As the sun is getting hotter and hotter, Chang'an City has entered the summer mode.

The prices of iron and steel sold in the eastern and western markets not only did not fall, but rose slightly.

"Brother Eldest Sun, that Li Kuan took over the task of the household department without shame, and it has been almost a month, and there has been no movement at all. The price of this steel has not only not fallen, but has risen. ”

Du He's face was full of spring breeze, and he personally filled the eldest grandson with a cup of Qili incense.

During this time, Du He persuaded his eldest brother to let the steel in the warehouse continue to lie down.

If this had been sold more than a month ago, wouldn't it have made hundreds or thousands of dollars out of thin air?

Although Du Fu is not short of this money, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

"The ignorant are fearless, in the past few years, there have been many successful things, and Li Kuan estimates that the whole person is floating. You don't know, a while ago, the shopkeeper in my house took the initiative to find that Xu Jingzong and prepared to deliver the steel bar they had been begging for a long time to him; This guy is actually too expensive? ”

Changsun Chong thought that Xu Jingzong still wanted to buy steel bars at the end of last year, and he felt funny.

If Yang Benman was either impeached in the court or sold at the market price, he would not be willing to sell it to Guanshishan Academy.

Now, Xu Jingzong still has to make inches, and he just took this opportunity to continue to drag it out and not sell it.

When the time comes, no one can say that the eldest grandson's family is hoarding, right?

"Haha, it's too expensive? Then let him buy it from another house? ”

Du He Dale, "The steel in Chang'an City is now seventy or eighty percent in our hands, if he can buy enough and cheap enough steel, I will admire him." ”

"Forget it, let's not talk about these things, let's drink."

……

Ministry of Industry.

Yan Lide has been a little anxious lately.

"Yan Shangshu, this batch of Mo knives, a total of five thousand, needs to be delivered to the Ministry of War at the end of next month. However, less than half of the steel needed today has been bought, which is good. ”

Wailang, who was in charge of the knife supervision, came to Yan Lide early in the morning to complain.

A while ago, Hou Junji made a big fuss about the military department, and many people witnessed it with their own eyes.

Although they made up for it later, they finally made up for the batch of horizontal knives to the military department.

However, this time, although the number of Mo knives is only half of that of horizontal knives, the iron and steel required are more than those of horizontal knives.

According to the manager in charge of procurement in the Ministry of Industry, nowadays you can't buy enough steel even if you have money.

Even the workshop of the eldest grandson's family, the iron and steel delivered each time were also in small batches, which was simply not enough to build such a large number of weapons.

"The steel of our military department has always been purchased from the eldest grandson's family, right?"

"That's right, eighty or ninety percent of them are from the workshops of the eldest grandson's family."

"Since the workshop of the eldest grandson's family cannot meet our needs, let's purchase it from other workshops."

Yan Lide felt that he needed to go to the Chu Wangfu again to see the large amount of stainless steel promised by Li Kuan, when would he see the shadow.

"Yan Shangshu, it would be nice if other workshops had so much steel. At present, the entire Chang'an City can't buy goods at all. ”

The wailang is really in a hurry.

As the person directly responsible for the production of this batch of Mo knives, if he can't deliver them on time, Yan Lide will certainly be in trouble, but the biggest trouble must be him, a foreigner.

This is like a lot of times in later generations, everyone sees that it is always the deputy who is removed from his post in an accident, or the leader of a subordinate department.

Because these people are the most direct responsible person.

You can't let the boss take the blame for anything, right?

"Don't worry, you can buy it!"

Yan Lide guessed Li Kuan's thoughts a little, so although he was chased during this time, he didn't go to Li Kuan.

However, more than a month has passed, and it's almost time for the fire, right?

……

Jin Tai hit the iron shop, and as usual, the "bell!" sounded "Bell!" Clang! Clang! The sound of iron.

However, Mrs. Kim had a sad face.

Nanshan Construction kept adding hoes, shovels and other tools needed for road construction, but now he found that there was not enough iron in the shop.

For a long time, Jintai Iron Shop has been buying iron materials, tempering them into steel, and then making them into the necessary utensils, and selling them to earn some hard money.

Nowadays, the price of iron in the entire Chang'an City is rising, and now there is no money to buy enough goods.

This further stimulated the rise in iron prices.

"Master, at the end of this month, there will be 2,000 shovels and 1,000 hoes to be delivered to Nanshan Construction Works, if you can't procure any more iron materials, it will be too late anyway."

Ah Niu, Mrs. Jin's apprentice, stood beside him with an anxious face.

"It is rumored that His Royal Highness the King of Chu promised the Ministry of Household Affairs a month ago that the price of iron and steel in Chang'an City would be restored to the level of early last year within three months. Now that the prices of these goods are rising instead of falling, I estimate that His Royal Highness the King of Chu should still have any tricks to come up with. ”

Now, Mrs. Jin can only hope that Li Kuan can really succeed.

"Even if His Royal Highness the King of Chu can lower the price of iron within three months, we won't have time to deliver this month's goods."

Jin Taida's iron shop started from an anvil, a few hammers, a few tongs, and a bellows and stove.

And Ah Niu is Mrs. Jin's big apprentice, and he has been working in the shop with Mrs. Jin since he was a child.

So he was more anxious about what was going on in the shop than the others.

"Well, you're right. I'll go to the shops in person for a while, even if the price is high, I will buy a batch of iron materials for emergencies. ”

Although he was a little unwilling in his heart, there was nothing good about what Mrs. Kim could do.

"Is the gold shopkeeper there?"

At this moment, a carriage came from outside the shop, and a familiar figure of Jin Tai came down from inside.

"Shopkeeper Wang, what kind of wind is this that blows you here?"

Mrs. Kim immediately suppressed her worries and showed a smile of hospitality.

Wang Fugui is a noble person who has developed and grown in the Jintai Iron Shop, if he hadn't given the iron nails needed for the construction of the Daming Palace to the Jintai Iron Shop, it is estimated that it is still a small workshop with only a dozen or so people.

"Shopkeeper Jin, looking at your complexion, it doesn't seem to be very good. These two big dark circles, I guess I haven't slept recently, right? ”

Wang Fugui deals with all kinds of people every day, so he can naturally see that Mrs. Jin is forcing a smile.

However, I came over with good news today, so I couldn't help but continue to tease him.

"Look at what you said, I am just an ironworker, how can you be so blessed to follow His Royal Highness the King of Chu to do things."

Mrs. Jin couldn't figure out what Wang Fugui's purpose was for coming over today, so she had to say it with kind words first.

"Forget it, looking at you like this, it is estimated that you have suffered a lot recently, so I won't entertain you, but I will tell you good news first."

Seeing Mrs. Jin's appearance, Wang Fugui inexplicably thought of the scene when he first came to Chang'an City to work hard, and he had no intention of teasing him.

Kintama: "What's the good news?" ”

The furnace burns the heavens and the earth, and the red stars are filled with purple smoke. On a moonlit night, the song moves the cold river.

Looking at the sweaty strong men in Mrs. Jin's iron shop, wielding hammers and beating the fiery red iron, Wang Fugui couldn't help but glance at Mrs. Jin.

It is really not easy for this simple Chinese character to be able to run a small workshop into what it is today.

"You should still lack a lot of steel in this shop, right?"

Although Wang Fugui was not in charge of the affairs of Nanshan Construction Engineering, a large number of ironware for the construction of the cement road were procured from Jintai's iron shop, and he still knew about it.

"Hey."

Mrs. Jin sighed, and didn't think about hiding anything, "Indeed, as you said, these things are the most scarce thing in the shop now. ”

"Can't buy goods with money?"

"yes, it's been a bit weird lately."

"Huh!" Wang Fugui couldn't help but sneer, "Some people are just too greedy. ”

Mrs. Kim didn't know how to answer this, so she was silent and didn't speak.

"In this case, you can arrange a few carriages and come with me at once."

There are still a few shops that need to be visited today, and Wang Fugui didn't continue to talk nonsense.

"Huh?"

Kim Tai was a little unresponsive.

"Ahh There's no need to toss, I directly found you stainless steel, which is definitely not more expensive than the iron you bought yourself. ”

"Steel?"

Mrs. Jin stared at Wang Fugui with shining eyes.

At this time, it is difficult to buy enough iron, let alone steel.

"That's right, I'll transport you 10,000 catties of steel, do you want it?"

"Shopkeeper Wang, yes, of course I want it."

At this time, Mrs. Jin didn't care what Wang Fugui's price was, and she would get the goods first.

At critical moments, price is secondary, and whether there is stock is the most important thing.

"Don't you ask, how do you sell this batch of steel?"

Wang Fugui saw that Mrs. Jin looked anxious, and he was also sad and funny.

In Chang'an City, the dead and alive shops that have been pitted by the rise in iron prices are definitely not only Jintai Iron Shops, right?

"Hey, hey! Your shopkeeper has always been fair and kind, so I have nothing to worry about. This stainless steel will naturally not be more expensive than what others sell. ”

Mrs. Kim looks loyal and honest and simple, but she is not stupid after running the shop for so many years.

Although these words seem to be praising the king's wealth, they are actually bargaining in disguise.

It's just that now he is an absolute weakness, and he can only express it in such a euphemistic way.

"Don't worry! The workshops and shops in the Chu Wangfu have always been child-friendly and genuine. These steels are sold to you at the price of iron materials on the market today. ”

"Huh?"

Kim Tae thought she had misheard.

Regardless of the quality of these steels, I have never seen anything cheaper than iron.

Tempered thousands of times, don't burn charcoal?

Don't you want to be artificial?

Besides, sometimes it is not necessarily possible to smelt steel, but it is wasted iron.

Therefore, the price of steel, even the most common steel, is often more than double that of iron.

Now Wang Fugui directly said that he sold steel to himself at the price of iron materials on the market, which is equivalent to directly reducing the price of steel to the level at the beginning of last year.

Could it be that it is rumored that the Chu Wangfu took over the task of restoring steel prices to the level of the beginning of last year in three months, is this true?

And he actually hit a big luck, as soon as the Chu Wangfu made a move, he was the first to enjoy the benefits.

"What? Still too expensive, huh? ”

Wang Fugui said with a smile.

"No, no, it's not too expensive. I just think...... Think this price is too cheap? ”

Kim Tai is not a greedy person either.

He and Wang Fugui have never had any private rebates or other transactions.

Now, the price offered by Wang Fugui is so low that he can't help but be a little worried.

Cheap but not good.

Pennywise and pound foolish.

He understands all these truths.

"Huh! You're really, and you still don't like to buy things that are too cheap? Don't worry, I can't look down on you as an iron shop, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu will even more look down on you, and he won't pit you. ”

Wang Fugui was also speechless for a while when he saw Jin Tai's performance.

Sure enough, the price set by the prince was too lethal.

This is to pull the price of steel back to the level of the beginning of last year overnight.

I don't know how those who have hoarded a lot of steel will react when they hear it.

Will you be able to get a good night's sleep tonight?

I'm curious.

"Shopkeeper Wang, look at what you said. That was not what I meant. I mean the price of steel is too cheap, I can't take advantage of the Chu Palace. How much should it be, and how much am I willing to pay for it. ”

"Rest assured, this price was personally determined by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and it is not for your family alone. Hurry up, go and prepare a few more carriages, and I'll have to go to another house later. ”

Hearing Wang Fugui say this, Mrs. Jin no longer has any doubts.

In today's situation, he has no choice.

Regardless of the quality of this steel, let's take a look first.

Just like Wang Fugui said, he and His Royal Highness the King of Chu don't look down on themselves as an iron shop.

So what else do you have to worry about?

……

The sale of steel by the ironmaking shop in the Chu Wangfu did not deliberately publicize it, but it was not deliberately concealed.

However, in the entire Chang'an City, several blacksmith shops transported back a large amount of steel on the same day, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry also pulled the steel to the subordinate workshops one by one, and the news naturally spread all over Chang'an City quickly.

"What's going on? Where did he Li Kuan get so much steel? ”

Since Li Kuankua went to Haikou to bring the price of steel back to the level at the beginning of last year within three months, the eldest grandson's family has arranged a lot of people to keep an eye on every move of the Chu Palace.

This time, as soon as the carriage of the Ministry of Industry to pull goods in the ironmaking workshop of the Chu Wangfu set off, the eldest grandson's family got the news.

At first, Changsun Chong thought that Li Kuan was throwing stones to ask for directions, and deliberately sold the steel he purchased in the early stage to see if he could suppress the price of steel.

After all, if the goal can be achieved and a small amount of money can be lost, it should be acceptable for the Chu Palace.

However, in the evening of the same day, the news came back from all walks of life that was not the case at all.

The household department pulled 20,000 catties of stainless steel back.

Mrs. Jin pulled 10,000 catties of stainless steel back from the iron shop.

Guanshishan Academy pulled another 30,000 catties of steel bars back.

There are also many workshops in Chang'an City, more or less, you have a few thousand catties, and I have a few thousand catties of a cart of stainless steel and left.

The descendants of the eldest grandson's family are also dedicated, and through a car accident, they accidentally hit the carriage, and by various means, they personally confirmed that the steel on these carriages is really steel.

At this moment, Changsun Chong immediately panicked.

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