"PS: I don't dare to go out these days."

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In mid-March, a large number of businessmen from Ye County poured into Runan, and these businessmen who were initially sanctimonious at first, after receiving the trade certificates of the county orders Liu Yi and Liu Wenli, suddenly changed their faces and joined forces to suppress the merchants in Runan City.

They bought furs, mulberry hemp, melons, fruits, vegetables and other daily necessities from the common people at a high price, and sold them at a low price in the county seat, resulting in the local merchants in Runan City having almost no business for half a month, and a large number of small merchants had accumulated goods in their hands, and finally they could only choose to join a chamber of commerce called Luye Freemasonry.

After the small businessmen suffered, then there were those businessmen who couldn't go up and down, although these people could still withstand the joint suppression of the Luye Freemasonry for the time being, but it was still difficult to avoid one today and one tomorrow.

Although the local big family came forward to try to unite the local merchants, it was a pity that the time was too hasty, and before they could discuss a result, the group of Yexian merchants on the opposite side, who were united like regular troops, adopted various means such as discord and co-optation, and brought a group of undetermined Runan merchants into the Luye Freemasonry.

As a result, the alliance between the Runan merchants and the family burst like a bubble, except for some arrogant businessmen and big families who are still dying, the rest of the businessmen and families from medium-sized families have fallen to the Luye Freemasonry.

Some people may say, is the prefectural order an ornament? Just watching a group of Yexian businessmen join forces to attack the businessmen of Runan?

It is true that the county magistrate Liu Yi will of course not watch it, but the problem is that he really can't spare manpower, because before the Luye Freemasons decided to attack the Runan merchants, they called many ruffians from Luyang and Yexian, and they even hired many ruffians from Runan, and ordered these people to fight every day on the streets of the city - neither smashing the shops of Runan merchants nor hurting the innocent, but simply fighting and insulting each other.

In just a dozen days, the cells in Runan County were overcrowded, and the newly arrested troublemakers did not know where to be held, and the county magistrate Liu Yi was even more exhausted by some trivial civil lawsuits.

By the time the county magistrate Liu reacted, more than one-third of the shops in Runan City had already hung up the signboard of 'Lu Ye Gongji'.

After many unsuccessful attempts, Liu Yi had no choice but to go to Ye County, visit Mao Jue, the county commander of Ye County, and ask the latter to come forward to help.

probably also felt that the merchants in this county had indeed crossed the line and violated some regulations and laws, so Mao Lao County sent someone to invite Wei Pu and Lu Kuang to talk.

Since then, the Luye Freemasonry has converged a lot in Runan, but at this time, Zhao's rice shops have already sprung up in the city, and a war between the Zhao family and the Zheng family has begun in Runan County......

And at this time, what is the situation in Ruyang?

In the second half of mid-April, whether it was the Zhao family or the Zheng family, the rice of the two families gradually became unsold.

It's not because of the price, the price of rice in the city is still maintained at a hundred yuan a stone at this time, so that many people from Henan County have gone to Ruyang and other Rushui counties to buy grain—of course, those who have this ability will not be ordinary civilians at least.

As for the locals in Ruyang, they really didn't have money to buy rice, so they could only watch the low price of 100 yuan a stone, even though their families had already stocked up on rice that could be eaten for a few months or even longer because of the battle of Zhao Zheng.

"Finally...... Finally survived......"

On the second floor of Zheng's rice shop, Zheng Qian lay on the bed exhausted.

I have to say that in this grain and rice war with the Zhao family, his Zheng family almost lost a generation's savings, but the cunning Zhao family continued to trade with the Wancheng Military Market, and the losses were far less than theirs.

Therefore, in the Zheng family, even if it is Zheng Qian's uncle and brother, there are many people who are eager to eat Wang Zhi, and even if they have some complaints about Zheng Qian, the son of their own family, the reason for this is nothing more than that Zheng Qian and Wang Zhi's master and servant have caused the Zheng family to suffer heavy losses.

In this case, not to mention that Wang Zhi hid in Zheng's rice shop and didn't dare to go back to the Ruyang Hou Mansion, Zheng Qian didn't dare either, because as soon as he went back, he would inevitably be scolded by his father, or by his uncle and uncle in his clan.

But no matter what, I managed to survive.

The only miscalculation of Zheng Qian was that he didn't expect that the Zhao family would have the ability to open rice shops in the remaining counties of Rushui at the same time, and from those counties, the Zhao and Zheng families almost lost nearly 100,000 stones each.

But it finally survived, whether it was Ruyang or the rest of Rushui's counties, the rice of the two families basically couldn't be sold.

As the so-called sandpiper and clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, this time the Zhao and Zheng families fought, and the county people in Rushui counties took a big advantage, and even some civilians saved more than a year's surplus grain, in exchange for in previous years, who dares to imagine?

What's more, there are also outsiders who take the opportunity to make a difference, if in the past, Zheng Qian would definitely be investigated, but this time, he really didn't have the energy to take care of it.

However, just as he was about to take a breath, a servant suddenly came to report: "Shizi, the Zhao family ......"

"What's wrong again?"

Hearing the words of the Zhao family, Zheng Qian was shocked, and the whole person immediately sat up on the bed.

The servant was startled and whispered, "Just now, there is news from the Zhao family, saying that you can use old things to buy rice from his family......"

"Old things?"

"Yes." The servant nodded and said: "Like old clothes, old quilts, and even old pots, as long as they can be used, the Zhao family said that they can be exchanged for rice......

“……”

Zheng Qian opened his mouth, walked quickly to the window, looked down the window, and sure enough, he saw many Runan people on the street holding all kinds of old things lining up in front of Zhao's rice shop, and the queue like a long dragon once again lined up in front of his Zheng's rice shop.

On the other hand, his Zheng's rice shop has almost no customers.

"Little cub of the Zhao family, you want to come again?!"

Clenching his fists, Zheng Qian was shocked and angry.

What is surprising is that when almost all the people in Ruyang have no money in circulation, the second son of the Zhao family actually came up with the loss of 'exchanging old things for rice';

At the same time, in Zhao's rice shop, Zhao Yu was teasing Zheng Qian in front of Zhang Ji and Jingnu: "I guess Zheng Qian is waiting for this day, and he wants to stay up until the people in Ruyang run out of money, and then the rice of the Zhao and Zheng families will not be sold, so that his Zheng family can take a breath, but he didn't expect that I still have the trick of 'exchanging old things for rice'." Last year, there were more than 10,000 more refugees in Luyang, and these living utensils are lacking. We collected these old items and transported them to various locations in the county...... And the Zheng family was dumbfounded. ”

He looked through the window at the deserted Zheng shop and smiled.

After Jingnu nodded suddenly, Zhang Ji couldn't help but ask, "Then, what if the Zheng family has the same example?" ”

Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes: "What does the Zheng family want to do with that pile of rags?" Instead of exchanging rice for a bunch of unused rags, it is better to lower the price of rice again to attract local Ruyang people......"

Jingnu was a little confused when she heard this, and asked puzzledly: "Young master, didn't you say that the people of Ruyang have no money in their hands?" ”

Zhao Yu nodded and said: "Originally, but in private, there are still some people who secretly buy rice from those people for money......"

"It's a businessman from Henan, right?" Zhang Ji asked with a frown.

Zhao Yu smiled slightly: "And my Luye Freemason's ......"

Zhang Ji frowned when he heard this and said: "Forget about the Luye Freemasonry, but why don't the businessmen of Henan, why don't the second sons want to stop it?" ”

"Because I'm waiting to pit the Zheng family."

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "The people of Ruyang bought rice from the Zhao and Zheng families at a price of one hundred yuan and one stone, even if they sold it to the merchants in Henan or the merchants sent by my Luye Freemasonry at a price of one hundred and twenty yuan, they also have money in their hands, and if they have money, what do you guess they will do?" ”

"Keep buying rice!" Zhang Ji suddenly realized.

"Yes!"

Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes and continued: "My Zhao family is now exchanging things for rice on the grounds that 'Ruyang people are almost cash', so my Zhao's rice shop is still overcrowded, but the Zheng family has no business, even if the Zheng family maintains the original price, those local people who have sold grain and rice cheaply will basically go to the Zheng family to buy rice, after all, they can save the queue, if Zheng Qian can't hold his breath and tries to attract the locals with a lower rice price, then there will be fun to see......"

As Zhao Yu guessed, Zheng Qian also wanted to follow the example of the Zhao family's rice shop at first and exchange old things for rice, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up, because as Zhao Yu said, what did he Zheng family do with a bunch of rags that couldn't be sold for money? Instead of 'exchanging old things for rice' for a bunch of old things that I don't know how to dispose of, it is better to reduce the price again, so that I can recover some of the capital.

He immediately instructed the servants around him: "Tell me to go down and drop ten more dollars!" ”

"The ...... of the Prince"

From the side, Wang Zhi opened his mouth to persuade, but looking at Zheng Qian's almost distorted face, he swallowed all the words of persuasion back into his stomach with interest.

He alone is not qualified to persuade anything.

"Zhao's rice shop can exchange old things for rice......"

"Zheng's rice shop has reduced the price again, and now it's 90 yuan a stone......

For a while, these two news immediately spread all over the streets and alleys of Ruyang, and the people of Ruyang were shocked to drag their families and bring their old things at home to exchange for rice.

Even the peasants who were plowing the land outside the city immediately ran back to the city with their hoes.

Farming? After a year of hard work and hard work to take care of the field, how many meters can be left in the winter?

In the past two months, they have been in front of the rice shops of the Zhao and Zheng families, and they have earned a whole year, or even two or three years of rice—what kind of land is this?

For a while, the rice shops of Zhao and Zheng were overcrowded again.

The difference is that almost all of the people queuing up in front of Zhao's rice shop are carrying old things at home and waiting to change rice, while those queuing in front of Zheng's rice shop are people who still use money to settle the bill.

I have to say that Zheng Qian has been anxious and troubled these days, and this time he is also dizzy, he doesn't think about it carefully, the two families have been fighting for more than two months, where does he have any money left over from Ruyang? - If there is, there must be something wrong!

After four or five days like this, Zhao Yu saw that the time was almost up, so he summoned Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng to him and instructed: "Send someone to inform Wei Pu and Lu Kuang, and tell them that the Luye Freemasons can come forward to copy the bottom, and don't be taken advantage of by the merchants in Henan." …… Let's start with Ruyang! ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng hugged their fists to lead the order.