Chapter 212: Not Selling

All the rice and grain shops in the capital, big and small, only sell in bulk, not in bulk.

No matter how much you talk about it, this is the rule.

So Liu Saner could only return empty-handed, taking the silver given by his employer and preparing to return it to his employer.

He didn't make any money from this silver, and Liu Saner didn't dare to be greedy for the silver to buy rice and grain, because he didn't have the life to do so.

What Liu Saner didn't know was that when he left the first rice shop,

there was a person following him.

It wasn't until he met his employer that this person changed people to follow him.

"What, you only bought three bags of grain?"

Hearing the answer of this shabby man, Zhu Yingyan calmly put down the cup that had been raised high.

"Tell me, what's going on."

Zhu Yingyan took a deep breath, telling herself not to lose her temper with the "new" Qiufen.

Losing her temper won't solve anything.

It's just... no

matter how useless the previous Qiufen was, she was much more useful than the current one.

If there hadn't been a comparison, she really wouldn't have realized that the maid her mother picked for her was actually not that bad, and even Qiufen's family could help her.

Unlike the newly arrived Qiufen, not only was she not as honest and loyal as the old Qiufen, but her ability to do things was also particularly poor.

Before, every time Zhu Yingyan heard that the grain price in the city had dropped, she felt very uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the fact that she had lived an extra life, Zhu Yingyan would have always advised herself to be patient and

just wait a little longer until the next spring plowing season, when everyone discovered that the crops simply couldn't survive.

That would be her, Zhu Yingyan's, home court.

But today, when she heard that the price of rice had returned to 1.5 times the price, breaking another bottom line in Zhu Yingyan's heart,

she suddenly had a different idea.

When the spring of next year comes, spring ploughing in various places will not be able to proceed normally,

and that is when the price of grain will rise the most.

Although five times the price is not high now, by that time, ten times the price of grain will be considered a conscience price.

Therefore, as long as she secretly hoards the rice in the current market at 1.5 times the price,

although the money she spends is twice as much as expected

, she can earn back all the money next year with a profit of eight or nine times.

This 1.5 times price seems to be very profitable to Zhu Yingyan.

In fact, knowing the future development,

Zhu Yingyan would not lose money if she collected the rice grains, even if it was double or triple, not just 1.5 times the price.

It was just that the initial cost investment would be greatly increased. In

this life, Zhu Yingyan did not have as much money as in the previous life, and with the help of Wang Guanjia,

she was not willing to accept the price of double or more.

It was not until the price of 1.5 times appeared that Zhu Yingyan's mentality changed.

Zhu Xuntao only roughly estimated Zhu Yingyan's bottom line, and felt bad after hearing the price of 1.5 times.

After knowing that these rice and grain shops were related to the crown prince or the fourth prince, other people

did not dare to have any evil thoughts and wanted to hoard the grain in the hands of the crown prince and the fourth prince.

Most people would only think that it is a good thing for the people if the crown prince steps in to stabilize the grain price,

which also means that the Yong Dynasty will not be in chaos.

Who doesn't want to live in peace?

Even the crown prince has personally stepped in to stabilize the market, who would still make trouble at this time and make things difficult for the royal family?

If you want to make a fortune, you have to be picky about your targets.

These are the general reactions of ordinary people, but can Zhu Yingyan be an ordinary person?

Zhu Yingyan, who was ambitious to make a lot of money and become the master of her own house, knew all these situations very well.

For the sake of overwhelming wealth, she was willing to give it a try.

What's more, Zhu Yingyan did not do it herself, but bribed others to do it.

If you really want to make a fuss, Zhu Yingyan can also say that she spent real money to buy it, and it was not stolen or robbed, and it was not illegal.

As for other things, it is not strange that she, a woman in the harem, could not consider it so thoroughly.

If you have to blame someone, just blame the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince for not setting good enough rules.

These excuses are not difficult to find.

Zhu Xuntao can easily come up with five or six for Zhu Yingyan.

Anyway, Zhu Yingyan would definitely make money that goes against her conscience.

If she didn't dare to make money, why did Zhu Yingyan hoard food so actively?

Nowadays, the price of rice has increased by 1.5 times. This 1.5 times is the selling price, not the purchase price.

Zhu Yingyan is willing to accept it, isn't it just to hoard it and sell it at a higher price later?

Zhu Yingyan thought that this plan would go smoothly, after all, no one has yet figured out the key.

However, the new autumnal equinox made her fail again, and she was defeated by Zhu Xuntao again in the matter of hoarding food.

Fortunately, Zhu Yingyan didn't know yet that the reason why she had so many twists and turns in collecting grains and

failed twice was because of Zhu Xuntao's interference.

Otherwise, not only would Zhu Yingyan's set of cups be lost,

but even the porcelain in Zhu Yingyan's room would be smashed to pieces, leaving nothing behind.

"Please forgive me, my young lady. I am incompetent. My brothers have tried every possible way, but..." The

newly arrived Qiufen still felt that she was unlucky.

She used the real money given by the young lady to buy rice and grains, what was wrong with that?

She thought that the young lady had just assigned her a task and given her a chance to make a contribution.

Really, Qiufen really thought that this was the credit given to her by Zhu Yingyan, in order to win her heart and make her follow her wholeheartedly in the future.

Waiting for good news, Qiufen thought happily,

If she and her family could accomplish this for the young lady, the young lady would have given them a reward.

But who would have known that her family would only carry three miserable bags of rice, saying that they had tried their best and that it was simply not available.

Facing such a result, not to mention Zhu Yingyan, Qiufen herself was also confused.

Aren't rice and grains piled up full in every rice and grain shop? How could it be impossible not to buy them?

Until now, kneeling in front of Zhu Yingyan to plead guilty, Qiufen felt that she was innocent and had started off badly:

"Young lady, it's not that we and others didn't do our best to help you, it's just that those shops are very bad and they deliberately make things difficult for us."

"What do you mean?"

It's just buying some grain, how can it be related to the bad shops?

Zhu Yingyan also wanted to know why she finally made up her mind, took out all her savings, and spent a lot of money to buy grain,

but in the end she returned empty-handed.

Thinking of the three bags of grain, Zhu Yingyan felt very uncomfortable.

The money for these three bags must have been spent, and it was impossible not to give it to Qiufen's family.

She spent a high price to buy three bags of grain?

If she didn't want it, she would definitely not be willing to give it away.

Keeping it, facing this amount, Zhu Yingyan felt so sad that she wanted to cry.

How come the grain she hoarded was dozens or even a hundred times more than these three bags?

So what was she busy with today?

"To reply to the eldest lady, all the rice and grain shops in the city only sell rice and grain in bulk, not in bulk."