Poor Family Chapter 688

  Chapter 688 Business Opportunities in Chaos

Unlike the Song Army on the Hedong Road who successfully blocked the Jin soldiers at Yanmenguan, Feihuxing and Jingxing, the resistance of the Song Army on the Hebei Road can be described as repeated defeats. They were forced to withdraw quickly to the south due to the pincer attack, but they were still overtaken by Wanyan Zongwang's army in Raoyang County, Shenzhou. Zhong Zhong led the army to fight back, but finally retreated under the repeated impact of 10,000 cavalry. The Song army was defeated and almost all The army was destroyed.

And the vice-capital commander Wan Yan's mother led an army of 50,000 to burn and kill the traitors all the way. The northern prefectures fell one after another. The battle collapsed, and the entire city of Daming County fled. In a state of panic, Yun Wang Zhao Kai, who was in charge of Daming Mansion, fled the city disguised as a commoner.

  But the golden soldiers and iron cavalry did not attack Daming County, but diverted to Bozhou, and the golden soldiers and iron hooves reached the north bank of the Yellow River.

  The Song Army on the Third Hebei Road suffered a disastrous defeat. The news that the golden soldiers and iron cavalry arrived at the Yellow River spread to the capital. The emperor Zhao Ji, who was presiding over the court meeting, vomited blood and fainted on the spot in the hall, and was rescued into the deep palace.

There is a lot of turmoil in the capital. The wave of evacuation from the capital has changed from a small number of people in private to a large-scale public evacuation. Almost all wealthy families are looking for a way out in the south. The price of silver has broken through one tael of silver to five thousand coins The high price reached 5,500 Wen for one tael of silver, and gold was even more expensive, and it couldn't even be exchanged for gold in the black market.

Li Daqi has been quite worried these days. Tang Zhengzong has not returned from his trip to Tangyin County. Although the Jin soldiers have not yet reached Xiangzhou, it is said that there is no ferry boat on the north bank of the Yellow River. Tang Zhengzong is likely to be lost in the chaos .

At noon, Li Daqi came to Hongqiao Tea Restaurant as usual. The business of the tea restaurant was still booming. The merchants wanted to get the latest news about the battle situation from the tea restaurant. When Li Daqi went upstairs, many merchants surrounded him and asked questions : "Mr. Li, what's the news from Hedong Road?"

The news that Li Yanqing sits on Hedong Road has spread all over the capital, and Li Yanqing's identity as the owner of Baoyanzhai has long been known, so when Li Daqi appeared, many people wanted to learn something from Li Daqi. inside information.

  Li Daqi cupped his hands again and again and said, "Everyone, I, like everyone else, know nothing about the situation on Hedong Road."

Li Daqi explained for a long time, and then everyone dispersed. He came to his fixed seat and sat down. Zhang Da, the shopkeeper of Wanshi Rice Shop opposite, smiled and said: "Mr. Li is not sincere! Last time you told me that you and Taiyuan Bao There are pigeon letters between Yan and Zhai."

"The shopkeeper Zhang misunderstood. Now there are no pigeon letters from Taiyuan. I heard that all carrier pigeons and carrier eagles are under arms control. At most, they send letters one-way, sending news from the capital to Taiyuan. So I am not lying. I really don't know the situation."

   "So that's the case, I see that I misunderstood."

  Li Daqi asked again: "Has the Wan's Rice Shop been withdrawn?"

   Shopkeeper Zhang Da smiled wryly, "It's not that easy!"

   "Didn't your proprietor's family withdraw?"

   "Only the family members have withdrawn, and everyone else is here! The family has a big business, so shouldn't the wealth accumulated over decades be lost?"

   "Yes, the most important thing now is not to retreat."

Some time ago, the most important thing was to evacuate the family members. Now it has entered a deep retreat, that is, property retreat. The capital of Song Dynasty, Tokyo, has accumulated nearly half of the wealth of the Song Dynasty. Houses and copper coins were settled down.

Therefore, when the war comes, everyone wants to replace their wealth with portable treasures. Gold, silver, jewelry and other high-value items become the targets of everyone. The first thing to disappear is gold and jewelry. became the target of the crowd.

Now whoever has gold and silver in their hands can buy precious resources at low prices, but the rumors of moving the capital are getting more and more popular, and the housing prices in the capital have plummeted. The house that cost 50,000 yuan and five acres now only costs 1,000 taels You can buy it with silver.

  For businessmen, real estate is no longer a rarity. Now everyone is chasing gold and silver. In the hands of every big businessman, who doesn't have hundreds of thousands of dollars in deposits, how to transfer these money safely is the most important evacuation now.

   "How much silver did your proprietor get?" Li Daqi asked after taking a sip of tea.

   Shopkeeper Zhang Da shook his head, "Now I can't change money anywhere, the proprietor is going to drive me crazy, can proprietor Li give me a little bit? I'll exchange it with you for one to seven!"

  Li Daqi also smiled wryly and said: "To tell you the truth, the shopkeeper, I also have hundreds of thousands of coins in my hand that can't be exchanged for silver. The loss is heavy!"

"Li Yuanwai was joking. I am afraid that the most discerning person in the capital is Li Yuanwai. Li Yuanwai started exchanging gold and silver five years ago. Unlike my proprietor, who spent nearly a million guan in his hands, that's called Want to cry but have no tears."

   Shopkeeper Zhang Da sighed, "Forget it, I'll ask the money shop again!"

   Shopkeeper Zhang got up and left. Li Daqi drank a few sips of tea. At this time, a middle-aged man sat down opposite him. Li Daqi raised his eyes and was stunned. "Xiang Shi!"

This governor Xiang is the nephew of Empress Xiang, his name is Xiang Lun, and he is the governor of Xuzhou. Of course, he is only a false official. The Xiang family is the richest man in the capital. high.

Li Daqi knew him because he had dealt with him when he sold Yujie Baoyanzhai. Yujie Baoyanzhai sold it to the Xiang family for 10,000 taels of gold. Looking back at this transaction today, it is shocking. It is said that someone is willing to use one million dollars

   Exchange for 10,000 taels of gold.

   "Mr. Li, long time no see!" Xiang Lun smiled slightly.

   "Master Xiang, it's been a long time." Li Daqi nodded with a smile.

   "I went to Baoyanzhai just now, and the shopkeeper said that you might be here, so I came here again."

   "Is there anything I can do to the proprietor?"

  Xiang Lun nodded, "I want to make a deal with Proprietor Li!"

   "Master Xiang also wants to buy Baoyanzhai rouge?"

"No, I just came back from Qiantang County, Hangzhou. I planned to buy land by the West Lake, but I found out that it was too late, and the land by the West Lake had already been sold out. I asked the government, and I learned that Li Yuanwai is the largest landowner in the West Lake. Two thousand acres of land by the lake, if Li Yuanwai can transfer it to our Xiang family for three hundred acres, I am willing to buy it at a price of one thousand taels of silver per mu."

Li Daqi bought the land when Fang La had just withdrawn from Hangzhou. At that time, the land price by the West Lake was the lowest in history. It was only ten guanqian per mu, and ten guanqian was only 7,700 yuan, a little more than one tael of silver. People are willing to buy it at nearly a thousand times the price, which shows that the land price in Hangzhou has risen violently.

  Li Daqi realized something immediately, and asked cautiously: "Has the capital move been decided?"

  Xiang Lun looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "There is news from the palace that the officials have decided to move Nanjing to Hangzhou, and Ying Tianfu will remove the Beijing name. This is top-secret information and must not be leaked."

  Li Daqi hesitated for a moment. If he really moved the capital to Hangzhou, it would be a little cheaper for a thousand taels of silver per mu of land, but it would be by the West Lake!

  Xiang Lun laughed again: "I won't buy Li Yuanwai's land for nothing. Didn't Li Yuanwai want to buy a building a few days ago? I can build a bridge."

   Li Daqi didn't want to buy a building, but the brand of building. He wanted to build another building in Hangzhou. Now that the housing price has plummeted, Li Daqi has already bought a lot of valuable resources.

For example, Zhukukulou Teahouse in Yujie, Li Daqi bought it for 5,000 taels of silver. Of course, 5,000 taels of silver was not for buying a teahouse, he bought this brand, that is to say, he can also build a similar one in the capital. Zhu Kukulou Teahouse, as well as the brand and recipe of Granny Cao's meatloaf, he also bought it with five thousand taels of silver.

   These are century-old brands, precious resources that can't be bought with much money. At this time, the other party is in urgent need of silver, so they finally let go.

But what Li Daqi most wanted to buy was the building. He had contacted it several times, but was rejected by the building. If it was the property of an ordinary businessman, it might be possible to trade it, but the building is obviously not. Li Daqi found out that the background of the building is The Chai family even had something to do with today's world, so he had no choice but to give up on it.

  When Li Daqi heard that Xiang Lun was willing to build a bridge, he cheered up and asked, "Is the Chai family willing to sell?"

  Xiang Lun laughed, "Fanlou was no longer the property of the Chai family three years ago."

  Li Daqi also seemed to understand something, and asked tentatively, "Could it be you, Xiang Jia?"

  Xiang Lun smiled and said: "That's true, but it's impossible to sell all of the brand of Fanlou to Xiangjia. I can transfer half of it to Li Yuanwai. Li Yuanwai and I will jointly build a new fanlou by the West Lake."

   "Then what price?"

  Xiang Lun said calmly: "I can give half of the owner of the building to Li Dongzhu, and I won't take any money. There is only one condition. Li Yuanwai sells 500 mu of land by the West Lake to Xiang's family, and the price is still the price just now."

Xiang Lun's plan was extremely precise. The residential land by the West Lake had already been divided up, and basically all of them were bought by the rich and powerful. To use power to exert pressure, he can only use temptation, businessman! As long as the price is high, Li Daqi will definitely consider it, and Xiang Lun even gave half of the building to Li Daqi. "

  Li Daqi pondered for a moment and said: "You can sell five hundred acres of land to the Xiang family, but I want to trade it with gold!"

  Xiang Lun immediately readily agreed, "Then we'll make a deal!"

  (end of this chapter)

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