Yuyao Mazhu, Chen family compound.

More than a dozen grain merchants, including Wang's shopkeeper, have been "restricted" in their personal freedom.

However, this is not what Chen Dasan meant, but more than a dozen grain merchants automatically initiated.

These grain merchants are afraid that after others go back, they will secretly sell grain to stop losses, which will be a catastrophic blow to the entire grain hegemony.

The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill, and this is what it said.

So more than a dozen grain merchants stayed at Chen's house temporarily.

Fortunately, the Chen family has a big business, and they don't care about raising more than a dozen grain merchants for ten days and half a month.

At noon that day, Chen Dasan hosted a banquet for more than a dozen grain merchants in his restaurant as usual.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Chen Dasan just wanted to cheer up the grain merchants, and his eldest son Chen Qifan suddenly walked into the restaurant in a panic.

Seeing this scene, Chen Dasan's face immediately collapsed.

Because Chen Dasan has high hopes for his eldest son.

But I didn't expect that after so many years of training, I still acted so frivolously.

"What's wrong?" Chen Dasan frowned and said, "Is the house on fire, or is the Yao River bursting?" ”

"The house is on fire? Yaojiang bursting? Chen Qifan was stunned when he heard this, and then said urgently, "Dad, something happened!" I just received a call from my father-in-law, saying that King Zhong Yama had ordered more than 200,000 tons of corn from rice country half a month ago, and now these more than 200,000 tons of corn have been shipped to Jiangbei and are being sold publicly, and they are only sold for half a cent per catty! ”

Chen Dasan happened to stretch out the soup spoon to scoop the soup at that time, but after hearing this, his hand trembled suddenly, and the soup spoon fell to the ground and shattered into pieces with a bang.

The dozen or so grain merchants who were eating around the two Eight Immortal Tables were also stunned for a moment.

After more than ten seconds, the shopkeeper Wang reacted first, and he jumped up from the stool like his butt was on fire.

"Young Master Chen!" Shopkeeper Wang's eyes widened, he stared at Chen Qifan, and said, "What did you just say?" ”

Chen Dasan and the rest of the grain merchants also turned their eyes around and stared at Chen Qifan, as if they were choosing people to devour, and the atmosphere at the scene was very solemn for a while.

Chen Qifan took a deep breath and continued: "Dad, and all the seniors, woe to you!" As early as half a month ago, King Zhong Yan ordered more than 200,000 tons of corn from the United States, and now this batch of corn has arrived at Jiangbei Railway Station and is on public sale. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the shopkeeper Wang sat back on the stool.

On the other side, Chen Dasan also sat on the Taishi chair.

Chen Dasan's image seems to have aged ten years in an instant, although the old thing is well-informed, but the current food war is also the limit of his imagination, and now he suddenly suffered a fatal blow from King Zhong Yan, and for a while, he only felt that his eyes were black, and he could no longer see hope, is it really going to end like this?

The eyes of the remaining dozen or so grain merchants also became dull.

"It's over, it's all over now." A grain merchant lamented.

"Oh my God, I want to jump Yao Jiang." Another grain merchant said, "Let no one stop me." ”

"How so? How so? Another grain merchant still couldn't believe it, "It's obviously a profitable deal, why did it end up like this?" ”

At this time, on the contrary, Chen Qifan still remained calm.

Chen Qifan said in a deep voice: "Dad, and all the seniors, so far, we can't do this food hegemony with our own ability, so we can only find foreign aid!" ”

Chen Dasan's eyes rolled when he heard this, and he instantly regained his vitality.

yes, how did you forget about the Japanese? And the Japanese have their back!

The remaining dozen or so grain merchants are generals, and the shopkeeper Wang even said: "Now, how can there be any foreign aid? ”

"Yes!" Chen Dasan's eyes revealed a strange essence, and he said in a deep voice, "Japanese! We still have the Imperial Japanese Army as a backer! ”

"Huh?"

"Japanese?"

"Ask the Japanese for help?"

"Then aren't we traitors?"

Shopkeeper Wang and more than a dozen other grain merchants were dumbfounded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I won't hide it from you until now." Chen Dasan said in a deep voice, "I think you must also be very strange, although the strength of our Chen family was stronger than you before, it was not so much stronger, how could you easily take out millions of silver dollars overnight to make this grain hegemony?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang and the others nodded in unison.

"Just because of the help of the imperial army!" Chen Dasan said, "Moreover, I might as well tell you that the Japanese Imperial Army will soon launch an attack on Yinjiang, and Yinjiang will soon fall under the control of the Imperial Army, just like Shanghai and Hangzhou, that is to say, we will still have to deal with the Imperial Army sooner or later, why not take advantage of it?" ”

"This is not called being a traitor, this is called a person who knows the times as a junjie!"

As soon as Chen Da finished speaking, Chen Qifan mended his knife and said: "Dad, what you said is wrong, your predecessors helped our Chen family to become a grain hegemony, aren't you just dealing with the imperial army?" ”

Chen Dasan immediately turned his head and threw an appreciative glance at Chen Qifan.

The faces of more than a dozen people such as Shopkeeper Wang instantly collapsed, dare they have become traitors?

Chen Dasan said again: "Everyone, by now, you should have seen it very clearly, if there is no help from the imperial army, we will definitely die this time, and King Zhong Yan will never leave us a way to live!" ”

The shopkeeper said: "With the current situation, the imperial army can help us through the difficulties? ”

"Absolutely." Chen Qifan continued, "With the strength of our dozen or so families, it is absolutely impossible to eat another 200,000 tons of corn, but for the Japanese Imperial Army, these more than 200,000 tons of corn are just a drizzle. ”

The shopkeeper's eyes immediately lit up, and he said, "Old Man Chen, do you mean that the imperial army can eat the 200,000 tons of corn that King Zhong Yan bought from the rice country?" Can we continue to be a food tyrant? ”

"I'll correct it." Chen Dasan said, "It's not the imperial army that eats it, but the imperial army lends us money, and then we eat the 200,000 tons of corn!" ”

"Still borrowing money?" When the shopkeeper heard this, his face shook violently.

The other dozen or so grain merchants also showed a look of fear when they heard this.

"Don't get me wrong, seniors." Chen Qifan said, "The imperial army is not the four families of Zhao, Qin, Lin and Xiao, and the imperial army only charges very low interest for lending money to us, or even interest-free!" ”

"Young Master, is this true?" When the shopkeeper heard this, his heart was a little calm.

Chen Qifan glanced at Chen Dasan and said, "Of course it's true." ”

The shopkeeper Wang said: "Then, can the imperial army lend us money first, and repay the more than 2.4 million usury loans that were borrowed from Zhao Qin, Lin Xiao, and the four of them?" ”