It was also strange when the families heard that people were still buying food at such a high price.

Then, the major grain merchants under their command said that the grain in the store was almost sold out, which made these family owners feel surprised, but after all, it was profitable, so all of them gathered 300,000 stone of grain together to borrow Yan and Henan to join their merchants, and distributed the grain according to the size of the store, so that they could continue to sell.

Those merchants controlled by the Shi clan were also quite happy, great, and they could continue to make a lot of money again.

But then, the actions of the two chambers of commerce made them want to scold their mother!

"Today, considering the suffering of the people, the Gu family shop has decided to reduce the price of grain to 400 yuan per stone in all stores! Three-day period! ”

"Ahh Four hundred bucks! Compared with yesterday's price, it has dropped by six percent! ”

"It seems that the head of this ancient family still has a conscience!"

"yes, let's go buy food!"

Zhang Yi was dumbfounded when he heard that all the grain in the Gu family's shop had been reduced to four hundred yuan a stone.

"Master, what to do! The guests all went to the Gu family's shop to buy food. ”

Zhang Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Descend!" We're three hundred and eighty dollars per stone! ”

There was no way, Zhang Yi could only compete for customer traffic by reducing prices, but he underestimated Gu Yang's determination.

Gu Yang announced a price reduction again, directly to two hundred yuan per stone.

"Bastard! This Gu Yang is really not a son of man! We're also reducing prices! Zhang Yi's face was hideous, he felt that he had been fooled, but there was no way, if the price was not reduced, the grain would not be sold, and he would not be able to repay the money to those scholars at that time.

These things are not only

At the same time, Cao Cao personally came forward to refute the rumors, saying that he only transported a large number of ordnance to Taishan County because it was rainy for several days, and the weapons and armor of the Xuanwu Army were not well maintained, so they were all soaked in the rain, so they could only be replaced.

Subsequently, because of Cao Cao's refutation of rumors and the intervention of the two major chambers of commerce, the price of grain has been falling until it is 130 yuan per stone, which is cheaper than the original grain price in Yan and Henan.

Cao Cao and Xun Yu, who learned the news, finally breathed a sigh of relief, Guo Jia, this guy, actually lowered the price of grain. He's worried these days, and now they can finally get a good night's sleep.

However, Guo Jia's methods are not over.

In fact, only half of the people who bought grain from Zhang Yi were ordinary people, and most of them were still from the two major chambers of commerce. After refuting the rumors, and the people had already bought a lot of high-priced grain, they had hoarded enough food, and they had no desire to buy.

The people of the two major chambers of commerce bought half of the grain lent by the Shi clan to the merchants who took refuge in them at a price of about 130 yuan per stone, that is, nearly 150,000 stones!

Subsequently, Guo Jia asked the people of the two major chambers of commerce to sell this batch of grain to the surrounding states and counties of Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Jizhou and Yangzhou.

Due to the previous two major chambers of commerce frantically buying grain from these places, the price of grain in these places also continued to rise, the average price was 200 yuan per stone, and at this time, the two major chambers of commerce smashed the 150,000 stone grain into the market of these four states, sold it at a price lower than the market price, and was quickly snapped up by the people, but they didn't care if the people snapped up it, anyway, it was not the scholars and merchants of Yan and Henan who took refuge in them.

Then they found that the income from selling grain when the price was rising, plus the income from using high-priced necessities to pit the scholars, actually made up for the money they had spent on sending people to pretend to be the people to buy the merchants who had taken refuge in the scholars. Counting the low-priced grain they got from selling it to the four states, they even made a lot of money! That's nearly 60,000 gold!

What, you can't figure it out?

I'll do the math for you.

In all Chinese dynasties, one catty is equal to sixteen taels. The ancients meant one pound of gold, that is, one pound was equal to sixteen taels of gold.

In the Han Dynasty, one tael was approximately equal to 31.25 grams now, one coin was approximately equal to 3.125 grams now, and of course, one tael was equal to ten coins.

The 150,000 stone grain was sold at a profit of 60 yuan per stone of grain, which is a profit of 9 million yuan, divided by 10, that is, a profit of 900,000 taels, and divided by 16, that is, 56,250 catties of gold, that is, 56,250 gold, which is close to 60,000 gold.

150000*60÷10÷16=56250 (jin/gold)

Of course, according to the agreement, all the money earned belongs to Guo Jia.

However, this is not to say that the businessmen of the two major chambers of commerce are so wealthy that they don't care about these at all.

First: It was because Guo Jia had spoken first, and at the same time, they all thought at least that they would have to lose a lot of money to take revenge, but they didn't expect Guo Jia to make a lot of money; Second: as long as you can take revenge, what is this money! This money cannot buy them dignity and the thrill of revenge; Third: these money rights are regarded as favors. Selling Cao Cao and Guo Jia's favor will also have a lot of benefits for them to do business in the future.

Cao Cao looked at the money Guo Jia earned, and his mouth was like a lotus.

Obediently, after half a month's hard work, Guo Jia turned the 200,000 gold into 250,000 gold, a quarter of the profit! That's a quarter of the profit from a principal of 200,000 gold!

Cao Cao joked that it was a joke to ask Guo Jia for a monthly interest of 20% and 5, he originally expected that Guo Jia would be able to repay him 150,000 gold, but he didn't expect that Guo Jia would get back 50,000 gold in just half a month, and in fact, there were more than 6,000 gold, Guo Jia said that this was his own labor income, and he had paid the interest required by Cao Cao, which had nothing to do with Cao Cao, it was Guo Jia's property.

In fact, it is already good to have these 50,000 yuan, and Cao Cao is too lazy to bother with him about those "small profits". Then a certain lord surnamed Cao also boasted that he had a long-term vision, a broad heart, a good understanding of people, and a generous reward.

And those merchants who took refuge in the Shi clan were not so comfortable, they were forcibly sold by the Shi clan to pay off their debts, but they were still insolvent.

However, after those merchants were in trouble, the people of the two major chambers of commerce not only did not fall into the well and ridicule them, but instead funded them to return to their old business, bought back their family property, and made them a knife against the scholars.

For becoming that knife, those merchants were not only reluctant, but very grateful, this business war also made them see the strength and potential of the two major chambers of commerce, as well as the heart of the scholars, they were just driven by the scholars like a dog, and the two major chambers of commerce had the ability to fight against the scholars, as well as the support of the Hou General and Guo Xijiu.

What's more, the icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, and the two major chambers of commerce not only did not fall into the ground, but also funded their behavior, which moved them a lot. People can't forget their roots, so they resolutely became the knife.

Although the scholars sold the property of the merchants who had taken refuge in them to pay off their debts, they only recovered nearly forty percent of the capital, in other words, they suffered heavy losses, and they were no longer broken by their muscles and bones, but were directly severely injured and crippled.

In other words, the Yan and Henan Shi clans will definitely not have the strength and courage to fight against Cao Cao within twenty years, and the premise is that there is still no chamber of commerce to fight against them.

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