Zhuge Jin was taken aback.

He was ordered to go to Hebei to buy goods, and spent tens of millions of dollars, which is all that Jiangdong can turnover, and now the price of salt and paper on the market has fallen, what to do with these goods? What about tens of millions?

Zhuge Jin hurriedly went to Sun Quan to report the situation.

"Lord, lord..."

Zhuge Jin ran into the main hall.

Sun Quan was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot, walking around the hall, thinking hard about a good plan, bringing Zhuge Jin back, and hurriedly asked, "What about the batch of goods?" Brought them all back? ”

"With... Brought it back, but.... Zhuge Jin swallowed: "When the minister came back just now, I heard the people in the city talking that the price of paper and salt has fallen by ninety percent in the past few days. ”

"I'm worried about that." Sun Quan said: "According to my verification, the trend of price reduction started in Wu County, and then spread to Jianye. Strange to say, there was no warning beforehand, and no one reported to me about the situation in Wu County, and all of a sudden, the price was reduced. Now not only our Jiangdong, but also Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places have also lowered prices. ”

"It's strange..."

Zhuge Jin pondered for a long time and guessed: "Could it be that Cao Cao is doing something?" ”

Sun Quan said: "I also doubted Cao Cao. Because we have allied with Yuan Xi and obtained many benefits, it is not impossible for Cao Cao to look jealous and suppress us. But... Does Cao Cao have this strength? ”

"Strength?"

Zhuge Jin said: "Cao Cao should have this strength, he got Xiliang, and his strength has increased greatly." ”

Sun Quan shook his head and said, "Sir didn't understand what I meant. The price reduction in Wu County was provoked by some small traders, who had a large number of goods in their hands, and the price was very low. When I found out, I was really happy for a while, and I ordered someone to buy it from them with 10 million dollars. One is to buy them out and control prices. Second, I also want to make a profit. But I didn't expect that after selling 10 million yuan, they could still sell in large quantities. This directly led to the price reduction of all the paper and salt in the counties of Jiangdong.... ”

"What I want to say is that these small traders must have backers behind them, and they are not ordinary backers. Think about it, who can do it with tens of millions of goods? Even we can't do that, can we? ”

Zhuge Jin suddenly realized.

A face appeared in his mind, and this face was none other than Yuan Xi, the male lord of Hebei!

Only Yuan Xi has the ability to take out tens of millions of goods.

"Not only tens of millions of goods have appeared in Jiangdong, but also Yangzhou, Xuzhou... All these places add up, you think, how many goods are there? ”

"So, this matter was caused by Yuan Xi?" Zhuge Jin said.

"I'm not sure yet. It's just that there are only a handful of princes who can come up with so many goods. Cao Cao was the first, and then Liu Bei. Liu Bei is far away in Sichuan and Shu, and he can't reach it. And Cao Cao doesn't have such a strong strength, I think Yuan Xi is the biggest possibility. Sun Quan said.

Zhuge Jin thought about it.

This is too much like Yuan Xi's handiwork.

It's just why Yuan Xi did this?

"Could it be that Yuan Xi is ready to attack us?" Zhuge Jin said.

"In the past year, we have not only owned high-end products such as soap and perfume, but also built steam engine warships, and our strength has been greatly enhanced. Yuan Xi is reluctant to cheap us, which is also normal. ”

Zhuge Jin said: "If this is the case, things will be in trouble." We have all bought paper and salt, and the price of both things has been reduced, so how can we turn our capital? These are all the costs of shipbuilding. Now not only did he not make any money, but he also put tens of millions of dollars. ”

Sun Quan said: "I must find out who is targeting us." If it's Yuan Xi, I'll definitely ask him for an explanation. ”

...........

Sun Quan was angry and anxious.

The steam engine warship was developed by him with great effort, and now he has only built one, which requires a lot of financial support to create a huge number of naval forces.

Now the price of salt and paper has dropped, which undoubtedly cut off his livelihood.

No matter who is against him, he will not be restrained.

Sun Quan said viciously: "From now on, we must pay special attention to Yuan Xi and find out the conspiracy behind it." At the same time, the idea is to sell the goods that have been hoarded to minimize losses.

Zhuge Jin said: "I'm afraid it's not possible to sell goods, and the current price has been so low that only one of the original price remains." ”

"Then transport it to other places, such as Jingzhou, Yanzhou, Sili and other places. I don't believe it, all the world's Kyushu has been reduced in price. As long as there is no price reduction, we will hurry up. ”

"Perhaps..."

Zhuge Jin thought in his heart, and responded: "The minister will do it immediately." ”

...............

...............

Yanzhou.

Xuchang.

Cao Cao is also worried about the price reduction of paper and salt. Unlike Sun Quan, he did not worry about the price of salt and himself, but he was worried that the families from all over the world rushed to buy grain with him in order to recover the loss of business.

As a result, there was no food at all in Jingyan.

Cao Cao's plan to expand his strength and reorganize the armies of various states in a short period of time also fell through because of this incident.

Prime Minister's Office.

Sima Yi admonished: "The so-called outside must first be settled inside, and the families in Jingyan all over the country actually went against the prime minister and robbed the grain, and the prime minister couldn't let it go." The minister thought that he should give them a little color to see. ”

"No."

Cao Cao is still very afraid of the family.

Especially the Yingchuan family.

Since his uprising, he has given him too much help, and most of the strategists and generals under his command are also from Yingchuan. If their interests are to be infringed upon, the consequences are severe.

"It's really strange, who did this? How could the price of salt and paper suddenly drop in price? Cao Cao suddenly realized.

Sima Yi replied: "The root cause of the price reduction first came from Jiangdong, then Yangzhou and Xuzhou. But the minister thought that this Yuan Xi was a ghost, because only he could have this strength. Sun Quan just wanted to make a little money by relying on paper and salt, and he didn't have the courage to fight this kind of war of attrition with Yuan Xi. ”

"You're right."

Cao Cao also realized that everything was done by Yuan Xi.

Judging from the current situation, the lack of food in the imperial court has indeed affected him. But Yuan Xi and Sun Quan fought each other, causing Sun Quan to suffer heavy losses, and Yuan Xi also paid a certain price. That's not a bad thing for him.

"Yuan Xi and Sun Quan can be open-minded, what am I worried about? Let's grit our teeth, hold on, and see how long Yuan Xi and Sun Quan fight, it's best if they both lose. ”

Cao Cao took a deep breath, swallowed this terrible thing, and said, "You go and contact the major families, promise them some benefits, arrange for their children to join the government, and then discuss the matter of food with them." ”

"I understand."

Cao Cao has made the biggest concessions.

In the past, if the children of various families wanted to enter the office, they had to go through many assessments and have a very strong interpersonal relationship, but now as long as they help his family, their children can enter the office.

This was undoubtedly a boon to the family under his rule.