The people of Yangzhou have gained a lot of experience during this period. They finally understand what it means that things change three times a day.
Even describing the price of Artemisia annua as "three times a day" is not accurate. The price of this thing changes as quickly as you drink a sip of water, just like a punctured water bag that causes diarrhea.
The price initially fell from 88 taels. When the price fell to 60 taels, there was a brief stagnation. It was said that someone began to purchase a large amount of Artemisia annua on the market in order to stabilize the price.
Because of the emergence of such people, the price of Artemisia annua even increased slightly in a short period of time.
However, Lu Chen, who had been paying close attention to this matter, was not panicked at all. He was even in the mood to make a bet with Zi Yan beside him that the price of Artemisia annua would plummet today and many people would die today.
"It shouldn't be that serious. There is no extra Artemisia annua on the market now. As long as someone is willing to spend money to buy all the Artemisia annua on the market, the price will definitely stabilize, right?" Zi Yan expressed her superficial opinion.
"Haha, Miss Zi Yan probably doesn't know what panic selling means, right?"
"Panic selling?" Zi Yan chewed over these words, looking bewildered. "What does that mean?"
"What this means is that once a hyped product can no longer maintain its high price, some of the people behind the hype will panic-sell their products. Once this phenomenon becomes a trend, no one can stop it. Miss Zi Yan, have you ever seen an avalanche? In front of an avalanche, ordinary people are as insignificant as ants."
"Also, I need to clarify that the imperial court has never used Artemisia annua to stabilize prices. All the Artemisia annua was released to the market by me."
As he spoke, Lu Chen curled his lips at Ding San who was standing beside him and said, "Go, release another batch of Artemisia annua to make everyone happy."
Zi Yan looked at Lu Chen in amazement, and her body shivered for no reason.
It was Lu Chen who lent money to these businessmen to purchase Artemisia annua, and he was also the one who sold Artemisia annua to these businessmen.
All the money here and outside was earned by Lu Chen!
When Zi Yan thought about how the businessmen were happily singing and dancing just two days ago, thinking they could make a lot of money, she felt sad for them.
Seeing that Lu Chen was about to ask Ding San to set fire again, Zi Yan asked with mixed emotions: "How much Artemisia annua do you have?"
"Well, I'm not too sure. You know, the price of Artemisia annua is not high to begin with. I just bought some on a whim a while ago. As for the exact price, I really don't have any idea. It depends on how much money the merchants have left."
At this moment, Zi Yan's eyes changed when she looked at Lu Chen. In the past, when others called Lu Chen a demon and a disaster, Zi Yan intuitively thought that this was an adjective.
But looking back now, calling Lu Chen a demon is too polite. He is simply a devil!
It only took Lu Chen a cup of tea to successfully make the stabilized price of Artemisia annua plummet again.
And this time, there is no sign of stopping the decline. The price of Artemisia annua has dropped from 60 taels of silver per penny to 1 tael of silver per catty, and judging from the current situation, it will continue to fall.
The price at this moment has caused many people who entered the market in the middle to lose all their money.
The restaurants along the river in Yangzhou are doing extremely hot business these days, and many businessmen are eating here today.
However, unlike the previous scenes where they called their friends over, today when they came here, they all asked for a private room to eat by themselves.
After eating and drinking to their heart's content, these people paid the bill, tidied their appearance, and jumped down from the building. The fish, shrimps, and crabs in the river celebrated the New Year.
Xiao Jinquan and others also looked as if they had lost their parents at this moment.
The ten people who had shouted that they would stand together chose to sell off their Artemisia annua when they found that the price of Artemisia annua had plummeted.
However, what no one expected was that no one caught the Artemisia annua they threw out.
Not to mention the price of sixty taels of silver, even if it was cut in half, no one would be willing to buy it.
In desperation, several people returned to Xiao Jinquan. One of them gritted his teeth and said, "We can't go on like this. Why don't we step up and stabilize the market price? Let's stabilize it at one tael of silver per catty."
"Yes, our original purchase price was much lower than this. Even if it was one tael of silver per catty, we would still make a profit, just a little less."
"I don't even expect to make any money now. As long as I don't lose too much, it's fine. Don't forget, everyone, we still have money borrowed from the bank."
When it comes to borrowing money from money houses, the faces of the merchants present all look extremely ugly, because the money houses have to charge them interest.
At first, they thought the three percent interest rate was nothing, but now the three percent interest rate will really cost them half their lives.
At this time, Xiao Jinquan also nodded and said, "That's right. We must stabilize the price and prevent it from falling further. I still say that as long as we can grit our teeth, the price of Artemisia annua will definitely go up. I believe Artemisia annua can definitely treat malaria."
But just as he finished speaking, another servant ran in from outside.
Seeing the panic expression on this person's face, Xiao Jinquan's heart sank little by little. It was obvious that the news he brought was definitely not good news.
Sure enough, upon seeing Xiao Jinquan, he immediately said with a sad face, "Master, there's a new rumor on the market. Everyone says Artemisia annua is not a specific medicine for treating malaria. The real cure for malaria is Artemisia annua. We've made a mistake."
With a bang, Xiao Jinquan fell on his back.
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