"Young Master Han...please explain clearly, how can he stabilize the price of grain?"
Zhang Wu was anxious. He had never seen Han Yuanzheng look like this before.
"Yeah, what does the rain have to do with the price reduction of grain merchants from other places?" Zhou Zhengan didn't know where his hand was touching, and he only heard the woman in his arms panting and making strange sounds.
Han Yuan was suppressing his anger. "What does it matter? There are too many grain merchants from other places. Most of the grain has not yet been stored in the warehouses and is still on the ships. What will happen if it rains heavily at this time?"
Several people were stunned, and then they all reacted.
Zhou Zhengan's face changed drastically, and he pushed the beauty away without caring about her in his arms.
"Sir." The beauty twisted her waist and wrapped herself around him again, but was slapped to the ground by Zhou Zhengan.
"Get out of here!"
Zhou Zhengan no longer has time to be gentle with women, something big is about to happen!
Grain cannot get wet. When it rains, what will happen to those foreign grain merchants who don’t have warehouses?
Once it becomes moldy and smelly, the loss will be really huge, so you can only sell it at a lower price!
He asked the visitor, "How much has it dropped?"
"A grain merchant from another place has reduced the price to 300 wen per dou."
This is still a high price, but they can't laugh. If someone lowers the price, it means that some people are starting to panic.
"It's more than that."
Han Yuanzheng gritted his teeth and said, "This rain will make the roads muddy and the water level rise. Vehicles and ships will be unable to leave and will stay in Ji County... The food has to be rushed here, and the cost of food, labor, and transportation is not worth it. It will cost a lot of money to return it. We have to sell it as soon as possible!"
"No... Didn't the county government post a notice saying they would buy it for 300 wen per dou?"
"That's two days from now, but can the grain merchants hold out until two days from now?"
Han Yuanzheng gritted his teeth and said, "The county government won't accept the grain... What can these grain merchants do? Can they really set fire to the county government office?"
Hearing this, everyone's faces turned ugly.
"So... Song Chi would have pulled that stunt just to act as a lead!"
Han Yuanzheng sat down.
Only now did he understand!
They used an open strategy, and Song Chi also used an open strategy...
"impossible!"
Dong Weimin hurriedly shook his head: "Grain prices have risen so high, how can they be easily reduced? At least in the next day and a half, they definitely won't go down!"
"Go, quickly check the grain prices. If there's a drop, report it immediately!"
Han Yu gave orders loudly, and now he began to feel uneasy.
The originally lively banquet suddenly became quiet.
Outside, however, the situation was boiling.
The rain gradually got heavier, the wind howled, and the heavy rain fell like pillars on the bluestone ground, creating ripples.
Spring rain is as precious as oil.
The rain came so fast that it soaked the ground.
The price of grain has started to fall. Datong Grain Store is selling grain at low prices, and I think the price of seeds will also fall.
The common people cheered and were extremely happy, but some people were about to cry...they were the grain merchants from other places.
The rain came so suddenly that they were not prepared. Many grain merchants had not unloaded their grain from the carts and were now scrambling to find tarpaulins to cover them.
Grain cannot be exposed to rain. Once it gets damp and moldy, no one will want it even at a low price, let alone a high price.
There are still many people outside the city who have not come in and have nowhere to go.
No one expected that it would suddenly rain on such a sunny day, leaving everyone unprepared.
The grain merchants were like frightened birds. Datong Trading Company had already started selling grain at low prices. Did they know that it would rain in advance and that was why they were selling at such a high price?
It cost a lot to transport the grain here, and now we haven’t made a penny. If it is soaked by rain again, we will suffer a huge loss.
With the Datong grain store in front, several grain merchants began to lower their prices, dropping them to 300 wen per dou, but this did not cause any commotion. Even in the heavy rain, the people lined up in front of the Datong grain store...
Wang Shaohui, a native of Yang County, was a small grain merchant.
Yang County is also under the jurisdiction of Ning'an Prefecture, but it is some distance away from Ji County. When the news of rising grain prices in Ji County reached Yang County, Wang Shaohui, like other grain merchants, realized that this was an opportunity to make a lot of money.
He quickly found a caravan and transported all the 4,000 shi of grain he had to Ji County.
In order to save costs, he didn't even look for a warehouse to store the grain. Everyone was thinking about making quick money, so it wasn't worth it to find a warehouse to store the grain.
There were rumors that as long as he could transport the grain to Ji County, he could make money. He also had this idea, but when he actually arrived, he discovered the problem.
Food prices are very high, ridiculously high.
Wang Shaohui did not think this was a good thing. Instead, he felt that there were many problems. A business must have both buyers and sellers, but now it cannot be sold at all.
Not to mention that Ji County is a wealthy place, even if the people were almost starving to death, they would not be able to afford such expensive grain.
The food was delivered, but no one was interested in it for several days.
But even so, there are still many grain merchants coming, some even coming from the neighboring Shanyuan Prefecture. It's simply crazy. Each grain merchant brings at least several hundred stones of grain.
Wang Shaohui is not a wealthy businessman, but he understands the simplest principles.
The more things you have, the less valuable they are.
Looking around now, there are grain merchants everywhere. Is this grain still valuable?
As for the notice posted by the Ji County government office, he simply didn't believe it. The county government office was the government. Were the government officials stupid? Would they spend so much money to collect grain?
If this continues, you won’t make any money and may even lose money.
With such a large fleet, what was free for food, drink, toilet, and urination? Wang Shaohui wanted to turn back, but he was reluctant because he would definitely lose money if he went back.
What if?
What if I can make money?
Until now, something finally happened.
The torrential rain came suddenly, catching everyone off guard. Wang Shaohui was no exception. He quickly asked people to buy shelter and look for a warehouse, but it was still a little too late in the face of this sudden rain.
"quick!"
"quick!"
"Have you bought the cover yet?"
Wang Shaohui shouted, his whole body was wet, he had been drenched like a drowned chicken, but he couldn't take care of himself at the moment.
He had four thousand dan of grain, which was divided into ten carriages. The team members were busy, but they could not stop the torrential rain.
"Brother, brother, what should I do?"
Wang Shaohui came with his brother. Wang Shaobin wiped the rain off his face and he was almost crying.
"Is any of the food wet?"
"Yes, I have."
Wang Shaobin looked up at the sky and said, "I don't know how long this rain will last, but our food can't withstand it. This is all we have. If we lose it all here, we're doomed!"
"Brother, what do you say we should do?"
Wang Shaohui's face turned grim, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Quick, build a temporary shed and sell grain at a lower price!"
“We sell as much as we can, and get back as much as we can!”
Wang Shaobin was stunned for a moment, then asked, "How much is the price?"
"Sixty coins per bucket!"
"No!"
Wang Shaohui gritted his teeth and said, "Fifty coins per bucket, sell it! Sell it quickly!"
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