"Then..." Su Qian hesitated, and he didn't know how to choose.
Su Yue was not too worried. When the food ran out, she continued to plant it. Anyway, the food at the border was enough for the time being. "Third brother, it's okay. Let's use it for disaster relief first. There is no shortage of food at the border for the time being."
Su Qian let out a long sigh, "That's all we can do, go to the emergency first. Then this is not a long-term solution. We have to survive the entire winter. This food is not enough at all, so we still have to buy it."
"Don't worry about money, but those grain merchants will definitely not sell grain so easily now. This is a problem. Even if you can buy it, it will definitely be at a sky-high price."
"Yeah," Zhang Zifeng looked tired, but his mind was still clear. "The prices I paid for the last two batches of grain were more than four times the usual price. Hey. If I buy more next time, I suspect it will be ten times higher. .”
"These shady people, I am also a businessman, so I don't want to make shady money. When is it now? I dare to make this kind of money." Su Qian cursed and became very popular.
"This won't work, it's too passive. Can you find a respected middleman to mediate, or find out what these grain merchants need besides money? Or are there any requirements that the court can meet? We can all sit down and talk, all the time. So tough, if the court really resorts to thunderous tactics, they will lose more than they gain."
Su Qian thought about it carefully, "I do know such a person, but he rarely shows up anymore, so I may not be able to call him."
"Are you talking about Mr. Chen?" Zhang Zifeng asked.
Su Qian nodded, "Yes, Mr. Chen has retired for many years, and now his son is managing the Chen family grain store. I have been in contact with him before, and he is definitely not someone who will make money for the country, but now major The grain merchants are colluding together, and he can't stay alone. After all, he still has to hang out in this circle. But Mr. Chen is different. He is highly respected and somewhat thin-faced in front of everyone. As long as he is willing to come forward, things will not be the same. There is no room for change. My sister is right, if you have any demands, you can discuss them. As long as they are not excessive, the court will definitely grant them."
"Will the prince agree?" Zhang Zifeng was still a little worried.
Su Qian patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, my sister is here."
"Okay, now that we have a plan, Third Brother, don't be idle, hurry up and go. But you still have to buy food, as much as you can buy. If we delay for one day, it is very likely that many people will starve to death."
Su Qian nodded, although he was also very tired. He was running around at the border every day, and when he came back to continue, hey, when will this end?
Su Yue saw that nothing happened, so she planned to go to the third senior brother's place, and then go into the palace to have lunch with her brother.
Seeing that the person was about to leave, Su Qian immediately grabbed him, a little embarrassed, "Huh? Sister, you haven't given me the money yet..."
Su Yue glanced at him sideways, and took out a thick stack of banknotes from the space, each with a denomination of ten thousand taels, "This is my last banknote."
Su Qian snatched it and smelled it like a financial fan, ah, it smells so good.
Su Yue simply didn't look at it, "The silver notes are gone. I still have a lot of gold. If you don't have enough, come and get it from me." Then she left without looking back.
Zhang Zifeng was still stunned. Is this princess so rich? A casual move would cost hundreds of thousands of taels. What did she just say? If the silver notes are gone, is there still gold? Go ahead, this is a golden thigh. No wonder Su Qian is holding on to it. Hey, why don’t I have such a powerful sister?
Looking at Su Qian who was still counting the banknotes, Zhang Zifeng grabbed the banknotes without ceremony and said, "Count whatever you want, it's not yours."
Su Qian looked straight at the banknote in Zhang Zifeng's hand, feeling very reluctant to part with it. Alas, there was nothing he could do about it, "I've had eye addiction, haven't I?"
"Okay, since we have a batch of food for emergency use, I can go back and take a nap, and deal with the matter of buying food tomorrow." Zhang Zifeng yawned, and he couldn't remember how long it had been since he had a full night's sleep.
Su Qian was a little disgusted, "You should have a good rest, don't die suddenly. You said that after all, you have been in business for so many years, but you don't have many useful managers? You still have to do everything yourself? Zhang Zifeng, Zhang Zifeng, let's To be a successful businessman, you have to learn how to use people, you know.”
Zhang Zifeng didn't even give him a look, he just said "go away" and left. However, he also knew that Su Qian was right. He really needed to train a few more people to come up, otherwise he would be exhausted sooner or later.
Seeing that everyone was gone, Su Qian got up himself. He didn't want to continue sleeping, so he went to have breakfast with his parents. They should have just woken up at this time. Oops, I am really too busy.
When Su Yue arrived at Xuan Xiaosan's house, they had just finished their breakfast.
When Xuan Xiaosi and Ghost Girl saw Su Yue, they were extremely happy, "Xiao Wu, have you had your breakfast? The egg pancakes made in the kitchen of Third Senior Brother today are delicious and have your essence."
Su Yue smiled and shook her head, "No, I came here to see you. I'm going to the palace soon."
"Ah?" The ghost girl curled her lips in disappointment, "You want to go to the palace, won't you accompany us?"
"I'll have dinner with you, and then go shopping. I heard that the nights are very lively these days as New Year's Eve approaches."
"Okay, okay, let's not have dinner at the house, let's go to Su Qian's hot pot restaurant." Xuan Xiaosi smacked his lips, it's been a long time since he had hot pot.
"Okay."
Xuan Xiaosan put down the medical book in his hand, took out a letter from his arms and handed it over, "Big brother gave it to you."
Su Yue was a little surprised, "What did you write?"
"look by youself."
A smile appeared on Xuan Xiaosan's lips. The eldest brother was so clever that he wrote to Xiao Wu alone. He must have taken a fancy to something.
Sure enough, Su Yue had a look of despair after reading the letter. Senior Brother's letter was very simple, without a single superfluous word. He wants down jackets, ginger tea, frostbite ointment, and new varieties of grain. Forget about gold, he is not short of money.
Anyway, Northern Qi is also affected by the snowstorm, and he needs all these things.
However, due to geographical reasons, the disaster in Northern Qi was not as serious as that in Daqing, and Ouyang Xu could still control it. But how could there be so many good things that only Daqing had but not him? Isn’t that too biased?
"Third Senior Brother, do you know what is written in Senior Brother's letter?" Su Yue sighed and folded the letter.
"I don't know, but I have roughly guessed it." With the eldest brother's shrewd temperament, would he not refuse something good?
"Okay, I will arrange this. I will distribute some of the new varieties of grain to him first, but the weather is cold, so it is not the time to plant. The method for making down jackets, ginger tea, and prescriptions for frostbite ointment can be sent over at any time. , these two can be used immediately, I will ask the third brother to send a batch of prepared ones."
"Su Qian's goods are worth as much money as they are. You won't lose money to him." The senior brother will calculate Xiao Wu's things. That's because Xiao Wu is one of his own, and others still have to figure it out clearly.
Su Yue chuckled lightly, "Okay, I will tell my third brother."
