Chapter 232: Unexpected
With Fan Yongdou's orders, the Fan Merchant House in Baoding Mansion was full of strength to compete with Wang Teng's caravan, who would have thought that the other party would not respond to the battle at all.
When the price of grain rose by 10%, Wang Teng's caravan was decisively stopped, so that the Fan family was in a dilemma.
Raise the price, in case Wang Teng refuses to follow up, he will only lose the silver in vain, but if the price is not raised, how can Wang Teng's silver be consumed?
The matter is so deadlocked, the grain merchants in Baoding Mansion have long heard the news of the two fighting methods, this price is released, the grain merchants do not buy it, they are still waiting for the final result.
Anyway, the grain is in your own hands, and when will it be sold is not your own business?
Wang Teng was not short of food, and the reason why he raised prices was to waste Fan Yongdou's silver and delay his transaction with the Jurchens.
At present, the grain merchants in Baoding are dragging their feet and refusing to sell, but they are in the arms of Wang Teng.
The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for Fan Yongdou.
Grain is transported from Baoding to the checkpoint, during which it has to pass through many states and counties, and these places need to be checked, which means that a lot of time is consumed.
Fan Yongdou has been delayed in Datong Mansion for too long, and the affairs of Baoding Mansion have been delayed for a long time, which directly affects the overall situation of Fan's grain collection.
In the final analysis, the Fan caravan lacked a man of his word, and whenever a major event occurred in various places, the steward of the merchant inn always did not dare to assert his opinions.
After the merchant inn reported the news to Fan Yongdou, the other party's first thought was: Wang Teng has no money!
It is precisely because Wang Teng has no money to raise the price that he will admit it!
At present, the price of grain in Baoding Mansion has only risen by one percent, and it stands to reason that there is no need for Fan's family to continue to raise prices, anyway, Fan Yongdou's intention is to consume Wang Teng's silver deposits, and at the same time, to buy grain at the lowest possible price.
As long as Wang Teng's silver is consumed, Fan's grain collection plan will have no opponent!
However, the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.
Fan Yongdou did not expect that there was a deviation in the affairs of Baoding Mansion: the grain merchants felt that the price of grain was too low and refused to sell grain!
The deadline for the transaction is only a month away, and it will be too late to gather grain.
At this time, Fan Yongdou realized that Wang Teng had premeditated.
Damn!
Wang Teng dragged it up, but Fan Yongdou couldn't afford it.
In desperation, Fan Yongdou had to raise the price by half percent, as expected, Wang Teng only followed up in time, and had no intention of raising it aggressively, so the local grain merchants thought that the business war was still continuing, so they still refused to send grain.
The reason is very simple, no one knows that food prices are going to rise, and they will not act early!
Fan Yongdou, who only suffered from hoarding grain, originally wanted to defeat Wang Teng in one fell swoop, but who would have thought that the grain merchants in Baoding would not cooperate at all.
This is good, if the grain merchants everywhere follow the example, then Fan Yongdou does not have to collect grain.
The soaring grain prices in Datong Mansion have already reached Baoding Prefecture, and the grain merchants have already discussed it countless times, and they agree that no one can make a move before the price peaks.
How good is that?
Fan Yongdou has never encountered such a thing, so if he continues to raise the price, won't he leave a very bad example for the rest of the place, and if he doesn't raise the price? Grain merchants don't sell grain!
The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable Fan Yongdou becomes.
The situation in Baoding is completely deadlocked, even Fan Yongdou can't think of a way, such a situation, right in the king's arms!
Anyway, Guang Ling already has enough silver, just spend it with Fan Yongdou, and see who can spend whom!
Seven days later, Fan Yongdou couldn't hold it anymore, and under the threat of overdue grain delivery, he had to raise the price again.
This time, Wang Teng did not follow up.
The grain merchants in Baoding Mansion thought that Wang Teng had lost his silver, so they recognized the reality at the moment, no longer waited, and sold their grain one after another, although they were not very satisfied, but compared with previous years, this was still an unexpected joy.
As a result, Fan Yongdou stole chickens and rice, and lost nearly 10,000 taels of silver again.
The grain was received, but the purpose of consuming Wang Teng was not achieved.
On this day, Wang Teng was exercising soldiers and horses in Lingqiu, and a group of uninvited guests suddenly came outside.
There were more than ten people visiting at the same time, and they were extremely familiar with each other, even if they entered Wang Teng's mansion, they were still calm and calm.
Wang Teng was a little confused, "I don't know what you are here for today?" ”
Several old and steady stewards smiled, "My lord, we are here to thank you."
"Oh? What am you grateful for? ”
"My lord, the proprietors of our family are grain merchants from all over the world, a few days ago, the lord and Fan Yong fought the law, we gained a lot of benefits, but let the lord lose a lot of silver, the proprietors felt that they couldn't go, so they asked me to wait to visit."
Wang Teng smiled dumbly, is there such a thing?
"Your proprietor is too polite, Fan Yongdou single-handedly manipulates the price of grain, which is extremely hateful, how can Wang sit idly by?"
"My lord is chivalrous, I am grateful, but the Fan family collects grain not only in Datong and Baoding, but also in the northern prefectures, I wonder if the adults will continue to shoot?"
Well, feelings are waiting for you here!
Wang Teng seemed to be smiling, "If Fan Yongdou is interested, I naturally won't make a move."
In other words, if Fan Yongdou didn't know whether he was alive or dead, Wang Teng would still make a move!
This is good news for grain merchants everywhere.
"My lord is really a bodhisattva's heart, this is my and other proprietor's thoughts, please smile!"
The gift list has already been prepared, but there is no chance to handle it.
At present, Wang Teng said that the stewards finally got a chance.
Wang Teng did not refuse, only to see that the words "silver thousand taels" were written on the gift lists of each family.
Good guys, when did the gift list get so heavy?
For a while, Wang Teng felt that the gift list was a little hot, there was a way to be courteous to people, and there must be something to ask for, and these grain merchants would never be untargeted.
"I'm afraid this gift list is a bit heavy, isn't it?"
The stewards shook their heads again and again, "My lord said that I laughed, compared to the kindness of my lord, this silver is only a drop in the bucket."
Wang Teng was silent, as if waiting for everyone to give a reasonable explanation.
After a long time, a steward finally broke the silence, "Don't worry, I don't have any plans, but I'm afraid that the adults don't have much money and can't fight with Fan Yongdou, so the proprietor let us send the silver, and the proprietor of my family also said that as long as the adult has a place for him, even if he speaks, our Jin family is duty-bound!" ”
"My lord, so is our Ma family"
"And the Fan family"
……
The stewards of the various families expressed their loyalty, but Wang Teng was caught off guard.
It's just a fight with Fan Yong, and there is even an unexpected joy.
After a while, Wang Teng had to smile and say: "Don't worry, I still have a lot of silver in my hand, enough to fight with the Fan family."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the appearance, they wished that Wang Teng would continue to raise the price of grain.
Many grain merchants have even made a decision, they are willing to free up the silver for the king, as long as Wang Teng is willing to continue to be the wicked!
Fan's power is big, there are too few people who dare to make him an enemy, and finally a character like Wang Teng has appeared, who doesn't want to hold on tightly? (To be continued.) )