Seeing that Lin Yinan didn't speak, Chen Gu held up two fingers again, "This is the lowest number, it can't be any lower, or my dad will beat me to death!"
"Two hundred taels?" Lin Yinan asked with a puzzled look.
"No, two hundred coins."
Chen Gu's words were a wake-up call, and the others looked at him as if he were a fool.
Before the war broke out, the price of grain was stable at 500 coins per shi (a unit of dry measure).
A severe drought struck the north, and with the outbreak of war, the price of grain in the north had risen to two taels of silver per dou (a unit of dry measure) when they fled south.
Now Chen Gu actually says that their grain costs only two hundred coins per shi (a unit of dry measure).
Who would believe that?
"Young Master Chen, we're all adults. This kind of joke isn't funny," Lin Yinan said in a cold voice.
Chen Gu looked at her with clear eyes and said respectfully, "Lord City Lord, I'm not joking. This matter has been approved by my father; it is indeed two hundred coins per shi (a unit of dry measure)." Then, he changed his tone and grinned roguishly, "If you're willing to pay, I can accept five hundred coins. Who would complain about having too much silver? It doesn't bite."
"Two hundred coins, I'll buy as much as you have!" Lin Yinan said readily.
A look of doubt flashed in Yunye's eyes. He looked sharply at Chen Gu and asked in a serious voice, "What is your purpose in selling grain to us?"
Chen Gu, however, played it safe at this moment. He smiled politely, cupped his hands towards Yun Ye, and said, "Young master, you flatter me. We are neighbors, so it is only right that we look after each other!"
After he said that, Lin Yinan and Yunye understood everything.
Yunmo led his men to fight the Japanese pirates, and Yongqing City also benefited from it.
Chen Xianming is indeed a cunning old fox!
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