Chapter 646: Donkey Price Falls
After Ding Jun left, Zhao Song gave Cai Qin a few words before slowly saying goodbye.
This trip would cost him two or three hundred thousand taels, which was worth his appearance.
Afterwards, Cai Qin also went out and went to the villa to see his father.
When Cai Guang learned that Ding Jun had left, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Dad, stop sighing. Next we have to sell these 100,000 donkeys that are about to be sold."
Cai Qin did not regret this decision at all. It was a rare opportunity to make money like this. It would be a shame if the Cai family did not take advantage of it.
He dared to do this entirely because the Cai family had other big buyers and big customers, and most importantly, they could sell the donkeys directly to Pingzhou!
Cai Guang sighed, it’s true that once a son grows up, he is no longer under the control of his father.
He has been sick recently, and this feeling has become even worse.
If it were before, when he was still strong and healthy, he would definitely stop it, but unfortunately he was unable to do so.
His son was very happy after the contract with Ding Jun was resolved, but Cai Guang was not so optimistic.
This matter was solved too easily.
Never mind, let’s wait and see. At worst, just consider it a lesson learned.
Next, Ding Jun went to find several wealthy donkey traders who had signed contracts with him, and almost all of them breached the contract.
Without exception, these wealthy donkey owners have all established connections with Zhao Song. They only need to pay a sum of money to use his name to reject Ding Jun. How could they not do such a profitable deal?
Although Zhao Song took away nearly 25% of the profit from the contract, wasn't there still 75% left?
It can be said that in this round, half of Ding Jun's gains were picked by Zhao Song!
Among these donkey owners, only one was willing to fulfill the contract, but this family was not as good as the Cai family and only signed a contract with Ding Jun for 20,000 donkeys.
Ding Jun was not ostentatious when he arrived in Zhuozhou, and was even more silent when he left.
This was not a glorious matter for a family like the Cai family, so Zhao Song made a fortune quietly without making it public.
Their only concern was Ding Jun. If he went out to publicize it, they would be embarrassed for a while.
But they waited and waited, and for some reason, Ding Jun didn't publicize it. Did he accept it? Did he decide to take the loss?
Jiang Boya vaguely sensed something was wrong, and after a closer look, he couldn't help but shook his head. Zhao Song's actions were not very secretive, and he dared to do so. Zhao Minglou must have known about it, but he just turned a blind eye.
Grand Commander, Zhao Minglou has no sense of the overall situation, is too selfish, and is not persistent enough in his actions. He is really not qualified to be the governor of Zhuozhou.
Zhao Minglou was indeed not completely ignorant of what Zhao Song had done.
He acquiesced to his uncle's actions because his uncle was right. Now that his brother-in-law was gone, he had no ability to break the situation set by Pingzhou against Zhuozhou.
When the music ends and everyone disperses, he probably won't end up well either. So he might as well take advantage of this opportunity to cash in on his power, even if it's just for the Zhao family. He should take advantage of this opportunity to make as much money as he can.
Zhao Song told Zhao Minglou that the Cai family would be able to sell all the donkeys in three or four months at most, and then he would be able to return to Chang'an with a large sum of silver.
According to conservative estimates, the Zhao family can earn at least two to three million taels from this wave.
The price of donkeys in Zhuozhou has skyrocketed, driving almost everyone involved crazy.
Anhe Pharmacy is also waiting. In more than a month, Zhou Yi will come to deliver the goods.
Given the current donkey price, the other party would certainly want to exercise their right to cancel the deal and compensate for the 60,000 taels deposit. However, that wasn't so easy. They never expected that day would change so quickly.
After Cai Guang felt better, he immediately took his son Cai Qin to Juyang, which was the place closest to Zhuozhou in Pingzhou.
Pingzhou set up a place in Juyang specifically to accommodate the donkeys bought from Zhuozhou.
As soon as the plan was implemented, Lu Songli personally selected Jiang Shaoyan, Ning Jiran and Liao Ying to go to Juyang with the silver.
Jiang Shaoyan was a newly promoted official in Pingzhou. He graduated from Liaodong Academy and was later promoted to General of the Revenue Department due to his merits.
Ning Jiran is the money bag of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.
Liao Ying was the quartermaster of Sun's army.
Three people are in charge of this business.
At this point, they had already received the governor's latest order and learned about what had happened to Ding Jun, the Cai family, and several other wealthy donkey owners. They were all eager to take action. Humph, how could they, Pingzhou, take advantage so easily?
After Cai Guang and his son arrived in Juyang, they waited a long time before someone came to invite them in. Unlike before, when they were always treated well whenever they came to sell donkeys, they were treated well.
Now Cai Guang vaguely felt that something was wrong.
After meeting Jiang Shaoyan and greeting him, Cai Guang asked, "Master Jiang, our Cai family will soon have 100,000 donkeys ready for sale. Do you think we should send them all here?"
"How much is one?" Jiang Shaoyan asked casually.
Cai Guang and Cai Qin were both stunned. Previously, when they had sent donkeys, the price had always been based on market value. In Pingzhou, bargaining was a non-issue. So why were they asking about the price this time?
After Cai Guang came to his senses, he smiled and said, "Master Jiang, the current market price of a donkey is seventeen taels."
Jiang Shaoyan: "It's too expensive. I don't want it."
Cai Guang suddenly felt uneasy. When had Pingzhou ever bargained for a price? "If Lord Jiang thinks the price is too high, we can negotiate. How about sixteen taels per head?"
“It’s still too expensive.”
Cai Guang gritted his teeth and said, "Then it's thirteen taels a head!"
After making the offer, he cried, "Master Jiang, our family is also a small business. This is really the greatest sincerity our Cai family has shown."
Cai Qin was very dissatisfied when he heard his father quote such a low price, but now he also realized that something was wrong.
So he also said, "Yes, yes, Lord Jiang, we are not making much money at this price now. If the price goes down further, we will suffer a huge loss."
Jiang Shaoyan snorted lightly, "Since you're losing money, then don't sell it. If you don't sell it, you won't lose money."
Cai and his son choked.
"Master Jiang, can you tell me how much silver a donkey costs? Will your Pingzhou Association buy it?"
"I won't accept any money, please go back!"
After Cai Guang and his son were invited out, Cai Qin couldn't help but complain, "Dad, what's going on in Pingzhou? They just said they don't want to take the donkey in?"
Cai Guang's face was solemn. He didn't know whether Pingzhou was targeting the Cai family or simply refusing to accept any donkeys. If it was the former, it would be fine. But if it was the latter, it would be a disaster!
"Let's go to your Uncle He's place!"
Cai Guang has found He Shizhong and asked him to help ask Ding Jun if he still wants the donkeys. The Cai family is willing to sell him 100,000 donkeys at ten taels each, and is also willing to pay him 60,000 taels as compensation as an apology for what happened before.
He Shizhong looked at Cai Guang and his son and shook his head, "If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?"
Cai Guang also regretted that he had indulged his son.
Later, He Shizhong found out what Ding Jun meant, and the other party only replied with four words - no need.
Cai Guang quickly asked He Shizhong to tell the other party that they could get a slightly lower price for the 100,000 donkeys.
When He Shizhong received another reply from Ding Jun, Ding Jun was only willing to pay five taels of silver per head.
"Five taels!" Cai Guang couldn't lift it up in one breath.
"Impossible!" Cai Qin shouted.
If they sold it for five taels of silver, they would really lose a lot of money.
In previous years, five taels of silver for a donkey would barely break even, but this year, because the donkeys are fed with good fodder, the cost of raising them is particularly high.
After Cai Guang and his son returned, several other donkey owners heard the news and rushed to Juyang, but they were all turned away.
Those people looked at each other, something big was going to happen!
Ship, ship quickly! Only rush!
But their speed is not as fast as Pingzhou.
Just as they were about to take action, Pingzhou officials issued a statement.
The announcement is as follows: "Letter to the People of Zhuozhou"
In the late spring of the fourth year of the Tianhe era, Pingzhou experienced a surge in demand for donkey meat. To stabilize supply, the government not only purchased large quantities of donkey meat but also dispatched individuals to Zhuozhou to place orders for the coming year's donkeys at a price of ten taels per head. The deposit alone cost hundreds of thousands of silver coins.
The agreed time is approaching and we are ready to fulfill our contract.
However, Zhao Minglou, the prefect of Zhuozhou, colluded with Cai Guang, Lu Xiujie and other major donkey breeders in Zhuozhou to raise prices and broke the contract first. Now the Pingzhou officials have unilaterally announced that donkey meat hot pot will be removed from the military supply list, and they will no longer order donkey meat hot pot from Zhuozhou, no longer buy donkeys from Zhuozhou, and no longer have any cooperation with Zhuozhou!
I hereby announce this, please do not say that I did not warn you.
As soon as this announcement was made, there was an uproar in Zhuozhou and the price of donkeys in Zhuozhou plummeted.
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