Chapter 553 This is a losing streak (1 update)

If the other party really has an endless supply of food to Gusu City, all the people in the city will buy their rice and grain. Then, the rice and grain they have collected from all over the country will be stored in the granary and cannot be sold!

Winter is coming, and after the New Year, spring sowing and autumn harvest, their grain will be stale. Not only will the weight be greatly reduced, but no one will buy it! Then

they will suffer a huge loss!

And now, if they want to sell it, they can only sell it at 10 coins per bucket.

However, in order to make huge profits from grain, they went to all parts of the country to collect grain at high prices. In addition to the series of inputs and consumption in transportation, selling at 10 wen a grain means selling at a loss!

The big grain merchants in the city are now in a dilemma. Either they take a gamble and keep the price unchanged, waiting for the four grain stores to sell out their stocks, then they will still have the final say on the grain price in Gusu.

If they win the gamble, they can get the biggest profit as predicted!

Of course, if they lose the gamble, they will lose all their money. Not only will they lose most of their wealth, but they will also waste half a year.

Either they lowered the grain price immediately, but also to 10 cents a piece, and competed fairly. They sold as much as they could. Although they would lose money in business, the loss would not be that big, only 30% or 40%, which was much better than losing most of their wealth.

The big grain merchants were hesitant.

It can be said that the little prince's move was really useful.

No matter what the big grain merchants thought, there were fewer refugees in the disaster area.

After all, the food there had become minced meat made from leftovers from big restaurants. Even if there were no germs, they would not get sick if they ate it. However, that could not be changed. It was pig food.

Now the price of rice in the city has returned to 10 coins per bowl. Anyone with a little self-respect, anyone who is not unable to survive, will not come to eat this kind of pig food.

With more than a thousand people gone, the supply of the disaster-stricken areas has been relaxed instantly, and the management of the government has also become much easier.

It can be said that the pit dug by the four major families for the little prince was really taken advantage of by the little prince .

Every day, the refugees who cannot go to work in the disaster-stricken areas will spontaneously take care of the hygiene here and ensure the cleanliness of this place.

Otherwise, it is easy for so many people to live here.

The little prince is particularly concerned about this.

The little prince goes around almost every day, discovers problems in time, and solves them. The disaster relief has been put on the right track.

The four family heads had to get together again to discuss countermeasures.

Now the pressure was on them. It was useless to increase the number of disaster victims. The people who were sent by these noble families as refugees and to consume food were now building dams on the river bank.

Family head Chen's brows were cold, "We sent so many people over, isn't there any use for them? There are so many people building dams, if they make a little commotion, it can cause civil unrest. Isn't there a single one with a brain among so many people?"

Facts have proved that there really wasn't.

The orders given to these young and strong people who were sent over were to eat more and consume more food, and they didn't receive any other tasks.

Although they ate a lot, they were all young and strong and capable, and they were all very happy to do their work.

After all, it's work no matter who you work for. When you work in the government office, you get paid. Now, for building the river embankment, not only can you get paid in the government office, but you can also get paid at the river embankment. It's just an extra income. Who wouldn't be happy?

The head of the Tang family sneered, "They are just a bunch of lowly people with no brains. We just let them come to eat and didn't tell them to do anything else. How dare these bastards do anything else?"

"Let me tell you, this is not the point. Now there are four more grain stores in the city. The prices are so low. Every day, the queues to buy grain are very long, and they arrive from morning till night without rest. What should we do with our grain stores?"

The head of the Zheng family was a little anxious. You know, there is only one big grain merchant in Gusu City, the Zheng family!

The grain of the other three families was robbed, and the grain business could not be done. However, they also had some cooperation with some big grain merchants. The loss of the interests of the big grain merchants was no different from their loss of interests!

"Why not lower the price? We have too much grain. If no one comes to buy it, the grain will become stale and the price will be greatly reduced!"

The head of the Tang family was a little afraid of trouble. In addition, the grain warehouse was robbed before and suffered a loss. If the cooperation with the big grain merchant goes wrong again, the Tang family will be hurt.

"No! We can't lower the price. We invested a lot of money in this batch of grain. We bought it from other places at a high price. If we lower the price, we will lose a lot of money. I don't agree!"

The head of the Chen family is very gambler. If he wants to make a profit, he will make a lot of money. If he wants to lose, he will lose everything.

"So what if it's the Ministry of Commerce? Don't forget, all the food around Jiangnan has been bought up by our people in advance, and even in places farther away, our people have not spared any food! Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to stockpile so much food!"

"So what if these four granaries are opened by the Ministry of Commerce? Even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. The food they are selling now is nothing more than the food they collected from the Red Lotus Sect. Think about it, part of this food has to be supplied to the disaster victims. If all four granaries sell together, they won't be able to hold on for long!"

"As long as a period of time passes, these four grain stores have no grain to sell. Then the grain price in Gusu City will still be decided by us!"

The head of the Chen family's eyes were full of blood. This time, he invested a large amount of money to buy grain. If he sells it at a lower price, he will lose a lot.

How can he let such a thing happen?

After hearing this, several people felt that it made sense, but they couldn't help but have some doubts in their hearts. What if? What if

the Ministry of Commerce has an endless supply of grain?

If they can't sell the grain at that time, wouldn't they lose all their money?

"Brother Yang, what do you think?"

The three people couldn't help but ask the head of the Yang family, who was the oldest.

Patriarch Yang stroked his beard and said, "I think brother Chen's analysis makes sense. Of course, I also understand the concerns of brothers Tang and Zheng. In fact, the most fundamental issue in this matter is the crown prince. As long as we solve the problem of the crown prince and disrupt his disaster relief efforts, all problems will be solved."

He looked serious and said, "Our biggest opponent is the crown prince!"

The three of them sighed in unison. How could they not understand this?

Isn't it that their method not only didn't work, but also gave the prince more manpower to build the dam?

The head of the Yang family naturally understood what the other three people were thinking. He chuckled and said, "In fact, this matter is really not as difficult as you think. I have already asked someone to do it, and there will be good news in the near future."

Upon hearing this, the three people were first surprised, then happy, and praised the head of the Yang family.