第一百一十二章 自作孽
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柳如是听到这里,已经明白了过来,沉声问道:“你的意思是有人在背地里收粮食!”
“不错!而且量非常大!”
“这就怪了,若是要囤积居奇从中牟利,也不会在这个时候屯粮食呀?须知这个时候粮价本来就已经很高了,再过两三个月夏粮就下来了,那时候粮价必然会跌下去。最新地址ltxsba.xyzΩ恐怕连本钱都要亏出去了,天下岂有这样的笨人?”
“除非不是为了赚钱,那人屯粮食是为了别的极为要紧的用处,为此他宁可在这个时候花高价买粮食!”
柳如是是何等聪明的女子,立即就明白了过来,不由得脸色大变,低声道:“子龙,你的意思难道是有人图谋不轨,想要造反?”
陈子龙没有说话,只是微微点了点头。俗话说军无粮必亡,若非是官府,私人像这样不计成本的囤积粮食多半是图谋不轨。尤其是在荒年,若是预先囤积大量粮食,从饥民中挑选精壮成军,十万之众旬月可成,绝对是朝廷的噩梦。
“可是江南之地素来是鱼米之乡,并不缺乏粮食呀?”
“那是过去了!”陈子龙叹了口气:“自嘉靖年间以来,江南百姓多将田土种植桑、烟草、棉花,获利远胜种稻。江南虽然是鱼米之乡,可口粮却是仰给江西、湖广等地。许多百姓家里不过只有个把月的存粮,若是战事一起,上游那边的粮食运不下来,立刻就是另外一番景象了!”
“那可知道是什么人暗中买进粮食?”柳如是赶忙问道。
“我还没有派人查问,不过这倒也不难查到!”
柳如是点了点头,购入这么多粮食所需要的资金、存储、运输都绝非寻常商人可以做到的,能做到的人屈指可数。想到这里,她的脸色也阴暗了起来:“哎,果然已经是末世了呀!子龙,我们不能在这里坐以待毙,你赶快去打听消息,得到确定消息后我们就去宜兴一趟,将此事禀告玉绳先生。”
旅顺。
“大人,这是这个月的进口货物清单!”徐显明小心翼翼的将一块薄木板递给刘成,木板上夹着一叠白纸,上面用蝇头小楷密密麻麻的写满了货物的种类、数量。刘成放下手中的茶杯,接过木板细细看了起来,一边看口中一边念叨着,突然他停止念叨,指着上面的一行字问道:“为何铜锭的价格贵了这么多?”
“大人,朝邑那边的炼铜作坊已经停工了,这边的还没有开工,只能用朝鲜那边运过来的替代,数量还不够,多余的只能从日本那边买来,价格就贵了不少!”
“好吧!”刘成叹了口气,由于吞并了后金的军工产业,得到了后金和朝鲜的大批熟练工匠,他的武器产能实际上比朝邑时候还提高了至少一倍,可是所需的原料产能却没有随之提高,为了争取时间,他不得不通过进口来弥补缺口,其结果就是库存的贵金属大量外流,一想到这里,他就不禁一阵肉痛。
“库存的白银还撑得住吗?”
“日本商人愿意用丝绸、瓷器、还有我们生产的一些日用品抵扣铜锭的货款!”徐显明笑道。
“好,好!”刘成闻言大喜:“那硫磺也可以吗?”
“那倒不用,大员那边的硫磺已经运了两船过来,火药厂那边说质量很好,我已经让他们再运几船过来了。可以用海豹皮、鲸脂、还有各色辽东货到江南去换,然后再用丝绸、茶叶瓷器去抵扣。”
“那硝石呢?”刘成问道,古代中国本身有较为丰富的硝石产量,但自从刘成消灭后金后,从内地获得大量硝石就不那么容易了,考虑到战争有可能长期化,他不得不在开战前未雨绸缪,多囤积一点。
“大员那边已经向英国东印度公司订购了两船印度硝石,如果一切顺利的话,一个月后就可以运到这里了,应该耽误不了事!”
“好,好!”刘成满意的拍了拍木板,笑道:“显明,你真是我的萧何呀!”
“大人谬赞了!”徐显明恭谨的欠了欠身子:“其实在属下看来,现在最重要的是粮食,后金这边本来粮食就很紧缺,朝鲜去年又刚刚经过兵火,河套那边的粮食运过来的话路上消耗实在太大,火药少些还可以打仗,若是粮食不够的话,恐怕就——”
“呵呵!”刘成笑了起来:“显明,粮食的问题你不用操心,这个我已经有了准备,你只要盯紧武器、火药、船只、资金这几个就好了!”
虽然还不明白刘成为何如此自信,徐显明还是习惯性的点了点头,他将木板交给身后的小僮,低声道:“大人,属下说句不该说的话,像这样下去也不是长久之计,拖到年底还能勉强维持,若是拖到明年这个时候,只怕护军的薪饷都要用不足值得钱币放了!”
“明年这个时候?”刘成笑道:“你也太看得起京师里的老爷们了,我们撑不到明年这个时候,难道他们就撑得到吗?”
京师,侯府。
“少爷,宜兴周先生有人来了,就在外间等候!”管家小心翼翼的对正在书案前挥毫作画的侯方域禀告道,自家公子的脾气他最清楚,虽然素来以风流自赏,但脾气却大的很,尤其是在写文作画的时候,最忌讳被人打扰,一个不好,拖出去打死也是寻常。
“是他?”侯方域放下毛笔,冷笑了一声:“定然是向父亲请求帮他起复的,此人功名心如此之重,若是让他翻了身,哪里还有我等的容身之地?”
管家小心的答道:“那我便去回绝了他,只说少爷您不在府中,让他留下信笺便是?”
“罢了!此人名声甚大,传出去名声太不好听了!”侯方域稍微沉吟了一下:“你把来人待到后院厢房去便是!”
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