Chapter 475 Bulk Grain Auction Begins
The next morning, I rushed to the reception room in the imperial city. Before I could enter, I heard the crowded voices. It seemed that there were quite a few people coming. Thinking about it, there were probably no one in the world except the Xiao family in Jiangnan who was not short of food. Therefore, these guys rushed over like blood-sucking mosquitoes in the output of the fertile soil in Guanzhong.
"Reported to the lord, there are a total of these 37 people who entered Guanzhong to buy food, all of which are here. Here, not only are there Dou Jiande from far away in Hebei, but also Xue Ju's subordinates who are fighting us at a distance..." Fang Xuanling, who was waiting outdoors early, stepped forward and whispered in my ear.
"…It's as much as five million stones, and it's a small one million stones. The 30 million stones we can trade are not enough for them to share."
I stopped and sneered: "How much food have we purchased now?"
"According to news from the Ministry of Agriculture last night, as of the day and night before, the grain stores in Guanzhong had purchased about 20 million stones, and there were still 10 million stones for the people to sell them." Fang Xuanling answered directly without thinking.
"Okay, 20 million stones are almost done. Let the people, let us not lack this. By the way, three million stones of them are left. This young master has promised Brother Shimin to sell three million stones of grain for him at a low price of one hundred coins." I smiled and nodded, and Fang Xuanling couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. He reacted for a long time and quickly caught up with him. He was still muttering in a low voice: "One hundred coins per stone, one million stone, one million stone is one million cents, and three million stones is three million cents, and the cost is only one million. Good..."
Seeing this guy performing like this, I laughed in my heart. I was surprised now, and you will be even more surprised later. This young master walked straight into the conference hall with his head held high. In just a moment, there was silence in the originally noisy conference hall, and everyone turned their eyes to me.
After I sat down, everyone stood up to greet him. "You are exempt from the gifts, please sit down. I don't talk nonsense to you. I invite you to come today, of course, because you want to buy grain in Guanzhong. Unfortunately, the food in the hands of the people in Guanzhong is not allowed to be sold to the outside world..."
As soon as these words came to an end, the hall was filled with an uproar, and everyone was whispering. The leader stood up, saluted me respectfully, and then said, "Duke of Qi, like today's chaos, people are living in trouble, and wars are everywhere..."
Presenting facts and reasoning, it seems that his lord is the savior of the people in the world. He comes to Guanzhong to buy food and squeeze his own blood just to feed the people under his jurisdiction.
One by one, I was too lazy to interrupt the speech of these people. I had been making trouble for half an hour before I stopped. Looking at the grain merchants who were foaming at the mouth, I couldn't help but yawn. "I haven't finished speaking yet, but I don't want you to interrupt me. I just said that the people are not allowed to sell it out, but I didn't say that I can't sell it out."
"..." The grain merchants who spoke with their tongues were all black and full of grief and anger. They were both excited for the young master to say that they were selling, and they were also sad for their nerves just now. Many people even stared at the guys who jumped out first.
It's really a group of unlucky children. Hahaha, it's really a pleasant mood to tease these guys who want to take advantage of this place.
"The Duke of Qi can make plans for the people of the world, which is really a great virtue." However, the guy who first reacted, threw down his emotions just now, jumped out and started to chant praises to this young master, hoping to gain a good impression. It would be best if he naturally sold more food for them.
"Okay, stop flattering. I have something to say and I can sell it to you, but how to sell it is subject to conditions." I raised my fingers and glanced at these guys. "Yi Guan Yi Shi."
"Young Master, this is too expensive, right? It's a lot of quantity. Besides, you only collect five hundred coins per stone in Guanzhong."
"The problem is that Guanzhong is mine. If you have the ability, come here to collect grain and try it." This young master rolled his eyes and sucked the guy coldly, scaring the guy's face turned pale and quickly retracted his head.
Then the young master continued: "Besides, is Yi Guan and Yi Shi very expensive? I remember that this year, in Shandong, one stone of rice was even fried to five coins, and in Pengcheng County, it would have to be at least about three coins. Even in Jiangnan, where there were few disasters, one stone of rice was nearly two coins, and there was still no market price. Do you really think it was very expensive? Of course, if you think it was expensive, you could not buy it."
"...The price is undisclosed. One stone is the lowest limit, and the upper limit is not a top limit. If you have the ability to make a slight slight rice and ten cents of money, then I am naturally welcome." When I said this, I couldn't help but grinned happily. If it was a slight slight rice and ten cents of money, then I would have really posted it. But I believe that even if these guys were squeezed by the crack in the door, they wouldn't be able to sell such a high price.
"This year, I will sell 17 million stones of grain to you, and auction one million stones, and the higher the price will be. Second, it must be cash or spot transactions. If you are short of money, you can also exchange it with me with other things..."
"Duke, this is not good. We have 37 people, and you only sell 17 million stones, but you also stipulate that one unit is 1 million stones, so we..." At this time, someone jumped up to express his objection.
I touched my bare chin and smiled. "Although there are thirty-seven of you, I believe that many of you are from the same place, so I believe that there should be no problem with Seventeen copies. Of course, if you don't want to, you can not buy them."
These guys can only stare at me, who made me not short of food, but they were short of food. So now, I feel good about myself, just like a state-owned shopping mall waiter in the 20th century, who loves to buy but not.
In the end, these grain merchants representing their respective forces could only accept the conditions proposed by me. Next, the auction regulations were issued, with the lowest price of one stone, and the bid was not always the same, and the auction was automatically failed. Our grain was collected at the price of Daye for nine years, with 500 coins per cent, which means that this thousand seven million stones could earn at least more than six million coins.
Well, I am very glad that I occupy a metropolis like Chang'an. At least there is a lot of money in the treasury, so I can easily buy grain from the people and resell it.
As for the three million stones left, they were naturally thrown directly to Li Shimin in exchange for coal and iron ore. After all, Li Yuan is my father-in-law, so it is appropriate to do some behind-the-scenes operations.
The auction venue was handed over to Shi Feng, the unscrupulous businessman who had an innocent and kind face, who was actually black in his heart and faster than the light, and then the young master withdrew from the conference hall.
I didn't expect that as soon as I stepped out, I saw Li Shimin standing in front of me with a sad face. "Brother,
Next to him, the Yaoguang girl dug up her red lips and stared at me angrily, looking at the class enemies. I was dizzy, forget it, let's not tease the brother and sister, this young master stepped forward. After patting Li Shimin on the shoulder, he smiled and said, "Why, I think I only give them the lowest price of one stone for the same time, and give you the same price of one hundred coins and one stone for the same time, do you think I'm fooling you for my brother?"
When Li Shimin heard this, his brows couldn't help but tighten. However, the Yaoguang girl nodded vigorously with anger. Sweat, this girl is too honest.
I can only make a guarantee. "Don't worry, brother, please take a good look. You will be glad later, why do I only give you the same price?"
"What are you doing here? You obviously only give them a price of one stone, are they willing to pay more money to buy it?" Seeing that I was so confident, Yaoguang couldn't help but feel confused.
"That's natural. Although there is a lot of food for 17 million stones, it's not too much. It's like a bone with meat thrown in front of these hungry wolf dogs. Do you think they will be obediently queuing up one by one to eat each other?" This young master patiently made a metaphor.
Hearing this, the girl Yaoguang couldn't help but blink her black almond eyes, with a speechless expression. "How could a wolf line up and eat each one? Just fool me."
"Brother, do you mean that they will raise prices and fight for it?" Before I could explain, Li Shimin, who had already heard the meaning of my words, could not help but burst into tears.
"Don't worry, look good, and you know that brother will not lie to you. Human nature is to compete with each other. Especially the more difficult it is, the more intense and tense the competition will be." After that, this young master also put his righteous eyes on the face of the girl Yaoguang, allowing her to appreciate my open and open character, which is a lovely roll of eyes. Damn it.
"In short, the saying "Survival of the Success" is suitable for many aspects."
"Survival of nature?" Li Shimin smashed his mouth, and he couldn't help but start to think of a famous saying that came out of this young master.
When the auction started, the entire conference room was quarreled, and several grain merchants even completely gave up the merchant's ethics and morality, and actually rolled up their sleeves to bid violently with other grain merchants.
Soon, a large number of soldiers of the Imperial Guards rushed into the auction hall and threw these idiots out of the auction hall. This made it look quieter. However, even so, the entire auction process went from the initial calm to the subsequent surging, and the sign-raising people came to a climax again and again.
Chapter completed!