high official

Chapter 72
The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant's nest, and once the price loosened, there was no way to hold back it. By afternoon, the price of grain had dropped to two taels and one stone.The reason for not continuing to slide down is because the shopkeepers have to go to the prison to report to the owner...

After dark, grain merchants still gathered in brothels and taverns, but how could they be in the mood to drink and have fun?The present situation was unexpected, so what should they do?The grain merchants who are familiar with each other need to make a calculation. While asking people to inquire about the news, they are discussing countermeasures...

"Look at this posture, it will fall again tomorrow." Someone sighed.

"One tael at most, otherwise our trip will be meaningless." Someone calculated the bill and said: "If they go to our place to buy grain, they will have to ask him for one tael. Now we have shipped it to him, and the freight plus It costs a penny. Now it’s the end of the year, and we’ll go back and forth for six or seven days, how can we earn an extra penny? So the one-two-eight-eight is over, and it’s too low!"

"That's right, they originally paid three or two, so this will spare him nearly half of it."

"The account can't be calculated like this..." But some people disagreed: "Could it be less than one or two eight, can you still ship it back? The round-trip freight, the three-day wharf fee, the labor cost for unloading the ship and putting it in the warehouse, and the return." There is loss..." He looked at the gloomy sky outside the window and said, "If we go back like this, we won't make any money, but instead lose a lot..."

"There are more troublesome things." The more the grain merchants thought about it, the more they felt their heads said: "If we don't sell it to him, we can only sell it for eight yuan after we go back. Regardless of whether we sell it or not, it is estimated that Fuyang County will spend half a year this time. There is no need to buy grain..." They didn't know how big the grain shortage in Fuyang County was, but based on common sense, they thought that the grain merchants in Fuyang only needed to buy [-] shi of grain.But this time the Bafang grain ship will be in Fuyang. Obviously, they can't just buy what they need, but they must collect as much grain as possible to calm the anger of the public.

The result of this must be that Fuyang County will not need to import grain for a long time.Then who will they sell their high-priced food to?And it's not just a problem of high prices. A big customer suddenly has no demand. Who will sell the extra grain to?It is unrealistic to keep it and sell it slowly. The spring famine is only a short season. Once the summer harvest arrives, the price of grain will drop sharply...

The grain merchants finally understood the seriousness of the problem—although the grain merchants in Fuyang County are highly dependent on them, they are also highly dependent on the grain merchants in Fuyang County to maintain the current price system.Once this part is missing, the price system will collapse, profit margins will no longer exist, and there may even be a possibility of losing money!
This made the mood of the grain merchants turn from frustration to panic, and they began to feel restless.

"Is there a way to avoid it?"

"Yes, that's what the guy surnamed Zhang said today. We only sell them [-] shi, and don't sell them any more... This is the best way."

"That's impossible." But everyone shook their heads and said, "There are more wolves and less meat, no matter how we divide them, some people will be dissatisfied. Originally, when this kind of thing happened at the end of the year, everyone's temper would be irritable. How could they be so easy to talk about."

"I can't procrastinate any longer. If you procrastinate for a day, you will lose more." Although it was very difficult, everyone reached a consensus, even if it is less than one or two or eight.But no matter what, we must negotiate tonight!

After making up their minds, the grain merchants left the restaurant and went straight to Zhou's grain shop... Because the plank was kicked down during the day, shopkeeper Han could no longer pretend to be asleep, because he had to watch the night in the front hall with bright lights.

The grain merchants met him without any trouble this time, and heard from him the decision of his boss Zhou Yang:

'I will do my best to buy even if I lose everything, but I hope that the price can be as favorable as possible! '

"There's no way around it." Shopkeeper Han explained apologetically, "My boss doesn't have that much money, so if you want to charge more, you have to make it cheaper..."

"It's already two taels, how can it be cheaper?" the grain merchants were dissatisfied.

"The Qianjia grain shop has been given up to one, two or six." Under the lamp, shopkeeper Han's face could not be seen, but he must have said with a shameless smile: "But there is no need to be on par with them. Let's do it, brother. Be a master, all those who come to register with me before tomorrow's hour will be bought!"

"What about the price?" The grain merchants finally realized what it was like for those miserable farmers to sell grain.It is really more grandson than grandson!

"It depends on how much food we have." Shopkeeper Han patted his chest and said, "In addition to the money we had prepared, we also borrowed a thousand taels of silver from the bank, and we will try our best to give everyone a high price tomorrow." low price...

"Don't wait until tomorrow." The grain merchants gritted their teeth and said, "We will also sell one, two, six!"

"Let's wait." Shopkeeper Han really realized that he is now the stronger side, and his face decisively turned obscene and hateful: "Who knows what number will be calculated?"

"Hey, you old man, stop playing tricks!" The grain merchants pierced his hypocrisy, "You make a price!"

"Not good..." Shopkeeper Han smacked his lips and said vaguely, "One or two."

"How much did you say?" The grain merchants' eyes almost popped out, and they cursed: "Well, your surname is Han, you are too shameless, you really dare to say it!"

Shopkeeper Han said with a matter-of-fact look: "Your store sells eight yuan, and now I add one or two more. After you deduct the expenses, you will earn an extra yuan per stone of grain. What can I not say?"

"You come to our place to buy goods, and you still have to pay one or two or six." The grain merchants were furious: "Now it's delivered to your door, but it's chopped into one or two, is it reasonable for you?"

"In your store, you sell it to others for eight cents, but you sell it to us for one tael. Why should we double it?" Shopkeeper Han retorted, "Who is unreasonable?"

"That was voluntary by you, who made Fuyang not produce food!"

"Yes, that's why we accepted the slaughter at that time." Shopkeeper Han said with a sneer, "But now the situation has changed, grain from all over the country is being transported to Fuyang, and there will be another batch arriving tomorrow!"

Although they had been psychologically prepared, all the grain merchants were still so angry by shopkeeper Han's despicable face, they said angrily: "Then we won't sell it anymore, we will go back and sell it in the store slowly, let you Go to hell, my boss!"

"Hehe, our boss can't die." The shopkeeper Han said with a leisurely smile: "After persuasion, the county master realized that our boss was wronged, so he let him go home these two days." After a pause, he said: "Now buy rice It's just out of morality, I don't want everyone to make a trip in vain. Our boss is righteous, shouldn't you give a fair price too!"

"Ah..." When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized, no wonder they suddenly changed their faces, it turned out that food was no longer needed to save their lives.This made their last confidence no longer exist, but they still groaned angrily: "Let's go to Qian's grain shop to sell! He has one, two, six!"

Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Han said quietly: "Don't talk about Qian's family, even if you go to Shengxing, we have discussed among our peers that it is one tael of silver and one stone of rice." He said seriously: "Even if we go to the government to argue, this price can stand up !"

Of course it can stand, the government has control over the price of grain, and if it reaches one tael, it will be released for flat sale!The high grain price in Fuyang is caused by the market, and it doesn't make sense to the government...Why do you sell it to others for eight yuan, but sell it to Fuyang County for one tael or six?The government will not consider any seller's market.

Wang Xian looked at this matter with the official thinking, so he gave the price of one tael and one stone.

In the face of shopkeeper Han's tyranny, the grain merchants were so aggrieved that they could only use their trump card, "Aren't you going to buy grain forever? We won't sell it to you even if we pay five taels of silver!"

"If you pay two taels of silver, some of them will be delivered to your door." Shopkeeper Han said with a sneer, "And we can also buy from Huguang, where the food is as cheap as dirt!" Undoubtedly defeated!The last sentence was taught by Wang Xian. In fact, Zhou Yang and the others have nothing to do with Huguang.

"Shopkeeper Han, can you raise the price a bit?" The grain merchants finally gave up and begged instead.

"Raise it a little higher? It's not that easy." Shopkeeper Han said decisively: "Maybe the three of us will have to eat eight or nine thousand taels of grain, and one penny increase will be eight or nine hundred taels of silver! It's really unaffordable."

"The price is really too low. It's just a waste of time for us." The grain merchants said pitifully, "Treasurer Han should spare a little more."

Unable to bear the entanglement, shopkeeper Han had no choice but to give in and said: "One money at most, limited to those who sign the deed tonight, and one tael and one stone will be restored at dawn!"

The grain merchants looked at each other in blank dismay. This result was really bad, but not unacceptable.After all, they sell it in their own county, which is eight yuan and one stone, and now they can sell it for one or two, so no matter what, they are making money... It's just that they earn more and earn less, and there is no problem of losing money.And if you go back without opening, you will face loss of money, and even your future business will be affected.

After a long debate, the grain merchants finally made a difficult decision, discarding the last bit of morality and accepting the one-two-one offer.

The two parties signed the deed overnight, agreeing to pay the money and deliver the goods tomorrow morning.

The grain merchant questioned the legality of the deed, but saw that shopkeeper Han took out a seal and stamped it on the deed. It was Zhou Yang's seal!

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The same situation happened in the three grain stores at the same time. The shopkeepers of the three stores couldn't sleep a wink that night. They were signing the grain sales contract all night long!
By daytime, half of the grain merchants had signed the deeds, and the cumulative grain sales had reached [-] shi.The remaining grain merchants also went back in a fit of anger, but most of them still agreed to one-two-one quotations.By noon, the three families had harvested [-] shi, which exceeded the required amount.

In the afternoon, another group of grain merchants had to surrender, raising the total to nine thousand shi, and the silver taels paid also reached 500 taels!

Of course, the grain merchants alone would not be able to afford the money, but it was obvious that they could get such cheap grain in Fuyang County.Several banks in the county have provided loans...

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