The so-called "defeat is like a mountain", this can also describe the sudden collapse of grain prices in Yangzhou City.

Since the Lantern Festival, the price of grain has soared from 300 wen per stone to 20 wen per stone on February 11, an increase of nearly 70 times; However, since the appearance of more than 50 cargo ships loaded with grain on the wharf, the price of grain has suddenly returned to more than 20 days ago, or even lower.

On the dock, Su You and Zhou Shengli joined forces with Zhang Zhenzhou in Laiyanbei, but the battle for grain obviously continued.

With the entry of a large amount of grain into the market, grain prices have fallen rapidly, and with it, the collective collapse of all commodity prices, and all kinds of coupons, which were originally like fragrant and gluttonous, have suddenly become hot potatoes.

Contrary to the situation of the previous days, things are now cheap and can be bought for less; However, the massive amount of bills that have accumulated in the bank's ticket number are all in the period of shortage, half of which are purchased by themselves at a high price, and the other is pledged by the debtors at a higher price.

Either way, the cost of obtaining these tickets is much higher than the current prices.

The proprietor behind the scenes had to order the shopkeepers to reduce the selling price of the tickets below the price level, but the people no longer admitted it and stopped buying these tickets! They think that the price will continue to fall, and they will naturally hold the currency for purchase and no longer use a penny.

The question is, after more than 20 days of tossing, do the common people who have spent a lot of money just to buy high-priced grain still have money in their hands at the moment?

The answer is plausible.

Yes or no, for they did have money in their hands, but it was all usury borrowed from pawnshops and ticket numbers; At the beginning, they ran out of their own money, so they could only borrow the ticket number from the bank.

Of course, the money bank ticket number is not a charity, and in addition to charging high interest, they also need various tickets as collateral. At that time, when prices were soaring and tickets were in high demand, the money bank and ticket number were very happy to eat these cheap tickets; They believe that as prices change with each passing day, their wealth can also grow dramatically.

It's just that they don't know what it means to "settle in the pocket", and anything can happen if the ticket does not turn into silver and the money in the pocket. Now the price of the ticket has plummeted, and the wealth of the money bank ticket number has also shrunk sharply, and the bosses behind the scenes are anxious; The leaders in front of the stage are even more like sitting on a needle carpet.

Yuan Shangwu, who had just vomited blood, put them back together, and calculated how to pass the level, and finally decided to start from two aspects.

On the one hand, he urged the people to repay the money as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he put pressure on those businesses that sold them to redeem the tickets at the original price, in short, to turn the tickets in their hands into cash.

But contrary to expectations, these two methods are useless.

Now the common people are not stupid, since those mortgage coupons are worthless now, it is better to redeem those worthless mortgages with the money in hand, it is better to directly repay the accounts, keep the money, and don't want those more and more cheap coupons.

After the first scoundrel appeared, other ordinary people in Yangzhou City immediately followed suit and relied on their accounts.

There is really no way to do it with the pawnshop and ticket number, because the value of the collateral has always been much higher than the money lent out, so there has always been a saying of "two clearances at maturity", that is, the printed money with collateral, if it is not repaid when it expires, it does not need to be repaid; But the collateral belongs to the creditor, which was originally a trick to exploit the debtor, but who knows that at this time it has become a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

As for the shops that issue tickets, it is even more impossible to ask them to use the original issue price to buy back the tickets that are now equivalent to waste paper.

Because it is clearly written on the back of the ticket - "once sold, it will not be redeemed", and "if there is a different opinion, the right of interpretation belongs to the store".

After Yuan Shangwu heard the news of the feedback from the stores, he could only slap the table and shout angrily: "If you don't redeem it, then it's all cashed in, let's finish it together!" ”

The merchants really can't cash it, but their dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water, and they have resisted, "Our money has bought food stamps, and now there is no money and no goods, if you force it tightly, it is a big deal that we will go bankrupt, and the coupons in your hands will have to become waste paper at that time!" Let's finish it together! ”

In the face of the scoundrels of the common people and various businesses, the owner of the money bank ticket number has become a vulnerable group of consciousness, and they are helpless to face the reality that they can't even recover the cost of the point.

The facts have become the facts, and this is the case.

Yuan Shangwu looked at Miao Haichao and the others, who were restless, and didn't know how to explain for a while, he didn't insist on going his own way at the beginning, he had to wait until it rose to twenty yuan per stone before selling the grain, why did it turn out to be like this?

The shopkeepers of several small money houses and small grain shops naturally didn't dare to accuse Yuan Shangwu of being arbitrary, but they could only turn to Miao Haichao with a sad face, "Shopkeeper Miao, you can think of a way, all our belongings are pressed, but we can't just turn into nothing." ”

"Yes, we didn't want to do anything with them at the beginning, just join the ticket management committee quickly, but now we have lost our wife and soldiers, which is really a big loss."

"Who said before that there is strength in numbers? It seems that there is some truth in the fact that the people do not fight with the officials. ”

The loser is like this, they don't think about how to solve it, but they start to complain that the original decision-makers Yuan Shangwu and Zhang Mo are here, the problem is that Zhang Mo was also killed on the spot by Zhao Xin who absconded in fear of crime.

Then, now only Yuan Shangwu can carry the matter.

Yuan Shangwu was originally a very well-cultivated person, and he also had his own self-esteem, but these days he has been deflated by Su You's hands, and now after listening to their gossip, he couldn't help but slap the table again, "Enough!" Shut up for me. ”

Yuan Shangwu is the representative of the Yuan clan and the eldest son of Shi Ling in the current dynasty, everyone here may not believe him anymore, but they are still shocked by his momentum and quiet.

Yuan Shangwu inspected everyone's faces, and said with an ugly face, "When I Yuan Shangwu arrived in Yangzhou that day, everyone was eager to kneel and lick before they stopped. At the beginning, because I ate a luncheon from Su You and was forced to donate by him, you were dissatisfied with him. I also decided to go against him because he killed my third brother, but this is just a gamble, buy and leave, win or lose, it is my own choice. I only ask one last question, why bother in the first place if you knew today? ”

After listening to Yuan Shangwu's question, everyone looked at each other, and their faces were full of shame.

"Now the situation is reversed, we have lost, Su You has won, and this is the final result. Are you and I gathered here just to complain to each other? With this in mind, why don't you discuss what we should do next, how about it? Yuan Shangwu sighed again, said expressionlessly, and aggravated his tone as he spoke, "Don't think I'm changing the topic, I will definitely not evade the responsibility!" ”

Miao Haichao listened to Yuan Shangwu's words, and looked at everyone You look at me, I look at you, and he didn't have the heart to speak at all, so he carefully suggested to Yuan Shangwu, "I think that the bell still needs to be tied to the bell, and it can only be resolved with the Jingluo." ”

Yuan Shangwu nodded, and said with a wry smile, "Resolving is just a decent statement, in fact, I still have to ask him for guilt, and it is he who can't resolve it, as the eldest grandson of the Yuan family, naturally I can't do such a shameful thing."

Miao Haichao echoed, "Indeed, the identity of the son is much higher than him, and when he came to visit, he did not match the etiquette, and he stopped smiling." It starts with me, or I'll end with it. ”

Yuan Shangwu nodded in affirmation, but did not speak again, and the rest of the people once again put their hopes on Miao Haichao.

Miao Haichao left the table first, leaving everyone's backs somewhat lonely.

When Miao Haichao rode a fast horse to Su You's official residence on the dock, Xiao Jiu directly blocked his frame, and said with a dark face, "It's time to get off work now, and the envoy is reuniting with his wife at this time, do you have an appointment?" If you don't have a reservation, please come back, right? ”

Miao Haichao originally lowered his posture, and he also knew that the king of Hades was so difficult to mess with the little ghosts, so he had to lower his posture again and said, "Trouble little brother, there is really a big matter, it is related to the turmoil of Yangzhou City."

"I said, why are you so unreasonable? How can people who don't take breaks work? How can a person who does not cherish his wife and children cherish the people under his rule? These are the exact words of the scriptural envoy! Xiao Jiu shook his head and recited Su You's quotations.

Miao Haichao immediately offered a large handful of silver beans with interest, so that he could ask him to be accommodating.

Xiao Jiu cushioned the heavy bag of silver in his hand, and said angrily, "Wait, I'll ask you." Then he turned and walked inside.

Miao Haichao waited left and right and didn't see Xiao Jiu returning, and wanted to break into the door, but he knew that his 180 catties of meat was really not enough to guard the door and chop it off with a few knives; He was extremely irritable at this time, but he could only wait patiently.

After waiting for more than a moment, Xiao Jiu came out again, and said with a gloomy face, "The envoy is having a banquet with the shopkeepers of Dongdu Qianzhuang and Qijun Qianzhuang at this time, and now I am afraid that I will not have time to receive you, or you should leave the post first, and he will definitely receive you first when he is free." ”

When Miao Haichao heard this, he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood in his mouth.

At the beginning, he and the shopkeeper of Qijun Qianzhuang and the shopkeeper of Dongdu Qianzhuang were all guests of Mai Tiecane, but now?

He was still a guest, but he couldn't even get in the door, and this result was obviously because he chose the wrong person when he stood in line.

Miao Haichao shook his head and hugged Xiao Jiu, "Thank you for your trouble." Then he turned and left.

Xiao Jiu gave him a piece of advice in time, "Go back and tell your host that Yangzhou Mansion is now the world of the envoy, and if you still want to mix here, let him obediently come over with his tail between his legs and report!" Goodbye to you! ”

Miao Haichao was insulted by Xiao Jiu, and the resentment in his heart could only be held back, if it weren't for Su You's connivance, why would this guy be so rude?

In the final analysis, Su You was angry at his betrayal that day, or perhaps, he wouldn't care about such a little person as himself at all.

Anyway, the slap in the face came too quickly.