Chapter 378: Take the Pot Away
Meizishan actually had another caveat.
In fact, three days after Luoyang's grain sale, someone contacted him and asked him to sell grain. However, the price offered was only 150 wen per dou, so how could he possibly agree? You have to know that grain prices have increased to varying degrees in various places. As far as he knew, the cheapest place to buy grain was 160 or 17 wen per dou.
But over the next few days, things started to look increasingly awry. Most importantly, he received news that the amount of grain in Luoyang was enormous, and that the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Association simply couldn't buy it all.
He realized at that time that something was wrong. When the grain merchants' association could no longer make money and the other party continued to lower the price of grain, would their grain merchants' association follow suit or not?
Follow the price reduction and lose money.
If they don't follow, when Nanyang gets through this period and the grain comes in next year, they will be left with nothing.
Shipping it to another place to sell it? Because of the loss, the cost will increase, which is not cost-effective.
After sorting these out, he negotiated with the other party yesterday and agreed to sell the grain.
At this price, he was actually making a slight loss, but there was nothing he could do. As he had just said, the waters of Nanyang were too deep, and he was worried that if he continued, he would be drowned. Exiting with a small loss was already a good thing.
The Grain Merchants Association bought grain at a price of two hundred and forty wen, but he wanted to sell it to the Grain Merchants Association. Isn't this too risky?
Mei Zishan was a small grain merchant. He came to the yamen and, in the presence of officials, sold his 100,000 dan of grain at the price of 150 wen per dan.
At the same time, he noticed that the penalty for breach of contract was very high. Obviously, the other party was wary of them going back on their word.
For a moment, Mei Zishan sighed. From this moment on, the game between Luoyang and Xuchang had nothing to do with him?
Lu Wei put away the contract with a smile, "Manager Mei, I believe that in the near future, you will thank yourself for the decision you made today." The other party also hinted that they should keep it confidential.
Mei Zishan glanced at him. Even if the other party didn't ask for it, he wouldn't go out and make a fuss. Wouldn't that offend Che Jiu Ming? He didn't like to ask for trouble.
"I wonder if any of Shopkeeper Mei's friends have joined the same path as Shopkeeper Mei, abandoning the dark and joining the light?"
Mei Zishan glanced at him and said, "So what if I have it, so what if I don't?" The people in front of him should be from Luoyang. He didn't like these people because they made it impossible for him to make money.
Lu Wei didn't care about his coldness and still greeted him warmly, "Boss Mei, are you thirsty? How about we sit over there and have a cup of tea?"
Mei Zishan: Just sit down, who’s afraid of who?
By the time Mei Zishan left, he was completely dazed. The other party was actually willing to let him earn a commission from this? And he actually agreed to that guy surnamed Lu to act as a go-between for him? It's not his fault that he sold out his friend for personal gain; the other party really offered him too much.
On the seventh day, Luoyang directly sold 50,000 shi of grain at the price of 231 dou, and Runan followed suit by selling 30,000 shi.
Che Jiu Ming had a gloomy face and ordered the consumption of the 80,000 dan of grain, which cost nearly 200,000 taels.
Later, Mei Zishan secretly visited Zhou's house.
Zhou Beicheng exclaimed, "What? You've secretly sold your 100,000 dan of grain?"
"Shh—shh—you see what the situation is now. Run away and get it over with."
"You run so fast." Zhou Beicheng exclaimed.
Mei Zishan smiled but said nothing.
"It's just that the price of grain is a bit low." Zhou Beicheng thought, at this price, they will suffer a small loss.
Mei Zishan spread his hands. "There's nothing I can do. Given the current situation, the game between Xuchang and Luoyang is either a huge win or a complete loss. I'm a coward, so I've simply chosen not to play. A small loss is fine."
If we withdraw now, at most we will lose an opportunity. But as the saying goes, if you have green mountains, you will never run out of firewood.
Zhou Beicheng knew that this was the choice Mei Zishan would make.
"What about you? What do you think?" Mei Zishan asked.
Zhou Beicheng was speechless. "You just told me, and you want me to make a decision right away? Don't I have to think about it?"
"No, you don't think that the other party just came to me, right?"
Hearing this, Zhou Beicheng was shocked.
"Make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid you will regret it." Mei Zishan felt that now was the critical time to get a head start, and he was afraid that a stampede would occur later.
Zhou Beicheng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, help me ask the price and I'll sell it to you!"
"Okay, I'll ask for you."
Two hours later, Mei Zishan sat down opposite Zhou Beicheng again and said, "The price is no longer the same as before."
Zhou Beicheng's heart trembled, and he asked anxiously, "What is the other party's current price?"
"One hundred and forty per bushel, are you still selling it?"
Zhou Beicheng gritted his teeth and said, "Sell!"
Liaodong Commandery, Pingguo County
"President, something bad has happened. Mr. Xue was arrested by the prefect, Lu Yiliang, when he was passing through Liaoxi County with his grain team and over 20,000 disaster victims from the south."
Lu Songli frowned slightly. Lu Yilian had always been picking on her father, and this time he probably wouldn't let it go.
"President, Lord Lu said that you only need to know about this matter. He will handle it and you don't need to worry."
"Yeah." Lu Songli's face sank slightly. If it was anything else, it would be fine, but this was the food and people that Qin Sheng brought back from the south after traveling thousands of miles. How could he intercept them?
She knocked on the table lightly. Since the piece of meat could not reach her plate, she would grab the other person's pot and let the meat rot in the pot. It would still be hers!
Lu Desheng, who was far away in Houcheng, was also very angry.
He first learned that the Shi family was still unwilling to give up, so he sent people to test the Qin family again, hoping to have his daughter divorced and make way for Shi Xueteng. Then, Lu Yiliang intercepted Xue Xu's grain train and over 20,000 disaster victims from the southern region.
Lu Desheng thought, the Shi family is really shameless, right? Then he will help them!
"Old Chen, go and call Wang Dong over for me!" Wang Dong was the leader of the navy he had raised when he was in Chang'an. He had just brought a few brothers to Liaodong County a while ago.
Not long after, a young man with a baby-like face and a carefree demeanor came in. "Master, are you looking for me?"
"Well, there's something I need you to do."
"You tell me, I will definitely do it for you!" Wang Dong patted his chest.
For Wang Dong, he really doesn't want to recall the days he spent in Chang'an.
After Lord Lu left, he and his brothers lived a miserable life and almost had no food to eat.
You know, when Lord Lu was around, they lived a very comfortable life.
He regretted not leaving Chang'an with Lord Lu.
Later, after Lord Lu settled down, Manager Chen wrote to him in the name of his uncle and also sent him some local products from Liaodong County.
In the letter, Manager Chen asked him how he was doing recently, and he almost cried. Of course he was not doing well.
Since then, the two have maintained correspondence.
Later, when General Manager Chen asked him if he was willing to develop in Liaodong County, he brought along a few brothers who were willing to leave.
He had no special skills, and he could only spread eye-catching rumors. After his experience in Chang'an, he finally understood that Lord Lu was his breadwinner, and that following Lord Lu meant he would have food to eat.
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