When everyone heard that the guy had a way to solve it, they suddenly came to their senses, as if a man who had fallen into the water had grabbed a straw.

"Tell me, what's the solution?"

"Our owner said that if the bosses are willing to sell for five coins and one stone, the small one can go through the delivery procedures, and then take the vouchers to the workshop in Hejia Village to withdraw the loan. Our host has prepared 2 million pieces of soap, so we can get it early. ”

"What?! Five coins of silver for a stone?! You're not wrong, are you? The crowd simply didn't believe their ears.

Boss Yang's heart sank, and it was as he expected. What should have happened happened happened. But he still has to fight a little more. argued: "Didn't you still pay one or two or five dollars a stone a few days ago?" Why is it suddenly five dollars now? You're too ruthless, aren't you?! ”

"You go to the grain stores in the city and ask about it, and the retail price of the best rice is only one or two cents of silver. A few days ago, it was one or two or five yuan, but after Lord Liang of Zhizhou arrived, he arrested a few profiteers who raised grain prices, and opened a regular position to stabilize grain prices, and the price immediately dropped. Now that so much grain has come in at once, the price will definitely drop again. The guy said without thinking, as if by reciting lines.

Boss Yang's eyes rolled and he thought of an idea. He asked the fellow: "If I'm not mistaken, your boss said at that time that as long as you sell it to merchants in Juzhou City or the government, you can get soap with your vouchers, right?" ”

"That's true, if you don't feel satisfied with the price, you can go to another store and ask. As long as the grain is sold to Juzhou, it will be effective. The fellow replied.

"Guys, I'll go first." Boss Yang clasped his fists at everyone and saluted, and then separated the crowd and walked away quickly. The other bosses were not stupid, and they knew that Boss Yang must have gone to other grain stores. Where they could sit still, they also took their leave.

After Boss Yang went out, he quietly went into a small alley with two guys, looked at Zhou Ji from a distance, and after the other bosses came out, he said to the two guys: "Let's go, let's go back." ”

"Go back?"

"Yes, go back. They are all negotiated, and other merchants must also be at this price. Boss Zhou is deliberately avoiding us. ”

Since it was not yet the opening hours, the guy was just about to close the door, and when he saw Boss Yang coming back, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he asked, "Boss Yang, why are you back again?" ”

"We just discussed, I have been cooperating with Boss Zhou for so many years, and I don't want to find other businesses. As long as you raise three more dollars per stone, how about selling this 10,000 stone of grain to you? ”

The guy pretended to be pitiful, and said with a bitter face: "Boss Yang, no matter how much I am, I really can't be the master." ”

"I know Boss Zhou's personality, and he will definitely not let us lose a lot. I'll tell you the truth, I shipped here with the soap ration, and the cost of each stone was eight cents of silver. I'm not making money anymore, I'm out flat. It's always okay, right? ”

"Boss Yang, I'll give you a solid account too. The highest price the proprietor offered me was seven pieces of silver. No matter what I really said, it doesn't count. ”

Boss Yang quickly calculated in his heart that if seven coins of silver came out, he would lose 1,000 taels of silver, but if he could buy 400,000 pieces of soap, it would be a profit of more than 100,000 taels of silver. In this way, the deal is still profitable.

So he said, "Okay, seven dollars is seven dollars." I brought 10,000 stone of grain this time, you should hurry up to the warehouse to count and deliver. ”

The guy looked embarrassed and said, "Boss Yang, I can only give you a ration of five thousand stones at most." ”

"Why? Didn't you prepare two million bars of soap? ”

"It's true that there are two million pieces, but we didn't expect so much grain to come at once. They are all perennial business partners, and no one can be offended. We can only ration half of the food. ”

"And what about our other half? Can't we pull it back? ”

"Of course you don't have to pull it back. You can store it in one of the warehouses for a small fee. After two months, we had soap available. At that point, you come back to pick up the goods. ”

"You can also take my grain first, and we will take half of the soap now, and wait for the other half to be carried in two months, can't you?"

"Boss Yang, I might as well tell you the truth. Our owner has recently invested in a cement workshop, and only prepared 50,000 stone of grain in cash. If we pay you in full, the other bosses will definitely not want to, and we will have to pay it all at that time. In this way, the turnover of the soap workshop is tight. If it affects the production of soap workshops, there will be no two million pieces of soap in two months, and we will all be the ones who will suffer. Isn't that the case, you say? ”

Boss Yang listened to the guy's words and thought to himself, what this guy said also makes sense, but food storage is a big problem. If you run into a warehouse in poor condition, and the grain is damp and moldy, it will be impossible to say whose responsibility it is. So he asked, "Where is your storage warehouse?" Insured? Are you sure the soap will be available in two months? ”

"We can help you contact Chang Liquidation, where your grain is stored, absolutely insured. With the current output of the soap mill, there will definitely be two million pieces in stock in two months. You can sign a contract with us, agree to count and deliver the grain after two months, and write down the amount of food, the amount of soap dispensed, etc. Wait for the shopkeeper to come and sign and seal it. If you can't wait, you can draw up a contract now, and you can sign and seal it first. Leave someone to wait for the shopkeeper to come back. ”

The guy saw that Boss Yang was still hesitating and couldn't make up his mind. Then he said: "Boss Yang, you also know that there will be at least 1230,000 stones of grain in Juzhou City this time, and you can mention half of the soap if you handle it early, but you won't be able to mention that much in two days." If the warehouse is full of grain, find another small warehouse......"

After hearing this, Boss Yang suddenly woke up and immediately said: "Okay, 5,000 stones is 5,000 stones, let's handle it immediately." ”

Sure enough, as Boss Yang expected, the highest price given by all grain merchants was seven coins of silver. The highest ration was half of the current ration, and later it was even forty percent. But none of the bosses brought the grain back. It can only be stored in the local granary and wait two months before picking up the goods.

After three days of counting, delivering, depositing, and picking up the goods, the grain merchants and the bosses of the grain transportation in the city left one after another with soap. The bustling and lively city of Juzhou has gradually quieted down, and all the granaries in the city are full, whether they are stored or purchased, anyway, the grain is in the granaries of Juzhou, and they are all major grain merchants in the morning and evening. Now the problem of food shortage has been completely solved in the whole of Juzhou.

In fact, Liang Wensheng and other large and small grain merchants knew that without the planning of Zhou Ji and the Juzhou Soap Factory in Hejia Village and the rationing of soap concessions, it would be impossible to buy such cheap grain. Liang Wensheng happily wrote down two plaques of "Juzhou Righteous Businessman" and "Lichang Model", and sent the officials to beat gongs and drums, and sent them to Zhou Xuhai and He Shaoyun respectively.

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"The confinement bends and shines on Kyushu, and a few families are happy and a few are sad." Since Qi Hongfu, the grain chief, bought 50 acres of land in Hejia Village at the beginning of the year, and then he used the same means to buy more than 300 acres of land, and he was very proud for a while.

However, the moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows. It's easy to get carried away with pride, and happiness leads to sadness. These philosophical words are very appropriate for the current Qi Hongfu. This time, Qi Hongfu is on the stall, and he is on the stall. However, this is completely his own fault, he thinks that the grain chief can be exonerated from the crime, and their Qi family has been covering the sky with one hand in Juzhou in the past few years, so they are bold and reckless, and dare to do anything that hurts the heavens and reason. But he never expected that Qi Honglie's family would suddenly fall, and as a result, his affairs became a big deal.

Qi Hongfu's troubles were caused by Cui Ying, the daughter of Li Chengjiang in Liguanzhuang Village. Li Chengjiang is more than 50 years old this year, has a son and a daughter, and his son has been married for many years and has a son. My daughter is seventeen years old and has not yet married. Last summer, a flood collapsed my son's house, killing all three members of the family.

Li Chengjiang's family suffered this catastrophe, and all three members of his son's family were killed. In this case, Qi Hongfu even asked Li Chengjiang to pay his son's family's taxes and grain in summer and autumn. Li Chengjiang, who was already poor, had the ability to pay nearly three more stones of tax grain, so he had to plead in a low voice, and the tax grain was delayed again and again.

After the Spring Festival, Qi Hongfu found that Li Chengjiang's daughter Cuiying was young and a little beautiful, so he started the idea of occupying Cuiying. He gave Li Chengjiang an idea to sell his daughter to his family as a maid, and in exchange, he would exempt his family from taxes and grain. How could Li Chengjiang and his daughter not know his purpose and not agree no matter what.

Qi Hongfu was the most proud at that time, how could he talk so well, so he took a few family members and forcibly arrested Cuiying to the house. After he was caught home, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Cuiying was beautiful, and then his lust rose, and the essence & worm went to his brain, so he asked the overlord to bow hard. Cui Ying is a strong woman, and she swears to die, but how can a weak woman be the opponent of a man in the prime of life, after Cui Ying was powerless to resist, she was still raped by Qi Hongfu.

After the incident, Qi Hongfu saw that Cuiying had obeyed, and shamelessly put the ugly thing in Cuiying's mouth, and Cuiying hated it and took the opportunity to bite it. Qi Hongfu was annoyed and angry, and his hatred rose, relying on the fact that he was the chief of the grain, and he had the privilege of committing miscellaneous capital crimes and paying money to atone for his sins. recklessly pulled out a dagger he carried with him and stabbed it viciously into Cuiying's chest, and Cuiying remembered death on the spot.

After Cuiying's death, Qi Hongfu secretly buried Cuiying on the same day, and told Li Chengjiang's family that Cuiying died of a violent illness. Li Chengjiang and his wife naturally didn't believe in a good daughter, and they died of a violent illness just one day after arriving at Qi's house. The couple went to Qi's house to theorize and asked to see their daughter's body, how dare Qi Hongfu let them see Cuiying's body. Then they quarreled and scuffled, but how could Li Chengjiang and his wife, who were in their fifties, be the opponents of the Qi family, and injured Li Chengjiang with three punches and two kicks.

Li Chengjiang and his wife were wronged by this, so they could stop there, find someone to write a complaint, and sue Qi Hongfu to the state government.

At that time, the state yazhong was still covered by the Qi family, and the yamen only sent a servant to open the coffin and examine the body, and after a brief interrogation, it was put on the shelf, neither detaining the defendant nor trying it, and the result was delayed until Liang Wensheng took office.