We sat for a while at Mi Xing at Shitou's house. Time passed quite quickly. The mountain wind blew down from the mountain in the evening, blowing away the heat and blowing on people. Shitou wanted to stay with Liang Chuan for dinner, but Liang Chuan refused. There are still a lot of things going on at home, and they will not feel at ease if they don't go back.
As soon as Liang Chuan left, Shitou immediately mobilized the entire store, and also transferred idle clerks from other stores. The first priority right now was to make rice! He listened to everything Liang Chuan said, and he believed it firmly. If this business is really like what Liang Chuan said, and the price of rice rises sharply, then the money earned will not be less than what his father made. If he loses, the price of rice now It is already an unprecedented low price in history. How far will it fall if it falls further? It's just a small amount of one or two coppers less for a bucket of rice. The Zheng family can afford this loss. He also intended to treat this business as an experience, and it was normal to pay some tuition fees.
Dozens of Zheng Ji's men attacked Qingyuan overnight. Qingyuan's large quantities of new rice shipped by sea ship from Lingnan this year were still piled in the warehouse next to the dock. It didn’t rain very much in Lingnan last year, and the grain growth was good. There was good news of a good harvest everywhere. There was so much rice that we couldn’t eat it all and sell it out. The price of rice fell day by day. People were eating the fall rather than the rise. Everyone was waiting and watching. Today This year will definitely be a good harvest year, and the price of rice will be even lower. If there is no profit then, why go harvest rice now?
The rice merchants in Lingnan are almost turning gray with worry. This rice cannot be sold this year. Because it is old, it will be old rice next year. The price will be several percent lower than the new rice next year. That is not enough to rent a large ship. There is a warehouse for rent! In the prosperous times, the price of rice was as low as dirt. According to their words, doing this business was just enough to survive. If you want to make a lot of money, you are crazy.
It was already midnight when Shitou arrived at Qingyuan Port, and he didn't bother to rest. He ordered the night watchman to find the owner of the rice warehouse, saying that he would eat all the rice in the port. When the watchman saw this group of dozens of people in the middle of the night, his legs were trembling with fright. He thought they were here to rob rice, but he couldn't answer anything. The boss said that if anyone robs rice, no one will It couldn't be better, but by moving them all, he also saved the rent on these warehouses!
Shitou shouted twice before the watchman clearly understood their purpose. Damn it, there are still people with such big appetites coming to collect rice this year. They came to grab it in the middle of the night, as if they were afraid of not being able to grab it. This rice It has been sitting in this port for almost two months, and no one has even asked about the price!
A Lingnan rice merchant was sleeping soundly in his arms with a local girl. He had not had a good sleep for a long time since his rice had not been sold in Hong Kong for so long. Today I put a lot of force on the woman's belly, and finally fell asleep deeply after using up all my strength. In the middle of the night, I heard the watchman knocking on the door with such force and urgency that I thought the rice warehouse was on fire and that was why the watchman was so rude.
"Stop knocking, the building is about to collapse due to your earthquake. Damn it, it's hard to sleep peacefully, but it's not easy anymore!" The Lingnan rice merchant was cursing while wearing clothes and a belt. He was raped in the middle of the night. It would definitely not do any good to wake him up. Now he wished he could burn all the rice in one go. If he asked someone to move it and throw it into the sea, he would still have to pay for it!
"Did the rice warehouse burn down or was it flooded by sea water?" the Lingnan businessman asked sleepily as he yawned.
"Someone came to buy rice, and it's all-inclusive!" The watchman was even happier than the boss, as if the rice belonged to him.
"What!" Mi Shang's eyes suddenly opened wide, and he patted his face with his hand, "I'm not dreaming, and I heard you right. Can you say it again?"
"A businessman from out of town came to buy rice. He wants it all!"
The watchman led the ecstatic rice merchants to the rice warehouse next to the port. He actually saw a young man waiting outside the warehouse with dozens of waiters, waiting in full array, as if they were afraid that others would come to snatch their rice! He wanted to laugh in his heart. Where did he come from? He didn't understand business at all. No one wanted this rice, so he treated it like a treasure, fearing that it would be robbed.
That night, all the rice in this rice merchant's warehouse was eaten clean by stones. The rice merchant was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He was afraid that the few people brought by the stone would not be able to transport all the rice. He also knew him in Qingyuan. Many Yaxing companies rented out their own labor and organized a large team of people to transport all the stone and rice back to Xinghua. Uh, Xinghua, isn't that place extremely poor? How come people's brains aren't very useful?
There were dozens of workers in this rice warehouse, and it took three days to move all the rice, plus the strength of the Lingnan merchants. The Lingnan merchants were also very generous. As soon as they heard that all the stones were to be rounded, they had them all moved on the spot. I got a 10% discount, but the money for the footwork was paid for by this Lingnan businessman. The rice merchant originally thought that a warehouse of rice would be lost. Now that he could sell it, he sold it all. He was afraid that Shitou would be unhappy and regret it and stop doing business, so he gave Shitou various preferential conditions. After all, he , Even if the price of rice does not rise sharply this year, if you keep it at home and sell it slowly, you will not lose money.
There are several large rice shops in Xinghua. They are gritting their teeth this year and will not buy any grain. They are just waiting to see if the price of rice drops again before they prepare to buy the bottom next year. When I woke up early in the morning, I saw the silly son of the Zheng family running to Qingyuan in the middle of the night to buy a large warehouse of new rice. They were all laughing at this silly son. If Zheng Zuliang is not around, the Zheng family will soon be defeated. Isn't that right? , I just got the news this morning that the price of rice has dropped another penny. It was not too much for everyone to watch, and the incident of snatching rice from Zhengjia Rice Shop in the middle of the night was almost turned into a joke.
When Liang Chuan returned to Fengshan that night, it was almost dark, and he had to drive more at night. When we walked to the entrance of Helu Village, we saw dozens of bright torches, making the entrance of the village as bright as day. When Liang Chuan saw this scene, he felt it was too familiar. He screamed, there must have been another fight. Where the hell did this bastard come from? He dared to invade his home when he was not in Fengshan. He was too kind before. Well, it seems that they are really not afraid of beating them anymore, they still dare to touch the tiger’s butt from time to time!
Liang Chuan rushed to the entrance of the village. Unexpectedly, everything was calm, but everyone was holding torches at the entrance of the village, waiting for him! The leader, He Baozheng, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liang Chuan coming back, and everyone was overjoyed.
"What's wrong with you? You don't go home in the middle of the night. What are you doing here? Are the neighboring villages making trouble again?" Liang Chuan asked anxiously.
He Baozheng chuckled and said, "The folks are all waiting for you. They are worried if you don't come back."
"Why are you worried? I'm doing well!" Liang Chuan really didn't expect that they were waiting for him. Nothing happened to him, so why were they so anxious?
"After Changgui and Xiaopin came back, everything was discussed. What you said in Xinghua County Government has now spread throughout Xinghua. No one in Fengshan knows about it."
Liang Chuan scratched his head in embarrassment. He didn't expect that this matter would spread so quickly. He was really embarrassed. "What's wrong? Are you just waiting for me at the entrance of the village for this matter? Don't you believe what I said? Do you think of me as a human being?" Monster, are you planning to drive me out of the village?"
The villagers were amused by Liang Chuan's funny words. You look at me and I look at you. They usually rarely greet people with smiles, but this Liang Chuan is so capable, so kind to others, and everything he says is so nice. He Baozheng said: "Who in Helu can't tolerate you, Mr. He? I was the first to refuse! Do you know how many people in the village are counting on you for their lives now?"
It was hard for Liang Chuan to say anything, he smiled.
"Sanlang, you are so benevolent and righteous. Even when a stranger like Xiaopin gets into trouble here, you can take it as your own business and run around. Your benevolence and righteousness are seen by everyone, but now you are not living for yourself, the fellow villagers It's all thanks to you that you can live a good life now, the village is counting on you, you can't put yourself in danger every time." Is He Baozheng praising Liang Chuan or scolding Liang Chuan.
"Yes, Saburo, you don't have to do this if you can't stand up for some things. Our officials don't fight with the people, so why don't we always take advantage of it? If we often walk along the river, our shoes will get wet sooner or later." The villager Many elderly people also advised Liang Chuandao.
Liang Chuan was very touched. Although they were selfish and thought about themselves, the world would not change without anyone. They had also learned the craftsmanship. Even if something happened to them, they could still live well. What they meant was true. What's more, he is worried that something will happen to him. When did Liang Chuan's life become so valuable? Not only his wife and friends are worried about him, but the villagers around him are also worried about his safety. .
Is it worth it to come here?
He Baozheng said earnestly: "We know that your new stove is easy to use and saves firewood. It has absolutely nothing to do with the drought, but why do you bother to talk so much about flooding? Xinghua is flooded. What does it have to do with you?" , don’t you know the truth that disaster comes from your mouth? Will the officials in the county do anything if you say this more? They will definitely be indifferent and will not believe your words until the water is flooded. The villagers are afraid that you will come back today. Everyone is still I want to go to the county government to plead for you and save you!"
Liang Chuan looked at the simple and unpretentious faces. Everyone's faces bloomed with faint smiles when they saw that he had settled back. At that moment, his own tears unexpectedly crawled out of his eyes and flowed secretly from the corners of his eyes. When he came down, there was a surge of impulse in his chest that had no place to release, and he was full of emotion.
"Don't cry. From now on, the villagers will be your relatives and will support you. No one here dares to bully you!"
