Chapter 102 Beating the Rabbit (3)

It was another early morning, the young man of Li Ji Grain Store listlessly unloaded the door panel, and subconsciously looked at the notice of Zheng Ji Grain Store on the opposite door, and when he saw the numbers on it, his eyes suddenly widened.

"No, sixty-two dollars per bucket, Zheng Ji is crazy."

Rubbing his eyes in disbelief, the young man's face suddenly became ugly at the thought of the granary they were about to empty.

"What's the matter, little Wuzi, why don't you come in and clean the store?"

The little steward behind him saw the young man holding a door panel, standing at the door stupidly, and he didn't know what to look at, he looked so fascinated.

"Oh, the second shopkeeper, come and take a look, the Zheng family has raised money again"

The young man was summoned by the little steward like this, and suddenly came back to his senses, he took the door panel into his arms, and pointed to the door with one free, "Look, they, what are they going to do, they actually raised the price of grain to sixty-two wen." ”

"What? Seventy-two texts? That's a five-penny increase from yesterday? ”

When the little steward heard this, he didn't care to teach the young man a lesson, so he jumped out of the door with a pout, and stared straight at a small wooden board hanging on the side of the doorframe, on which was written in fist-sized black letters, 'Today's grain price is sixty-two wen per bucket.' ’

"But no, this is the tenth day that they have increased their money in a row, and the price has increased by three to five cents a day, which has raised the price of grain in Qingzhou by nearly four times."

With anger in his eyes, the young man looked hatefully at the closed door opposite.

To be honest, he was so angry not because he was so loyal to Li Ji that he couldn't see his opponent persecuting the owner so much.

It's really the price of food that is rising day by day, and it's the ordinary people who are really suffering.

Perhaps, in the eyes of these nobles, the increase of three or five cents per bucket of grain is just a trivial matter of the upper lip touching the lower lip, but this is a great disaster for the ordinary people living at the bottom of society.

Think about it, he was an apprentice in Li Ji, and he only had a salary of 50 wen a month, which was still because the owner was kind and rewarded. If he is in this situation, he will not be paid at all in other stores, and it is a great luck to be able to mix two meals and sleep together.

But now the price of grain has grown like this, each bucket of grain costs more than 70 yuan, and he can't even buy a bucket of grain for a month's income.

Fortunately, he has not yet married a family, if he is a family and earns a monthly salary that he can't eat, what else can he expect?

Let's see, since the news of the summer grain failure was confirmed, the Zheng family began to consciously raise the price of grain.

A few days ago, because the food in the city was quite sufficient, the people did not panic too much, and they were still holding a wait-and-see attitude, and there were not many people hoarding food.

But since three days ago, the Zheng family's grain store has been continuously raising the price of grain on the one hand, and on the other hand, it has made an announcement to limit purchases, each person is only allowed to buy two liters of grain per day, and the store only sells 100 stone a day, until it is sold out.

In this way, the ordinary people still did not react much, but those small traders seemed to see business opportunities, and they also tried to find ways to get food.

The small grain store, which used to have grain stored at home, simply stopped selling grain and waited for the grain price to rise.

In addition, many other merchants who had not been involved in the grain business saw that grain was profitable, and they also found ways to get grain to sell.

Tut-tut, how can there be such a good amount of money in the world, the grain bought for 300 wen per stone today, as long as you wait for three or five days, it can rise to 700 wen per stone, and you can make a net profit of 400 wen if you don't do anything.

Some small businessmen are even more greedy, thinking that the price of grain will rise, so they will not sell the grain after receiving it, and wait for the price of grain to rise.

At this point, many small grain stores in the city have closed their doors and declared that there is no grain, but Zheng Ji, as the only grain merchant in Qingzhou, continues to implement purchase restrictions, from the limit of two liters per person the day before yesterday to the limit of one liter per person per day, which finally caused panic among the people - there is no grain in Qingzhou

No food?

Then you're going to starve.

This is simply a catastrophe for ordinary people who have experienced famine.

In order to stop starving, the people of Qingzhou, regardless of whether they have food at home or not, have poured into the streets to buy food.

As for Li Ji, as the only grain merchant with grain, it has become the main place for the people to rush to buy.

Among the people who robbed like crazy, there were also those small traders who were ready to make a fortune by stockpiling grain.

There's no way, who let Li Ji not limit his purchase, and the price of grain has been flat.

In the face of the influx of customers, Li Lizhong was about to go crazy.

Limit the purchase, the owner does not allow it, raise the price, the owner does not agree, but let it be sold like this, the grain in their warehouse is not allowed.

Yesterday alone, the warehouse of Li Ji Grain Store was snapped up, and if they came again today, they Li Ji really had no grain to sell.

At this time, the Zheng family was still pressing step by step, and the price of grain was raised again, which didn't further stimulate people's enthusiasm for buying food? In terms of action, encourage those small traders who stock grain?

"Hehe, the second shopkeeper is early, what's the matter, are you still open for business today?"

The two of them were looking at the opposite door angrily, and suddenly, the opposite door opened, and after a while, a few young men in uniform neatly removed the door panel, revealing a spacious lobby.

In the lobby, a man in a royal blue satin robe saw Li Ji steward standing stupidly opposite, so he smiled and said provocatively, "Oh, if you want to say that your owner is courageous, he refuses to lower the price of 300 wen per bucket, and as a result, your store will be sold out in one day yesterday." Belch? By the way, what about your shopkeeper Li, didn't you say that you went to Haicheng to transport grain, why haven't you come back yet? ”

"Hmph, don't be complacent, our Li family's grain is about to arrive, and when the time comes, let's see who falls even worse."

When the second shopkeeper heard the other party's words, he was so angry that he blew his beard, glared at the other party hatefully, and roared.

"Yo, do you still want something beautiful? It's not that I said, this year's summer grain harvest in Qidi is poor, not to mention that you can't find a new source of food, even if you can find it, the price of this grain will only be high. Hmph, gambling with our lord on food, you Master Li clearly want to die."

The blue man stood proudly at the door of his store, and laughed loudly.

"You, you...... Presumptuous"

Dare to slander them Master Li San, it's just too arrogant, he, he wants to-

"What's the noise? Hmph, when has this been, are you still standing here in a daze? The mad dog bit you, are you going to bite it back too? Kindness? Out of business? ”

On the side, Li Lizhong, who had just arrived, didn't seem to hear the provocation from the other side, he kept a straight face, and after unceremoniously reprimanding the two people, he hurried into the store.

"Hey, still in business? Phew, sir, look at what else you have to sell."

Baolannan was still a little jealous of Li Lizhong, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him, until he saw him enter the store, so he spat at the mouth and scolded with disdain.

"Shopkeeper, are we still looking for someone to go to Li Ji to buy food today?"

A young man next to him, seeing that the shopkeeper's nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, he was angry at the door, and he hurriedly reminded in a whisper.

"Buy, why don't you buy it, there is such cheap food, and there is an unlimited supply, and those who don't buy it are fools"

The shopkeeper was reminded by the young man, and then remembered that he hadn't done today's business, and he hurriedly called a few half-grown children dressed in flowing air, and ordered him like this.

After receiving the reward, several children scattered in a hurry.

After a while, there were people on the street who went around publicizing - no, Li Ji has no food, everyone hurry up to buy food, if you don't buy it, there really won't be any

The speed of the spread of rumors is still quite amazing, in less than an hour, the news of Qingzhou's food shortage has spread throughout the county, many people who have just gotten up, after hearing it, can not care about breakfast, grab the noodle bag and money bag, and hurriedly ran to the street.

"Shopkeeper, no, dozens of people have gathered at our door, clamoring to buy food."

Li Lizhong entered the store, just inquired about the situation of the granary, and before he could read the account book, the young man ran in in a panic.

"Then sell it."

Li Lizhong sighed silently, the owner didn't speak, and he didn't dare to make his own decisions.

Although yesterday evening, the owner specially sent someone to inform him, saying that a large amount of grain would be shipped today, but he was still a little uneasy - it was not that he didn't believe in the owner, but there was really no food in Qidi.

If it is transported from other places, the distance is far away, and when it is transported to Qingzhou, their grain store will also be closed.

At the same time, the Zhao Ji Grain Store in the capital also faced the same problem.

"Second young master, the other party took out a bill of 7,000 stone of grain and asked to cash it immediately, but our granary is only a few hundred stones, and we have to deal with normal business every day.

A man about forty years old stood in front of Zhao Tianqing with a sad face, hanging his hands and complaining.

"Half a month? I'm afraid it's too late for half a month."

Zhao Tianqing gritted his teeth and calculated, and finally shook his head helplessly, "This year, the grain harvest in the north is poor, and the grain in the south cannot be shipped in a short period of time, even if it arrives, the price will be——"

Damn, who the hell is this, squeezing thousands of stones of grain at a time, obviously trying to crush their Zhao family.

Grandma, don't let me know who it is, if you let Young Master Ben know who did it, Young Master Ben won't be able to spare you.

However, it doesn't help to scold people now, the key is to find food.

But with such a large amount, where can he find it?

"Hehe, young master, what's so difficult about this, the concubine's uncle is in the grain business, and the concubine will write a letter to the uncle to see if he can help you get food."

After Zheng Sanniang listened to Zhao Tianqing's complaints, she smiled smartly, and secretly swore in her heart, hmph, surnamed Su, what if you become a second young grandmother, as long as I become an indispensable virtuous helper in Zhao Tianqing's business, even if you are the main room, you are only the second Wang Qifang