Li You and the shopkeeper Gao discussed the possibility of retaliation, and the other 16 large coal shops in the coal market also met in the lobby of the coal industry office, and discussed the issue of Taisheng coal shops disrupting the market for half an hour.

Although Ye Lao, the respected industry leader, was honored to be scolded by Li You in front of him as a shameless old thief (he should indeed feel honored and enjoyed the treatment of some first- and second-class officials of the dynasty), he endured humiliation at this time and said that he was willing to take into account the overall situation and not care about personal gains and losses. As long as the Taisheng Coal Shop can learn from its mistakes and abandon the wrong practice of selling coal at a low price, it can still be treated as a friendly peer.

Someone suggested: "If Taisheng Coal Shop continues to release coal at a low price, how about we get together the people to eat it?" All the friends of the sixteen families gather relatives and friends, and they can always call hundreds or thousands of people, even if they are restricted from purchasing, it is not a big problem to eat half of them, so as to reduce the outflow of low-priced coal and affect the market. ”

It's a pity that no one echoes this idea, first, the money is tight, and second, it seems unnecessary.

These big coal shops, usually have only two or three thousand taels of silver in their accounts (please see the officials don't automatically despise the gold millions), and they have spent seventy-seven or eighty-eight dollars to hoard coal, and they have no spare money to eat the coal of Taisheng Coal Shop.

You must know that according to the information inquired, the coal in Li You's hand is the output of a certain place in the north that has been backlogged for two months, at least three or four hundred thousand catties, and I don't know how much it is. If you want to take over and eat into the coal market, you don't mention the effort of breaking it into parts and turning it into a whole piece, and whether it will be recognized by Li You and refuse to sell it, I don't mention it, I just said that it will take at least about 5,000 taels to prepare for the purchase of silver.

Under normal circumstances, it would not be difficult for the sixteen families to come up with five thousand taels. Now all the families are already struggling with the silver, although they can make up 5,000 taels by gritting their teeth and digging out the family's funds, but everyone is not very motivated.

What's more, even if you eat all the coal sold by Taisheng Coal Shop, what is the point? No matter who the buyer is, the matter of "Taisheng Coal Shop selling coal at a low price" still happened and fell in the eyes and hearts of the people. Therefore, the proposal to sell coal from Taisheng Coal Shop was not resolved.

I have to say that Li You's status and potential forces are still very jealous of these shopkeepers. Sixteen shopkeepers discussed until dark before making a decision, and gave Taisheng Coal Shop two more days to make corrections!

In the end, Ye Lao's shopkeeper took the case, and said in a calm and loud voice: "From my point of view, Li You is also a person who has been an official. I've guessed that he must have deliberately bluffed so much in order to blackmail us for some advantage.

We can neither blindly take risks to deliberately provoke him, nor be intimidated by him to compromise, the main prevention between the two at present is the fear of surrender! Otherwise, let Li You succeed!

All bluffers are paper tigers! We will listen to his words and watch his deeds, and then we will see him for two more days! I don't believe that there are really people in this world who put money and don't make money, and specialize in losing money! ”

Ye Lao shopkeeper has been immersed in the coal market for more than 50 years, I don't know how many waves he has seen, his words penetrated into it, as if the dozen or so shopkeepers present took a reassuring pill and calmed down again

However, on the second and third days, that is, on the 17th and 18th of the lunar month, Taisheng Coal Shop continued to buy coal at a low price, and continued to maintain a daily amount of 40,000 catties.

As the news gradually spread, the number of people gathered outside the Taisheng coal shop increased day by day, and more than 10,000 people came to buy the 40,000 catties of coal on the 18th. The dense crowd blocked the area around the Taisheng coal shop.

Unfortunately, only 2,000 people were able to buy coal.

Just when the vast majority of people were disappointed, the shopkeeper Gao appeared, and he announced that from tomorrow, the number of sales per day would increase to 60,000 catties...,

The price remained unchanged and was still sold to the public at cost price, which immediately sparked cheers.

Standing in front of the crowd, the shopkeeper meditated on the few words taught to him by the owner, took a deep breath, and when the crowd had not dispersed, he suddenly pulled his voice desperately and began to shout hoarsely: "Listen, old and young masters!" My Taisheng coal shop is a conscientious coal shop! Coal shop with attitude! It is a coal shop for the people! Our owner said that our store has limited financial resources, but we are in the same boat with the people! It is better to fold the book than to collude with other profiteers to pollute and harm the people! ”

Speaking of which, thousands of approving eyes came to him, and the high shopkeeper was unconsciously excited, his face turned red, and he involuntarily added: "Let the profiteers all fucking die!" ”

The crowd once again erupted in a tsunami-like cheer, even more enthusiastic than the previous one.

Li You stood in the corner and watched, and then sighed to Han Zong, who was long-served: "The shopkeeper Gao is a little too hard, after all, he is a person who has never experienced a big scene. These voices are too contrived, too blunt, too rough, too straightforward, and lack a heavy bearing. ”

Han Zong said with a smile: "We little people just eat this set, and it may not be better than this if you go up in person, master." It's not that you're not as good as a high shopkeeper, it's really that the lord is in the way of decency, and he can't scold the street in front of everyone. ”

The momentum of Taisheng Coal Shop is tantamount to a blatant announcement that it will oppose the major coal shops to the end, and it is a blatant promise to continue to sell coal at a price far below the market.

These days are a critical period, and Li You sits in Taisheng Coal Shop every day. After watching the speech of the shopkeeper Gao, he returned to the inner courtyard, but heard a report that the shopkeeper Ye had visited again.

This made Li You quite surprised, and secretly thought, this old man's psychological quality is very strong, is he scolded like that and still has a face? So I was invited in.

The old shopkeeper had a calm face, and the words of the shopkeeper were like provocations, so he almost scolded him by name, making him very unhappy.

He saw Li You and said in a deep voice: "There has always been good-neighborliness and friendship between the coal market, and if there is a dispute, it will be resolved through consultation with the public office in a harmonious and frank manner, and there are few provocative moves. Today, the shopkeeper of your store has slandered the industry in public, which has seriously violated the convention of our coal industry! On behalf of other peers, Lao Yu protested to Li Daguan and urged Li Daguan to correct it in time! ”

Li You felt that he was in control of the victory, and he only looked forward to starting the war early and going home after the war before the New Year. Seeing that the old shopkeeper Ye kept talking, he was a little impatient, and said perfunctorily: "What the shopkeeper said is not wrong, there is nothing inappropriate." ”

Seeing Li You's obstinate appearance, the old shopkeeper said angrily: "Is it tolerable or unbearable!" There is a limit to the patience of our peers! Li Daguan is good at doing it himself. ”

Hearing this, Li You's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was full of energy, and he teased: "What if you can't help it? ”

Ye Lao's shopkeeper snorted: "I can't bear it, naturally I don't need to endure it anymore, sixteen peers are here to advise Li Daguan to restrain himself from the precipice!" ”

That's right, there should be one more sentence below! Li Youxing shouted excitedly: "You are delusional! ”

The old shopkeeper arched his hand and replied word by word: "Don't be unpredictable!" Farewell to the old decay! ”

Since Li You crossed, it was rare to encounter such a happy moment, and he smiled on the spot, and his tears were about to come out. It's a pity that there are "children are not fishes, but they don't know the joy of fish", and I don't know what Li Daguan is laughing at. Dancai's answers, what's so funny?

Ye Lao's shopkeeper boasts that he knows countless people and has a strong mood, but now he is also embarrassed by Li Daguan's laughter, is he really making a big joke? But the cruel words have been released, and no matter how much he talks, it seems that he is not strong enough to be strong and not have the confidence to do anything, so he had to resolutely turn around and leave. …,

Leaving the Taisheng Coal Shop, Ye Lao's shopkeeper once again convened the remaining fifteen shopkeepers and stewards to gather at the coal market office to discuss the plan.

Someone said impassionedly: "We endure again and again, but the Taisheng coal shop has been obsessed and hopeless, and now we can't continue to be weak and inactive!" ”

Another person put forward an opinion: "When it comes to the affairs of the coal industry, we are not afraid of him; But when it comes to power, we are indeed inferior to Li You. Why don't you ask the Ouchi father-in-law to come forward? ”

The shopkeeper Ye who was sitting in the middle heard the words and said, "Not for the time being." First, those fathers-in-law were insatiable, and this time they begged them to help, not knowing how much benefit they would have to ask for, so they could not ask them to come forward without asking them to come forward.

But don't worry, if the time comes, they will come to help us, after all, they will throw in no less money than we do—they will be in a hurry. If we go to invite, we will inevitably lose the initiative. ”

"The old-timers have a point!" Someone shouted in agreement.

Shopkeeper Ye continued: "Besides, that Li You's eyes are above the top, and I heard that he is also a domineering person in the court. Even if he invited his father-in-law to come, Li You might not be afraid, or out of fame

Even if he pretends to be a gesture, he can't back down to his father-in-law, and he won't compromise unless he is forced into a predicament.

So it is not a good opportunity to ask the father-in-law to come forward at this time. ”

Shopkeeper Ye's words, everyone was very convinced, "Then according to the words of the old-timers, let's start first?" ”

"Not bad! Starting tomorrow, we will officially start selling coal, which is four cents per catty, and no one is allowed to reduce the price, and we can sell as much as we can! "Shopkeeper Ye is categorical.

There was a lot of discussion in the audience. If you want to sell, of course you can sell it, they hoarded four million catties of coal just to sell it at a high price.

Originally, the plan was perfect, but suddenly a Li You, a large number of coal sold at a low price of two cents every day, and kept demagoguery, which added a lot of variables, who dares to guarantee that after they start selling coal at the same time, the price can hold at a high level?

What's more, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and with Li You, the external reason that stirs up the market, who dares to guarantee that other companies will not be psychologically fragile and unable to stand up, in order to quickly recover silver, and open a bad precedent of price reduction promotion?

I don't know who sighed a few times and proposed: "Sooner or later, the coal in Li You's hand will be sold out, otherwise we will wait for him to stop singing, and then start selling coal in peace?" ”

The old shopkeeper Ye looked around and took in everyone's expressions, "We can't wait any longer, with the inventory of Taisheng Coal Shop, selling tens of thousands of catties a day can last for at least six or seven days." If we continue to wait and see, when he finishes selling the goods, it will happen to be the New Year, and how will we sell coal at that time? If you don't get it right, you have to continue to hoard, continue to press it in your hands, and wait until the chaos in Xishan subsides, then there will be greater variables, so time is running out, we don't have time to wait for Li You to sell out! Tomorrow must start, and of course it can't make Li You comfortable! ”。 ）

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