Chapter 1857

Xiuyan City, as the core of Xiuyan Prefecture, is not only the governor's Yamen, governor's Yamen and other official institutions, but also the magistrate's Yamen of Xiuyan Prefecture. In addition, there are yamen of various departments at the county level.

So many governance centers also make this city extremely prosperous and prosperous.

Even if the drought has shown signs, in Xiuyan city at the moment, there are many dignitaries and dignitaries entertaining relatives and friends, or luxury businessmen gathered in various prefectures and counties go out of various high-end places.

In the West Business District of the city, there is a three storey restaurant in the most prosperous section. In a private room, there are a group of elderly or middle-aged people with gorgeous clothes and rich posture, laughing and drinking and talking.

"Mr. Zhang, after waiting for many years, we finally had a drought in Xiuyan mansion. This time, you Zhangjia will make a big profit again."

A middle-aged man held a wine cup and toasted the old man opposite. The old man surnamed Zhang has the largest grain shop in Xiuyan mansion.

When it comes to grain business, Zhang Yiwen's Zhangjia is definitely in the forefront. Of course, this does not mean that Zhangjia is the first family of Xiuyan. Zhangjia's strength in Xiuyan city is not in the top ten, far inferior to the status of Li Wangjiang, Xu Jiqian and Lu Zhennan in Xuecheng.

This is not surprising. Who cares about the grain business of the top Xiuyan family.

The top aristocratic families play sea trade, or intervene in the salt fields along the coast on the edge of Xiuyan Prefecture.

The top aristocratic family in a state can touch the edge of that level and become the younger brother of that circle, even if it can't compare with Xiao Jichen's family.

Let's say that the Tang family, the first family of Xiuyan, has produced two prefectural governors, one minister and three chamberlains since the Five Dynasties.

Compared with the Xiao family, it is far inferior to the three prime ministers and three Shangshu. Where is it so easy to compare with each other? But the senior officials of the Tang family for several generations also continued. When those senior officials were in office, they basically became important figures around or under the prime minister or the minister.

The Tang family's circle chases the Xiao family. Xiao Jichen can occupy a port in Xuecheng and form a caravan to Rome. The Tang family can also cooperate with important port cities and make a fortune in other countries.

In addition, for example, the Xianghe River and other water systems that spread around the Wangyue Lake connect all parties in Xiuyan Prefecture. As long as Tang controls the river transportation, he is equivalent to the big man who controlled the canals and the transportation channels of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in ancient times. He collects money once a ship. How profitable is that business?

The second family of Xiuyan, the Shen family and the third family, the Liu family, are weaker than the Tang family by a chip or two. Even in the previous hundred years, they may not have not pressed down the Tang family to become the first family of Xiuyan.

Those circles don't care about the small business of grain at all.

This is really a small business. It is said that there is a drought in Xiuyan mansion. If the government really wants to relieve the victims, is it difficult? It's not hard at all! Even if Xiuyan Prefecture is located in the most central part of the whole island, the river extends in all directions, and the transport fleet travels to and from one state. It is easy to mobilize a batch of grain from other regions and state capitals without natural disasters.

Don't forget, this is an area with three crops a year. If you sprinkle seeds on an acre of land, you can harvest more than 600 kg. Moreover, the three major islands of Lu are almost all plains, and the land is very fertile. If it weren't for too many exorbitant taxes and levies, even if those tenant farmers shared three or seven points with the landlords, they can feed a family.

The grain of the state of Lu has always been a subsistence for the common people. The warehouse of the powerful gentry is almost full of grain and moldy there.

With the middle-aged smile, Zhang Yiwen's face full of wrinkles and senile spots also piled up a provincial smile, "Hey, it's not easy to eat a mouthful of grain rice. I'm not as big as your Wang Yao family. I earn a lot in brothels and casinos on weekdays."

"We Zhangjia also count on this little grain to earn a little in good or bad years."

As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged Wang Yao opposite almost laughed. He is also one of the major grain merchants in Xiuyan. However, the grain business is only a fraction of the Wang family's business, far from making money from his brothels and casinos. However, the Zhangjia where Zhang Yiwen is located opposite has accumulated tens of thousands of mu of good farmland almost outside the city.

Is this making a little money? Talking about the number of farmland, Zhangjia has more than Xiuyan Tang, Shen and Liu! Although the top aristocratic families have long ignored agricultural profits and turned to commercial capital, few people can ignore the local wealth like Zhang Yiwen.

In this private room of the restaurant, except Zhang Yiwen and Wang Yao, others are also representatives of grain merchants of Xiuyan mansion. It is just that those people are not as good as the two, and they have become two circles around them.

Wang yaocai said, "Mr. Zhang, we don't need to be modest. It's not easy to get rich, but we should take it well. I hope we can form an alliance and make the market together."

"Then, I also hope that when I meet people who can't live and sell themselves, if old Zhang accepts much more young beauties, he will transfer them to me."

If the grain price is completely raised, even if there will be plenty of rain in the next season, which can turn the next farming period into a bumper harvest, 80% or 90% of the people still have no surplus food because of the existence of heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes. What do you eat without food during the three or four month waiting period? If you can't live, you can only sell children and women, sell yourself, and turn a good person into someone else's slave.

Zhang Yiwen lost his smile. Does Wang want a young and beautiful woman? Nonsense, he has a huge brothel industry and doesn't want many beautiful women. How can he develop and operate?

After laughing, he gently tapped the armrest of the seat, "what can I get?"

Who is too many young and beautiful women? Even if Zhangjia doesn't open a brothel, isn't it good for Zhangjia's many descendants to keep more beautiful servant girls in the house and give them to Zhangjia's children at any time?

As a local rich man, Zhang Yiwen also attaches great importance to the prosperity of people. Zhang Yiwen is the owner of the family. He also has five sons and three daughters.

Grandchildren? Together, there are more than twenty Zhang's sons and concubines, and there are several great grandchildren.

Although Zhangjia is only the Xiuyan giant beyond the 10th place, there are not only big houses in the mansion city, but also a huge Zhang manor outside the mansion city, which is built like a fortress. Ding servant of the elite family can easily pull up thousands of people. No matter how despised Tang and Shen are, it doesn't affect Zhang Yiwen's pride and pride.

In his laughter, Wang yaocai said, "don't old Zhang know that the group of Mo farmers who built Lishui in Xiuyan are back?"

"As long as Mr. Zhang agrees, among the slaves he bought, the young woman let me choose first. I can guarantee that I will do more in the follow-up against the Mohist school."

Zhang Yiwen's face changed greatly, "are they back? Damn it, if the inkers join in, let's..."

After we finished, he said in surprise, "how dare you fight against Mohism?"

He really doesn't believe in Wang Yao. Even if he can dominate Xiuyan mansion, he is still just a local tyrant against Mohism? You can't lend him ten courage.

Wang Yao laughed. "Of course, it's impossible to confront head-on. I have other means and am waiting for the Mohist school."

Zhang Yiwen thought for a few breaths and said decisively, "as long as you dare to do it, I will promise you."

The Mohist family has a terrible reputation and is far from being comparable to ordinary local tyrants. If the Mohist family came back and wanted to lower food prices, Zhang Yiwen asked himself, if he wanted to counsel, he could only miss the opportunity to make a big fortune, but Wang Yao wanted to take the lead... What about giving him the opportunity to lead?

His words are tantamount to admitting that Wang Yao is the leading brother of all grain merchants in the drought, and Zhang Jia will be subordinate.