This brother is really a kind man..."
"puff!"
The old man fainted again cleanly and neatly...
The grain in the city was prepared before. Although the price is not low, it is only about one tael and eight cents. However, the grains transported in from outside the city later are all more than three taels. Adding to that the high price of grain from Wu Ming, how much loss will there be?
When the old man woke up again...
Everyone gathered around. The old man sat up bravely. When he saw the scholar about to speak, he quickly waved his hand to stop him. This brother's words were sharper than a knife.
In this way, a group of people sat with the old man all night!
"Altar Master, two to three thousand grain carts have gathered outside the city, waiting to enter, and the price of grain in the city has already dropped to one ounce and seven cents!"
After hearing the man's report, the old man finally let out a long sigh, "Erhu, tell Wu Ming that we have sold all the 1.6 million dan of grain in and outside the city to him."
"Master, can the government office in the city remain closed forever? Why don't we wait a while? Besides, we can transport the grain outside the city, so why should we sell it all to him?" someone asked.
The old man shook his head. "This time we're demonstrating to the imperial court. Before, they were too cautious to act rashly. But now, they have no more worries. We can't take out all that grain. Unless it's all rotten, the imperial court won't stop. It wouldn't be surprising if the government investigated this matter for two years."
"As for the grain outside the city, we can indeed transport it away, but where to transport it? The price of grain in other places is mostly around one tael and eight cents to two taels. Wu Ming gave us one tael and five cents. It would be a waste of money and effort to transport it away, and it might not be as cost-effective as selling it directly like this! Besides, who knows if the court will resort to trickery? If these hundreds of thousands of dan of grain are also lost..."
"Erhu, go and pass on the message!"
In just two days, the grain from the Cao Gang and grain merchants was delivered, and Erhu brought back exactly 2.5 million taels of silver.
It has to be said that Lin Ruhai and others were not good people either. The two sides signed a document. In order to disgust the Cao Gang, they directly asked the soldiers guarding the shop to help transport the grain, and the officials from the Ministry of Revenue who were present directly helped to check it.
Hearing this news, even though the old man had expected it, he fainted again...
In the Dragon Head Palace!
Emperor Longxing swept away the gloom of the past and laughed heartily.
He patted Lin Ruhai on the shoulder and laughed, saying, "Great, great! I never thought that those little girls would actually accomplish such an important task. Great, great, great!"
"Tell those girls that the court owes them money, and I will pay it back in full next spring when the taxes are collected. Furthermore, I will also remember their great achievements this time."
Wu Ming is naturally Daiyu's man, but he is a trusted captain under Shang Yan who was transferred from the Shandong camp!
His original name wasn't Wu Ming, which meant "nameless"! And the Zhen family documents and seals weren't real, but they weren't fake either! Others couldn't get the Zhen family patriarch's documents and seals, but with the Zhen Muring sisters helping him, and the traitor Zhen Baoyu, getting a seal wouldn't be easy, right?
Later, except for a small portion of the grain that was kept for sale in the shop, the rest was directly counted and sold to the court.
Emperor Longxing naturally would not let his daughters-in-law suffer losses, so he directly asked the Ministry of Revenue to set a high price of two taels to buy them all. However, the court was not short of money at the moment, so he could only wait until next spring to make up the outstanding silver.
Today is the day of the Little New Year, and there is joy in the Jia Mansion. However, Daiyu and others gathered in the Ningzheng Hall of the East Mansion.
Everyone had smiles on their faces. Their little daughter was able to accomplish such a great thing, and the joy in their hearts was almost overflowing.
"Sister Feng, have you figured out the accounts?" Daiyu asked with a smile.
"Of course I figured it all out!" Wang Xifeng said with a big laugh.
"I don't need to explain the scattered accounts to you. They are all listed here for your review. During this period, the various adjustments and losses totaled 2.2 million taels of silver. There is also a balance of 1.2 million taels owed to the Kong family and Jiangnan."
"But, since a lot of our 500,000 dan of grain came from Shandong, the average price was only around 2.8 taels. So, we've made a profit of 1.6 million right off the bat. Add to that the 1 million we scammed, and the total is 2.6 million."
"We spent 2.5 million taels of silver on grain, but we sold it directly to the court at a high price and made a profit of one million."
"All in all, not only did we not lose anything, we actually made a huge profit of 1.3 million!"
"The debt owed to Jiangnan and the Kong family was paid yesterday. We now have 3.4 million taels of silver in hand, 200,000 dan of grain in several shops, and the court owes us 3 million taels of paper."
"Even if we sell the grain at a fair price, we can still get back more than 300,000 silver coins!"
Daiyu nodded slightly, then said, "Sister Feng, tomorrow we will allocate 650,000 taels of silver and send it to my aunt!"
"Sister Lin!"
Daiyu took Baochai's hand and said, "Sister Bao, I know that Aunt is not doing this to make money, but to use her family wealth to help us. If she really lost money, how much risk would Aunt have taken? Now that we have made money, it is natural to share the profits. The extra 50,000 taels should be our gratitude to Aunt."
"Sister Feng, how much money has the business owed to the various prefectures in the past two months?"
"The various mansions have about 200,000, and the royal family has 400,000! However, a message came in from the Wang family's mansion earlier, saying that His Majesty said that the royal family's 400,000 should be considered as interest on the millions, and there is no need to send it."
"After the accounts of each government office are settled, we will send all the silver over within the next two days. Although they are all old friends, we can't let them talk behind Third Brother's back! The four hundred thousand from the imperial court will also be sent. His Majesty's reward of several hundred thousand silver is not a small amount, but the imperial treasury is empty now, and Third Brother is still helping the court fight the war. How can we take this money?"
