The shopkeeper of several rice shops sat on the second floor of Fengli Rice Shop, "Shopkeeper Wang, look at it, what should I do now?" Zhao's boy, if you don't make a move according to the routine, we can't prevent it. ”

"yes, if this continues, how will we do business?"

"What's the hurry, wait two more days to try."

"Miss, there are rumors outside that several rice merchants have joined forces, even if they fight all their net worth, they have to buy all the rice in Zhao's rice shop." Little Peach said anxiously. "Miss, we don't have much rice left, it's only enough for three days, and after three days, they'll have to offer ten times more than us. Even if the follow-up rice in the capital can keep up, it will take a month to arrive, and it is the common people who suffer after all. ”

Zhao Xibao opened his mouth and smiled, "Little Peach, look at it, don't worry!" They were so impatient, so I helped them. Little Peach, after selling the rice in the shop today, don't take rice from the backyard warehouse for the time being. Reopen tomorrow. ”

"The owner, the owner, the good news, the day is not enough today, and the Zhao family rice store is closed!"

The shopkeeper of several rice shops clapped his hands and praised, "Okay, Jiang is still old and spicy, and the shopkeeper Wang is calculating." The shopkeeper of Fengli Rice Bank waved his hand: "Go, replace all our rice price signs, and sell them at ten times the current rice price of Zhao's firm, he Zhao doesn't want to fight against us, he wants to reduce the price of rice, I just don't let them get their way." ”

"The black-hearted Fengli rice store has the face to sell at such a high price, relying on the dry weather to raise the price blindly."

"Those who are intentional don't want people to live."

"When I get through this year, let's see who will buy rice at his house, tui!"

People who bought rice outside, as soon as they saw that the major rice shops followed suit and exchanged high prices, indignant voices rose one after another, and denounced the shopkeepers of rice shops for having no conscience. There are only interests, and there is no regard for the general interests of the nation.

Back in the small courtyard, everyone wondered what Zhao Xibao's purpose was today, and only Chu Qinzhi understood her. What is most important for a businessman is integrity and reputation. The princess of his family took a salary from the bottom of the kettle, exposing the ugly faces of several black-hearted rice shops. Doing business is not only about the immediate benefits, but also about the evaluation and trust of customers.

The drought is only temporary, and as long as the disaster relief is done properly and the follow-up food supply is sufficient, it is only a matter of time before the economy recovers.

Others say that young people don't know the taste of sorrow, and they say sorrow for new words. Nowadays, rice merchants are making money without knowing what it is like to lose money, and they buy rice for the price of rice. Seeing him rise from a tall building, how did he expect the tall building to collapse in the future!

"Boss, no, ten more truckloads of rice have entered the city today." "People on the road are spreading that the second batch of Zhao's rice is already on the way, and it will arrive in less than two days."

"Who in the world doesn't know that Zhao's firm is rich, and I heard that the rice he purchased this time is enough for Dongzhou City to eat for a year. How can we compete with the emperor's strength! ”

There are more and more rumors about rice merchants in Dongzhou City, and the rice merchants are a little panicked, but they do see that there are a lot of foreign merchants transporting rice in, and in just a few days, dozens of truckloads of rice have been transported in at the city gate. Zhao Sanshao's shameless black heart ball was closed the day before yesterday, and it reopened only one day later. The price of Zhao's rice is lower than one day a day, and now no one patronizes their rice shop, so they all go to buy rice from Zhao's rice shop.

Rice grain can't be pressed, and if rice is hoarded for too long, it will become stale rice. When the time comes, not only will no one buy it, but they will even have to watch this batch of rice lose money.

The rice merchants in Dongzhou City were completely panicked and found Zhao Sanshao to negotiate, hoping not to let the existing rice market collapse.

"Boss Zhao, how is business going lately?" A group of shopkeepers came to Zhao's rice shop, and Zhao Xibao knew what was going on when he saw them all accompanied by smiling faces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, come here, our store is shining."

"Where, where"

"Everyone, please sit down, Xiao Er, watch the tea!"

Fengli's shopkeeper Wang rolled his eyes, if it weren't for the Zhao kid's black heart and poisonous hands, how could he come to give the junior a smile, joke! The intention starts at will, and the words come out of the mouth, with a little unwelcome. "Boy, are you crazy?"

"It's a year of famine, how can you sell your food now?" All the shopkeepers echoed, "Yes, how can the price be a few percent lower than in previous years!" ”

"It is precisely because this year is a great drought that it is even more necessary to sell grain at a low price, otherwise, it will definitely be the people who will suffer!"

"We are in business, business business, making money is the first place, people buy if they have money, and if they don't have money, do we force them to buy it."

"If there are no people, where will the business come from?"

"Oh, little brother Zhao, you are such a shrewd person, how could you miss this one! In another ten days and half a month, each grain will be more expensive than the East China Sea Dragon Ball. ”

"Have you ever thought about it, because everyone has food in their hands, they will not open the warehouse to sell rice, if the warehouse is fully opened, I believe that the people will be able to survive this year's famine. At that time, how could food be more expensive than Dragon Ball. ”

"Joke, we opened the warehouse, the people are full, what do we eat!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever thought about it, food is not as good as the Dragon Ball of the East China Sea, and it has a storage period. If everyone closes their warehouses and sells, the price starts from the ground, or even dozens of times higher than the market price, it is tantamount to not allowing the people to survive. ”

After some arguments, neither of them could convince anyone. The shopkeeper of Fengli Mi Xing said, "Little Brother Zhao, don't say that we haven't persuaded you, when the time comes, you will know how big your loss is!" ”

Zhao Xibao arched his hand, "The younger generation is here, and I also send you a few words from the shopkeeper, money can be earned, but it is not earned like this." The people of Dongzhou City are in dire straits, please let go of your black hearts and show your conscience. ”

The shopkeeper of Fengli, with a snort, threw off his sleeves and left. Some of the shopkeepers of the rice line in the back hesitated, and some followed the shopkeeper Wang.

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and I don't force you, but I just want to tell you that our Zhao family does business, focusing on self-interest and benefiting the people, and being honest and undeceived. I will continue to drop the price of rice until the people of Dongzhou can have a hot meal, and they will not hesitate to lose millions. As for all of you, please feel free. ”

Since the shopkeepers negotiated with Zhao Xibao, some shopkeepers couldn't bear the pressure and began to gradually adjust the price of rice, and the price of rice in Dongzhou City slowly dropped.

"Miss, you are so amazing, the price of rice in Dongzhou City has completely stabilized, and it is even 50 Wen lower than the previous price, and the people of Dongzhou City are especially grateful for your contributions."

Zhao Xibao shook his fan and stood at the door of the rice shop to listen to the little peach touting. The credit of the prince to settle the price of rice this time is not small, at the beginning, when making the plan, he had expected the current ending. It's just that in the middle, there is a Cheng Biting Jin Cottage, and the prince has been interrogated in the cottage outside the state city, and I don't know what the situation is. I haven't seen the prince for a few days, and I always feel that there are shortcomings around me.

The guys took advantage of the lunch break to get together and chat, and the guys from Zhao's rice store were particularly popular wherever they went recently. Because their shopkeeper has a long face for them, more and more people are willing to apply for jobs in Zhao's rice store, and they will definitely not suffer if they follow such a kind and benevolent owner. The rest of the guys, one by one, are like defeated roosters, dejected, and wherever they go, some people accuse them of being black-hearted.

"You don't know, the government issued an announcement before that the price of rice was liberalized, and the nearby rice merchants rushed to our Dongzhou to sell rice, and also sent a lot of thank you money to the governor. If someone forgets to deliver it, the adults will send someone to ask for it. Before the guy could finish his speech unhurriedly, the people around him began to shout.

"What a governor, blatantly accepting bribes, making it difficult for the country to make money!" During the tea and chat, the people who ate melons attracted a lot of people.

"Hey, hey, I haven't finished talking yet, what are you excited about, the governor is a good person, you don't want to think about it, in this way, our county doesn't have to worry about rice or money......" Zhong Tingli listened to it, he trembled happily, what kind of good official is this!

Everyone pointed and talked about the Governor. During this period, Xiao Zhengtai had already listened for a while, he tried to squeeze into the crowd, and said loudly with a hug of unevenness: "Nonsense, we are all to blame for the Governor." Are you blind? Didn't you see Dongzhou City a month ago, and there were hungry people everywhere outside the city? Do you take a good look at Dongzhou City today, and see that we are all like hungry people? If you talk this, go into the city and see if there are any starving people in the streets. Thanks to the Governor, we are alive today. ”

"That's it, Lord Governor is a good person!" The crowd of onlookers shouted one after another. Xiao Zhengtai's words expressed the voice of the big guy.

When formulating the whole plan, Chu Qinzhi thought that if the price of rice was not released, the rice merchants would refuse to release rice, there was no rice in the market, and the people had nowhere to buy rice if they had money. So, first of all, there should be plenty of rice in the market. Although it is now 3,000 wen a stone, as more and more rice is available on the market, the price will soon fall back to the price of the past.

Dongzhou City is also a prosperous place. The people are okay in normal times, and they have some surplus in their hands, even if the price of rice is higher, they can last for a year and a half.

For people with poor conditions, Zhao Xibao also thought that when he bought high-priced rice, he had already registered and made a register of each household, and distributed all the silver taels given by the traders to subsidize them to buy grain. Every account of the silver two was remembered clearly by Xiao Zhengtai, even if the supervision of the imperial history came, he was not afraid, just go to check the accounts.

In this rice price war, as long as Zhao's rice is bought short, what can be decided is a few rice shops, and when the time comes, they will set the price of rice as much as it is, and there is no room for negotiation. The purpose of setting the price of rice high is to attract foreign rice merchants, so that more rice can flow into the market at the fastest speed, and the price of rice can be quickly stabilized. Internally, stabilize the hearts of the major rice banks to avoid their competing interests and uncontrolled price increases.