When the other four grain merchants saw that someone had taken the lead, they had no choice but to follow up.

"For the sake of Anhua's survival, I am also willing to reduce the price by 30%!"

"I will descend, I will descend," ,,,

Li Anshi saw that they took the initiative to reduce the price, and the price reduction was as much as 30%, which was a lot, and the temper that was about to explode just now did not attack for a while, after all, these people are also people with hands and eyes, and the family power is not small,

Now the thieves are outside the city, all the word "stability" is the head, if the trouble is out of control, the consequences are unpredictable, or just look at the reaction after the price reduction, and then make a decision.

Li Anshi weighed left and right, and thought that it was the only way.

So Li Anshi told them the righteousness of the family and the country again, and they naturally nodded straight to each other, and almost didn't hug each other's heads and cry to express their infinite feelings for the Ming court and the people.

But when they turned their heads, as soon as they came out of the mansion, they couldn't help but spit at the stars.

"Hmph, Lao Tzu risked his life, what is the reason for staying in Anhua, you are your official, I earn my money, our well water does not interfere with river water, why do you want me to be that living Bodhisattva!"

"Yes, I was left here by my uncle, not to make more money, if the city can be defended, we will naturally make a lot of money, the city can't be defended, we will send some gold and silver money and food to the rice fat king Lao Jun, and then wear a high hat, the rice fat king can not spare our lives! When the time comes, we will not live at ease all the same! ”

"That is, whether the city can be defended or not, what does it matter to us, is it difficult for us to let go of the money we have and not make money, so what are we staying here for!"

The five grain merchants all gathered together and scolded Li Anshi, but scolding and scolding, what should be done in the end, this must always come up with a countermeasure, just now it was forced by the situation, and promised to reduce the price by 30%, whether this is down or not!

In the end, they are mixed with the sea of business, and their minds are slippery than loaches, and they immediately negotiated a plan, that is, the light descends and the dark rises!

What is the light and the dark rise, that is also simple, the price I will give you a three-percent reduction, but I will mix two or three percent of the old grain in the grain, and then a limited supply,

In this way, even if the common people find out that there is a problem with the food and want to make a noise, but they are queuing up behind, and the people who are willing to accept this kind of food will urge the noisy person, he doesn't want it, naturally someone wants it, in this case, the noisy person has to accept it.

In this way, Li Anshi had nothing to say, the people were appeased, and he did not suffer a loss, and even because he could sell the old grain that was almost thrown away as new grain at a good price, which made more money!

Such a "good idea" naturally won their unanimous approval, they are all big grain merchants, who have no old grain in their warehouses, and just this time they took it out as shoddy.

Sure enough, the next day they did just that, and the people were a lot more happy when they saw that the price had dropped by 30% compared to yesterday.

Take this wheat as an example, it just started to rise from one tael or eight dollars a stone, and every time it rose, the people were angry to death, and now, it has risen to six taels of silver and one stone, and I don't know how many times I have been angry.

But today from the six taels of silver to four taels of silver, the people are very happy, just like picking up a big bargain, many people are still there to show off, saying that yesterday almost bought a few buckets back, so close not to buy ah, really lucky!

The people behaved like this, completely forgetting that the wheat had risen from one or two or eight dollars of silver, and even if the price was reduced by three percent, it would still have more than doubled!

Anyway, no matter what, the people's grievances for many days have also disappeared a lot, and when they heard about the limited supply, they all honestly queued up to buy food.

"Hey, no, why is there some old grain in this grain, this look is mixed with old grain!"

The first person to buy the grain was shouting loudly, trying to ask the shopkeeper for an explanation.

The shopkeeper had long known that there would be such a question, and replied in a deep voice: "Little brother, you don't make sense, as the old saying goes, the tree has dead branches, the clan has beggars, so much grain, and a few grains are almost, that's also human nature, just say that on your head, there is black hair, can't you still find a few white hairs?" ”

The man was speechless by the shopkeeper.

At this time, the people queuing up at the back saw that there was indeed stale grain in it, but because the proportion was not very large, it was probably about two percent, and it was not completely unacceptable, after all, the bastard can also eat it.

It is better to buy these grains than to buy the six taels of silver and one stone yesterday, and it is better than starving to death without food!

You see, at this time, as soon as the price drops, the people will make excuses for themselves and comfort themselves, which is not admirable.

"Young man, everyone is waiting, if you don't buy it, then let it be for me, and I'll buy it."

"yes, yes, everyone is waiting to go home and cook, if you don't buy it, don't be crooked." ，，，

When the man saw this, he was also helpless, so he had to admit it, pay the money, and carry the grain home.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper also had to admire his owner, and sure enough, every move of the people, thinking about it, was in the owner's imagination, and he didn't have to say anything, and the people themselves solved the matter.

Li Anshi, who was inspecting the defense affairs at the head of the city, heard the report and knew that the grain merchants in the city had really reduced the price by 30% as agreed, and the common people were all queuing up to buy grain, and there was no chaos, so he was also happy in his heart.

I thought that when things slowed down, I would put pressure on those grain merchants to lower their prices again.

"General Wang, when do you think this thief will launch a siege? Why haven't you seen any movement this morning? ”

Wang Tianbao was also puzzled when he heard this, he had been waiting for a long time, but there was no movement, and he didn't know what tricks the gang of thieves were doing.

"This ,,, the ,,, general can't understand why this group of thieves didn't attack the city, but it's a pity that we haven't fought with this thief, and we don't know what their details and tactics are, so it's hard to judge."

Li Anshi looked at the tiger army outside the city again and said, "Do you think they are still waiting for other horses?" Or are you waiting for siege engines? ”

Wang Tianbao thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, they look like there are more than 10,000 people, there should be no shortage of people and horses, and then there is a few cannons that the last general saw yesterday, so there is no shortage of siege equipment, this is not lacking, naturally there is no need to wait for these." ”