Zhu Chengjun saw that Yang Ying was quite disdainful and disdainful of his own way of profit, and asked rhetorically: "Didn't Miss Yang think that the ordinary people in the county could eat affordable rice with the help of Yang's grain store alone?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Ying was silent for an instant, and knew that what she was thinking was very unrealistic, so she lowered her eyelids helplessly, even if she only wanted to earn her fair share of the profits, but not all merchants were as conscientious as herself, and they all wished that the higher the price of food, the better.

Yang Yingxiu frowned slightly, lightly opened her cherry lips, and said leisurely: "Of course, it is my wish that the price of grain will be stable, if the price of grain rises a few times a day, it will inevitably cause panic among the people in the city." With Zhu Gongzi's talent, how could he not see the consequences caused by this at that time. ”

Zhu Chengjun shook his head and smiled, and said, "I don't dare to agree with Miss Yang's words. Although food stamps can help food prices rise rapidly in a short period of time, they can only last for a while, and as long as there are no uncontrollable factors, grain will eventually return to a rational price. Girl, you can imagine that if the grain doubles today and drops by eight or nine percent tomorrow, the eyes of the people are bright, and the grain in the hands of the merchants is also to be sold for cash, and the sharp fluctuations in food prices in the short term just give everyone time to think calmly, and they may not be able to afford it today, but they can always afford it tomorrow. As long as everyone has a clear understanding of the law of grain rises and falls, everyone chooses to wait and see calmly when grain prices are high, and when grain prices are low, they should hurry up and hoard more, so that grain prices will naturally return to a relatively reasonable price level very quickly. ”

After listening to Zhu Chengjun's explanation, Yang Ying quickly reacted, and his eyes lit up, thinking that this move was an effective and fast means to adjust grain prices. Even so, Yang Ying still had doubts in her heart, and asked for advice: "The little girl who issued the charcoal coupons issued by the Changxing ticket number not long ago also learned afterwards, after all, grain is different from charcoal, if the grain stamps fall into the hands of speculative merchants, as long as they have enough food stamps, won't they also be subject to others at that time?" ”

Food stamps are credit vouchers, and as long as the real food stamps are presented, the designated grain bank will have no reason to refuse to pay them. Yang Ying asked this, Zhu Chengjun had already expected it, and immediately took Yang Ying's words: "The girl's concern is not unreasonable, after all, food stamps are highly free to buy and sell, once they flow out, it will eventually fall into the hands of whom, I don't know if the girl has ever thought that if the speculators want to concentrate the grain stamps that cannot be exchanged in sufficient quantities in the hands of a few people, it will itself push up the price of the grain stamps, and they must pay the corresponding price, the price of grain in a county is much higher than that of the next county, if the grain merchants in other counties find it profitable, Wouldn't it be that food will not be put into Zhongli County? With the influx of more and more food, and the impact of foreign food, can food prices remain high? Since risk is a two-way street, whoever wants to take a risk must not think carefully about it. ”

Yang Ying's beautiful eyes suddenly rippled with brilliance, stabilizing food prices and keeping ordinary people from bending their waists for rice was exactly what she wanted and couldn't do. After some conversation, Yang Ying's inherent impression of Zhu Chengjun changed greatly, and he smiled and said, "Please also ask Zhu Gongzi to explain your intention to come this time." ”

In order to receive enough grain as soon as possible to endorse the credit for the first issue of tomorrow's grain stamps, Zhu Chengjun decided to exchange the grain stamps with the grain store that had enough grain in his hand, and immediately explained his intention to Yang Ying: "I decided to exchange grain with the girl at the first price of the grain stamps, and the food stamps for the girl need the girl to promise not to transfer and exchange cash within a month." ”

"You want to exchange food from my house with a piece of paper, don't think too beautiful!" Yang Ying's little girl was confused when she heard the previous words, she understood Zhu Chengjun's last sentence, and in the little girl's opinion, she wanted to borrow her family's food with an IOU.

"Little sister, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." Yang Ying glanced at her little sister and reprimanded.

The eldest sister is the mother, and although the little girl Yang Ying has unique skills, she has absolute respect and obedience to her sister.

Yang Ying looked at Zhu Chengjun with narrow eyes, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Zhu Gongzi does not have enough food in his hands, and he is worried that he will not be able to provide enough guarantee for the smooth issuance of food stamps." ”

Being stared at like this by Yang Ying's little eyebrows, Zhu Chengjun said in his heart: Isn't this girl trying to ask for a price?

Zhu Chengjun glanced at Yang's grain store, and found that he was standing like this and talking to the Yang sisters for a long time, during which he didn't see a few customers entering the store, let alone seeing the busy figure of a guy delivering goods outside, and said in his heart: You are not doing well, and the goods in your hand have been pressed, could it be that you want to stay in the granary to feed the mice?

Knowing that the business situation of Yang's grain store is not optimistic, Zhu Chengjun concluded that Yang Ying would not ask for a sky-high price, on the contrary, she would be grateful to herself. Zhu Chengjun raised his face slightly, met Yang Ying's eyes, and said, "Let the girl smile." ”

Shen Ze thought that it was his time to behave, glanced at the grain store guy who was swatting flies, and said casually: "With the 'strength' of the Yang family's grain store, I don't think I will let Zai Xia and the owner go home empty-handed." ”

Zhu Chengjun glared at Shen Ze and reprimanded: "Yang's grain store is doing a prosperous business, and there is not much inventory in the first place, even if you and I return empty-handed today, will we be surprised?" ”

"The lesson of the owner is that it is not early, or let's hurry up and find the next home, so as not to delay tomorrow's first meeting." Shen Ze glanced at the empty grain store in a blink of an eye, and then at the Yang sisters.

Yang Ying has been taking care of the grain business with her father since she was a child, and she is used to seeing three religions and nine streams, so how can she not hear that these two people are singing and harmonizing to let herself dispel the idea of sitting on the ground and raising prices as soon as possible.

Yang Ying's eyes fluttered, and then he pretended to be apologetic and self-reproachful, and said, "Look at my memory, I forgot to ask the two of you to sit down." Then he looked at his little sister and ordered: "Xiaoying will go down to cook tea, and my sister will discuss the details of cooperation with Zhu Gongzi in detail." ”

Zhu Chengjun saw that he had successfully dispelled the previous prejudice against himself in Yang Ying's heart, which was of course a good thing.

Walking into Yang Ying's office area used to deal with the affairs of the grain bank, Zhu Chengjun just sat down and asked: "There is a notice hanging in front of the store of the girl in Xiajian that the grain is purchased at a high price. ”

Yang Ying shook his head slightly, his face was a little gloomy, and he said helplessly: "I am the last of the four major grain merchants in the county, and I am a woman in charge, and Zhu Gongzi must also know the hardships of it." If she really wants to complete the grain purchase before the price of grain is booming, how can the little woman compete with the other three and the newly opened Yutai Grain Store under Zhu Gongzi. ”

After listening to Yang Ying's narration, Zhu Chengjun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, for the time being, there has been no news that can greatly stimulate grain prices among the four major grain merchants.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other three major grain merchants had not yet acted, Zhu Chengjun thought that he should make the first move and complete the grain purchase in advance, and bluntly asked Yangying: "The grain stamps issued by the Changxing ticket number this time have a face value of 1,000 catties each, and it is planned to issue 50,000 copies, and the initial price is set at 52 yuan. ”

"Fifty thousand!" Yang Ying was stunned on the spot, 50,000 grain stamps corresponded to 5 million catties of grain, accounting for a quarter of Zhongli County's annual grain production. In addition to being shocked, Yang Ying had to admire Zhu Chengjun's generosity and boldness.

Yang Ying came back to his senses from the shock, calculated silently in his heart, and replied: "Yang's grain store has limited capacity, and can only take out 100,000 catties of rice grain, and the small shop made Zhu Gongzi smile." ”

Although the number given by Yang Ying was different from what she had in mind, Zhu Chengjun knew that although she had reservations, it would not be too much, so she immediately nodded and said: "Miss Yang doesn't let her eyebrows be admired." After a pause, he continued: "The unknown girl has not signed the purchase contract with those big landlords who have grain in their hands, and if they have not signed it, I hope the girl will make a decision as soon as possible." I intend to raise the purchase price of grain to the same price as in previous years in a short period of time, and complete the grain reserve ahead of schedule. ”

How could Yang Ying not know the weight of this news, Zhu Chengjun actually said his plan without reservation, Yang Ying looked at Zhu Chengjun's gaze and couldn't help but feel a little more grateful, and said: "Son's kindness and affection, the little girl is unforgettable." ”

"Cooperation is a win-win situation, and I am very grateful to Miss Yang for her trust and help." Zhu Chengjun laughed loudly.

At this time, the little girl Yang Ying walked in with tea, and saw that her sister was talking happily with a young man she had only met an hour ago, and immediately said crisply: "Since the two have reached a cooperation, they will borrow the tea cooked by the little sister herself as a celebration bar." ”

"Yang Xiaomei's tea came at the right time." Zhu Chengjun took the tea and raised his hands high, and said loudly: "Miss Yang, please." ”

After drinking the celebratory tea, Zhu Chengjun continued: "Miss Yang is afraid that the competition with the other three grain merchants is very fierce, and there is a small tool in her hand, which will definitely make the girl invincible in the competition with the other three grain merchants in the future." ”

"What a tool!" Yang Ying's eyes lit up immediately.

Zhu Chengjun smiled mysteriously, bought a little pass at Yang Yingxiao, and said: "The tools designed below can increase the efficiency of grain processing exponentially, and not only that, but also save a lot of manpower and time. ”

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, Yang Ying can't help but look forward to the processing tools that Zhu Chengjun said in her heart, and she can't wait to see it right away, if there is really such a sharp weapon, she will not be afraid of the suppression of Yang's grain store by the three major grain stores.

In the late Stone Age, the ancestors used the method of grinding, and until the Three Kingdoms period, grain processing was done by hand. With the progress of human beings, in the period of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, water conservancy machinery water mills and water mills were widely used. During the Western Jin Dynasty, Du pre-made reforms on this basis and invented the machine mill, although the grain processing tools in the later period have been constantly developing, in Zhu Chengjun's view, the improvement of efficiency has not reached a qualitative leap.

Since water conservancy machinery has been widely used, it is not difficult to move the working principle of the rice mill in later generations, and it will not be very difficult to make grain processing tools that are much higher than the current ones with the industrial skills of Song Dynasty craftsmen.

Saying goodbye to Yang Ying, Zhu Chengjun and Shen Ze immediately got into the carriage back to Changxing.

Shen Ze looked at Zhu Chengjun, who was sitting in the car with his eyes closed, and said the words that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time: "With all due respect, the cooperation between Gongzi and Yang's grain store this time is definitely not a wise move. ”

"How so?" Zhu Chengjun still had his eyes closed.

"There is no shortage of grain fields in the other three major grain merchants, and the amount of grain produced by a stubble is not a few, and this alone is far beyond Yang's reach." Shen Ze said.

Zhu Chengjun nodded and asked: "You are in charge of collecting grain this time, can you know how the cooperative relationship between the three major grain merchants and those big landlords is, is it unbreakable?" ”

Shen Ze shook his head and replied: "None of them signed a supply deed, as long as they can afford the silver, they won't worry about not being able to receive food, it's just ...... The silver we currently have on hand has been almost spent, and with the grain exchanged from Yang's Grain Bank, Yutai Grain Bank's current reserves are less than one million catties. ”

This amount is less than half of the budget, Zhu Chengjun rubbed his temples, and immediately instructed: "If the initial sale of grain stamps goes smoothly tomorrow, we can raise at least 50,000 or even more cash, and after the silver is in hand, you will immediately make purchase deeds with major farms." In addition, you should work harder, and take the opportunity of notifying the major grain merchants to exchange grain stamps for some of the grain with them, but not lower than the exchange rate between me and the Yang family. ”

"The subordinates will take care of it." Shen Ze smiled teasingly, and said in his heart: The owner pities the jade the most

With the current grain prices on the market, Shen Ze is absolutely confident that he can solve the problem of insufficient grain reserves in Yutai Grain Bank.