Chapter 390 Stirring up the Storm

No one present was stupid. They soon realized that Ji Wuyin's people might have hooked up with some people in the Yuzhou Grain Merchants Association.

No wonder they had so much grain.

Che Jiuming was really miserable. Not only did he bear the stigma for raising grain prices and was scolded to death by the people of Nanyang, but now he became the one who suffered the most losses in the entire Grain Merchants Association.

"In addition, there is grain transported by foreign grain merchants." Gu Huaisheng reminded, "These grains will be dragged down by Liaodong County and become affordable grain."

"Did foreign grain merchants transport a lot of grain here?" Others asked curiously.

Gu Huaisheng: "A lot, on the dock, covering the sky and the sun."

Others vaguely heard that foreign grain merchants transported grain to Nanyang to sell, but they didn't know how much. At this time, hearing what he said, they imagined the scene and couldn't help looking at each other in surprise.

"I guess these foreign grain merchants are cursing at this moment."

"That's not right. Since the purpose of Liaodong County has not changed, why did they stop after selling 400,000 stones of grain? They can do it in one go."

"Are they waiting for foreign grain merchants to transport grain to Nanyang?"

"It should be." Apart from this reason, they can't think of any other reason.

Xie Zhan, who was sitting in the first seat, listened to their discussion and felt that something was wrong. The other party was probably not just waiting for foreign grain merchants to arrive.

If Lu Songli was here, he would definitely sigh at Xie Zhan's sharpness. The reason why they didn't keep smashing the market in one go was to lure Che Jiu Ming to raise funds and increase leverage.

At this moment, the steward hurried in with a letter.

"Master, there is a letter from the South. It's the old lady's letter." The steward stretched out his hands and handed the letter to Xie Zhan.

After Xie Zhan took it, he opened it and read it. His eyebrows moved. His wife gave birth to a son?

But he put it aside after reading it, "Let's continue."

"Master, what should we do?"

"Let's keep our troops in place for now." The fight between the two sides has just begun, and it is not time for them to get involved.

"Yes."

Xie Zhan waved his hand and let them go.

At this time, being able to see Ji Wuyin's whole chess game in Luoyang, Gu Huaisheng really felt that the think tank of Liaodong County was really powerful.

But he didn't know that what he thought was the whole chess game was actually only a part of it.

At this time, Xie Zhan was the only one left in the entire meeting hall.

He stood by the window, and under the autumn wind, his brocade robe, his sleeves fluttered, and the hem of his clothes, which was pressed by the jade pendant, was slightly raised.

Lv Songli, Lu Songli, you are worthy of it, with a lot of wisdom.

This time he wants to see how far she can go in the same disaster area.

If Lu Songli knew what he was thinking at this time, she would definitely sneer. Xie Zhan obviously didn't dare to leave the field easily and flatter himself.

Lu Songli knew very well that at this point, even if Xie Zhan and the others guessed Nanyang's plan, what would it matter?

They could only sit and watch the people of Liaodong County stir up trouble in Nanyang.

Nanyang

Zuo Anmin looked at Zhang Xian with a probing look.

Zhang Xian: "Have you seen enough? Don't look at me with such disgusting eyes, annoying."

Zuo Anmin snorted, still not moving his eyes away, "The Lu family is willing to save you and help you out at such a high cost?"

"You sound so sour, are you envious?" Zhang Xian deliberately acted proud to anger him.

Zuo Anmin: "What did you say? I envy you?" He also has a good master, right?

"It's best not to envy."

"By the way, can you really bear to see the Lu family lose so much food?"

Zhang Xian walked away directly and ignored him. Zuo Anmin, this old man, still wants to trick him? No way.

Luoyang Port

When the news that Ji's branch was selling affordable grain to the people of Nanyang reached the ears of these foreign grain merchants, they were all shocked. How could this be?

They had just arrived, and the situation had changed!

After asking again, the grain merchants were collectively angry, "One hundred and twenty coins a dou of rice? It's so cheap, and they still sell it!"

"Go back!"

"Yes, we will transport the grain back and not leave a single grain for Nanyang."

They want to transport it back! They accept the loss of labor and freight!

However, when they found Lin Shan in a clamor and asked the Cao Gang to send them back, Lin Shan's answer made them dumbfounded.

"Sorry, bosses, we can't help you transport the grain back."

"Why?"

"Deputy Gang Leader Lin, the freight can be negotiated." Another grain merchant said anxiously.

Others also agreed. At this time, they accepted the price being raised. I just hope that the freight will not rise too outrageously.

Lin Shan: "It's not about the freight. We have already signed a contract with a big merchant in Luoyang to help them transport a batch of goods."

"Is their goods urgent? If not, you can help us transport the grain back first. How about I increase the freight by 20%?"

Lin Shan shook his head, "No, no, we signed a contract with the other party. If we violate the agreement and don't transport the goods for them, we will have to pay compensation."

"How long will your trip take? If not, wait until you transport the goods out, and then come back to help us transport the grain."

"Our work may take at least one month, or at most two or three months. It's not certain. And we have other jobs that have been booked. People may not arrive in Yuzhou within the next three months, and even if they come, they will not dispatch so many ships at the same time."

These foreign grain merchants understood.

They gathered together to discuss it, and then found Lin Shan, "Deputy Boss Lin, please be flexible and help us transport the grain back first. As for the penalty, we will pay for it. At the same time, how about adding 20% ​​to the freight?"

"The shopkeepers and bosses don't know that the amount of this penalty is quite large."

"How much?"

Lin Shan reported a number.

The foreign grain merchants were surprised to hear this number, "It's too high."

Lin Shan smiled bitterly and bowed to them, "I'm really sorry, shopkeepers and bosses." Then he returned to the ship.

Lin Shan's steps were brisk. He thought to himself that the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce was really good. Not only did they make some easy money, but they also helped them take the blame and prevented them from being criticized.

The reason for refusing to transport grain was justified, and the grain merchants couldn't say anything more. The main thing is that they didn't expect that after transporting grain to Nanyang for sale, they could actually take it back!

Some grain merchants bowed their heads and calculated the round-trip freight and labor costs after hearing the offer. They found that if they transported the grain back, they would lose a lot of money.

In other words, the money lost from transporting the grain back is greater than the loss of directly selling the grain at the current price!