Sun Wentang, He Jingnian, Jiang Yunshan and others watched Hu Wanan leave, looking at each other one by one.

"This grain sells for a penny and a pound, so I might as well dump it all into the river."

He Jingnian waited for Hu Wanan to leave, and couldn't help but say with red eyes.

This time, the He family's losses are too much, at least two million taels of silver, the He family is broken, in order to raise such a huge amount of money to sit in the village, they have mortgaged a lot of land and shops, and a lot of the grain they buy is still purchased on credit.

Now if they sell it for a penny and a catty, their He family will become stormy, and once they can't support it, the entire He family may go bankrupt.

"One penny and one catty, it really deserves to be the head of the Hu family, and it is really wealthy."

Sun Wentang couldn't help but sneer.

Not to mention the famine era, even if it is usually impossible to sell it for a penny or a catty, not to mention that the grain in their hands is basically rice from the south of the Yangtze River, and the cost is extremely high.

"Their Hu family wants to buy a penny and a pound, what does the big guy say?"

Jiang Yunshan also followed and said, he was extremely unwilling in his heart, but if the Hu family sold it for a penny and a catty, what should they do.

As the leader of the Hu family, they are strong and wealthy, and they naturally have the most food hoarded in their hands, if the Hu family sells a penny and a pound here, even if others don't follow, don't want to sell the grain in their hands.

There was a penny a pound of sea fish in the front, and a penny a pound of rice in the back, and the grain in their hands was definitely rotten in their hands.

"I said it all, even if I pour it into the river, I won't sell it for a penny, anyway, the grain is not a sea fish, don't worry about it stinking, I'll sell it slowly, I want to see how much grain this Hu Wanan has, and how long it can be sold."

Although He Jingnian looks very elegant and dresses up elegantly, he is a little hideous when he speaks, and he also shows his true face when it comes to his own interests.

"Lao He, no matter what, we are all Hui businessmen, it is better for everyone to act in unison, how come over the years, our families have also helped each other, have money together, and have difficulties together."

"Although Hu Gongzi's decision is unacceptable, at the moment, it is the only way to get out smoothly."

"There is no point in worrying about losses anymore, we still have to look forward, this opportunity to make a fortune is more, and you can make it again when the money is gone."

"If we can't get out smoothly this time, even if our family is rich, we will not be able to escape death."

After pondering for a long time, Jiang Yunshan slowly spoke.

Now it's a loss no matter what, it's a blood loss no matter what, and there is no possibility of turning around, you must know that they have now reduced to the normal price of the past, but this grain still can't be sold.

The old and young masters in the entire capital no longer buy the accounts of these grain merchants, anyway, there is a penny and a pound of sea fish, who will sell their grain, not to mention that in the past, these grain merchants had an extremely bad attitude, and they were sold at sky-high prices.

"But this penny and a pound of food, isn't this another cut of our meat to feed those people?"

Although He Jingnian knew very well that Hu Wanan and Jiang Yunshan's words were very reasonable, his heart was bleeding when he thought that the grain he had worked so hard to buy at a high price would only be sold for a penny and a catty.

"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood!"

Sun Wentang shook his head helplessly, sighed and said, Obviously, although he was unwilling in his heart, he still had to follow, because they all knew clearly that this matter was not so simple to end, Emperor Hongzhi would not let them go easily, and the key now is how to get out.

"Alas~"

He Jingnian sighed, then thought about it and said, "It's all because of the sea fish from Tianjin, otherwise we wouldn't have lost." ”

On the streets of the capital, the juniors of a grain store are still beating gongs and drums, constantly shouting, trying to attract people to buy grain from their grain stores.

Here in the grain store, there is a shopkeeper standing at the door of every grain store, as long as he sees someone coming, he immediately comes forward to say hello diligently, and wants to pull the other party into his grain store.

The previous bullish spirit has completely disappeared, and they are all waiting for the customers one by one, but there is still no one on the street who comes to the grain store to buy grain, and they can only look at it.

The proprietor behind a grain store soon spread the news, and the shopkeeper and the boss who received the news were dumbfounded, and they had never heard of this penny and a pound of grain.

After confirming the news again and again, these grain stores began to get busy again, took out red paper and pen and ink, and hurriedly changed the banner at the door of their grain stores, and at the same time, one by one, the shopkeepers hurriedly walked towards all parts of the capital, conveying the orders of the owners above.

"What's a penny a pound?"

"Make no mistake, this is going to be shouted, if we don't sell it for a penny or a pound at that time, we will be thrown into the moat by the owner?"

"It's been confirmed again and again, so let's shout."

The shopkeeper who was in charge of shouting didn't dare to shout such a slogan at first, because the price was too scary, and they had never heard of a penny or a pound of grain, and they all knew the greed of the owner behind it, so it was impossible to say that they would sell this grain for a penny or a catty.

It was only after repeated confirmation that these shopkeepers began to shout in the streets and alleys of the capital.

"In order to help the victims, all food is a penny and a catty, and each person is limited to three catties per day!"

"Jiangnan fragrant rice shop is grateful to the emperor, and the victims are compassionate, all food is a penny and a catty, and each person is limited to three catties per day~"

"He's rice shop is united with the people, relief for the victims, all the food in the store is a penny a catty, and each person is limited to three catties per day~"

“……”

Soon, the shopkeeper of a grain store kept shouting in the streets and alleys of the capital, and suddenly it was like a super earthquake, shaking the entire capital.

"A penny and a pound of food?"

"I heard it right, this strange thing happens every year, this year is especially a lot, there are two hundred cents a pound of grain in front, and then there is a penny a pound of sea fish and meat, and now there is a penny a pound of grain, old man, I have lived a year, I have never seen such a strange thing before."

"A penny and a pound of grain, how is this possible, those profiteers still sold for two hundred wen a pound two days ago?"

"I also wonder if my ears are misheard."

The old and young masters of the entire capital have to wonder if there is something wrong with their ears, this penny and a pound of grain is unheard of.

"There's nothing unusual, this penny and a pound of meat appeared, and it is not uncommon for a penny and a pound of food."

"That's right, big guy, hurry up and buy grain, this sea fish has long been tired of eating, these profiteers don't take advantage of it, I'm sure this must be the emperor who knows the hard work of our people and ordered these grain merchants to sell us a penny and a catty."

"It must be the emperor, as long as he is an old man, he will always miss us, long live the emperor, long live, long live~"

The people of the entire capital were surprised and rushed to the side of the grain store, and at the same time, some people knelt down to the palace.