Chapter 617: Another Conspiracy

The chief steward in charge of purchasing at Anhe Pharmacy was named Qi. As soon as Zhou Yi was sent away, the junior steward came to check on him, "Manager Qi, the young master of the Cui family would like to treat you to a meal. Do you think so?"

Manager Qi thought for a while and agreed to the invitation. After all, the Cui family is also one of the suppliers that Anhe Pharmacy often cooperates with.

At the banquet, Cui Shaodong's family poured wine for him with a smile, "Manager Qi, will Anhe's purchases this year be the same as last year?"

"Well, let's take a look at this." Manager Qi had just signed a big order. It was not easy to answer at this moment, so he laughed.

"Manager Qi, our Cui family and Anhe are old friends and we have always cooperated happily. Anhe will give us some food this year, right?"

"Come on, your Cui family is still worried about buyers? Your donkey was sold to another family last year."

"Last year, the situation was unavoidable. Last year, the price given by Anhe was too low, and we lost a lot of money. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, I am here to make amends to Manager Qi. I drank this glass of wine, you can do whatever you want. "Cui Shaodong drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Manager Qi also drank, which was considered to have exposed the matter.

Then, when Cui Shaodong's family talked about the business between the two families this year, Manager Qi finally relented, "We'll talk about it then. If the price is right, we Anhe won't be able to get a batch."

"How much is a batch?"

"Three to fifty thousand heads." This is to prevent Zhou Yi from having an accident at the end of the year and failing to deliver the goods. At that time, there were 30,000 to 50,000 donkeys owned by the Cui family, which was barely enough for their Anhe Medicine Shop.

Cui Shaodong's family frowned slightly, "30,000 to 50,000 heads is a bit small."

"If you have no objection, it's settled," said Manager Qi.

Cui Shaodong's family was helpless.

"We Anhe will pay you a deposit of 20,000 yuan to show our sincerity! But we must agree in advance, if the price of this donkey..." This trick was learned from Zhou Yi. No matter how much money they can save when purchasing goods, they must at least ensure that they have enough goods for the coming year to keep the pharmacy running.

Qi Daguan dared to make such a contract, and it was all because they were peaceful and not without backers.

Zhuozhou Caijia

After learning that his family had to raise 150,000 more donkeys due to a contract, Cai Guang's son Cai Qin was worried after reading the contract drawn up by his family and Ding Jun.

"We have so many extra donkeys at home. What if Ding Jun breaks the contract?"

"What are you afraid of? Even if Ding Jun breaks the contract, our 100,000 donkeys will still be there." It's just that they can't be sold for the time being, but it doesn't mean that they will die if they can't be sold.

Cai Guang said nonchalantly, "We will sell it slowly when the time comes. Don't worry, we will still earn 60,000 taels in vain."

"Son, you are too cowardly." As the saying goes, the bold will die of hunger and the timid will starve to death. The Cai family has the ability to take this order, why not do it?

Cai Qin thought for a while and realized what his father said made sense, "But Dad, we can't keep so many donkeys in our breeding farm."

"If it doesn't work, ask your uncle's family to help us raise part of it. I just received the news that our rival Chen family also got a big order. You go to the accountant to pay, buy what you need, and invest what you need."

"OK."

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With the interference of Ding Jun and Zhou Yi, the big donkey owners around Qingzhou and Zhuozhou have more or less made some moves or heard some rumors.

The donkey market in Zhuozhou has had a chain reaction due to several large orders, which shows that the undercurrent of the donkey market has already warmed up. Just like the calm waters of a lake, stormy waves are slowly brewing.

After Ding Jun and Zhou Yi returned to Pingzhou, they reported their results to their superiors.

Then, Lu Songli was ready to add fuel to the fire.

At Lu Songli's signal, Ji Wuyin, Gu Huaisheng and others moved.

In order to celebrate Dali's lifting of the blockade on Binhzhou, the businessmen of Binhzhou jointly held a flowing feast because they had the money and ability to contribute.

This flowing water banquet was held for three days. During these three days, we truly had fun with the people.

People outside Pingzhou had heard that this banquet was very special. These businessmen worked hard to collect delicious food and donate it to Governor Lu.

Among them was a donkey meat dish cooked on fire, which Governor Lu liked very much.

This roasted donkey meat dish was made by a master chef named Duan Laosan in Zhuozhou. Their Duan family has an old shop that specializes in selling donkey meat roasted.

Not only did Governor Lu like to eat it, but General Qin Sheng was astonished after eating it.

Because General Qin Sheng liked it, Governor Lu waved his hand and included the donkey meat cooked by Duan Laosan in the military procurement list so that General Qin Sheng could eat it at any time.

When the news spread, the people in Pingzhou and surrounding areas were all talking about it. Governor Lu doted on her husband too much.

At this moment, Duan Laosan's shop in Zhuozhou was overcrowded.

The old customer also teased Duan Laosan, "Duan Laosan, I'm thinking, I've also eaten your donkey meat on fire. Although it's delicious, it's not shocking to the world."

Duan Laosan laughed and scolded, "Go, go, go. When I was invited to Pingzhou to cook donkey meat for Governor Lu, can I use the same ingredients as usual?"

The people next to him started cheering, "Duan Laosan, just tell me how the ingredients you use are different from usual ones?"

"Hmph, I won't say anything else. The donkey meat I used is not what I usually buy in the market."

"Why is this?"

"Everyone knows that the donkey meat grilled in Zhuozhou is particularly delicious. Even if other places use the same method, they can't produce the same taste."

Some of the people around me had eaten donkey meat roasted from other places, and they nodded. Donkeys from other places don’t taste like that.

Duan Laosan: "The same reason, the family I found raised donkeys very carefully, the donkey meat they raised was very delicious, and the donkey meat BBQ they made had a very special taste."

Everyone expressed disbelief.

"Believe it or not, I'll tell you a little bit, they also pay attention to feeding donkeys, they feed them tender green grass in the morning, some beans and bean vines at noon, and soybean meal, cake bran and melons in the evening."

Everyone thought it was nothing special, many people raise donkeys like this, it's not much different.

Duan Laosan snorted and laughed, "What do you know? Donkeys have relatively high requirements for food. Donkeys like dry, hard and crisp grass, such as beans, wheat, reeds and green rice stalks are all donkeys' favorite grass."

Some people were not convinced, "What's the big deal? We can also raise donkeys like this."

Duan Laosan glanced at him, "I know with my knees that the bean vines you feed to the donkey must be old bean vines after the beans are harvested."

What else?

Duan Laosan continued, "Do you know what kind of grass they feed? They feed fresh grass every day, such as bean vines. They use plants before flowering. Such bean vines are the most nutritious and donkeys love to eat them the most."

What? They feed donkeys with beans that they have worked so hard to grow before they harvest them? They can't bear it.

"The same is true for rice stalks. They are harvested before the rice heads."

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but take a breath. It's too wasteful! They can't bear to feed donkeys like this.

"Donkeys raised like this, donkey meat is used to make donkey meat BBQ, which tastes great. I am willing to pay 15 taels of silver for one, and I will take as many as you can!" Duan Laosan said, and turned to go into the store to work.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is attentive. Someone quickly calculated the account in his mind.

The price of donkeys in Zhuozhou has been very stable in recent years, fluctuating around 8 taels. Now Duan Laosan doubled the price as soon as he opened his mouth, and many people were tempted.

"Duan Laosan, are you sure you will pay 15 taels for the donkeys raised in this way?"

"Of course!"

Just then, the family that Duan Laosan mentioned just now came to deliver donkeys.

"Five donkeys, right? Here, 75 taels of silver." Duan Laosan paid the bill directly, very straightforward.

The people around him were all red-eyed.

Isn't it just raising donkeys according to the method given by Duan Laosan? Who doesn't know how to do it?

Raising a donkey can earn nearly 10 taels of silver, isn't it more cost-effective than doing anything else? Farming is exhausting, and how much money can be left at the end of the year? Do it, go home and raise donkeys!

Many people hurried home, but their hearts were burning with enthusiasm.

Unlike the profit-seeking common people, Jiang Boya in Zhuozhou was keenly aware of something.

Jiang Boya said to Xie Bai with a serious face, "Pingzhou used a trick to buy a deer to control Chu and planned to attack Zhuozhou."

Xie Bai was stunned. As a child of a noble family, he naturally knew that buying a deer to control Chu was a plan proposed by Guan Zhong for Duke Huan of Qi to attack Chu.

"Mr. Jiang, what should we do?"

"You will set off to Chang'an in a while and report this to the Grand Commander. Don't panic. Pingzhou needs time to implement this plan, and we have enough time to deal with it."

Hearing this, Xie Bai's heart was slightly relieved.

But for Jiang Boya, despite this, he still frowned. For counselors like them, the traces of Pingzhou's trick this time are very obvious.

He has studied Pingzhou. Pingzhou used tricks and liked to use open tricks. It seems that no matter how the opponent dismantled it, Pingzhou's subsequent tricks were like a tidal wave, and finally achieved the goal.

This time, can they break Pingzhou's trick and make Pingzhou fail?