After time travel, I became the first richest woman in Lizhao

Chapter 112 Su Yixiang's Purchasing Strategy

After a while, the old farmer caught two more fish, and the three went back to the old farmer's house together.

As soon as he entered the house, the old farmer shouted: "Old woman, there are guests, and we will eat stewed fish for lunch today!"

I saw an old woman with white hair coming out of the main room with her waist bowed and her eyes narrowed.

Su Yixiang saw that the old lady was blind, so he took a step forward, held her by the arm, and said, "Excuse me, old lady."

Hearing his voice, the old man immediately smiled and said: "Don't disturb, don't disturb, our old couple haven't entertained guests for several years, it's rare for someone to come to our house for dinner, please sit in the room."

Su Yixiang saw that the eaves of this family were low and the house was dark. There were only two thatched cottages. It looked like a poor family.

But what about the children of the family?
Su Yixiang sat down, and the old lady poured him a cup of tea tremblingly.

Su Yixiang took the teacup and gently placed it on the table.

The old woman heard the voice and said, "Young man, where are you from?"

"Oh, I'm from Yunzhou."

"Yunzhou?" The old woman was stunned for a moment, and said, "You're talking about Yunzhou next to Mizhou in the north?"

Su Yixiang said: "Exactly."

"Alas." The old woman sighed: "18 years ago, there was a famine in Mizhou, and I escaped from there."

"Oh?"

The old man went on to say: "Our family's ancestors have been in Mizhou for generations. I was 16 years old that year. I just married his father and had a pair of children. It's a pity, it's a pity. On that day, I took my son to the field and let him sit under the shade of a tree. My father and I went to the field to catch locusts. At dusk, we came back from the field. My child..." the old man His voice was choked with sobs: "My child was bitten to death by locusts."

Just as Su Yixiang wanted to comfort her, the old man continued.

"After a few days, the locusts were going to eat up all the food, and my father and I had to go to the fields, so we put my daughter, Da Niu, at home. We purposely covered all the windows with cloth, pots, and dustpans. Cover it, that is, the chimney above the kitchen stove is not covered, who knew that when we came back, the house was covered with locusts, my big girl," the old man said with tears streaming down his cheeks, "my big girl was also killed by them gone."

After speaking, he couldn't stop crying.

Su Yixiang felt uncomfortable after hearing this.

The old farmer came into the house and heard his wife talking about it, so he complained: "Say it again! It's been so many years, and everyone says, look at you, your eyes are blind from crying, and you haven't let go of this matter." !"

"That's my child! How can I let it go! They were still so young when they left, and Niuniu couldn't speak yet." The old man wept again as he spoke.

"The fish is ready!" Lu Guangkui came in carrying a large basin of fish.

Su Yixiang hurriedly got up to pack his things.

The old woman also wiped away her tears, picked up her smiling face again, and said, "Eat, eat, we don't have such fresh fish in the north."

After several people sat down, the old farmer asked Su Yixiang: "You two came all the way from Yunzhou to Runzhou, what's the matter?"

Su Yixiang said: "The weather in Yunzhou has been drought recently, we want to come to Runzhou to stock up on some food for emergencies."

The old man nodded and said, "It's good to stock up on food. Unlike us at that time, the whole state didn't have any surplus food. When the government's relief food arrives, most of the people in the state will starve to death."

Su Yixiang nodded.

"However, you can't be too greedy. People don't have so much money and can't afford food that is too expensive. Don't see that there is food, but farmers starve to death. That will really become a joke in Yunzhou."

Su Yixiang blushed when he heard this, and shook his head, "No, no, we only sell at reasonable prices. Our Su family has always only given money to the poor, and never did anything to harm the common people."

The old farmer didn't answer.

After eating for a while, Lu Guangkui asked, "Uncle, how much is the new rice here every year?"

The old farmer replied: "That may not be true. In a bad year, there are five or six hundred cash per stone. In a bumper harvest year, the price of grain has dropped instead. Everyone is eager to sell two or three hundred cash."

Su Yixiang was thinking in his mind, looking at the situation in the field just now, there is a high probability that this year will be a bumper harvest year, two to three hundred cash, the price fluctuates quite a range, it seems that there is still room for bargaining.

"Where do we usually sell our rice here? A commercial firm?" Lu Guangkui asked.

The old farmer shook his head and said: "Every year when the new rice comes out, merchants come to collect it. They set up a point in the village, and the villagers sell the rice to them directly at the entrance of the village. I don't know which commercial company it is."

"Oh." Su Yixiang nodded.

That being the case, then can I also set up a point here to collect food directly?Definitely cheaper.

Su Yixiang looked at Lu Guangkui, he also had the same intention.

The old man also talked about the time of selling rice every year, the standard of grain collection, the form of grain collection by other merchants, etc. Su Yixiang felt that this was a good idea.

After leaving the old farm's house, Su Yixiang had something on his mind.

Wait until the rice is ripe and then come here to set up a grain collection. In case the local businessman runs out, it will be difficult to handle.

If they signed a contract with the farmers first and agreed on the price, they were afraid that someone would bid high when it fell, so they sold it privately.After all, I am a stranger and I am not familiar with the nature of these people.

It's better to be on the safe side, and the multi-joint and the set-up grain collection will each account for half.

However, it would be a waste of time to set up a point to collect grain. Is that Lu Guangkui reliable?

Su Yixiang also had no idea.

"Hey, how about it? Let's set up a place in this village. You see, their latest rice price is only two or three hundred yuan. This year is another bumper harvest year. It will definitely be cheaper than Duoliantou's. If we If you collect [-] shi here, you will make a lot of money when you ship it back!" Lu Guangkui said excitedly.

Su Yixiang said: "It's good to set up a place here, but it's a waste of time. I have other things to do at home, so I don't have that much time."

Lu Guangkui thought for a while and said, "Brother, if you can trust me, we will do business together. I..." Lu Guangkui glanced at Su Yixiang and said, "I should be older than you, and I will call myself Big Brother from now on." gone."

"Brother, I will set up a grain collection point here and arrange for people to deliver it to the ship. When the time comes, you will receive the goods in Yunzhou. I will add 50 Wen to the price per stone. I don't care how much you sell. How about it?"

Su Yixiang thought silently, how could he know the purchase price of Lu Guangkui?

He glanced at Lu Guangkui and said, "How about this, I will collect grain from you at the price of 250 Wen per shi, and I don't care what your purchase price is?"

Lu Guangkui thought about it, 250 Wen a stone, what if the price of food is not so low by then?
Seeing that he was silent, Su Yixiang knew that this was not a good way, how to find a trustworthy third party as an intermediary?
The two had their own concerns, and went back to their rooms when they returned to the inn.

"Master, we have been out for more than a week, and the silver we brought is almost gone, why don't I go to the cabinet to get some more silver?" Ah Xin said.

Su Yixiang nodded and waved him to go.

Cashier, withdraw money...

"Ah Xin, come back!" Su Yixiang hurriedly shouted.

(End of this chapter)