Great Song Pirate

Chapter 151 A Broken Ship Merchant (Ask for Monthly Ticket Support Today)
Because Li Mutian was going to be busy with his business, he placed Xu Yi and the others in a pretty good inn not far away, and left two young men who were familiar with the situation in Yangzhou to accompany Xu Yi and the others. He took his goods to his shop, and made an appointment to entertain Xu Yi and the others in a famous restaurant in Yangzhou at night.

Seeing that Yiqing and Cuiyu were also tired, Xu Yi let them rest in the inn, leaving two subordinates to take care of them, and took Li Bo and others out of the inn without taking a car. On the street, after asking the two young men of the Li family, they walked towards the west of the city under their leadership, and when they came to a street, a young man said, "Mr. Xu, this is Yangzhou. Grain Store Street is here, basically all the product numbers of major grain merchants in Yangzhou are here!"

Li Bo walked all the way, with question marks on his forehead, and finally couldn't bear to ask: "Young shopkeeper! I have always wanted to ask you, it is not easy for us to come to Yangzhou, why do you suddenly think of running here?" Look at the price of grain on Liangzhan Street? You don’t want to do grain business, do you?”

Xu Yi nodded and said: "I think this grain business is a good business. We put so much money away for use. Are we waiting for them to give birth to a son in the warehouse? Hehe!"

Li Bo really didn't understand now, so he asked in a low voice: "We are doing so many businesses. Although the grain business is also a business, after all, the military disaster has subsided in the past two years, and grain prices are stable. Even if we do this business, we may not be able to make much profit? What's more, even if we buy food here, where will we sell it?"

Xu Yi laughed and shook his head, "I won't tell you this first. I buy grain and no one will sell it. I can make a fortune just by saving it. I don't know if you believe it or not?"

Li Bo shook his head and couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Xu Yi's gourd. Seeing that Xu Yi refused to say it immediately, he stopped asking. Anyway, in his opinion, Xu Yi would never make a loss-making business. He thought Naturally, he has his own ideas when doing grain business, and he always does things unexpectedly. Maybe he will come up with a good idea again, so let's have a look first before discussing it. So he nodded and said: "Master Shao always does things unexpectedly, I don't think so." Come out, but I believe you always have a reason for doing so!"

Xu Yi followed the Li family's servant to a store and began to inquire about the price of grain.

The main thing sold here is rice, unlike the north that eats more wheat and soybeans. The price of rice varies according to its color. Generally, rice is 450 ren per stone. Converted to silver in the Song Dynasty, one tael of silver is roughly worth 66 ren of copper coins. That is to say, one tael of silver can roughly buy four or five shi of rice. If Song Shi is roughly equal to [-] kilograms, the price of rice per kilogram is about six or seven copper coins. It is not too expensive to calculate in RMB in the future. This price is fair. It seems that Song people have reached a considerable height in land development and utilization, and there is not a shortage of food.

After asking some grain stores along the way, Xu Yi also got a general understanding of the current grain price. Rice is about 400 yuan, and the minimum will not be less than [-] yuan. Good rice can be sold for [-] yuan. Xu Yi was very satisfied with the price, so he took Li Bo and the others back to the inn.

After seeing that there was no one else in the room, Li Bo couldn't help but wondered: "I said Master, why are you suddenly interested in grain trading again? We can't do business, why do we have to do this grain business?" ?”

Xu Yi asked Li Bo while drinking tea: "Let me ask you, once the world is in chaos, what will appreciate the fastest?"

After thinking about it, Li Bo said honestly: "I think it should be food! But now it seems that the imperial court has suppressed major rebellions everywhere, and there have been no new large-scale riots in the past two years, and the two The weather is good this year, and there is no shortage of food, so why do we hoard food?"

Xu Yi shook his head and said: "Your view is wrong. Do you still remember what I told you before? Huizong had no way and let treacherous ministers be in power, otherwise there would be no Liangshan riots and Fangla riots. Don't look at it." Now that the riots have been put down for the time being, but he has united with the Kingdom of Jin to deal with the Kingdom of Liao. It's hard to say if we can sit down, once the world is in chaos, the price of food will definitely soar, and what we eat on the island is all food purchased from the land, so let's take advantage of this time, let's not take the opportunity to stock up As for the food, I am afraid that if you want to buy food again at that time, you will have to pay too much!"

Li Bo disagreed with what Xu Yi said. He felt that Xu Yi was a little too pessimistic about the current situation, and what they were doing was robbery at sea. At worst, there would be no food to rob, so why spend money on it? Buy food!So he shook his head and said, "I've heard the big boss say these things. Although our Song army is not strong enough, our number is much larger than that of the Jin country. Even if the Jin country wants to occupy our Great Song territory, I'm afraid it won't be so fast. At worst, when we go out to sea and grab a few grain boats, it will be enough for us to eat, why bother to buy them? Please forgive Li Bo for being stupid, I really can't figure it out!"

Xu Yi knew that he would not believe his own words so easily, but he couldn't tell him that I was from the past, so I should have known about the development of history!So he smiled and said: "Don't worry, if I'm not sure, I won't do this. What I can tell you is that within two years, the Liao Kingdom will surely perish, and within three years, the Jin Kingdom will definitely attack aggressively." Let's Da Song, when the time comes, you will know why I did this!"

Li Bo nodded: "Since you have spotted it, your vision must be stronger than mine. I will just listen to the master, but I also remind you that once the time comes, if the Kingdom of Jin does not attack our Great Song, if we hoard If you look at the amount of grain, these hoarded grains will become old grains, and the price will drop a lot by then!"

Xu Yi smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. I don't plan to hoard a large amount of grain now. I just want to understand the market first. I will start hoarding grain when the price of grain falls again during the autumn harvest. Then I will start hoarding grain. I have to wait until next year to start hoarding food, this is a business that only makes money!"

At this time, the servant of the Li family outside passed a message: "Master Xu, my young shopkeeper has returned, and is waiting for you to eat!"

Xu Yi got up and asked about Yiqing and Cuiyu. Yiqing didn't want to show his true colors, so he refused to go. Xu Yi thought about it. After all, restaurants are places where all kinds of people gather. Once Yiqing's identity is revealed, say Maybe they won't be able to go back to Dulong Island. After having someone arrange meals for them, they took Li Bo and others down the stairs, met Li Mutian who was already waiting in the front hall, left the inn, and went straight to Yangzhou. to the restaurant.

Juyou Building is considered a famous restaurant in Yangzhou. As soon as Li Mutian arrived in Yangzhou, he immediately sent someone to book a room here. As soon as they arrived and reported their names, they were let by Xiao Er to the private room upstairs. Here in Yangzhou There was a casual atmosphere everywhere, Xu Yi also felt very relaxed after entering the restaurant.

When it comes to Yangzhou, Xu Yi knows that there are many famous foods here, such as three-head banquet, Yangzhou steamed stuffed bun, thousand-layer oil cake, and emerald siu mai. As long as the special dishes are served, Xiaoer was overjoyed after hearing that, it seemed that he had met a rich owner, so he immediately went downstairs to collect, and after a while, all kinds of delicious dishes were delivered to the room continuously. Well-deserved reputation, all kinds of dishes here are excellent in color, fragrance and taste, everyone's mouths are full of oil, and they are very addicted.

During the meeting, it was necessary to talk about current affairs, so Xu Yi didn't say any more. Anyway, the wheel of history is still rolling forward. Even if he said that the Northern Song Dynasty would perish in a few years, no one would believe it. Hearing this, if he sues the government again, it will be bad luck for him to be punished, so no matter what Li Mutian said, he just shook his head and said to wait and see, Tong Guan is probably going to Yanyun and other places in high spirits right now!

The more Xu Yi didn't talk about it, the more Li Mutian felt itchy, so he toasted Xu Yi with a wine glass: "Brother Xu, why won't he talk about the current situation today? I like to hear Brother Xu talk about these things the most. Just say a few more words!"

Xu Yi smiled and said: "I said Mutian, you are also the shopkeeper of the Li family now, why do you care about the current situation if you don't do business well? What should happen will always happen, haven't we already made a bet?" Just look at it, this place is a place full of people, let's not invite another Mr. Zhao! I still remember what happened last time. Fortunately, Mr. Zhao didn't have any malicious intentions, otherwise, I'm afraid you I can't even escape!"

Li Mutian had no choice but to nod, knowing that what Xu Yi said was very true, so he didn't mention it any more. After a banquet, they all ate happily. Originally, Li Mutian wanted to invite Xu Yi to go shopping in the flower street, but Xu Yi didn't like it. Tiao Tiao, for fear of accidentally winning the bid and getting some unclean disease, so he said that after a tiring day, everyone should go to bed early. After ordering a few of the most delicious special dishes, they packed them up and prepared to take them back to the inn for Yiqing There was also green jade to taste, and everyone got up and went downstairs to settle accounts and prepare to go back to rest.

As soon as I got downstairs, I heard that the place was very lively. Two waiters pulled a man to prevent him from leaving. They saw that the man smelled of alcohol, staggered and couldn't stand upright. It seemed that he had drunk too much. I only heard Xiaoer say with a smile on his face: "I said shopkeeper Wu! If you are also an old customer of our Juyou Building, you also know our rules here. We can't pay on credit! Or you should go ahead How about paying your drink money before leaving?"

The person who became shopkeeper Wu breathed out the smell of alcohol, pushed away the little girl who was pulling him, and said with a wide eye: "You guys, am I, Wu Quanshui, the kind of person who doesn't pay back his debts? Today I just forgot to bring money when I came, and I will give it to you when I come next time, are you still worried that I won’t give you money for the drinks?”

Xiaoer is also considered to be good-tempered, and continued to say with a smile: "It's not that I don't believe you, shopkeeper Wu! I also work for our shopkeeper, so don't make things difficult for me. The last few times you ate here I still owe it! If I don’t pay this time, I won’t be able to explain to our shopkeeper! Or you can just settle the meal money for this time first, and wait for your next meal money for the last few times. You can tie it up when you come!"

"You guys are too ignorant of flattery. Didn't you hear me say that you forgot to bring money this time? Anyway, I also spent a lot of money with you before. Can I not give you such a little meal money? Here I'm going to get out of here, let me go back quickly!" The shopkeeper Wu pushed the Xiao Er aside vigorously, and was about to leave the restaurant with staggering steps, but the Xiao Er accidentally bumped into a stool behind him and fell a somersault .

Xu Yi hated this kind of person who lost his temper after drinking, so he planned to bypass him and go out. At this time, the person staggered and bumped into Xu Yi. Li Bo stretched out his hand and immediately pushed him away. He fell a somersault and struggled on the ground, unable to get up for a while, Xu Yi didn't bother to look at him, turned around and was about to leave the restaurant.

The Xiaoer who fell was also anxious now, got up and grabbed the shopkeeper Wu's lapel, turned his face and yelled: "I said Wu Quanshui, I only did it because you used to be our regular customer. Don’t be ashamed of your persuasive words! Can we not know if you have money or not? If you say that you are a big shipyard, you can be regarded as the leader of our Yangzhou, but you have already lost the boat for gambling. We lost everything in the game, who in Yangzhou doesn’t know about you? We are still here to support the university, and none of us don’t know if you have money? If you have money, will your craftsmen surround your house every day to beg for wages? Hurry up and settle the two wine bills with us, or you won’t even think about leaving today! Follow me to the official!” As he said this, he wanted to get rough on the shopkeeper Wu, and many diners here They all cast contemptuous glances at the shopkeeper Wu.

Xu Yi was about to leave the restaurant, but after hearing the scolding from the little girl, Xu Yi stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look over.

"Little Er! Don't be rude, I have something to ask you!" Xu Yi suddenly said to this Xiaoer.

When Xiaoer was about to talk about the surname Wu, he heard someone dissuade him, so he looked up at Xu Yi, and saw Xu Yi's extraordinary appearance, and the clothes on his body, and he had just come down from the private room upstairs , immediately saw that he was a rich owner, so he didn't dare to neglect, quickly let go of the hand holding the neck of the shopkeeper Wu, stood up, patted the dust on his body, and said respectfully: "I surprised you just now, and I'm afraid you can't do anything." It's because we didn't take good care of this bastard, if you have anything to ask, just ask!"

(End of this chapter)