"Marquis Lanling, eighty coins and one stone, we are willing to sell it all!" Duguyan sighed.
Liang Xiao frowned, then relaxed his brows, and looked at Dugu Yan with a smile.
"Don't you still know your situation?"
After hearing this, all the rice merchants said one after another: "The cost of our grain alone exceeds one hundred coins..."
"One hundred coins?" Qin Baili and others' expressions changed.
According to their estimates, the purchase price was a record high of thirty cents. If the cost per stone was still seventy cents more... it meant that they had transported it back and forth several times, and maybe even transported part of it to Beihu?
Liang Xiao said: "That's your business. As the saying goes, you can't live without your own fault. If you just conduct normal business activities, I don't have to go to such trouble to deal with you."
These rice merchants knew that they were in the wrong, and they knew more clearly that Liang Xiao would not take advantage of the power of the family behind him. They whispered to each other for a while and finally compromised.
"Fifty coins and one stone is our bottom line!"
Liang Xiao fell into silence.
The hearts of rice merchants are bleeding.
After this calculation, they can only recover half of the cost!
If you include the high business tax... then you can only recover 30% to 40%!
But the situation is stronger than the people, and Yanzhou is no longer short of food.
The Beihu people's method of invading the Zhou Dynasty almost always relied on cavalry to attack. If the attack failed, they retreated.
After all, so many war horses also need fodder. If they can't take the city, they can't stay for a long time.
Therefore, Yanzhou only needs enough grain to store.
The two million stones of grain in their hands have become useless, tasteless to eat, and a pity to throw away...
They have made a calculation. Even if Liang Xiao transports the food to other war zones, he will have to pay more freight. There is no food shortage in other areas of the northern border this year.
But soon they discovered that Liang Xiao was looking at them like they were idiots.
"Didn't you read the announcement from the Prefect's Mansion? Isn't it written clearly? Twenty coins and one stone!"
Liang Xiao's sudden stern tone shocked the rice merchants.
"Twenty coins and one stone, isn't it a bit too much to bully others?" Duguyan said angrily.
Liang Xiao immediately grimaced.
"Justice prevails in the hearts of the people. You know exactly who is going too far. You dare to sell out the remaining two million dan in the market at a high price. I will not punish you for harboring evil intentions. I wish you good fortune and good fortune."
"Now, the Prefect's Mansion only offers twenty coins. You can sell it or not. If not, it doesn't matter if you burn it!"
Liang Xiao looked indifferent, which made the rice merchants grit their teeth.
They originally thought that if they could transport their own grain and sell it, even if they couldn't sell it for 250 cash per stone, it wouldn't be a problem to sell it for 150 cash, as long as they, the rice merchants, united.
But they still ignored Liang Xiao's intelligence dissemination ability and directly recruited rice merchants from other places.
Of course, the key is the extra one million stones of food "out of thin air" in Liang Xiao's hand.
Twenty cents per stone, this price, not only cut it in half, but cut it to the knees!
Qin Baili also smiled and said: "Don't expect to hand over the grain on hand to other rice merchants and let them sell it on your behalf, because the prefect's mansion has already collected enough and will not collect another grain of rice!"
Duguyan and others almost suffocated when Qin Baili guessed his thoughts!
Even this road is dead?
"I only give you one day to think about it. After one day, I will let you see the anger of the people."
Liang Xiao's reminder caused the expressions of all the rice merchants to change drastically.
"Are you going to use newspapers to slander us again?"
"You have evil intentions. I am only stating the facts. How can I slander you?" Liang Xiao curled his lips and said.
Duguyan was trembling all over.
They bought rice at high prices and sold rice at sky-high prices. They were just waiting for the people's resentment to run away and let Yanzhou collapse.
But the emergence of newspapers has made it easier for people to understand the whole story, which means...
Lin Xiu on the side grinned: "At that time, the prefect's palace will end the food rationing and sell it normally, and the people will only buy the government's food. Do you understand?"
"That's right!" Qin Xun couldn't help but add, "It is His Majesty's arrangement for the Prefect's Mansion to provide relief to the people, and Marquis Lanling is responsible for implementing it. After all, the people of Yanzhou have been living in poverty over the years, and His Majesty has long been determined to provide relief through work." years.”
All the rice merchants felt a cold air rushing straight into the sky!
Liang Xiao and even the entire think tank of the Prefecture seemed to have planned everything!
Because the treasury is rich this year, the empress supports Liang Xiao at all costs!
If they don't sell their grain to Liang Xiao, they can only smash it in their hands and wait to rot...
"At this time tomorrow, the governor's mansion will completely close the door to purchase grain. You don't need to come here again, at all!"
Liang Xiao's categorical words resounded in the ears of all the rice merchants.
These words were still echoing in their minds until they returned home.
"Twenty coins and one stone is too damn little! This beast is going to exterminate his descendants!" Dugu Chen stood up and cursed in a rare move.
"Master, these grains are no longer important to the prefect's mansion, they are just a burden to us..." Dugu said on the verge of crying, but added, "The imperial court has plenty of money recently, and Liang Xiao seems to have prepared in advance to help the people." A good plan can win people's hearts and suppress rice prices..."
They started the game last year and thought they would win a big victory.
Now it is a complete failure, and it has lost tens of thousands of taels.
The combined losses of rice merchants from several big families exceeded 200,000 taels of silver!
Dugu Chen's face was livid and he said in a trembling voice: "Let me think about it again!"
In the prefect's mansion, Liang Xiao held a celebration banquet to reward all civil servants and generals.
Since entering Yanzhou, everyone felt unprecedentedly relaxed for the first time.
The food shortage has been resolved.
Liang Xiao said firmly: "They will definitely sell it!"
"Why is the Marquis so sure? Twenty coins and one stone is too low, isn't it? These aristocratic families don't need this little money, right?" Lei Hong touched his bald head with a puzzled look on his face.
Liang Xiao explained: "These aristocratic families are extremely rich, but money does not come from strong winds. They spend money like water on weekdays, and that is their personal enjoyment. To make them lose money is simply like digging up their ancestral graves." It’s uncomfortable. Twenty cents is exactly their psychological bottom line!”
Qin Baili nodded and said: "These aristocratic families have always behaved like this. It is only a matter of time before they give in. They also want to stop their losses in time."
Everyone is full of expectations.
Twenty coins and one stone of food, two million stones...
If it can be won, Yanzhou will really not have to worry about food and grass.
At the same time, the Prefect's Mansion has a monopoly on the local grain market and can sell grain normally. It also takes this opportunity to suck back the blood of the aristocratic family!
It's perfect!
"Marquis Lanling will surely leave a mark in history for solving such a serious problem! Congratulations to Marquis Lanling!"
Everyone raised their glasses to express their respect to Liang Xiao.
After Liang Xiao responded, he said: "This matter is just to solve an urgent need, and what we have to do is to solve the eternal difficulties!"
Everyone was confused and thought what Liang Xiao said was too grand.
"Please give me some advice from Lord Lanling!"
