In the study room of Qingyunyuan.
Meng Zeming stared blankly at Zhu Guangli, who was calm and composed in front of him.
If this is just the beginning.
So what kind of ending can be worthy of the word ending?
Thinking about this.
Meng Zeming couldn't help but have his thoughts flying around for a while.
"This is just the beginning."
Seeing Meng Zeming completely stunned.
Zhu Guangli couldn't help but suppress the smile on his lips, and his expression gradually became serious.
After being confirmed again, Meng Zeming couldn't help but come back to his senses from his thoughts.
"What...need me to do?"
Meng Zeming calmed himself down for a few breaths, and his face became serious.
It seems like he is asking, but in fact he already understands in his heart.
When Zhu Guangli said this was just the beginning.
The Meng family could no longer completely escape from this matter.
"The Sun and Liu families formed an advance and retreat alliance with a number of aristocratic families in Liao last night."
"My Zhu family and the Fan family formed an advance and retreat alliance due to this matter a few months ago."
"If Brother Meng doesn't mind it."
"You can also advance and retreat with us."
Zhu Guangli's face became increasingly serious as he invited him.
"Brother Zhu is confused."
"Didn't you and I, the Three Fans, form an advance-retreat alliance a long time ago because of the Sun and Liu families?"
"Where did you come from to invite me again?"
Meng Zeming paused for a moment, then chuckled and said.
"Blame me, blame me."
"You really are an old fool."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Guangli slapped his forehead continuously and said.
"Before nightfall today, the Meng family also needs to reduce the price of food to one, two, four, and one stone?"
Meng Zeming chuckled twice and then changed the topic.
"The Meng family will announce a price reduction tomorrow."
Zhu Guangli's face gradually turned serious after hearing this.
"good."
"I'll make arrangements tomorrow morning."
Meng Zeming nodded seriously when he heard this.
The three families of Sun, Liu and Meng lived together in Zhuojun.
God knows if any of the shopkeepers and clerks under my command have been hired by the Sun and Liu families.
To be sure, leaving an hour to deliver the message is enough.
As for why Zhu Guangli and Fan Chongxian did what they did, what were they planning behind them.
Zhu Guangli didn't take the initiative to say it, so he naturally wouldn't ask too much.
There are two factors: the marriage relationship and the partial interests of the Sun and Liu families that he actively transferred.
Zhu Guangli definitely had no reason to harm him.
Not long after.
Meng Zeming finished everything and said goodbye.
Zhu Guangli personally sent him outside Qingyun Courtyard.
After Meng Zeming's figure completely disappeared from sight.
Zhu Guangli raised his head slightly and glanced at the sky.
Before I knew it, I was already halfway through.
...
...
It's nearly noon.
The Chen family in Pingshu City and the Huang family in Taoren City lowered the price of grain from 225 qian to 223 qian per stone.
With the concerted efforts of all the advanced and retreating allies.
In the end, all the food shipped by the Chen family in Pingshu City and the Huang family in Taoren City was sold out.
A group of small and medium-sized aristocratic families and merchants who were keeping a close eye on this matter couldn't help but be ready to take action.
However.
Don't wait for the reaction of the small and medium-sized aristocratic families and businessmen who are ready to make a move.
A nursery rhyme spread with lightning speed in a gathering place of small and medium-sized aristocratic families and merchants.
"Taoist Huang, Pingshu Chen."
"Death to the Taoist first, then Chen."
"When a Taoist dies, he will be burned by fire."
"When others die, they have to sink."
"Burn, burn, sink, sink."
"Don't be afraid of the burning."
"Since someone sank under the bridge."
After hearing the content of the nursery rhyme.
All the small and medium-sized aristocratic families and merchants who were ready to make a move gave up their previous thoughts with trembling hands.
We are all foxes of thousands of years, who really doesn’t know where the nursery rhyme comes from and what it means?
However, I don’t know if someone really doesn’t understand the meaning of the nursery rhyme, or if it’s true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.
Nursery rhymes have been around for a long time.
Then several small and medium-sized aristocratic families and merchants jumped out.
It was announced that the grain stored in hand would be sold at the price of two, two, three, and one stone.
Just when a group of advanced and retreating alliances were thinking about how to deal with it.
Several small and medium-sized aristocratic families and businessmen jumped out after Taoist Huang and Pingshu Chen.
One after another, another money reduction is announced! One stone of grain only costs two taels!
If there is still no one to buy after three quarters of an hour, we will drop another two cents! Reduce the price of grain to two taels of silver and one stone.
Such behavior is nothing less than a threat to Chi Guoguo.
All the aristocratic families and merchants who had formed an alliance, either openly or covertly, were furious after hearing this.
But this place is Juyang City in Yandi.
At this time, the county governor Sun Daohua was selling grain at a low price outside the south city gate.
At this time, we took action against the group of small and medium-sized aristocratic families and merchants who jumped out and took the initiative to lower prices.
How is this different from actively seeking death?
Without any choice.
A group of advanced and retreating allies had no choice but to suppress their anger and secretly contact him.
After some "negotiation", they were all purchased at the price of two liang, one qian and one stone of grain.
However.
One wave is flat, another wave is rising.
The handover of money and grain has been initially completed here.
In the blink of an eye, several small and medium-sized aristocratic families and merchants popping up there again.
Moreover, each family's grain holdings ranged from several thousand dan to more than a thousand dan.
If a family comes, the advancing and retreating alliance will not pay much attention.
However, it always seems to be a discussion, and there are several or even more than ten families in one jump.
...
...
Just when all the advanced and retreating alliances were tired of dealing with it.
Juyang Chengnan Zuixianju Inn
In the reception hall of the first-class villa.
Pan Yongliang waved his hand slightly and dismissed the servants who came to report.
Then he furrowed his brows and turned his head slightly to look at Fan Yuanyu, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair with also furrowed brows.
If it is according to the original plan made by the two.
When the two scapegoats, the Chen family in Pingshu City and the Huang family in Taoren City, stood up.
More or less, it will drive some desperate small and medium-sized aristocratic families to come forward and lower their prices one after another, just like yesterday.
When the situation was completely out of control, it was time for Pan and Fan to "let nature take its course" and respond to the price cut.
To ensure the smooth progress of this plan.
Fan Yuanyu even strictly ordered the Chen family in Pingshu City and the Huang family in Daoren City to reduce their prices by at least two cents.
However, he never expected that the Chen family in Pingshu City and the Huang family in Taoren City would lower their prices by two cents from the beginning.
What he didn't expect was that today's advanced and retreat allies would be so sensitive.
Quickly purchase all the grain held by the Chen family in Pingshu City and the Huang family in Daoren City.
He even compiled a nursery rhyme in a very short period of time and used it to threaten those who were ready to take action.
This reaction is really not unpleasant.
"What to do next?"
Pan Yongliang frowned and asked.
"Just wait and see what happens."
"I don't know why, I always feel flustered today."
Fan Yuanyu tilted his head slightly, frowned and spoke slowly.
"Is it because of those unscrupulous people who jumped out from behind?"
Pan Yongliang paused slightly when he heard this, and then asked.
"Nursery rhymes spread."
"The group of people jumped out."
"This is a little too bold."
"Or it could be said that he is too confident."
Fan Yuanyu nodded slightly and then replied in a deep voice.
"I just ordered someone to investigate."
"You can tell if there is a ghost by checking."
Pan Yongliang frowned even more when he heard this.
Fan Yuanyu didn't say much after hearing this.
Instead, he raised his head and looked outside the guest hall.
As far as the eye can see.
A Pan Mansion servant was walking in a hurry.
"master."
"Seven more businesses have announced price reductions for food supplies!"
Pan's servants hurriedly walked to the reception hall and quickly handed in the report.
Don't wait for Pan Yongliang's reaction.
In an instant, another Pan Mansion servant came hurriedly from a distance.
"master."
"Twelve aristocratic families and trading houses in the north of the city announced price reductions at the same time."
Another Pan Mansion servant hurriedly walked to the reception hall and quickly handed over his hand to report.
Hear this.
Pan Yongliang's expression couldn't help but change instantly.
"How low?"
Pan Yongliang asked quickly.
"Two taels and one cent!"
"Two liang!"
Two Pan Mansion servants answered quickly one after the other.
"Probe again and report again!"
Pan Yongliang calmed down for a moment, then waved away the two servants.
After the two servants completely disappeared from sight.
Pan Yongliang frowned and looked sideways at Fan Yuanyu.
"If a few more pop up."
"It won't be long before those aristocratic families who have formed an alliance of advance and retreat will be completely defeated."
Pan Yongliang frowned and said in a deep voice.
"This is a game!"
"The people behind the plan may have the same plans as you and I!"
"And this person's layout is far ahead of you and me!"
"The group of people who jumped out after the Chen and Huang families are probably all the work of this person."
"Throw out grain in small batches in batches at a time in exchange for ready money."
"When all the advancing and retreating allies are almost exhausted by it."
"That's when he saw his desperate plan."
"This person's methods are really ruthless!"
Fan Yuanyu frowned and spoke in a deep voice with an extremely ugly expression.
If he had just doubted it before, now he could be 100% certain that this was a situation laid out by others.
Such strategies are beyond his imagination.
In fact, the time left for him by this incident was too little.
Pan Yongliang's already frowning frown instantly became even more frowning upon hearing this.
They are all thousand-year-old foxes, so how could they not know that there are only a handful of people in Shanggu County who have the ability and time to make such a plan.
"Sun Daohua? Zhu Guangli? Fan Chongxian?"
"Or...or Yan Wangyi?"
Pan Yongliang pondered for more than ten breaths, then raised his head and asked in a deep voice.
"Sun Daohua must be closely related to this matter."
"At least one of the Zhu and Fan families was involved in this matter."
"Or maybe both families are involved."
"As for Yan Wangyi..."
"I heard that he fell ill not long after the military competition at King Yan's camp."
"Only the imperial edict was revealed when it arrived at Yan."
"It's hard to say whether he was involved or not."
"But I always feel that Yan Wangyi is most likely the person behind the scenes."
"If that's what I guess."
"You and I may be in trouble."
Fan Yuanyu pondered for a moment, and then spoke in a deep voice, word for word.
After hearing this, Pan Yongliang's eyelids drooped instantly.
What did Xu Yi do when he served as Jing Zhaoyin and the commander-in-chief of disaster relief in Chang'an, the capital of China.
Everyone knows about all the famous aristocratic families in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Xu Yi asked what the vassal queen had done in Yandi.
Everyone knows about the famous aristocratic families around Fan Yan.
If Xu Yi really gets involved.
Xu Yi is as smart as a demon.
It may be extremely difficult for the Pan and Fan families to take advantage of this incident.
Thinking about this.
Pan Yongliang raised his eyelids and looked at Fan Yuanyu with a solemn face.
"If Yan Wang Yi is really involved."
"How should you and I behave?"
Unknowingly, Pan Yongliang developed the habit of asking Fan Yuanyu first when he was undecided.
"Whether Yan Wangyi is the one behind the scenes or not."
"You and I can just keep an eye on the Zhu and Fan families."
"What the Zhu and Fan families do, you and I will do."
Fan Yuanyu pondered for a moment, then spoke in a deep voice.
"Keep an eye on the Zhu and Fan families?"
Pan Yongliang frowned slightly and said in confusion.
"The feudal king has no right to govern the local area."
"Whether Yan Wangyi is involved or not."
"None of them will show up at all in this incident."
"The Zhu and Fan families are different."
"If these two families are involved, it will definitely come to light."
"The Zhu and Fan families have the same goal as you and me."
"Then you and I just need to follow closely behind the Zhu and Fan families."
"Although it is impossible to capture all the profits, it also reduces many risks."
Fan Yuanyu calmed down for a moment, then said with a serious face.
in short.
Following the Zhu and Fan families.
What the Zhu and Fan families do, the Pan and Fan families do.
The Zhu and Fan families ate meat, while the Pan and Fan families drank soup.
Hear this.
Pan Yongliang couldn't help but touch his eyelids again.
"Now it seems like this is all we have to do."
After a moment, Pan Yongliang raised his eyelids and sighed.
The words are over.
Don’t wait for Fan Yuanyu to say anything more.
Suddenly, several hurried waiters came outside the reception hall again.
"master!"
"Nine aristocratic families and trading houses in the east of the city have announced price cuts one after another."
"master!"
"Six aristocratic families and trading houses in the west of the city have announced price cuts one after another."
"master!"
"Four more aristocratic families and trading houses in the north of the city have announced price cuts one after another."
"Conflicts broke out when the Zhao family of Zhuojun was negotiating with those families and merchants who were cutting prices."
"Now the shopkeeper and assistants of the Zhao family in Zhuo County have been taken away by the county soldiers."
"master......."
"master......."
Several Pan Mansion servants walked to the reception hall and quickly reported the report.
After experiencing many large-scale acquisitions and many small and medium-sized aristocratic families and businessmen, the company has experienced rapid expansion.
A group of advanced and retreating allies finally realized something was wrong, or it may be difficult to suppress their inner anger.
In the end, some people are selected from the alliance of advance and retreat.
It is used to warn those small and medium-sized aristocratic families and merchants who are jumping around, including those who are already starting to make moves.
And test Sun Daohua.
Unfortunately.
The test begins.
Sun Daohua expressed his attitude with practical actions.
And after this incident.
Some people who were ready to move jumped out instantly.
As the saying goes: "The law does not punish everyone."
The same is true for this matter.
When only a few aristocratic families and businessmen jumped out.
Those who are ready to take action are naturally afraid of the power of that nursery rhyme.
But more and more aristocratic families and merchants jumped out.
And Sun Daohua also stood up and expressed his attitude with practical actions.
Those who are ready to act under the mentality of not punishing the law will naturally forget about the nursery rhyme.
For a while.
The entire Juyang City was like yesterday again, with sounds of price cuts everywhere.
However.
When the price dropped to one, two, nine, and one stone.
The price cut crisis seemed to have been suddenly pressed on the pause button.
No one takes the initiative to drop even a penny.
Obviously.
One tael, nine coins and one stone is the lowest acceptable level for many aristocratic families and merchants.
