Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 321 Grain Storm Five

Chang'an City.

A storm caused by food has begun to sweep across the city.

"Sales are suspended, Tangtang Grain Store is actually out of food?"

"What, you don't have food to sell here?"

"How is it possible, we have already gone to seven or eight grain shops, and there is no food!"

"There was no severe drought in Guanzhong last year, and the grain harvest was not bad. How could there be no grain business this year? Someone must be obstructing it!"

"Professor He, we came all the way from Xiliang, and you told me that your grain store has no grain. We have been cooperating for more than ten years. You are so disappointing to us!"

"Do you think we are Qiang people, so you deliberately don't sell us food!"

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Grain prices have been rising for two consecutive months. Recently, it is no longer an issue of food prices. There is a rare period of food vacuum in the city.

This brought together dozens of well-known grain merchants in Chang'an City.

"Wait, who is hoarding grain!"

Above a lobby, a grain merchant shouted hysterically.

"Don't spout blood, how can we stockpile food!"

"Even if we want to stockpile grain, none of us are afraid that none of us have such strong financial resources to clean up the grain in the Chang'an market!"

"It must be a foreign grain merchant!"

"Who on earth is it?"

All the grain merchants peeped at each other.

"More than three months ago, the price of grain in Chang'an was maintained at about [-] yuan a stone, but now it is [-] yuan a stone. The price has been raised so high, and they have cleaned up the grain on the market. These people are not simple. !"

An old man with a cane said in a deep voice, "They are here for our Chang'an food!"

He is a representative figure of Chang'an grain merchants. Chang'an Yejia, Ye Tong, was a young man who was filial and honest, and entered the official career, but later resigned from the official position and started to do business. After forty or fifty years, he became a Chang'an grain merchant Among the representative tasks.

"Same old man, there was a market turmoil in the capital before. Although no food was involved, almost all the salt merchants were sunk, causing countless casualties!"

Someone said in a low voice.

"Jingping Trading Company!"

Many people heard this and called out the name in unison.

In the past, Jingping's reputation was only in Nanyang, not in Guanzhong, but after a business war in Luoyang, not to mention the world famous, at least among the merchants in Guanzhong, Jingping already has the reputation of tiger and wolf, which makes people have to pay attention.

"It is not our local grain merchants in Chang'an. I am afraid that only the power of the merchant alliance like Jingping Commercial Bank can make the grain situation in Chang'an fluctuate so much!"

The middle-aged Kou Ming said in a deep voice.

The Kou family is also a hero among the grain merchants in Chang'an.

"Tong Jian, a grain merchant in Luoyang, once had a correspondence with me. He told me that Jingping Trading Company may not be strictly limited to Luoyang. I didn't expect them to dare to go south to Chang'an to disturb our market!"

Dong Guoyi was thirty years old, and there was a gloomy coldness between the flashes of light in his eyes.

The Dongguo family has been in the food business for more than 100 years. They have traveled all over the world and have a lot of connections. However, even if there is news, Dongguo Yi would not dare to think that someone is so bold and dares to come to Chang'an to stir up the situation.

"But here they are!"

Ye Tong squinted his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "Besides our noses, our inventory was consumed drop by drop. We were too careless, so we missed the first move. Now even the inventory has been swept away by them!"

"They are too brave!"

Someone said angrily: "You just messed up Luoyang's salt market, and now we come to Chang'an to stir up the wind and rain with food. Do they really think that no one can deal with them?"

"No matter what, we have already lost the first place, and now we must try our best to find food back, so that we can regain the market!"

"It's better to borrow food from the dead!"

"Hongnong Yang's family should have food!"

"I'm afraid the family will not lend us food easily!"

All the merchants began to discuss picking it up.

"Guanzhong is so big, we don't have to be so downcast!" Ye Tong said softly: "Since they want to raise the price of grain for us in Chang'an, we will let them do so. From now on, we will send people to the surrounding cities to buy grain! "

"The old man is right!"

Kou Ming nodded: "We can even go to Hongnong to sell grain in Hedong. They want to fight us in Guanzhong. They think this little trick can embarrass our Chang'an grain merchants, so they are too confident , we are not the insignificant salt merchants in Luoyang, we are the grain merchants who control Chang'an's grain, this time, we must let them know that Chang'an grain merchants should not be offended lightly!"

"it is good!"

"Just do it!"

"Maybe you can make a lot of money!"

"The grain in Guanzhong is piled up like a mountain. If they dare to come to sweep the goods, they will lose everything!"

When the merchants heard the words, they immediately regained a lot of confidence in their hearts.

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Mi family.

Mi Zhu and Zhang Heng are settling accounts.

"We have almost run out of funds, and these grains have finally entered our granary. I didn't expect that with the financial resources of our two families, we can hardly hold back Chang'an's grain purchases!" Mi Zhu smiled wryly.

"The average price is [-] yuan a stone, which is a high price!"

Zhang Hengdao: "But it's pretty good to achieve the goal!"

"Now I'm a little worried. Is the food safe in Chang'an?" Mi Zhu said, "If the government intervenes, our food will be owned by the government, and there will be nothing to lose!"

It is not unreasonable for merchants to have a humble status. The legal system of this era does not mean to protect merchants.

"rest assured!"

Zhang Hengdao: "Our chief treasurer is not fully prepared, how dare we let us enter the arena, Chang'an Duwei was promoted by the Taifu, and he has been in office for more than three months. With him, no matter whether it is Chang'an Ling or Chang'an Cheng Dare to easily get involved in the name of the government, but you must know that to offend Mr. Tai Tuo, who is now in full swing in the court, is a dead end!"

"In this way, I feel a lot more at ease!" Mi Zhu dared to enter the arena, more or less with some intentions in this regard, if there is no Taifu Mushan's power to rely on, even if he has a millionaire fortune, he would not dare to get involved.

"This is just the beginning!"

Zhang Heng flipped through the ledger and said, "The grain in Chang'an is an introduction. You must know that what we are doing this time is not a single market in Chang'an, but the entire Guanzhong grain market. Next, we will see how all parties compete!"

"Merchants from the East China Sea are already in place!"

"My merchants from Jingzhou are here too!"

The two looked at each other and smiled one after another.

"Then let's see if the food in this pass is inexhaustible!" Mi Zhu became ruthless and said coldly.

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Luoyang, Taifu Mansion, Jingping Courtyard.

"Have you read all the documents?" Mu Jing sat cross-legged, looking at the man in front of him.

"The prince's appetite is really big!"

The man closed the paper and said in a low voice, his voice trembling: "The food in Guanzhong can supply millions of soldiers and horses. Isn't the prince afraid of dying?"

"afraid!"

The corners of Mujing's mouth raised slightly, revealing a smile: "But I'm more afraid of starving to death!"

He went on to say: "Then the rest is up to you!"

"Your Majesty trusts me?" This man is Gong Chang, the number one grain merchant in Wuyin in the past, known as the running dog of the Wuyin gentry, but in a business war, he was defeated by the fledgling Jingping Trading Company. Abandoned, the Gong family plummeted, with a lot of debts, and was finally absorbed by Jingping Trading Company, but Mujing was a little cautious about him, and had been idle in Nanyang for a long time, so a secret letter summoned him to the capital.

"Trust or not, depends on your actions!"

Mu Jing said: "In the past, I was optimistic about your ability, but you were my enemy at that time. Now I will give you a chance. Jingping Commercial Bank has two executive shopkeepers, but there are more and more affairs, and some can't take care of them. I decided to promote two more places, if you have a chance, it depends on your performance!"

"Thank you for your trust, son, I will definitely do my best!"

Gong Zhang's eyes widened, and there was a touch of burning heat in his eyes.

Jingping Commercial Bank has more than a hundred shopkeepers, and there are only two executive shopkeepers, and there is also a supervisory shopkeeper, Xu Lin, but Xu Lin only has the power of supervision, and only the executive shopkeeper has the right to command. This is a chance, he must grasp it .

(End of this chapter)