After getting Xu Qing's approval, someone will soon sign a contract with the Li family.
Now Xu Qing's grain is sold at a reasonable price, and the Li family's grain is sold to him at a 30% discount. It can be said that the gap in military rations will soon be filled by the Li family's grain.
And Xu Qing will make a lot of money!
After returning to the duty room of the state government office, Xu Qing looked at Long Bing'er and said, "How is it? Now you know your husband's strength, right?"
At this moment, Long Bing'er did not dare to refute Xu Qing and nodded repeatedly; "I understand..."
Xu Qing said: "When you know, call me husband."
Long Bing'er lowered her head, with a look on her face that she would correct her mistakes when she realized they were wrong, and said softly, "Husband..."
Xu Qing took Long Bing'er into his arms, stroked her long and silky hair and said, "Just wait and see, one day I will help you bring down the State of Zhao. If you dare to bully Xu Qing's wife, so will the emperor."
There’s a price to pay.”
Long Binger let Xu Qing hold her and closed her eyes in her arms.
Now that the biggest concern in her heart has been solved by Xu Qing, she is naturally relieved and can concentrate on fighting against the court.
After that, it was just as Xu Qing expected.
Zhao's Grain Merchant Alliance is actually just a mixture of interests. Without the binding agent of silver, it will quickly fall apart.
Their grains have also been reduced in price and sold at low prices, and they no longer dare to raise prices.
But something unexpected happened to Zhao Guo's grain merchants. Even though they sold grain at a fair price, their grain still couldn't be sold. Another ten days passed, and few people were willing to buy their grain. It seemed that
The grain merchants of Chu and Zhou had become like trademarks.
The people are very discerning. It can be said that the people of Shuzhou broke the hearts of the grain merchants of Zhao State.
Look!
Foreigners sell it cheaper than compatriots!
As the saying goes, you are fighting for your reputation without steaming steamed buns. You tried your best to raise the price, but now that the price has dropped, you want us to buy it from you?
Isn't this wishful thinking?
Not buying!
Definitely not buying it!
More importantly, these Chu and Zhou people have opened enough grain selling points in Shuzhou and sell grain at a reasonable price twelve hours a day. Naturally, the people do not need to buy grain from these grain merchants.
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When things got to this point, these grain merchants finally started to panic. No one bought their grain even if it was at a fair price!
You must know that these grains are the entire family wealth of many of them!
Some grain merchants have even gone into debt just to transport as much grain as possible!
I’m just waiting to make a big fortune this time and have enough food and clothing for the rest of my life!
Who knew God would play such a big joke on them.
Originally, they wanted to find the backbone of the Li family and ask him what they should do, but when they remembered this, the Li family business was already empty and not a single grain of food was left.
The Li family sold out all their food and left without knowing when!
No wonder the Lijia Grain Station has been extremely quiet these days, with no news at all. It turns out he ran away long ago!
Of course, what makes them even more desperate is that they know the situation here, but people outside do not! There is still a large amount of food flowing in, hoping to buy it at a good price.
Even if they ask their workers to persuade these people to stop transporting food and make no money at all, these people will not listen.
I thought the people inside had gotten rich and wanted to cut off their own money!
Besides, where is the way back now?
Many small grain merchants just sell iron in exchange for grain, and they don't even think about looking back!
Now that the grain is shipped out, it will cost nothing, but it cannot be sold if it is left in Shuzhou. There is still a large army of the imperial court who will go out at an unknown time as a reminder.
Suddenly, the grain merchants in Shuzhou were in danger not to mention their money, but even their lives.
At the beginning, everyone would comfort themselves. The Chu and Zhou countries were conducting military exercises. They would not be able to transport much food. They would not last long. Once their food was sold out, the people would still have to buy their food sooner or later.
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When the time comes, let alone say it is a par price, the price might even be able to go back up.
But ten days have passed, and the food of the Chu and Zhou people still seems to be transported continuously through the dock, as if it is endless.
Finally, some grain merchants couldn't bear it any longer and began to sell grain at a price even lower than the par price. As long as they could sell it, they no longer cared about the par price!
When some grain merchants started to take action, other grain merchants soon became unable to sit still and started to have big sales with huge price cuts!
But the sales volume was still not ideal. Although more people came than when the price was low, it was still very limited. The scene they imagined of people looting did not happen.
Of course there won't be any looting by the people.
These people have missed the best opportunity to reduce prices.
If the price drops again after ten days, 80% of the people will have already exchanged their money for cheap food.
Even if you lower the price, the people have already collected enough food, so why would they need to buy more from you?
Now the price of their food has been reduced by 30%, but sales are still bleak.
This grain could not be sold in Shuzhou, and they did not have the financial resources to transport it away.
Many people rent warehouses that require rent...
I am afraid that if this situation keeps falling again and again, not many people will buy it...
There are even many small grain merchants who have begun to set their sights on the tallest building in Shuzhou City, thinking of closing their eyes and jumping to let themselves go.
Just when these grain merchants looked desperate, an invitation was delivered to each of them.
One day later, the military advisor will host a banquet for these grain merchants in the state government compound, and the military advisor will help them solve their troubles.
When these grain merchants saw the invitation, hope finally filled their eyes again.
Xu Mansion
In the study
Long Bing'er asked curiously, "Why don't you find a restaurant? Do you have to use the state government courtyard?"
Xu Qing spread his hands and said: "I also want to find a restaurant, but now there are dozens and hundreds of grain merchants, large and small, in Shuzhou City. Which restaurant can accommodate so many grain merchants? By the way, Shuzhou
How is the situation in the city?"
Long Bing'er looked at Xu Qing and said: "So far we have basically all the weapons and armor, sufficient firearms, the city wall is high and thick, the city gates have been reinforced, and the final rolling stones and logs have been prepared, even for street fighting.
Uncle Xin has already made preparations, but..."
Xu Qing asked; "Just what?"
Long Bing'er rolled her eyes at Xu Qing and said: "It's just that the food in our granary, even including the batch sold to us by the Li family, has been sold to the people at a fair price. Now there is less than one grain left in our army."
It’s done, if there is no more food to be replenished, our army will starve to death in a short time, but we have made a lot of money and it is overflowing.”
Xu Qing smiled and said, "Okay, okay, wait until tomorrow, and I will bring the endless food to you."
