Liang Xiao smiled and said: "Have I already made it clear? If you are willing to cooperate, it will be beneficial to the people of Yanzhou. In the future, you will have more priority and convenience when selling grain in Yanzhou, such as official documents from the Prefectural Palace."
"Most of the local rice merchants in Yanzhou have left! According to this trend, it is only a matter of time before the price of rice is 150 cents per dan. The profit is enough for us to work hard for several years, but we have to sell 60 cents per dan..." Gong Ping Increasingly dissatisfied, he looked at Long Wushuang again, "Qin Shuang, what do you think?"
Long Wushuang looked at Dongye Nan, the rice merchant of the Dongye clan: "What do you think of the rice merchant of the Dongye clan?"
Dong Ye Nan said: "We Dong Ye clan are natives of Yanzhou, so we naturally obey the eunuch's arrangements. Food is the most important thing for the people..."
As he spoke, Dongye Nan felt disappointed.
What a great opportunity to raise prices!
However, the head of the family, Dongye Xuanji, accepted the opinion of his younger brother Dongye Hongji and decided to listen to Liang Xiao's arrangements so as not to offend Liang Xiao and the people.
The Higashino family refused to raise the price, so other rice merchants had to consider whether they should offend the prefect's government.
However, the food here in the Dongye clan is not enough to support the entire Yanzhou for a month.
We need more support from rice merchants.
"That's easy to handle. Qin still has 200,000 stones of grain in his hand, and he is willing to listen to the arrangements of Marquis Lanling. Marquis Lanling can send someone to count it!" Long Wushuang still smiled.
Liang Xiao's eyes lit up: "Two hundred thousand stones? That's enough to support the 400,000 Yanzhou people for about half a month. Where are the others?"
The rest of the people reported that they were thirty to fifty thousand stones.
"Besides Dongye and Mr. Qin, who else is willing to support my arrangement?" Liang Xiao asked.
"But having said that, what Marquis Lanling means is that after we sell all the rice to you, the price of rice in Yanzhou will rise normally?" Gong Ping asked dissatisfied.
"Yes, I am buying you all at the price of sixty coins and one stone. Please think about it yourself." Liang Xiao nodded.
"Isn't that just to line your own pockets and prepare to take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices to make money?" Gong Ping and others became increasingly dissatisfied.
"You misunderstood." Liang Xiao shook his head.
"What do you think of Marquis Lanling?" Gong Ping spoke, this time with a heavy nasal voice.
Liang Xiao said: "These grains are not for sale!"
"Not selling it? Then why are you collecting it? To support the army?" Gong Ping frowned.
Long Wushuang reminded: "Mr. Gong, if you talk too much, you will make mistakes."
Gong Ping curled his lips and glanced at Long Wushuang displeasedly.
Qin Baili and others glanced at Gong Ping displeasedly.
According to reliable information, Gong Ping is from the Duanmu family, and he came specifically to interfere with the price of rice and force Liang Xiao to raise the price crazily.
Liang Xiao said: "I have my own use for the grain purchased by the Prefect's Mansion, and I won't sell it anyway."
The eyes of Long Wushuang and Dong Yenan changed.
Not selling?
Gong Ping snorted: "Anyway, I have one hundred thousand stones in my hand. I will not sell it unless the price is raised. Marquis Lanling can do whatever he wants!"
After saying this, Gong Ping left with a puff of sleeves.
Five rice merchants hesitated for a moment and also said goodbye to Liang Xiao.
The rice merchants who stayed behind could provide a total of 400,000 shi of grain on hand, and they were all willing to cooperate with Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao immediately ordered people to register one by one and go to inspect the grain and prepare to purchase it.
Long Wushuang was left as a guest by Liang Xiao.
"From Mr. Qin's accent, do you think he is a local?" Liang Xiao asked.
Long Wushuang said: "My family is in the south of Youzhou, so I can be considered a local. This time, I am also doing some business for my father."
Liang Xiao was thoughtful, chatted with Long Wushuang, and asked Lei Hong to see him off.
Before leaving, Liang Xiao promised: "Mr. Qin can inform me when he comes to Yanzhou in the future, and I will provide you with appropriate conveniences."
After Long Wushuang left, Qin Baili said, "This Mr. Qin doesn't look simple."
"You think so too?" Liang Xiao became interested.
"I have already seen that Marquis Lanling intends to take this opportunity to make friends with this person." Qin Baili nodded.
Liang Xiao explained: "This person is as gentle as jade on the surface, but as a stranger, he always gives me a feeling of extreme danger."
"What does Marquis Lanling think of this person?" Qin Baili asked.
"They are almost the same as Mr. Xing, but Mr. Xing has a clear stand." Liang Xiao said, and couldn't help but sigh, "Such a person, if he were in a peaceful and prosperous age, would hide his power and bide his time. Once the world is in chaos and all the heroes rise up, he will be among the heroes. 1. If it cannot be used by the Great Zhou Dynasty, for the sake of our emperor, we should kill it to avoid future troubles."
Qin Baili was stunned.
Being able to receive such evaluation from Liang Xiao proves that this person is anything but simple.
Liang Xiao added: "However, it is ominous to kill him. It is better to focus on making friends and win over him and pay attention to his movements."
Qin Baili breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Liang Xiao is not someone easy to kill.
"Baili, you think so too, right?" Liang Xiao suddenly asked.
Qin Baili was stunned and said with a wry smile: "I still can't hide it from Marquis Lanling. I and Marquis Lanling have the same view. If you don't use it, you should kill him, but you can't kill him."
Liang Xiao smiled and said nothing, and the two went back to do things.
Lin Xiu and others looked worried.
"Marquis Lanling, 400,000 shi of grain, not including farmers' surplus grain, can only support Yanzhou for one month at most! Counting farmers' surplus grain, I'm afraid it can only support two and a half months!"
Liang Xiao looked calm: "It doesn't matter. In fact, the reason why I said there is no need to inform Your Majesty is because the Pegasus from the capital came to report the news as early as the day before yesterday. There will be a larger rice merchant caravan, carrying a huge amount of grain, specifically for Come to Yanzhou."
After saying this, Liang Xiao glanced at everyone.
Only Qin Baili looked calm, while the others looked worried.
Liang Xiao understood it and did not point it out.
"The capital is thousands of miles away from Yanzhou. Which rice merchant can support Yanzhou?" Qin Xun asked curiously.
"The other party said that their master wants me to meet him alone. When the time comes, please stay away." Liang Xiao said with a bitter smile.
Everyone was doubtful and went to work one after another.
Liang Xiao sat where he was, looking at the letter in his hand with a depressed look on his face.
This is the "letter home" given to him by Duan Yunxiu.
Letters from home are worth ten thousand yuan!
But apart from a few words of longing, the rest of the content is...
"Master Marquis, the rice merchant is here!"
After the other party entered the room, Liang Xiao looked at the visitor and said, "Mr. Gongsun, you are welcome and safe!"
The person coming is none other than Gongsun Ling, the leader of the Gongsun Family Chamber of Commerce in the capital!
Gongsun Ling smiled and said: "Marquis Lanling, please come and be fine!"
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "How could your Gongsun family think of transporting so much food to Youzhou? One million dan is incredible!"
"It was arranged in advance by our third lady. She was also worried that the people in Yanzhou and even Youzhou would be hungry." Gongsun Ling said with a smile.
Liang Xiao fell into silence.
Gongsun Yue!
The content of Duan Yun's sleeve letter is that the Gongsun family raised 1 million shi of grain from various places in Youzhou and Jizhou adjacent to Youzhou and transported it to Yanzhou.
Because these one million stones of grain are relatively scattered, outsiders don’t know the exact amount.
The key is... Duan Yunxiu told him this news.
Gongsun Ling cupped his fists at Liang Xiao and said, "Marquis Lanling, for the sake of one million stones of food, my third lady invites you to meet me."
