Chapter 243: Avalanche Moment
Another civil uprising broke out in Shaanxi.
Moreover, through the well-developed and convenient road facilities built by Xujiazhuang, the rebel army led by Luo Rucai captured the surrounding counties of Qishan, Linyou, Fufeng, Yixian, and Fengxiang in just a few days, and the number of rebel troops quickly swelled to 300,000.
Then, at a very fast marching speed, along the Baoxi Highway, went straight to Xi'an, causing the whole Shaanxi to shake and causing the imperial army to take action.
But this popular uprising, through the report of Xujiazhuang's "Oriental Times", the imperial court knew about it on October 24, denounced the harm caused by the act of frying grain, and asked everyone to consciously stop speculating and hoarding grain, so that grain prices can return to normal, and give the people at the bottom a way to live! Otherwise, they really have only one way to take risks and rise up.
But even though this article in the "Oriental Times" was extremely sharp, and countless people blushed with shame, there was still no sign of loosening food prices.
Even the emperor Zhu Youzhen, who had a large amount of grain in hand, only symbolically sold 8,000 stone of wheat to the market at a price of 8 silver yuan per stone, but it was quickly snapped up, and none of the grains fell into the hands of the people, and they were all bought by the grain speculators.
Until October 26. Initial Update@
Beijing, in a commercial building.
Many grain merchants gathered together, the table was full of food, wine and meat, and they also called the beauties of the Qinglou, the opera troupe sang and danced, and they were staggered and enjoyed.
This kind of extravagant banquet has lasted for many days, and the more the price of grain rises outside, the more lively the grain merchants in this merchant hall will be, and there is a feeling of endless fun, drunkenness and dreaming of death.
"Drink, drink today!"
"The price of grain has risen to 15 silver dollars per stone, and it should be able to rise to 16 silver dollars tomorrow."
"How much does it rise, it's not up to us to discuss, I don't think it's interesting to slowly rise to 16 silver dollars, just rise to 17 or 18, it sounds more auspicious!"
"It makes sense, then it will rise to 17, so that those people who are reluctant to pay for food can hurry up and buy some back."
"In recent years, the economic development of the capital has been very good, adding thousands of workshops, mines, sprinkler buildings, inns, etc., bringing at least 300,000 jobs, and you can get a salary of three or four silver dollars every month, which is thirty or fifty silver dollars a year, and hundreds of silver dollars after saving for three years, which is enough to buy five or six stone of high-priced grain, but these people are reluctant to spend money, that is, they want to force us to raise the price of grain to more than 20 silver dollars!"
"That's right, they were forced by these dead people, if they obediently took out the money to buy food, why did we set the price of food so high? These mud legs don't know each other at all, and would rather nibble sweet potatoes and potatoes every day than buy our grain, I think how long can they last? β
"Can sweet potatoes be eaten for rice? Do potatoes taste good with rice noodles? These dead people, do they want to force us to buy all the sweet potatoes and potatoes and stock them up, and we can't leave a little bit of hole? β
"This is still to blame Xujiazhuang, in previous years, when we harvested the people, it was called a simple and neat, but after corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes came out, the money is becoming more and more difficult to earn, I heard that someone's grain pressure has not been harvested for three years, and it is all going to rot, and Xujiazhuang is not shallow."
"Yes, after this Xujiazhuang came out, our days are getting sadder and sadter year by year, that kind of painful harvest has never been experienced once, and the income is getting less and less, if there is no Xujiazhuang to hinder us, it will be fine."
"It's a pity that Xujiazhuang doesn't have any weakness, if you can catch Xujiazhuang's weakness and harvest it in one fell swoop, it will be too much money than squeezing oil out of a stone, but it's a pity that you can't catch a good opportunity."
"Hey, why is Xu Jiazhuang not finished? With Xujiazhuang here, we don't want to live a comfortable life. β
Hear these sounds around you.
Zheng Shiqi, who had been drinking in small sips, suddenly put down the wine cup, clapped his palms, attracted the attention of all grain merchants, and said: "Everyone, I want to put grain and throw away all the grain in my hand!" β
As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent, and at least hundreds of grain merchants focused their attention on him, and even stopped drinking and having fun.
"Brother Zheng, you are so dignified, why did you suddenly think of throwing grain?"
A grain merchant surnamed Li next to him asked, "I don't know why." β
"I am a southerner in Shimanai, and I have recently received a letter. (This chapter is not finished!) )
Chapter 243: Avalanche Moment
Said that the old mother of the family was sick and needed to go back to serve, and the concubine gave birth to a son for me, as well as the family's business, and also needed funds for turnover, so the food on hand had to be sold, you peers, I don't know if you are willing to take over Zheng's food, as for the price, how about 10 silver dollars / stone? If no one takes over, I will throw it to the market at this price, and maybe some people will buy it. β
As soon as Zheng Shiqi's words came out, the faces of all the grain merchants present changed.
Short. _o_m
When everyone is on the same page to go long, this guy wants to sell at a lower price and cash out?
Immediately, a big grain merchant surnamed Zhu who was elected by everyone as the president of the Beijing Grain Bank walked up to Zheng Shiqi with a black face and said: "Brother Zheng, the family is in difficulty and needs money, just ask us to borrow it, you can borrow 5,000 or 10,000 silver dollars, but if you break the rules and the overall situation that we all have worked so hard to create, this is not something that a little money can make up, I hope you can focus on the overall situation!" β
"So I reduced the price to 10 silver dollars per stone, and I hope you will take over, just because I don't want to damage the overall situation."
Zheng Shiqi arched his hand.
"Hehe, this price is high, you want to leave, and you want to make a lot of money from us, you think too beautiful, Brother Zheng." The businessman surnamed Zhang sneered.
"This person has a mysterious origin, a strange identity, as if he appeared out of nowhere, and I haven't seen this face in the past few years." There was also a grain merchant who looked at Zheng Shiqi with a suspicious face.
"If you don't control this person and interrogate him strictly, why do you want to harm me and other big things?" The grain merchant changed his face and actually proposed to control Zheng Shiqi.
"8 silver dollars/stone!"
Zheng Shiqi had no choice but to say loudly: "Fellow travelers, there is something at home, and it really can't be delayed, 8 silver dollars/stone, will anyone take over?" β
"No, it has to be reduced to 6 silver dollars per stone, otherwise don't go." President Zhu simply tried to see the dagger.
"Okay, deal!" Zheng Shiqi said decisively.
President Zhu sighed in his heart, no, the price was still high, but it was not easy to regret it, so he had to ask again: "How much grain do you have in your hands?" β
"Not much, just 400,000 stones." Zheng Shiqi said.
Smack~
It's the sound of a lot of cups falling and breaking.
400,000?
This amount of grain hoarding, among the more than 100 grain merchants present, can at least rank in the top ten, where did this guy get so much grain?
Everyone didn't believe it, but they followed Zheng Shiqi to the grain depot he rented and looked at it, and counted it himself, and sure enough, there were 400,000 stones, all of which were new grain of high quality.
In the end, the more than 100 grain merchants, you divided a little and I took over a little, bought this batch of grain, and paid a total of 2.4 million silver dollars.
Just looking at Zheng Shiqi, who was carrying a lot of large checks, he was alone, ready to leave the capital alone, President Zhu and other grain merchants flashed a trace of cruel killing intent in their eyes, and then nodded somewhere, and immediately dozens of strong men chased in the direction where Zheng Shiqi walked.
But it was a full night.
None of the thugs sent to carry out the interception mission came back, and Zheng Shiqi disappeared without a trace.
This bad news has cast a haze over the hearts of the grain merchants.
At this time, in the grain chamber of commerce, there was another grain merchant surnamed Tao, who suddenly wanted to throw away the grain in his hand on the grounds that he had something at home, and the price was only 6 silver dollars per stone.
"How much grain do you have?" President Zhu glared at him and asked.
"It's not much, only 480,000 stones." This businessman surnamed Tao said.
Burst~
President Zhu almost squirted out, 480,000 stones? Why did so much food come out, and immediately glared at him and asked, "Say! Are you in the same group as Zheng Shiqi, who sent you here? "He already smelled a strong smell of conspiracy.
"President, we are all grain merchants, all of us are in the same group, what do you mean by this? You just say that you can take over my grain, if you don't, I will throw it to the market. The businessman surnamed Tao said.
"Pick it up! But only 5 silver dollars/stone is charged! President Zhu gritted his teeth and said.
"Okay, deal." The businessman surnamed Tao is also very refreshing.
As a last resort, Chairman Zhu and other grain merchants scraped together 2.4 million silver dollars, or found backers behind them, and this time they sent them to fight. (This chapter is not finished!) )
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There was no chance for his subordinates to be poisoned, and during the transaction, the merchant surnamed Tao was accompanied by a full fifty big men with a big shape, and he was extremely well guarded, and he had no chance of getting off.
By the third day.
Not surprisingly, in the grain trade chamber of commerce, there is a grain merchant surnamed Wu today, who also has 380,000 stone of grain in his hand, and is willing to sell it at a price of 5 silver yuan per stone, hoping that the grain merchants will take over.
"Get out, get out of here! You are the scum and traitor among me and other grain merchants, and I can't wait to take your life! β
President Zhu jumped like thunder, rolled up his sleeves, and together with other grain merchants, he couldn't wait to beat this group of merchants surnamed Wu to death, but fortunately, he called the guards over today, and he was also a fifty big man, and after rescuing him, he immediately said to the grain merchants: "Since you don't want to take over, and you still beat me, the low-priced grain of 5 silver dollars / stone will meet you in the market!" β
So in the afternoon of the same day.
A full 380,000 stone of grain suddenly poured into the grain market in the capital, and it was sold at the same time in hundreds of locations, and the price was only 5 silver yuan / stone!
This made some of the people in the capital who suffered from high grain prices feel cheered, and immediately went crazy to buy, lining up in a long queue of hundreds of meters.
As for the sky-high prices of grain that have risen to 17 or 8 silver dollars per stone, in the face of the impact of these low-priced grains, it is natural that they can't sell a single grain, and only fools will buy it.
And then...... Crashed.
Although in order to maintain high grain prices, grain merchants took all measures to suppress these low-priced grains of 5 silver dollars per stone, such as sending people to rush to buy, using official connections, and dispatching officials to close shops and stalls on the charge of "disrupting the market", but they could not contain it, and many of the officials who performed actively were killed instead, and the death was extremely miserable, and the people in the capital all applauded...... The living space of low-priced grain just cannot be suppressed.
On the contrary, it is endless, no matter how much low-cost grain they buy, they can come up with hundreds of thousands of stones the next day.
As for the funds in their hands, or the idle funds in the possession of such wealthy groups as grain merchants, nobles, landlords and gentry, and vassal kings, which are conservatively estimated to be at least one billion silver dollars, by mid-November in this grain war, they had all been exhausted.
However, the low-priced grain in the market has not yet been wiped out, and it is still popping up in large quantities.
What the hell is going on?
The grain speculation forces that Daming has never defeated, why did they lose like this time, they were defeated in a daze, who defeated them?
Naturally, it is the grain merchants represented by Zheng Shiqi.
There are thousands of people in this group, and they are indeed "partners" secretly supported by Xujiazhuang, providing almost infinite funds to support them to purchase more than 200 million stone of grain from the private sector, and then secretly transport it to the northern market, acting as a "secret son" to break into the interior of the grain speculators.
And when the price of grain almost peaked, they threw out the grain in their hands at a price of 5 to 6 silver dollars / stone, and at this time the cost of frying grain was already very high, and the speculators had to pay at least 1 billion silver dollars if they wanted to take over the surplus grain of 200 million stones, and after the first round of consumption in Xujiazhuang, and now in the face of the "backstabbing" of these shadows, they can still get 1 billion silver dollars to eliminate these low-priced grains?
Obviously, they can't get it, they only have a warehouse full of grain in their hands now, and they can't take out the slightest idle fund.
November 20th.
The front-page headline of Xujiazhuang's "Oriental Times" pronounced the death sentence of all grain speculators:
[Xujiazhuang's low-price grain sales point reopened, and 50 million stone of high-quality rice from Nanyang opened today, with a price of 0.5 silver yuan/stone, and the price will remain unchanged for the next two years! γ
As soon as this report came out.
Countless grain speculators felt that the world was spinning, like the end was coming, or they spat blood on the spot and collapsed.
0.5 silver dollars/stone?
And two more years?
Doesn't this mean that they don't want to sell the grain they hoard in the warehouse for more than 0.5 silver dollars per stone until it is all old and spoiled?
The sky fell!
An avalanche of scenes suddenly erupted in the grain market. @η²Ύε\/Shuge*First update~~.
Chapter 243: Avalanche Moment