"We can stop raising prices, but those grain merchants still have to raise prices and talk, whatever they want."

When Chen Zhou saw Cao Cao coming, he also understood their intentions, and said: "Next, just wait for those grain merchants to toss by themselves, and the lord will cooperate and buy some food casually, but it doesn't need a lot, let them be excited for a while, how excited they are now, how desperate they will be when the time comes." ”

Cao Cao wrote it all down and asked, "When will we be able to reduce the price?" ”

Chen Zhou thought for a moment and said: "You pay attention to the situation of grain merchants in other places, as long as you find that there are negative emotions among them and you feel anxious, you can operate to reduce the price." ”

"I see!"

Xun You said: "They feel anxious because they understand that the price of grain has been raised too high, and they are worried that they will not be able to sell it, and finally they have to transport the grain back, as long as one person is willing to reduce the price, the others will follow one after another." ”

"It's called a price war."

Chen Zhou said: "Anything rises to a certain extent, it will fall, and this is the truth that things must be reversed. ”

"Thank you for your advice!"

Cao Cao knew what to do, and after saying goodbye to Chen Zhou, he would go back to arrange the issue of grain prices.

From now on, Cao Cao stopped raising food prices.

But those grain merchants, for fear that the price is not high enough, excitedly raise the price, the higher the better.

They don't understand the laws of economics at all.

I also thought that the higher the price, the better it was for me.

A few days passed, and Cao Cao at this time no longer cooperated with those grain merchants to raise prices, nor did he buy grain.

Panic began to emerge among the foreign grain merchants.

They began to worry that the food would not be sold.

I finally understood that the higher the price of grain, the better, sometimes it was so high that Cao Cao couldn't afford to buy their grain even if he starved to death, even if he was willing to buy it, but there were not many who could buy it, which meant that many grain merchants had to go back to how they came.

Even if you can't make money, the most important thing is that you have to lose even the freight.

In the course of transportation, there will definitely be losses in grain, and now even the lost ones cannot be earned.

This trip to Puyang is a blood loss.

Chen Zhou said that he was anxious and had negative emotions, which is how he appeared.

Cao Cao kept people staring at those foreign grain merchants, thinking that he met the conditions for price reduction at this time, and said: "The grain merchants are anxious and anxious, they can reduce the price, how are you arranging there, Berning?" ”

"Everything is ready to be lowered at any time. ”

"Pass my orders, from now on, to keep down the price of food."

Below Cao Cao, there were also a few grain merchants who began to act to lower grain prices.

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"The price has been reduced, and there is a grain merchant who has reduced the price."

At this time, a piece of news quickly spread among grain merchants.

At present, the price of grain has risen to more than 5,000 yuan, but one of the grain merchants has lowered the price to about 4,500 yuan.

This grain merchant was arranged by Cao Cao, and not long after he lowered the price, Cao Cao took action and bought all the grain merchant's grain, which immediately gave other grain merchants a hope.

The price of grain is too high to sell, and there will be a blood loss.

But the price of grain fell, Cao Cao immediately made a purchase, so the price reduction is fine, as long as you don't have to lose money to go back, everything can still be discussed.

As a result, other grain merchants began to follow suit and reduce prices.

First some people dropped it to four thousand four hundred dollars, and soon others dropped it to four thousand three hundred dollars.

It's like a price reduction, which also forms a comparison.

For fear that I wouldn't fall fast enough and be one step ahead of others, Cao Cao bought someone else's grain.

The trend of price reduction has swept the entire Puyang.

In less than three days, the price of grain dropped to more than 2,000 yuan, and compared with the previous price of more than 5,000 yuan, the price was directly cut in half.

But Cao Cao didn't make any more moves, after all, the current price is still very expensive, just roll up the price reduction trend again.

At this time, Cao Cao invited Chen Zhou to his house.

Cao Ang sat on the side and listened to the study.

"To what extent do you think the price will drop so that we can buy a large amount of grain?"

Cao Cao asked.

Chen Zhou said: "Between 400 and 700 yuan, I think 500 or 600 yuan is the most suitable, which can not only allow grain merchants to make some money, but also not make them too disgusted." ”

Cao Ang asked incomprehensibly: "Isn't it better to keep food prices as low as possible?" ”

Chen Zhou explained: "Of course not! If it's too low, they'd rather lose money than sell it to us, some extreme, even if it's used to fill the moat, they may not be willing to sell it at too low a price, after all, it's too low, they are easily disgusted with the lord, and if it is pressed to a reasonable range, it's best for everyone to benefit each other. ”

Grain merchants don't go home at a loss, and they don't have to spend too much money on grain.

A reasonable price is necessary.

"I'm enlightened!"

Cao Cao nodded and said: "The current grain price does not need to be personally pressed by me, and those grain merchants are competing to reduce the price first." ”

Chen Zhou said: "They are afraid that they will lose money and will not be able to sell food, so we will continue to wait and see, the lord does not need to be anxious, by the way, what about the situation around the Son of Heaven?" ”

"When the Son of Heaven arrived in Hedong, the food was almost exhausted, and the harem fed on jujube vegetables, if it weren't for Zhang Yang from the wild king, they might have eaten people like Zhongde."

Cao Cao kept staring at the situation around the Son of Heaven, and said: "Dong Cheng and Zhang Yang resolutely escorted the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, but Yang Feng and Li Le suddenly repented, the people around the Son of Heaven were suspicious of each other, Zhang Yang was forced back to the wild king, Han Xian led his troops to attack Dong Cheng, Dong Cheng had to run to Yang Feng, more and more chaotic, and the contradictions became more and more acute. ”

After Chen Zhou heard the recent situation of the Son of Heaven, he smiled and said: "After a while, Yang Feng and Dong Cheng will return to the Son of Heaven, and then the Son of Heaven can only reconcile the relationship between Han Xian and Dong Cheng. ”

What is waiting now is the initiative of Dong Cheng and others.

Whoever takes the initiative will fall into passivity.

At the end of last year, Cao Cao took the initiative, so Cao Hong was by the side of the Son of Heaven and didn't even have a chance to speak.

"The lord can keep in touch with Dong Zhao, and when the time comes, let Dong Zhao help us persuade Yang Feng of Liang County, our army, to go smoothly to meet the Son of Heaven, and take the Son of Heaven back to Xu County."

Chen Zhou said again.

"That's right!"

Cao Cao thought about it for a long time and agreed: "If Yang Feng in Liang County wants to intercept us, he can do it, and Yang Feng, Han Xian and others disagree with each other, maybe they can use Yang Feng to contain them." ”

Chen Zhou said: "We still need to wait, and we can't get any benefit if we are in a hurry." ”

"I understand, and I believe in Wataruki!"

Cao Cao said solemnly.

With Chen Zhou's control and judgment of the situation around the Son of Heaven, they have the chance to win, as if the Son of Heaven is already in the bag.

The Son of Heaven cannot escape.