"Hello everyone, you all saw that I am surrounded by the main suppliers of the previous trade fairs. They jointly entrust me to announce something on my behalf. As we all know, compared with previous years, the Xuangu Continent not only had a rare drought, but also the war was reported in the imperial capital. Therefore, suppliers have invested more manpower, material resources and financial resources to purchase goods this year than in previous years, and the quantity is also very limited. Therefore, the prices of various trade goods this year must be raised, and I hope all old friends will understand it." Li Zixiong said loudly.

"What!"

"Risk? How much does it increase?"

"I haven't heard of drought or war on Xuangu Continent?"

The traders in the audience started to talk about it, and there were several traders who were even more confused in their words.

Li Zixiong looked at the various doubts in the audience and nodded to a businessman beside him.

The businessman immediately walked towards everyone and shouted: "The northern continent, which mainly produces cicada silk, encountered a rare drought this year, and the harvest in many regions was halved. The Hexi Forest in the central mainland, which produces wood, was also brutally killed due to internal disputes between the Tumen tribes. It was rumored a few days ago that several surrounding empires were dissatisfied with the diplomatic relations of the Yanyang Empire and had a vague intention of starting a war..."

Qi Tian looked at the onlookers with confusion and inquiries on his face, and understood in his heart that these reasons for raising prices were mostly made up.

What the most informative traders don’t know about are the things that the suppliers do not know about?

Traders from all countries are also very talented. After a little thought, they can see Li Zixiong's intention to join hands with others to raise prices.

But as the Li family expected before, they came with their own contracts and advance payments, and it is absolutely impossible for them to return empty-handed, otherwise they will face high liquidated damages.

One of the traders wearing a moon hat and a blue robe asked, "I wonder how much the price Boss Li is planning to increase?"

Li Zixiong smiled slightly and said, "I don't think about this matter. It's all the results of discussions between suppliers. I will post it in each store next."

Qi Tian cursed in his heart that Li Zixiong was indeed an old fox. It was obvious that the suppliers he contacted raised the price together, and the amount of the price was also determined by him. However, he said that it was the result of joint discussion, which was obviously a buck!

At the same time, he could probably guess that the price increase this time must be quite large.

The traders around looked at me and looked at you, all of them had heavy expressions, and they also had a premonition that this price increase was not that simple.

Afterwards, Li Zixiong and his suppliers left the trade venue, and the staff in their respective shops were responsible for the next thing.

They all knew that it was certain that they would be scolded next. In order not to break up and meet again in the future, they had to choose to go home and escape...

When Li Zixiong and other suppliers left the central square from each block, they all drove towards the same destination.

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"Brother-in-law is so amazing! It's really a price increase!" Xia Qingxue said excitedly. Qi Tian was already in her heart like a god. Every time something about to happen, she could accurately predict it by her brother-in-law.

"Hehe, remember our bet, wait for my brother-in-law to get it!" Qi Tian looked at Xia Qingxue with a wicked smile.

Xia Qingxue's face turned red and she lowered her head shyly.

"Young master, they are all gone. What are we doing now?" Liu'er said at this time.

Qi Tian smiled slightly, looked at the traders who went to various shops to inquire, and said, "Let's go and inquire about the price, and see which big fish are there."

Xia Qingxue and Liu'er didn't know what Qi Tian was thinking, but they were too lazy to ask. Anyway, everything was Qi Tian...

The two girls followed him around the central square.

I don't know if I don't ask, I'm really shocked when I ask...

This time, all local suppliers of Yunhai City have increased their prices by 50%!

Moreover, the shopkeepers in every store are not as good as the traders, no matter how eloquent and sensible the merchants are, the shopkeepers will never raise prices...

If you buy it, just leave if you don’t buy it!

Some smaller suppliers, seeing that the prices of big shops have increased, have also raised prices and kept silent about not reducing prices.

"You are robbing! A naked robbery! I'm going to go to the city lord's mansion to sue you! Raise prices!" A trader in a blue robe stood in front of a shop and cursed angrily in a broken sunny imperial language.

The shop's guy didn't care and smiled disdainfully: "Go and sue. Yunhai City is a free trade port. It's useless if you sue him to Lord Wang! Do you still force me to sell your goods?"

"Call out your boss! I want to ask him in person, is it right to raise prices collectively? We have been working together for so many years, can we have some commercial reputation?" The blue-clothed trader asked loudly.

The guy laughed out loud, then said in a bad tone: "Our boss is not here. If you want to buy it, buy it. If you don't buy it, get out. Don't delay my business!"

The blue-clothed trader wanted to say something, but was slapped up by two big men, dragged out of the shop, and threw it on the street...

"You! You! You are so rude!" The blue-clothed trader got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and cursed loudly.

But no one responded in the store, so he could only walk elsewhere angrily.

Qi Tian was watching everything with a smile. The more the shopkeeper and the trader scolded him, the more intense the conflict, the brighter his smile was.

He followed the trader and patted him on the shoulder.

"Hmm? Who are you?" The blue-clothed trader turned around and saw that it was a young man who called him.

Qi Tian smiled slightly and said, "Why, the acquisition is not going well?"

The blue-clothed trader hummed impatiently and said, "I thought I was not embarrassed enough just now?"

Qi Tian was stunned, then smiled "haha", shook his head and said, "It's not embarrassing to be thrown out, it's embarrassing to be sold!"

The trader in blue raised his eyebrows and heard something in the words of the young man in front of him, so he asked, "Do you have the goods? Who are you?"

"I am Qi Tian, ​​the second aunt of the Xia family." Qi Tian introduced.

The trader in blue frowned and said in confusion: "Xia family? Second sister-in-law?"

Qi Tian nodded.

"The Xia family's warehouses were burned, how could there be goods?" said the blue-clothed trader in confusion.

Qi Tian smiled mysteriously and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I'll ask you, do you want to buy goods at a reasonable price?"

The trader in blue hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"You have also seen that the entire Yunhai City suppliers have raised prices by 50%. Even if they delay, they will not lower the price. What is the price you can bear?" Qi Tian asked again.

He originally wanted to sell the goods at the past price, but now that Li Zixiong has already made up the atmosphere of price increase, he is really sorry for himself if he doesn't take the opportunity to make a fortune.

The trader in blue frowned and looked around. He knew that it was impossible to buy goods at the past price. So he sighed and said, "Twenty percent, no matter how much, I will have no profit. I can't go to Yunhai City in vain."

Qi Tian nodded and asked in a low voice: "Do you know all the traders who come to Yunhai City this time?"

The trader in blue clothes didn't know what Qi Tian asked himself about this, "know some."

Qi Tian nodded and said, "Early tomorrow morning, call all the traders you know who can accept 20% of the price increase to Xia Mansion, and I will sell them to you."

"Really?" The trader in blue seemed a little excited.

Just now, he not only asked about that shop, but also several other suppliers, but they were all ruthlessly rejected and kicked out.

He was really anxious. If he really couldn't buy goods this time, he would go bankrupt immediately when he returned to his country, and his wife and children would be displaced with him...

"Do you think I'm joking with you?" Qi Tian said with a smile.

The blue-clothed trader lowered his head and pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I believe in you. Since the Xia family was in charge of Mr. Xia Zhengxin, I have been doing business with Mr. Xia. The Xia family is the most reputable businessman I have ever met! My name is Aske."

Qi Tian patted his shoulder, gave Aske a reassuring smile, and then turned to the other complaining traders...

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Yunhaicheng Li's Mansion.

Just now, I stood at the wealthy businessmen's door in front of the Li family store with Li Zixiong, and all sat in the living room to drink tea.

"Mr. Li, is this method really OK? What if those traders stop buying goods?" said one of the merchants.

Li Zixiong smiled confidently and said, "No, Boss Pan, just keep your heart in your stomach. We have been doing business with traders from various countries for many years. Do you still don't know them? They all come with orders. If you don't buy goods from us, you will only lose more when you go back."

"Will we offend those traders when we sell so high this time? We who do procurement and supply have no money to make money without them!" Another businessman asked worriedly.

"Boss He, don't worry, whether it is a supplier or a trader, everyone is a merchant. Where does the hatred come from in the eyes of merchants, only interests! Moreover, this price increase is everyone's common decision, not your family's decision." Li Zixiong comforted.

"I hope!"

At this time, a young man with a guy looked like a guy quickly ran in and said with a smile: "Master, the trader from the Lion King Empire has ordered 100,000 gold coins of wood here."

"Hahaha..." Li Zixiong laughed, then looked around the people around him and said, "How is it, there is a deal already! I have said, don't worry, since we want to eat a fat man in one bite, we must be patient! Today is the first day of the trade fair, and there are still six days left. Soon, these traders will accept the fact that the price increases and can only take out gold coins to buy our goods."

The people around him looked at each other. Now that things have reached this point, they can only continue to move forward.

"Mr. Li is wise!"

"Mr. Li is right!"

"We all follow Mr. Li's leader!"

Li Zixiong looked at the flattering words of the people around him and laughed secretly because there was still a plan slowly forming in his heart.

"Dad, my son is back." Li Mingyan quickly walked into the living room.

"Mingyan is back." Li Zixiong said with a smile, but soon, he found that something was wrong with his eldest son's face, so he said to the people around him: "Dear bosses, I have a few words to say to the child."
Chapter completed!