Chapter 107 is a big victory

"Shopkeeper, alright"

The second shopkeeper took over the white porcelain plate from the hand of a lady of the chef, and there were several steaming small nests neatly stacked on the plate.

"Yes, good"

Li Lizhong stretched out his hand and picked up a nest head of pure cornmeal that was not mixed with other things, smiled, took a bite gently, his slightly squinted eyes lit up, and he praised without pretense, "It's delicious, it's so fragrant."

To tell the truth, when Fang just picked up the nest head, he was very worried in his heart - what kind of corn is this, he has never seen it, let alone tasted it, so he is very skeptical, this thing can really be eaten?

However, if the owner says that he can eat it, then he can eat it. He Li Lizhong has followed the owner for more than 20 years, and he has never seen the owner deceive him, so this time, even if this thing is really poisonous, the owner will let him taste it in public, and he will smile and say that it is delicious.

It's just that I really didn't expect that this golden little thing tastes really delicious, just, even better than white-flour steamed buns.

"Huh? Is this stuff really delicious? ”

"Shopkeeper Li, what is this? I don't want to look at the flour from wheat. ”

"No, if you want to say that this smell is really fragrant, we can smell it from so far away"

The onlookers were first attracted by this tempting fragrance, and then saw Li Lizhong's satisfied face after eating, and the gluttonous worms in their hearts were about to be hooked out, and they hurriedly asked.

"Hehe, this, it's a serious good thing," after eating the nest head in his hand in three or two bites, Li Lizhong took the wet handkerchief handed over by the second shopkeeper, wiped his hands casually, and then turned his head to the little man by the stove and ordered, "You take out all the nest heads and give them to the villagers present to taste."

The young man agreed, took a long bamboo clip and took out the nest head in the cage drawer and put it on the plate, and the young man next to him came to everyone with the plate and asked everyone to taste it for free.

"Eun, it's so fragrant"

Passerby A ate pure cornmeal, and the golden little noodles had just been thrown away in his mouth, and a unique fragrance of corn, accompanied by a hint of sweetness, surged up to the end of his tongue, so he couldn't help but blurt out praise.

"Hey, don't say it, this wild vegetable tastes really good when steamed like this."

This one is a vegetable nest mixed with wild vegetables, and the sweet aroma of corn and fresh wild vegetables taste really good. It's far more delicious than the vegetable steamed buns made with wheat bran mixed with wild vegetables, tsk, but I don't know how much this thing costs, if it's about the same price as wheat bran, he would rather eat it every day.

"Eun, in addition to the sweetness of dates, there is also a fragrance that has never been tasted before, delicious, indeed good"

The one who spoke tasted the jujube nest with a few bright red dates, the unique honey sweetness of the red dates and the sweetness of the corn were mixed together, just like the pastries in the dim sum shop, well, this color is also beautiful, golden, red and gorgeous, and it is not ugly to take it out to entertain guests.

There are many people and few nests, and the young man takes the plate and makes a circle, and the one in front is lucky, and he can eat the whole one, and the one in the back can only be eaten by two or three people. Originally, the head of this nest was small, and then it was divided into three or two points, and it was even into each person's mouth.

And people are strange, the more they can't eat, the more they want to eat.

After everyone swallowed up the contents of their mouths, they began to ask:

"Shopkeeper Li, don't sell it, what is this?"

"Yes, what is such a delicious thing called, do you sell it in the grain store?"

"Yes, yes, it's just such a small bite, I don't taste anything, I want to buy some and go back and taste it."

"What's the price?"

When Li Lizhong saw that everyone was satisfied, he knew that the owner's plan had succeeded again. The corners of his mouth were raised high, his hands were raised and pressed down, and he said, "Everyone, please be quiet, be quiet."

Seeing that Li Lizhong finally spoke, everyone gradually suppressed their voices, and for a while, the street was quiet.

"Hehe, is this wowotou delicious?"

"Delicious"

"It's delicious, don't tell everyone, this thing is called corn, and it was found from overseas by the emperor's loyal wife, Wang Qiniang, and Mrs. Wang. If you want to say that this corn is really a good thing, not only can it be ground into flour to make corn, but it can also be boiled and eaten, fried and eaten, and even stewed......"

"Shopkeeper Li, don't be verbose, just say, this jade and corn, whether you Li Ji sells them or not, what is the price?"

There was a nervous person in the crowd who interrupted Li Lizhong's words and asked.

"Hehe, of course it is sold, and Mrs. Wang's island has hundreds of acres of corn, as long as you like it, you can buy as much as you want," was interrupted so rudely, Li Lizhong was not angry at all, but smiled even more happily, and said, "As for the price, originally, it is not an exaggeration to sell such a good thing for fifty wen per bucket." It's just that our owner said that our Qingzhou will have a shortage of food this summer, and even if we get rich, we can make a fortune with food, and this corn will only cost ten cents per bucket."

"What? Ten Wen? ”

Originally, in their opinion, this grain called corn tastes better than wheat, and the price must be more expensive than wheat.

You must know that this year's wheat price, even before the money rises, will be more than 20 yuan per bucket.

This corn, such a fresh and good thing, is only ten cents, which is simply too cheap.

As soon as Li Lizhong's words fell, someone who was quick rushed forward and shouted, "I, I want five buckets, hurry up and weigh me corn."

"Oh, yes, yes, I, I'm going to do it too. It's so delicious and so cheap, it's a fool not to buy it."

"Me too"

Almost instantly, the onlookers rushed up with a cheer, surrounding Li Ji's grain sales window.

"Sell, we have corn, no matter how much, open to sell"

Seeing that his goal had finally been achieved, Li Lizhong waved his hand and commanded.

"Okay, sell corn."

The guys packed up the streets, withdrew to the store, and brought out sacks and sacks of corn for sale.

Li Lizhong saw that everyone was scrambling to buy, and the big stone in his heart finally fell, he deliberately looked at the opposite side, and saw Zheng Sanyang's pale face without surprise, smiled coldly, and said: "This Qingzhou is not anyone's Qingzhou; This price of grain is not something that anyone can say. ”

“……”

Zheng Sanyang's face was gloomy, his teeth were gritted and he just wanted to think about it, looking at the crowded crowd opposite, a thought suddenly flashed in his heart - could it be that their Zheng family really wants to lose this time?

As soon as this thought came to mind, Zheng Sanyang smiled bitterly, in fact, he himself knew very well at the moment that things had developed to this day, and whether he won or lost was no longer out of his control.

At present, what he can do is how to reduce the Zheng family's various losses in this gamble of 'buying treetops'.

With a long sigh, he sat down on the chair dejectedly, beckoned to the shopkeeper, and said, "Last time you said that there was a distant cousin niece who wanted to buy food in large quantities, right?" ”

That's right, her husband's family has opened several grain barns in the north, because this year's grain harvest in the north has failed, there is a shortage of food in the market there, and the price of grain has soared. My cousin and niece wanted to buy some food and make a lot of money. ”

Shopkeeper Zheng listened to Zheng Sanyang's words, and hurriedly lowered his hand and said respectfully.

"Oh? What is the origin of your cousin's niece's husband's family? Is the business big or not? Will we be in arrears? ”

Now he continued to fund the money, and the mountains of grain in the treasury were the only thing that could be exchanged for large sums of silver.

Anyway, if they lose this grain battle, then he has to prepare in advance to minimize all losses.

"Well, there should be no problem with her husband's family, he is a grain merchant in the capital, but he is not a Confucian merchant." Shopkeeper Zheng has followed Zheng Sanyang for many years, so he naturally knows his rules.

Zheng Sanyang has a habit of doing business, and he doesn't like to deal with Confucian merchants. Maybe it's because he is a Confucian merchant himself, and he has a habit of acting in front of ordinary businessmen, and if he encounters a Confucian merchant with a higher rank than him, he wants him to be a grandson for others...... Zheng Sanyang was confident that he couldn't do it himself, so he simply didn't do business with Confucian merchants, even those with a lower rank than him.

"In addition, the grain merchant who bought the shopkeeper a few days ago was my cousin niece. When they received the grain, they were very satisfied, saying that they wanted as much new grain as they wanted."

"Okay, I got it,"

Zheng Sanyang can't manage his own business at the moment, so he doesn't care much about his brother-in-law. Hearing this, he just nodded indifferently, "In this way, you go and clean up the warehouse, leave enough grain for us to sell for a year, and sell the rest to your cousin and niece." ”

"Yes, Host"

Seeing that the owner's expression was wrong, the shopkeeper Zheng didn't dare to persuade deeply, so after bowing and giving a salute, he took the account room to the grain depot.

……

As Zheng Sanyang expected, after the Li family launched corn, the grain markets in Qingzhou and Haicheng were firmly controlled by the Li family.

At this time, the Qian family came forward again, followed closely by Li Ji, and also promoted corn.

As a result, the grain war, which has been in a stalemate for nearly half a month, has become a one-sided pattern.

Other small grain merchants, seeing that the Zheng family, one of the two giants, had all admitted it, and in order to reduce their losses, they also hurriedly sold the grain in their hands.

Twenty-five, twenty-two, seventeen, fifteen......

"Huh, finally pushed the grain price to the thirteenth of the same period last year, our Li family won this battle"

In Zheng Sanyang and Uncle Li Chang's gamble, the biggest item is whether grain prices will rise this year. Uncle Li Chang bets that this year's grain prices will not exceed last year's, while Zheng Sanyang has the opposite attitude.

Now that the results are out, with the full force of the Li family, the grain prices in Qingzhou and Haicheng have finally dropped to thirteen Wen.

After listening to the reply of the shopkeeper, Uncle Li Chang finally breathed a sigh of relief, this grain battle that almost dragged the Li family into the quagmire, and finally ended in the complete victory of the Li family

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