Section 1816 Buying Grain

The power of the crowd is very powerful. At the beginning, I didn't know what these people were doing, so basically no one came to help. When this guy heard that he was going to open a porridge shed, he immediately had hundreds of people. People came to help, and Li Cong was dumbfounded when he arrived. This person is a little too powerful. Didn’t everyone just couldn’t walk because of hunger, but now everyone seems to have lost that decadent look. Now, this is going to be divided into grains to eat. I haven’t eaten well these days. This stomach can’t be regarded as a stomach anymore. It’s just a layer of belly. There’s nothing left. I almost fainted, but one by one still gritted their teeth and persisted.

"Brother, are these people working as refugees?" Li Cong saw that these people were all dressed in tatters. It shouldn't be like this in the past, and it probably turned into this on the way to flee famine. Looks like it.

"Well, they all heard that we were going to open a porridge shed here, and they were all very happy. Didn't they all help us out of their own accord? Our porridge shed is 70 meters long and has six Ten cauldrons, I will ask someone to make this right away, and I will go to the city guards with your post, and they will send an army of 500 people to maintain order." Boss Cui now The decadence of that night was gone. He knew that Li Cong didn't ask him to come to see the excitement. This was also his first field test. This kid looked very good in a brand new cotton jacket. Enthusiastic, Li Cong nodded when he heard this guy say that, thinking of going ahead of him, it was doing well, Wu Liu and Bai Er next to him also felt that something was wrong when they woke up in the morning, Boss Cui finally understood when he said it, and he dared not inform the city guards, so he was relieved. Although the two of them were a little dissatisfied with the fact that Boss Cui robbed the two of them of their positions, they also knew it. Boss Cui said it belonged to the family's uncle. It's impossible to be a servant all the time, besides, he really has his own role, so the two of us are just selling face to the young mistress.

"Well, the money is touching. Although the matter of face can be passed, the city guards who came here today have to comfort each and every one of them. Those who are willing to ask for food are two hundred catties each. Those who are not willing to ask for food Just give the money directly, and tell them anyway. Work hard for the master, and the benefits will be indispensable to them in the future. If anyone steals and cheats, show my brand. Magicians are not so easy to mess with." Li Cong After thinking for a while, he said, Wu Liu, Bai Er, and Boss Cui did not have any official positions. To put it bluntly, they were housekeepers. No matter how nicely they were called, they were just servants. Li Cong, the uncle of those city guards, also saw it yesterday. If the silver is not filial, these people will not give you real contribution. That's why Li Cong said that this is given to the silver, and there are orders from above to estimate these People will do this well, and the chance of trouble will be much smaller.

Now dozens of horse-drawn carts are coming with a lot of rice. Although it hasn't been cooked yet, people in the distance have already started to come here. Boss Cui and Li Cong hurriedly went to make arrangements as soon as they pleaded guilty. Now is not the time to be lazy. Boss Cui now Divide all the people into two parts, and one part will cook porridge later. In order to avoid scalding people, the porridge is not delivered directly to these people's mouths when it comes out of the pot. Since they are so hungry, it is estimated that they have to be picked up one by one before being delivered to their mouths.

If it was really delivered, everyone would burn their throats, so there are some wooden barrels two meters in front of these porridge sheds, and these are used to distribute porridge. At the beginning, you have to line up, each person can only have one bowl, and leave after drinking, and you must not come back to ask for a second bowl, otherwise these people may stay here and eat until they are full. Then the people behind should not eat anything, just watch the people in front eat.

"Greetings to Mr. Cao, the young captain of the third team, Wu Jie, is under the order of my lord to take care of this area. If you need anything, Mr. Cao will just give you instructions." Li Cong was looking at the situation around here, and saw a A small officer from the City Guards came over. This guy is the leader of these five hundred people. This guy has never seen a magician. After meeting Li Cong, he was so nervous that he was a little speechless. No wonder, in fact, they have even seen the governor, but this magician is too rare, there is only one magician in 200 million people, and the one I saw is called the most genius There are no such people in history, even the three elders of the magicians union have to accept such people as apprentices. Those three elders are What kind of character is someone who doesn't need to salute when he sees the emperor? That's a level 9 magician, and someone who can destroy the entire city in an instant is a god.

"Hehe, Mr. Wu seems to be very nervous. I'm not a tiger. Why are you so nervous? Just get up quickly. You may understand me after a long time. I don't have so many things. Stay with me, just relax a little bit, but do things for me, as long as you can do it well, it’s okay to eat and drink spicy food, even if you have any excessive demands, I will do it for you, but If you steal me and play tricks on me, I will definitely not let it go." Li Cong was always a high-ranking person, but now that he has become a magician, the kingly spirit in his body is even more powerful, and his spiritual power is emitted. This Wu general's several subordinates are almost unsteady, and this magician is indeed a very powerful person.

"Don't worry, Mr. Cao, brothers... brothers, do your best to get the job done." Mr. Wu glanced at Li Cong and said, this magician seems to be no different from him, and he also has two eyes and one ear , Why was he so nervous when he saw it? He didn't know when Li Cong left. When he came back to his senses, the guys over there had already cooked the porridge. I guess the people around here are about to come up. My task is to take a good look at the surroundings. I can't let these people mess around. Just go hungry right here.

It can be said that the refugees in the inner city still have a certain background, otherwise, the entry fee of fifty cash would not be able to afford it, and they are already considered very good. Compared with those people outside, not to mention the entry fee of fifty renminbi, it is not easy to find a penny from them. Li Cong also knows that those people are the ones who should help the most. But there is nothing to be done now, the law and order outside the city is really bad, it is already very good that the city guards can dispatch hundreds of people to help him look after the refugees in the city. They can't control the outside of the city, and even the security forces have all gone. The refugees outside the city are also uncontrollable. The refugees outside the city are like a landmine. Whoever holds it will feel uneasy. All of them want to hide far away. If you get close, you may be the one who suffers the most. These people have green eyes. When they look at them at night, they look like wild beasts. They go out to open a porridge shed. This is no different from suicide. It is also for this reason that Li Cong plans to open a porridge shed in the inner city. After the people in the inner city are full, Li Cong plans to let them go out of the city. They communicate with people outside the city for a while, so that the people outside I know what's going on, no matter what I say with my own mouth, it may not be of any use, but what these ordinary people say is a completely different thing, and they can communicate well one by one. of.

It's just that such a good thing is not destroyed by no one. It is the grain merchants who are here to destroy. They all know that Li Cong got 300,000 tons of grain. Although they did not combine this matter with what happened yesterday, Li Cong's behavior has undoubtedly interfered. Their interests have changed, and now Li Cong is not only running a porridge shed in the city, as long as the residents in the city can buy food from Li Cong at the price of fifteen yuan. This is also what Li Cong and Li Shi mean. They also know that the lives of ordinary people are not very good. It is also a kind of good deed to let them have enough food. It is not necessarily to distribute food to those who cannot eat. It's good deeds, and it's good to take care of the soldiers and civilians in these cities. The 300,000 tons of food is nothing, they don't care. It is estimated that the effort will be gone in a while. What they are afraid of is that Li Cong has been doing that all the time. They also know that Li Cong's backstage is not something they can provoke, so they will not confront Li Cong head-on. Confronting Li Cong secretly, this is not a joke, it is related to all their wealth, but these people have not yet come out of the grain line alliance, Li Cong brought Bai Er and two servants here, We don't care about how they hurt ourselves. We go in today to buy food. Don't you want to sell it? Let's just buy it, but the price can't follow your price.

"My lord magician, why are you here?" Li Cong blocked the dozen or so grain merchants in the room. These people were staring at each other, and just now they were talking about how to deal with it. As for Li Cong, now everyone is dumbfounded to see a real person in front of him. This matter is not easy to handle. Can a magician be shaken by businessmen like them? This seems impossible, but cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. Li Cong can't be unaware of this. What Li Cong is doing now is killing their parents, so how can he still look good.

"Hehe, bosses, I'm Cao Ke, the new Jiangning Weaver, a member of the imperial court. I'm here for a reason. I think everyone knows that my family is opening a porridge shed in Nancheng. I need a lot of food, but I have been walking on the street for a while, they all said that there is no food, many people told me that there is food here, I wonder if you can give me food, I came with real money, no It will make everyone suffer." Li Cong said with a smile, and took out a stack of bank notes from his pocket, the smallest one was 300,000 taels of silver, and the most were one million vehicles.

The people here are also considered wealthy people, and they are not people who have never seen money, but this is the first time they have seen people like Li Cong who came in with so much money. Although there is a lot of money, they We all know that this money is not very easy to earn, and this guy is not so easy to talk to. Just now, they were guessing whether what happened yesterday was done by this guy, but there was no result. When this guy walked in the door Only then did they realize that it was really this guy who did it. They hoarded these grains for money, and they believed that Li Cong did the same. If all the food is eaten, then if all the people from the south come in the future, Li Congke will get rich at that time. There is nothing wrong with them. This is the most common game of big fish eating small fish in the business field. It is not surprising that Li Cong can think of this idea, but it is not so easy for this guy to do that. , if there were no such forces behind the bosses, Li Cong might have been able to achieve it, but the food they hoarded this time is definitely an astronomical figure, which is not enough for people like the branch president. There are too many people involved this time, and Li Cong's backstage is indeed very powerful. But compared to those people, he is still a bit unattractive. If he wants to take them all down, he should stop dreaming.

"It turned out to be Mr. Cao, the latest upstart in the city. It's really rare for me to wait. Mr. Cao, please take a seat, come, and serve tea." A chubby guy stood up and said, Li Cong could see that this guy should be the master here human. Judging by his appearance, he is probably the president. The decoration here is still very good. No matter when, this person needs to eat. As long as he wants to eat, the business of these people will be very good. , they naturally wouldn't regret such a little money for this matter. All looked happy.

"Hehe, I won't say anything on these occasions. I'm here to buy food. The food you guys have is what I need. Let's make a price." I don't want to talk to these profiteers. He could see that these people didn't seem to think much of Li Cong's magician's hat. What did this show? Unforeseen forces, the chairman had already told himself yesterday, at that time he really didn't think much of these businessmen. Now it seems that these businessmen are not so simple. I was a businessman when I was on the earth, but I am the only businessman like me. I thought that other businessmen would not confront politics. It doesn't sound like that, just like the United States on earth, politics follow the businessmen, which is a bit interesting, Li Cong didn't want to beat around the bush, he just said what he meant, and wanted to What to do, you just come, I just listen, let's see who is more powerful in the end.

"Hehe, Mr. Cao, this food is indeed in our hands, but we can't be in charge of the food. The president of the Magician's Union must have told you that we seem to be well-dressed. In fact, it is a dog of another family. Our master tells us to do what we have to do. We can't just sell these grains indiscriminately. Please understand our difficulties. You want to do good things. In my opinion, 300,000 tons of grain is enough. If there is more, we will have no way to survive. Sir, you can’t just ignore our life and death just to save those refugees. I know, you don’t have a good impression of us. , and don’t care about our life, but you still have to understand that the gentlemen behind us are not as talkative as us. Behind you is the Magician’s Union. To tell you the truth, our batch of goods is There is a Mr. Magician who has shares in it, you see?" The fat man said with a smile, this is a naked threat, and Li Cong is not frightened by such a threat, but it always makes Li Cong From feeling very uncomfortable.

No one in the world has said that he is a dog. This guy has said that. It seems that he is quite satisfied with his identity as a dog. Li Cong glanced at this guy. This fat guy is very uncomfortable. Simple, the people behind him are not simple either.

"Hehe, it's really where in life we ​​don't meet each other. I really didn't expect, Mr. Cao, we met again. I wonder if Mr. Cao still knows me?" Just as Li Cong was about to speak, another guy came in from the door. Wasn't it that Murong Fu that day? I didn't expect that this kid would also participate. No, if he didn't get the family's permission, he would definitely not attend such an event. Could it be that there is Earl Weiyi's shares behind this? Although the Earl of Weiyi is the title of an earl, no one underestimated that little man. They are the emperor's servants. No matter how powerful people are in the world, they have to be polite when they see the Earl of Weiyi, of course. , Li Cong is an exception. He doesn't care about the emperor's slaves at all, and even the emperor doesn't care much about him, let alone your slaves.

"My forgetfulness is not that great, I remember you. I don't know what you mean by coming here? Could it be that I bought food and distributed it to the common people like me?" Li Cong said with a smile, this guy himself is very It's disgusting, the wife who robs others is so high-sounding, it's the first time I've seen such a person, Li Cong felt like he swallowed a fly when he saw such a guy, and he didn't speak politely, His face was full of dissatisfaction. This guy's self-cultivation is still good, and he didn't make such a fuss with Li Cong.

"Hehe. No, as for me, I am also a part of this place. We, Earl of Weiyi Mansion also have shares here. 10% of the food here belongs to us, not 10% of a certain food company, but all of them. Ten percent, I don't care what they do with other people's grain, but I will definitely not sell my own grain. I don't think it's a good time yet, so I'll wait a while and see." This guy Sitting next to Li Cong, he said that since Li Cong was so rude to him, there was no need to save face. Everyone else knew that they were not on the same level as Li Cong, although they felt that Murong Fu and Li Cong were not on the same level. It's never on the same level, but this guy's father is also an earl. No matter how you say this person is also a second-generation official, he must have more confidence than these people.

"So that's what it means. Can I understand it like this? What the son of Earl Weiyi said is what everyone here means?" Li Cong looked up at these guys, you guys want to play with me, why don't you It's too tender.

Everyone nodded. Looking at it like that, I want this official second generation to take over this matter. Who knows that this official second generation is so stupid and cute. This guy really thinks that these people will do what they want, and this face is still beautiful. Well, who knows that you just took up Yicheng's shares. Although it is quite a lot, it is definitely not a major shareholder. If you want to use this to talk, it’s fine. If the bosses behind those people don’t stand up and tell you to show off, their calculations are the best. It's no wonder if you can't be so mad, I really don't know how I usually teach with such a son.

"Master Cao, don't make things difficult for us. We are all living together, and it is not easy. You just want to do good deeds. There is no need to cut off our way of life." One of the guys persuaded, and everyone They all nodded.

"Hehe, everyone, I, Mr. Cao, am not such a wicked person. I didn't stop you if you wanted to make money. In fact, I will ask you for the last time, whether you can sell it at the price of fifteen yuan, as far as I know All your food is purchased at the price of ten cents, even if you include some saved money, your cost will not exceed twelve cents, and you can get a profit of three cents, 100% A profit of twenty-five is already possible. Although it is not a lot, it is incomparable with your expectations, but I think it is still profitable. Everyone will be in this city in the future. I save face, as long as I promise, I will be my friend from now on, I will not give my friend a way out, maybe sometimes this price will be better than the price of twenty-five Wen " Li Cong said with a smile, most of them curled their lips after hearing Li Cong's words. Is there something wrong with it? Besides, the twenty-five cents is not the final price. They all predict that the final price will be around 40 cents. That's when they sell it on a large scale. Now it's only It's just a small test. If there was no beast tide before, it would be good to have a 25% profit on the grain. What's more, with such a large base, it is not a small amount for anyone to sell, but now ....

"Is there really no one willing to sell to me? Don't say I didn't give you a chance. At this time, you are the last choice." Li Cong glanced at the dozen or so grain merchants in the room one by one, They didn't dare to look at Li Cong directly. Indeed, what Li Cong said was very clear. Although the Cao family is not as good as before, officially, Cao was supported by the emperor in the past. Now the emperor Those who seem to support Cao Ke more, these are not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Cao Ke is a magician, this is the most important thing. Behind Cao Ke, apart from the emperor in the capital, there is also the Magician's Union. They also have a magician's shares, or a sixth-level magician, but they all know that guy's status in the Magician's Union. Li Cong is incomparable, and the gap is not generally large.

"Hehe, Mr. Cao is threatening. If I say that whoever sells it to you is against my Weiyi Earl's Mansion? Of course, this is a joke. In such a market economy, none of us Can't control what these merchants should do, we are not merchants, merchants have their own way to go, I don't think the sky is going now, otherwise we will treat guests at Wangjiang Tower tonight?" Murong Fu smiled He said, it is actually not easy to see Li Cong deflated, and this guy is very happy at this moment.

"Wait...wait a minute. I... I want to sell my food." Just when Li Cong was disappointed, a small voice came from the northeast corner, and everyone looked at this guy with a big award. The guy is Zhang Chu, the boss of the Zhangjia grain store. This guy can be regarded as an old man playing with grain in this city. Since his grandfather was a grain merchant, he not only went to various places to buy grain. The most important thing is that his own home is owned by a big landlord, with hundreds of thousands of fertile fields, the annual grain output is definitely an astronomical figure. It's an astronomical figure, if this guy's food is released. The food of other people may not be worth saving. Just now these people said that they should advance and retreat together, but now they seem to have forgotten it. The eyes of everyone looking at Zhang Chu are very unkind.

"Zhang Chu, what nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you say that the grain would not be sold to him? What's the matter?" It's hard to be slapped in the face by others. Murong Fu just said that if he sold it to Li Cong In terms of food, it is against the Earl of Weiyi's mansion. This guy stood up and said that he was going to sell the grain to Li Cong. Can such a thing be called a slap in the face? I am afraid that there is nothing more real than this slap in the face. Many people have been directly slapped, just like the Mr. Murong in front of him. Zhang Chu is an honest man, and he shouldn’t do such a thing. The work of a young bird has always been something that young people without hair should do. This Chu is a person in his forties, not the kind of kid who will definitely think about it for a long time when he does anything. Li Cong passed on with just two sentences. This matter seemed to be not right, and everyone else began to relax. As long as it was the first one who surrendered, someone had to follow behind, otherwise everyone else would If you sell it, if you don't sell it at all, if the manufacturing master misses you in the future, life will be really difficult in the future.

"Mr. Murong, there are small difficulties for the young ones. There are people behind you who support you, and the money is not in short supply. My ancestors have been doing this. Our ancestors' training requires us not to do this. Those who hoard food to make a fortune, I..I’d better sell it to Mr. Cao. In fact, it’s wrong for me to hoard for so long. Mr. Cao is right. My cost is twelve coins, so I will sell it to Mr. Cao at this price. My lord." This man named Zhang Chu has a bit of backbone, and Li Cong nodded when he heard him say that. It's really not easy to have such a person at this time, and the other people in this room probably want to fry The only guy who sells grain doesn't want to do that, but his arms can't twist his thighs, so he can only follow these people to do this. Now it's so easy for someone to take over, so he naturally won't take it. Besides, Holding so much food is a time bomb in your hand. If I had known that the current situation would happen, I would have killed myself and would not have done such a thing. I would have said that the food would have been scattered long ago. That I won't offend these people when I go out, now these people...

"Zhang Chu, what are you in a hurry for? Who said that I don't care about you? Didn't I tell you that if you are short of money, I still have it here? Get out of here. If you talk more, be careful that your whip will not recognize you. "Mr. Murong said fiercely. Over the years, there are very few people who don't give him face like this. It's too much for this guy to talk to himself like this. If you don't give me face, I won't give it here. It’s really shameful for you to be scolded by a young man, but Zhang Chu doesn’t care, this Mr. Murong is not the same as him, even if he beats himself, he can’t do anything as a small businessman. These people are different. I don’t have so many people to support me. Hearing Mr. Murong’s words, Zhang Chu’s face also showed embarrassment. Will the grain be sold or not.

Li Cong was not in a hurry to say anything. Smart people don’t know how to speak at this time, and they always have to think for themselves. This Zhang Chu can be regarded as half a smart person. A real person, although she is no longer in the front. But this guy's mind is also spinning fast. At this time, he has already offended the grain merchants in this room. Even if he doesn't say anything now, they can't treat him the same as before. Zhang Chu still has a little friendship with the president of the magicians union, and they are also distant relatives. The president told himself not to fight against Li Cong at any time. main factor. The main factor is that you can't put all your wealth on food. If this is the case, the danger will be too high. Once you fail, you will be in a situation of eternal doom.

"Mr. Murong, I've made up my mind. I still want to sell the food to Mr. Cao, and I will bear all the consequences myself. Mr. Cao, I don't know if you will accept it or not?" Zhang Chu seemed to have made up his mind, since he was already offended anyway. , don't care about offending me hard.

"Hehe, I came here to collect grain, Zhang Chu. Your choice must be right. No one said that you don't want your grain. You think it's Earl Weiyi, no, if Earl Weiyi is here, I will definitely give it to her The old man has face, so he won’t fight against it, but some people can’t represent the entire Earl’s Mansion. It is estimated that there will be no such opportunity in the future, so there is no need to give this face. Zhang Chu, how much food do you have? It’s still at the price of fifteen cents, and I’m right.” Li Cong said with a smile, and when he spoke, he used his eyes to provoke Mr. Murong over there, and this guy blushed when he was angry. He is the second son, the son who has no right of inheritance. This hat has been annoying for more than ten years, but what can I do? There was a ferocious expression on this guy's face, and everyone here knew that this was Mr. Murong's Achilles' heel. It seemed that today's matter was not so easy to solve, and it was better to protect oneself wisely. Not someone to mess with.

"Cao Ke, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense here. What's the matter in my family has nothing to do with you? Let's forget it this time. If I hear such things next time, I will definitely make you feel overwhelmed. "Mr. Murong said in a stern voice, his appearance was very frightening.

"Hehe, Mr. Murong, where is your demeanor? Is there something wrong with what I said just now? I said I want to give your father face. Do you think that I don't need to give your father face? Or is your face better than your father's?" Is it even bigger?" Li Cong started playing word games a long time ago, and it is not so easy to compete with Li Cong on this, and Mr. Murong's effort was taken in by this guy in a while , I obviously didn't say this, but why did my thinking follow this guy?

After a few minutes, Mr. Murong finally understood. He felt that he had lost all face today, so he waved his horsewhip at Li Cong without hesitation. This is his signature move. Yes, if you don't hit a few people every day, you won't feel very comfortable. He himself has the ability of a third-level fighter, and he has been doing this kind of action for a long time. This opponent is not so easy to deal with, Li Cong easily dodged the guy's first wave of attacks.

"Hehe, attacking a magician is definitely not a small crime. Mr. Murong is really powerful. My attack now is self-defense. You pose a threat to my safety, so I will give you a little fireball technique. "Li Cong said with a smile. After finishing talking, a fireball appeared beside him. This guy suddenly thought that Li Cong was different from him. He was just an ordinary person living in an extraordinary home, but Li Cong was a A man of action, everything depends on himself, seeing the fireball technique flying towards him, this guy started to get scared.

Children from rich families are so spineless and incompetent. Five minutes later, Mr. Murong knelt in front of Li Cong and cried for his father and mother. He knew that if Li Cong reported what happened today, this guy would not Speaking of this job now, even my own life is hard to keep. Look at the meat on my butt that is about to be cooked. It smells like a smell. When other people in the room look at Mr. With a kind of contempt, it is really rare that a person as powerful as Earl Weiyi should have such a son.

This Mr. Murong was terrified of being hit by Li Cong. This guy was directly dragged down by his bodyguards. Of course, this guy is the most useless guy in Li Cong's eyes. Look at the grain merchant in this room You know, they are not related to this guy, they have a tougher background, but it doesn't matter, everyone hoards it for profit, and I can't offend all the big nobles, so there are still Due to his soft policy, the 600,000 tons of grain in Zhang Chu's hands has also been in Li Cong's hands. Now the grain in Li Cong's hands has begun to take shape, and it is enough to distribute the grain outside the city. That's right, as for the food in other people's hands, Li Cong also has a way. After signing the contract with Zhang Chu, Li Cong knew how to attract these guys.

"Well, Boss Zhang, it's not very good to talk about this matter, because I don't have that much money in my hand, but can I use pills to cover it? They are all good things like Zhixue Powder and Condensing Qi Pill. For things, I set the price of Zhixue Powder at 100,000 yuan, and the price of Ningqi Pill is also the same. I will pay you with medicinal materials for your 60 million taels of silver, how about it?" Li Cong said with a smile, People have straightened their ears. This is definitely not a small amount. If you take it out and sell it for a monopoly, you can earn more than selling grain. , but this elixir is different, I haven't heard of a price cut yet. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )