Poor family mother and son

Chapter 435 Cooperation
The final transaction price was set at [-] Wen per bucket, which was [-] Wen lower than Chu Qing's price.

According to Chu Qing's prediction, this year's grain production will definitely decrease, and the summer harvest will cause the people to panic again, so even if the grain price is suppressed, it will still exceed what it was two months ago.

But in fact, Chu Qing still doesn't understand the market well enough.

When the convoy transporting grain was tossing and turning in the streets and alleys due to road construction, the people saw a large amount of grain transported into Yibin Mansion, thinking that the government had raised grain, so they all felt relieved.

Those who can't afford grain will naturally not buy it, but those who can afford it will stop and wait and see the price change.

This made the local grain shops in Yibin Mansion suddenly unsalable.

While waiting for the expansion of the warehouse, the grain merchants in other places inspected the sales of local grain stores all day long, and found that the sales of grain stores were low, and seeing that the summer harvest was not far away, they were very anxious.

The anxiety of the past few days has been lingering in the hearts of the grain merchants, and even intensified, so that they made more concessions when bargaining with Baijiaxing.

Several grain merchants from the six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River came out of the "temporary reception room" of the lumber yard, and everyone waiting outside looked at their expressions carefully.

The businessmen sent by Gao Zhifu, who didn't even get the qualification to enter the door, held their breaths, hoping to get a glimpse of something from the calm faces of these people.

Bai Jiaxing felt that these people were too good at pretending, how long could they keep the price of [-] Wen a secret by pretending to be so secretive?What's the use?
So Bai Jiaxing said "Let's go", and said for the sake of the other party: "Although we sincerely hope to buy all the grain you brought in, if you are pressed for time, I have another way. See it as impossible."

When they said this, everyone was almost at the gate, so the people waiting outside heard it, and everyone focused on Bai Jiaxing.

Bai Jiaxing said: "It's not easy to transport it here. You can go to the surrounding counties along the road. This is the time when the people are most short of food. Two hundred coins a bucket should be easy to sell, but it may be difficult to sell it loosely." Trouble;
However, I can also help you get some letters of introduction from my lord. My lord visited various counties and townships at the beginning of the year and dealt with various government offices;

By organizing the sale by the government, you can reduce trouble and settle the money as soon as possible. What do you think? "

"Two hundred words!" Now I know everything.

Bai Jiaxing seemed to see himself waving his hand, and the bubbles called "hope" floating above these people's heads were all extinguished.

Several major grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River stared at Bai Jiaxing with condemning eyes.

Bai Jiaxing smiled, and cursed in his heart: A group of people who have made a fortune for the country, what kindness and righteousness should I tell you?
But Bai Jiaxing is right, instead of selling them loosely in each county and village, it is better to directly negotiate with local governments and let them organize the people to buy grain collectively.

For the government to organize, someone really needs a letter of introduction.

Watching the crowd gradually disperse, Deputy Wang Qianhu pulled his fake beard and said: "I didn't see much in the past, but I have been in contact with you a lot these days. I find that you are worse than a listless one from top to bottom!"

"That's where it is!" Bai Jiaxing smiled and made a "please" gesture, asking Deputy Wang Qianhu to go back to the reception room and sit down.

"What do you mean?" Deputy Wang Qianhu was puzzled: "Could it be that you are so weak that you underestimated you?"

Bai Jiaxing: "...so embarrassing! But that's what it means."

Deputy Wang Qianhu: "..."

Deputy Wang Qianhu asked: "I thought you wouldn't accept their food, why did you accept it in the end?"

Bai Jiaxing poured hot tea again for Deputy Wang Qianhu, and explained: "Half of Li's goods are last year's summer grain.

"Why do you need so much food? Do you want to make money for the country?" Deputy Wang Qianhu felt that the patriotism towards Chu Qing should be re-examined.

"Our food was shipped here just for show, not much, and our adults said that we would send it back to Jizhou to support the disaster there." Bai Jiaxing replied.

"Oh... what about the new ones?" Deputy Wang Qianhu asked again.

"Collect a part of it to cooperate with you, okay?" Bai Jiaxing's smile was really a bit "sneaky".

Come on, come on!Deputy Wang Qianhu felt that the other party was going to "bribe" him.

As a Wang Fuqianhu who has no background and no background, and has come to where he is today thanks to his loyalty, all so-called "cooperation" is a trap.

"Hmph!" Deputy Wang Qianhu said in a bad tone, "There must be a reason for wearing leather pants over cotton pants. Either the cotton pants are too thin, or the leather pants are hairless! Come on, why do you want to cooperate?"

Wang Fuqianhu did not ask about the content of the cooperation, but the reason for the cooperation, which seemed to turn his face at any time.

"My adults said, have you tasted several kinds of bugs?" Bai Jiaxing asked.

Deputy Wang Qianhu: "Uh... yes, what's the matter?"

Can't I put it another way, I'm not a chicken or a duck, but I also eat bugs!That's called food!

"My lord wants to put some of the grain with you, and in the name of the Yibin Mansion Council, exchange one catty of grain with the common people for two catties of locusts." Bai Jiaxing said.

"What?!" Deputy Wang Qianhu was dumbfounded now, why didn't he understand?
Bai Jiaxing chuckled: "Master, didn't you just say that there must be a reason for leather pants and cotton pants? You are right, there is indeed a reason;
My adults said that even if the price of food is suppressed, there will still be people who cannot afford food, and they can catch locusts to exchange for food. "

Deputy Wang Qianhu: "Why do your lords want locusts?"

Bai Jiaxing: "Eat!"

Deputy Wang Qianhu imagined that Chu Qing was holding a locust in his mouth, frying a large pot of locusts in his hand, with a vat of locusts on the side, and shivered!

Deputy Wang Qianhu: "Why don't you just give out the porridge? It's all free food anyway!"

Bai Jiaxing: "Porridge is free, but locusts are not free! Moreover, in the name of the director's office, the secret investigation department must also contribute to the people, just to trouble the adults to help transport the locusts every day."

Deputy Wang Qianhu agreed: "Although I don't understand what your lord is going to do, I think she is very powerful."

In the name of the council, the council of Yibin Mansion is the responsibility of the council, so why don't you give away the honor for nothing, your kindness will be rewarded soon!

The vicinity of the Yibin Mansion Ferry became lively again.

The place that originally came here to set up stalls and sell goods has become very tidy, because the road near the ferry is paved with flat green bricks, and dark blue bricks are used to pave "isolation belts" on both sides of the road.

From a distance it looks a lot like a modern "bicycle lane".

The purpose of these two "isolation belts" is to set up the location of the stalls, so that it looks neat, and with the smooth road, even the sellers can consciously maintain hygiene.

The "isolation zone" on one side has uniform small stoves, small tables and chairs, and oil lamps. It is very spectacular to line up the whole row at equal intervals.

There is a sign on the side near the ferry passage: "Food Street".

Because the grain harvested this time was relatively fresh, Chu Qing took out the old grain that had been stored for more than two years and brought it back from the warehouse to make snacks.

Although the taste of making steamed buns and rice is not very good, it is very good for making baked steamed buns, baked pancakes, fried rice with lard, or jujube rice cakes, etc.

There is also a new snack: Grilled Locust Skewers.

Compared with lamb kebabs and chicken kebabs, cheap locust kebabs are quite popular. There are ten locusts on each skewer, which are deliciously grilled and sprinkled with powdered salt.

If you eat deep-fried locust skewers, it costs five cents and two skewers, which is very cheap.

Of course, the porters can't afford it, and these are all prepared for the passengers.

(End of this chapter)