When shopkeeper Li heard Xu Qing's words, his heart suddenly felt like five thunderbolts struck his head.
In other words, they transported so much grain, but now they can't sell it at all because of the interference between Chu and Zhou?
Xu Qing looked at Shopkeeper Li and said: "Shopkeeper Li, please go back. Next, our rebel army will continue to purchase affordable food from Chu and Zhou. Don't talk about us. Take a look at Shuzhou City and surrounding counties.
The common people should also know that cheap food is popular, and merchants who buy cheap food as soon as they arrive are even more popular."
Shopkeeper Li looked at Xu Qing, with a tangled and painful expression on his face, and finally said slowly: "What if our Li family sells food cheaper than the current food?"
When Xu Qing heard this, he suddenly smiled and said, "I have said before that we will not open an additional account book without benefit, but our rebel army is not rich in funds. If we can have cheaper food
Of course I would be very happy to come in as a supplement to military rations."
Shopkeeper Li heard Xu Qing's words and finally said: "Our food prices will be reduced by another 20%, military advisor, look at..."
Long Bing'er, who was standing next to her, could not help but feel her heart tremble after hearing what Shopkeeper Li said.
Sell at a reduced price?
You know, at the beginning, Long Bing'er was crying because of the crisis of rising food prices, thinking about how much money would have to be paid to calm the people down.
Later, Xu Qing took action. In order to ask Xu Qing to buy their grain, the shopkeeper of the Li family was willing to sell it at a fair price. This was equivalent to recouping the original investment.
Now Xu Qing can actually give the shopkeeper of the Li family another 20% discount?
Now the grain in the Shuzhou granary is sold to the people at a fair price. If it is purchased from the Li family at a price that is 20% lower than the fair price, not only will they not lose money, they will actually make a huge profit?!
At this moment, Long Bing'er no longer dared to doubt Xu Qing's ability to do business.
Such a food crisis that puts the whole state at a disadvantage can actually be turned into a way to make money in Xu Qing's hands?
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Two percent? Two percent won't work! Thirty percent, we'll buy it if it's reduced by 30%!"
Shopkeeper Li almost cried when he heard Xu Qing's words: "Thirty percent? If it drops to another 30%, we will really only be able to earn hard money."
Xu Qing looked at Shopkeeper Li and said, "Shopkeeper, your food is transported through the Shu Road, while the food from Zhou and Chu are transported directly across the Yangtze River in large ships. It's obvious who has the lower transportation cost, right? From your side
If the price is reduced by 20%, they will only reduce it even more in order to allow our rebels to buy it. After all, our rebel army has a huge demand for food and the people also have a huge demand for food. Small profits but quick turnover, even if they lower it again and again as long as
If you sell enough, you can still make a fortune."
"Now that I am asking shopkeeper Li to lower the price by 30%, it is not to take advantage of the opportunity to bargain, but for shopkeeper Li's benefit. If you lower the price of grain by 30%, then no matter how low the price is from Zhou and Chu in the future, I will only
How about you buying food here?"
"This..." The expression on Shopkeeper Li's face was still changing at this time, and he was obviously in a fierce struggle.
Xu Qing looked at shopkeeper Li and said: "I can guarantee that the price of food in Shuzhou City will soon be unable to stabilize even at parity. Now that the grain merchants of Zhou and Chu have taken notice, there will be a larger amount of grain.
With the influx of people coming to Shuzhou, does Shopkeeper Li think the price will only be reduced by 30%? Not to mention that when grain merchants from Chu and Zhou come in, just look at how many grain merchants are transporting grain to Shuzhou now?
Now Shuzhou has long since run out of food."
Shopkeeper Li's heart skipped a beat when he heard Xu Qing's words.
He thought that when he left Shuzhou City and went to the dock, there was still a large amount of food pouring into Shuzhou City, and even the county town, it could be said that there was a steady stream, all wanting to make a lot of money with food in Shuzhou.
Nowadays, the food in Shuzhou has seriously overflowed. The reason why the price has not been lowered is entirely because they are in a joint state. The grain dealers in Zhao State have united to collectively raise the price. Although there is a lot of food, as long as they control the good people, they will naturally
You can't buy cheap food.
But they can unite Zhao State but cannot unite Zhou State and Chu State!
It is entirely up to the grain merchants in these two countries to decide what price they want to sell at.
Now the grain merchants of Chu and Zhou have undoubtedly seized the opportunity of Zhao's grain merchants to raise prices, and brought in a large amount of grain by cargo ships to sell it at a low price. I am afraid that before they can react, Zhou and Chu will
Have you made a fortune already?
Zhao's grain merchant alliance can be said to be very fragile, purely because of the stickiness of interests. Once this interest relationship is broken, it will soon fall apart.
And now their alliance has undoubtedly reached a precarious stage.
As the military advisor said, the transportation costs of Chu and Zhou are lower. If you can reduce the cost by 30%, they can also reduce it by 30%. If you reduce it early, the military advisor will buy it. When they reduce it by 30%, all the grain merchants of Zhao will suffer losses.
To the point where everything is lost.
Of course, what is more terrifying is not here. The more terrifying thing is that the grain merchants of Chu and Zhou can withdraw at any time, but the grain merchants of Zhao are different. Once the imperial army comes, where will they withdraw?
It would be a good thing if they were not treated as an accomplice and exterminated together!
Shopkeeper Li looked at Xu Qing and said with a smile: "Commander, do you mean that the cargo ships from the Yangtze River can come over now?"
Xu Qing pointed to the many ships on the pier and said, "Aren't those all the same?"
Shopkeeper Li's smile became even more ugly: "But Zhou and Chu are engaging in water battles, and Zhao's cargo ships still can't get through."
Xu Qing said: "Why can't Shopkeeper Li understand? On the surface, these grains are sold by grain merchants, but in fact, they are organized by the imperial courts of the two countries themselves in order to make a fortune. Food in wars has always been
Hot goods, military exercises? This is to prevent Zhao State from using merchant ships to transport grain and causing a difference in grain prices. If they all sell grain at low prices, who will buy from Chu and Zhou?"
After listening to Xu Qing's words, shopkeeper Li finally felt a storm in his heart. He said, "How can it be possible for cargo ships to be allowed to accompany the military exercise? That's it!"
That’s so!
Chu and Zhou made a lot of money selling grain to Shuzhou in the name of military exercises!
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Li finally couldn't stand it anymore and said quickly: "Reduced the price by 30%! Reduce the price by 30%! I will sell all the grain of the Li family to your army!"
When Xu Qing heard this, a rich smile appeared on his face: "Shopkeeper Li is a smart person, and it is convenient to do business with smart people. Shopkeeper Li, wait and see, you will definitely not regret the 30% reduction in the future. Look at Shuzhou now
With so much food in the city, we may not be able to sell it at a loss after a while."
At this time, shopkeeper Li obviously still naively thought that Xu Qing was doing it for his own good, and said quickly: "Yes! Thank you, military advisor, for waking up in time!"