Chapter 93: Buying and Selling Short
Everyone was shocked and gasped.
Liu Zheng asked in confusion: "Who is it?"
Looking at the wolves advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, Reheman's face turned gloomy: "Loulan Wolf Driver! The Wolf Driver is good at driving the wolves to fight for him!"
Someone shouted, "Lord Reheman, isn't this wolf chaser under the control of the Loulan royal family? Why is that?"
"that is!"
"Reheman, you have to give us an explanation!"
Everyone started to attack, and Rehman's face changed several times, but he could not answer.
Liu Zheng saw that there must be something fishy going on, so he shouted, "Everyone, clean up the scene immediately to prevent the blood from attracting wolves!"
When everyone heard this, they thought it made a lot of sense.
In this short battle, the team of 300 people had lost more than 30 people! Many people hugged the wreckage and began to feel pain, but they did not dare to cry out loudly for fear of attracting danger again.
When Qin Changfeng came back, he was furious and raised a few wolf heads, angrily saying: "I was almost able to capture the wolf king! How hateful!"
He had been very confident that he could take down the wolf king just now, but the wolf king was so swift that he turned around and barely escaped his attack. This made Qin Changfeng very angry.
Liu Zheng said calmly: "Killing him is useless, this is man-made!"
Qin Changfeng was stunned.
Zheng Yueru just mentioned the story of the werewolf driver. Qin Changfeng was stunned. He was shocked that there was actually someone in the world who could drive hungry wolves. Liu Zheng chuckled. Driving hungry wolves was just like the ancient people taming wolves into dogs. In fact, it was not difficult if you found a way. But he was also quite interested in the werewolf driver. He would not feel sorry for the death of this wild wolf. More importantly, the fighting power of a wolf could be equal to that of two soldiers!
This pack of wolves can be used as a surprise force in war.
Loulan actually has such talented people. It is truly a wonderful country...
"Thank you for your rescue, old man!"
Just then, an old man in brocade clothes came over with the young man beside him to express his gratitude.
Liu Zheng took a look and saw that it was another member of the Dragon Flame Dynasty Chamber of Commerce in the camel caravan. During the chaos just now, Liu Zheng asked Qin Changfeng to go over and help, which saved them from being slaughtered.
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "You are too kind, old man. We are all in the camel caravan together and we should support each other!"
The old man was moved and said, "Young Master, you are so kind. I am the owner of Rongxiang Company in Hanzhong. I hope I will have the opportunity to repay you for saving my life in the future!"
Only then did Liu Zheng realize that these people were from Hanzhong.
After this battle, Rong Xiang Company no longer had any defense or hostility towards Liu Zheng. The old man said cautiously: "Master Liu, there are all kinds of people in this camel caravan, so be careful!"
Liu Zheng nodded.
That night, the camel caravan took advantage of the darkness and moved forward a few miles before camping again. Because the bloody smell in that place could not be removed for the time being, it was quite dangerous to camp there again. Liu Zheng looked at Reheman and did not give these people any explanation, so he did not ask anything.
The next day, we hit the road again.
Now, compared to the beginning when people were excited to set off, everyone's spirits became sluggish and nervous.
During the day, the camel caravan still did not leave the Gobi Desert.
The road became increasingly desolate, making people thirsty. The water consumption also increased. Liu Zheng still maintained the habit of recording the map. This was the first time he had come to this desolate Gobi Desert in his two lives. It was hot and dry. Even the land were dry and hot.
In the Gobi Desert, crows are common animals, and there are also unknown, dried corpses everywhere.
When passing a place similar to the Flaming Mountain, the group was even attacked by flocks of crows, and the camel caravan lost more than a dozen people!
The desert is cruel and ruthless. In just five days, thirty or forty people have died.
No wonder all the vendors are filled with fear and respect for this desert.
…
At this time, it was Kezhou City.
Mou Chengxiang, Lord Zhou Hou, has been very comfortable recently.
He was very grateful to the Liu family father and son for leaving him such a rich place as Kezhou! If they had taken Kezhou, wouldn't he have to go to the barren Yinzhou?
Ha ha!
He lay comfortably on the lounge chair, enjoying the spring sunshine.
After coming to Kezhou, he realized the good things here. Due to Kezhou's geographical location, the internal order is well-organized and the institutions are mature, so he doesn't have to manage it himself! He just needs to lie down and collect money!
"Humph, Liu Dahao , you must be regretting your decision now, right?"
Little did they know.
At this time in Kezhou City, as time went by, the people began to get excited.
"Have you heard? The Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce over there is collecting grain! Five cents per liter!"
"What? So high?"
"Yeah, I heard they were going to make wine!"
"Go and have a look, my family still has some food left over from last year!"
What the common people care about is how much they can harvest from their land in a year, how much they will have left after paying taxes, and whether they can sell some of it for some money. This is what matters!
Who wouldn’t be happy when someone buys grain at a high price?
In an instant, the place where the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce collected grain was immediately crowded with people.
"Anything else? Anything else? The price of grain today is six coins per liter. Collect until you have enough!"
The people from the Chamber of Commerce said loudly.
Everyone was very excited.
Six characters?
Wouldn’t that be twice as much as what the government collects in grain?
“I want to sell it!”
"Wait for me, I'll go home and push it over right away!"
Soon, the whole city went crazy.
The people rushed to sell their grain.
Even the officials of Kezhou Prefecture were successfully tempted by the silver. Some of them even secretly took the stock from the prefecture to sell, thinking that after making a profit, they could return and fill the gap when the price of grain became low again.
Contact three days.
From five cents, to six cents, to eight cents!
The purchase price keeps rising.
The people were all crazy, some even forgot about spring ploughing, and those who got the first-hand news even rushed to the countryside to collect grain as soon as possible, just for the price difference. Some people were so blinded by the temporary benefits that they even sold all their own seeds.
Jiang Xuan looked at the scene in front of him and found it incredible.
Can people be so crazy when faced with profit? All the seeds have been sold, what should we do with the autumn ploughing?
He didn't know that the scene before him was equivalent to those people who were brainwashed by pyramid schemes in later generations. For the sake of immediate interests, they didn't care about anything else. It must be said that Qingyang Suo's grasp of people's hearts was even better than Liu Zheng's.
Liu Zheng came from later generations, but what about him?
Sitting at home, you can know everything about the world.
What shocked Jiang Xuan even more was that when the grain collection wave was launched in Kezhou City, the Kezhou government did not intervene? This was incredible.
Even people in Kezhou Prefecture are still selling grain secretly!
On the side of the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce, huge sums of silver were spent, while on this side, truckloads of food were being pulled back into Yinzhou.
Finally, seven days later.
Mou Chengxiang learned about this.
"What?"
"Harvesting food?"
He was a little suspicious.
Unexpectedly, the counselor next to him was overjoyed: "Sir, this is a good thing!"
"how?"
"It seems that Yinzhou is definitely short of food! Haha, sir, you should know that even if you buy food from other places and transport it back to Kezhou, it only costs five cents!"
"We in Kezhou Prefecture can take this opportunity to make a fortune!"
Mou Chengxiang's eyes lit up when he heard this.
yes.
Since Yinzhou was so stupid as to sell grain, why couldn't Kezhou sell it? This was a fortune!
He laughed loudly: "It seems that the Liu family father and son value business more than agriculture. They don't even have enough food! Well, we can sell it and support them!"
Everyone was overjoyed and immediately opened their warehouses to sell grain.
This was probably the first time that the government sold grain to merchants since ancient times. But Mou Chengxiang had no idea about this. In addition, because he was a nepotist, the officials of Kezhou Prefecture were all good-for-nothings and flatterers. Who could see the trick?
All the government’s inventory was sold.
This shows how crazy the entire Kezhou city is.
Mou Chengxiang and others were thinking, I will sell it to you for ten cents, and at most I will buy it back from Jinghua or Hanzhong for five cents. The difference is double the price, who doesn't want to make money?
As a result, the grain collection campaign in Kezhou City became more and more intense.
In ten days.
Finally reached the peak.
The price of grain has been raised to fifteen cents by the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce!
Yet, people just can’t stop.
Some people bought low and sold high, some took the opportunity to stock up on food, and some tried every possible way to make money.
"Sir, sir!"
"Nakezhou Prefecture really bought another 500,000 dan of grain from Hanzhong, hahahaha!"
When Jiang Xuan returned to Yinzhou, he was so excited that even his attitude towards Qingyang Suo changed.
"Five hundred thousand?"
Qingyang Shuo was drinking tea and smiled faintly: "That's about it. Mou Chengxiang is greedy. If we give him a little more sweetness, when he uses all the silver in the treasury to buy food and grass, that will be the day we sell it..."
Jiang Xuan was overjoyed: "Okay!"
In just ten days, Jiang Xuan had already begun to look at Qingyang Suo with new eyes.
A disabled person, sitting in Yinzhou, can firmly grasp the psychology of the entire city of Nakzhou?
What a genius this is!
At this time, the whole city of Kezhou had fallen into madness.
Jiang Xuan could imagine that when the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce started selling off, Kezhou City would be in chaos!
as expected.
Just after buying grain at a high price for about half a month, the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce suddenly stopped buying it.
This woke up many people who were immersed in sweet dreams instantly.
"what happened?"
“Why don’t you collect the grain?”
"No, absolutely not. This batch of grain was transported all the way from Hanzhong!"
"Yes, open the door for us!"
"What shall we do with all this food?"
The people in the city, those who were speculating, those who were taking advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, and those who were hoarding grain in anticipation of a price increase, all went crazy in an instant.
Unexpectedly, the person from the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce came out and laughed, "Everyone, the Chamber of Commerce has finished collecting grain... Yinzhou has enough grain for brewing wine."
Everyone started cursing.
The whole city is having a carnival, is it just going to end like that?
Who knew, the next day.
The Silver State Chamber of Commerce posted a notice.
"Three cents for the corn in stock, limited supply!"
The entire Kezhou city was stunned.
Mou Chengxiang's face looked even more pale.
"What?"
"Selling?"
"Hurry, hurry, tell the grain transport team to get back immediately, we don't want it!"
"Sir, it's too late. All the treasury silver has been traded to the other party..."
"What?"
