At night, the Liang Family Courtyard is very quiet. Courtyards like this facing the river are mostly villas of wealthy gentry outside the city, which often symbolize the prosperity of their family businesses. In previous years, every summer,

Those wealthy gentry in the city would come to their villas outside the city to enjoy the rare refreshment and the leisurely life of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence.

Of course, as the family business declines, the first thing to be sold is the villa outside the city and the land around the villa. The villa, for many wealthy gentry in the city, is also a kind of safe investment. Although

The Liang family has long been in decline, but this courtyard is still in good order. However, not many people know that before the end of last year, the owner of this courtyard near the river changed.

"Second brother, when I return to my hometown, I will leave everything to you."

In the study, Fan Sanba looked at his second brother and warned him.

"Don't worry, brother, I know what to do."

Although he is the second young master of the Fan family, Fan Sanlun has always listened to his elder brother's orders like a yes man. He has no choice. After all, an elder brother is like a father. What's more, when his father is away these years, the elder brother has made the final decision in the family business. He

Just obey.

"It's not that we know or don't know, but we must not make any mistakes. These millions of stones of grain may not be worth much when we bought them, but when spring begins, these grains will be life-saving for the people of the capital. This time Prince Rui enters

Pass, all along the canal, dozens of large and small granaries along the river were destroyed by the military. There was not much food left in the granaries. At least before today's Jiangnan Cao grain came to Beijing, millions of soldiers and civilians in the capital wanted to survive.

, you must have food. By then, this food will be expensive..."

While sighing, Fan Sanba walked to the window, opened it, looked at the mountains of food piled up in the courtyard, and couldn't help but sigh.

"There are grains here and there, and they are clearly mountains of silver!"

As a businessman, Fan Sanba always only has interests in his eyes. It is for this reason that he and his father made a plan to provide the Qing army with a defensive void in the pass. The officers and soldiers were in Jingxiang and other places.

The information about the suppression of the bandits led the Qing troops to join the bandits. It seemed that the Fan family did not get much in return from the burning, killing and looting. But in fact, Fan Sanba knew very well that from this transaction alone, the Fan family could make at least tens of millions.

Two silver coins.

Since Yongle moved north, in order to ensure the supply of food for millions of soldiers and civilians in the capital and the north, dozens of large and small granaries have been built along the capital and canals. The millions of grains in the warehouses from Jiangnan are related to the livelihood of millions of people. The Qing army invaded.

At that time, the granaries were naturally not spared. Although the granaries were guarded by granaries, they could not withstand the fire caused by the rockets.

Those few fires may not be able to burn all the food, but they can burn almost all of it. For the Fan family, the opportunity will naturally come.

"Brother, I know, didn't my third uncle write from the capital yesterday and say that the price of grain in the capital has increased by more than 50%, that the grain merchants all have noses sharper than dogs, and that so many grain warehouses were damaged by the war?

There are millions of mouths in the capital waiting for food. As long as we wait for another month, the food here will definitely be sold at a high price!"

Fan Sanlun was talking and laughing, and when he looked at the mountains of grain in the yard, like his elder brother, he never thought about how the grain was obtained. For him, what he saw was the huge profits behind it.

But with a return of tens of millions of taels, this business alone can make the Fan family become extremely wealthy. This business... is really worth it!

"Brother, this trick of yours is amazing. When Prince Rui enters the border, no matter what you do, you can't take away everything, especially things like food. If you can't take them away, you can only burn them or throw them away."

, if you sell it to us, it can be sold for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. When the money is gone, we will make dozens of times the profit if we sell it. If we go through it a few more times, our Fan family will really be as rich as the country.

Already..."

The second brother's words made Fan Sanba shake his head and said.

"Second brother, this kind of business is just a one-time deal. As you can see, "soldiers pass by like a comb, bandits pass by like a grate." During this military robbery, there was no one inhabited along the river for hundreds of miles. Next time they come again...

"

Shaking his head, Fan Sanba sighed.

"I'm afraid that even if we were willing, we wouldn't be able to get so many things. After all..."

After all, everyone has been killed, and there is no one left. Naturally, there will be nothing to grab if you come back next time.

"Hey, that's such a pity..."

"Yeah...what a pity!"

After sighing, Fan Sanba ordered again.

"Oh, by the way, there are also those things that need to be hidden. Those things are not ours. Those things belong to Prince Rui and belong to the Qing Dynasty. They are only temporarily stored with us and may be shipped out in the future.

Go to prison. This time Prince Rui didn't take it back because there were too many things, so he left them with us. If the things are lost, then the Emperor and Prince Rui will blame them, and our family may have to pay money. This

It doesn’t matter if we pay money, but what’s more important is that if the emperor no longer believes in our Fan family, it will be all over, do you understand?”

Fan Sanlun smiled at the elder brother's instructions.

"Brother, look what you said, those things are well hidden there. No one knows about it except us. The only ones who know are those villagers. Those things are of no use to them, as long as they give enough money.

, they will definitely not talk nonsense."

"It's always right to be careful. The business our Fan family does is not an ordinary business. Although we have the help of fellow villagers in the capital, we still have to be careful. After all..."

Pursing his lips, Fan Sanba sighed deeply in his heart. This business may be rich in rewards, but if something goes wrong, it will cost him his head. He cannot take it lightly.

"After all, this business of ours is not an honest one. You can be careful and make no big mistakes. If my father hadn't been so careful these years, something might have happened to this business long ago. Those people in the capital didn't

When something goes wrong, they will help us, but once something goes wrong, they will ignore each one of them better than anyone else. Those people only have money in their eyes. When the critical moment comes, they will add insult to injury more severely than anyone else. So, in the final analysis

After all, we still need to be more careful, do you understand?"

"Little brother, I understand."

He glanced at his younger brother again. He naturally believed in his brother, but he would inevitably say a few more words.

"Okay, you go back and rest first. Don't send me off tomorrow..."

After the second child went to rest, just when Fan Sanba was about to go to sleep, he heard a knock on the door, and then heard the call of the book boy.

"Young Master, Young Master, this urgent message from the master..."

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Chapter completed!