Fleeing the wasteland and farming: don't panic, the family's metaphysics boss

Chapter 297 It's Outrageously Expensive

Old Liu never expected that someone would really sell Zhuangzi, and it would still be thousands of acres.Fortunately, when Qing Yu left that day, he left him his address, so he hurriedly asked someone to take the news with him.

So at noon that day, Qingyu and Hongtao came to the countryside and bought 74 mu of land in Tongjiazhuang, including more than 540 cows, a batch of farm tools and All kinds of seeds, etc., totaling more than [-] eight taels.

The contract was signed smoothly, but Zhuangtou was unable to stay in Zhuangzi because he was a servant of the Tong family. Qingyu gave him a tael of silver and asked him to stay for a while until the new Zhuangtou arrived. , Hand over before leaving.

Zhuangtou was also happy and agreed.Taking advantage of this opportunity, he informed the tenants in Zhuangzi about the basic situation of the new owner.

The new owner is chasing the wind.When the tenant farmers heard the news, they all cheered with joy, for no other reason, because the name of the boss had been spread all over the area.

The crops in the other family's fields were withered and yellow, but the medicine fields of the boss's house had a bumper harvest. Many people didn't believe it when they heard it at first, and went to see it in person. The result was really shocking.

Not to mention, the production method of the sand fields used by everyone is also taught from boss to boss, so the tenant farmers in Zhuangzi, when they heard that the new owner was boss-by-boss, they were as happy as if they had picked up gold ingots.

For a while, everyone was looking forward to seeing the new owner early.

Compared with the happiness of the tenant farmers, the people of Yinzhou City are feeling sad, because the price of food has risen too fast recently.First it was seventy copper coins per catty, and within a few days it rose to eighty copper coins, and after half a month, it rose to one cent per catty.

As food prices rise, so do other types of meat and vegetables.

The common people were forced to complain all day long, but there was nothing wrong with it. The price of food in the whole city was about the same, and among them, there was a high price of 120 copper per catty, mainly from the He family.

However, this is just the beginning, food prices have skyrocketed just after the autumn harvest, and this year's autumn harvest has reduced production, so what will happen next year?Wouldn't it be expensive to go to heaven.

Everyone started to worry.Yes, everyone, big grain merchants including the Si family.

In the Si family compound, Si Chaoren has just read the letter sent back by his brother.

He covered his eyebrows, put the letter on the table, and was silent for a long time before picking up the letter and going to his father's study.

"Father." Si Chaoren said bluntly as soon as he entered the room: "Second brother has delivered a letter and returned. There has been a change in the purchase of food."

Si Denghan frowned, quickly put down what he was doing, and asked urgently, "What variable?"

Si Chaoren handed over the letter and said, "The price of grain in Yezhou has risen to [-] copper coins per catty."

Si Denghan was startled, and while receiving the letter, he asked, "What's the matter? This year is a bumper year in Yezhou, why is the grain price so expensive?"

"It is said that some grain merchants bought at high prices, which raised the price of grain.

Moreover, this price is only for foreign businessmen. The local grain price in Yezhou is around forty copper coins. "

It actually quadrupled.Si Denghan read the letter for a long time, and then murmured in puzzlement: "How could this be?"

There is no shortage of grain in Yezhou, and there is no competition at all, so why do grain merchants buy at a high price?Even if you want to monopolize the grain market, you have to buy out, but now, there is no buyout, and the price is deliberately high, why?

Si Denghan really couldn't figure it out, which kind of mixed businessman would want to do this if he had so much money and nowhere to spend it.

Si Chaoren said: "If it is eighty copper coins per catty, plus the round-trip transportation cost, even if we only sell at cost price, it will be at least one cent and ten copper coins per catty."

Originally, the price of grain that they had inquired about could be as low as [-] to [-] copper coins per catty for bulk purchases. Adding in the cost, their grain price could have been controlled at [-] to [-] copper coins per catty, which was about the same as before.

But now, the price of food in other places has soared, even if they only guarantee the cost, it will exceed one yuan.This is far beyond the price Luo Xian set for them at the beginning.

Si Denghan thought for a while, and then asked: "The third and fourth have not delivered the letter yet?"

Si Chaoren hummed, "It is estimated that the letter will be sent back in the next two days. Now it depends on their situation."

Si Denghan pondered for a moment, and then said: "Go and invite other big grain merchants, let's understand the situation first."

The other large grain merchants all received the quota from Cang Cao Shu Luo Xian at the beginning, and they were all on the same boat, so there was no need to keep it secret.

"Where's the He family? Do you want to invite?" Si Chaoren asked.

Si Denghan thought for a moment, even though there were many conflicts with the He family in other business, but in this matter, the two families are actually a united front, so he said: "Please, come to see him."

Si Chaoren responded yes, and then went to deliver the post. On the afternoon of that day, the bosses of various grain merchants gathered in the main room of the He family courtyard.

Of course, as expected, there was no He Wanming.

Si Denghan didn't care about it, and took the lead in talking to the grain merchants about what happened to him.

"I mainly buy in the three states of Yezhou, Bingzhou, and Qizhou. Now that Yezhou has obtained approval, the price for foreign merchants to buy grain is [-] copper coins per catty."

As soon as the words fell, a boss hurriedly said: "I am similar, I bought it in Wuzhou, and it cost 75."

Si Denghan frowned, and looked at the other bosses, so everyone said their prices, and they were all about the same, the most expensive one was 85.

They are all purchased in different places, how can the price of food be so expensive?

Si Denghan felt that something was wrong, "It's a good year in these places, why is the food price so high, do you know the reason?"

Another boss said: "In my side, I heard that when the harvest was just harvested, there were foreign grain merchants who bought it at a high price, and the price of grain was brought up like this."

Si Denghan was taken aback, it was the same as the situation in Yezhou?He asked the other bosses, and those who didn't want to know were all because someone deliberately raised the price.

Now, the bosses also felt that something was wrong.

Someone said: "If this person really wants to monopolize the grain market alone, he must buy it out, but he neither buys it out, but also asks for a high price. Isn't this... deliberately looking for trouble for himself? What exactly is he trying to do?"

Someone asked again: "You may have guessed, who is this foreign businessman?"

Everyone looked at each other, and another person continued: "Actually, I have heard that it seems to be a grain merchant in our Yinzhou."

A grain merchant in Yinzhou. Everyone was silent for a while, and finally, someone said: "I think that the most expensive grain in the city is probably that person. He can't pay himself back. Buy high prices and low It is absolutely impossible to sell at a low price.”

The most expensive one. There is only one with the most expensive grain price in the city.The bosses of the grain merchants all seemed to think of the same person, so someone quickly said tentatively: "It seems that Boss He hasn't been seen much recently."

Si Denghan also thought about it in his heart, and he was a little frustrated, "I posted a message for him, but he didn't come, probably because he didn't want to come. Hmph, or he has no face to come."

In this way, everyone has almost concluded.The He family purchased grain at a high price, which raised the price of grain in various states, and caused the cost of other grain merchants to quadruple.

(End of this chapter)