Chapter 104: The Cycle of Cause and Effect

"Hmph, it's just a trick."

Shopkeeper Zheng stood at the door and looked at it for a long time, and when he saw that the person carrying the grain deliberately broke the rice bag, he smiled coldly and said loudly to the people watching around, "This kind of little trick was played once by Lord Li more than a hundred years ago." Obviously there is no food in his hand, in order to deceive the big guys, he deliberately swaggered through the market to bring a large number of sacks, knock over one of the bags, revealing the grain, making everyone mistakenly think that the other sacks are also full of grain...... Hehe, Lord Li's other sacks were filled with sand back then, I don't know what our third master, who is also surnamed Li, got this time."

"That's right, I heard this story in the teahouse, and Lord Li did do it."

"Hey, could it be that Li Ji is also coming out like this?"

After listening to the words of the shopkeeper Zheng, everyone threw themselves into the carriage again with a little more suspicion in their eyes.

There is no way, it is really Lord Li's reputation is too loud, and there are countless legends about him. Among them, there are not only the officialdom wonders of how he helped Emperor Taizu ascend to the throne, but also many wonderful business war stories.

And the shopkeeper Zheng said that he used sand to pretend to be grain, deceived everyone's trust, so that his grain store avoided a run, rush to buy the trend, this story is indeed true, and has also been regarded as a classic case by the Confucian Business Association, and has been used by many businessmen many times.

Now, the situation faced by Li Ji Grain Store is very similar to that of Lord Li back then, and the scene in front of him also feels very familiar.

So, some people have doubts, and it is also normal.

"Hehe, Shopkeeper Zheng really lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, do you think that businessmen in the world like you like to make and sell counterfeits? Hmph, a bucket of grain mixed with a liter of sand, do you sell grain or sand? ”

The young man who spoke was the one who had just greeted Li Lizhong, and if Wu Jiliang was present, he would definitely be able to recognize who he was.

That's right, he is none other than Liu Yongning, the owner of Liuji Grain Store.

After saying this in an extremely disdainful tone, Liu Yongning didn't wait for the other party to refute, jumped directly into the carriage, and shouted loudly to everyone present, "Our Li Ji has always been based on integrity, since some people question that our grain is fake, then I will sell grain on the street in front of the big guys." ”

Here, Li Lizhong is also very discerning, after listening to Liu Yongning's words, before he finished speaking, he waved his hand at the young man, "Go, move the weighing guy to the side of the carriage"

"Hey, okay"

The young man was squeezed by the opposite door for several days, and finally had the opportunity to raise his eyebrows in front of people, how could he not listen to the reason, he hurriedly cheered, called his companion, and moved the weighing and douliang to the street.

The guy who was in charge of carrying grain at the side of the carriage also simply stopped, climbed directly into the back compartment, and lifted the blue and black tarpaulin covering the grain, revealing a sturdy sack.

"Thirty wen per bucket, everyone prepare copper coins."

Liu Yongning raised his chin at the guys and motioned for them to start moving.

"Hey, I want three stones"

When everyone saw Li Ji's people behaving like this, they didn't come back to their senses for a while, but the small traders sent by the Zheng family to collect grain were more clever, squeezed through the crowd and ran to the front, took out a large string of copper coins from their sleeve pockets and shouted.

"Hehe, one stone and one tael of silver"

Although Liu Yongning didn't know the current situation in Qingzhou, based on his own personal experience, he still saw that this person's purpose was not very simple.

Think about it, it's a lot for ordinary people to buy three or five buckets of grain, how can they buy three stones when they open their mouths?

Now it is not a nationwide famine, and even if the grain harvest fails, grain merchants from other places will bring grain over, but it is only a matter of time.

An ordinary family, just beat each family of four, and they can't use five buckets of grain every month, after all, in the Great Zhou, it is impossible for anyone to eat only fine grains, and the wheat is bought home and ground into flour and eaten with wild vegetables.

If you open your mouth and buy three stones, you are not a speculative hawker, what is it?

"Hey, no, didn't you say thirty wen per bucket just now, how did it become one hundred wen per bucket in a blink of an eye?"

In the Great Zhou, one tael of silver could be exchanged for a thousand copper plates. And one stone is ten buckets, so if you calculate it, it is one hundred wen per bucket, which is already a sky-high price.

Therefore, as soon as these words came out, the people around them booed one after another.

"That's right, each bucket is indeed thirty wen, but if it exceeds one stone at a time, it is one tael of silver per stone, and more than ten stone is two taels of silver per stone."

Liu Yongning saw the look of atmosphere on everyone's faces, and hurriedly explained them one by one.

"Hey, no, the more people buy, the cheaper it is, how can you Li Ji do the opposite?"

"Hehe, why do you buy more and more expensive, don't you understand?" When Liu Yongning heard this, he smiled coldly and said condescendingly, "Our Li Ji's grain is sold to the people of Qingzhou, not for some people to hoard it for speculation and disrupt the market. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yongning seemed to think of something, clasped his fists with both hands and said to the people watching around, "Folks, I believe that Liu Mou has also seen it, in the past half a month, the price of food in our Qingzhou has been like a Kong Ming lantern lit on fire, and it has risen rapidly."

Some people say that it was the famine in Qidi, so the food increased. Is that the case? No, only part of the land has suffered from drought and grain harvests, but there are many other places with bumper grain harvests. The grain we Li Ji collected was collected in Shang County.

So how much grain do we collect in total, a full 6,000 stones, and how many people do we have in Qingzhou, and how much grain can we eat in a month? Kindness? Six thousand stones, enough for the people of our whole city to eat for three or five months, how can there be a famine?

In addition, as far as we know, it is not that there is no food in our county, but that this grain has been hoarded by some black-hearted people, who deliberately raise the price of grain, create panic, and take the opportunity to earn everyone's hard-earned money."

"Phew, you sell grain and sell grain, why are you talking so much nonsense? Aren't you Li Ji profiteers? Hmph, at this time last year, each bucket of grain was only a dozen yuan, but now, you sell thirty yuan, which is three times higher than last year. ”

The half-grown children were silent for a moment, as if they had been instructed by someone, and suddenly became active again.

"Hehe, it's not right for this little brother to say this, what is the price of grain in the entire Qingzhou now, I believe everyone present knows it, everyone said, is our Li Ji's grain expensive."

Liu Yongning smiled slightly, pointed to the handwriting on the sign at the door of Zheng Ji on the opposite side and said.

"Well, it's not expensive, to be honest, Li Ji's food really hasn't gone up."

"It's expensive or not, but do you have any food in Li Ji?"

That's the most important thing, if there is no food, what is the use of saying so much?

"Naturally, there is grain, didn't I say it just now, our Li Ji bought 6,000 stone of grain from Shang County, and 3,000 stone was transported to Qingzhou this time, which is only a small part here, and there are 2,000 stone on the sea boat at the wharf, which is enough for everyone to buy."

Liu Yongning paused, his eyes swept over the few people crowded in front, and said lightly, "It's just that our Li Ji's grain is only sold in retail, never wholesale, if anyone wants to buy more, they will have to wait for another ten days, and after ten days, the grain purchased by the Li family from other places in Dazhou will continue to pour into Qingzhou, and at that time, you can buy as much as you want, and the price is favorable."

Speaking of this, Liu Yongning waved his hands again and said sincerely to the onlookers, "Presumably the villagers can understand, right?" ”

"Understand, understand, I want three buckets, hurry up and weigh the grain."

"Yes, yes, just make sure we can buy food, and we'll take your word for it."

The people's thoughts are very simple, maybe Liu Yongning is very sincere and right, but there is another major premise for these, that is, there is a sufficient food supply, otherwise, your words are vernacular and nonsense.

"Okay, no problem, guys are selling food"

Liu Yongning also knew that before the big guy didn't see enough food, everything he said would be in vain.

With a wave of his hand, he commanded loudly.

"Okay, sell grain"

The guys didn't think too much about it, since the shopkeeper had orders, they were obedient.

For a while, more than a dozen men were busy working, carrying food, weighing, and the account office in the house, and also ran out, set up a table on the street, and remembered the accounts on the spot.

And the charioteers were not idle, and when one carriage was emptied, they immediately drove out of the city to carry grain, and before the second carriage could be sold out, another one came.

In this cycle, the people in line saw that the food was really as Li Ji's shopkeeper said, and the panic in their hearts dissipated a lot.

In addition, no one deliberately took the opportunity to collect grain, and almost all the grain was sold to ordinary people.

Seeing that they had already bought enough food rations for the whole family for a month, people were not in a hurry, and the long queue was slowly shortened until there was no one left.

On the other hand, the carriage on Li Ji's side is full of more than a dozen full of grain.

At this moment, people are even less anxious, and many people put food home and turn back to see the excitement.

"Shopkeeper, no one buys grain, let's close the stall"

The young man who was carrying the grain was really tired, and it was easy to see that the long dragon in front of him was gone, so he hurriedly ran to Li Lizhong and replied.

"Shopkeeper Liu, look?"

Li Lizhong looked at the darkening sky, turned his head and asked Liu Yongning.

Liu Yongning nodded, hinting that it was okay.

However, thinking of Mrs. Wang's words before leaving, he still took a few steps to the temporary grain sales table, and smiled at the lively crowd, "Thank you for cheering, today's grain will be sold here first, and tomorrow we will continue to sell grain, twenty-five wen per bucket, and unlimited supply, if you want to save more food at home, welcome to come to Li Ji tomorrow."

What? This food price does not rise but falls?

The people watching around looked at each other, and some of them couldn't understand what the Li family thought.

And the shopkeeper Zheng in the Zheng Ji grain store, when he heard this, his face turned pale and he said in his heart: It's broken

P: Second more, woo, there are so few little pinks lately, a certain Sa kneels down to beg for the support of relatives