Originally, for large-scale and high-demand transactions such as grain, we negotiated the price with someone and then the other party delivered it on time, so there was no need to go out and purchase it every day.
However, these grain merchants seem to have agreed that the grain sold to Xishan Coal Mining is considered good and very small, often just enough for the day. If needed the next day, they still have to purchase it again.
Even if the price is rising day by day, the key point is that even though I still have money, I won’t sell grain to you on a large scale. Are you angry?
Qi returns to Qi, but there is still no way to save money. I have to go to the grain store every day to purchase food. Although sea fish from Tianjin are shipped in a steady stream every day, food is still indispensable.
The people here at Xishan Coal Industry are doing physical work, so just eating sea fish is not enough. It must be paired with a certain amount of rice or pasta.
In other places, there are other bosses, and the shopkeepers please Qian Youcai. But here in this grain store, everything is reversed. Qian Youcai must please these shopkeepers and bosses.
"These hateful grain merchants, if it weren't for the sea fish coming to Beijing, I don't know how expensive this grain would be."
Looking at the rice shops, grain shops, etc. lined up on both sides of the street, Qian Youcai couldn't help but spit. In this era of famine, the hearts of these grain merchants were completely black.
"A pound of grain sells for two hundred cents. There is no such expensive grain in the world."
Qian Youcai couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain when he thought about the price of purchasing food. The food needed by Xishan Coal Mining is really too big. Although it is now on a large scale and sea fish is used as a substitute for food as much as possible, but
Thousands of kilograms of grain are needed every day, and the expenditure on purchasing grain is very large.
Shaking his head slightly, Qian Youcai put on a smile and walked forward.
The streets selling grain are very deserted, and every store is crowded. Now, only the truly rich people and nobles in the capital can afford to eat white noodles and rice. As for ordinary people, they have already reached a certain level.
I went to buy marine fish at a marine fish sales point.
For a penny per catty of sea fish, a couple can buy several catties of sea fish meat for a family for just a few pennies, which is enough for a family to need for a day. No one comes here to sell food worth two hundred cents per catty.
Because there are so few people, the shopkeepers and waiters in each grain store have nothing to do, so they just stare at the street outside in a daze, always paying attention to the customers appearing on the street and seeing what other grain stores are selling.
How much food.
Qian Youcai is an old acquaintance here, because he is clamoring to purchase large quantities of grain almost every day, and purchases several kilograms of rice every day, so he can be considered a big customer.
So as soon as Qian Youcai appeared, the waiters in each rice store immediately hurriedly reported to their shopkeepers and bosses. Soon, when Qian Youcai just walked into the street, the bosses and shopkeepers of each grain shop immediately reported
He ran up diligently.
"Boss Qian, Boss Qian~"
"Old money, old money~"
Qian Youcai was shocked by the enthusiasm of these shopkeepers and bosses. In the past, they were indifferent to him, but now they all changed their attitudes immediately.
"Boss Qian, I have a new batch of good Suzhou rice here. The price is easy to negotiate. It doesn't matter how much you need to purchase."
The shopkeeper of Sun's Rice Shop ran the fastest. Of course, Sun's Rice Shop was also at the street entrance and the closest, so he grabbed Qian Youcai and walked towards his shop.
At the same time, the waiters at Sun's Rice Shop also joined forces to hold down other shopkeepers. While holding them back, they said: "First come, first served, first come, first served~"
When the other shopkeepers and bosses saw it, they couldn't help but stamp their feet. They still had to abide by this rule. They could only watch helplessly as Qian Youcai was dragged into his shop by the shopkeeper of Sun's Rice Shop.
In Sun's Rice Shop, the shopkeeper took Qian Youcai to sit down in a side room and served him some fine fragrant tea.
Qian Youcai is still in a daze, wondering if he has gone to the wrong place. If in other places, these bosses and shopkeepers are so enthusiastic, he would not be surprised at all, but here is a place selling food. This famine
In the 1990s, which one of these grain merchants didn’t have their nostrils pointed in the sky? What a cow~
After the shopkeeper of Sun's Rice Shop took Qian Youcai for a chat, he got down to business.
"Shopkeeper Sun, how much does a pound of grain cost today?"
Qian Youcai drank the fragrant tea served by shopkeeper Sun, the best Yuqian Longjing. He could not even drink tea before, but now and the treatment really made him feel a little flattered.
"Boss Qian, we are old acquaintances. Your Xishan Coal Industry has purchased grain from me not once or twice. Today it only costs 180 yuan per catty, and there is no problem in purchasing as much as you want."
Shopkeeper Sun looked at Qian Youcai and said very seriously.
"One hundred and eighty cents per catty?"
When Qian Youcai heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. The price dropped by twenty cents per catty compared to yesterday. Calculating, he could still have a lot of money left in one day. What's more important is that this time he didn't limit his purchase amount.
.
However, Qian Youcai rolled his eyes and felt that something was wrong. Thinking about it carefully, he felt that the performance of these grain merchants today was really surprising, as if a 180-degree turn had taken place.
In the past, there was no room for negotiation on the price, whether you wanted to buy it or not, and the purchase quantity was strictly limited. You could only purchase the same day's quantity in one day, and you were not allowed to buy more. But now there is no limit.
"There must be something fishy about this~"
Having been in business for a long time, I still have a sense of making money.
So after thinking about it, Qian Youcai said: "Shopkeeper Sun, can this price be cheaper? You also know that the quantity I buy at one time is very large."
"Boss Qian, you also know that this is a time of famine, and this food is life. To be honest, it is because a new batch of rice from Jiangnan has recently arrived, and I have enough goods in hand, so I am willing to sell it to you at a reduced price.
And there’s no limit on your quantity.”
"It can be said that except for me, if you go to other grain stores, the prices will definitely not be discounted, and your purchase quantity will also be limited."
When shopkeeper Sun heard this, he thought for a moment and said.
Then the conversation changed and he added: "But we are also old friends. I used to purchase the rice of your Xishan Coal Industry from here. For the sake of old friends, it's one hundred and seventy cents per catty. If it's any lower, I'll give it to you."
There is really no other way.”
When Qian Youcai heard about it, he found out that the other party had said a lot of nonsense in the past and was used to confuse people, but later he was really willing to lower the price, which showed that there was definitely something fishy going on.
