The first thousand two hundred and thirty-ninth chapters define food prices
A group of large and small grain merchants in Jingnan County discussed for a long time in the Jingnan County office room. Under the leadership and instigation of the three largest grain merchants, they reached a consensus and made an oath over tea instead of wine: the grain merchants in the county are firmly united and unanimously open to the outside world.
, refuse to lower prices! Whoever lowers prices privately is the public enemy of the entire county’s grain merchants! They will fight to the death!
Shopkeeper Tai and Shopkeeper Lu were no exception. They also followed the others and swore an oath. As soon as they came, they were also unwilling to lower the price. At first, they were just afraid of being the ones who stood out and warned the monkeys and chickens. Now they are all
The county grain merchants swore an oath and reached a consensus. They thought that they were just small grain merchants. They wanted to be the first to be a warning to the monkeys and chickens. Only large grain merchants were qualified. They were safe. Secondly, the county's grain merchants sworn an oath now.
, if they do not participate, they will become the enemies of the entire county's grain merchants, and these grain merchants can tear them to pieces without the county officials taking action.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but after the grain merchants reached a consensus and swore an oath, Zhu Ping'an arrived late.
"I've met the county magistrate."
"I've met the county magistrate."
Seeing Zhu Pingan pushing the door open, a group of grain merchants came forward to pay their respects to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Ping'an glanced at everyone with a smile, waved his hands to them, and said warmly: "No courtesy, no courtesy. I am busy with official duties and did not pay attention to the time. I have kept you all waiting for a long time."
"How dare you, how dare you, the county magistrate has defeated us. The county magistrate asks for orders for the people, takes care of everything, and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of people in the county. We should wait any longer."
A group of grain merchants said one after another that when they noticed Zhu Pingan scanning them, many grain merchants felt guilty and did not dare to look at Zhu Pingan. After all, they had just completed their oath.
"Everyone, please take a seat. I invite you here this time. I believe you all know what is going on. I won't beat around the bush anymore. I invite you here this time just for the price of food."
Zhu Ping'an sat on the main seat and spoke to the grain merchants straight to the point without going around in circles.
Sure enough, it’s for the price of food!
The grain merchants looked at each other, and they were not surprised by this. They knew what was going on.
Zhu Ping'an glanced at the grain merchants one by one, and then said: "It is said that food is the most important thing for the people. Now that there are floods in the south of the Yangtze River, food is the top priority, and food prices are the first to bear the burden. If food prices are unstable, Jingnan will not be able to survive."
Therefore, I intend to define the grain price in Jingnan. However, the definition of grain price is related to the people's livelihood and stability of Jingnan County, and it affects the whole body. I dare not make a decision easily without authorization. You all have a good reputation in Jingnan.
I am a grain merchant who knows a lot about grain. I would like to hear your thoughts. You don’t need to worry. If you have any ideas, tell me truthfully. I promise that you will not be punished for your words."
"What?! Define Jingnan grain prices?!"
When all the grain merchants heard this, they were extremely shocked, with expressions of shock on their faces, and many grain merchants screamed out of control.
Define Jingnan grain prices!
This is a big deal for grain merchants. What does defining grain prices mean? It means fixing grain prices! Once grain prices are defined, they are not allowed to increase them!
Now the food prices in various places in Jiangnan are rising three times a day. If the county magistrate defines the food prices in Jingnan, then the food prices in Jingnan cannot rise any further, and their losses will be immeasurable!
They originally thought that Zhu Pingan wanted them to lower the market price of grain, which increased three times a day. For example, the market price in the morning was 1,350 Wen per stone of grain, and the price of grain in Jingnan was 1,340 Wen; at noon, the market price was 1,355 Wen, and the price of grain in Jingnan was 1,345 Wen.
The market price in the evening is 1,360 Wen, and the price of grain in Jingnan is 1,350 Wen. Even so, they cannot accept such a price reduction, let alone defining the price of grain in Jingnan, and they are not allowed to increase prices from now on!
ruthless!
The county official is so cruel!
All the grain dealers never expected that Zhu Pingan would be so ruthless! He even tried to define Jingnan grain prices!
Yang Zhen, the shopkeeper of Yangji Grain Store, maintained his identity and winked at the young shopkeeper beside him.
This young shopkeeper relied heavily on Yang Ji Grain Store for his business. After receiving Yang Zhen's hint, he stood up and clasped his fists towards Zhu Pingan and said: "Your Majesty, it's not because we don't want to, but now most of Jiangnan
After the floods, the former land of plenty and the world's granaries turned into a land of food shortages. Grain merchants like us in the south of the Yangtze River were unable to harvest grain. We had to go to Bashu in the west and Shandong in the north to collect grain. Not to mention the long journey.
, the food supply in Bashu and Shandong areas has also increased. The local food price used to be 410 Wen per stone. Last time our shop manager went to Shandong to collect grain and offered 500 Wen per stone, but the local people ignored it. Not to mention that people ate horse chews along the way.
Hiring nursing homes, etc., it is getting harder and harder to harvest this food, and our costs are getting higher and higher. Please ask the county magistrate to think twice and give us a way to survive."
After someone started, all the grain merchants also complained to Zhu Ping'an.
"It's a matter of the county. Even if we collect grain from Bashu and Shandong, it will not be easy to transport it to Jingnan. Not to mention the bandits and bandits along the way, but now there are floods in the south of the Yangtze River and there are countless refugees and victims. When they see the grain, they
Just like a hungry wolf seeing meat. Once our grain truck enters the border of Jiangnan, we are always faced with the danger of refugees and disaster victims gathering to rob..."
"County Lord, we are all fellow villagers. We also want to sell food to everyone at low prices, but our costs are there. We are old and young, and our whole family is waiting for us to feed us. We
It is impossible to sell grain at a loss. If we lose money, our whole family will have no choice but to drink from the northwest wind, and then we will have no choice but to close down."
"Your Majesty, we got up early to smear people and worked so hard just to make ends meet for our families. Please forgive us, Your Majesty. Besides, we didn't set the price of food. We just follow the market... Please think twice, Your Majesty."
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For a time, the class room seemed to be a grievance meeting for grain merchants, with constant complaints and grievances.
Yes, that's it. The law does not punish everyone. As long as we stick together as a group, we are not afraid of Zhu Ping'an.
Shopkeeper Yang from Yangji Grain Store was very satisfied with everyone's performance. He couldn't help but curl up his mouth. He glanced at Zhu Ping'an out of the corner of his eye. Shopkeeper Yang couldn't help but be startled when he glanced at him.
He was surprised to see that Zhu Pingan listened patiently to people's complaints, nodding a little while listening, without any discomfort on his face. He listened patiently all the time without interrupting anyone.
No...it shouldn't be. Shouldn't the county official be angry if we are like this?!
horrible!
How terrible! The county magistrate is young and has done too much in cultivating Qi! Such a person is terrible.
Shopkeeper Yang couldn't figure it out, so he had to attribute all this to Zhu Ping'an's deep Qi-nurturing skills and the depth of the city.
Suddenly, Shopkeeper Yang couldn't help but be wary of Zhu Ping'an. If it didn't involve his own huge interests, Shopkeeper Yang really didn't want to have a grudge with such a person who had great skills in cultivating qi and a deep city.