Chapter 647 What a Big Pot
Pingzhou originally wanted to put the blame on Xie Zhan, but this guy hasn't shown up yet. If they put the blame on him, it would be counterproductive. It would be better to concentrate their firepower on Zhao Minglou.
Cai Guang almost fell down.
Because under Pingzhou's announcement, there were also notices of breach of contract signed by the Cai family, the Lu family, and others. These notices were rather vague and should be the photocopies that Pingzhou mentioned.
The original is naturally in Pingzhou's hands.
Cai Qin was also dumbfounded. Ding Jun, Ding Jun, if you had told me earlier that you were from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, nothing would have happened before.
Cai Guang ignored his son and said directly to his wife, "Hurry up, go pack up and send the two grandchildren away tonight!"
Now that the incident has just happened, many people have not yet realized the seriousness of the matter and they can still send their children away.
Mrs. Cai was stunned. "Why is it so?"
"You don't understand." Cai Guang suppressed his anxiety and explained the seriousness of the matter to his wife.
At present, in the entire Zhuozhou, although not all the people raise donkeys, about 70 to 80 percent do. The remaining 10 to 12 percent do not raise donkeys, but they are engaged in donkey-related industries.
Now Pingzhou has put all the blame on Zhao Minglou and a few other wealthy people in Zhuozhou. It is equivalent to saying that because of these people, the jobs of the people of Zhuozhou have been destroyed.
If the situation continues to deteriorate, the Cai family will be torn apart by the people of Zhuozhou.
Speaking of this, Cai Guang's face turned pale. He really regretted that he shouldn't have been so optimistic before. This lesson was too big, and he couldn't cover it up!
Sending the child away now is like being prepared for the worst.
"Pingzhou has such sinister intentions!" Cai Qin said hatefully.
Upon hearing this, Cai Guang slammed the table in anger, "If you hadn't been greedy, this disaster wouldn't have happened!"
"This is also my fault..." After saying that, he covered his face and let the tears slide down.
Cai Qin stammered, "Dad, what should we do?"
"Let me think..."
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When Zhao Minglou read the Pingzhou announcement for the first time, he had only one thought: Pingzhou had finally taken action against Zhuozhou.
When he read it for the second time, especially when Pingzhou pointed out in the announcement that it was him, Cai Guang, Lu Xiujie and others who were the instigators of Pingzhou's decision to no longer purchase donkeys from Zhuozhou and no longer have any cooperation with Zhuozhou, Zhao Minglou had only one thought in his mind: it's over!
Jiang Boya looked at it and shook his head. It was not unfair that the blame fell on Zhao Minglou. He had said before that he would restrain Zhao Song, but he did not expect that in the end he would indulge Zhao Song and make things worse.
Zhao Song was also caught off guard by the situation in Pingzhou. His family had invested 500,000 taels in the Cai family, but all the benefits and profits had not yet been redeemed. Pingzhou had already begun to close in!
He immediately went out and went to Cai's house to ask Cai Guang for cash in order to withdraw his shares and get his capital back, but the reason he gave was that he knew a big buyer and now needed money to smooth the relationship.
Cai Guang was no fool. He knew that all the cash in the Cai family had been invested in donkey breeding. In short, there was no money. If he brought up the 500,000 taels he had invested earlier, then the Cai family would have to give him some donkeys.
Zhao Song returned empty-handed with a gloomy face.
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A group of ordinary people gathered in a teahouse in Zhuozhou, surrounding a person who was reading a newspaper.
"What's going on?"
"How could this be?"
Although the people of Zhuozhou were not as well-informed as the government and wealthy merchants, they were able to learn about Pingzhou's announcements because Zhuozhou was located next to Pingzhou and some of its residents subscribed to Pingzhou's newspapers.
For a moment, one stone caused a thousand waves.
"Who can tell me what happened?" Not all the people realized the seriousness of the matter immediately after learning about Pingzhou's announcement.
A man with a short beard explained, "...because of those people, Pingzhou no longer orders donkey meat hotpot from Zhuozhou, no longer buys our donkeys, and no longer cooperates with us. In short, we, Zhuozhou, are hated by Pingzhou!"
"We can't sell our donkeys!"
Some people didn't believe it, "Even if Pingzhou doesn't accept it, there must be somewhere that does, right? We should be able to sell it, and we can just make a little less profit."
"Yes, we can sell it cheaply."
The short-bearded man said, "Have you ever counted how many people in Zhuozhou raise donkeys? Do you know how many donkeys were collected in a day before Pingzhou issued the notice? You say they are selling them cheaply? Believe it or not, even if you are cheap, there are people who are cheaper than you."
As soon as the short-bearded man finished speaking, someone came to support him, "This brother is right. My cousin received news two days ago that Pingzhou will no longer purchase donkeys from Zhuozhou."
"My cousin knew the donkey wouldn't fetch a high price, so he wanted to sell it. He found a merchant from out of town to sell the donkey to. The merchant was well-informed and had already heard about the Pingzhou announcement. He made a tentative offer, asking my cousin if he would sell it for ten taels."
"Ten taels of silver for a donkey, compared to the peak price of seventeen or eighteen taels, it's such a huge loss all of a sudden. Of course my cousin is reluctant to sell it."
"But then my cousin's neighbor approached the merchant and said he was willing to sell the donkey for ten taels of silver. My cousin happened to see this and was furious. He immediately said he would take the donkey away for nine taels and five hundred coins. My cousin's neighbor then said he would sell it for nine taels, and my cousin, who also wanted to sell the donkey, immediately agreed to pay five hundred coins less."
"My cousin and his neighbor got into a fight and finally set the price at eight taels of silver. If it had gone any lower, my cousin would have lost money. I never expected that the merchant would still not be willing to pay the final eight taels of silver!"
Hearing this, everyone present was shocked. Eight taels of silver, that cousin really doesn't make any money.
The short-bearded man concluded, "So, now everyone in Zhuozhou wants to sell their donkeys, but no one wants to buy them."
"No one wants to buy donkeys anymore. Who are you going to sell them to? Who would be willing to buy them in this situation?"
"The people who buy donkeys are not stupid. In this situation, if you don't buy and I don't buy, I can still reduce the price by 500 tomorrow. Isn't it better for them to hold on to the money and wait a little longer?"
As soon as the short-bearded man finished speaking, an old woman burst into tears. "Eight taels of silver can't even sell a donkey? Oh my God! To feed our two donkeys, we didn't plant any crops last year, spent all our savings, and even borrowed grain and went into debt! Now, even if we sell all the donkeys, we still can't pay off our debts."
After hearing her crying, everyone was heartbroken.
"It's all the fault of County Magistrate Zhao and the Cai family. If they hadn't broken the contract, Pingzhou would still be collecting donkeys, and we wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss!"
"Yes, it was these few people who ruined our entire Zhuozhou!"
"Let's go to the government office and ask for justice!"
The team marched towards the Zhuozhou government office in a mighty manner. Among the team, two people took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and quietly left.
There were also common people who wanted to seek help from Pingzhou.
They think the county magistrate is not good, and those wealthy donkey farmers are not good, but the people of Zhuozhou are good.
However, Jiang Shaoyan and his men had already retreated from Juyang to Changli. As soon as the people of Zhuozhou reached the border, they were stopped by Pingzhou soldiers and were not allowed to enter Pingzhou territory.
When the people asked the reason, the Pingzhou soldiers pointed out the notice.
As a result, the people of Zhuozhou hated those people even more.
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