The person in charge of the shop sent a message to the old housekeeper: "Master housekeeper, would you like to bring some goods from the city lord's mansion first?"
The old housekeeper thought for a moment and said: "That's fine..."
"You can wait until you come down to the City Lord's Mansion to take some and make sure each shop can sell enough for half a day."
"Since they want to buy it, we will sell it twice as much!"
Later, the old housekeeper went to the storage warehouse of the City Lord's Mansion alone and took out many elixirs and healing elixirs.
The person in charge of the store hurried over, took the storage bags, and distributed them evenly among the stores.
At the same time, Li Qingyun had just ordered everyone to apply for many market stalls.
When he heard that the elixirs and healing elixirs in the shop had been replenished and the prices had increased, Li Qingyun smiled and ordered: "Sell the elixirs you just collected at the market at a price that is 10% lower than the price in the shops, and spread the news at the same time.
Just say that prices in Shangluo City are inflated and I want to make a fortune."
Those low-level monks didn't ask any questions and just followed Li Qingyun's instructions.
They were the bandit leaders Zuo Qiuya had asked to investigate before. Their cultivation level was not very high, but they were just right for this task.
When the old housekeeper heard the news, he said calmly: "It doesn't matter. The prices in the shops are the same as those in the market. At the same time, people are arranged to target all those selling elixirs and healing elixirs."
Next to him, the monk who had been monitoring the inn finally realized that something was wrong, and sent another message to the innkeeper to confirm.
The innkeeper went up and knocked on the door of the room where Li Qingyun and Nangong Wan were staying, but there were indeed questions from the guests inside, so the innkeeper only asked if he wanted something to eat, and he was instantly relieved.
At the city lord's house, the monk felt a lot more relaxed and started chatting with the old housekeeper.
"Someone wants to bring down the economic operation of Shangluo City?"
The old housekeeper had completely calmed down at this time, and began to look at the overall situation and carefully operate the entire Shangluo City transaction.
He replied calmly: "Don't worry, it's just a small fuss, it shouldn't hurt the foundation. Contacting the Lord of the City before has shown me to be somewhat incompetent. Now it's time for me to regain my place."
Later, the old housekeeper sent a message to the soldiers guarding the city: "In about four hours, a new batch of goods will arrive. This was personally arranged by the city lord. No mistakes are allowed!"
The monk monitoring Li Qingyun smiled when he saw this and said, "Old housekeeper is so confident, how confident is he?"
The old housekeeper smiled slightly: "My lord, please stop teasing me. With the protection of Tianji Pavilion and the upper realm, no matter what happens in Shangluo City, it will just be a small incident."
The monk laughed loudly after hearing this: "Hahaha! I have long heard that there is an old housekeeper in Shangluo City who has taken over the management of Shangluo City since he was a child. It seems that I am lucky enough to meet him today."
The old butler responded calmly: "Thank you, sir."
On the other side, the shop has specially sent people to keep an eye on the market and make sure the prices match those in the market.
At the same time, another rumor spread, saying that Shangluo City has always been fair in its transactions. How could such a villain behave like this?
In this way, there will be no loss no matter what. If it works well, those monks will have bought a lot of elixirs and healing elixirs in vain.
After that, several major chambers of commerce in Shangluo City also stated that the prices of all items in Shangluo City were absolutely fair and reasonable.
At the same time, the patrolling soldiers acted as monks and deliberately quarreled with the monks selling elixirs and healing elixirs. They were then arrested by the patrolling soldiers who were well prepared.
This kind of emergency response can be called rapid, and it is enough to show that the man in the city lord's mansion is truly a genius steward in Shangluo City.
However, some people have ulterior motives, while others are completely confused.
Many alchemists who came to the market to sell their own elixirs were also arrested!
Since this group of alchemists were not strong enough, they did not dare to openly confront Shangluo City. They had to shout loudly that they were wronged and were forced to be imprisoned together with other medicine sellers.
Outside, the prices in the shops were already lower than those sold in the past.
But because of the previous price increase, there is still a profit for now, but I am still asking the old housekeeper for his next instructions.
In the market, Li Qingyun ordered: "All the medicine sellers in the market should stop for a moment, go back to the inn, change clothes, and then come out to buy magic weapons."
As a result, it can be seen with the naked eye that a large number of stall owners are missing from the market.
When the group of stall owners evacuated, one of the unscrupulous monks who came here to buy something suddenly shouted.
"Shangluo City patrol soldiers are going to arrest some stall owners and seize their goods! Everyone, run away!"
As soon as this statement came out, a group of stall owners nearby instantly panicked.
Because the stalls here are one-time, although there is no limit on the time for setting up the stall, once the stall owner leaves, he needs to pay the stall fee again if he wants to set up a stall again!
Therefore, stall owners who come here generally keep their stalls set up until almost all the items are sold before leaving.
But just now, a large number of stall owners left their positions, leaving them a little unsure for a while.
Could it be that changes are really going to happen in Shangluo City?
Some stall owners with higher value goods immediately packed up their things without even thinking about it. The monks who pretended to be shopping walked around the market, trying to get some information.
When the other stall owners saw that the familiar stall owners had packed up and ran away, they were extremely panicked!
Some stall owners even packed up their things and left the market.
When they were approaching the entrance of the market, someone suddenly stopped them and asked, "Do you fellow Taoists have any ore to sell? I will charge you a high price!"
Some stall owners selling ore immediately came over and asked, "Do you collect ore?"
The stall owners who did not bring any ore sighed, some left Shangluo City, and some turned around to inquire for information.
Some of them had just set up stalls in the market and barely sold anything.
If someone buys their goods, they will of course be willing to sell them, especially if they charge a high price. At least they will not lose money.
The man who stopped the stall owner was dressed in gray clothes and had a curtained bamboo hat on his head.
"Of course, I will accept the ore from you at 10% more than the market price!"
Several stall owners who sold ore gathered together and simply went to an inn with this person and sold out all the ore they brought.
The gray-clothed monk was not shy about it either. He would not refuse anyone who came, and he would accept whatever he got, and the price happened to be about 10% higher than the market price.
After the transaction was completed, the stall owners left Shangluo City happily.
The gray-clothed monk sighed softly and blocked another market entrance again, stopping a new group of stall owners.
The gray-clothed monk who calls himself me is, of course, Li Qingyun.
In order to buy the ore, he visited several major chambers of commerce, but those chambers of commerce actually stipulated that the sale of ore was prohibited in the near future!
This made Li Qingyun very depressed, so he had to come up with this idea to receive some ore materials from these stall owners.
But generally the mineral veins are in the hands of sects or chambers of commerce. Most of these stall owners are casual cultivators, and the resources in their hands are too few.
After all the stall owners in more than a dozen markets were taken care of, the total amount of ore received was still a drop in the bucket for the development of Qingshan Sect.