Su Jin stood up and offered a glass of wine to Shopkeeper Hou respectfully. He thought to himself that if he had been there at that time, he would not have had the courage of Shopkeeper Hou to directly put away the price at a high price. It was really a wise move.
Then Su Jin asked: "I don't know if there is any movement in the Luzhou City Chamber of Commerce. I don't know if they know the news."
Shopkeeper Min said: "I didn't notice this. They didn't send anyone out of the city to purchase. It's been surprisingly quiet these days. It seems like they haven't received any news."
Su Jin asked the shopkeeper Zhao Da of the tailor shop: "How is Qin Dalang doing now?"
Shopkeeper Zhao Dacheng said: "Liu Dacheng rented a private house for him. The owner of that house is Liu Dacheng's distant nephew. Liu Dacheng asked his nephew to keep an eye on it at all times. Except for the occasional person who came quietly.
There was nothing unusual except for finding Qin Dalang. The master chefs in the store were secretly told by me not to talk to him about the store's affairs, but Liu Dacheng and I revealed some insignificant things to him according to the wishes of the young master's family."
Su Jin nodded and said: "Well done, maybe we can use him to help us this time."
Several big shopkeepers hurriedly asked: "How can I help?"
Su Jin said: "I was wondering if he could bring the news about the severe drought in the south and the rush to buy food in various places to the people in the Chamber of Commerce."
Shopkeeper Ma was stunned and said: "How is this possible? Wouldn't this be an advantage for them?"
The other shopkeepers didn't express their opinions, and looked thoughtful.
Zhang Rongqin said: "The young master's move is indeed a clever one, but it seems a little too early."
Su Jin said: "Sooner or later, in the past few days, the rise in food prices will have a limit, and it will never rise to the point where two people get one stone for one stone, so I think it will be fine. If the price is too high, the chamber of commerce will not take action, and maybe it will be against them."
It has no effect."
Zhang Rongxin laughed and said: "The young master didn't understand what I meant. What I mean is that if I, Su Ji, can search around Luzhou for a few days, it would be best to buy out all the rice and grain in their warehouse and then let the news out. Is this right?"
What would be better?"
Su Jin was greatly surprised. He was already vicious enough, but he didn't expect Zhang Rongqin to be even more vicious. This move was both cruel and damaging. It was going to completely trample the Chamber of Commerce into the mud.
The two had a conversation, but Shopkeeper Ma couldn't understand it at all, and said anxiously: "What are you talking about, Shopkeeper Zhang, why do you agree with the Shaodong family to release such important information to the people in the Chamber of Commerce? This is not helping.
Are they?"
Shopkeeper Hou scolded: "Old Ma, why can't your brain turn around? You can't understand such a simple thing, you have a stupid head."
Shopkeeper Ma shook his bald head aggrievedly and said, "I really don't understand what the young master and all the shopkeepers mean."
Shopkeeper Hou had no choice but to whisper in his ear. The more shopkeeper Ma listened, his mouth opened wider and his eyes widened. The expression on his face said everything. He never expected that Su Jin would want to do this.
Su Jin pondered for a while and said: "There are not many coins circulating in each cabinet now. We don't have such a big appetite to eat the grain stored around Luzhou. I'm afraid it won't be that easy."
Zhang Rongqin said: "What the Young Master family considers is that in fact, you don't have to do this yourself. The people also need to eat. They only need to put the news on the streets first. As long as the people have one family to store food for three months, the Luzhou City Food Store will store food for the next few months."
We're running out of money, so why should we do anything?"
Su Jin is really convinced. The 80,000 people in Luzhou have a three-month ration of more than 200,000 dan. I am afraid that those grain stores will really be wiped out.
Zhang Rongqin continued: "The way to get the news out is by word of mouth. You can go back and mobilize your relatives at home to buy grain in large quantities and tell them that the price of grain is about to skyrocket. Your relatives will definitely trust your words. If the news is spread like this,
According to rumors, I dare to say that there will be a panic buying trend within three days."
Su Jin said: "Then Shopkeeper Zhao will release the news of the severe drought in the south through Qin Dalang, and it will be too late for the chamber of commerce to regret it."
Several Su Ji Grain Shop shopkeepers were sweating when Su Jin and Zhang Rongqin sang along. This move was absolutely vicious and forced the chamber of commerce to go to various places to adjust grains. However, the price of aged grains in important production areas in the south has soared.
The cost of purchasing by the Chamber of Commerce has soared. The high-priced grain cannot compete with Su Ji's low-priced grain. If they do not purchase it, it will mean that there will be no grain to sell in the coming year. The Luzhou Grain Market will be handed over to Su Ji. This is something the Chamber of Commerce is absolutely unwilling to do.
have witnessed.
"Dear shopkeepers, Su Jin would like to explain that the battles in the shopping mall do not need to be so fierce and sophisticated. Su Jin is definitely not that kind of person. It's just that Su Ji has been suppressed by the Chamber of Commerce for so many years, and the methods used by the Chamber of Commerce are even more despicable. I
It can be said that my father's death was indirectly caused by the Chamber of Commerce; what's more, the Chamber of Commerce has started to repeat its old tricks again, placing Qin Dalang in my Suji clothing store, maybe they want me to follow in the footsteps of my father; so I decided to use tricks against them.
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Everyone watched in silence as Su Jin's emotions became more and more intense. They could understand Su Jin's mood at the moment. His father was indirectly killed by the Chamber of Commerce, and Su Ji's industry suffered continuous suppression. There was no choice in counterattack. Lu
The rules of business in the state and city are no longer those of like-minded people, but those who work together are in line with the old saying: people who work in the same industry are enemies.
Su Ji is on the weak side, and more than a dozen chambers of commerce have joined forces. Su Jin dares to fight against the chamber of commerce. This requires great courage and confidence. At present, it seems that the sixteen-year-old young master has both of these qualities.
"For some people, maybe I will follow the motto of repaying grievance with kindness, and be merciful and merciful. But for some people, I still have to follow the ancient motto of Confucius, 'Repay grievance with kindness, how to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, repay grievance with kindness!'
Confucius said: If you repay kindness to people who do evil, how do you treat people who are really good to you? Of course, as a human being, you must be kind to good people. When it comes to bad people, I have one sentence: throw bricks at them!"
Su Jin slammed his hand on the table, causing the wine glasses and dishes to rattle. He didn't know why he was so angry. Maybe the genes in his body were from the Su family, and the sense of belonging to the Su family in his bones made him feel so angry.
He has left himself.
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Within a few days, a panic buying trend broke out in the city of Luzhou. Su Ji's grain stores had already put up notices saying, "Grain is sold out, please go elsewhere!"
The shopkeeper didn't know whether he was happy or worried when the crowd of people rushed to buy the food. He heard rumors that the price of food was going to rise and hurriedly reported it.
The merchants in the chamber of commerce were hesitant, and relying on sufficient inventory, some merchants suggested raising the price of grain to make a profit. Anyway, the rumors were not credible, and they could just replenish their stocks after the goods were sold out.
Jing Ming, such as the Tang family, the Liu family, and others naturally did not think so. They acquiesced to the price increases of the small merchants, but quietly sent people around to inquire. After a day of crazy buying, news came one after another in the evening.
The first news to arrive was brought back by people sent to the surrounding states and counties to inquire.
One of the news: Grain prices in nearby Wuhu County have increased by nearly 200 yuan per stone.
News 2: Prefectures and counties in the north of Luzhou have not raised prices, but sales have soared. Several grain stores in Huainan City, the Huainan East Road Administration Bureau, have been secretly purchased in bulk, with the promise of being sold out.
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News No. 3: The Su Ji Grain Store under his nose was closed from the beginning, and a sign was put up that said, "Grain sold out, please go elsewhere."
As soon as the three pieces of news were summarized, Tang Dongjia, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the two vice presidents couldn't sit still. There were too many problems here. In previous years, the price of new grains had risen a few months before it came on the market, but it was not so crazy, especially
Su Ji's behavior was even more bizarre. It was nonsense to say that the grain reserves were exhausted. Early in the morning, the clerk sent by his family heard that the Su family officials were sending several grain shop owners out of the city. Didn't they go to the south to buy grain when they left the city?
?It has only been twenty days, and yet he said that there was no food left, indicating that something was going on inside.
Immediately afterwards, Scarface Hei Qi brought them news that shocked them. When Liu Dacheng, the foreman of Su Ji's clothing store, was chatting with Qin Dalang, he accidentally revealed the news about the severe drought in the south. He also said that the three major shopkeepers of the Su family went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang with their capital.
After buying grain, he came back empty-handed. The price of grain in the south had soared to the usual 21 kilograms. Su Ji couldn't bear it, so he had to go back empty-handed. The young master of the Su family planned to collect some grain from retail households in the surrounding areas for emergency use.
This news immediately shocked everyone in the Chamber of Commerce and made them all dumbfounded.dd