"This self-ringing bell is exquisitely crafted and the wood looks excellent. I'm afraid it can be worth at least 1,000 taels!" Kang Hujiang secretly looked at Mo Jing's face while quoting.

"One thousand taels? It's really only worth one thousand taels?" Mo Jing looked at Kang Hujiang with a slightly raised mouth and asked.

"Madam, although this self-ringing bell is a rare item, the price of 1,000 taels is almost the same. No matter how much it is, it is probably only 1,200 taels!" Kang Hujiang said with a disgrace on his face.

"One thousand two hundred, where are you sending the beggar?" A personal soldier behind Mo Jing shouted at Kang Hujiang.

"No, no, no, this is not what the young one means. In fact, if you can meet a good customer and sell it well, the self-ringing bell should be able to sell at 1,500 taels!" Hearing the soldiers shouting, Kang Hujiang quickly added.

"One thousand five hundred taels?" Mo Jing smiled again, "The shopkeeper, who has been ringing from the West, has always only paid tribute to the royal family. Since there are not many Western envoys in recent years, there are no more than one hundred in the palace, and the prince's mansion is extremely rare. There are no prices on the market. I am afraid that this thing can't be bought if it is just one thousand five hundred taels?"

"Then...then it's only two thousand taels! Madam, the price of villain is already very high!" Kang Hujiang said in pain.

"Haha, people say 'Shanxi Lao Ku' means that the rich people in Shanxi are stingy. Today, it seems that although this is not all right, you are quite in line with the shopkeeper Kang Da! If this self-ringing bell is put in Yangzhou, it is probably not impossible to sell three or four thousand taels, but you only pay more than one thousand taels. You are really stingy enough!" Mo Jing smiled at Kang Roaring.

"This, madam, you are joking. It's just..." Kang Hujiang looked at Mo Jing and the soldiers who were in the army with no intention of being angry and wanting to spend money. He felt relieved and said with a smile.

"Forget it, who told me to wait for the money to use it, so I will mortgage it to 1,500 taels! Manager Kang, please write a document!" Mo Jing restrained his smile and said to Kang Roaring.

"One,500 taels? Madam, you really only have one,500 taels?" Kang Hujiang stretched out a palm and asked Mo Jing a little disbelief.

"Yes. It's only one thousand five hundred taels!" Mo Jing replied faintly. She still just smiled, making Kang Hujiang unable to understand.

"Then, then we'll make a name for it!" Kang Hujiang stared at Mo Jing's eyes, hoping to see something.

"Stand up!"

...

The characters are established! Both parties have signed the characters.

Kang Hujiang slowly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this woman was not as domineering as she imagined! He thought to himself.

"Shopkeeper Kang Da, I want to ask you for help!" After putting away the documents, Wang Dejin brought the 1,500 taels of silver from the pallet. Mo Jing signaled his personal soldiers to take it, and said to Kang Zhujiang again.

"Madam, please give me instructions!" Kang Hujiang asked Wang Dejin to carefully carry the self-ringing bell into the money shop, and bowed to Mo Jing.

"I want to borrow some money from your money shop for use. I wonder if the shopkeeper Kang Da can make the decision?" Mo Jing smiled.

"Borrow money?" Kang Hujiang was stunned, "Madam, have you already mortgaged some money?"

"That's just a little tea money for my soldiers. I don't have it yet!" Mo Jing smiled. However, the originally warm smile, after she said this, it quickly deteriorated in Kang Hujiang's eyes. A feeling of being deceived made Kang Hujiang almost scream on the spot... This woman is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and she is playing with me! Kang Hujiang roared in her heart, holding back his anger.

"Shopkeeper Kang Da, your face doesn't seem to be very good. What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?" Mo Jing looked at Kang Hujiang and asked with a smile.

"No, the villain has nothing to do with it!" Kang Hu Jiang Qiang replied with a smile.

"It's really okay?"

"It's really okay. Madam, don't worry." Kang Hujiang took a breath and asked Mo Jing again: "I wonder how much money do you plan to borrow?"

"Oh, I never use much money, just this number!" Mo Jing smiled and stretched out a hand in front of Kang Hujiang.

"Fifty thousand taels?" Kang Hujiang shouted! Not much? You, a woman, are three points more ruthless than the lion with the biggest mouth!

"Fifty thousand taels? Haha, the shopkeeper Kang has indeed seen the world, and he didn't think it was five thousand taels! But, shopkeeper Kang, do you really think I'm a beggar?" Mo Jing withdrew his hand and looked at Kang Hujiang and smiled.

"Not 50,000? Could it be that you...you still want 500,000 taels?" Kang Hujiang could no longer see clearly behind Mo Jing's house, and the soldiers standing outside. He felt that he was almost out of breath. Ge Li caught Kang Million and extorted silver and did not ask for so much money.

"Five hundred thousand? Haha, Shopkeeper Kang, I'm so sorry, you made a mistake again! The amount I want to borrow is...5 million taels!" Mo Jing smiled, as if she was not the one who wanted to borrow money.

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Mo Jing entered Linfen, and Ma De also attracted Liu Yingxia, the Anhui Grain Road Platform!

Since Ma De entered Anhui as the governor, Liu Yingxia's work has increased more than doubled. Originally, he had to pay attention to confiscating the annual imperial grain, but since Ma De came, in order to cope with possible floods and droughts, in addition to confiscating the imperial grain, he also had various preparatory measures. In addition, Ma De also built two experimental fields, one in southern Anhui and the other in the north, specializing in planting new seeds produced. And his grain channel was specifically responsible for managing these things.

In addition, Liu Yingxia also needs to pay attention to the usual grain prices and other things, such as meat prices, bean prices, cloth prices, etc. Not only does Anhui locally, but also neighboring provinces, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi have to pay attention to the grain prices, but he also needs to pay attention to the stability within a certain range. He cannot let "low grain harm farmers" or make the grain too expensive, which makes many ordinary people unable to afford it.

So, after three years, Liu Yingxia already felt that she could become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. At least, it would be absolutely no problem to be a minister.

...

"Master Futai, what are your instructions for summoning the officials?" Liu Yingxia asked Ma De as soon as he entered the governor's yamen in Fengyang. Officials in Anhui all know that Governor Ma does not like to be polite and has no airs. As long as you don't do anything, he treats you very well. Moreover, Lord Ma likes to get straight to the point in everything, so it's better to say less if you don't have any need for those twists and turns. Another thing worth noting is that what Mr. Ma is the most annoying to him is "Zhihuzhe". Don't swear by him!

"Yingxia, do you know what the current price of grain in Jiangsu is?" Ma De asked Liu Yingxia to sit down, and asked the servants to serve tea.

"Sir, this year's season is good. The price of grain in Jiangsu is about one tael and two cents of stone rice!" It turned out that I was taking the test. Humph, since I came to see you, how can I not do my homework first? Liu Yingxia looked at Ma De with a slight smug look and thought to herself.

"Where is Zhejiang?"

"Zhejiang is one or two qian per stone rice, which is similar to Jiangsu." Liu Yingxia replied.

"One or two cents? If the price is reduced, one or two stones should be about the same, right?" Ma De asked again.

"Sir, do you want to buy food?" Liu Yingxia Qi said.

"That's right. I really want to buy grain! Moreover, I bought a lot of them. I decided to send you to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to buy me 800,000 stones of grain to Anhui! How about it, can I do it?" Ma De looked at Liu Yingxia and asked.

"Eight hundred thousand stones?" Liu Yingxia exclaimed.

"That's right, and there can only be more, not less!" Made added.

"Sir, you...why do you want so much food?" Liu Yingxia asked.

"It's of course useful. It's just that it's important, so I can't tell you..." Ma De glanced at Liu Yingxia and then asked, "Can you buy 800,000 stones of grain?"

"Sir," since Ma De said that, Liu Yingxia couldn't ask any more. He thought about it for a while and replied: "The two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang can naturally produce so much food. However, the grain transported to Beijing by the imperial court only only lasts three to four million stones every year. Our purchase of such a large amount will definitely attract the attention of those who are interested and may also cause fluctuations in the local grain prices. If the governors of the two provinces find out and submit the memorial to the court, you may be scolded by the court!"

"Then you can't just go to a few more places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Remember, 800,000 shi, one or two can't be missing!" Ma De said.

"Yes!" Liu Yingxia responded, hesitated for a moment, and asked Ma De again: "Sir, where should I get the money from?"

"Go to Nanjing," Ma De took out a letter and handed it to Liu Yingxia. "You go to Wei Dongting, the Governor of the Customs of the Four Provinces, and say, I want to borrow money from his customs!"

"Customs Governor's Office?" Liu Yingxia was shocked again, "Sir, 800,000 s of grain, plus the freight on the road, it is probably almost one million taels! Why do you have to be controlled by such a large amount of money? Don't we have any money in Anhui Curry?"

"Although this time it is a business, it is my private matter in name, so I cannot use the money from the vassal treasury. Originally, it would be enough to make up a little bit of money, but Wei Dongting is a tiger from Jiangsu. If he could help, things would definitely go much better!" Ma De sighed.

"Sir, this..." Liu Yingxia knew that this was unusual even though she was stupid. She wanted to ask, but she was a little afraid.

"Remember. After buying the grain, take back the excess silver for no money... The remaining two million taels are life-saving money from our Anhui province!" Ma De stared at Liu Yingxia and said word by word.

"There are two left, two million taels?"
Chapter completed!