The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit.

"They heard that the rice prices in Liuzhou were amazingly high. Seeing grain merchants in Liuzhou buying at high prices everywhere, they thought that the rice market in Liuzhou was profitable, so they all rushed over with their rice!"

"Are these pigs?" Zhu Furong couldn't help but curse after learning about this incident.

The level of rice prices depends on supply and demand. If the rice and grain purchased by Liuzhou rice merchants cannot support Leizhou grain at all, there is a huge gap in Liuzhou rice market. United Restaurants must ask her, and she can also wait for the price.

But the world can be expected that these greedy foreign grain merchants did not send anyone to find out the situation in the rice market in Liuzhou City, but they had already brought in a large amount of rice crazily.

If Liuzhou City had a market of four taels per stone before, then with the intervention of these large grain merchants in other places, the Liuzhou Grain City dropped to two taels per stone.

The manager who reported the news saw the county lord so angry, but hurriedly sent tea to comfort him: "Mr., don't be as knowledgeable as these stupid people. If you are angry, it's not worth it!"

After drinking tea, Zhu Furong slowly calmed down and said, "It's not that these foreign grain merchants are stupid, they are all under their own calculations, they are... they are really smart!"

Although she didn't want to admit it, the fact that things have developed to this point was already the result of the push behind the scenes. But we can't blame these greedy foreign grain merchants for being brainless.

If she was a foreign grain merchant, she would probably send a large amount of grain to Liuzhou City as fast as possible.

"Mr. Jun, who are you referring to?" The manager noticed Zhu Furong's attitude change, but he still asked in confusion.

Zhu Furong did not respond positively, but ordered: "Continue to stare at these foreign grain merchants. If you have any news, please report it at any time!"

"Yes!" The manager responded, and acted according to his order.

Zhu Furong watched the manager leave, stretched out his hand to support his chin, but the figure flashed across his mind.

"Haha... I finally arrived in Liuzhou City!"

"Liuzhou grain merchants bought grain with two taels and one stone. Why is it not for Liuzhou to cause a grain shortage?"

"Gaga... One hundred cents per pound, will this batch of rice be too low for 80 cents per pound?"

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In the next few days, more foreign grain merchants escorted rice and grain into Liuzhou City, and they all wanted to make a fortune by taking advantage of this rare drought in decades.

However, things often go against your wishes. Why is Fan Zhongyan raising the price of rice so that people talk about it? It was Fan Zhongyan who raised the price of rice in Hangzhou and spread the exaggerated publicity of Hangzhou's shortage of rice, which caused grain merchants from other places to bring in a large amount of grain to meet the market demand in Hangzhou.

Shen Yan had previously proposed to raise prices, on the one hand, hoping to get the food they needed, and on the other hand, it was to attract these greedy foreign grain merchants to come over!

After completing the first stage, the second stage is also a natural thing.

In addition to Wuzhou Prefecture, which was also severely affected, foreign grain merchants transported rice and grain to the west, east and north, making the grain shortage problem in Liuzhou less urgent.

One of the attributes of grain is that the transportation cost is very high. Once it is pulled to a certain place, it will usually be sold locally.

"One or two, one stone?"

When these greedy foreign grains learned about the real rice market price in Liuzhou City, they all thought they had heard it wrong, and they were in their hearts that they didn't believe the price.

"Although I can only buy three kilograms, it is indeed ten cents per kilogram. People say that the 1.6 million kilograms in the grain warehouse are sold at this price. The price will only drop but not increase!"

"Make money? Forty cents of rice, ten cents are sold to our people. The disabled people counted by the government also gave rice. People never thought about making money from the beginning. They were really good merchants who really thought about our people!"

"I've already said that as long as the grain channels in Leizhou are opened, we will immediately restore the normal level of five cents and one stone, so that the people of Liuzhou can successfully overcome this disaster!"

...

Foreign grain merchants did not indicate their identity as grain merchants, but instead inquired as passing business travelers, but heard news that made them fall into an ice cave.

Changping Cang in Liuzhou City was emptied by maggots such as Gao Yan and Hanhui. The food in Liuzhou City seemed extremely severe. This was undoubtedly a rice market with gold everywhere and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to make a fortune. But, the United Restaurant was like a roadblock.

Even when facing a market with scarce food, I was still not moved at all, but instead kept snatching the price of ten cents per pound.

That's why these foreign grain traders want to sell rice at high prices to make a profit go bankrupt, and their only short-term counterpart is United Restaurant.

"In another ten days, the food in Leizhou will be delivered. Not to mention three taels and one stone, even one taels and one stone is too high!"

Faced with some foreign grain merchants who took the initiative to come to the door and wanted to sell grain at a price of three taels per stone, Zhangguan Chen refused firmly.

When things came to this point, big fish were led to the big pit in Liuzhou City. If the United Restaurant still bought a large amount of three stones and one tael, it would not only make it look stupid, but also feel ashamed of the old man Fan Zhongyan’s teachings.

The fact is so cruel. Liuzhou City is short of food, but there is a joint restaurant that can save money.

What worries them the most is Leizhou rice. Although Leizhou Prefecture does not produce much grain, they can indeed easily transport affordable Siamese rice, which can completely solve the food crisis in Liuzhou City.

But no matter what, when they transported rice to Liuzhou from thousands of miles away, this was not a rice market that they could slaughter, but a market that was difficult to move forward.

They either chose to wait or trade with United Restaurant, and were in a dilemma.

"One or two stone is just one or two stone, I'll sell it!"

After weighing the trade-offs, a foreign grain merchant was quite unwilling to accept it, but he knew it was impossible to slaughter the people of Liuzhou. Moreover, he couldn't afford to spend money with the United Restaurant, so he went to the United Restaurant to negotiate.

Manager Chen didn't go too far. Knowing that it was not easy for them to transport rice and grain, he agreed to trade with him at a price of one or two stones and a price.

"I'm unlucky, I'll sell you one or two stones!"

"This time I'm doing charity, I'll drag it away with one or two stones!"

"They have sold them to your family, how can I not sell them? The goods have been brought over, give them money!"

...

With the first one, there will naturally be a second and third ones. Almost all foreign grain merchants sell their rice to the United Restaurant.

As the United Restaurant has more and more rice and grain in their hands, their confidence seems to be more strong, and they firmly bite the price of one or two stones.

In less than ten days, it was thanks to Fan Zhongyan's business philosophy that the rice market price in Liuzhou City quietly dropped.

It is worth mentioning that Liuzhou Prefecture was also involved and became one of the main forces in purchasing grain. However, the grain he purchased was not invested in the rice market in Liuzhou City, but was also used for disaster relief for tens of thousands of victims outside the city.

With Lin Pingchang officially in charge of the place, the resettlement work of disaster areas outside the city has been improved, and health management has also been strengthened.

The east of the city, Zhu Mansion.

As the news came, Zhu Furong lost his initial complacent spirit, but re-examined Lin Pingchang's group of women-oriented groups.

In this era when women have no talent and virtue, they seem rebellious, but they use their wisdom and resources to save 100,000 people in Liuzhou.

Zhu Furong did not dress up as a man today, but was dressed as a woman. However, he was combed in a bronze mirror and asked the manager outside the bead curtain: "How much grain have they purchased?"

"At least four thousand stones!" The manager sighed in his heart and responded honestly.

Zhu Furong's movements stopped and asked seriously: "Can they persist in going north to Leizhou Mi?"

"Their current grain storage should last for a month. With the supplies from other grain merchants, they can really support Leizhou grain, and even wait for disaster relief food!" The manager was paying attention to the actions of the United Restaurant, but responded bitterly.

Zhu Furong's brows frowned slightly, and sighed sadly in his heart: "You go to Deputy Envoy Lin's mansion and invite Mr. Shen here!"

If all foreign grain traders can unite, the United Restaurant will have to pay out even five taels of stone. However, the foreign grain traders here come from different places, and many people believe that Leizhou rice will arrive soon, so they choose to surrender to the United Restaurant.

Now, the other party has indeed taken the initiative, and they have sufficient reason to refuse their asking price for three taels per stone.

Shen Yan was invited over, but when she saw Zhu Furong dressed up in a woman, she was slightly stunned, and then bowed: "I have seen the county lord!"

People are already dressed as women. If they still pretend to be "blind", it is undoubtedly too much or too little.

Zhu Furong had a good impression of Shen Yan, but now he saw the wisdom of the other party and admired him even more. He smiled and pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Young Master Shen, please sit down!"

"Thank you for your seat!" Shen Yan was still hesitating about what kind of gender to use to get along with this county monarch. Now that the other party calls her like this, he naturally had an answer in his heart and looked respectfully reciting.

Zhu Furong ordered to the maid next to him: "Give tea!"

The fragrant tea was brought up. Shen Yan couldn't help feeling relaxed and happy when she smelled it with her nose. At the same time, she felt a little fond of the county monarch.

Zhu Furong was holding a teacup and saw the other party's reaction, but asked straight to the point: "You have worked so hard but are still losing money, but I don't know what you are really planning?"

"Disaster relief!" Shen Yan put down the teacup that was delivered to her mouth and responded very frankly.

Zhu Furong saw that Shen Yan's eyes seemed to make people look into her heart, and she couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but she still went to the bottom of the matter and said, "Are you really so selfless?"

In her perception, people are selfish, and people in the world are taking care of their own interests. For example, in this drought, even local parents and officials want to knock on the bodies of the people of Liuzhou. These people with business groups will only be even more greedy.
Chapter completed!