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Gu Chengfeng did all this to ensure a smooth year for the Northern Border. As long as they could grow a crop of crops in the summer, the New Year would be easy.

He himself controlled a lot of grain fields. He had no control over what happened to other farmers' farms, but his own grain fields could at least produce 70% to 80% of the autumn grain.

Gu Chengfeng was busy looking for the owner of a grain store to discuss the purchase of grain. When he heard that a grain merchant from the Northern Territory was coming, the owner of the grain store did not lower the price but instead felt that a business opportunity had arrived and wanted to pay for the grain at the local retail price.

Seeing that he was cunning, Gu Chengfeng was not angry, but just smiled and said, "This price is fine, pay in cash. How much grain can the shopkeeper give out?"

Since they want to make a big profit, they can buy as much grain as possible from their shops. When they have no grain to sell, they can just sit back and watch other grain shops raise their prices.

With grain merchants like him buying grain in large quantities heading south, local grain prices would definitely increase, but he specifically asked the stall owners about the market conditions.

A price increase of less than one hundred wen will not have a big impact on people's lives, but it cannot be higher. If the price is higher, the government will definitely intervene to supervise.

As the New Year has just passed, people will have surplus food at home and will not be affected by the rising food prices and start scrambling for food or the higher prices. After all, there is no disaster in the southern border, so the fluctuation of food prices for one or two months is not a big deal.

Seeing that Gu Chengfeng was generous and easy to deceive, the grain store owner's eyes turned and he stretched out a palm directly: "Five thousand stones."

Gu Chengfeng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take all 5,000 shi, so... the price will be based on the price charged by the grain merchants."

"I won't bargain with you. The rice was twenty cents two years ago and twenty-five cents last year. If you have new rice this year, I'll give it to you for thirty cents."

The price of new rice is thirty cents per catty, which is already the retail price, but it is obvious that the boss cannot afford this year's new rice as it has not yet been planted.

With the new rice price as the upper limit, last year's rice can no longer be priced as new rice. However, twenty-five cents is not the retail price, it is two or three cents lower.

However, the rice from the year before last is really stale rice, and there are still tens of thousands of stones in stock.

The grain store owner thought about it and immediately said, "The rice from the year before last and last year are both weighed at 25 cents. This will make the deal easier."

After he said that, he seemed afraid that Gu Chengfeng would be dissatisfied, so he quickly explained with a smile.

"Boss, don't look down on the rice from the year before last. We are a century-old grain store, and we take good care of the aged rice. If you are worried, you can go to the warehouse to check it. If I don't tell you that it is aged rice, you won't be able to tell the difference."

They also often mix a small amount of old rice with the new rice, or use the old rice as a bargain, or hold price reduction activities to steal business from other grain stores.

But there was one thing he did say correctly: his boss had been a grain merchant for generations and they really took good care to store the rice. They assigned someone to be in charge of the management of the aged rice and would not mix any other ingredients into it.

The price is the price, but the product must be good.

Gu Chengfeng had long seen through the grain store owner's face and knew his three generations. He smiled and said, "10,000 dan of old rice and 5,000 dan of new rice. The average price is 22 wen."

"3,000 jin each of soybeans, mung beans, and red beans, 20,000 jin each of old corn and sweet potatoes stored in the cellar. I will pay for all of them at 80% of the retail price. I will pay for them when they are weighed. No need for carriages or horses to deliver the goods."

Gu Chengfeng learned the situation of the grain store from its owner. The grain store had two stores in the provincial capital and one branch each in the three nearby counties.

This grain store cannot supply the goods he wants, but the two shops in the capital city can supply most of them. By transferring goods from the grain store in the county city, all the goods can be collected today.

He did not lower the price too much, nor did he allow the grain store owner to gouging the price.

After all, he had stated his identity clearly. He was a grain merchant from the north. He didn't need to explain the reason for collecting grain, as others knew it.

The grain store is engaged in business. They buy grain at a low price and then sell it at a higher price. This is the same for all shops that do business.

Therefore, he cannot let the grain store make no profit at all. Others have no obligation to do good to you.

Gu Chengfeng did not produce the imperial documents. After all, he came down personally to collect the grain instead of asking the local government to collect the grain, which meant that he did not intend to go through official procedures.

The official relief grain was distributed last year, and the grain he held in his hands was the official grain.

When they heard that they could sell so much goods, they knew that many of the beans and grains were old from the previous year, and new ones came in this summer. With a 20% discount on the selling price, it would be beneficial for the grain store.

The grain store owner didn't rush to negotiate this time. Instead, he smiled and said, "Please wait a moment. I'll check the account. I'm afraid there won't be so many goods."

He found an excuse to hurried to the small compartment at the back, spent a long time calculating with the accountant, and came out with a smile on his face.

"We can sell this quantity and this price, even if the price of grain rises a bit, we are a small business."

Gu Chengfeng shook his head and said seriously, "I am a grain merchant. My family also has many farms that grow grain. I haven't even bargained for the price you offered me. You don't even have to go through the trouble of delivering the goods. Why not just do business?"

"And why are you hoarding so much old rice? In a few months this year's new grain will be available, and it's not worth it to keep the old grain at a low price."

Gu Chengfeng had an expression of incomprehension on his face, but his words made the grain shop owner shudder. The summer grain in their southern border was indeed about to be sold out, and they still had tens of thousands of tons of old grain from the previous year. How could they sell it all by just mixing it with the new rice?

If you can clear out all your inventory at once at the price of twenty-two cents, it would be a great deal.

In comparison, last year’s new rice could only be sold for twenty cents, which seemed like a bit of a loss, but since we can sell so much at once, we don’t have to worry about having a backlog of goods when the new rice comes out this year.

The most important thing is that the boss does not have to worry about having too much goods and not having a large amount of cash to buy new grain, nor does he have to worry about not being able to free up the rice warehouse.

Their business is a mobile one. They can stock up on goods, but they are averse to overstocking them. The balance between the two depends entirely on the operator. He manages a large shop and is also one of the operators.

The grain store owner calculated quickly in his mind, and finally asked Gu Chengfeng to buy another 5,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes before he immediately reported this big deal to his boss.

After all, it involves goods from other branches, and he has no control over other shop owners.

Gu Chengfeng agreed. Knowing that their boss was in the city, he said, "I'll go somewhere else in the city and come back in an hour. I hope I don't make a wasted trip."

The grain store owner agreed repeatedly, enthusiastically sent Gu Chengfeng out the door, and immediately asked his servants to harness a carriage and rush to the boss's place.

Gu Chengfeng went out and saw two people standing on the street talking and laughing. Lao Jiu was wiping the sugar residue from Xiao Tang'er's mouth with a wet towel, so he walked over with a smile.

"Xiao Tang'er, give me a few rings, and then you can go shopping on your own. We will decide which county to go to in the evening. This grain store has branches in nearby counties."

If they go there, they won't have to load the grain from the county store and transport it to the provincial capital, which saves time.

Hearing what he said, Yun Tang did not ask about the details of buying food, but nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll find a place to eat lunch and send a message back."