Magistrate Zhu, who was on the throne, was very anxious, but the tray had not yet been turned to him, and he wanted to maintain his reserved image as a parent and official in front of these grain merchants.

He had no choice but to stretch his neck and follow the tray with his eyes.

Yi Mingxue paused for a moment, then continued.

"And I want to remind everyone that this is only my results in the past six months."

"Let me ask you, if you are landowners or farmers, and the yield per mu is 300 jins of seeds or the yield per acre is 800 jins of seeds, which one will you choose to plant?"

"Of course it's eight hundred pounds!" Someone in the crowd immediately responded.

Indeed, if the difference is only a few dozen kilograms or even a hundred kilograms, many old landowners may continue to grow the old millet just to be on the safe side.

But the difference between three hundred kilograms and eight hundred kilograms is really huge.

So Yi Mingxue's meaning is very obvious.

Although her current output is not as good as Changshu Mi Village.

But as soon as she becomes famous and more people know about her high-yielding rice, the amount of food she has will only increase.

Soon, the boss who rejected Mingji stood up.

"Boss Yi, I admit that I have violated the reservation agreement with Mingji before, which is against morality. I also really want to cooperate with you Mingji..."

"...But the problem now is that if we cooperate with you in violation of the rules of the Chamber of Commerce, we will be directly removed from the membership by Chairman Yan. Although the Chamber of Commerce has many restrictions, it will also provide us with a stable supply of goods and price guarantees.

"

The first person to speak was Zhou Pasheng, one of the rice shop owners who signed a reservation agreement with Mingji and later unilaterally broke the agreement.

Yi Mingxue was waiting for his words. This was also her real purpose of gathering people.

"Yes, the chamber of commerce can provide you with protection. But if there is only one such chamber of commerce, it is inevitable that large merchants will control resources and squeeze the living environment of small merchants."

"So I invite you all to come, and the purpose is very simple. That is, I want to establish another chamber of commerce..."

"What?!"

"You want to set up another chamber of commerce?"

Before Yi Mingxue could finish her words, it immediately caused quite a commotion.

Even Magistrate Zhu and Master Chang, who were on the throne, did not expect that this woman was really prepared to do something big!

Everyone looked at Yi Mingxue with shocked eyes.

"Boss Yi, is it so easy to establish a chamber of commerce? Even Chairman Yan Shizhong spent several years."

"Yes. Although you have mastered the technology of fine breeding, it is really a fool's errand to want to establish a chamber of commerce with such a shallow foundation."

"..."

If this were the case, ordinary people would have started to panic a long time ago.

However, Yi Mingxue was uncharacteristically sitting back on her seat and took a sip of tea calmly.

Wait until everyone has finished expressing their opinions.

Yi Mingxue stood up again and said, "Everyone has finished speaking."

"Now that I'm done, please listen to what I'm going to say next."

As she said that, she winked at Ye Dongliang.

Another waiter came forward carrying another tray.

"These are the seedlings planted during the spring plowing of Changshu Mi Village this year."

"You are all old grain merchants for many years. It must be easy to see that there is a big problem with their rice seedlings this year."

As soon as he said this, someone immediately rushed forward to look at the seedlings on the tray.

Sure enough, as Yi Mingxue said, the seedlings seemed to be growing well, but in fact the roots were slender and black.

Clearly poor quality.

Once this kind of seedling is planted, it will look very gratifying in the early stage, but in the later stage, when it sets ears, big problems will occur.

Not only will the ripening time be delayed, but the harvest will be halved.

If these are indeed the rice seedlings of Changshu Rice Village this year, it is almost foreseeable that their grain production will be significantly reduced by the harvest in the second half of the year.

"how so?"

"According to my people's report, something went wrong when they were cultivating the seedlings. This year, more than half of the seedlings with problems have been found," Yi Mingxue added in due course.

"If this is true, then the price of rice this year will probably rise several times again."

"The price increase is secondary. Those of us who are not members of the Chamber of Commerce are afraid that we can't even buy rice."

"Not to mention you, people like me who have joined the Chamber of Commerce but have no say in the Chamber of Commerce will probably have to be ranked."

Seeing the various reactions from everyone, Yi Mingxue was satisfied.

This is the effect she wants to achieve.

Immediately afterwards, I heard her change the topic and spoke firmly.

"This is what I want to tell you. The president of the Chamber of Commerce who you think can protect you can't protect himself. What can he, Yan Shizhong, do to protect you?"

"And this is why I want to establish another chamber of commerce. Join my chamber of commerce, and I can give you everything you have enjoyed in the past; I can even give you things you have never had in the past."

"There is sufficient stock of rice and grain, you all saw it today. I have enough strength."

"The normal and stable price is better than the boss who has signed an agreement with me Mingji."

"Finally, it is the stability and order of the market. You can rest assured on this point. What I do in business is always a win-win situation. A business that only benefits one party is destined to be short-term."

Yi Mingxue chose to throw out the chips at this time, but it was actually calculated.

Show your own strength first, and then reveal your opponent's weakness.

Then when the fish are in panic, throw out the bait hard.

Next, you just need to wait for the fish to take the bait.

Sure enough, some scattered merchants in the crowd immediately raised their hands.

"I am willing to join Mingji's Chamber of Commerce."

"We do too!"

"I'll join too..."

The first to respond were naturally the retail investors who were not in the Yan Shizhong Chamber of Commerce.

Although these millet shops are not large in size, they are numerous in number.

At this time, everyone raised their hands, which made the place noisy.

Yi Mingxue didn't mind that they were small, so she immediately took them all under her command.

Immediately afterwards, several grain merchants who were relatively marginalized in the original chamber of commerce also chose to join.

Seeing that the heat was almost over, Yi Mingxue took retreat as an advance and made the last move.

"Actually, I don't understand what the rest of the people are hesitating about. Your chamber of commerce has no regulations and you cannot join other chambers of commerce outside of the chamber of commerce. The same is true here. We are not going to compete with the chamber of commerce in Changshu Mi Village.

It’s just to give you an extra layer of protection.”

As soon as she said this, even Magistrate Zhu and Master Chang, who had been quietly watching, couldn't help but silently applaud her.

Look, this is so well said.

The key is that these are linked together.

All the shopkeepers present, who boasted themselves as seasoned shopkeepers in the shopping mall, were all under her thumb.

Magistrate Zhu and Mr. Chang looked at each other, and they reached a consensus with just eye contact.

Fortunately, Yi Mingxue was born under his jurisdiction. If she had been born in the next county, I'm afraid she would have had a headache.

But now, the title of a major grain-producing county may soon change hands.

So what’s the problem with having one more grain merchant association in their county?

Seeing that the fire was almost burning, Magistrate Zhu made the decision and added the last firewood to Yi Mingxue on the spot.

"Since I have met today, it would be better to choose a different date. This will officially issue the approval document for your new chamber of commerce!"

As soon as Magistrate Zhu made these remarks, another heated discussion immediately arose.

"The county magistrate issued the document himself?"

"A new chamber of commerce recognized by the government?"

"..."


Chapter completed!