When Zhao Kang heard this, he felt happy: "I just said that this old Qin Laoma is capable of doing great things! He has courage!"
As the weather turned cooler, Wu Qingluan, wearing a red and white feather cloak, lit a fire and tilted his little head and asked: "Master, are you going to take care of them?"
"That's almost it. Qi Yunshan, what's the situation with grain merchants in other places?"
Qi Yunshan said quickly: "Our subordinates are guarding all the gates of Qingzhou. Now eighteen caravans of grain merchants have entered Qingzhou. The news has been sealed and has not been leaked. In addition, Jiangzhou officials have come to report immediately. Eight days ago, there were ten teams."
The grain merchants from Youzhou leave from Jiangzhou and head towards Qingzhou, and they will be able to enter Qingzhou in one or two days at the latest!"
"Officials from all over the country have opened the door for convenience, and grain merchants are going very smoothly!"
Qi Yunshan said excitedly.
"You're all here, you're welcome!"
He used tongs to pull the ashes of the charcoal fire to make the fire burn more vigorously. Zhao Kang said quietly: "Mark our purchase price, eighteen cents per catty."
"Understood." Qi Yunshan nodded.
Zhao Kang asked: "How many days do we have enough food now?"
Qi Yunshan: "According to the past, the maximum amount of food distributed is eight days."
"The grain distribution is reduced by 20% compared to the past! This is enough!" Zhao Kang said coldly.
Looking at the autumn rain outside the window, Zhao Kang closed his eyes, hoping that this autumn rain would last longer.
The next day.
Autumn rain fell continuously on the streets of Qingzhou City, and many people could be seen standing under the eaves, asking people around them.
"Want some food? New rice from Youzhou costs twenty-five cents per catty!"
"Tongzhou sorghum rice costs fifteen cents per catty!"
Many people gathered together to talk. At this time, an official riding a horse and wearing a raincoat said loudly.
"The government collects grain, and it costs eighteen cents per catty! Vendors who want to buy grain go to the grain collection point in the south of the city!"
"The government collects grain, and it costs eighteen cents per catty! Vendors who want to buy grain go to the grain collection point in the south of the city!"
Seeing the official riding away, many grain merchants from other places frowned, and some sneered.
"Eighteen cents a pound, let's dream! I found out clearly that now this rice is sold for twenty-five or thirty!"
"That's right! Damn, the weather in Qingzhou is really cold here. Don't get wet by the rain when you go back to the inn to look at the food!"
In a restaurant, Ma Shan looked worriedly at Qin Yang and Mr. Zhou opposite.
"You two, something seems to be wrong. Why are there so many foreign businessmen in this city all of a sudden?"
Qin Yang calmed down and said with a smile: "Don't panic, it's just a small fight. They only have a few grains? No, I didn't see that the government collected fifteen pounds a few days ago and now they can't bear it anymore. The price has increased to ten pounds."
It’s eight.”
"That's right, our good days are still to come." Mr. Zhou smiled happily, as if he had already seen countless pieces of money floating in front of him.
As Zhao Kang expected, no one was willing to sell rice to the government at the price of eighteen cents per pound.
But he was not in a hurry, it was all within his expectation.
The next day Qi Yunshan came to ask about the price, and Zhao Kang said: "It has gone up to twenty."
Wu Xinyi on the side was stunned: "Why did the price increase?"
Zhao Kang smiled mysteriously: "Someone will pay for it."
The official once again braved the drenching autumn rain to ride his horse across the street.
"The government collects grain for twenty cents per catty! Vendors who want to sell grain go to the grain collection point in the south of the city!"
"The government collects grain for twenty cents per catty! Vendors who want to sell grain go to the grain collection point in the south of the city!"
Listening to the official quotation, many merchants were moved. They could still make a profit by throwing away twenty cents per pound for toll transportation.
However, at this moment, someone was beating gongs and drums.
"The Qin family collects grain, and the price is twenty-one cents per catty. Those who want to sell grain should go to the Qin family's grain collection point in the west of the city!"
"Ma's family collects grain. Twenty-one cents per catty. Those who want to sell grain should go to Ma's grain collection point in the east of the city!"
"Hey, they sell twenty-ones here! Let's go and have a look!" Upon hearing this, the vendor immediately became interested and braved the drizzle to go to the west of the city.
Mr. Zhou frowned and said, "It's not a good idea for us two to go against the Minister of Disaster Relief, right?"
"What's wrong?"
Qin Yang said with a smile: "They collect grain and we also collect grain. The one with the highest price gets it. I can see it. It must be Wu Xinyi who is behind the scenes and wants to buy grain from out-of-town traders to help with the disaster."
Ma Shan also smiled and said: "Yes, she will think about it, but this little food is just a drop in the bucket. Let's pay for it first and then talk about it!"
I heard that the Qin family and the Ma family collected food from many foreign merchants in the city.
Wu Xinyi was a little confused and looked at Zhao Kang: "Did you guess that they would cause trouble?"
Zhao Kang turned around and said sincerely: "If it were me, I would also make trouble."
Wu Xinyi: "..."
Day four.
Wu Xinyi asked: "How much is the quotation today?"
"Twenty." Zhao Kang turned over the white rice bait on the stove iron frame without raising his head.
Sure enough, the two heroes Qin Yang and Mashan took action again and took away the grain at a price of one penny more than the government paid.
The foreign businessmen were all happy. They came to Qingzhou this time. It was a good idea!
In the past, I would have laughed if I could sell it for fifteen or sixteen, but this time it actually sold for twenty-one.
Fortunately, we still have food coming later.
On the fifth day, the government's quotation dropped sharply from twenty to seventeen.
Qin Yang and Mashan were a little confused. Why did the price of this thing suddenly drop?
An official came from outside and whispered something to Master Zhou. Master Zhou's hand that was holding the teacup shook and the teacup fell to the ground.
"How can it be!"
He couldn't believe it: "Did so many people appear out of thin air?"
The official said cautiously: "We don't know either, or the brothers below said that grain merchants are coming to Qingzhou City from all directions now, and the official roads are full of grain trucks! They are so densely packed that I can't even count them!"
"Are you kidding me? There is so much food besides us in Qingzhou." Qin Yang was confused.
Mashan's heart skipped a beat, and he vaguely felt that something big was about to happen. He hurriedly left the restaurant and ran all the way to the south entrance of the city.
After taking a closer look, I almost fainted.
At the south entrance of the city, one after another grain trucks covered with raincloths came to the city gate.
There were also businessmen talking.
"Mom, I finally made it to Qingzhou City. I heard that the food here is sold for twenty-five to thirty-one kilograms!"
"It's not like I have to make a huge fortune this time. Where did I come from?"
"Youzhou, I heard about the sharp rise in food prices in Qingzhou a month and a half ago. I hurried here after harvesting the food. How about you, brother?"
"I'm from Tongzhou!"
"Oh, that's far away. How much food has come to your house?"
"Hi, not much, not much, about a thousand dan. Who are you?"
"Haha, more than a dozen families in our city got together and hauled in 10,000 shi. The long queue over there is our grain transport team, and there are other grains that have brought down other counties!"
"I heard that the Zhang family and Liu family in Liangzhou are very ruthless. The two families worked together to bring down this year's harvest and the previous grain reserves to Qingzhou, which is a total of 40,000 dan!"
"Yeah? Why did the guy in front faint?"
When Ma Shan heard the conversation between the two, his vision went dark and he fell straight backwards.
In just a few days, food began to flood in Qingzhou.
