The news that Ji's firm sells cheap grain is a big surprise for the people of Nanyang. Then it is bad news for the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce and Che Jiuming, and it is also a blow to the grain merchants from other places who have traveled thousands of miles to transport grain.

When Che Jiuming heard the news, he was stunned.

When he reacted, his face was hideous, Ji Wuyin wanted him to die!

"Calculate how much food I have in my account!"

"Yes!"

Chefu's account office began to crackle.

Chefu's account office was quite diligent, and the accounts were always very organized, so they quickly handed in the results.

Before Che Jiuming went to Liu's money village to borrow silver, there was no cash in his hand, and some were 800,000 stone of grain. After borrowing the silver back, it took him five days to eat a total of 167,000 stone of grain from Luoyang and Runan, and spent about 430,000 taels.

Before he raised the price of grain to 280,000 taels of silver, he personally had about 370,000 taels of silver and nearly 970,000 stone of grain.

The grain merchant would sell high-priced grain for a few days, and sold a total of about 50,000 stones, of which 30,000 stone was his share, and 84,000 taels were recorded in the account.

In other words, he now has a total of 940,000 stone of grain and about 450,000 taels of silver.

Now the price of grain is 120 wen per bucket, and if the other party really sets the price of grain at 120 wen, then the total value of the grain in his hand will have to shrink by 1.5 million taels.

For a moment, his face was gloomy.

The old bookkeeper of Chefu hesitated for a moment, but still reminded, "Master, we still owe a sum of money to the Liu family. ”

Of course, Che Jiuming remembered that the term of the money was three months. As long as he repays the 800,000 taels of silver he borrowed within three months, plus interest, he will be fine.

But now he is unwilling to pay back the money.

As soon as the money is returned, he will be slaughtered by others. Moreover, if the Ji's semicolon is done like this, the grain will not be sold at a high price. To repay this money, he still has to sell 350,000 stone of grain now to raise enough money to pay it back.

The old account office is worried, "I am afraid that food prices will fall again......"

"Impossible!" Cha refused to think about this possibility.

The Ji Chamber of Commerce is doing this, but all the grain sold is a loss.

If the price is reduced again, how much do they have to lose? How much food did the Ji family have enough for him to lose?

Che Jiuming didn't believe how much food Ji still had in his hands!

However, the cash in his hand could only buy 560,000 stone of grain. The money is still too little!

The old bookkeeper shook his head and sighed, and went out. The master is so stubborn.

Che Jiuming understood the unfinished words of the old account room, and he wanted him to admit it.

But all of a sudden, his wealth has shrunk by half, so how can he admit it?!

Che Jiuming gritted his teeth, "You want to kill me, dreaming!" ”

What the old accountant didn't know was that even if Che Jiuming was willing to reduce the price, there would be no chance. Luoyang's side will only set the price of grain lower than him.

When the news reached Meifu, Meizishan and Zhou Beicheng were eating.

After hearing the news, both of them were shocked, and at the same time, they were also frightened by the Ji family's firm.

Mother, this is Ji's last move?

They actually pushed the price of grain to 120 wen a bucket?

Mei Zishan and Zhou Beicheng glanced at each other, if they hadn't made a move at a price of one hundred (fifty) sixty wen before, they would have lost even more now.

You must know that some time ago, although with Che Jiuming's efforts, the price of grain was raised to 280 wen a bucket in one fell swoop, but there was almost no market. Che Jiuming pulled several grain stores under the Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce and sold his own grain, but he didn't sell much.

If they hadn't run fast, they would really be a blood loss now, and then I don't know if they would have smashed it directly? Now a small loss is a blessing in misfortune.

Runan

The news that Ji's branch was selling a large amount of cheap grain swept through Nanyang and the surrounding towns like a wave.

Xie Zhan and the others also quickly received the news.

Xie Zhan and the elites he had brought with him from the Southland all gathered in the council hall.

Xie Zhan muttered, "This price is really ruthless." ”

Xie Nan gasped, "Is Liaodong County crazy?" If you sell grain at this price, Liaodong County will die at a loss, right? ”

"Yes, at this price, the more they sell, the more they lose." Xie Bai was also puzzled, "What is Liaodong County doing?" It's completely harmful to others and not to yourself. ”

Xie Zhan quickly calculated the account in his heart.

After coming to Nanyang, they and Liaodong County sold a total of 600,000 stone of grain, Liaodong County threw 400,000 stone, and all the 200,000 stone grain they brought here was thrown out.

Liaodong County's move and the sharp price reduction of grain directly caused the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce to lose about 800,000 taels.

"Liaodong County, then there must be a trick." Xie Zhan said that he was not proficient in the way of goods and commerce, but he was well versed in human nature.

Xie Zhan knew very well that Lu Songli was not the kind of person who would let himself suffer.

Gu Huaisheng, who had not spoken, spoke at this time, "Master Xie, I probably know what Liaodong County wants to do. ”

"What do they want to do?" Xie Nan was curious.

"Actually, they just want to help the disaster." Gu Huaisheng said with a complicated expression, people actually just want to help the disaster, but they want to be complicated.

"Is that really the purpose? As the common people say, sell cheap grain, be a great benevolent, and help the court for disaster relief? ”

The people present felt incredible, but they all knew that the people from Liaodong County came to Nanyang to help Zhang Xian deal with the problem of disaster relief in Nanyang. But is it really worth it to help at any cost?

"They need a lot of food to do this, right? Where did Liaodong County get so much grain? Lu Fei immediately grasped the point.

"yes, where did they get so much food?"

They calculated that before today, there were a total of 400,000 stone of grain thrown out from Luoyang. Now that this grain is being paid at a low price, the common people are flocking to it, and they should have a lot of food on hand.

"Liaodong County should have joined forces with the Ji family. The strength of both is not weak. ”

"However, even so, Liaodong County and the Ji family need to prepare a lot of food, otherwise they can't meet the needs of the people of Nanyang for food."

"According to preliminary estimates, both of them will have to come up with millions of stone grains, so they don't have to live their lives?"

At this time, a young man next to Xie Nan sighed.

"What's wrong?" Xie Nan turned his head and asked his nephew Xie Si, Xie Si is sixteen this year, and he brought him out this time to let him experience it.

The rest of them looked at the two of them as well.

Xie Si looked embarrassed.

At this time, Xie Zhan said, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly, no need to worry." ”

Xie Si then said hesitantly, "A while ago, someone sneaked up on me and asked me if I wanted food. I remembered it now, and the person who came to ask me was the manager of a member of the Yuzhou Grain Chamber of Commerce. ”

Xie Zhan asked, "When is it?" ”

Xie Si replied, "That's when we came to Runan for eight or nine days. ”

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" Xie Nan asked him sternly.

Xie Si is aggrieved, he doesn't understand this. At that time, they were all selling grain, so how could they collect grain?