The Three Kingdoms

Several families were sneering.

"Why don't we directly put pressure on the Sheriff's Mansion, let the Sheriff's Mansion come forward, and suppress the arrogance of these lowly merchants!" Someone suggested with a bright look in their eyes.

"If it was in the past, there is still this possibility, but now, everyone, don't forget that behind the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce sits a big man like Mr. Quan."

A calm patriarch shook his head, glanced at the powerful families, and reminded: "Although Mr. Quan is young, he is not an ordinary person. In the general's mansion, he can be regarded as a generation of his own, who can compete with the rebellious general. Now there are He is behind the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, and neither the General's Mansion nor the Sheriff's Mansion will stand up for us and offend Mr. Quan."

"Should we just watch these lowly merchants escape our control and run over to us!" A fat Patriarch sarcastically said.

"Hmph, it's just a group of remnants. How dare you want to compare us with us?"

"But Mr. Quan doesn't know how to love himself. It's really outrageous to mix up with a group of lowly people."

In the lobby, the faces of the local powerful Patriarchs of Yuan Ling showed soaring anger. One word from you and one word from me caused the lobby to become a mess.

"Patriarch Li, the Li family is the most powerful in Danyang. We all respect the Li family. I don't know what the old Li's idea is?" The Patriarch of the Chen family in Yuanling looked at the messy scene in the lobby, a little Helpless, he could only focus on the old head of the Li family who was still as calm as a mountain.

The old Patriarch of the Li family knelt down on the first seat peacefully, with a peaceful face and closed eyes, as stable as a Bodhisattva. As soon as the Patriarch of the Chen family opened his mouth, all the Patriarchs in the hall also stopped and looked at the old home of the Li family. over the Lord.

"They come, the security!"

The old Patriarch of the Li family slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were as deep as the sea, staring at the Patriarchs, flashed a gloomy light, and said coldly: "Since he wants to sell, we will accept it. No matter what, we must Only by keeping the price of food and keeping the price of food can we stabilize our position in Danyang!"

The two major advantages of the powerful class are population and land. The population advantage has been disintegrated by the General's Mansion. The local tyrants only have land, and land is food. The advantage of food is the lifeblood of Danyang. A sense of superiority that can even be compared with several big families in Danyang.

"However, we don't even know how much food the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce has in hand now. There is too much food released from markets around the world. If we carry all the food and accumulate it at home, we will go bankrupt."

At this time, a patriarch looked at the old patriarch of the Li family and said worriedly.

The so-called local tyrants are a group of big landlords. Although there are still many businesses in the family, the food business is their foundation. If the food cannot be sold, they will not be able to survive.

There is no war in the hinterland of Jiangdong now, it is a peaceful world. They are in Danyang, and the grain is either sold in Danyang, or sold in various places in Jiangdong, or sold to the government. They don't have the guts to sell the grain out of Jiangdong.

So once the government doesn't care about it and the food is in their hands, they will be dumbfounded.

"Old Patriarch Li, we wouldn't be afraid if all the food was in our hands before. After all, the princes were fighting in chaos at that time, and food was the most important thing, but it is different now. Although the General Zhengdong's mansion is currently fighting on both sides, But with the grain produced in their farms in Yizhou, there will be no shortage of food at all!"

Someone sighed and said: "We are holding grain, if we can't sell it, we will be miserable!"

"Everyone, we have no way out. Since the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce is going to declare war, we can only fight now, Li Mu!" Old Patriarch Li pondered for a moment, his eyes showing a trace of determination.

"Here!" The butler of the Li family came up and cupped his hands.

"If the order continues, the Li family will immediately purchase all the grain in the Yuanling market. We must not let everyone in Danyang feel that the price of grain is still falling. If the price drops again, the whole Danyang will go crazy. No matter how many resources we have, we can't handle it. This price!"

Patriarch Li stood up, staring in the direction of Moling, with a face as cold as a knife, and muttered: "Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, I really want to see how much capital you have!"

"promise!"

The middle-aged housekeeper of the Li family nodded respectfully, and strode down.

"Aren't you all so superior these years that you dare not even declare war on a group of lowly merchants?" The old head of the Li family looked like a cold knife, and asked coldly as he swept across the group of heads.

"Since Patriarch Li said so, let's fight them!"

At this moment, the Patriarchs also felt a murderous intent approaching them, which made them nervous. The merchants who had never looked at them before had the courage to declare war on them, which made them angry and a little scared.

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Starting from Yuanling, Danyang, Shicheng, Jurong, Jiangcheng... Danyang's powerful families began to fight back against grain prices in an all-round way. While buying grain from merchants, they gradually increased grain prices in their own grain stores.

But doing so did not suppress the drop in food prices.

They underestimated the amount of grain in the hands of the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce from the very beginning, and the strong selling power made them a little overwhelmed. Moreover, the price of grain in Danyang has caused restlessness in the neighboring counties, and many grain stores Both began to intervene in the battle for grain prices in Danyang.

"what happened?"

"We have jointly purchased nearly [-] shi of grain. This amount of grain supports the current war in Jiaozhou. Why do they still have grain in their hands?"

"No, we can't take it anymore!"

Powerful families from all over Danyang couldn't suppress the market price again and again, and began to panic. At this time, the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce attacked again, hitting hard, and hitting the price of grain to an unprecedented low price in history. .

"For 290 yuan a stone, the price of grain in the Hong family's grain store has been reduced again, everyone hurry up and grab it!" The market in Yuanling City began to go crazy.

"The price of grain in the Bai family's grain store has also been reduced. It has reached 280 five yuan per stone. It's almost there, but it's gone soon." The market in Danyang City also began to turmoil.

"The Zhao family's store, starting from today, the price of food is 290 yuan per stone, welcome to buy it!" The market in Jiangcheng County also became lively.

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In Yuanling City, in the Li family's mansion, Mr. Li's face was gloomy and ugly, a little dazed. He was already old, and now the continuous bad news hit him a little bit badly.

"Patriarch, at present, we only have a backlog of more than 2 shi of grain in our hands. If we can't release it, the coins in the Li family's hands will be exhausted." The middle-aged housekeeper was a little worried, and asked in a low voice: The grain in the county is still being sold at a low price, should we still buy grain?"

"What's the attitude of Junshou Wu?" Mr. Li took a deep breath, then frowned, and asked, "If the old man pays [-]% of the grain price, can the Junshou take it?"

"Patriarch, the governor of the county said that there is enough food on the front line and the general's mansion is not short of food, so the sheriff's mansion has no plan to buy food." The middle-aged housekeeper shook his head, pondered for a while, and then sighed.

"Bastard!"

Mr. Li understood, his eyes were gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "The county guard wants to take advantage of the fire!"

Although Jiangdong has the granary of Yizhou, Jiangdong has a lot of land, and wars are happening everywhere. According to the news he got from the eyeliner of General Zhengdong's Mansion, the current General's Mansion of Zhengdong is not only fighting fiercely in Jiaozhou and Jingzhou, but also conquering Danyang Shanyue , In Liaodong, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are also sweeping Karasuma and Xianbei.

So food is definitely still needed.

But this time, the Sheriff's Mansion showed a clear attitude and stood by.

"Patriarch, if we don't recoup the capital, we will definitely not be able to carry it. If all the food is in our hands, the Li family's business will collapse!" The middle-aged housekeeper persuaded.

"Li Mu, pass on the order, and the Li family's grain store will also start to reduce the price. First, it will be sold at three hundred yuan a stone!" The old master Li's wrinkled face showed a hint of ruthlessness, and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Quan, since If you want to hurt others with your own roots, let's see who is more ruthless!"

"promise!"

The middle-aged housekeeper nodded respectfully when he heard the words, and started to walk down, arranging for Li's grain store to sell at a reduced price.

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In July, Jiangdong began to enter the rainy season, and the grain price war in Danyang also entered the most intense stage.

"Hahaha, son, these local powerful families in Danyang can't bear it anymore. Since yesterday, the prices of grain sold in grain stores all over the place have started to drop."

Moling, Mi Zhu received the news from all directions, with an uncontrollable excitement in his expression, he reported the report with a laugh.

"Fall?"