Chapter three hundred and thirty seventh bankruptcy
"Since the Xue family has bumped into each other, we can only blame them for their bad luck!"
After hearing about the Xue family's unfortunate experience, the elder chuckled and said, "Tell the Xue family members that if they want to get out of trouble, spend money to eliminate the trouble!"
Lian Er, who was running errands for the Xue family and asking about the situation, asked curiously: "Master, how much will it cost?"
"Ask the Xue family to come up with two hundred thousand taels of silver, that's about it!"
The elder said calmly: "That is to say, there is no intention to delve into it now, otherwise things will not be settled so easily!"
As he said that, he pointed at the Imperial City and said leisurely: "At such a critical moment, I was actually involved in secretly buying grain from the official warehouse. Thank God I wasn't held accountable!"
Lian Er's expression changed slightly and he asked in surprise: "Could the rumors be true?"
"What rumors?"
"Nowadays, because of the official warehouse incident, I have the urge to kill!"
Lian Er smiled bitterly and said: "They sealed all the largest grain stores in the city in one go. It seems that they are very angry this time!"
"It's natural!"
The elder sneered and said: "That's enough in normal times. It's difficult to transport supplies outside the road due to heavy snow to reach the capital in time. What will happen if there is a problem with the food supply?"
As he spoke, he looked in the direction of the refugee camp outside the city and said solemnly: "If we don't have anything to eat, I'm afraid the second-rate people outside the city will riot!"
Lian Er took a deep breath and realized the seriousness of the matter.
"When I return home, I will make it clear to the Xue family. It is best to use food of equal value to avoid this disaster!"
The elder warned: "Otherwise, when I think of this one day, I might be settled by Queen Qiu, and they will have to figure it out!"
It's interesting to think about it. The feeling of being cared about by the emperor shouldn't be that good.
What's wrong is that it's terrible.
The Xue family, mother and son, have been in constant panic and frightened for the past few days.
What does it mean to stay at home and avoid disasters from heaven?
The current experience of the Xue family is the best example. Because the outside managers were greedy for advantages and disadvantages, the Xue family masters suffered a lot.
Not to mention that the Xue family's grain store in the capital was blocked, it may have even more serious consequences.
As soon as the incident happened, Aunt Xue went directly to Mrs. Wang to ask for help, regardless of whether it was useful or not.
Mrs. Wang is definitely a cruel person, and she shows her cruelty to her relatives to the fullest.
When Aunt Xue came to ask for help, he asked for fifty thousand taels of activity funds without saying whether he was able to help. As for whether he helped, only he and his close friends knew.
It's just that Aunt Xue still has trouble after so many years, and she has become somewhat wary of Mrs. Wang.
After urging Mrs. Wang several times to no avail, she listened to Xue Baochai's advice and sought help from Dafang Lian'er and Wang Xifeng.
Lian Er didn't want to get involved at first. The current situation was unclear, and he didn't know what his attitude was now. How could he dare to get involved in such a thing easily?
It was the Xue family who paid a huge price and took out 50,000 taels of silver as "activity funds". Under the instigation of Wang Xifenghuang, they reluctantly went to the eldest man to find out the news.
The eldest master is well aware of the situation at this time, and knows that stability is the priority at present. The capital is now a powder keg, and there must be no accidents at the moment, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.
The backgrounds of the big grain merchants in the capital are not simple. Nowadays, they don't kill people directly but they still have scruples. But what does the Xue family mean?
When this refugee crisis is completely over, there may be a reckoning today.
If we don’t resolve the trouble before liquidation now, we will have no chance in the future, or we may have to pay a higher price to avoid future trouble.
Fortunately, the elder didn't want to ruin the benefits of repaying the money because of the Xue family's affairs, so he planned to help. The main reason was that the Xue family really just suffered an unreasonable disaster this time.
Of course, the death penalty can be avoided, so he asked Lian Er to come up with a bad idea for the Xue family. He must pay a huge price to gain their understanding, otherwise there will still be trouble in the future.
After getting Lian Er's reply, Aunt Xue had doubts. The price of two hundred thousand taels of silver was still too high, and even the wealthy Xue family felt heartbroken.
Especially Xue Pan's family, because he voluntarily left Jinling, he not only lost his position as the clan leader, but also lost a lot of the Xue family's business in the south.
Xue Pan is not a reliable businessman. Fortunately, his several years of schooling in the Jia family have smoothed out this guy's dandy temperament. He also learned some rudimentary business skills and Xue Baochai's advice, which made him worthy of success.
Stabilize their business in the capital.
But, this is far from enough.
If you want to keep your status as an Imperial Merchant, you have to contribute a lot of money to the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year. The consequence of not moving forward is to be replaced by latecomers. The competition for Imperial Merchant qualifications is also quite fierce.
Not to mention, since she stayed in Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang alone took away three or four hundred thousand taels of silver, which was also a big burden on the Xue family.
This time we suffered an unforeseen disaster. According to the elder's reminder, one of the Xue family's businesses in the capital was going to be cut off. The total losses now and in the future are no joke.
It's just a pity that in order to avoid future troubles, the Xue family had to suffer a major hemorrhage this time.
Soon, Dai Quan, the chief internal officer, benefited. Seeing that Jin was in a good mood, he cautiously approached and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Marquis Jia En is really rare today. He actually wants to ask me for help!"
"Oh, Marquis Jia En will ask you for help with something?"
Jin Jin glanced sideways at Dai Quan and sneered: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Dai Quan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Instead of standing up for their relatives, I would like to ask me to talk to Grandpa Huang and let his relatives go!"
"Why, the relatives of Jia Enhou's family caused trouble, and they got into my hands?"
Now he became interested and urged: "Tell me, is that relative of his family guilty of being a fool?"
"Jinling Xue Family!"
Dai Quan didn't hide anything and said with a smile: "Their family has a close relationship with the Jia family. When the emperor was cleaning up the grain merchants in Beijing a few days ago, he also took over the Xue family's grain shop!"
"So, do you want to return to the sealed grain store?"
Now his face darkened and he said coldly: "The Xue family is so courageous. Could it be that they are also involved in the official warehouse matter?"
"That's not true!"
Dai Quan's face was frightened, but his heart felt very calm. He hurriedly explained: "The Xue family did not participate in the official warehouse matter, otherwise they would have been arrested by the Xiuyi Guards. It's just that the shopkeeper of their grain shop in the capital was greedy for benefits and went on a rampage.
The old grain leftover from purchasing officials was swept away by the embroidered clothes guards!"
The expression on Jin Jin's face softened, and he nodded to indicate to Dai Quan to continue.
"The head of the Xue family was frightened after hearing the news, so he asked Jia Enhou for help to eliminate this disaster!"
Dai Quan explained: "The Xue family has been an imperial merchant for a hundred years. We don't want to lose our status as an imperial merchant because of this incident, and we don't want to face any risks in the future!"
"snort!"
Now he snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly: "Am I the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong?"
Dai Quan smiled and begged for mercy, and when his expression calmed down, he said: "In order to acquit himself, the Xue family is willing to donate all the grain worth 200,000 taels from the grain shop in the middle of the capital and the granary outside the city to the court and your majesty.
Share the worries!"
After he finished speaking, he didn't continue to say more. He understood better than anyone the principle that going too far is not enough.
His expression is calm now, and no one can tell what he is thinking, but as a close person, Dai Quan still knows that the emperor is not in a bad mood at this time.
That's good!
Sure enough, Jin Jin pondered for a moment and said with a leisurely smile: "I didn't expect that a mere imperial merchant would be so loyal to the country. I am not an unreasonable bastard. Let's forget this matter this time, but..."
At the end of the conversation, the conversation changed and he ignored the slight change in Dai Quan's eyes and said slowly: "Such a positive example must be commended, so let's publicize it!"
Dai Quan nodded in agreement, and an imperial merchant readily took out grain worth two hundred thousand taels. There were only eighty imperial merchants in the capital if there were not one hundred, and there were even more imperial merchants scattered around the country.
With the Xue family's 'demonstration', if they don't have any ideas to express, even if they don't have any ideas now, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not agree.
If we really gather the power of most of the imperial merchants in the world, as long as they put in a little bit of blood, there will be no shortage of food for the disaster relief in the capital this time. Maybe the millions of taels of silver obtained by emergency collection can be used.
How much can be done to provide disaster relief.
It's just that the Xue family is being roasted on the fire this time, and life will definitely not be easy.
But this has nothing to do with Dai Quan. Now that he has made a decision, Dai Quan can only obey orders and do not allow him to have other thoughts.
After this incident, he is obviously in a better mood now. Why did he forget about a group like Huangshang?
The imperial merchant then thought of the richer salt merchant, but decided that it was a pity that the land of Huaihe River and the Huaihe River was too far from the capital. Otherwise, if the salt merchant had to bleed money and get the silver, why would he have bothered so much?
Salt merchants are not the richest group in Daqi. I heard that maritime merchants are richer than salt merchants, but I don’t know whether it is true or not. If I can get some money from these rich people, the bank at the Ministry of Revenue will
It won't be empty, and the court won't worry about money.
It's just a pity that things are so urgent right now, and the roads and water are frozen due to the cold weather. Let alone sending the message to the south thousands of miles away, it is impossible to sort out the troubles in the capital.
The current situation is very worrying.
After sealing several large grain shops in the capital, the old grain confiscated from the official warehouses can last for a few months. Plus, now that we are thinking of getting grain from the imperial merchants, we don't have to worry about food for at least half a year.
However, millions of disaster victims gathered outside the capital, posing considerable hidden dangers to the public order and safety of the capital. If one mistake is not made, it may lead to a military disaster. This is an undesirable situation today.
The worries in his heart did not last long, and the eldest master quickly helped the court solve most of the troubles and hidden dangers.