In the early morning of the next day, Ye Shi slowly walked into the flower hall with a small purple sand teapot, and just ate more for breakfast, just taking advantage of the time to consume food.

"Has Tong Fang come back?"

After taking a sip of tea to moisten his throat, Ye Shi asked the housekeeper beside him.

"Back to the old man, Master Tong went to the Chamber of Commerce early in the morning, and the time should be almost back."

The old butler replied respectfully.

Ye Shi nodded, picked up the teapot and took another sip, at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and Ye Shi looked back and saw that it was his henchman Tong Fang.

Tong Fang is in his thirties, not tall, and has an ordinary appearance, but he is extremely capable of doing things, and he is Ye Shi's most effective assistant in the business field.

However, Tong Fang, who is quite orderly on weekdays, has a trace of anxiety on his face today.

"Big shopkeeper!"

Tong Fang walked into the flower hall, calmed down, and called Ye Shiyi.

Seeing that his face was not good, Ye Shi frowned and said, "What's the matter, it's not going well?" ”

"Isn't it going well?"

Tong Fang stomped his feet and said: "Yesterday I have negotiated with the shopkeepers of the major chambers of commerce, and I will continue to sweep the goods at twice the price yesterday early this morning, but when I drove the cart to sweep the goods this morning, several big shopkeepers have changed!" ”

"What, hexagram?"

Ye Shi frowned, and asked worriedly, "Those shopkeepers went back on their word?" Or has it been bought by Xu Rui? ”

Tong Fang shook his head and said, "It's not that Xu Rui bought it, it's just that Xu Rui started sweeping the goods at twice the price of us early this morning!" ”

"This ......"

Ye Shi was stunned when he heard this: "The price we gave is not low, hasn't he doubled the price of us several times inside and out?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?"

Tong Fang sat down beside Ye Shi and said, "Big shopkeeper, originally we expected that the price of grain would rise by up to three percent, but who would have thought that the price of grain would skyrocket three times as soon as the market opened today!"

Food is the foundation of all things, as long as the price of food rises, other things will definitely rise, and the industrial raw materials we want to buy have also risen to varying degrees.

The price we paid last night didn't have much advantage, but Xu Rui's side seemed to be determined to win, and those mercenary shopkeepers naturally went to his door one after another! ”

"What, the thing has already been sold to Xu Rui?"

Ye Shi suddenly got up and asked in shock.

Tong Fang shook his head: "Fortunately, I went early, and I intercepted the things before they were sold to Xu Rui, and the price was twice as high as Xu Rui!" ”

"It's okay......"

Hearing that the things had not been sold to Xu Rui, Ye Shi's face looked a little better, and he sat back quietly.

Tong Fang was anxious in his heart, and approached Ye Shidao: "Big shopkeeper, although we have won today's goods, but in addition, the cost of hoarding raw materials before has exceeded 40 million taels, and we are almost out of money!" ”

Ye Shi raised the teapot and took a sip, nodded and said, "I know, according to the prince, Xu Rui should only have less than 10 million taels left in his hand

He hoarded a large amount of grain yesterday and raised the price of grain, and nine times out of ten he has lost his old capital, and this time he threatened to bid twice as much to sweep the goods, which must be to release false news to put pressure on us.

In this way, while we are scanning the goods on the market, we will put out some of the raw materials we have hoarded before, and use other channels to mark a high price, which is twice as high as our sweeping, and see if he dares to take it! ”

When Tong Fang heard this, he immediately felt that it was feasible, and added: "Shopkeeper, we still have to be prepared, in case Xu Rui really finds a countermeasure there, we have to have a way to counter him." ”

Ye Shi nodded and said, "These days, let you contact Jiangnan Qianzhuang, can there be any results?" ”

Tong Fang said: "The people I met with the prince's post will naturally have a good result, the major money houses in Jiangnan have promised to borrow from us, with a total of more than 40 million taels!" ”

Ye Shi said with a smile: "Jiangnan has been a rich land since ancient times, and those salt dealers can come up with so much money, and they don't know how many black-hearted things they have done behind their backs, but now that we can have this money, we don't have to be afraid of what tricks Xu Rui will play!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a guy suddenly rushed to outside the flower hall.

"Master, master, no...... Oh no! ”

The guy had just come from the bazaar, and when he entered the flower hall, he immediately held on to the wooden door and gasped for air.

Seeing him like this, Ye Shi was disgusted in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Something happened, say it quickly!" ”

The guy finally took a breath, and said to the two in a panic: "Master, shopkeeper Tong, it's not good, the price of food is flying all the way...... Fly...... Soaring, the current price is more than ten times higher than yesterday! ”

"What?!"

The two were shocked when they heard this.

Tong Fang stepped in front of the guy, grabbed the guy's collar and asked: "I just came back from the market, although the price of grain has risen since the market opened, but the overall situation is quite stable, how long has it just passed, how can it have increased tenfold all at once?!" ”

The guy said with a bitter face: "Yes...... It is the "Changxing Daily", and today's "Changxing Daily" said that because of the blockage of the Jiangnan Cao, this year's new rice cannot be replenished, and the imperial court is facing off with the southern dynasty in the northeast one after another, which is very likely to cause a major war, and the imperial court will buy grain and grass on a large scale......"

Tong Fang's face changed when he heard this: "Changxing Daily has become a daily reading thing for the people, and writing it like this will inevitably cause panic among the people of Changxing, causing the people to grab grain, and further pushing up the price of grain!" ”

The man said: "Not only that, after the news was released, the number of people who rushed to buy it immediately increased several times, but no one could buy food!" ”

"No one can buy food? Where did all the food go? ”

Ye Shi asked in astonishment.

The guy said: "It was all bought in advance by a big buyer!" ”

"What?"

Tong Fang was stunned when he heard this: "As far as I know, the stock of Changxing City yesterday is not much, but the rice shops have been transporting grain from several major granaries outside the city since yesterday, and even emptied the temporary inventory of Caoyun Matou, not to mention hundreds of thousands of deniers, he Xu Rui can cover it all in one go?" ”

The guy said: "I heard that not only is it all inclusive, but the price doubles every other hour, and the shopkeepers of several rice shops in Changxing City are almost crazy with laughter, and they are transferring grain from the entire Zhili Province." ”

"You said the price doubles every other hour? How could he, Xu Rui, have to come up with so much money? ”

Tong Fang couldn't believe his ears and asked in a lost voice.

The guy smiled bitterly: "The little one is not half a lie, the price of food has risen crazy now, and almost everything is rising like crazy under the influence of this, and now a steamed bun is about to sell for thirty Wen!" ”

As soon as the guy finished speaking, Xiao Si stumbled in at the door of the flower hall.

"Master Tong, Master Tong, no, what happened to that batch of raw materials again?"

Tong Fang's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened again?" ”

Xiao Si said: "A few shopkeepers have changed their hexagrams again, and Xu Rui said that he would pay ten times the price to buy all the raw materials!" ”

"How so?!"

Ye Shi and Tong Fang glanced at each other.

Tong Fangqiang calmed himself and said: "Xu Rui is desperate, such a big deal will definitely not be able to come down without seventy or eighty million taels, it seems that either the prince's information is wrong, or he has other sources of wealth, and I am afraid that the money on hand will not be able to keep up." ”

"If you can't keep up, you have to follow!"

Ye Shi said to Tong Fang with a hideous face: "The prince gave a death order this time, if there is a little raw material in Xu Rui's hands, we won't be able to live!" ”

Tong Fang's face changed when he heard this: "Then what should I do?" ”

Ye Shidao: "You immediately go to Jiangnan Qianzhuang to get the money, I will go to the prince, take the silver from the household, Xu Rui will pay ten times the price, we will pay twenty times, and we must not let him buy the raw materials back!" ”