"Even if Dingguo Houfu wants to cooperate with Liang Xiao to trick me, it won't cost them thousands of taels, right? In cooperation with Dingguo Houfu, what else can Liang Xiao give them besides selling more sugar?"
Bai He murmured to himself, got up angrily, and went to see the sugar cane.
This time, the amount of sugar cane shipped from outside the capital was ten times that of before. Both the Dingguo Hou Mansion and the Bai family bought a large amount.
The Bai family has always enjoyed priority in the supply of sugar cane, and the Dingguo Marquis Mansion can only get second place.
Bai He spent 3,500 taels to purchase a large amount of sugar cane, and made some estimates: As long as the sugar cane can be sold at the original price, he can earn at least 3,500 taels!
"The Marquis of Dingguo's Mansion has also received nearly one thousand taels of sugarcane, and they dare not lower the price! Even if the Marquis of Dingguo's Mansion lowers the price, I will have enough sugarcane at the original price of seven thousand taels, so I won't have to worry about supply shortages!"
Bai He looked at the mountains of sugar cane, breathed a sigh of relief, and laughed.
After all, I won!
On the other side, Liang Xiao was overjoyed when he learned that the sugar cane had arrived and prepared five thousand taels.
At this moment, shopkeeper Chen, who specializes in sugar cane in Dingguohou Mansion, arrived.
"Boss Liang, what does my young lady mean..."
Two quarters of an hour later, Liang Xiao sent someone to invite Bai He.
"My boss said that he is on his way to the government office and asked Boss Bai to come and have it notarized. It doesn't matter if you bring the contract or not."
When Bai He heard this, he stared at the young man and said angrily: "It doesn't matter whether I take it with me or not? Of course I have to take it with me, lest Liang Xiao regret it..."
But for some reason, Bai He became less and less confident.
He heard the implication of Liang Xiao's words.
Contracts don't matter whether they are shown or not unless it is not beneficial to oneself.
Liang Xiao is obviously sure of victory.
So over there at Dingguohou Mansion...
At this moment, a shopkeeper came to report: "Master! Something bad has happened! The sugar cane in Dingguohou Mansion was sold for one penny per catty, and three thousand catties were sold!!"
"What? You're fucking kidding me!" Bai He was so shocked that the wine glass in his hand broke to the ground, and he became furious.
"It's absolutely true, Master! The notices are all out!" The shopkeeper took out the notice from Dingguo Hou Mansion with a sad face.
Bai He took one look and almost lost his breath.
"The quantity of sugar cane is limited, one penny per pound, first come, first served!"
Bai He couldn't believe the big words on it, and said angrily: "Didn't the Dingguo Hou Mansion purchase sugar cane for more than a thousand taels of silver? Didn't they sell it all?"
The shopkeeper replied: "No! I only sold three thousand kilograms, and the rest was said to be used to make sugar!"
When Bai He heard this, his feet went weak and he kept scolding.
"Liang Xiao, that beast, actually handed over the sugar-making process to Dingguo Houfu!!"
But now, what he has to face is the contract he made with Liang Xiao.
Because of a moment of greed, the price agreed upon by the two parties was that the Bai family's sugar cane was 20% higher than that of the Dingguo Marquis's house.
As a result, he can only sell ten kilograms of sugar cane for twelve cents, and he will definitely lose everything!
The young man reminded: "Master Bai, my boss is urging you to go to the government."
Bai He took a deep breath, turned around and roared at the shopkeeper: "Go and ask what's going on in Dingguo Hou Mansion!"
After saying that, Bai He left angrily and rushed to the government office.
"Master Bai, please come back and be fine!"
Liang Xiao had been waiting for a long time at Dazhou's unique "Notary Office". When he saw Bai He, he greeted him with a smile.
Bai He looked at Liang Xiao's face and wished he could give him a shoehorn.
"I can't believe that you can hug Dingguo Houfu's lap?" Bai He said angrily and laughed.
Liang Xiao still smiled and said: "There is nothing I can do. After everyone thinks that I am a criminal, I should teach you a lesson today."
In fact, Dingguo Houfu did not obtain his sugar-making technology, but just used it as a cover.
Most of the sugar cane from Dingguohou Mansion was transported to another of his workshops, but this workshop was named after Mu Qinxue and still used his workers.
This was what he had agreed with Mu Qinxue before. This time, Mu Qinxue could take 20% of the profit from the sugar produced by this workshop.
After this contract turmoil is over, the workshop will be transferred to Liang Xiao's name.
Of course, Dingguohou Mansion did not engage in loss-making business. On the contrary, they were very aware of Liang Xiaobai Tang's profits.
Ridiculously high!
Originally, even if he sold two hundred coins per catty, Liang Xiao could make three times the profit.
Today, the market price of white sugar is 400 Wen, and the black market price is 500 Wen, a full increase of six to eight times!
You can imagine the profits.
Of course, this is just a short-term price.
According to Liang Xiao's estimation, ordinary people in Dazhou will not be able to afford 160 yuan per pound of sugar for at least three years.
Because the people of Dazhou were too poor, most of the wealth was in the hands of the rich. The wealth inequality in Dazhou was the most serious dynasty in Liang Xiao's memory.
Therefore, Liang Xiao took advantage of the short supply of white sugar in the buyer's market, and temporarily positioned white sugar as a luxury product, selling it exclusively to the wealthy.
Bai He frowned and gritted his teeth, but there was really nothing he could do.
He indeed underestimated Liang Xiao.
In the past, Liang Xiao was just a "business genius" who would pay for whatever he did, and he never had any background to speak of.
On the contrary, the title after the guilty minister also brought him a lot of obstacles. Anyone could step on him, let alone a powerful force like Dingguo Houfu.
But now, he can actually cooperate with Dingguo Houfu, no one else can understand it!
Bai He was not reconciled and was still waiting for news from his men.
The notary of the notary company looked confused.
He had received many benefits from Bai He, but now Liang Xiao's contract was clearly written in black and white, and he was helpless.
If you want to blame, you can only blame Bai He for being dazzled by the benefits and signing such an outrageous contract.
Doesn't this completely hand over the initiative to Dingguo Houfu?
The subordinates came to report again and confirmed that the price of sugarcane in Dingguo Hou Mansion was indeed one penny per catty, and five thousand catties had been sold out.
Bai He collapsed on the chair on the spot, looking at the contract, wanting to cry without tears.
This means...
"Boss Bai, I don't want to embarrass you anymore. I'll charge you two cents per catty, which is twice as much as Dingguo Houfu!"
Liang Xiao's laughter was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, making Bai He plead hard.
"Boss Liang, let me go. We have something to talk about and sign a new contract. I will never cheat you in the future!"
Looking at Bai He who suddenly looked pitiful, Liang Xiao frowned and said, "Boss Bai, when you tried to kill me, why didn't you think of letting me go?"
Bai He was suddenly speechless.
When Liang Xiao first came to the capital to do business, he had his eye on this stupid young man. He tried to trick him into death without any discussion, and even used his connections in the government just to play word games with him.
Who would have thought that two years later he would be able to trick him to death.
Liang Xiao patted Bai He's shoulder and comforted: "Boss Bai, don't be sad. It's only five thousand taels, and I don't think you care about it. According to the contract, after I buy your sugar cane, you have to give me the sugar cane." The purchasing channels will be handed over to me intact."
When Bai He heard this, he fainted with anger.
This sugarcane channel can bring him tens of thousands of taels of profit every year!
