The reason why Yuan Yao came to Xuzhou for a special trip to Mi's house was actually not entirely to buy food.

In fact, you don’t need to go so far to buy food. You can go to Jiangdong or even other aristocratic families to buy it.

He made a special trip to the Mi family in Xuzhou. The most important thing was to find out whether the current Mi family had taken refuge with Liu Bei.

If the Mi family defected to Liu Bei, then Yuan Yao would have to think of a way to bring trouble to them.

Compared to the brave and foolhardy Lu Bu, the opponent that worries Yuan Yao more is actually Liu Bei.

Although today's Liu Bei is not very powerful, once he gets the support of the Mi family, it will be like a big roc rising with the wind, soaring up to 90,000 miles.

Disintegrating the alliance between the Mi family and Liu Bei was his biggest purpose in coming to Xuzhou this time.

If so, Yuan Yao would be even happier if he could also reach cooperation with the Mi family and let the Mi family fund him.

Therefore, buying and selling grain was just an opportunity for him to come to the Mi family.

However, Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, did not know what Yuan Yao was thinking at this moment.

After listening to Yuan Yao's description, he only felt that Yuan Yao had great love in his heart. In these troubled times, he could still care about the people, worry about their safety, and be willing to provide relief to the people in famine.

That is the original intention that many officials never have.

"No problem. I didn't expect Mr. Yuan to have such a heart and be willing to spend money to buy food and grass for the people. Naturally, our Mi family will not refuse such a good deed to help the world and the people."

"My dear friend, you only need to tell me the number, and our Mi family will deliver the food you want to the place you specify."

"That's very polite."

"Food is naturally not too scarce. There are more than 500,000 people living in various parts of Lujiang. Counting Huainan, there are at least millions of people. Once famine comes, there will probably be millions of victims."

"I think it will take at least 200,000 shi of food to solve this crisis."

After Yuan Yao agreed to transport food for him, Yuan Yao didn't hesitate and directly said a number.

Two hundred thousand stones of grain.

In fact, the price of one stone of grain was not high in the Han Dynasty.

When society was not yet in turmoil, and in good years, one stone of grain was only thirty yuan.

However, the price of grain is not static. In years with poor harvests, the price of one stone of grain will rise. When it is expensive, it will rise to more than one hundred dollars per stone.

But in this year, the price of food is not low everywhere. Firstly, there is social unrest, and secondly, the imperial court is declining. The princes are attacking each other, and ordinary people have no time to farm at all.

Food prices are rising year by year.

A few years ago, grain cost tens of dollars per stone, but now it generally costs one to two hundred dollars per stone.

And 200,000 shi of grain is worth 30 to 40 million yuan.

Yuan Yao currently only has so much money in his hands. He wants to get more food, but he can't afford that much money.

Two hundred thousand dan of grain was already the most Yuan Yao could buy.

In fact, if it were to provide disaster relief, 200,000 dan of food would not be enough. At most, it would be enough to save the people of one county from being affected by the disaster.

However, it is impossible for Yuan Yao to really spend such a high price to rescue people in the entire Huainan area.

"Two hundred thousand shi of food?"

"Okay, no problem. It's only 200,000 shi of grain. Our Mi family doesn't even need to buy it. We can easily get it together."

Two hundred thousand dan of grain may be a huge number to others, but to the Mi family, 200,000 dan of grain is really nothing.

In the Wubao of the Mi family, more than 100,000 shi of food are always kept in case of emergencies.

Counting the Mi family's strongholds and farms all over Xuzhou, it's really nothing to collect 200,000 shi of food.

If more food is needed, the Mi family's shops across Xuzhou can directly buy it with money, and they can produce a large amount of food in a short period of time.

However, food has never been a profitable thing, and the Mi family rarely buys or sells it.

After all, every household will have some surplus of this stuff, and no one will buy food easily.

And once the time comes to buy food, it will definitely be a disaster year, and the price of food will definitely increase exponentially.

"Then thank you very much, Master Mi. Regarding the price..."

After negotiating the purchase of grain, Yuan Yao was more concerned about the price.

Because he still doesn't know what price the Mi family's food will be sold for.

In Yuan Yao's mind, his price is one hundred and fifty yuan per stone. If it exceeds one hundred and fifty yuan, it is not unacceptable. After all, it is impossible not to make a penny.

As long as the price is no more than two hundred yuan per stone, he can accept it.

"As for the price, Mr. Yuan, please rest assured. Our Mi family is not short of this money. Since we are helping Mr. Yuan save the world and save the people, we can't make money from you. All grain and grass will be sold to you at the cost of thirty yuan per stone.

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Mi Zhu could actually give Yuan Yao the grain for free, but if it was free, he was worried that Yuan Yao wouldn't want it. After all, this was a big favor.

So Mi Zhu thought about it carefully and decided to let Yuan Yao spend some money. As for how much money he would spend, he had to be particular about it.

At more than one hundred dollars per stone, it would be too expensive. In this case, this would be just a simple transaction, and Yuan Yao would not remember his favor.

It was all free and inappropriate, so I could only offer a low price of thirty yuan per stone. In this way, the deal was facilitated, and Yuan Yao could remember the Mi family's affection for him and win over Yuan Yao.

No matter how you say it, Yuan Yao is a descendant of the fourth and third generation Yuan family, which is also a good way for the Mi family to make friends with him.

The Mi family is good at everything, rich and well-connected, but they have no backing in the court and are not good at studying, so they have always hoped to make friends with some well-established aristocratic families.

Yuan Yao's background and identity were worthy of their friendship, especially since Yuan Yao still had a relationship with their Mi family, which made Mi Zhu want to have a good relationship with Yuan Yao even more.

"Thirty coins and one stone!"

After Yuan Yao heard the price mentioned by Mi Zhu, his face was obviously stunned. He had never expected this quotation.

"This... this is not good. The price of grain in the market outside has risen to more than one hundred yuan per stone. The owner of the Mi family sells it to me at such a low price. He also has to be responsible for the transportation on the road. The cost will increase greatly. This is

You’re selling it to me at a loss!”

Yuan Yao is not a fool. From Mi Zhu's quotation, he knows that the other party will not make any money at all, and may even suffer losses.
Chapter completed!