Episode 0316: Take it in the right way

Shopkeeper Liu rushed to the Taishou Mansion in dust and said loudly, "Report to the general, after a month's efforts, the price of rice and grain has fallen back to the previous price, please rest assured." ”

Peng Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and the tiredness on his face seemed to be much less, and he couldn't help but mutter, "It's finally stable, otherwise Peng's sin will be too great." ”

Shopkeeper Liu looked at Peng Yu's face a little complicated, but his heart was full of respect, and he couldn't help but say softly: "The general's house is kind, and it is really a blessing for the people." ”

Peng Yu sighed with self-reproach on his face and said, "What a blessing, this matter can make the people suffer." ”

There has been no war in the near future, but Peng Yu is busy dying in Chang'an, just because Peng Yu launched a commercial war in Chang'an, and the commercial station was extremely successful, so that Peng Yu earned a lot of money, which is undoubtedly good news.

But Peng Yu was not happy, because this business war almost brought extremely terrible consequences, in order to calm the business war he launched, Peng Yu had to use the money he earned again, and he also took an astronomical amount, which eased up.

This business war was launched by Peng Yu, and Peng Yu was quelled, in short, he was tired and died, but not only did he not make money, but he lost a lot of money, in short, he was extremely depressed.

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It turned out that a few months ago, Peng Yu used books as a breakthrough to quickly establish branches of the "Chang'an Merchant Group" in major cities, and then the branch established subordinate branches to sell scarce goods or purchase special products in major cities, and then sold them to various places through business groups.

As a result, after a period of running-in, the Chang'an business group's ability to absorb gold has been steadily improved.

In particular, the sale of books is personally handled by the old man Jingwei, who not only collects cash but also collects any valuable items, as long as they are exchanged at the same price, so that the books are sold extremely hot, and the supply is almost in short supply.

Peng Yu, who learned of this in Chang'an, had an idea and ordered Wei Lao that anyone who came to exchange food could get a 'twenty percent discount'.

Peng Yu's order was very simple, just because of the lack of food in Chang'an, what Peng Yu didn't expect was that this inadvertently an order developed another way to make a fortune, which also triggered this business war.

It turned out that once Peng Yu's notice of "grain exchange can be discounted by eight" in front of the bookstore in various places, it actually caused the price of rice and grain to rise in various places, and let Mr. Wei crawl in the business world for half his life, but he still didn't know what the direct connection was with Peng Yu's military order.

When Peng Yu learned of this, his heart trembled, the popularity of books exceeded the demand for gold, and he casually made a general order make the price of rice and grain rise by more than one percent?

Peng Yu immediately investigated the matter and found that this was the case in all major cities, Peng Yu locked himself in the Taishou Mansion and pondered the little economic theories he had learned in later generations, and finally discovered the mystery and business opportunities.

Rice grain is already scarce, and suddenly it is bought in large quantities, the price at first only maintained a rise of 10%, but the more it goes on, it must rise faster and faster, the price must rise steadily, and in the end, all parts of the country are moving and rushing to buy, in this case, it is bound to be artificially caused by a "food crisis".

At that time, all the merchants in the world bought rice and grain at the same time, and the less grain in the market, the more willing everyone was to rush to buy it, so that after Peng Yu's quarrel over a large amount of grain in exchange for books, the price may not only rise by more than 30%!

In other words, Peng Yu launched a commercial war through huge money, and he could completely control the prices of rice, oil, and nylon cotton in his own hands, so that selling rice and grain to collect oil in January when the price of rice and grain was the highest would make the oil price explode in February, and when the oil price was the highest in February, he would sell oil to buy nylon cotton, and sell nylon cotton in March to collect iron and stone......

By analogy, any item is purchased at a low price, and sold at a high price, the profit from the price difference alone is enough for Peng Yu to make countless profits.

Old Man Wei was dumbfounded when he heard this, although he couldn't understand the truth, but the intuition of a profiteer could also feel that he could make a big fuss about this matter.

Peng Yu immediately set up a consortium in Chang'an, this consortium is similar to the speculators of later generations, all the money is concentrated under Peng Yu's military order, Peng Yu ordered everyone to buy a certain item at the same time, then the price of the item will inevitably rise, and when the price of the item rises to a far higher than the actual price, it will be sold all over the world.

In this way, the price will fall again, but at the same time as the price falls, the price of another item is already quietly rising.

And when Peng Yu was rising and falling, Peng Yu had already earned a lot of gold leaf, and he couldn't count it.

Peng Yu immediately conducted experiments on Mi Liang, and summoned the shopkeeper Liu of Chang'an Mi Xing to handle the matter, and after Peng Yu handed over the matter to the shopkeeper Liu, he didn't ask again, and seemed to have forgotten about it.

A month ago, Shopkeeper Liu came to congratulate Peng Yu with joy, and threatened: "According to the general's method, the price of rice and grain in the major cities of the Han Dynasty has soared by more than fifty percent, and there is even a trend of rising!" ”

Peng Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and the price rose by more than fifty percent, how much money did he have to make from rice alone?

But before Peng Yu had time to be happy, he suddenly felt cold, and his heart was groaning, rice grain is food, the price has soared by more than fifty percent, how can the people survive?

Peng Yu hurriedly invited Gu Yong and Xun Yu to inquire, and learned that Chang'an's rice grain was still controlled to rise by two percent because of Gu Yong and Xun Yu's interference, but the price of grain in other places could rise to more than fifty percent!

Peng Yu was cold, more than fifty percent, how can the people feed themselves?

In time, the price of rice and grain will definitely rise, and the situation will definitely become more erosive, so that the number of displaced people will inevitably increase, and at that time, the person who will disturb the world is not others, but Peng Yu!

Peng Yu was shocked at this thought, and immediately ordered Shopkeeper Liu to quickly quell the soaring grain prices.

Shopkeeper Liu was stunned and incomprehensible when he heard this, this price was initiated by the Chang'an consortium, and then all the businessmen of the Han Dynasty joined forces to make the price of grain to such a high level, and now he wants to calm the price of grain in a word?

How flat? And why flat?

Shopkeeper Liu's face was anxious to calm down the price of grain, it was simple, how difficult it was to do, not only to give up all the price difference that was hard-earned, but I am afraid that it would take a lot of money, especially the Chang'an rice line of Shopkeeper Liu is afraid that he will lose all his money, how can Shopkeeper Liu agree to this?

Peng Yu waved his hand to interrupt Liu's shopkeeper's words, and said coldly, "A gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, Peng, as a general of the Han Dynasty, is already extremely ashamed that he can't benefit the world, how can he harm the present generation and make the people hungry?" ”

Without waiting for the shopkeeper Liu to reply, Peng Yu said, "Your losses are all repaid by Peng, you act immediately, open a warehouse and release grain, there must be no mistakes, otherwise you are the only one who asks!" ”

Shopkeeper Liu has been following Peng Yu for a short time, and he doesn't know Peng Yu's style of acting, although Peng Yu is making money everywhere, but Peng Yu is never willing to act regardless of the life and death of the people for money, there are countless ways to make money, why do you have to ignore the conscience of the people to make this kind of black money?

In this way, Peng Yu immediately asked Shopkeeper Liu to quickly quell the soaring grain prices at all costs, and Peng Yu asked three questions a day, raising money and rice grain everywhere to regulate the matter.

Fortunately, the "food crisis" created by Peng Yu was still short, and under Peng Yu's expense of losing an astronomical amount of money, the price of food in Dahan finally fell back and returned to the previous price.

This business war has just begun, it has died down, so that Peng Yu has suffered heavy losses in it, after the initial puzzle of the shopkeeper Liu, when Peng Yu occasionally explained the consequences, the shopkeeper Liu woke up, full of respect for Peng Yu, and deeply realized what it means to be "a gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way".

Although Peng Yu suffered a heavy loss in money, this loss was an extremely important attempt, Peng Yu raised his hand between the rice grain skyrocketed, and when the rice grain plummeted, this repeatedly, Peng Yu accumulated valuable business war experience, which laid the foundation for Peng Yu to fight business wars in the future.

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Of course, after the price of food subsided, Peng Yu learned that he had lost an astronomical amount, and he also grinned, and finally waved his hand, except that the necessities of survival such as grain, oil, and salt were not allowed to be controlled, and as for non-survival necessities such as brocade cotton, stone, ironware, and silk, they fought a commercial war, so Peng Yu's huge losses gradually earned back in the pockets of the rich of the Han Dynasty.