Che Jiuming said, "Then I can pledge the grain, right? Don't tell me that the 800,000 shi of grain in my hand is not worth a million taels of mortgage?"
Shopkeeper Liu Da euphemistically replied, "Nowadays, the price of grain is in chaos. Our bank cannot be sure where it will end up, so we cannot accurately estimate the value of the grain in your hand."
In fact, what this means is that the food on hand is not enough to borrow one million taels of silver from the bank.
Che Jiu Ming laughed angrily, "It's hard to estimate? Is the food worthless? No matter what, if I put 800,000 shi of food here, it should be worth 1.8 million taels at the end of the day."
"You have a cup of tea to calm down first, and let us discuss this with the bank."
Che Jiuming hummed. He wanted to leave, but he also knew that at this critical juncture, it was not the time to be willful.
In the end, Liu's Bank finally agreed to lend Che Jiu Ming 800,000 taels of silver, but he needed the grain on hand as collateral.
After thinking about it, Che Jiuming agreed.
A contract was drawn up.
When signing the pledge, shopkeeper Liu Da reminded Che Jiuming, "President Che, if the price of grain drops in the future, the grain in your hands will depreciate. If the total value is less than 800,000 taels, we have the right to forcibly confiscate and sell the mortgage the power of things.”
Shopkeeper Liu felt it was necessary to make this clear to him.
Che Jiu Ming: "That's ridiculous!"
After Che Jiuming signed, Liu's Bank began to lend money. His men soon came to transport the money away. After that, Che Jiuming also left Liu's Bank.
What Che Jiuming didn't know was that half an hour later, Liu Yanqing, the shopkeeper of Liu Da, went to Luoyang next door with the contract they signed.
When distinguished guests come to visit, Ji Wuyin naturally has to treat them with good tea.
Everyone runs a bank, and Nanyang and Nandi are not far apart. The Ji family and the Liu family have some old friendships. It's just that the boundary of Xuchang, Yuzhou is the Liu family's home field.
"Old Ji, you are awesome." Liu Yanqing gave him a thumbs up. Ji Wuyin really managed to anticipate the enemy.
Before Che Jiuming went to Liu's Bank again to borrow money, Ji Wuyin had greeted Liu Yanqing.
Ji Wuyin told Liu Yanqing that although Liu's bank would lend money to Che Jiuming, it would require the other party to use food as collateral.
The money belonged to the Ji family. After the incident was over, Ji Wuyin promised to give the Liu family bank one hundred thousand taels and complete the delivery within two months.
Ji Wuyin did this just by borrowing the name of Liu's Bank. And their Liu's Bank easily got one hundred thousand taels.
Liu's Bank is naturally willing to do so. In business, if there is money to be made, why wouldn't they?
Ji Wuyin smiled and said nothing. It was not that he was powerful, but Mrs. Qin Liu was.
These plans and predictions were made by Mrs. Qin Liu, and he only implemented and improved them.
But it is undeniable that this business war inspired him a lot, and he learned a lot from it.
Presumably after the Nanyang incident is over, he will have a better understanding of the business world.
Lu Songli had indeed expected this. In later generations, this move would be equivalent to adding leverage to Che Jiuming's financing.
Seeing Ji Wuyin's confident look, Liu Yanqing mourned for Che Jiuming in his heart. The two armies faced each other, and it was obvious that Ji Wuyin's side was more skilled.
He knew a little bit about the inside story. The reason why Che Jiuming worked so hard was because he wanted to make a big profit. In addition, he also wanted to use this to build up connections with Chang'an.
But now it is obvious that Che Jiuming is going to be tricked to death.
Liaoxi County, Yixian County
"Mr. Xue, what should we do?" Yue Shu asked.
Brother Ning Chang next to him, as a scholar, was also very angry, mainly because the actions of the county governor Lu Yiliang were so unreasonable!
I heard that if they go to Beizhen from Yixian County, they can enter the territory of Liaodong County. In other words, they are only one county away from Liaodong County. Unexpectedly, they were stopped outside the house.
"Don't worry, let's wait on the spot. I've already sent the news back. Our Lord Sheriff will take care of it. He should be on his way here."
Xue Xu glanced at the officers and soldiers surrounding them, and then thought about the 7,000 people trained by Qin Sheng.
If he really charged, Lu Yiliang's small body might not be able to resist him.
The thought of this made him happy.
Yue Shu nodded.
"Let everyone rest on the spot first. Eat, drink and rest when it's time to rest and recuperate." Xue Xu looked away. They just didn't want the situation to escalate, but they weren't afraid of him, Lu Yiliang.
"become!"
Waiting for the order to "rest on the spot", more than 20,000 people began to divide work and cooperate skillfully. The scene was very spectacular.
There were many people watching. They pointed at the grain carts stacked in the middle of the large army and asked, "What is that?"
"Food."
"So much food? I'm afraid it's a full 20,000 dan, right?"
"Well, I heard that it was brought back from the Southland. It was said that there were one hundred thousand dan at the beginning, but now there is only this little left."
"The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is really capable."
"They actually ate 80,000 shi on the way? The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is really willing to give up."
"This Liaodong Chamber of Commerce has always been generous."
The common people had rarely seen so much food. Seeing so much food, they had an impulse in their hearts to move to Liaodong County.
After more than 20,000 people had eaten and drank, the officers and soldiers of Liaoxi County came towards them and said to the victims in the south, "Everyone, you have traveled a long way to Pingzhou and thanked you for your hard work. Let's go and take you to settle down." "
Xue Xu raised his eyebrows. Is the fox's tail exposed?
But after the officers and soldiers finished speaking, no one in the large army moved.
"You mean we can leave?" The person on their side asked bluntly.
The leader of the officers and soldiers tried his best to smile, "Actually, our Liaoxi County is also pretty good."
"We came all the way from the south to see Liaodong Academy. What do you mean by blocking the road and refusing to let us pass?" Ning Changge asked with a straight face, and his bookish air made people dare not look down upon him.
The leader of the officers and soldiers was speechless.
But the victims of the disaster in the south would not let him go. They all gathered around him innocently and asked, "You said your Liaoxi County is good, but do you have cheap food here?"
“Is there any cheap and good soap?”
"Is there a supply of cheap meat and eggs from time to time?"
"Does Liaoxi County have as much work as Liaodong County?"
"The most important thing is, is there a fire pit? We southerners are afraid of the cold."
Being questioned by so many people, the leader of the officers and soldiers hesitated and shouted in his heart, sir, who are these people you are provoking!
Someone muttered, "Look, you Liaoxi County has nothing, and you still want to force us to stay and suffer with you?"
Along the way, people from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce would tell them about the lives of the people in Liaodong County from time to time, which made them yearn for Liaodong County.
If Liaoxi County hadn't stopped them, they wouldn't have felt like they could go or not, stay or not.
But as soon as the incident in Liaoxi County happened, they immediately became rebellious. They are all Dali's land and they are all Dali's people, why shouldn't they be allowed to pass?
