Chapter 229: Discussion
With the full assistance of Lu Yan and the others, the grain exchange between Lily of the Valley City and Jianlan City was very fast, and eight counties had already been distributed on the first day. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Judging from this progress, it will only take two more days for the whole city to be replaced.
The contract was written in advance, and the Feng'an grain shop even had its seal stamped, leaving only how many acres of land to exchange for how much grain these two blank places, the villagers in line handed over the prepared title deed when it was their turn, and the clerk took the abacus to knock on it, and after determining how much grain, the two sides confirmed that it was correct, and filled in the quantity, and let the villagers sign their names and then put finger prints, one for each party. Then the villagers handed over the title deed and received the grain, and the whole process was completed.
Song Chen's expected amount was not wrong, because after saying how much grain they exchanged at this time, how much grain they would need to spend to redeem it in the future, so all the people were just right, and compared with what they expected from Feng'an Grain Shop, it would only be less, not more.
The villagers are very simple, it would be good if they could live smoothly, and if they want to enjoy happiness, there will be many opportunities after redeeming the land in the future!
At the same time, Song Chen and Su Miao, who had prepared all the food needed for the next two days in the Zhuangzi to the granary, took Xiaobai into the city.
When they entered the city, they wanted to personally monitor the movements of the few big grain merchants who wanted to exchange grain for land. The plan that those people had been carefully planning for months was so easily destroyed by the Feng'an Grain Shop, there must have been some changes.
The truth may be about to emerge.
Kuai Yong and the others can track people's movements, but if they want to further find out who the other party is meeting with and what kind of conversation they have, they can't do it.
However, this time, they don't have to talk to the shopkeepers of the five grain shops, but directly to the head of the Wan's grain store, Wan Niansheng. Anyway, these five grain stores are headed by him, and if there is any movement, he will also contact the other four.
Judging from the previous secret confrontations, Wan Niansheng was obviously a thoughtful, thoughtful, and able to penetrate deeply. However, this time, Feng'an Grain Shop's trick to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle obviously really disrupted their plans! Fortunately, Song Chen and Su Miao came early, and as soon as they sent Xiaobai to the house, they went out to Wanjia. No, as soon as they arrived at Wan Zhai, they saw someone coming to look for Wan Niansheng.
The porter led four people, Song Chen and Su Miao didn't go out of their way to see the appearance of the owners of the other four grain stores, but Lin Jiu gave them the portraits of these people, Su Miao needless to say, Song Chen recognized the identity of the person at a glance.
followed these people, and after a while, after entering a courtyard, I saw Wan Nian Sheng in the house coming out. The faces of the four people who came were very anxious, and Wan Niansheng's face was also very solemn, and he waved his hand to let the porter retreat, and he led people into a room.
Song Chen and Su Miao went up to the roof, removed two tiles, and found that it should be Wan Niansheng's study below. At this time, Wan Niansheng was sitting behind a large bookcase, and in front of him, there were the four people sitting in front of him.
One of them, a bloated square-faced man who looked to be in his forties, just sat down and wanted to ask: "Wan Dangjia, now this is-" Song Chen recognized that this was Zhong Wanquan from Wanquan Grain Shop.
As soon as Zhong Wanquan's words spoke, he was stopped by Wan Niansheng raising his hand.
Several people looked at each other, not understanding the meaning of Wan Niansheng's action. At this time, there was a knock on the door of the study, and then a maid came in, and after serving tea to everyone in the room, Wan Niansheng waved his hand to let the maid withdraw.
After the maid closed the door, Wan Nian Sheng looked around at the people in the house: "I can say it." ”
"Wan Master, how is this good now?" Zhong Wanquan looked like he was anxious, and immediately asked, "Didn't you say that there should be no food in Feng'an Grain Shop?" But now I see that other people's stocks seem to have more food than ours! ”
"It really went beyond my expectations." Wan Niansheng's brows furrowed, "I didn't expect them to be able to get food!" ”
"What then?" At this time, Chen Si of the Sihai Grain Shop couldn't sit still, "At the beginning, we listened to your words and spent a lot of money to get the grain back, just thinking that after the grain in the Feng'an Grain Store was exhausted, we would make a lot of money." Now that I see it, it looks like I have been overshadowed! ”
"I saw that I was going to succeed, but I didn't expect to be cut off by Feng'an Grain Shop." Zeng Qinglong from the Zeng family's grain store didn't look as anxious as the other three, but he was also very angry, "It's okay now, the fat that is going to reach your mouth just flew away-"
Zeng Qinglong seemed to have something to say, but when he said this, Wan Niansheng suddenly looked at him fixedly, so the former's words froze in his throat.
"In this situation, how can they still get food?" Zhong Wanquan was very puzzled, "Could it be that they are also like you, and they know a lot of foreign friends?" ”
"It's very unlikely." Wan Niansheng frowned, "Maybe after the flood, they called back the grain that was originally shipped to the Snow Country. After all, it was a long way to go to the Snow Country, and they had harvested a lot of grain that year, and there might be a few batches that did not arrive in the Snow Country, so they let the convoy go back......"
"That's how it should be!" Feng Xi of the Xile Grain Store didn't seem to express his opinion, but he couldn't help it at this time, "Why do you say that the luck of this Feng'an Grain Store is so good!" ”
"It's not the first time." Zeng Qinglong took a sip of tea, "I thought that I would be able to make a fortune in a disaster year, but I didn't expect to be defeated by them from the beginning." When we raise the price, they will spread the word that the price of their food will not change. Well, there was a rumor that they didn't act, I thought they were just a false shot, but I didn't expect to really sell rice. I think from that time on, they let people ship all the food back! ”
"Luckily, they weren't prepared at first, otherwise we wouldn't have had to do business for the first two months." Feng Xi still had a hint of happiness on his face when he said it, "It's a pity that the Cui family's business didn't work out!" I knew that I would sell it to him at the price at the time, so that I could sell him a favor...... "This is also the rule that the five of them have set at the beginning. When the Cui family came, Feng Xi was very swaying, the Cui family is the richest family in the entire Lannan, how many people want to climb up to them can't find a way, if at this time he not only stretched out his hand in time, but also saw not only not to increase the price, but also to lower the price, then the Cui family will definitely miss him, and if there is anything to cooperate with in the future, he will definitely be given priority, right? It's a pity that at that time, he was dazzled by the white flowers and silver that flowed in, and he was so short-sighted that he didn't think of this key at all. And by this time, the grain they had left, plus the ones they had collected at a high price, were now all pressed into the warehouse and could not move.
"This Feng'an grain shop is really our nemesis!" Zeng Qinglong glanced at Wan Niansheng and said fiercely.
"But the most important thing right now is to find a way to deal with the food in our hands." Chen Si also hated it, but the question he thought about was also very practical, "I originally thought that strange goods could be lived, but I didn't expect to be copied by others in one fell swoop, if the inventory in our hands can't be handled during this time, it will be even more difficult to end in mid-May." At that time, there will be a new grain harvest, and the Feng'an grain store will also have rental income, and with their current attitude of going against us to the end, I am afraid that they will continue to sell grain at that time. If they still maintain the current food price, then we can only watch and worry about the price reduction! But if the price is reduced, if it is not lowered to lower than theirs, no one will come to our grain store again! ”
This matter was led by Wan Niansheng from the beginning. From the price increase after the beginning of the flood to make profits, to the middle of the Feng'an grain store after a sideways foot, it was also Wan Niansheng who called them and said that he had a way to get more grain from abroad, although the price would be higher than their previous purchase price, but as long as they insisted until the inventory of the Feng'an grain store was exhausted, it was time for them to do whatever they wanted! However, who knew that the grain in the hands of Feng'an Grain Store was like a bottomless pit? In the current difficult situation, they naturally had to come to him for an idea.
"Brother Chen is right, if it is really dragged to the summer harvest, I am afraid that the inventory in our hands will only be backlogged until the end and sold to the winery at a low price!" Feng Xi was worried, "I've taken all the cash in my hand to store grain!" If things can't be solved in the end, not only will I not get rich this time, but I will lose the money I earned in the early stage, and I will lose money! ”
"There will always be a solution to things, don't worry! Isn't this two months away from the summer harvest? Wan Niansheng is worthy of being the leader among these five people, and at this time, he can still maintain his calm attitude, his tone is slow and leisurely, giving people a feeling that he is confident and seems to be still in control, "Otherwise, everyone go back first, give me some time, and I'll think of a way!" ”
Wan Niansheng's words were still effective, and when everyone saw that he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, their hearts were a little settled, and they all said goodbye and left.
Wan Niansheng didn't get up to see him off, and continued to stay in the house thinking about something, and everyone didn't mind, after all, the future would depend on him!
Song Chen and Su Miao on the roof glanced at each other, Su Miao pointed in the direction of their house, and then pointed to the direction below, meaning to ask Song Chen: The foot of the wall has finished listening, so why should they go back first? Or go straight and stun the Wanniansheng in the house, so that you can go down and search for any valuable clues?
Song Chen shook his head, reached out and pulled Su Miao's wrist, signaling her to stay. Judging from the untraceable interaction between Zeng Qinglong and Wan Niansheng just now, he felt that there seemed to be something between these two people hiding from the other three people, and they would definitely have a follow-up.
Su Miao instantly understood what Song Chen meant, and stayed quietly in place without moving. The two of them waited for a cup of tea on the roof, and sure enough, there was movement outside the courtyard again.
This time, it was a maid who brought Zeng Qinglong over. Zeng Qinglong was obviously an acquaintance of Wanfu, and the maid took him to the courtyard gate and left, letting him go in alone to find Wan Niansheng.
Zeng Qinglong walked to the study where they were discussing just now, and knocked lightly, and Wan Niansheng in the room seemed to expect Zeng Qinglong to make this move, and he was not surprised: "Come in." ”
Zeng Qinglong pushed the door, strode in, and saw what Wan Nian Sheng was writing while sitting behind the bookcase, he took a few steps forward, and saw that the other party did not mean to avoid it, so he sat down in front of the bookcase, and glanced at the note by the way, and couldn't help but stand in surprise and take a closer look: "Brother Wan, are you still in the mood to learn words now?" ”
Wan Niansheng kept writing, didn't raise his head, and continued to finish writing the note in his hand: "Now Chen Si and they don't say it, they are all dissatisfied with me because of this incident...... If they find out when you come back at this time, you'll think we're working together to hide something from them. ”
Zeng Qinglong smiled: "But in fact, we do have some things that we don't let them know, don't we?" ”
Wan Niansheng's hand moved, raised his head and glared at Zeng Qinglong. His eyes at that moment were extremely sharp, and Zeng Qinglong subconsciously shrank his neck: "There is no third person here, Brother Wan, what are you doing so nervous...... You told me not to reveal it, didn't I say it? I didn't even mention a word in front of them! Zeng Qinglong is used to being open-mouthed, but he is indeed tight-lipped in this matter, which Wan Niansheng still can't find fault with.
This is indeed the case, Wan Nian Sheng did not refute when he heard this, but put his pen aside: "Say it!" What happened when you came back? ”
"Although Chen Si said it directly, it is actually the truth." Zeng Qinglong did not question Wan Niansheng's original decision-making when the others were present, but in fact, he also had a bad premonition in his heart, "I just want to ask, does the eldest brother already have any way to deal with it in his heart?" Reveal a little bit to me? In the current situation, I don't have any bottom in my heart, and I am very panicked! ”
"Didn't I say I need some time to figure it out?" Wan Niansheng was not angry.
"Huh? I saw that the eldest brother was so calm, and I thought that the statement that you need time was just fooling them to go back! Zeng Qinglong had an unbelievable expression on his face, "So, big brother, are you really still trying to figure out a way?" ”
"Or do you think you can fall straight from the sky?" Wan Niansheng had a calm face.