At the end of the meal, the dry food merchant arrived, and Du Ziteng relayed Wang Xian's request to them. otbnkotgt The grain merchants thought that they would not be able to escape the disaster, but now they have the opportunity to pay grain to eliminate the disaster, and they can continue to sell high-priced grain after the ri, so they are naturally overjoyed.
It's just that I heard that within a month, 6,000 stone of grain will be replenished, and it will be difficult again.
As Wang Xian expected, because the transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is convenient, the grain is not durable to store, the grain merchants have always stored little, they all buy grain on a monthly basis and sell it on a monthly basis, so that the financial pressure is small, and the loss of grain storage is also less This grain cannot be used yet, because this is the ration of the people of Fuyang.
Approaching the end of the year, an atmosphere of prosperity and stability is needed, Wei Zhi County definitely does not agree, and there is a shortage of food in the county.
"It's not that we don't do our best, it's really too much to do."
Zhou Yang and Zhou grain merchants hissed: "If it was just the autumn harvest, it would be easy to say, but now it has entered the wax moon."
The weather is cold, the grain can be put away, and the grain merchants are waiting for the grain to open and raise the price. ” "Then where will your food come from?"
asked Wang Xian.
"It's all about long-term trading.
Like me, I am on the line with grain merchants in several counties in Jiaxing, they sell me 500 stone of grain every month for 12 months a year, but this is already the upper limit, I don't want grain when it's cheap, and they don't give it when grain is expensive.
Zhou Yang sighed and said: "In short, you can't buy six thousand stone of grain if you have money in Layue.
This is hypocritical, you can still buy it with money, as long as you are willing to pay for it.
"Yes, people, can you be lenient," the other two grain merchants also nodded: "Give us half a year, when the summer grain comes down, we will smash the pot and sell iron, and we will also make up for the 6,000 stone grain" 6,000 stone grain, if you wait until the summer harvest, their purchase price is 4,000 taels of silver, three grain merchants plus Du Ziteng, and that Li Sheng, the five people share 100 taels, basically two years in vain."
But if they go to buy now, 10,000 taels of silver will not be enough, and they will not be bankrupt Seeing that Wang Xian didn't speak, several people exchanged glances, and Zhou Yang, who had a good relationship with him, whispered: "Of course it won't make people suffer, it's almost the New Year, and our grain merchants will pay tribute to the household house as usual, and this time we will give more than 100 taels to people."
In addition, we added 20% to the original four-day rule, only begging people to be accommodating for a few months, and then promised not to dare to play tricks on the grain store. ” Apparently they had already discussed it on the way here.
Several grain merchants believed that the reason why they suffered this was probably due to the failure to pay tribute to Wang Xian in time This condition can not be said to be unfavorable, which makes Wang Xiandu's heart itch, but professional caution tells him that if he is not afraid of ten thousand, he is afraid of ten thousand, what should he do if there is a famine in Wanmingchun, and the relief food of the common people can not wait for the summer harvest.
If you make a fuss, you can't spend any money you make.
With his mind, he met the begging eyes of everyone, slowly shook his head and said: "No, many difficulties must be overcome, and by the end of the first month at the latest, six thousand stone grain must be put into storage." ” "No matter how tight the people are, it will be in vain if we can't get food."
The grain merchants said helplessly: "In the end, even if we kill us, we won't be able to finish it." ” "Since you said that those grain merchants from other counties are stockpiling grain for selling at a high price."
Wang Xian said lightly: "Then you can buy it now at the price of the time when there was a shortage of chun, and they will definitely not be able to ask for it if they can return the funds a few months earlier." ” "This" Zhou Yang smiled bitterly: "How can we have so much money, it's not enough for us to smash the pot and sell iron." ” "Hehe" Wang Xian teased and said: "They all say that businessmen are cunning, why are you so dead-eyed" and paused: "Whoever says that the price is high, it will cost money" "What do you mean," the grain merchants said blankly.
Wang Xian smiled and said, "I'll give you an idea, it doesn't cost much more to keep you, and you can complete the task." ” "I'll hear you."
The grain merchants glared.
"People must learn to think backwards, the so-called scarcity is expensive, and more things are cheap," Wang Xian said softly, "In this way, the seller's market will become a buyer's market, and the price will naturally come down." ” The grain merchants were dumbfounded when they heard this, this Wang Xian is simply the Jin businessman of the Jin businessman 。
Without further ado, in the afternoon of the same day, Zhou Yang and the three immediately wrote to the grain merchants in the neighboring counties of Haining, Yuhang, Lin'an, Xincheng, Changhua, Jiande, Tonglu, Chun'an, and Shouchang, announcing to them the shocking news that because the new county lord suddenly became stricter, the grain merchants in Fuyang County who sold to Chang Ping were sentenced to be old grain, and the county lord had already sent them to prison for the sake of anger, and restricted them to change to new grain within a month, otherwise they would all be killed In order to save their lives, the three grain merchants in Fuyang County had to spend their money and announced that they would buy this year's new rice at the price of three taels of silver stones The grain merchants who heard the news were stunned, such a price would not have appeared even in the time of the shortage At present, the general price of grain in various counties is money, silver, and grain, and of course, when it is sold to grain merchants from other counties, the price will increase as usual.
In particular, this kind of temporary emergency grain purchase naturally has to be ruthless.
But no matter how much it rises, it will at most be doubled, that is, two or six coins of stone grain.
Because even when there was a shortage of chun, the price of grain sold to grain merchants in Fuyang County did not exceed two taels of silver stone grain.
Now, after all, there are still a few months before the Chun famine, and at least we have to give people a discount In the eyes of grain merchants in various counties, the price of two or six yuan is a huge profit.
Now, the grain merchants in Fuyang County actually collect grain at the price of three taels of silver, which is simply a huge profit You must know that at the price of the grain they collect, if you take the loss into account, it is only six coins of silver and stone rice.
That's five times the profit, which is enough to drive anyone crazy Although the other party asked the seller to transport the grain to Fuyang, such a distance, in the face of huge profits, the freight is nothing One can imagine how enthusiastic the grain merchants would be in this deal.
But unfortunately, it was the men of the grain store who came to deliver the letter, and they had no right to sign a contract with them, only saying that their boss asked for help from the grain merchants in many counties at the same time, so he hurried to the next house to deliver the letter.
However, under the temptation of huge profits, it is not a problem.
The grain merchants are thinking that they are not far from Fuyang, and they can't run in vain, but they can make a lot of money and have a fat New Year As a result, bags of grain were taken out of the warehouses of grain merchants in various counties, loaded onto ships, and transported along the waterway to Fuyang County In just a few days, all the ports in Fuyang County were full of loaded grain ships.
After the ship docked, the grain merchants or their shopkeepers went ashore to the three grain stores to inform them that the grain had arrived, so hurry up to inspect the goods and put them in the warehouse, and the guys were still rushing home for the New Year.
The shopkeeper of the grain store laughed and said, "We can't do this."
After a few waits, we will go to the prison to discuss with the owner, and we will tell you when we have the charter.
Hearing that the owner of the family was still in prison, and the grain merchant and the shopkeeper did not have much to say, he ordered the men to guard the ship and went to the tavern and teahouse in the county seat to inquire about the news.
From morning to night, there was an endless stream of grain ships arriving in Fuyang.
Later, the boss and the shopkeeper saw the grain ships next to each other on the dock, and their mood became nervous.
When the ship docked, I hurriedly went to the grain store to inquire, and the reply I got was naturally without exception, that we would like to wait for the night, and wait until we asked the host.
The grain merchants were unhappy, but now that there are more wolves and less meat, everyone is afraid of offending Jin, so not only do they dare not say ugly words, but they also have to show magnanimity: "Yes, yes, no one has a problem."
"Don't worry, don't worry, let's talk about it if you understand" The grain merchants left the grain store, and when they saw that it was not early, who was willing to go back to the ship, they and the hired workers of the gang crowded together and went to the Qinglou tavern to eat and have fun.
In Fuyang County, there are only a few decent Qinglou taverns, and no matter where the grain merchants go, they will meet a bunch of peers.
When families meet, it is naturally very cordial, and in almost every restaurant, such a scene is staged: "I didn't expect Brother Zhang to come in person, and my little brother will give you a greeting for your early years."
"Oh, Brother Liu Xian, you're here too, long time no see, long time no see" "Man, add a chair brother, let me introduce you, this is the owner and shopkeeper of the other three grain stores in our county" Although I have never seen it for a long time, I have to show affection.
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"Long up, long up, please take a seat" "Please take a seat" After the ban, everyone sat down again, and after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, they naturally wanted to talk and chat.
Home is a peer, and they come for the same purpose, going around and around, and the topic will eventually return to the grain collection of Fuyang grain merchants this time.
"Brother, how much food did you bring this time?"
asked Liu Xiandi.
"Not much, just a few dozen stones."
The old brother twisted his beard and said: "Under the root of the year, no one is rich, but Zhou Yang and they are in prison, as peers, we can help them."
Who still wants that money" Actually, he brought several boats, and he had to add a zero behind dozens of stones "yes, no one wants that money."
Everyone nodded their heads, feeling that they were so noble.
"But I walked around this afternoon, and when I looked at a few docks, there were at least 100 grain ships, and they all had to be loaded with more than 40 stones."
Liu Xiandi said again.
"That's not 4,000 stones," everyone gasped and said, "Do they need so much food?"
"Definitely not."
Liu Xiandi frowned and said: "I have inquired, Yongfeng Cang, Fuyang County, only bought 2,700 stone of grain this year. ” "Heaven" The grain merchants changed their faces, "Just those of us who arrived the first day, there are four chéngréns who want to run in vain."
"yes, I'll be there tomorrow."
Brother Liu Xian said with a bitter face: "I can't imagine that the movements are so fast, and I can't collect the grain right away, how can this be good?"
"Yes, how is it good," the grain merchants worried.
"Don't care about others, we're here first."
At the critical moment, Brother Zhang was interested: "Tomorrow morning, the guy will go to Zhou Yang's store and wait, and we will take his share":