Buying low and selling high is a businessman's instinct, Shang Mingjie naturally also knew, so he didn't think there was anything wrong.

  "Only you bought too much, brother. If it can't be sold or the grain price fluctuates, how much will be lost?"

  Shang Ming didn't expect that his brother, who had never been involved in worldly affairs, would also know about these things. He couldn't help but put his arm around his shoulder and raise an eyebrow: "You don't know this, do you? This business is actually backed by your uncle, he's now in Nanjiang, how can we lose?"

  Shang Mingjie was shocked.

  Shang Mingyuan smiled and said, "You don't know yet, the southern border is short of food, most of the southern expeditionary army has retreated, now only the eldest prince and your uncle's troops are left to intimidate the Chu army. You say that the grain is transported there, can your uncle make us suffer?"

  Nowadays, Southern Xinjiang is short of food, who will transport it there?

  With Zhao Jie's presence, the Shang family's grain transport not only reduced the risk of being robbed on the way but also increased its competitiveness when it arrived.

  Want to know what the local Wang family is doing now? They are busy trying to curry favor with the second prince and Zhao Jie.

  Ming Jie had heard of this matter before, but today Lin Yubin happened to mention that the income of Xiaji Wen Garden was far less than that of spring, and he remembered this matter.

  So he suggested without thinking, "Why don't you tell your aunt and have the family transport some grain to Southern Xinjiang? I heard that grain is very expensive there, it's three times more than here."

  Lin Yuhbin had heard Lin Guanjia and Zhong Daguantie and Aunt crying about it earlier, and also saw Aunt gritting her teeth saying there was no money, but repeatedly taking out money, so she thought the family must be in dire need of making money, and came up with a plan to help Aunt without thinking.

  Lin Qingwan listened and couldn't help but laugh and cry, stroking her head and saying: "The Shang family has Zhao Jie to protect them, so they can intervene in the grain business, but our Lin family cannot."

  "So you don't have to think about it anymore. You can also rest assured that our family is not short of money now, and we don't need to take this risk."

  Lin Yuhu was taken aback and asked, "Our family also has a long history of working hard. We didn't plan to rely on the Zhao family anyway. Can't we make it on our own?"

  "Is it that simple?" Lin Qingwen leaned on the soft couch and said: "The city has been taken down, but the people in the city are not necessarily convinced. The south border is now very chaotic. Zhao Jie led his troops to the south border, so there was a guard along the way to protect him, and generally, no one dared to offend him."

  Apart from those like Zhao's and Shang's families who have connections, others who dare to transport grain there are either big grain merchants or wealthy clans.

  "Just you wait and see," Lin Qingyan said with a smile, "Even if it's them, they'll have to leave something on the road, otherwise it's impossible for them to arrive safely in Nanjiang."

  Lin Yuhbin finally understood and widened his eyes: "There are bandits in Nanyang!"

  "They can't be considered bandits, just people who can't make a living or defeated soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty trying to find a way out. There are only a few who have really become robbers." Lin Qingyan said: "So our family doesn't have any connections with these big grain merchants, and we can't bear to sacrifice our own long-term workers for this, so let's not get involved in this matter."

  Money isn't that easy to make, otherwise everyone would be doing it.

  Lin Qingwan said contentedly: "We just need to plant fields, make paper, and manage Wenyuan well."

  Lin Qingwan said with a completely unambitious look, but when Shang Mingyuan heard this sentence, he almost vomited blood. Are you still not making enough money?

  The grain produced in this field you sold several tens of dan, keep it until the price of grain rises and then sell it, do you see how much you can make?

  There is also the paper, now the formula is open, but the largest paper workshop of Daliang is still Lin's. Nowadays, most of the grass paper used in Jiangnan comes from Lin's bookstore, and the remaining share is still occupied by a large part of the small workshops opened by Lin's sons.

  Even if the formula for grass paper is made public, few people can take business away from Lin.

  So in the end, it is still the students and ordinary people who benefit the most.

  Students don't say it, but reading books is cheap anyway.

  The Da Zhuang workshop cannot surpass the Lin's bookstore, it is difficult to survive in the paper industry, but those scattered ordinary people can still sell out the paper in their hands.

  In this case, other major ethnic groups can only maintain their business of selling grass paper and cannot make much money.

  It is ordinary people who have more sidelines and improved their living conditions.

  As for Wenyuan, as long as you've seen that it's hard to get a yard this spring, you'll know how hot it is.

  He wanted to host a banquet in Wenyuan to show off to his friends, but almost couldn't book a spot.

  Later, he still made it clear that his identity was Wen Yuan's manager, who finally compromised and gave him a yard. He still needs to rely on relationships to get a position, let alone others?

  And a small courtyard costs five taels of silver per day in rent, which is even more expensive than the monthly rent for a two-story house in Beijing.

  Not to mention that apart from these, the Lin family also has mulberry gardens, weaving workshops, embroidery workshops, fish ponds, orchards and pastures.

  I heard that Lin Auntie also raised a lot of chickens in the orchard, and every day they collect thousands of eggs, isn't this making money?

  Shang Mingyuan floated in with a gloomy face, and Lin Qingyan saw it and smiled, "Isn't my big nephew making a lot of money? Why does this expression look like he's not making money?"

  Lin Yuhbin hastily stood up and bowed to Shang Mingyuan, who returned the courtesy saying: "No need to be polite, sister-in-law, I'm here looking for Mingjie."

  He made a bitter face to Lin Qingwan and said, "Auntie, please advise your second brother. He doesn't know what stimulation he has received recently. He is infatuated with farming and runs to the ground as soon as he has time. Ten cows can't pull him back. The old lady and the second lady are anxious to death."

  Lin Qingwan said indifferently, "He's still young and farming is a proper job too. If he likes it, let him go. When he gets tired of it later on, he'll naturally come back."

  Shang Mingyu bowed repeatedly, "Auntie, don't joke around. I think Second Brother has made up his mind to waste his time on this farming business. When will he get tired of it?"

  "Isn't that better?" Lin Qingyan smiled softly and said, "If he doesn't get tired of it, continuing to study will eventually lead to a breakthrough, and at that time he will naturally leave on his own."

  Shang Mingyuan couldn't argue with Lin Qingwan, and could only say: "It's just that the old lady is worried, she's been crying her eyes out lately. She said that a good child like him has become so unfilial, and you know that all the family's hopes are pinned on him."

  Lin Qingwan smiled and turned the cup with her fingertips, asking meaningfully, "So you're really here to pick up Mingjie? If so, go find him in the fields, he's probably crouching in the rice paddies right now."

  "Hmm," Shang Ming Yu glanced at Lin Yubin without saying a word.

  Lin Yuhbin looked at him with wide, innocent eyes, gritting his teeth in his heart, determined not to leave.

  Lin Qingwan smiled, and didn't mean to ask Lin Yuhong to leave. From now on, the Lin family would be hers, and she wasn't young anymore. Next year when she came of age, she would have to start taking over family matters, and it would be impossible for Shang Mingyuan to avoid talking to her in the future.

  So it's better to let them get used to it from now on.

  Shang Mingyuan chuckled twice and carefully approached her, "Lin Auntie, I heard that your family's grain has not been sold yet."

  Lin Qingwan glanced at him and said: "Who told you that? We just sold a batch two days ago."

  "Auntie, don't deceive me," Shang Mingyuan said with a clever expression: "Who doesn't know that you only contributed tens of dan of grain? But look at the large expanse of empty wheat fields in front of you, how much can be harvested?"

  Although Shang Mingyuan couldn't estimate it, Zhao Guanshi said that the Lin family's land had a bumper harvest this year, better than anyone else's.

  So much wheat, how much grain is that?

  Just converting it into today's grain prices makes Lin Qingwan dizzy.

  In the past, they always said that Lin's family had lost out, exchanging so many industries for just two pieces of land, most of which were still barren. Who knows how much money it would take to cultivate the land? But in just two years, not only did they cultivate all of the land, but they also cultivated it better than any other family.

  Shang Mingyuan didn't think it was Lin Qingyu's good luck or the land being good, but rather that she had great skills. If someone else were to take over, who could turn the place around in just two years?

  Shang Mingyuan was very flattering, but Lin Qingyan didn't quite believe him. She shook her head cruelly again and said, "The grain at home has really been sold out, leaving only enough to eat. You asked the wrong person."

  Shang Ming looked at Lin Qingyu with a pitiful expression and said, "Auntie, please be kind to your nephew. I know you didn't sell your grain, and I won't take advantage of you. The market price outside is this much, how about I give you this price?"

  Seeing the two numbers on Shangmingyuan's hand, Lin Qingyan frowned slightly, "Have grain prices risen again? Where did you get so much money?"

  Shang Mingyuan rubbed his hands and smiled, saying: "The grain price is almost changing every day. The south border is short of grain, which has also driven up the grain price in our Jiangnan region. So, Auntie, can we first owe you the money and settle the account when I bring back the grain from the south border?"

  Still Mingyuan saw Lin Qingyan's stern face and didn't speak, so he patted his chest and said: "Auntie, rest assured, I absolutely won't lose your money..."

  "Alright, alright, I know you don't have the guts," Lin Qingyuan waved her hand and said: "But this price is also too high, I remember that a tenant of mine just sold grain at a lower price two days ago."

  "That's retail, the price is being pressed to the lowest," Shang Mingyuan flattered her: "But Auntie is different, the grain in your hands can compare with a large grain merchant's, so this preferential price is normal."

  Lin Qingwan sneered: "I've always heard that the more you sell, the lower the price, but I didn't expect it to be the opposite when it came to me."

  Lin Qingyan's sarcasm was understood, and Shang Mingyuan's expression paused for a moment before he couldn't help but say, "Aunt Lin, I wouldn't dare to deceive anyone, let alone you. Don't you really trust me?"

  "It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that I don't trust those who manipulate the grain market," Lin Qingyan said with a sidelong glance at him. "Are you really foolish or just pretending to be stupid? After doing business for so long, don't you know that someone is secretly raising prices?"

  Shang Mingyu lowered his head and smiled, saying in a low voice, "He can mention it if he wants to, anyway I'm the one who transported the grain to Nanjiang, so I won't be at a loss."

  It's still those small grain merchants who are being deceived, he's a noble young master, even if he really borrowed usury to buy grain, as long as the grain is in hand, transporting it to the southern border and reselling it will be a big profit.

  When the time comes, the borrowed money will still make a lot of profit, it's like making a fortune with someone else's money, why not take advantage of free money?

  Lin Qingwan pointed at the door and said: "Get out, I won't sell you any food."

  Shang Mingyuan was shocked and his triumphant expression faltered, "Lin Auntie?"

  Lin Qingyan coldly snorted: "It's not just you, whoever comes I won't sell to them. I may not be able to save people, but at least I can avoid harming people."

  I'd like to advise you once more, leave a way out for yourself. You people just lift your hands and it's only about earning less money, but others can keep their families intact, and several lives.