"It's like this, young lady. I heard that things have been a little unusual in our Nanyue Kingdom recently."
Lin Jiuyue looked at Uncle Li in surprise, wondering how he knew all this.
Then he thought, Uncle Li usually works in the town. There are many people coming and going in the town, and with many people there are many news. Who knows, it might be a guest or a wealthy family who let the cat out of the bag.
"Oh? What's wrong?"
Uncle Li lowered his voice.
"Miss, I heard that there are unusual things happening at the border. Maybe war will break out soon."
Lin Jiuyue: ...
Sure enough, what Uncle Li said was the same thing that Qi Ye told him.
"Uncle Li, where did you hear about this?"
It is impossible for ordinary people to know about this kind of thing, especially before it is confirmed.
"Miss, I overheard a passing merchant mention this yesterday, but I didn't think much of it then. It's only now that you've come over that I've remembered it."
Lin Jiuyue didn't expect that Uncle Li, who worked in the town, could find out about these things.
"Well, Uncle Li, I know about this."
Uncle Li: ...
I'm not saying this just to tell the young lady the news!
Seeing that Uncle Li had finished talking but still had no intention of leaving, Lin Jiuyue couldn't help but continue asking.
"Uncle Li, is there anything else?"
"Miss, I want to ask, should we make some preparations?"
Lin Jiuyue was stunned when she heard this.
"What preparations?"
"Miss, the wealthy families in this town have probably heard the news. I've seen them hoarding food recently. Should we also..."
Lin Jiuyue’s grain shop basically sells high-quality grains. Although coarse grains and the like are also sold, the quantity is not large.
Those wealthy families somehow learned that the war with the Kingdom of Nanyue was about to begin, and every household was stockpiling food.
Because Lin Jiuyue’s grain shop sells grain at a high price, there is so much grain left.
"Why are we hoarding food? We run a food store, so why should we be worried about not having enough food to eat? Don't worry, your young lady won't let you starve with her."
The slightly tense atmosphere instantly became much more relaxed with Lin Jiuyue's joke.
"Haha, Miss, that's not what I meant. I'm so grateful to you for buying my family out. How could I think that?"
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
"Uncle Li, I was just kidding you."
"You should continue to sell the grain in the grain store as usual. Not only should you sell it as usual, but you should also publicize that we have high-quality grain in our grain store."
War is the best time to make money!
Of course, I am not trying to make money from ordinary people.
High-quality grains were originally something that only wealthy families could afford, while ordinary families only ate coarse grains.
Those wealthy families should have heard the news of the impending war by now, and they are all rushing to stockpile food. It just so happens that the thing they lack the least is food!
"Miss, if we do this and can't come up with enough food to sell, will it anger them?"
The town had a lot of rich people, but not too few either. If we really advertised it as the young lady said, we wouldn't have any trouble selling the grain, but we were worried that we wouldn't be able to produce that much grain when the time came.
"Haha, how could that be? Uncle Li, just go ahead and spread the word. We have plenty of food in our grain store. But there's no need to promote coarse grains."
The coarse grains are obtained from others. If a war really breaks out, I guess we won’t be able to import so much coarse grains.
The high-quality food is all produced in your own space. With the output of your own space, there is no need to worry about food shortage.
He who takes the money of the rich has no burden on his heart, but who knows how they got their money?
"Yes, miss."
After giving instructions to Uncle Li, Lin Jiuyue found the village chief and his son.
The father and son were gathered around the ox cart, happily examining the food on it. Seeing Lin Jiuyue approach, they spoke happily.
"Jiuyue girl, thank you so much this time. If it weren't for your help, our family wouldn't be able to buy so much food so easily."
Lin Jiuyue smiled and waved her hand.
"Uncle, why are you being so polite? When I first came to Shangbei Village, you helped me a lot, and I still remember it. Now that I can finally help you, you are still so polite to me!"
Lin Jiuyue sells the coarse grains in the grain shop at a relatively low price. It can be said that apart from the labor cost, there is not much profit per pound.
The money earned mainly comes from the food produced in one's own space.
Those grains were sold to wealthy families, and Lin Jiuyue would not feel guilty no matter how much he earned.
"That's one thing, but in this situation, it's good enough to be able to buy coarse grains."
"Well, Jiuyue girl, we've bought the food and are going back. Do you want to come with us?"
Lin Jiuyue smiled at the village chief.
"Uncle, please go back first. I have something to do. Besides, we have a carriage and will catch up with you soon."
The village chief nodded.
This time, I bought so much food at once, so I have to go back and arrange the food properly.
"Okay, then we'll go back first."
After the village chief finished speaking, he took his eldest son and drove the ox cart towards the village.
After the village chief and his son left, Xiyue asked.
"Miss, the price of food has increased now. Why don't you increase the price of the food you sell to the village chief?"
Seeing Xiyue's confused look, Lin Jiuyue began to explain.
"Xiyue, you just heard about the war that the Nanyue Kingdom is going to have, right?"
Xiyue nodded.
During wartime, food is a scarce commodity. My daughter runs a food store. Shouldn't she take this opportunity to raise the price of food? Other food stores do the same thing!
"Miss, there's going to be a war. Shouldn't we raise the price even more?"
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
"Yes, food prices will indeed increase! But, that's only for high-quality food!"
If you want to make money, you have to make money from rich people!
At this stage, it is impossible for me to make money from ordinary people.
"We run a grain store. If a war really breaks out, will the villagers of Shangbei Village, especially those who don't have any grain stored at home, come to borrow food from us?"
Xiyue nodded.
Seeing this, Lin Jiuyue continued.
"If they come to our house to borrow food, should we lend them or not?"
After hearing this, Xiyue frowned so much that she could almost pinch a fly to death.
"Miss, you have to lend it to me, right? We're all from the same village. If you don't lend it to me, they'll say all sorts of nasty things to you."
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