The Ma family is the leading wealthy businessman in Jiangdu City.
Mr. Ma was originally a landowner in Jiangdu Prefecture, and his family owned more than a thousand acres of land. If you don't count the officials and noble family members, you can be considered a big landowner with more than a thousand acres of land.
Because there were many fields, the Ma family naturally hoarded a lot of grain. When Mr. Ma, who was Ma Jun's father's generation, started the grain business, Mr. Ma was quite business-savvy, and the family also had a lot of grain.
In the past twenty years, he has almost become the largest grain merchant in Jiangdu Prefecture.
In fact, this is a decision that goes against our ancestors.
Because if the Ma family can be landlords with peace of mind, then they will be farmers among the fourth level of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. If the family supports a few scholars, even if they are just successful candidates, they can become scholars among the fourth level and abandon farming and doing business.
It means "committing oneself to inferiority" and becoming the lowest among the four levels.
Moreover, there are risks in abandoning farming and doing business. If you do not do well, your family's thousand acres of farmland will be lost. It is better to live by holding on to the family's wealth.
But it is obvious that the Ma family's "transformation" has been very successful. After more than ten years of business, they have become a wealthy businessman in Jiangdu, and their assets have expanded countless times.
Because the grain business is doing very well, the Ma family has started to do some wood and medicinal materials business in recent years. They have strong capital and no business will be too miserable. Therefore, the Ma family's wood and medicinal materials business is doing pretty well.
Many medicinal material shops in Jiangdu Prefecture are the property of the Ma family.
A wealthy businessman of this level, if placed in another world, would have a very transcendent status. However, in this era, the social status is not particularly high, so much so that Ma Jun, the rich second generation, still hangs out with Fan Dongcheng on weekdays.
However, the wealth of the Ma family is not completely useless. After all, among the four people who beat and killed Chen Qing, the one used to blame was Qian Tong and not Ma Jun. This shows that the power of the Ma family is not weak.
After Shen Zhang left Jiangdu, Shen Yi rested at home for two or three days. Since there was no father to take care of him, he stopped drinking that extremely rare decoction.
At this time, he had been recuperating at home for about ten days. Most of the injuries on his back and buttocks had scabbed off, leaving only a small part, which no longer affected his freedom of movement. He could sit and lie down without any problems.
After getting well, Shen Yi did not rush to go to the academy to study. Instead, he wandered around the major restaurants and teahouses in Jiangdu City for two or three days, chatting and chatting with the people in Jiangdu City.
He is originally from Jiangdu and speaks Jiangdu dialect. In addition, he has changed his personality and is very talkative. In just a few days, he has met many people outside and gained some new understanding of the city of Jiangdu.
After all, the other Shen Yi is half a nerd. Although he grew up in Jiangdu, he only wanders around his own three-acre area. He only studies and studies on weekdays and rarely goes out to learn about Jiangdu.
It was March in the fifth year of Hongde. The spring breeze was blowing and the weather had become warm.
In the courtyard of the Shen family in Jiangdu City, Shen Qilang, who was about to recover from his injuries, squatted on the ground, holding a branch in his hand and making gestures on the ground, mumbling something while doing the gestures.
"One stone meter costs four to five coins of silver..."
"The official price of one tael of silver is one thousand yuan, but in private circulation it can only be exchanged for six hundred to eight hundred yuan..."
"Calculated based on a discount of 700 yuan."
Shen Yi finally used a branch to write a number on the ground.
one point five.
In other words, the price of rice in Jiangdu fluctuates from one and a half cents per catty to two cents per catty.
"The world is not bad."
Shen Qilang muttered softly.
Rice prices, or food prices, reflect the social status of an era. If food prices are stable and low, it means that the basic market of this era is still stable, and large-scale starvation will not easily occur.
However, there is no price bureau in this era. If there is a disaster, the price of food will skyrocket to the point where most people cannot afford it.
The previous Shen Yi basically didn't pay attention to things like food prices. He had eaten at his brother-in-law's house before, and then went to the academy to eat at the academy. He almost never bought rice in person, and even if he did, he didn't put it much away. In the heart.
For Shen Yi now, the price of rice is something he must know, because he is ready to find an opportunity to bankrupt the Ma family...
This is a goal that is not easy to achieve, but for Shen Yi, it is not particularly difficult. After all, he was actually a retail businessman in his previous life, and he has some experience in business. Coupled with business concepts that are far ahead of this era, he You can do things that others cannot find.
Of course, even so, with his current family fortune, it is impossible for the Ma family to go bankrupt for no apparent reason.
He needs to wait for a suitable opportunity.
But before the opportunity comes, he needs to make necessary preparations, such as understanding the market.
These rice price data were obtained by Shen Yi after visiting three or four rice shops in the past two days and chatting with the people in the tea shops. Generally speaking, they are very accurate.
Just when Shen was sitting in his bed holding back the bad water, there was a knock on his courtyard door.
Outside the door, Shen Sanlang's voice sounded: "Old Qi, open the door."
Shen Yi... or rather the two brothers Shen Yi, have a separate small courtyard. This small courtyard is the family property left by their father Shen Zhang. In the past few years, Shen Yi and his younger brother Shen Heng have been living in this small courtyard. He and Shen Ling did not live together.
However, the two families are not far apart. On weekdays, whenever Shen Yi is at home, someone from his brother Shen Ling's place will come to deliver food to him.
Hearing his brother's name, Shen Yi stood up from the ground, stretched, and came to the courtyard door. After opening the courtyard door, Shen Ling, carrying a food box in his hand, stepped into Shen Yi's small courtyard, and then The food box was placed on the small table in the yard and he sat down minding his own business.
Shen Yi looked at the food box and smiled: "In the past, servants from the third brother's family came to deliver meals. Why did the third brother come in person this time?"
"Your sister-in-law made the chicken soup for you. She got up early in the morning and was busy working on it. She just finished it and asked me to bring it to you."
Shen Yi sat down opposite his brother, looked at the food box, then looked at Shen Ling, and smiled dumbly: "What day is it today? Sister-in-law, you are working so hard?"
Shen Ling, who had already sat down, looked at Shen Yi opposite him, sighed slightly, and said: "Your sister-in-law is afraid that you will become depressed, so I asked my brother to persuade you."
Shen Sanlang looked at Shen Yi and said slowly: "Lao Qi, it has been more than ten days since you came out of the county government. I asked Doctor Yan, and Doctor Yan said that your injury has recovered well and is already healed."
Having said this, Shen Yi paused and asked, "Since the injury is healed, why don't you go to the academy to study?"
Shen Yi was stunned. Just when he was about to speak, he heard Shen Ling continue: "Brother Wei knows that it is probably the Qian Tong matter that makes you feel uncomfortable, but this matter is over, and we have to move on."
About four days ago, Chen Qing's case was concluded. The Jiangdu County government reported to the government and finally ruled that Qian Tong accidentally killed someone and fled three thousand miles away.
As Fan Dongcheng said, Qian Tong did not pay for it with his life.
Shen Ling thought that his brother was shocked by this incident, so he came to comfort him.
He looked at Shen Yi and his expression became serious.
"You should also know, Seventh, that being a brother is not material for studying. My father was an official in the previous generation of our family, but in our generation, you are the only one left who has the talent to study."
"The future of the Shen family will still fall on your shoulders. You can't let go of your burden at this time."
People from the same hometown and in the same subject have to help each other, let alone those from the same clan and clan.
Therefore, it is very important for the family to have a promising person in the clan.
The previous generation of the Shen family, Shen Ling's father Shen Hui, is already fifty years old this year and is still serving as county magistrate. If nothing else happens, he will stop being the county magistrate and is unlikely to go further.
Shen Yi, who has been able to read since childhood, is the reading seed for the next generation of the Shen family.
Hearing this, Shen Qilang smiled dumbly: "Third brother, I misunderstood. It's not because of others that I don't go to the academy to study. I just have some things to do."
He looked up at Shen Ling and saw that Shen Ling was still frowning, so he said, "That's it, I will go to the academy tomorrow, okay?"
Hearing this, Shen Ling smiled widely and opened the food box. The aroma of chicken soup suddenly came out.
"Come, let's eat first and try your sister-in-law's cooking."
Shen Yi nodded, took the chopsticks, then glanced at Shen Ling, and suddenly said: "By the way, third brother, have you ever thought about doing business?"