With these 1,200 people stationed outside Tangqi City, Qin Feng had one more opportunity to challenge.
On the other side, Lu Ming also received the letter and personally led a caravan of fifty people, filled with candies produced by Tianjiying's workshop, and would arrive in Tangqi in a few days.
Since it was his first time in Guibao Land and he had a lot of trivial matters, Qin Feng stayed in the shop all day.
It wasn't until night fell and the shop was about to close that Qin Feng was surprised to find that the bustling streets outside had not diminished at all!
At this point, Xiao Xiangxiang was so shocked that she followed Qin Feng and stood at the door of the store to watch the excitement.
The master and the servant were like country bumpkins entering the city, everything they saw seemed new.
"Unexpectedly, really unexpectedly, there is no curfew in Tangqi City and it is still so prosperous at night." Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh.
Xiao Xiangxiang was also so excited that her face flushed: "When we were in Kyoto, although the officials and officials ignored the curfew and wandered around at night, ordinary people did not dare to violate the curfew and took a rest as soon as it got dark. But this Tangqi, actually The doors are open at night, and it is still bustling with people at night, which is countless times more lively than Kyoto."
Jing Qianying didn't know when she appeared next to Qin Feng. She had traveled extensively and had much more experience than Qin Feng. Looking at this scene, she seemed calm and relaxed.
"Tangqi, as the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, has always been like this. If it weren't for the current national war and too many spies in Beidi, it would be even more lively than it is now. Even the merchants on the street would be open until midnight."
What the hell.
Looking at this scene, Qin Feng was a little sad, as if he was brought back some long-lasting memories.
Such a lively night scene reminded Qin Feng of the "night market" in his previous life, and he wished he could open a food stall, barbecue stall or something here right away.
While drinking skewers and drinking, I was bragging and enjoying myself.
Not only Qin Feng, but also everyone around him lamented loudly that he should have come to Tangqi a long time ago, but he missed so much excitement in the first half of his life.
The roar of people made Qin Feng feel excited, and he secretly made up his mind to show off his talents in this city.
But as exciting as it is, we still have to face reality.
Qin Feng silently turned around and returned to the backyard, sitting at the stone table, holding a cattail leaf fan in his left hand and a grape in his right hand, taking a sip from time to time, looking carefree.
At the same time, the Jin Yiwei messenger seemed to appear out of thin air, standing in front of Qin Feng and reporting on Jin Yiwei's investigation of Tang Qi.
"Master Qi, there are four major business names in Tangqi, namely Zhang, Li, Chen, and Wang."
"Zhang's shop mainly sells tea and sugar. Li Ji's shop mainly sells cloth and silk. Chen Ji's shop mainly sells porcelain. And Wang Ji makes a living from grain."
"These four major business houses are very large. If you pick one at random, they are no less than the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce. After all, Kyoto merchants are under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court and are restricted in everything. But Jiangnan merchants don't have so many worries. Money can make all the difference. Pushing the mill, so the scale of business is simply not comparable to that of merchants in Kyoto."
Qin Feng nodded and asked casually: "Where is the Lin family?"
The messenger blurted out: "The Lin family is not among the four major business houses. It is considered a separate group."
"Together, the financial resources of the four major business houses are probably less than one-fifth of the Lin family. The Lin family's business covers tea, sugar, wine, cloth, salt, grain, porcelain, etc. No matter which business, it is enough to crush the four major businesses. Big firms. In other words, these four big firms are just eating some of the leftovers of the Lin family and are pawns of the Lin family."
In this way, all large-scale businesses in this Jiangnan area are more or less related to the Lin family.
Even if you describe the Lin family as "as rich as a country", it is not an exaggeration at all.
Fortunately, Qin Feng already knew the strength of the Lin family, so there was nothing surprising.
Let’s start with these four major companies!
"Wang Ji specializes in grain business? How much grain does he have?"
The messenger turned over the records in his hand and responded in a low voice: "The specific amount has not yet been calculated clearly, but Wang Ji makes a profit of 300,000 taels of silver every year just from the sale of grain. This does not include the grain that Wang Ji hoards. Conservative. It is estimated that the amount of food that Wang Ji can now control is around 100,000 shi."
One hundred thousand stones? !
What a profiteer!
Nowadays, Daliang is suffering from internal and external troubles, famines are constant within the territory, and starvation is everywhere. At the same time, the frontier is confronting Beidi, and the demand for food and grass is increasing day by day.
Now, everyone is worried about food, and one Jiangnan grain merchant alone has one hundred thousand shi of grain in his hands.
I would rather hide the mold than contribute to the country.
How did you say that?
Businessmen pursue profits and are stateless!
As long as it is profitable, businessmen can betray the country without any psychological burden.
Although Qin Feng is also a businessman, he has always adhered to the central idea of "if the country is rich and the people are strong, I will be rich", and he is still at the top of the contempt chain.
Qin Feng narrowed his eyes and hummed: "What is the current market price of food?"
The messenger knew this very well, so he answered without hesitation: "Since the beginning of this year, the grain market has been rising and has reached 20 cents per liter. The price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River is influenced by the Lin family, and is 40 cents per dou, which is twice as high as in the north. . And according to the standard of disaster relief food and military food, it is ten cents per dou."
The purchasing price of disaster relief grains and military grains has always been lower than half of the market price. Firstly, this is to save pressure on the national treasury. Secondly, the shortfall will be made up with reduced taxes or other benefits.
Qin Feng waved his hand, indicating that the messenger could retreat, and then called Ning Hu.
Ning Hu suffered a lot of crimes in Beixi County, and now he finally returned to Qin Feng, looking extremely "carefree". He sat directly on the stone table, crossed his legs, and said proudly: "Brother Qin, if there is nothing serious, Don't delay me from watching the girl at the door. Hey, this girl from Jiangnan is indeed extraordinary, and she is much more generous than our Kyoto women. She doesn't avoid people when walking on the street. "
Qin Feng was amused. The girl didn't avoid people. Is it worth making a fuss about?
The reason why women in Kyoto avoid others is just because of the influence of the national war, and because they are too close to the imperial power, there are relatively many red tapes.
But locally, there is not so much emphasis.
Even in Qin Feng's era, except for the Ming Dynasty, all dynasties in which the Han people were in power had an extremely liberal atmosphere.
The wife is the guide for the husband, the three obediences and the four virtues, and it is absolutely normal for a woman to get divorced and remarry.
But at this time, Qin Feng was not in the mood to look at the girl.
He directly took out a bank promissory note with a face value of 10,000 taels of silver and handed it to Ning Hu.
"Go to Wang Ji's grain store and buy ten thousand shi of grain."
Hearing this, Ning Hu almost fell off the table. He looked down at the banknote and swallowed: "Brother Qin, did you get the wrong money? Ten thousand taels to buy ten thousand stones? What a joke!" "
“Food prices in Jiangnan have always been expensive!”
