Chapter 378 Take Away the Whole Pot
In fact, Meizishan still had some thoughts.
In fact, on the third day after selling grain in Luoyang, someone contacted him and asked him to sell grain. But the price offered by the other party was only one hundred and fifty cents per dou, so how could he agree to it? You must know that food prices have increased to varying degrees in various places. As far as he knows, the cheapest place where food costs is 167 cents per dou.
But in the next few days, the situation became increasingly uncomfortable. The most important thing is that he got the news that the amount of grain in Luoyang was huge, and they, the Yuzhou Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce, simply couldn't buy enough.
He realized at that time that something was wrong. When the Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce could no longer afford it, and the other party continued to sell grain at lower prices, would the Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce follow suit or not?
Follow the price cuts and lose money.
If they don't follow, when Nanyang gets through this period and the food comes next year, their food will be in their hands.
Ship it somewhere else to sell? Because there is loss, the cost will increase, which is not cost-effective.
After clarifying this, he negotiated with the other party yesterday and agreed to sell grain.
At this price, he was actually at a slight loss, but there was nothing he could do. As he said just now, the water in Nanyang was too deep. He was worried that if he continued, he would be submerged. Getting out with a small loss is pretty good these days.
The Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce is buying grain at a price of two hundred and forty cents, but he wants to sell it to the Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce. Isn't this too risky an operation?
Mei Zishan was a small grain merchant. He came to the Yamen and, under the witness of the officials, sold the 100,000 shi of grain in his hand at a price of 150 yuan per bucket.
At the same time, he noticed that the liquidated damages were very high. Obviously, the other party was preventing them from going back on their word.
For a moment, Mei Zishan sighed. From now on, the game between Luoyang and Xuchang has nothing to do with him?
Lu Wei put away the contract with a smile, "Shop Manager Mei, I believe that in the near future, you will be grateful for the decision you made today." And the other party also hinted that they should keep it secret.
Mei Zishan glanced at him. Even if the other party didn't ask, he wouldn't go out and yell. Wouldn't he offend Che Jiuming if he said so? He doesn't like asking for trouble.
"I wonder if any of Shopkeeper Mei's friends have abandoned the dark side and turned to the light like Shopkeeper Mei?"
Mei Zishan glanced at him and said, "So what if I have it, so what if I don't have it?" The people in front of him should be people from Luoyang. These people make it impossible for him to make money, and he doesn't like them.
Lu Wei didn't care about his coldness and still greeted him warmly, "Shopkeeper Mei, are you thirsty? How about we sit over there and have a cup of tea?"
Meizishan: Just sit down, who is afraid of whom?
When Mei Zishan left, he was in a daze. The other party was actually willing to let him earn account fees from it? And he actually agreed to that man named Lu to help him? Don't blame him for betraying his friends for glory, it's just that the other party gave him a little too much.
On the seventh day, Luoyang directly threw out 50,000 shi of grain at the price of 231 dou, and Runan followed closely and threw out 30,000 shi.
With a gloomy face, Che Jiuming ordered the 80,000 shi of food to be eaten, but spent nearly 200,000 taels on it.
Later, Mei Zishan secretly visited the Zhou family's door.
Zhou Beicheng exclaimed, "What? You have secretly sold your 100,000 shi of grain?"
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" You've seen what the situation is like now, run away and get it done as soon as possible."
"You run so fast." Zhou Beicheng sighed.
Mei Zishan smiled and said nothing.
"It's just that the price of food is a bit low." Zhou Beicheng thought to himself, at this price, they would make a small loss.
Mei Zishan spread his hands and said, "There is no way. In the current situation, the game between Xuchang and Luoyang is either to win and eat a lot of meat, or to lose and lose everything. I am timid and just choose not to play. It is a small loss. Pull down."
If you withdraw now, you will lose only one opportunity at most. But as the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won’t have to worry about running out of firewood.
Zhou Beicheng knew that this was the choice Mei Zishan would make.
"What about you? What do you think?" Mei Zishan asked.
Zhou Beicheng was speechless, "You just told me that you want me to make a decision immediately? I don't have to think about it?"
"No, you don't think that the other party just came to me, do you?"
Hearing this, Zhou Beicheng was shocked.
"Make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid you will regret it." Mei Zishan felt that now was the critical time to get ahead, and there would be a stampede later.
Zhou Beicheng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you ask me the price and I'll sell it!"
"Sure, let me ask for you."
Two hours later, Mei Zishan sat across from Zhou Beicheng again, "The price is no longer the same as before."
Zhou Beicheng's heart trembled and he asked anxiously, "What's the other party's current price?"
"One hundred and four per fight, do you still want to sell it?"
Zhou Beicheng gritted his teeth and said, "Sell!"
Liaodong County, Pingguo County
"President, what's wrong? When Mr. Xue was passing through Liaoxi County with his food team and more than 20,000 victims from Nandi, he was pulled down by the county governor Lu Yiliang."
Lu Songli frowned slightly. Lu Yiliang had been making trouble for her father, and he might not let it go this time.
"President, Mr. Lu said that you just need to know about this matter. He will handle it, so you don't have to worry."
"Yes." Lu Songli's face sank slightly, "If it's nothing else, Qin Sheng has traveled thousands of miles, and there are still people who have brought back the food from the south. How can he intercept it?"
She knocked on the table lightly. Since the piece of meat couldn't reach her plate, she would take the other person's pot and let the meat rot in the pot. It was still hers!
Lu Desheng, who was far away in Houcheng, was also very angry.
He first learned that the Shi family was still unwilling to give up, so he sent someone to find out the Qin family again, hoping to get his daughter to give Shi Xueteng a seat. Then, Lu Yiliang intercepted Xue Xu's grain team and more than 20,000 disaster victims in the south.
Lu Desheng thought, the Shi family is really shameless, right? Then he will help them!
"Old Chen, help me call Wang Dong over!" Wang Dong was the leader of the navy he raised in Chang'an before, and he brought a few brothers to Liaodong County a while ago.
Not long after, a young man with a baby face and a sloppy look came in, "Master, are you looking for me?"
"Well, there is something for you to do."
"You tell me, I will definitely do it for you!" Wang Dong patted his chest.
For Wang Dong, he really didn't want to recall the days in Chang'an.
After Lord Lu left, he and his brothers lived a miserable life and almost had no food to eat.
You know, when Lord Lu was here, they lived a comfortable life.
He regretted not leaving Chang'an with Lord Lu at that time.
Later, after Lord Lu settled down, Chen Zongguan wrote to him in the name of his uncle and sent him some local products from Liaodong County.
In the letter, Chen Zongguan asked him if he was doing well recently. He almost cried. Of course, he was not doing well.
Since then, the two have kept in touch.
Later, when Chen Zongguan asked him if he was willing to develop in Liaodong County, he brought a few brothers who were willing to leave with him.
He didn't have much ability, so he would spread eye-catching rumors. After that trip to Chang'an, he finally understood that Lord Lu was his breadwinner, and following Lord Lu would give him food to eat.