In the early morning, the sun shines on the earth.
As soon as Guanghuicang opened its doors, many people gathered around it.
Some people who were worried that they would not be able to buy food did not even go back overnight. They waited outside the yard of Guanghuicang and stayed up all night.
The officials were already used to it.
The yamen of the Inspection Department cooperated to maintain order. Everyone moved out the tables as usual, placed buckets of rice on them, and sold them at seventeen cents per liter.
The first strong man in line came forward with a bag.
"Fifty liters!"
"Hold on……"
Several officials became more and more skilled and soon weighed rice.
"New rice?"
The strong man was a little surprised and said subconsciously: "Is it also seventeen articles?"
The clerk glanced at him coldly and said impatiently: "There is too much grain in the warehouse, and new grain will come in soon. If you don't get rid of some, how can you store it? What, you don't want it? Then put it down and don't stop others from buying it. !”
"Haha, that is, that is!"
The strong man obviously didn't believe his words, so he turned around and left with the rice bag on his back.
…
Dasheng Mifang in the east of the city.
Sun Desheng was in charge personally and was enjoying tea in the back hall with several shopkeepers.
The strong man came back with a rice bag on his back and said respectfully: "Mr. Lang, I bought it! This time it's new rice. It seems that the imperial court doesn't have much leftover grain!"
If there is enough grain stored, why sell new rice at a loss?
Even the children on the street can understand this truth...
"Haha, what did you say?"
Sun Desheng laughed wildly and crossed his legs leisurely: "Keep buying! Tell the people below that we will buy as much rice as the court puts in!"
"yes!"
The strong man put down the rice bag and respectfully withdrew.
Wu Shuangqing, another big grain merchant, squatted down with a smile, untied the rice bag and grabbed a handful, and said with a smile: "The young master is indeed very resourceful! Let us open a warehouse, but sell in a rationed amount... It's so high! It's really so. high!"
"Haha, how can the young master's methods be compared to ordinary people?"
Sun Desheng laughed and said: "The grain ship can't arrive in Beijing for twenty days! But Cao An doesn't have that much grain anymore! When the granary is empty, let's see how he explains it!"
Wu Shuangqing sneered and said: "If we don't do this well, I'm afraid it will kill me! Once the eight granaries are empty, let alone the people...the army will rebel! Haha, Cao An is digging his own grave!"
"It's none of this business!"
Sun Desheng sneered: "He can imagine seventeen cents per liter of new rice! When we buy up all this... at least we can make more than double the profit!"
Use the price of old rice to buy new rice, and then sell the accumulated old rice at the price of new rice.
How can this account be considered a huge profit!
However, there are also a few who are timid and worried.
"If we do this, we will suck the blood of the imperial court! What if..."
"Yes, if we offend the court, we may suffer!"
Wu Shuangqing heard this and sneered: "Are you afraid? We are not driving up the price of food! When the court's food is sold out, we only need to sell it at the highest price in the market and we will make a lot of money! Even the court will not Can’t fault it!”
"That's right!"
Sun Desheng took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "It's my fault that the imperial court listened to that idiot Cao An, otherwise how could so many things have happened? We just want to make more money. If the imperial court doesn't intervene, then there will be a 'food shortage' It’s been suppressed a long time ago!”
According to the highest market price, hoard and then cash out.
This approach is indeed not considered to be driving up food prices, it can only be said to be a bit shameless.
But if Cao An makes such a fuss, everyone will go bankrupt if they don't fight back, and it will naturally be a life-and-death battle!
"Mr. Lang!"
Bang, the door was knocked open, and the strong man left and came back, saying in a panic: "The grain ship has arrived in Beijing! There is a lot of grain, at least tens of thousands of stones!"
Snap.
Sun Desheng dropped the tea cup in his hand and stood up suddenly: "What grain ship? Where did the grain ship come from?!"
The big man shook his head and said in a panic: "It's just a grain ship. I don't know where it came from! I just entered the city from Yongshun Gate and now it has entered the Jinshui River and will dock immediately!"
"Yongshun Gate? Wuzhang River!"
Wu Shuangqing was no longer calm, and stood up suddenly and said: "Hebei East Road! Could it be the food from Hebei East Road? Who, who did it? Hebei East Road is not rich, and it is close to the border fortress. There are often wars! Who is it? Who actually thought of coming from Hebei East Road? Get food from there!"
Hebei Road in the Song Dynasty has always been a source of worry.
After the peace talks between Song and Liao, although there were fewer wars here, frictions, big and small, never stopped! One can imagine how bad the situation there is.
"Is it Cao An?"
Sun Desheng's eyes widened: "But even if he is rich, how much food can Hebei East Road get?"
"Does it take a lot?"
Wu Shuangqing fell down on the chair and murmured: "As long as he survives these twenty days, everything will be solved after the grain ship arrives in Beijing!"
It’s over!
This time the fun is completely over...
Who would have thought that Cao An would get food from Hebei East Road and not be afraid of the border troops causing chaos?
"Quick! Go and report to the young master!"
Sun Desheng grabbed his servant and shouted hurriedly: "Impeach! Find someone to impeach Cao An! Without food, the border army will definitely be in chaos, and the Queen Mother will chop him alive!"
"Shut up!"
Wu Shuangqing couldn't bear it anymore and rushed over and gave Sun Desheng a hard push.
"Are you crazy?"
"I think you are crazy!"
The two blushed and squirted at each other.
Wu Shuangqing said angrily: "The imperial court's delay in taking action against us is just for the sake of face! Besides, we didn't do anything extraordinary! But..."
"Inciting the border troops to cause chaos! Do you want to die?!"
He grabbed Sun Desheng's collar fiercely: "I am just a businessman, just to make some money! If you want to die, go yourself! Damn it, I want to withdraw my shares! I quit!"
At most, you will be punished if you control the market, but you can encourage the border troops to cause chaos...
I just want to ask you if the nine tribes have enough to cut down?
"certain……"
Sun Desheng was yelled to the point of sweating, and finally woke up: "I'm sorry, I'm dizzy. Hey, I'm anxious! I'm just anxious...I know I'm wrong."
"snort!"
Wu Shuangqing's anger continued: "Then tell me, what should we do now?"
What else can be done?
Sun Desheng sat back down again, his face ashen as death: "I went to report to the young master. This time... I failed! Cao An used his tricks to kill us all!"
Wu Shuangqing was furious and his attitude was naturally bad.
"Is it useful to find the young father-in-law?"
"What?"
"Now if you go to the young master, he can help you?"
Sun Desheng was completely wilted, as if he were mourning his heir: "Then what do you think we should do? Hundreds of thousands of dan of grain! When the grain ship arrives in Beijing, we will all be doomed!"
"Go find Cao An..."
"What?!"
Sun Desheng stared at Wu Shuangqing in disbelief.
The latter looked indifferent and said coldly: "Only Cao An can save us now! Go and beg him to ask the court to stop selling grain... Then we will open a position and sell it at a low price."
The loser needs the consciousness of the loser.
The market price is impossible, but as long as they can avoid losing money, they will be satisfied.
