Chapter 1818: 6 Cents and 1 Catty

Phrases such as making a show are like fantasy to people on this planet, but these things are very simple things for Li Cong. Just like now, many people have begun to understand the power of these things.

"Brother Ang, what are you doing here? I don't know how to take a rest this early in the morning. It's not the time for busy farming. I heard that there are still some sporadic monsters outside the city. Going out of the city so early But it’s not very safe.” Just as a sesame seed stall opened on the road, the boss saw a guy who lived in the same alley as him, and the two of them were considered chess friends, so they were quite familiar with each other. Look at the appearance of this Angkor This is the one who is going out of the city. What are you going out of the city now?

"I just came to look for you. I didn't expect my sister to see you, but you saw me. You didn't even know that something happened, and you were still doing food-related business. Mr. Cao Ke Cao, you know, that's the one who The first-class earl, the magician of the emperor’s son-in-law.” The old man Wu hurriedly said with a dazed expression when he saw the young man selling sesame seed cakes. In fact, the first-class earl is secondary to these people. , the main thing is the emperor's son-in-law, this is the most important thing.

"How can you not know him? Isn't he the current head of the Cao family? Everyone in Chengli, Jiangning, who doesn't know him, must know him. I heard that he opened a porridge shed for refugees in Nancheng. What's the matter?" , What happened?" The guy pouted and said, to be honest, because Li Cong went to open a porridge shed, his business was affected to a certain extent, which was also the reason why this guy was unhappy. Grain business is difficult to do. You give it away for free, and you sell it at a higher price. The result is conceivable. Although Li Cong is doing something very good for the common people, it can be seen that this biscuit seller is not very good. Those who are willing to buy Li Cong's account, although they can also go to drink porridge. But I won't let go of my business to arrange for a day.

"You idiot, you don't know such important news. You deserve it later because you can't do big things. That's Mr. Cao. I heard that Mr. Cao saw that the price of grain in our county is too high, so from the surrounding A large amount of grain has been brought in from several county towns, and it is about to enter the city. I heard that it seems that you can’t see the edge at a glance. It is said that after the grain is brought in, it will be sold at the official price. That is, fifteen yuan per catty. Yes, then the life of our common people will be easier, and it will be a quarter cheaper at once, and if you buy four catties of rice, you can get an extra catty, isn't it a big deal?" Old man Wu said with a smile , I have always heard about this price increase and that price increase, and it has been a long time since I heard of a price reduction, and it is still in such a catastrophic year, let alone food in such a year. Even for other things, the price can only be raised vigorously. As for the price reduction, let’s forget it. If you are not in the mood, no one will be willing to lower the price, unless it is a good person or a fool or something.

"What? The price of fifteen cash, how is this possible? Mr. Cao bought grain from nearby counties. Although it may be much cheaper than ours, it is impossible to drop to this price. The surrounding counties I still know this, but Mr. Cao used his own money to pay for it?" The sesame seed seller said a little incredulously, and now the officials are more powerful than others in building money. many. Let’s forget about doing serious things, especially the affairs of ordinary people, unless there are some important things, such as His Majesty’s southern tour or something, these people will save face, but at this time they will definitely not do things like this.

"I don't know about that,

I know there is a lot of flour besides rice. Hurry up and buy some. If you pass this village, there will be no such shop, but it seems that everyone can only buy fifty catties. "The old man said anxiously. At this moment, many people have gone to the gate of the city. It seems that if they go late, they will disappear. This is how the elderly are. Today, they are bringing food in. No word on when it will start selling.

"Okay, I'll close the stall right now." When this guy closed the stall, he glanced cheerfully at the street on the other side of the grain store, just wait, the price is twenty-five cents, you guys are honest Watch your food go moldy.

This county used to have only one million people, but because of the arrival of refugees, the population of the city has exceeded 8 million in an instant. If the refugees outside the city are added, it will be 10 million people. But they have to eat. Seeing that there is a lot of food in their hands, but there is not much food on average. These people are all looking at the food to live. Of course, the most dazed people today are the food merchants. Fatty Wu looked at his steward at this time and didn't know what to say. This guy just came back from the north gate, and the food there has already started to enter the city. The people on both sides are crowded, and they are all shouting Mr. Cao thinks of the people.

"Master, the situation at the north city gate is like this. There is no end to the long line of cars. Our two teams never had this scale before. I think there must be at least hundreds of thousands of tons. For the food, Mr. Cao’s Mr. Bai Erye escorted the cart in person. This should be unmistakable. The accents of these guys are all from the northern county. It seems that these grains were really brought from the north. Mr. Cao It was also announced at the North City Gate that the selling price was 15 cents a catty stipulated by the imperial court. This made Bai Erye untie 30 carts of grain on the spot, and everyone opened up to grab it. That scene was really long I haven't seen it in time." This guy was still intoxicated when he spoke, and he didn't know that his master was going to kick this guy to death.

"You bastard, what are you talking about, don't get out of here yet." Master Wu kicked his buddy out, why didn't he have any vision at all, thinking of the two stewards around Li Cong Yes, the few people in charge of me are as inferior as pigs and dogs, brainless things.

Boss Wu got angry, but nothing changed. The people in the room were all sad. Although they knew the news a long time ago, the news is news, and the facts are facts. The hundreds of thousands of tons Food is not a joke. There must be at least 300,000 to 400,000 tons of food today. If all the food is sold, the city will not need too much food for at least a month or two. The food they hoard But what to do. This is just the beginning. If Li Cong continues to get food from other places, it will be fatal. These guys will have no way to survive, and it will be fatal if the food is left in his hands for another day. None of these people are fools. It also costs money to store food, and the longer it takes. The greater their losses, it is time to make a decision.

"Everyone, it's time for us to live and die, and we have no other way to go. We can only sell our food to Cao Ke." Fatty Wu said after taking a sip of tea, and didn't say anything at this time. How's the tea, I don't have that particular skill anymore, what I think about now is that Li Cong can sell his own food, even if that guy has any requirements, he will admit it by pinching his nose. In the past, he still wanted to lose less , Now it seems impossible not to bleed a lot.

"Boss Wu. You are an old man in the business world, and we are all fooling around with you. We also know that it was sold to Mr. Cao, but I think Mr. Cao is not very satisfied with the price of 12 Wen. Shall we lower the price a little bit? Although our loss will be relatively large, we can get back a little bit of capital. It's better than we have nothing." A guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said, this This guy is one of the most famous grain merchants in the city. The money is not a little bit much. This grain is a sideline of this guy. This guy is still doing well in other industries. It's not the main thing for him though. But the bet is the most. This guy thought that he could make a good profit. He didn't expect that the money didn't transfer much. This is really unlucky. Compared with other people, he is the one who wants to sell the most. The person with these grains, he himself is already sour. After I sell it, I can get it back from other sources. If I can’t exchange the food for money, there will be big problems in other transactions in my hands in the future. The exercise of the capital chain is a big problem for anyone. Very terrible thing.

"Everyone, we are all grasshoppers on the same rope now. We will all lose. In the past, we all came here with the idea of ​​small losses. Looking at it now, Mr. Cao is not so easy to fool. Now we I’m going to lose a little bit, I’m going to give the price of nine coins to Mr. Cao.” Everyone was dumbfounded when Fatty Wu’s words came out. One, tens of millions of taels and a loss of 10 million taels of silver, their masters will definitely not care about the money. If they want to save their own lives, they must take out all their property to make up for this hole Boss Wu thought that he had more than 200 tons of grain in his hands. At the beginning, he spent more than 5,000 taels of silver to get it. The cost of management and transportation during this period of time will definitely be 6,000. More than 10,000 taels of silver, if it was sold to Li Cong for nine coins, the loss would be huge, one-third of the money would be gone, and other people would probably lose this amount as well. This is the result of colluding with the government. The gentlemen who are officials will not lose any money. Boss Wu has a net worth of only 20 million taels these years. I haven't made any money, so I have to find a way to make up this deficit, and then I won't have a place to cry, which makes me feel so embarrassing.

"No, it can't be done. Nine cents is too low. We will lose money at this price." An old guy seemed unwilling. Everyone understood what he said, but at this juncture, there is no People are willing to talk about this issue. It is very good that Jiuwen money can be sold now. If Jiuwen money cannot be sold, this is the most terrible thing. At that time, the loss may be even more. Cao Ke and they all I know, he will do such a thing like beating a dog in the water. They all make money from dead people. The more people starve to death, the more they earn. With their mentality, each of them still wants to be It is impossible for a successful businessman to make money if he did not meet Li Cong in the past, but it will be impossible in the future.

"Hehe, Lao Song, now is the time for business to play with us. In the past, we also thought about how much money we could earn by relying on these things. Now there is no money. What we have is that our family property will be gone. Think about it as long as It’s because the lines above us are continuous, and the masters still support us, we still have a chance to make a comeback. Besides, although this time it can make us bleed, we can’t die, right. If we continue to persist, we will have nothing. Even those masters Our money will also be lost. At that time, it will not be as simple as our bankruptcy. The people we rely on don't understand what business is at all. In their view, as long as they intervene in all transactions, it is a Profitable business, if we lose their money, we will have no other way out but death. They will not give us a way out." Fatty Wu patted his stomach and said, this time 60% of his family property was lost. To be taken out. But many people don't see it as thoroughly as this guy. There are times in their history when they lost money. People without money are nothing. The most unlucky thing is not that they have no money, but that they still owe an ass. As for debt, like those people, those who have no money are considered very lucky.

"Oh, old Wu, what you said is not true. In fact, I just can't think about it. We have worked hard all our lives to have this family business, but what did we get in the end? You are different from me. You are still young. Those masters have used you for too long, this time you can lose money. Next time you can earn back, I am different, I have no chance at all, and my sons are useless, they are sold for money I have to take my children and grandchildren across the Warcraft Mountains to the Southern Empire." The guy thought for a while and said, Boss Wu looked at him in surprise. If the master above this person heard this sentence, he would probably be hacked to death immediately, Southern Empire? This is what you can say, you are betraying, it seems that the old man's determination is about to come down, the money left after he sold the money will not be handed over to his master, but will bring his own children and grandchildren We went to the Southern Empire. Is it really safe to be separated by a Warcraft mountain range? This is a matter of tens of millions of taels, the money is not a small amount, and those gentlemen above will also take a fancy to this, and they will definitely not let the money be lost like that.

"Old Wang, the Southern Empire is not so easy to mess with. The connections we have made here over the years are not something that can be lost if you just lose it. If you really go there, it will be so troublesome. They won't let us leave like that, they also have their own friends in the Southern Empire, and those people will be just a matter of one sentence, and we will still be arrested, but it's not so safe to come back at that time Almost back." Lao Wu and this Lao Wang have been good friends for many years, and these two people are talking about this matter in the corner at the moment, Lao Wu knows the situation of another businessman, he and Lao Wang Wang's situation is similar. He fled to the Southern Empire. Unfortunately, he had no chance of coming back alive. He died directly in the Warcraft Mountains. Those masters would never pay attention to their heads. We are a little disrespectful, the whole family is the result of this.

"Hehe, of course I am aware of the risks. I have made some preparations over there for a while, so it should be fine." Lao Wang is not very worried about this, he knows what Lao Wu said , that guy from the past was too ostentatious, jumping up and down everywhere, he used to live, so naturally there would be no such and such things, but he didn't know what his result was, There promised to keep him safe for the rest of his life, but the cost required for this is definitely not a small amount, and he is also very concerned about how much money he can get from Cao Ke.

Magicians Union, Li Cong is listening to Boss Cui talking about the porridge shed, "Today we used a total of 13,520 tons of rice and 4,500 tons of flour at the porridge shed, and rescued about 1.45 million people, and sold them at the store today. We have bought 26,000 tons of rice and 12,250 tons of flour, neither of which has reached the maximum, and it is estimated that we will meet the first challenge in a few days, and we still have 450,000 tons of grain." Cui The boss is very clear about issues such as numbers.

"Why are there so few? Don't we have a million tons?" The so-called incompetent family who doesn't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt is Li Cong, who consumes 70,000 to 80,000 tons of grain in one day, which is the food and drink for tens of millions of people. , Can this be reduced? The food can't always be that number. If that's the case, these food wines seem to belong to immortals.

"Hehe, brother-in-law, this food can't always be so much. It is used every day. It is said that there will be more people coming tomorrow, and the consumption will still be a bigger number. By the way, we They also hired more than 3,000 workers, and their salaries should be paid out. More than 1,000 of them are refugees. Hundreds of them are servants of Boss Zhang’s family, but we have to express how many of them are.” Cui The boss looked at the list and said.

"This is natural. Boss Zhang is kind and doesn't say anything. We can't take advantage of it. It seems that the grain will soon be stretched. It is not an easy thing to do good deeds. The other grain merchants should also bleed. .After their food is in place, I think it will be no problem to persist for a year or so. Then these people will naturally have a place to get their own food and drink. My place is not a charity house." Li Cong said thinking about those people .

"Brother-in-law, one more thing is, those bosses outside have been waiting for you for a long time, should you continue to let them wait outside?" Boss Cui glanced at the bosses outside, they have already set the price It has been reduced to eight coins, which is much less than when they made up their minds. If the reduction is lowered, they will really go bankrupt. They are all like ants on a hot pot. They really want to hate Li Cong died. But they didn't dare to leave just like that. Now is not the time to leave. If they really leave, they will definitely lose their bones one by one. They must seek a chance of life from Li Cong here. This is their You need it, otherwise you would have left.

"Hehe. In fact, they don't need to worry about them. If they hadn't met me, tens of millions of people outside would have to bear high food prices. Is twenty-five coins really their final destination? Impossible The thing, many of them thought of selling it at a price of 40 yuan, then they could get more than three times the profit. This profit is definitely not small, and they can enjoy it for a lifetime. The people behind them The masters can also live a good life, and they don't even need to worry about money for a long time. As long as it is a business in this world, it is impossible to only make money without losing money. They want to do such a business? No, they They are not children anymore. At that time, I gave them a way. The price of 15 cents was already very good, and they could still earn 25%, but they all thought I was joking. , now they all should know the fate of offending me, they all have their own way now, that is going to go bankrupt, it's not that I'm cruel, these people really can't be pitiful, today you give them a living Opportunity, after a while they will harm people again, and it will get worse, why? For example, now you have 10 million taels of silver, and after a while you lose 9 million taels of silver because of one incident , you only have 1 million taels of silver left, then when you have the opportunity to make quick money and take risks in the future, you will be more adventurous than before, so speculation will happen from time to time, I am now To save them is to come out with a few speculators, and let them enjoy the best time." If the bosses outside heard Li Cong's words, everyone would vomit blood, Although Boss Cui sympathizes with those food bosses very much now, but thinking about their poor life, he doesn't say anything. After all, if they get rich, it will be ordinary people who will be unlucky.

"Although I don't really agree with your point of view, but thinking about the people who were still starving outside, I feel that what you said is actually very correct, but it's not the same thing just letting them wait outside." Cui Boss said.

"Hehe, it's very simple, just go and tell them, six cents, if you are willing to sell, you will hand over the money immediately, if you don't want to sell, then I'm sorry, wait until it becomes garbage, tell me by the way They are the lowest price I can afford, and I will trade with cash, and if anyone is unwilling, I will not do business with him in the future." Li Cong said with a smile, that way As evil as he is, Li Cong is now like a demon. Boss Cui shuddered. He knew that this was Li Cong's last chance for those people. If they hold on to it, they can only die with the food one by one. Their masters will never be willing to suffer even a little loss. They want to return the money of the masters. It could be that Li Cong bought this batch of grain and then went back to sell the house and land, otherwise they would only be dead.

Half an hour later, Boss Cui's banknotes were gone, but there were nearly 6 million tons of grain, which was all the grain in their hands, and there were one or two that were not sold, but it was irrelevant. The price of food here can't go up anymore, they just take it if they want to hold it by themselves, which also makes Li Cong lose all the bank notes in his hand, and at this moment Li Cong has also become a poor ghost up. Wu Liu only had less than three million taels of silver left in his hands. Although there was still some money in the magician's account, it was for shopping. It is easy to say the words "people's affairs", but it is not so simple when it comes to people, just like what Li Cong said now. This is going bankrupt and doing charity. In the eyes of many people, Li Cong is beyond his control. But Li Cong himself knew that with the alchemy technology in hand, he would not have to worry about traveling all over the world, and everything would get better slowly.

"By the way, I haven't had time to ask these past few days. Where did Mr. Murong go? Could it be that he can't be found after being humiliated by us? He doesn't look like a very powerful person. I I thought this guy would fight me to the end. I can also take a look at how much the Prestige Earl's Mansion has here." Li Cong suddenly thought of that noble son, Boss Cui and this person are deadly enemies, indeed Well, Li Cong didn't have any scruples when he spoke. Boss Cui cared very much about this kid's news. This is thanks to Li Cong protecting him. If he didn't have such a brother-in-law, it is estimated that his wife would be taken away by someone now. This is absolutely possible. wife. Those who give money and land are considered good, and those who are not good will directly disappear from the world. Such things are normal.

"That Mr. Murong seems to have forgotten the purpose of coming here. Now he has been living in a flower building in the city. He lives a life of debauchery and debauchery every day. This kid used to have the ability to score points, but I don't know. Why does this guy seem to have no business at all? We have limited sources of information, so we can’t be sure what’s going on.” Boss Cui’s report is still very pertinent, and he didn’t add some of his own factors, if he added all of them The report by yourself may be even uglier. This guy has been bragging about how he stepped on Li Cong in the brothel. Anyway, in that place, as long as you have money and are willing to spend money, you can say you If I am the emperor, there must be people who are willing to listen. Those women only look at money, how can they look at people? Everyone thinks this way. That guy may have been too much stimulated outside because of this. Now, don't go to that place to find a little care.

"Hehe, this kid is very good at finding places. Find someone to watch this kid. We don't have the ability to fight against some big families in the capital. It's better to be honest. It's okay to provoke, but if you don't Putting people of their generation in our eyes, we will be the ones who will suffer in the end. If they really get serious, we will have nothing to do." Li Cong still understands his current situation very well, so he still can't go too far with that side confrontational.

"Children from rich families naturally pay great attention to their own lives. If they don't enjoy themselves, how can they be worthy of their stinky skin? By the way, brother-in-law, didn't you want to see Cao's house before? I called a few real estate agents to come After looking at a few places, I think there are two places that are more suitable. One is on Nanbei Street in Dongcheng, where there are more warehouses and other things, and the security is also very good. The other is on Qianmen Street in the south. The disadvantage is that the place is not very big, and the land price is very high, especially after the outbreak of the beast tide, the price in this city, whether it is selling a house or buying a house, whether it is renting a house or renting out a house, everyone knows that the spring of this price is coming. There is also a time when there is no need to do anything to support others.

"I've seen these two facades before. What I mean is that we don't need any frontage houses on the east side. We just need a huge warehouse. The ones on the south side of Qianmen Street need to be decorated magnificently. Get it out a little bit, it will definitely look much better than the others, and then find some beautiful women." Li Cong thought for a while and said, the company's public relations department on earth is the most important department, and here is also In the same way, beauties get twice the result with half the effort.

"Beauty? Why do you want this?" Hearing this, Boss Cui's face was a little ugly. My brother-in-law told him that he was looking for a beautiful woman.

"Brother, where do you want to go? Am I that kind of person? Am I a young man? I mean, imagine that if you go shopping in a place, there are two rows of clothes standing at the door." Ladies who are exposed, would you choose to go in and take a look? Wouldn’t it bring more popularity to our store, and we can also set up a service, you can walk around and see if we will No problem. But if you are not familiar with our place, we will give him a favor at the price of 500 Wen. This is the beauty we are looking for." Li Cong tried to make Boss Cui understand what he meant, It seems that Boss Cui's understanding ability is still very good.

Hearing what Li Cong said, Boss Cui's complexion improved a little bit, but he was still brooding about this matter. After all, he is also a brother-in-law, and it is not very good to tell his brother-in-law about beautiful women. It is embarrassing to spread it. of.

"Five hundred Wen is not very expensive, but brother-in-law, you know that all the prettier girls are going to brothels, and their treatment is better than ours. Although their monthly fixed salary is only a few Up to 2,000 yuan, but their commission is very high. As long as you bring the guests to spend, the 10% will be yours. That's why so many hostesses get drunk Yes, they didn't want that excitement, and they didn't want to separate from the two old men in front of them. So there was such a business, and it could be regarded as supplementing the family.

"I didn't say it was 500 Wen a day, I said 500 Wen an hour. If these people don't want to, they can only ask them to hire someone else. Of course, our place doesn't allow people to bring women in. Yes, unless that woman is a third-level magician or a fourth-level fighter." Li Cong started laughing when he said these words. This is also a thing on the earth, this is to drain every ounce of blood from the rich man, otherwise it will be too sorry for my room fee.

Five hundred cash an hour? Thirty catties of rice is only such a thing, which makes Boss Cui feel very incomprehensible, but Li Cong said that it is just the beginning, and there will be more things in the future.

Li Cong said it so casually today, but when others talk about Li Cong's innovation in the future, they will feel that Li Cong seems to be a genius. Almost most of the rich people who can be named will go to Li Cong's place to have fun. Ordinary people cannot be admitted to the professional route.

"Well, what you say is what you say. You are the boss and we are working. We will honestly find you what you need." Before Li Cong said anything, Bai Er and Wu Liu went out up.

Cao's House used to have hundreds of shops, and there were tens of thousands of people working there, and some even had more. Most of the Cao's House was destroyed because of the catastrophe. It is not so simple to rebuild the Cao's House of Commerce. Originally, Li Cong wanted to take back the Cao's House of Commerce, but after thinking about the close relationship between the Cao's House and the royal family, Cao Zheng would definitely not be this The manager of the firm, the emperor is the biggest shareholder here. Cao Zheng died, and Cao’s firm has not stopped operating. This shows that Cao Zheng is just a pawn on the surface. In fact, this guy is nothing. Li Cong didn't want to continue to be that pawn, so Li Cong wanted to set up his own firm.

The Qianmen Street that Li Cong chose, there are always a lot of things to manage in a dozen or so houses. Li Cong's idea is that one-fifth of them are used to sell elixir, which is also the most objective source of income. Half of the remaining four-fifths are used to buy the things in the hands of those mercenaries, and the other half is to sell those things. If these two manage well and have their own group of mercenaries, then this is a very Profitable business, but this is a matter of the future, and now the spy must be supported first, otherwise, some other things are nonsense and useless at all.

Mercenary, thinking of this, Li Cong thought of that guy Yinlang. It's been a long time, is this kid not around here anymore, but one day if I let myself see that bastard, I will definitely kill this bastard, and I will never tolerate it.

From this word, Li Cong also thought of the tiger mercenary group. They are really doing big things. He said that when he is done, he will be notified. Sure enough, he doesn't care what he is doing. Maybe he has to give himself some credit It's about time, or they are afraid that if the pressure is too tight, their so-called "master" will be angry, and their ammunition will not come out. Their elder brother can only continue to sleep until he dies. Although I also want to get it out quickly, but now everything needs to be followed by myself, and it is not so easy to get involved, so let's postpone it, anyway, there is still a lot of time, and I have a lot of time for my refining medicine. I have absolute confidence in the technology, and it doesn't take that long to get used to it.

Another bigger trouble is the princess. The princess is getting closer and closer to Xinjiang Ningcheng, and there are more and more times when she goes through gangs. Although she has already tightly blocked the news, the little girl recently saw There was still something wrong with his eyes, and Boss Cui was pretty good. He knew the news and didn't spread it everywhere, especially if he knew that he couldn't talk nonsense in front of his sister. He said it and did it very well.

Thinking about these Li Cong is very headache, forget it, don't think about these unhappy things, this is what Li Cong used to advocate, at least now that he has won the battle, so much food is his own That's right, the people in the whole city have to eat their own food. This feeling is still very good. No one feels that their abilities are too strong and uncomfortable. Li Cong is also such a person. Only in this way can he reflect his own The value of life, sacrificing the interests of some few people so that the majority of people live well, this is what Li Cong has to do. No matter where he goes, helping the weak is what he should do. It doesn’t matter if a businessman makes a fortune, but It is necessary to distinguish exactly what kind of wealth can enter your pocket. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation..) Please share