"Did you see today's paper?"

"What's wrong?"

"The newspapers began to publish the prices of various materials in the city today, including rice, millet, salt, and other things, and also sorted out the purchase prices of these materials in various shops.

"Oh, I can't afford it, I can't afford to eat at one price a day."

"Who's to say it's not, it's better to stock up on some food as soon as possible."

"Shaotun point, who knows when the price will be reduced."

"It is said that Baoguo has opened a porridge shop, and people who have no money to buy food can go to get a bowl of porridge every day, which is really a good person."

"Who's to say it's not, Bao Guogong is much better than those profiteers who raise prices."

The people in Chang'an City have been talking about grain prices recently, and when they read the newspapers, they found that today has risen by three or four percent compared with yesterday.

Yang Guang specially asked the newspaper to add a fire to this grain war, the information exchange in ancient times was not so fast, and the newspaper disclosed a lot of information, and the major grain stores were desperate to grab the grain.

But grain is to be eaten, not fried.

……

The gathering place of Hu merchants, because of the fact that Hu Shang surrounded the Jingzhao Mansion before, now the life of Hu merchants is not easy, and the strength of the Great Sui Dynasty makes them have to recognize the reality, and the Great Sui Dynasty will not compromise at will.

"Aliri, Li Dong sent someone to ask us what we think, the price of food in the city has risen sharply recently, do you want to work together."

Ali Li, who has a beard, is the younger brother of the leader of the Hu people, Ah Ruru, and now that Ah Ruru is arrested in the Jingzhao Mansion, he has become a temporary center, and he said: "Li Dong, which Li Dong is it." ”

"He is the one with the most grain stores in Chang'an City, and he has cooperated with A Ruru before, and he is a cunning person."

"The name Li Dong is too ordinary, I know four Li Dong, this guy didn't sell a lot of grain two days ago, it is said that he made a lot of money, he was the most powerful in grain storage before, how did he sell it to make money and still have the mind?"

The subordinate took out the newspaper and said to Aliri: "Li Dong sold it two days ago, and it was robbed all at once, and now the price of grain in the city has only risen by half in two days compared to when he sold it, and he plans to continue to enter the market at this time." ”

Since ancient times, buying up rather than buying down, the more it rises, the more excited speculators are.

Marx said: "If there is a 10% profit, capital is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With 20% of the profits, capital can be active; With 50% of the profits, capital will take risks; For the sake of 100% profit, capital dares to trample on all human laws; With more than 300% of the profits, capital dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of hanging his head. ”

And now the price of grain in Chang'an City is rising day by day, or even half a day, the grain on the market, the grain transported from other cities, as much as there is, as long as there is someone to buy, a big hand behind the back to control everything.

In fact, how can there be so many grains transported from other cities, the price of grain in Chang'an City has risen, and other cities have also risen sharply, and now it is not so convenient and fast to travel over long distances.

At the beginning, traders like Li Dong had already made up their minds to sell at a high price to earn a large difference, but they didn't expect the price to be so strong this time, and it was five times higher at a glance, but the momentum couldn't be stopped at all.

Alili thought about it carefully and said to his subordinates: "Xinghualou will make an appointment to meet this Li Dong and discuss major matters this time." ”

"Boss, you also want to meddle in the matter of food prices?"

Ali Li's face was ruthless: "Why not make money if you have money, and if the food is in our hands, we will have a greater say in Chang'an City." ”

"Boss, this is not good, the boss was just arrested and sent to the Jingzhao Mansion for offending the imperial court, let's calm down now."

"Hmph, the more you don't say a word, the more you will be looked down upon by the gang of wine bags and rice bags in the Great Sui Imperial Court, and at this time you have to make a move, we are not illegal and evil, just normal business, the merchants of the Great Sui can buy and sell grain, and we can too."

"But the price of grain is high, and the people of Dasui can't afford to eat it, and I'm afraid it's going to be turbulent."

"The people of the Great Sui don't care whether the people of the Great Sui live or die, what do we care? I wish I could die more, so that we can have more right to speak, it is best to die, Chang'an City is ours if we die, and the land of the Central Plains is ours, hahahaha. ”

The subordinates looked at Aliri and were a little worried, he thought that the previous boss Aruru was a crazy person, but obviously this Aliri was even more crazy.

……

There is no surplus grain in Chang'an City, and the wine in the Xinghualou is drunk.

Raising a glass to support the beautiful girl, Zhu Mennei sighed that the world was busy.

The world is busy, the world is busy, why don't the people rent empty houses?

The world is busy, the world is busy, why don't the people save surplus food?

Although the price of food in Chang'an City is high, but the Xinghua Building is still full of guests, when you sell something for 500 Wen, the cost rises to 10 Wen, and it does not affect your main profit.

In the elegant hall, Aliri prepared a table of delicacies, Li Dong entered the room, and the two met and complimented each other before taking a seat.

"A Ruru shopkeeper, now that there is a shortage of food in Chang'an City, you are preparing the dishes on this table, in the year of the catastrophe, it is too much."

"It happened to be a disaster, and I went to two vegetarian dishes."

"Good."

The two raised their glasses and drank together, Orchid poured wine, and Alili saw that Li Dong was a lascivious person, and his hands were on other people's orchid buttocks, rubbing and rubbing.

"Shopkeeper Li, I heard that my subordinates said that you are interested in cooperating with me to make a single grain order?"

Li Dong, whose face was slightly red, laughed: "Naturally, now the price of grain in Chang'an City has risen sharply, and I can continue to rise, I used to throw away all the grain in the grain store warehouse and made a lot of money, but in the past two days, I can only watch others make money boomingly, and my heart is itchy." ”

"Shopkeeper Li has strong financial resources, and it's never too late to enter the market."

"Haha, buying and selling are some ordinary means, let's discuss with the shopkeeper of Alili today to see if we can work together to make a big vote."

"Oh? How? ”

Li Dong motioned for his subordinates to retreat, and then said: "Your side has strong financial resources, and my side has a lot of assets, if the two of us work together to return all the grain to the warehouse, there will be no grain in Chang'an City, and the price will inevitably rise even higher,"

Alili was a little surprised, Li Dong's heart was really big: "Shopkeeper Li, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, if there is really no food in Chang'an City, the court will inevitably be turbulent." ”

Li Dong whispered: "Alili shopkeeper, do you know where the large amount of grain in the city came from now?" ”

"I don't know."

"I have news, Baoguo Gongyu Wenshu was appointed by the emperor to manage the military rations of Chang'an City, and Yu Wenshu is very bold, seeing that it is profitable to take the military rations and come out to resell, many grain merchants have bought grain from him, the price is more affordable than the market, and you can earn some difference from this, if we package it in large quantities, then the grain can sit on the ground and start the price in our hands."

"This Bao Guogong is too bold."

"What are people like them afraid of, the emperor doesn't dare to do anything to him if he blames him, this kind of money is the most stable."

"The people of the Great Sui have no food to eat, will the court not care?"

"Those who have no food to eat are some low-level "beggars" in the past dynasties in addition to making a show, who has taken care of these people, looking at the Bao Guogong while holding the military rations and reselling, while opening a relief porridge shop at the door of the house, it is really money and reputation, we have to learn from these people to do business, this time if we do well, we can also be on the thigh of Bao Guogong, as for the common people, starve to death, who let them have no money and no food, after two years of death, there are new people to Chang'an City, Chang'an City will never be short of people. ”

Aliri looked at Li Dong, if you want to say who is the most ruthless to the Great Sui people, it has to be this group of Great Sui people themselves.

After thinking carefully for a while, Alili made up his mind and said: "Shopkeeper Li is sincere, then it is naturally okay for us to do it together, but the part of the grain we save must be stored on our side." ”

"Ariri's shopkeeper can't trust me?"

"Naturally, we can be trusted, but we are all doing business, and we have to leave a guarantee for ourselves."

After some negotiations, Li Dong and Aliri finally reached an agreement.

In fact, both of them have Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts, Li Dong wants money, he doesn't have enough money in his hands, so he has to borrow the money of this group of Hu businessmen, people and resources are in his hands, and use Hu Shang's money to do his own things.

Alili thought about it more, and in a short period of time, he considered that if Bao Guogong was investigated and needed to fill the military shortfall, then Bao Guogong would inevitably have to pay for the military rations himself, and then he would let Bao Guogong owe himself a favor, and this kind of person in charge of military supplies would have more opportunities to make money in the future, and his social status would be improved quickly.

If Bao Guogong is directly imprisoned, the emperor himself has to find a way, and it is okay to take the grain and surrender to the emperor at that time.

The worst option is also that this reselling can make money.

Both of them left Xinghualou satisfied.

When the price continues to rise, people's caution and doubts will be dispelled, and madness is the nature of people in the face of temptation.

……

Some people are crazy, and some people stick to their hearts.

Yang Guang came to a grain store in the city today, and as soon as the grain store opened, it was swept away by a group of people at the door.

After the people went, the grain store was empty, and Yang Guang looked at a young man in the grain store and sighed at the empty store, ready to close.

Walking forward, the guy saw Yang Guang and said, "This son, the grain in this store has been sold out, so come back tomorrow." ”

Yang Guang glanced at the price of the grain marked, selling at this price is estimated to be at a loss, it is better to buy than to sell, can a business person still do a loss?

Wang Yi stepped forward: "This is His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and I ordered your shopkeeper to come and meet him quickly." ”

(End of chapter)