After returning for about twenty miles, it was easy to take a carriage. Fan Ding took Su Mei's deed and returned to the mouth of the river. After being delayed for less than an hour, Su Mei received the news first and had been waiting in the thatched cottage for a long time.
"Su Mei kowtows to thank the Marquis, the feudal lord..."
No matter what purpose is hidden behind it, today Yuan Guizheng can allow Fan Ding to take the body deed and allow himself to leave the country. This kind of kindness must be accepted. Su Mei immediately knelt down and gave Yuan Guizheng, Fan Ding has done it.
Big gift.
Yuan Guizheng laughed and said: "When will Miss Su Mei treat us to the wedding wine you and Lin Zhizhi envoy? The cypress garden in Dustpan Lane and the small cypress garden here can serve as the dowry given to you by the feudal elder and I."
Fan Ding was also prepared. He also took the land deeds and house deeds of Baiyuan and Xiaobaiyuan, put them together with the body deeds, and handed them to Su Mei. From then on, Su Mei had lost his citizenship and had nothing to do with the vassal!
Su Mei took over his body deed, stood up, blushed, and said, "The Marquis is making fun of Su Mei."
Yuan Guizheng just thought that Su Mei was shy and saw that she had taken over Baiyuan and Xiaobai's land deed. What to do next was a matter between her and Lin Fu, so she didn't ask any further questions.
Besides, if Lin Fu wants to marry Su Mei as his concubine, he can only do it secretly. Lin Fu's first wife, Mrs. Gu, is the daughter of Gu Wuchen. The Gu family is now a prominent family in Jiangning City, and her son-in-law is very popular in Jiangning City.
Marrying a singer will always bring shame to the Gu family.
Su Mei has lost her citizenship and is no longer a singer, so she has to abide by the rules of a good girl. We have to talk about things here, so she will leave and go back to Xiaobaiyuan first. The wife, maids, and nurses of the feudal family are all here today.
Get out, there are still many things to do.
Lin Fu was not unsympathetic to the generosity of Yuan's return to the government. He picked up the tea cup, sipped it slightly, and said: "In the past, the two families were slightly unhappy, but today they have disappeared. Fanlou is one of the few merchants in Jiangning, and the business is also
If we want to make it big, I will also ask the feudal veterans to bring their business to Chongzhou to bring some financial resources to Chongzhou..."
"How dare you not obey the invitation from the envoy?" Fan Ding said with a smile.
Previously, due to the death of Tang Haoxin, Lin Fu had a grudge against the Liang family and blocked the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and the merchant ships of the feudal family. Even the ships of Yudong Palace were greatly restricted from entering and exiting the river mouth.
The price of rice in Jiangdong is six cents per catty, while in Gyeonggi it is almost ten times that amount. Although the rice market in Gyeonggi is controlled by Zhang Xie and officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Marquis of Yongchang, the Liang family and the Empress Dowager Liang have to get involved anyway.
, Zhang Xie always wants to share some meat.
Even if Zhang Xie allowed the vassal representative to have a foothold in the rice market in Gyeonggi Province, he would still have to transport rice northward to make profits. However, Jiangkou and Huaikou were blocked by Lin Fu. Although the vassal family had several sea ships, they could not
Transport rice northward.
At Yudong Palace Manor, due to Lin Fu's restrictions, they could only transport silver to the north, but could not transport rice to the north, which made them suffer in all kinds of unspeakable ways. This time, they took out 120,000 taels of silver and signed a contract with Su Mei.
Even if you buy a road from Huaidong, it is still worth it.
Of course, just buying access is not enough.
Among the merchants in Jiangning, the fleet of the Fan family can be regarded as one of the few. However, compared to the Heishui Shipping Company composed of the Lin family and Jinhai maritime merchants, which has a long-sea shipping capacity of nearly 200,000 dan, the fleet of the Fan family is too small.
Not enough.
Counting the 100-stone ships that go through Huaikou and the Jiaolai River, the total transport capacity of the feudal fleet is about 10,000 dan. Although the long-sea grain ships of the Heishui Shipping Company sail directly from Chongzhou to the Tianjin Sea, they are very fast.
, high efficiency, and can make five or six round trips a year, but the offshore route via Huaikou and the Jiao Lai River has a very long cycle, and two round trips a year is already the limit.
Of course, the Yongchang Houfu did not go to such great lengths just to transport an extra 20,000 kilograms of grain to Beijing for sale every year.
Fan Ding narrowed his eyes and said: "The Fan House can have a lot of surplus rice every year, but the capital is in short supply. Without big ships, both sides cannot help. The young man wants to discuss with the Zhizhi envoy, Jiangdong
The vassal government can sell the excess rice grain here to Huaidong at a discount, but it will be enough to buy some extra rice grain from the Tianjin Sea to supply us, and we can settle the bill at a higher price than the official price..."
"I wonder how much rice the feudal lord has left in Jiangdong every year?" Lin Fu asked calmly, not looking at Yuan Guizheng's expression.
"Does the Zhizhi envoy really not know?" Fan Ding asked.
"Oh," Lin Fu patted his forehead, suddenly enlightened, "Do you always mean that the feudal lord is talking about the rice grains saved by Yudong Palace?"
Fan Ding nodded, Yudong Palace Villa was across the river from Chongzhou, and it was impossible to hide it from Lin Fu's eyes. If Lin Fu was really fooled, he would not have blocked the way out of Yudong Palace Villa so carefully before.
Yudong Gongzhuang was the private property of the Empress Dowager Liang, and the money and grain income, also known as the silver from the palace, was privately withdrawn by the Empress Dowager Liang.
In order to avoid arousing the vigilance of Emperor Chongguan, the amount of silver particles transported to the north each year was very limited, and the excess was secretly digested by the vassals and distributed to the Liang family and Yongchang Houfu.
Yudong Palace Villa and Chongzhou are separated by a river. How could Lin Fu not find out the situation of Yudong Palace Villa in the past two years?
There are more than 12,000 households in Yudong Gongzhuang, and they have actually cultivated more than 4,000 hectares of grain and cotton fields. However, the data reported to the Internal Affairs Bureau is less than a quarter. According to regulations, the surplus grain of Yudong Gongzhuang must be handed over to the Pingjiang Prefecture official warehouse.
About 80,000 taels of rice are purchased every year. After deducting the daily expenses of the palace, almost 20,000 taels of grains of silver go northward every year and are sent to the Longevity Palace of Empress Dowager Liang for expenditure.
The extra rice that Yudong Palace consumes from Pingjiang Prefecture grain merchants through the feudal lord each year is more than 300,000 dan. Pingjiang Prefecture cultivates mulberry cotton on a large scale, resulting in a reduction of grain fields. Yudong Palace’s grain production makes up for the loss in Pingjiang Prefecture.
The government's food demand shortfall.
A large amount of money flowed into the hands of the Liang family and the Yongchang Houfu through the feudal lords.
Fan Ding looked at Yuan Guizheng and asked him to decide on the final number.
"There are always two hundred thousand shi of japonica rice..." Yuan Guizheng said.
"I am not indebted to the Marquis," Lin Fu said. "The Marquis gave me 200,000 shi of japonica rice in Chongzhou, so I will take 40,000 shi of japonica rice from Jinhai for him!"
Fan Ding secretly felt that Lin Fu had a dark heart. He opened his mouth and ate 80% of the 200,000 shi of japonica rice!
"Where is the three hundred thousand stones?" Yuan Guizheng asked calmly.
"Sixty thousand shi!" Lin Fu said, "It can't be any more. My eldest brother in Jinhai also needs to share the profit. Besides, the transport capacity of the entire line is very limited. The Ministry of Revenue's annual grain supply of 2.4 million shi is a must.
Guaranteed, it’s not easy to squeeze out 60,000 dan!”
"How quickly can we get food in Jinhai?" Yuan Guizheng asked.
"When rice and grain are put into the warehouse in Chongzhou, they can be withdrawn from Jinhai at the same time!" Lin Fu said.
In addition to delivering rice and grain to the Jinhai warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue on time, Lin Xuwen and Sun Shangwang also controlled a large amount of grain in Jinhai. Part of this grain was saved from the transportation capacity of the grain road; in addition, although the three prefectures of Yannan were severely damaged,
However, the production organization in Hejian Prefecture, especially Jinhai County, has recovered relatively well, and some food has been saved.
Since the rice market in Gyeonggi was controlled by Zhang Xie and officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Lin Xuwen and Sun Shangwang had an extra large amount of grain in Tianjin and Haihai, mainly to adjust the transportation capacity of Tianjin and Hainan grain roads. In addition, they were prepared for any eventuality and allocated 60,000 yuan from it.
If you give grain, rice and grain to the rear party, it won't be a big problem.
As long as the rear party can open up the gap between Zhang Xie and the Ministry of Household Affairs and get a share of the Gyeonggi rice market, with 60,000 kilograms of rice grain, they can make a lot of profits.
Even if a considerable portion of the profits will flow to the Liang family, Chongzhou will make even more profits. Once this deal is completed, Chongzhou's rice and grain reserves will be increased by 300,000 dan, so what can't be done?
Chongzhou also needs to reserve supplies on a large scale at this time. Even if it is a land of fish and rice, the rice and grain reserves should be maintained at more than one million dan, which is a relatively reasonable level.
"Okay, just do it according to this number!" Yuan Guizheng made the final decision.
Fan Ding had no choice but to think about it. The entire Jinhai grain road was controlled by the Dongyang family. They could bring 60,000 shi of rice grain to Beijing in exchange for money, which should be enough for the Liang family to build a highway from Jinan Prefecture to Weihe.
Come out! It will be better to go north via Sishui then. The rice grains will go overland after reaching Jinan, and then be transported to Gyeonggi via the Wei River. It will be better than giving all the benefits of the grain road to Dongyang.
After the matter was settled, Yuan returned to the government, Yuan Jinsheng, and Fan Ding said goodbye and left, without saying whether to invite a banquet or not. The Yongchang Marquis Mansion had a close relationship with the Huaidong Army Commander, so it would not be pleasant to hear the news. Yuan Gui
The government did not want the Yongchang Hou Mansion to be targeted by Ning Prince Mansion from now on.
Lin Fu walked back to the east chamber, stood in front of the window with Xiu Shou, looked at Gao Zongting in the courtyard outside, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Gao has been waiting for a long time."
"Zhizhi is so polite," Gao Zongting said, "Is the Marquis of Yongchang gone?"
"Let's go," Lin Fu said, "He wants to take 60,000 shi of rice grain from Jinhai, and I have agreed to it."
"In addition to handing it over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, how much rice do you have stored in Jinhai?" Gao Zongting asked.
"Li Bingbu wants to attack Liaoxi. I can supply an additional 100,000 stones of grain," Lin Fu said. "I originally planned to capture Daishan and Changguo first, and suppress the Shejia Water Camp in the inner line, but nothing happened. After that, Jinghaihai
Only then can the main force of the division escape and go north. If Li's military department can attack western Liaoning after that, I can at least suppress the Goryeo Navy on the northern front and attack the Liaodong coast. Now, although I have proposed a military plan to King Ning, I don't know if it will
Someone will hold Huaidong back and tip off the She family. I think, no matter how successful it is, the main force of the Jinghai Division will not be able to be drawn out until after next autumn. Why doesn't Li Bingbu try his best to prevent Chen Zhihu from going south? At this time, only Jibei can be used
It would be too dangerous for the army to attack Liaoxi!"
"What good suggestions can Li Shuai have?" Gao Zongting said sadly, "Although Li Shuai holds the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, among the court officials, Li Shuai was the last one to know about Chen Zhihu's orders. Li Shuai went to the palace to advise, even in the presence of the emperor
Even if Chen Zhihu doesn't transfer to the south and Li Shuai doesn't attack Liaoxi this year, he will be kicked out!"
"..." Lin Fu was speechless. He was still struggling in Jiangning. How could Li Zhuo's situation in Yanjing be better? After thinking for a moment, he added, "Since they are so taboo about Li Bingbu taking over military power, Mr. Gao
Why not persuade Li Bingbu to hand over military power?"
"I have advised you," Gao Zongting said with a sharp head, "Li Shuai said that if he goes to attack Liaoxi, he can have more hope; even if he loses, he can just retreat, and his retreat will not damage his vitality!"