Xishi is a distribution center specially prepared for scattered merchants who do not have stores to sell goods. It is very convenient to gather everyone together, whether it is bought or sold. More importantly, after gathering together, the place becomes popular. When you want to sell anything, you will think of Xishi. It is cheap and everything. The fastest update is in Yuejing City. In addition to Xishi, there is also East City. Of course, compared to Xishi, East City is a typical high-end, atmospheric and high-end, with wide streets and luxuriously decorated stores. Here, the concentrated ones are mainly large merchants. Compared with the messy West City, it is tidy and cleaner, and of course, there are relatively fewer people.

However, in the past few days, Dongshi has been crowded with people, many times more lively than usual. It’s just that the price of grain sold at Dazheng Grain Store in Dongshi suddenly dropped by 20%.

After the winter began, the grain prices in Yuejing City actually rose a lot, one because it was the New Year itself, and the other because of the war in the four counties in the north.

But Dazheng Grain Shop suddenly went against the market. Not only did it not rise, but it fell by 20%. Such a good thing is naturally spread to ten, and ten to a hundred. More and more people are flocking to Dazheng Grain Shop to buy grain. Even if there is no shortage of homes, it is good to store a little bit of it. Who knows how many days such a good thing can last?

Of course, the Dazheng Grain Shop lost 20% of the grain, and there was no additional conditions for selling grain. They only collected newly issued currencies from the imperial court. They did not charge any gold, silver and copper coins.

This also led to another branch of Taiping Bank located in Dongshi being overcrowded all day long. If you want to buy cheap food, you naturally have to come to Taiping Bank to exchange for new currency.

"What is the origin of this Dazheng Grain Store? It is related to the Commerce Department?" At noon, Qin Feng sat on the second floor of Yipinju, the most famous East-West. Through the window, he looked at the long queue outside the Dazheng Grain Store opposite downstairs. With such a large storefront in such a good area in Dongshi, the owner of this Dazheng shop is certainly not an ordinary person.

Qin Feng was not in a particularly happy mood after spending a whole morning, because it has been more than ten days since the New Coin Act was promulgated, but it seems that people are not very enthusiastic about the circulation of New Coins, and many places even refuse to accept New Coins.

Wang Yueyao shook her head, "On the contrary, this Dazheng Grain Store has nothing to do with the Commerce Department, and it is even the object we have been excluding."

"Why is this?" Qin Feng knew that Wang Yueyao's style has always believed in the fact that there are many people and great power. His best attitude is to attract people to join the group, and everyone can make a fortune together. With the resources in his hands, they can open up one piece of market after another, and tie everyone into a community of shared future.

"Do you know who the backstage boss of this Dazheng shop is?" Wang Yueyao said: "It is the mother's home of the former concubine."

"Concubine Xian?" Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered: "Are you talking about Concubine Xian of Wu Jian?"

"That's right!" Wang Yueyao nodded: "You are kind. After entering Yuejing City, you did not pursue it. This Xianfei was not very favored before. His family was not very powerful in the court. Wu Jian was awarded the title of head. After the Taiping Army entered the city, Wu Jian's concubines lived in other palaces. On the day you ascended the throne, there were these people among them. Those who had a family could return home, and those who had no family could go to, and still stayed in other palaces. The Xianfei returned home."

"So that's it!" Qin Feng understood a little.

"Although this virtuous concubine is not favored and has no children, she is still a concubine. Her family has always been engaged in grain business, and the business is very large. She is also one of the richest people in the capital. Although our Commerce Department often recruits people to join, expands its network and opens up more markets, some people don't want it."

"I understand. Like the royal relatives in the past, they must not want it. On the contrary, the more ministers you are, the better you are." Qin Feng smiled.

"That's it." Wang Yueyao nodded with a smile and looked outside: "It seems that the head of the Xianfei family is not only a smart person, but also a person with great courage. In order to help His Majesty promote the new currency, he spared no effort. Looking at this scene, I am afraid that there will be a lot of losses."

"All losses are naturally to want to gain something." Qin Feng smiled and raised his chopsticks, "Mahou said that the winter fish in Yipinlou is the most talented one. Come and try it."

In the backyard of Dazheng Grain Store, Zheng Chenggui was drinking wine leisurely. The dishes were brought from Yipinlou opposite. The two families were only separated by a street and were still steaming. When Qin Feng was praising the winter fish in Yipinlou, Zheng Chenggui was also carrying a fish eye and stuffing it into his mouth with a smile.

"Dad, it's been ten days. We sold for ten days at a loss. There are more and more people coming. You don't go outside to see it. The team is almost lined up outside the East City. One day, it's a loss of thousands of taels of silver!" Zheng Yiping stood beside his father, feeling a little sad. In the past tens of thousands of taels of silver, the Zheng family has lost tens of thousands of taels of silver in the past ten days. Even for the Zheng family, it's a considerable amount.

Swallowing a fish eye, Zheng Chenggui glanced at his son dissatisfiedly, "Are you short of this money?"

“Of course there is no shortage.”

"Since there is no shortage, why is it so heartbreaking?" Zheng Chenggui snorted coldly and said, "Not to mention ten thousand taels, even ten thousand taels, we have to grit our teeth and get through this time."

The Zheng family has been like a storm of waves. They were originally royal relatives, but their business in Yue was very enjoyable. Even though their daughter was not very favored in the palace, it was for the emperor. Outside, they were still glamorous and decent. But as the Taiping Army entered the city, the past glory and wealth collapsed like a building on the sand. The glory of the past has now become a life-destructing talisman.

The incident happened too quickly, and there was no time to escape or no place to go. The ministers could change their masters, but they couldn't do it. They could only accept their fate and wait at home for the Taiping Army to come to the door and lock them up and beheaded.

But when we waited, we didn't wait. The Taiping Army who entered the city seemed to have forgotten them and no one paid attention to them at all. After ten days of fear, the Zheng family finally found out that their daughter was still alive and was just locked in another palace. The Zheng family had the courage to open the door again. They were a grain shop and had a lot of grain. When they opened the door, the official officer might come to the door. If they didn't open the door, they could also find excuses to come to the door. If they stretched their heads, they would also cut their heads, and they would also cut their heads. It would be better to be generous.

Zheng Chenggui still had a bit of a look. The Dazheng Grain Store, which was on the verge of the storm, was the first grain store in Yuejing City to open a business. This became a bright color for Yuejing City, which was still in chaos at the time.

Life seems to be no different from the past. The Zheng family still does a grain business, and no one comes to pursue them as royal relatives of the former dynasty. A few months later, Zheng Chenggui even asked someone to meet his daughter.

Of course, everything was not satisfactory. Soon, Zheng Chenggui smelled a different scent. He had heard of Taiping Fang of the Taiping Army before. Wang Yueyao of the Commercial Bureau was even more famous. In the past six months, Yuejing City has been changing quietly, and the business territory has changed every day, but this change has nothing to do with the Zheng family.

Zheng Chenggui discovered that the Zheng family was excluded.

This is a terrible thing. No one seems to pursue them, but this kind of rejection is enough to make the Zheng family narrower and narrower in the future. It is very natural for those who do business to climb high and lower. In the past, they were royal relatives, so naturally some people came to them. But now, they who have become dogs who fall into the water are consciously rejected. After a long time, they are not far from death.

They are grain merchants, and it is so easy to get stuck in their necks!

Zheng Chenggui was naturally unwilling to be tied up. With his experience, this must not be the meaning of the emperor who is now superior, but it is just a manifestation of the subordinates' thinking. Otherwise, if they want to deal with themselves, why bother with such trouble? Wouldn't a command be even more affordable?

As long as the one who did not want to kill him quickly, there would be room for this matter to change. He struggled to support the business, while he widened his eyes and looked for opportunities.

This opportunity is naturally an opportunity to express your attitude to that person.

The Ming Empire was established, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the world was amnesty. His daughter was able to go home. This was unimaginable in dynasties. It was not uncommon for ordinary palace maids to go home, but his daughter was a famous and wealthy concubine, and she could go home, which further strengthened Zheng Chenggui's idea. The current emperor is different from before.

He waited for the opportunity.

The court implemented monetary reform. This was a big event and something that the dynasty would treat carefully no matter which emperor of the dynasty. Zheng Chenggui felt that the opportunity had come.

Seize this opportunity and show the emperor whether the Zheng family can turn over. Let’s make a try. If the matter is still the same as before, the Zheng family can give the shop to others, sell the property, and go to the countryside to be a farmer.

"Dad, the emperor may not know that we do this here. If he didn't know at all, wouldn't we spill so much money in vain and offend our colleagues a lot? It's not the past now, and our lives will be difficult. In this way, business will be impossible." Zheng Yiping said.

"It's not that it's difficult to do, but it's impossible to do it at all." Zheng Chengguimi sipped in wine, "But the emperor will definitely know how big a monetary reform is. Wouldn't your Majesty stare at this part? As long as the emperor doesn't care about our past affairs at all, then our investment this time will have a great chance of getting rich returns. Now, His Majesty the Emperor needs strong support, and we have set a springboard for him."
Chapter completed!