"Stone, go out to buy rice again?"

Seventeen-year-old Shi pushed the cart to Dongcheng, and the villagers greeted him along the way.

"Yes, business has been good recently, and the rice jar will be empty in a few days, no, the shopkeeper will let me go to East Kamakura to pull 300 catties of rice."

Shi greeted every villager with a smile, he was a guy from the nearby porridge shop, he treated people very well, and the villagers also liked this down-to-earth and hard-working child.

The East Kamakura he mentioned was the largest grain store in Changxing City, and although the cheap grain there was mixed with a lot of sand, the price was really cheap and quite popular with the people.

"Shopkeeper Liu, another three hundred catties of rice!"

Shi finally pushed the cart to the East Kamakura, first parked the cart aside, then wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said to the familiar shopkeeper Liu.

"Yo, Stone, come to Rami so early?"

Shopkeeper Liu walked up with a smile when he saw the stone.

Shi bowed to Shopkeeper Liu and said: "Yes, business in the shop has been good recently, the rice is falling fast, you are tired, you have to hurry, the shop is still waiting for the rice to be cooked." ”

Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile: "This is a good year, business is easy to do, you and your shopkeeper will be people again, this business is even more prosperous, but I'm sorry, today's cheap rice is gone, or it's better to hurry up tomorrow." ”

"What, the cheap rice is gone?"

Shi Shi was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Tiandao: "It's only noon, why is there no rice?" ”

Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile: "This is a big customer, and they are all rounded, don't believe it." ”

As he spoke, Shopkeeper Liu pointed out of the door, only to see a guy really holding a sign that had sold out of cheap rice and hanging it on the wall.

The stone pursed his lips, and his heart said that he would not be able to open the pot today without rice, and he could only charge a high price of white rice, which was full and round, not mixed with sand, but the price was fifty percent higher than that of cheap rice, minus other costs, and the porridge shop also made some money.

Thinking of this, Shi gritted his teeth and said: "Waiting for the rice to go to the pot in the shop, it's really not good, so Shopkeeper Liu will load seventy catties of white rice for me first." ”

Shopkeeper Liu smiled when he heard this: "There is big white rice, but the price is thirty percent higher than yesterday, so I have to explain it to you first." ”

Shi's face changed: "It's three percent taller!" How can there be so many? ”

Shopkeeper Liu smiled and said, "Rare things are expensive......"

As he spoke, he leaned closer to the stone and said, "It's not a secret, today there is a big patron who collects grain all over the world, and the whole city still has big white rice for me, and if it's later, there will be no more big white rice!" ”

"What?!"

Shi Shi was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Shopkeeper Liu in disbelief.

Shopkeeper Liu said with a blank face: "This is also our acquaintance, I just told you, after noon, the price of my big white rice will have to double, and the big customer is still collecting rice, I'm afraid the price will have to rise in recent days!" ”

Shi frowned, his face was cloudy, and after thinking for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, business has to be done, it's a big deal, the price of the porridge shop will also rise, Shopkeeper Liu, load me with 300 catties of white rice!" ”

"Three hundred pounds?"

Shopkeeper Liu was surprised: "You really want 300 catties at this price?" ”

Shi nodded: "Didn't you say that it will rise tomorrow, just stock up more today, so as not to lose more tomorrow." ”

Shopkeeper Liu smiled even more, and hurriedly instructed the man to fill the stone with rice, and as soon as the stone left, the shopkeeper Liu immediately beckoned a guy and said: "At present, there should be no rice in all the major rice rows, and the price of white rice will be raised by three percent!" ”

"Gotcha!"

The guy promised to adjust the price.

"Come back!"

Shopkeeper Liu called again, called the guy to his side and said: "Also, hurry up and contact the carriage and horse shop, go to the granary of Caoyun Matou to transport rice, after today, the price of rice will at least double again, if there is no goods at that time, we will lose a lot!" ”

When the guy heard this, he looked embarrassed and said, "Shopkeeper, I heard that the carts and horses have been busy pulling coal and iron these days, and I'm afraid there will be no extra carts to pull the rice again." ”

Shopkeeper Liu snorted coldly and said, "What do you know, what's the matter if those iron bumps are gone?" If there is no rice, the whole city will have to go hungry, not to mention how much freight is for a cart of iron, and a cart of rice is much more expensive, they know how powerful, you just have to go! ”

"Well, I'll go now!"

The guy agreed, and hurriedly went to do something.

On the other side, Shi drove the rice cart back to the porridge shop, and the shopkeeper immediately raised the price of porridge by 30%.

"I said Lao Zhang, are you confused, this bowl of gruel has been sold for three dollars, if it weren't for us old customers, who would still drink it?"

The shopkeeper Liang of the antique shop opposite is an old customer of the porridge shop, holding a bowl of gruel and smiling.

Without waiting for the shopkeeper's reply, the stone said with a bitter face: "This can't be blamed on us, now the price of rice in the entire Changxing City is rising, not only has it risen but also the cheap rice has not been sold. ”

"Is that so?"

The shopkeeper Liang's face changed, and he groaned: "It's broken, the rice jar at home is almost bottoming out, I have to hurry up and stock up!" ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper Liang dropped the three copper plates, hurriedly went back to his house, grabbed a rice bag, and trotted all the way to the rice shop.

Carpenter Tan on the other table said with a smile: "Looking at Liang Dajiao's appearance, I am afraid that if I can't take advantage of it, I will suffer a loss, but fortunately, my rice jar is still full, and I really have food at home, so I don't panic!" ”

"Ouch!"

As soon as the words fell, Carpenter Tan's wife pinched him on the thigh, making him grin in pain.

When Carpenter Tan glared at his wife angrily, he heard her say in his ear: "Death Phase, when will you have enough rice to eat?" Don't stock up when the price of rice is low, and you may not be able to afford it when you want to buy it! ”

When Carpenter Tan heard this, he immediately felt reasonable, and he didn't care about being angry, so he hurriedly complained to a few friends around him, and then took his wife and quietly ran to Mi Xing.

The people who had been drinking porridge together in a hurry dispersed after a while, and without asking, they all went to Higashi-Kamakura to buy rice.

The shopkeeper of the porridge shop sighed at the empty stall, and said to the stone: "Forget it, don't do this business today, stone, you will buy three hundred catties of rice in a while, oh no, this time I will go with you, buy five hundred catties first." ”

In this way, the price of rice in Changxing City rose again and again, and the rise in rice price caused panic among the people, and more people flocked to the rice store, which made the price of rice rise faster, and in just one morning, the price of rice tripled, and there is a trend of intensification.

In the annex of the Liao Wangfu, Ye Shi, the bigwig of the Chamber of Commerce who had followed Xu Rui to make a fortune in Xichuan, had a very ugly face at this time.

"The big shopkeeper, the price of rice in the city has soared today, and even those industrial raw materials have begun to rise in price, and now it is thirty percent higher than yesterday, do we still buy as much as we want?"

The guy stood beside Ye Shi with the ledger in his hand and asked eagerly.

Ye Shi nodded: "Buy!" The prince spoke, buy as much as you want, and you can't leave it for Xu Rui at all! ”

The guy was embarrassed: "But because the price of rice in the capital has skyrocketed, the car dealers have gone to pull rice, and no one has pulled raw materials." ”

Ye Shi sneered: "It doesn't matter, we can't buy it, and Xu Rui can't buy it!" ”

"No!"

The guy shook his head and said, "We don't have a car, but Galaxy Group does, I heard that they have sent out all the big cars, just waiting to buy them before the raw materials enter Beijing!" ”

"What?!"

Ye Shi's face changed when he heard this, and he smashed his fist on the palm of his hand and said: "I forgot that Galaxy Group started in trade, it turns out that Xu Rui plans to play this hand, immediately notify everyone in the Chamber of Commerce, immediately stop all business, and go to contract all Changxing's car dealerships, and no raw materials can be leaked to Xu Rui!" ”

The guy was slightly stunned: "The big shopkeeper, this is a lot of money!" ”

Ye Shi said impatiently: "I know, if you let you go, you will go, don't worry about money!" ”

"Yes...... The little one is going to ......."

The guy said tentatively, Ye Shi hurriedly waved his hand to let him get out of the house, and the guy didn't hesitate anymore and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard.

As soon as he left, Ye Shi suddenly showed a wry smile on his face, and said to himself: "Master Hou, I know your methods, but you have to be the enemy of the prince, this time I can't help it, I have hit your death hole, and I must not let you break free again." ”