In the early morning after a spring rain, the sky of the capital is as clear as a pure blue illusion, and a melodious pigeon whistle swept over the sky of the alleys in the city.

He had just opened his shop when several people with birdcages approached, one of them with a flattering look on his face.

"Xiao Qizi, what's the matter, what is the price today, give me a letter!"

Sure enough, it was a few people who gambled on the price of coal in the teahouse, which was only three days of work, and the coal price was forced from 17 Wen to 11 Wen two briquettes, okay, one is less than 6 Wen, here the joint number and Huayang are betting on the price of coal, comparing who can not hold it first, over there, the men in the teahouse have begun to bet on each other, betting on how much they can fall today.

People are idle, they have to find something to do for themselves, there are not many people in the capital, there are many idlers, hundreds of thousands of people in the inner city will eat the imperial grain, and they will have nothing to do except the birds, although the silver is barely enough to wrap their stomachs, but it does not prevent them from drinking tea in the teahouse, chatting, and by the way, gambling a few small money.

"A few masters, I'm just a guy, I know that kind of thing!"

Zhou Qi, who knew that these masters couldn't afford to recruit him, hurriedly laughed with him, and was laughing with him, but he watched the shopkeeper walk out and hang the wooden sign on the wall, "Ten Wen and two pieces!" ”！

Okay!

It's down again!

Looking at the price of coal, those masters suddenly became happy, and this time they might be able to kill and injure blood again.

"Dad, the price of coal has dropped again!"

At the intersection, he was frying the afterlife of the oil fruit, and shouted at the father who cut the noodles.

"I know, I still have one or two hundred catties of coal at home, don't rush to buy it! Maybe I can break five cents this time! ”

As soon as his words fell, the guests on the side immediately responded.

"But no, this price can be lower, I estimate, that is, five or six days of hard work, you can show who can't hold it first!"

"Hey, if it drops to a penny and a catty, old Xutou, you have to make a few thousand catties, this fried fruit costs coal!"

"No, I'll have to wait!"

People's hearts are always like this, chasing up and down, chasing when rising, always thinking that it will be lower when it falls, but some people can wait, some people can't wait, this family is always inseparable from coal, this is not over there Xu Ji Coal Store just opened, someone came to buy coal, maybe when you get up in the morning, the coal at home will be burned.

Lump coal, honeycomb coal, every coal bank is like this, from the opening will sell non-stop, after all, the price is cheap, although the business is good, but in the various coal shops from the shopkeeper to the guy, but there are few can be happy up The price is too cheap, selling a pound will lose a few pennies, such a loss-making business, who can be happy.

"Owner, it's only been half a day's work, and there are more than 6,000 catties of coal on our number, and today one day, at least 20,000 catties will be put aside, and when the winter defense is over, it's only this number!"

In the back room of Xu Ji Coal Company, the shopkeeper's words made Xu Liyuan's brows locked.

"The price of this coal is low, so naturally there are many people who buy it,"

It's not that the current price is like picking it up for nothing, and there are naturally more people buying it. The more people who can buy, the more they will lose in the industry, 20,000 catties, that is not a loss of dozens of taels of silver, and the loss is not much, but Xu Ji is a trumpet, so it is not a matter of losing so much.

"Owner, there is not much coal stored on our number, and the coal that can be bought every day is only a few thousand catties, and if we continue to sell it like this, we will have no coal to sell on our number!"

"Don't worry about it so much, sell it like yesterday, I'll go to Yanzihao to see it today!"

Xu Liyuan said, and the person went out of the house, looking at the buyer of the briquettes that were moving to the car, there was no trace of joy on his face, a briquette is a loss of a few pennies, and if it goes on like this......

"If it goes on like this, it won't work! Li Dongjia! ”

In the cabinet room of Yanzihao, more than a dozen owners of small coal banks complained there.

"It's not, it's all five cents now, not to mention wrapping the book, even the coal can't be bought, and a briquette will cost more than four cents!"

"Not really! If we continue to sell like this, even if we want to sell it, we have to have coal! ”

"I have more than 10,000 catties this time, but I only pull more than 2,000 catties of coal, even if it is mixed with soil, it is not enough for 3,000 catties, what a way!"

"Everyone, listen to me!"

In the midst of everyone's complaints, Liu Zhiwen waved his hand.

"Since Huayang entered this coal shop, he has not obeyed the rules, if we don't give him some color, will we have our days in the future? If he retreats now, it will only make him look down on us, and in the future, he will stick our neck in the coal mine, and this business will come to an end, everyone says that this is not the case! ”

Liu Zhiwen's words silenced the people who were originally complaining, everyone knew that he was telling the truth, but even if it was the truth, so what? Now it's a way to sell a pound and lose half a pound, and no one can bear this kind of business.

"But now there is not much coal on each number, what should I do?"

"Didn't you transport Kaiping coal from Tianjin, and the big guys will share some of it! Kaiping coal is cheaper, we can lose less, isn't it ......"

Before Yang Shuren's words were finished, someone on the side continued to complain.

"Kaiping coal is cheap, but the smoke can choke a person, less mixing is enough, and if you mix more, this signboard will be smashed!"

"It's not, business, without the signboard, who wants our coal!"

When everyone complained, Li Tingyu's brows were tightly locked, smoking cigarettes one by one, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it, what was wrong?

"If not!"

Li Tingyu, who broke the silence, looked at everyone and forced a smile to say.

"Our 27 tubas have been discussed yesterday, and each family has taken out 500 taels to supplement each number, everyone see, how about this?"

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Li Tingyu can only do this, five hundred taels is not much, and it is evenly distributed to the heads of each trumpet, that is, more than one hundred taels, but it can also keep those trumpets from dying down.

As soon as Li Tingyu said this, a trumpet like Xu Liyuan was naturally speechless, a family of more than 100 taels, that was enough to lose a few days, since the trumpets were so "benevolent and righteous", they naturally couldn't say anything.

Li Tingyu, who relied on the help of the tuba to temporarily stabilize the morale of the army, did not relax, and as soon as everyone left, he immediately pulled Yang Shuren and asked.

"How is it, brother, how is the Huayang over there in the past two days?"

"What else can I do, it's not the same as a few days ago, the coal pulling style is rotating around the city all day long, and you can't sell much coal, you say this is evil enough, we sell sixty or seventy thousand catties of coal a day, this is about to catch up with the winter defense, this is really the people to pick up when it is cheap."

Yang Shuren said casually on the side, even if it was the winter defense before the winter in previous years, the business could be so lively, in the spring, it was often the worst time of the year, and the people's homes almost still had some winter coal storage, and they originally thought that the coal could not be sold much, so naturally it would not be much lost, but who would have thought that the coal sold was about to top the winter preparation at the beginning of winter.

"This coal is cheap, they will naturally buy it!"

Li Tingyu sighed, and when he smoked the dry tobacco pouch in his mouth, his brows frowned, and there was no trace of joy at all.

"How much coal does the Huayang enter the city every day these days?"

"There are fewer and fewer people entering the city, look at it like that, it looks like it won't last a few days!"

Yang Shuren's answer made Li Tingyu breathe a sigh of relief, as long as Hua Yang couldn't hold it.

"There are so many mines, hundreds of thousands of catties of coal are produced a day, and he can only swallow it in his stomach now if he knocks out his teeth!"

After thinking for a moment, Li Tingyu looked at Shu Shuren and said.

"Now the silver in his hand can last almost a month and a half, for a while, and he can't tell the winner, so we can't take it lightly!"

"What about the price?"

Yang Shuren was shocked again when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"If the price is not reduced, and then it will be lowered, everyone in all walks of life will definitely complain, let's see if Huayang will reduce the price first!"

Li Tingyu said this, but the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, what was wrong? Isn't the price of Huayang also reduced? But why do you always feel like something is wrong?

Li Tingyu, who was uneasy in his heart, thought for a long time before he looked at Yang Shuren and asked.

"You say, this Tang Ziran, who bought so much coal in one day, where is it now? Isn't it all on the mine? ”

"Pressing on the mine, I think it's unlikely, I've seen it, this mine is not less than the past coal trucks every day?"

"And where is all the coal?"

Standing up suddenly, Li Tingyu's face suddenly became ugly:

"It's not good, let's let Tang Ziran play!"

As he spoke, he stood up suddenly, as if he suddenly understood, looked at Yang Shuren and said loudly:

"Quick, hurry up and check, find out where Tang Ziran transported the coal!"

Yang Shuren was confused when he heard the opposite, what is going on?

"Brother Li, this, why is this?"

Looking at Yang Shuren with a puzzled expression, Li Tingyu let out a long sigh, and his face was full of regret.

"Then Tang Ziran didn't want to fight with us at all, Huayang is fighting with us on the surface, but in private, maybe the coal will be sold somewhere, if I expected it to be good, now Tianjin must also have a business with Huayang, if that's the case, let's really let that kid play!"

(This recommendation vote is also not powerful, the big guy gives some motivation to be speechless, there are big recommendation votes in hand, you might as well vote for this recommendation vote to speechless, thank you!) ）