After the meal, Shopkeeper Pan returned to the bookstore alone, while Shen Yu'an took Liang Hui and the brothers Feng San and Feng Si to the shop she had bought.
"There is a yard behind this shop. You three can live here. If you need anything, just buy it yourself. I will give you some money later."
Shen Yu'an hired the three of them to work and negotiated their monthly wages.
Shen Yu'an did not plan to let them live in the three-story house connected to this small courtyard. Anyway, the few rooms here were enough for them to stay.
Because Fei Yanche had already told them before coming that they should follow Shen Yu'an's instructions in everything.
Seeing the empty shop, Liang Hui asked, "Miss, now everything is ready, but where should we get the food?"
Shen Yu'an handed the key to Liang Hui and said, "I will take you to another yard later. On the 15th and the last day of every month, I will have people deliver food there, and you can find someone to bring it to the shop."
Liang Hui asked again: "I also hope that the young lady can tell me whether the price of the grain is based on the current market price or whether the young lady has other arrangements."
Shen Yu'an said calmly: "You can find out the grain prices yourself, and try to keep the price the same as last year's grain prices."
She did not directly tell Liang Hui and others about the previous grain prices, but asked them to inquire and set the prices themselves. If they couldn't even do such a small thing, how could she feel at ease employing them?
But Liang Hui was shocked when he heard what Shen Yu'an said. It was the same as last year's grain price... The current grain price is more than four times the grain price in the first half of last year. Does Miss Shen want to bring down the grain price by herself?
If they lowered the price of grain so much at once, they wouldn't be afraid that other grain merchants would come and cause trouble.
I’m afraid they won’t have enough food.
After all, their grain prices are so low that they will inevitably attract the attention of the people. By then, all the people will flock here to buy grain, and I am afraid that there will not be enough grain.
"You don't have to worry about the food. If there is not enough food in the early stage, come to the village to find me and I will ask my friend to deliver it."
Liang Hui couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the power of the friend that Shen Yu'an mentioned. He was able to get so much food and sell it at a low price. He must have suffered a lot of losses.
Liang Hui crossed his hands and thought for a while before saying, "I have a plan that I would like to share with Miss Shen."
Shen Yu'an motioned for him to speak.
Liang Hui said: "Miss, this action has already offended many grain merchants. In this case, no matter how many or how few are offended, it is impossible to live in harmony with them. So I thought I could cheat them out of some money."
Shen Yuan became interested and asked, "Oh? How did you do it? Tell me in detail."
Liang Hui said with a cunning businessman's look: "It depends on whether the food in the hands of the girl's friend can sustain it."
Shen Yu'an signaled him to just say whatever he wanted and he didn't need to worry about the food.
Seeing her like this, Liang Hui assumed that she had no shortage of food.
He said: "The grain prices in the market are ridiculously high now. If a company comes along that offers lower grain prices than them, they will definitely try to buy our grain at a lower price and hinder our business."
"We can first set the grain price 10% to 20% lower than theirs and let them buy our grain. They will think that we don't have much grain. After a few times, we can sell the grain to the people at the price we set."
"If those grain merchants lose their temper, they will definitely try to sell the grain again. We can then arrange for someone to buy it at a lower price. This way, we will not lose the grain, but can also make a profit from the price difference."
After hearing Liang Hui's words, Shen Yu'an coughed lightly to hide the smile in his throat.
She had already imagined how angry those grain merchants would be after falling into Liang Hui's trap.
She smiled and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to you. Just do as you say."
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