All the information was connected together, and everyone in the Chamber of Commerce vaguely understood that someone was secretly fueling the situation and deliberately going against them.
The abnormality in grain prices in the surrounding area only happened in the past two days, but Su Ji's grain store had put up a sign of closure three days ago. It was obvious that they had known the news for a long time. If the panic buying trend in Luzhou City had not followed Su Ji's
It doesn't matter at all, that's a damn thing.
"Close the store quickly and put up a sold out sign. We might be tricked by this little bastard." Tang Dongjia roared angrily.
Because there are so many people queuing up to buy food, the shops are still shipping goods even after dark. When you think that most of the food in the warehouse has been snapped up, the hearts of the owners of the chamber of commerce feel painful. If the price of food is really as the news said,
It has soared to 21 gu, so the Chamber of Commerce has lost at least nearly 100,000 gu in revenue this day.
"Tang Dongjia, in my opinion, we need to send people to the south overnight to find out the situation. What we hear is false and what we see is true. We can't believe Su Ji's words. Moreover, Su Ji sent three big shopkeepers to the south. Regardless of whether
No matter how old I am, I won’t believe that they returned empty-handed." Vice President Huang Dongjia said thoughtfully.
"Old Huang is right. You should handle this matter carefully. At the same time, bring enough funds. If the situation is true, you must buy some food anyway. There is a severe drought in the south and the price of rice has skyrocketed. Even if it is consistent with the second
Three to one stone, in the year of famine, not only will it be two or three consistently, but it will be five or two, it will not be enough to eat, but there will still be profits!"
"Yes, no matter what the price is, this time may be an opportunity for us to make a fortune. If the purchase price is high, we will sell it at a higher price. We can't bear the loss." Everyone's sluggish spirits cheered up and they all agreed.
Suddenly, Vice President Liu, who had been sitting aside for a long time without speaking, suddenly said: "Everyone, I think it's better to think about this matter carefully. I always feel that there is something fishy here."
President Tang said: "Old Liu, tell me and have a look."
Vice Chairman Liu said slowly: "You are all business leaders, and you all understand the truth. The chaos in market prices may be a time for us and other merchants to make great profits, but a bad move may also cause the shipwreck; just as I said, Su
Ji did not purchase rice from the south. Doesn’t Su Ji understand why the price of rice will soar next year? Don’t they know that once their grain stores have no rice to sell in spring next year, why does Su Ji, the grain and oil store in Luzhou Prefecture, think so?
Success? Wouldn’t it be that we lost the Su family’s share in vain?”
"Maybe... maybe Su Ji simply doesn't have the vision and financial resources to make a fuss about this matter. It's unknown. Su Ji's cloth store has a huge inventory. Su Ji's business has been miserable in the past few years. I don't believe that Su Jin dares to take the old lady's money.
You can use your retirement funds to take risks." The speaker was Lang Shaodong, his voice was high-pitched, and you could tell it without looking at the person.
President Tang said: "What Lang Shaodong said is not unreasonable. Su Jin is just sixteen this year. I heard that he has been studying in the house before. Rumor has it that he is a nerd. I am afraid that he took over Su Ji because of the Su family's helplessness. Although
During this period of time, this nerd was having a lot of fun in Luzhou City, but according to my opinion, none of it was reliable, and he didn't make any money. A few sour lyrics were made among those poor people and bitches.
With such fame, there is really not enough for serious business and more than enough for leisure."
Everyone laughed and looked at each other with disdain. The literati looked down on the businessmen, and the businessmen also looked down on the literati. The bitches looked down on the literati but looked down on the businessmen. The businessmen looked down on both the literati and the bitches. It was really a big mess.
"Since everyone thinks so, I have nothing to worry about. There is one more thing that needs to be clarified before we can proceed with peace of mind. If there is a severe drought in the south and food prices soar, will the imperial court open warehouses to underprice? Will the imperial court just let it go?
?What if the imperial court releases the grain reserves, wouldn’t it cost us to vomit blood if we buy grains at high prices?” Vice Chairman Liu raised his second worry.
Everyone's laughing faces suddenly turned serious. It was no lie that the imperial court was trying to stabilize the market price. This dynasty had suffered severe droughts and floods since its founding, and the imperial court had taken measures to provide relief and stabilize the market.
In the sixth year of Tiansheng, there was a severe drought in Jingdong Road. Dozens of prefectures on the East and West Roads and East Roads in Jingdong were in short supply of rice, grain and clothing, and prices soared. On the one hand, the imperial court opened warehouses to help the people, and one official transported a large amount of grain and cloth from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to stabilize prices. At that time, there were already people
He hoarded private food, but lost all his money and became the laughing stock of his peers.
In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangsu and Zhejiang lakes suffered from floods. The imperial court also used grain reserves to stabilize prices and tide over the difficulties, but did not make any gains for speculative businessmen.
Similar things happened during the Jingyou years and the Baoyuan years, so Vice President Liu’s question was on point. Don’t think that grains have just been purchased at a high price here, and the imperial court has shipped a large amount of grains over there.
It's true that cleverness leads to mistakes. If you lose money, hundreds of thousands of dollars is the least you can do.
Everyone was speechless. No one dared to express an opinion on this matter. The only one who had the right to speak on this matter was President Tang. President Tang had close ties with the government. Not only Zhu Shiyong, the prefect of Luzhou, but also Bianliang City
Li also spoke well.
President Tang chuckled, turning the green ring on his slender finger to scan the audience, his expression was very arrogant, and no one was dissatisfied at all. President Tang had the right to despise them, because he had a wide road and powerful power, so everyone was silent.
Waiting for his explanation.
"Old Liu is very thoughtful. What I admire the most is that he always makes decisions before taking action regardless of the details. You are not as good as him in this regard," President Tang said with a smile.
"That's it, that's it. Vice President Liu is a famous little Zhuge in our chamber of commerce. Naturally, we can't compare to him." Everyone laughed. Vice President Liu's face was expressionless, neither declining nor showing joy.
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"It's just that this time Lao Liu was too cautious. He might as well reveal a big secret to you, but no one is allowed to spread it out. If you tell it, you will be responsible for the consequences. When I was sitting around in the capital with the Privy Councilor, the Privy Councilor
Your Excellency, we are talking about the Northwest War. The Song army and the Xixia rebels were locked in a stalemate for four years. Both sides had tens of thousands of soldiers on the border, and each had a victory or defeat. Can you think of anything from this?"
"Tang Weng is talking about... the consumption of military rations?" Vice Chairman Liu said with his eyes lit up.
"As expected of Xiao Zhuge, Old Liu hit the mark right away. In the past four years, the border troops who ate horse chews consumed nearly ten million dan in food. Where did this food come from? These years have not been a year of great food harvest. Every year, the amount of food produced is
The food self-protection is not enough, and they are resting on their laurels. What's more, the consumption of the war is not only the army's food consumption. Hedong, Yongxing, and Qinfeng are in the war. Although the people's livelihood is not in ruins, they have already been unable to make ends meet, relying on the imperial court
Only the nearly two million people in the three roads can have enough food and clothing. Where does this consumption come from? Or the national treasury. Think about it, does the court still have food to stabilize prices? Maybe next spring, the court will pay a high price to the people.
We still have no idea how to buy food, but in short, we must seize this opportunity this time."
Everyone was overjoyed. President Tang's analysis was so accurate. This was information that they would never get at ordinary times. Only President Tang could learn about the situation of the imperial court from casual chats. It's no wonder that the Tang family has been so prosperous in recent years.
Zhongtian is the only one in Luzhou City.
Speaking of which, basically all the problems are not a problem. Vice Chairman Huang went to various companies to collect money and went south overnight. The Chamber of Commerce was not idle either. Su Ji did not report the knowledge this time and might even spread the news.
The panic buying trend caused merchants to lose more than hundreds of thousands of grains. How can I swallow this bad breath?
The attack on Su Ji that the Chamber of Commerce had prepared for a long time was finally launched. This time Lang Shaodong volunteered to take the lead. Lang Shaodong thought very clearly that if he contributed more to the Chamber of Commerce, he would be able to get a bigger share of the pie in the future. In this one-sided battle,