Chapter 166: The Panicked Grain Merchant
Zhou Billy let Hua Tuo return to Hong Kong in person this time in order to participate in this grain price suppression station, but he also gave a guarantee for Hua Tuo's security, at present, the old Chinese have not yet left Liangguang, how can the intelligence network of the Liangguang Homeland Security Bureau also be perfected, so he can guarantee that the news will be released in three days. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It took three days to spread the news to all over the world, which was a great guarantee, and it can also be seen from this that Billy Zhou's intelligence network has been quite perfect.
After he finished the conversation at the Governor's Palace, he then released the news, and a large amount of grain was transported from the Hong Kong wharf, which first appeared in Xin'an County, and as the news spread more and more, the grain merchants also felt panicked.
For the Australians, their feelings are very complicated, they can't say they like it or they hate it, and they are even a little afraid, but only at sea, after all, it is not easy to defeat the Zheng family, and they still have little fear on land, after all, it is in the Daming territory, whether it is the government or the locality, they have an absolute advantage, there is no need to be afraid.
Part of the reason for the price increase comes from the consideration of Australians' need for food, and the other part is that with the arrival of immigrants, food is used more, so they feel that Australians are stupid and easy to earn, so they increase the price.
Of course, it is certain that there must be a gentry class involved in this, so there is a reason why officials in other places do not dare to take action.
At this time, I heard that the Australians had brought a large amount of grain, but it was not a small news for these grain merchants, if the Australians really exported grain like Daming, then the price of grain might fall, and then the grain they purchased would not be able to sell.
The common people are not stupid, they don't buy cheap ones, buy expensive ones, as for wanting the government to come forward, it is estimated that it is a little difficult, when the price was raised earlier, the government came forward to coordinate, hoping to lower the price a little but no one listened to the government, but now it is because I want the government to come forward.
However, this is only news, and no one has actually seen any grain shipped in, so the most important thing at this time is to send someone to investigate it in person, rather than selling grain at a low price immediately, and some shrewd businessmen have begun to slow down the speed of buying grain.
Hong Kong is not far away, it only takes a few days to know the situation, of course, the news is not only the grain merchants, but also the people and the government, the officials chose to remain silent, do not participate but do not ask, the governor of Liangguang Shen Youlong has long issued an order, all localities are not allowed to participate in this matter, the meaning is very obvious, that is, let the grain merchants and Australians themselves to do the opposite.
Maybe it was out of revenge, so Shen Youlong didn't decide to take care of it, in short, no one thought that this was an agreement between him and the Australians.
At the Victoria Pier in Hong Kong, two cargo ships with sails were docking towards the pier, and when the ship docked, the coolies waiting at the dock had already boarded the ship under the leadership of the crew and were ready to carry the goods off the ship.
There was no desire to be a teahouse and restaurant by the dock, and at this time, there were several men dressed as merchants, looking at the bags of goods carried down on the ship, and asked Xiao Er with interest.
"Little second brother, what is the Australian ship transporting, isn't there something new?"
The shopkeeper looked at a few men dressed as foreign businessmen, "Ladies and gentlemen, you don't know, this is rice, I heard that our rice market in Liangguang is good, and this Australian has transported local rice to sell thousands of miles away." ”
"Rice, Australia, can still make money when it is transported thousands of miles away."
The inquirer was a little incredulous.
"The shopkeeper didn't care, didn't the guest officer know the current grain price market, this Australia is located in the south of the South Seas, it is said that the four seasons are like spring, the rice is ripe three times a year, the price is much lower than ours, before I didn't ship here because I couldn't earn a few dollars, now the price of grain has risen, as long as they sell a little lower than the local grain, they can earn a lot."
Looking at the inquirer, the person didn't seem to believe it, and Xiao Er pointed to a rice shop in front of him, "Look there, Australians have started selling it in the past few days, and the price is 30 yuan lower than our local grain, so everyone who heard the news has already lined up to buy it." ”
"In the past few days, no less than 10 truckloads of grain have been transported in a row, and it is said that they are going to sell it to other towns in our two cities and towns after the grain is piled up in the warehouse."
While introducing the situation, the little second brother looked at those who bought cheap food with some envy, if he didn't go to work by himself today, he would have to go over to buy a few dozen catties to save.
The words of the shopkeeper made the expressions of several people a little ugly, it seems that this rumor is not groundless, this Australian sells grain to Liangguang, doesn't the governor care?
The most important thing now is to understand how much grain there is in the Australian granary, and to find out the location of the Australian granary.
A few people walked towards that side, and the shopkeeper entered the inner room after a few people left.
"Director, the matter has been completed, it's up to the second team."
This Xiaoer is not an ordinary shopkeeper, but the Homeland Security Agency, and this teahouse is also the property of the Homeland Security Agency.
Billy Zhou, who had a large amount of silver, went to these places and directly acquired a large number of restaurants and teahouses, which were the best places to collect intelligence in ancient times.
Billy Zhou looked at the figures in the distance, revealing a wicked smile, everything was going according to plan.
Before a few of the guys who came to inquire reached the warehouse gate, they were stopped by a group of security guards armed with black sticks.
"What the hell, the warehouse here is heavy, and the idle people can't wait to get close."
A few people could only nod their heads and say that they were just looking at it and didn't mean anything else, so they left, not forgetting to look inside the open door of the warehouse as they walked.
I saw that there were almost a room of sacks inside, if these were all rice, the impact on the market would indeed be great, of course, if they gave up entering just this point, then they would definitely not be able to pay the difference.
"Big brother, we might as well sneak in at night to take a look, these guards seem to be fierce, but they are not our opponents."
A young man dressed as a couple of merchants suggested to a man at the head of the group.
"Well, let's go back to the inn first, we're here tonight, but remember that we're just checking to see if there's food in it, and we don't care about the rest, and don't make more trouble, after all, Australians don't want to offend."
The man at the head seems to know some things about Australians, so he told a few people not to cause trouble.
(To be continued.) )