Jingzhou Group has caused such a big storm in Jiangnan, which has successfully diverted the attention of the people. // Welcome to read // Now, the most popular topic in the teahouse is no longer "dead corpses", but the once glorious local snake.

Moreover, what the people don’t know is that the imminent food war is about to begin, and they will face dazzling food prices soon.

What are the craps about the corpse, what are the craps about the Donglin Party, Jingzhou Group, go to the damn thing, I have time to listen to them quarrel, so it is better to grab more food in the grain store.

So, as Lin Chunhong turned his hands in Yangzhou and disrupted the grain markets in Jiangnan everywhere, the discussion about dissecting the corpse suddenly came to an abrupt end, everyone's eyes were all focused on the grain shop, and they began to think about the food war that they would never understand.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Tiancheng led ten grain ships to Yangzhou. Since Yangzhou was a commodity trading center in the Jiangnan region, tens of thousands of stones of grain were put into the market, the grain prices in the entire Jiangnan region fell accordingly.

Zheng Tiancheng even made a lot of food in the newspaper, considering that there was too much grain stored in Jingzhou, more food would be transported to Jiangnan. Therefore, in just ten days, the price of grain dropped by 10%, and a stone of grain dropped from about one tael of silver to about nine cents.

Hui merchants who controlled the grain market in Jiangnan all stored a large amount of grain before the New Year. They hoped to make a big profit when the food prices rose in the next year when the price of the year was unsuccessful. However, now Bangtai Business Company has been openly disrupting the situation, causing the grain prices to fall. How can they tolerate it?

The grain traders, who were very annoyed, gathered together. After a long quarrel, they decided to purchase all tens of thousands of stones of grain, so that the price of grain should be maintained at about one tael of silver, and wait for the price to rise next year.

This plan is quite effective. Several large grain merchants jointly bought the grain from Yangzhou warehouses and continued to maintain their monopoly position over the Jiangnan grain market.

Unexpectedly, in early March, Lin Chunhong came to Yangzhou in person, and followed by fifteen grain ships, with more than 70,000 stones of grain, and suddenly poured into Yangzhou!

The grain merchants were stunned!

With their strength, it is certainly not difficult to eat this 70,000 stone of grain, but after eating this time, Bangtai will transport the grain over again, or not?

The grain merchants were very anxious and gathered in Yangzhou to discuss countermeasures.

Yangzhou Huizhou Association Hall.

Wang Dajun sat upright on the main seat, placed his hands on his chest, clapped his hands, and whispered: "Everyone is quiet... quiet..."

The effect of Wang Dajun's applause was not obvious. The grain merchants still kept talking quietly, treating the guild hall as a teahouse. Wang Dajun could not do so, so he raised his throat and shouted: "Thank you for your praise, let Wang sit in this position..."

Speaking of this, Wang Dajun picked up Ruyi from the coffee table and gently tapped the arm of the chair, reminding everyone to pay attention to listening to his words.

Sure enough, this trick worked quite well. The grain merchants stopped talking and stared at Wang Dajun's position, showing envious gaze.

No wonder these grain chambers of commerce envy Wang Dajun's position. As Yangzhou gradually became a canal, Yangtze River, and marine transport center in the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou's Huizhou Guild Hall rose, almost becoming the first Huizhou Guild Hall in the Ming Dynasty. President Wang Dajun's power grew day by day, and he was faintly in the momentum of becoming the leader of Hui merchants.

Wang Dajun smiled and continued, "Since I've been sitting in a seat, I can't say that I have to spend more money on your business..."

As soon as he said this, the big grain merchant Li Zhonglian stood up quickly, interrupted Wang Dajun and said, "President Wang, stop talking nonsense. Now that the fire is burning, if we don't discuss the regulations, we will be completely finished!"

Wang Dajun didn't mind at all, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Isn't it just that Bangtai Business continues to transport grain to Yangzhou? What are you worried about? As for the end, Brother Li seemed a little alarmist. With the rich family background of everyone here, it would be easy to eat a million stone of grain!"

Li Zhonglian was quite dissatisfied with Wang Dajun's attitude and shouted: "I saw that the summer grain was only ripe for more than three months, but the price of grain was always hovering around one tael of silver. If Bangtai Business really stored tens of millions of stones of grain, how much silver should we have to eat?"

Li Zhonglian's words were unanimously recognized by grain merchants and were very annoying.

Liu Sanshui, a big grain merchant, was even more anxious and shouted loudly: "President Wang, everyone is an old man in the business world. I won't mention some things, and you also understand. Every spring, there is a fixed number of grain that can be sold in the Jiangnan region. We only maintain a moderate shortage based on this fixed number and make some small profits. Now Bangtai is constantly transporting grain, which has long broken the moderate shortage. Whether grain prices can rise in the remaining days is still a big problem. Just eating Bangtai's grain can be useless!"

Liu Sanshui became more and more excited as he spoke, and couldn't help but swear.

Wang Dajun still kept a smile on his face, as if he didn't mind Liu Sanshui's swearing. He said in a negotiating tone: "Why do you start selling grain from now on? The price of about one or two will not lose, and you will even make a little profit!"

Now, the grain merchants reacted very neatly and replied in unison: "Will this be done in vain for a year?"

Wang Dajun changed his face and said coldly: "It's not okay to eat it, it's not okay to spit it out. What do you want to do?"

The grain merchants looked at each other, which was really a big problem!

A small grain merchant hesitated and said, "The time is not long, the more we drag it back, the greater the risk. I think President Wang's words are good, so it's better to start selling grain and make a small profit, which is also good..."

Li Zhonglian turned his head suddenly, stared at the small grain merchants, and said angrily: "That's a big deal! This year, Bangtai Business is here to disrupt the situation. Who can guarantee that they will not disrupt the situation next year? If you do this for a few years, will there be a way out for us?"

The small grain merchant was startled by Li Zhonglian's high decibels and hurriedly hid in other grain merchants. His business relied on Li Zhonglian. How dare he offend him at this time?

Li Zhonglian let go of the small grain merchant and turned to Wang Dajun and said, "It doesn't matter if you lose money. If you lose momentum, we will be completely done in the future! I think we might as well take this opportunity to fight Lin Xiaosan to the end and see who can overcome who!"

After saying that, Li Zhonglian was shining and looked at the grain merchants, as if he wanted to remember who would object to him.

As soon as this statement came out, a group of grain merchants began to argue fiercely again, and they still couldn't reach an agreement and made constant noise in the guild...

Wang Dajun looked at the chaotic venue and was very dissatisfied, but he could not help. Finally, he clapped his hands again and shouted loudly: "Old rules, let's vote to decide whether to eat or sell food."

Hearing Wang Dajun's words, the grain merchants finally calmed down. This vote was not a person, one vote, but a decision on the right to vote based on the amount of grain stored, which was very fair. Li Zhonglian was the largest grain merchant, and his food on hand accounted for almost 40% of everyone. So, without any surprise, the grain merchants decided to continue to eat the grain in Bangtai's hands.

After receiving the news that the grain merchants continued to buy grain on a large scale, Zheng Tiancheng was overjoyed and said to Lin Chunhong: "These grain merchants are so well-educated that they have started to bite the hook..."

Lin Chunhong smiled and said, "The good show is still behind. I immediately ordered Xue Yiqian to transport another 50,000 stones!"

Zheng Tiancheng shouted, "Fifty thousand stones? Isn't it too little? Why not give 200,000 stones at a time to see if they can eat them!"

Lin Chunhong shook his head and said, "Don't be anxious. The hook is not bitten deep and cannot move its muscles and bones. Let them always believe that if you take another batch, you can turn around immediately!"

Zheng Tiancheng laughed and said, "It's...it's..."

So, with Lin Chunhong's order, 50,000 stones of grain arrived in Yangzhou, and the grain merchants continued to grit their teeth and eat the batch.

Three days later, 60,000 shi arrived in Yangzhou again, and the grain merchants continued to eat!

Three days later, 60,000 shi arrived in Yangzhou, and the grain merchants continued to eat!

...

Near the end of March, grain merchants in Jiangnan borrowed from all over the world and ate more than 800,000 stones of grain. Each grain merchant was full, and the grain was almost filled with grain like a hill.

At the same time, these grain merchants were quite united. Within this month, there was almost no grain transactions on the market. The people finally panicked and sought food everywhere. They went to major grain stores and received a reply: "There is no grain for sale!"

With the hard persistence of the grain merchants, their efforts finally paid off. By early April, the grain prices suddenly rose to one or two or three cents of silver!

The time for selling grain has finally come!

In the Huizhou Guild Hall, the smug laughter of grain merchants came, among which Li Zhonglian's laughter was particularly refreshing: "Haha...haha... fight us! I don't know how to die!"

The small grain merchants also agreed: "That's...that's...that's...besides us going to Yangzhou warehouse to buy grain, who else can go to Yangzhou? Or are we setting the price or what price?"

Wang Dajun was so sophisticated that he reminded: "Since ancient times, those who traveled a hundred miles a day have a half ninety. In the end, you must control the daily amount of grain sold. And..."

Wang Dajun said with concern: "I don't know what trouble will happen to Bangtai Business, so you have to be careful!"

Li Zhonglian smiled proudly and said, "Without going deep into grain stores everywhere, who will Bangtai sell to? That's it, start selling grain tomorrow!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhonglian showed his hideous face and said, "If anyone does not sell food according to the daily share, if I find out, hum... be careful not to eat it and take care of it!"

The grain merchants didn't mind Li Zhonglian's arrogance, and they all cheered, happier than the New Year...

Grain merchants were planning profits, but the people suffered. After the Chinese New Year, the prices of grain have been lower than in previous years. People have always bought more than they did in the past, and they have always been looking forward to further decline in grain prices. Unexpectedly, after March, the grain on the market seemed to evaporate, and the grain used for sale was pitifully small. Even if they held rice bags and lined up at the entrance of the grain store for a long time, they could only buy a little coarse grain.

This situation occurs only in Jiangnan, where the citizens have developed economy. In Jiangnan, except for less than 40% of farmers who plant grain, most of them plant mulberry trees. Where do these farmers have food on hand? They rely on buying it from the market. In addition, residents in towns also have to buy food from the market, which has led to an extremely prosperous grain market in Jiangnan, which has made super big grain merchants such as Li Zhonglian and Liu Sanshui.

Now, the price of grain has suddenly risen to one or two or three cents, and the people were suddenly panicked and went to the grain store to queue up with rice bags. As a result, the rush to buy suddenly spread to all parts of Jiangnan. As the price of grain has risen further, and in some places it even exceeds one or six cents!

This is a great situation for big grain merchants such as Li Zhonglian and Liu Sanshui! They purchased a large amount of Bangtai’s grain this year. Now it seems that they will not only not lose money, but they can even make a big profit!
Chapter completed!