Zhong Yi said: "If you believe me, you will release grain at the current market price!" ”

"Grain at market price?" Zhao Xingjiu frowned and said, "Absolutely not!" ”

Xiao Xianen also objected: "If the current market price is followed, the people's families in Yinjiang will be hollowed out!" ”

"The people will scold my mother!" The head of the Qin family also objected, "They will scold us for losing our conscience and making black money!" ”

The head of the Lin family also said: "Yes, instead of this, it is better not to release grain, at least it will not attract scolding." ”

"That's why I specially invited all four of you here." Zhong Yi said, "The reason why I invited you here is to tell the four of you that the inside story of this food crisis is by no means simple. ”

"Really?" Zhao Xingjiu said, "What else can you have insider?" ”

"I can't say this now, because there is no conclusive evidence, and if you say it, it is slander, and you will not believe it." Zhong Yi waved his hand, and continued, "I can only tell you now that the essence of this food crisis is actually a war to the death, and it is impossible to defeat our opponent without paying the price!" ”

"The price you said is to sacrifice the reputation of the four of us?" Zhao Xingjiu blew his beard and glared, "Mayor Zhong, I'm afraid this won't work, our Zhao family will never agree." ”

Zhong Yi said: "Is reputation important, or is the life and death of millions of people in Yinjiang more important?" ”

"Of course, the people are more important." Zhao Xingjiu said, "However, we are already opening a warehouse to release grain." ”

"But it didn't work." Zhong Yi said, "As I just said, the grain you released at a low price can't reach the hands of the common people at all, and the Chen family still has the grain that is secretly colluding with them, and will definitely hire a large number of ruffians to prevent the people who are really short of food from buying grain, and then buy your grain." ”

Zhao Xingjiu said: "But at least we have done our best." ”

"Just to do your best?" Zhong Yi said, "It doesn't matter if the people live or die? ”

Zhao Xingjiu was speechless for a moment, Zhong Yi's big hat was buttoned down, where could he withstand it?

Zhong Yi said again: "The reputation has been sacrificed, and there is still a chance to redeem it, but if the millions of people in Yinjiang are forced to a dead end, and in the end it causes a civil uprising, it will be irreparable!" Think about the great famine in Guanzhong in the eighteenth year of the Republic of China! ”

Zhao Xingjiu's face changed.

After a long time, Zhao Xingjiu said again: "But even if you release grain at the market price according to what you said, you can guarantee that the Chen family and the grain merchants who secretly colluded with them will not make a move?" ”

"That's right." The patriarch of the Qin family said, "The grain can't reach the hands of the common people. ”

"That's what I want, I just want the Chen family and the grain merchants who collude with them to eat all your grain!" Zhong Yi grinned and said, "If the grain is sold at a flat price, they will easily be able to eat the grain of the four of you, but if it is at the current market price, it will be absolutely impossible for them to eat it!" ”

"Understood." Xiao Xianen suddenly said, "You mean, blow them up?" ”

"yes, blow them up!" Zhong Yi said, "If you want to make a food hegemony, you can't do it without enough strength!" If I'm not miscalculated, with the strength of the Chen family and those grain merchants, I'm afraid they don't have enough ability to eat all the grain of the four of you at the current price, and they will definitely burst in the end! ”

After a pause, he said: "As long as the warehouse is bursting, the price of grain will fall off a cliff, and then the city government will come forward to publicize it, and the reputation of the four of you will only grow, not damage!" ”

Xiao Xianen said: "Your idea is good, but what I want to say is that Chen Dasan's strength is also very strong, and the grain in the hands of the four of us may not be able to support the Chen family and the grain merchants who collude with them." ”

Zhao Xingjiu said: "Yes, once we can't support the Chen family and those grain merchants, then the four of us will have no bargaining chips in our hands, so we can only watch the Chen family and those grain merchants exploit the people of Yinjiang through sky-high grain prices, so not only are our four families disgraced, but you, the mayor, are afraid that you will not be able to eat and walk around." ”

Zhong Yi smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, we won't be short of chips!" ”

Zhao Xingjiu and the other four immediately looked at each other.

……

At the same time, in the town of Mazhu in Yuyao County.

Chen Dasan was having a party with more than a dozen grain merchants.

Chen Dasan looked like he was in his sixties, his face was flushed, and he didn't know if it was because he was well maintained or because he was in a really good mood recently.

More than a dozen grain merchants were also excited, and they were talking there one by one.

If you don't get excited, you can't do it, now that the price of rice in Yinjiang has risen to two dimes per catty, the grain in their hands can be sold at least ten times more profit than usual!

Ten times the profit, which means that you can make ten years of profit in one year!

"Everyone, everyone!" In the footsteps, Chen Dasan's eldest son, Chen Qifan, suddenly walked in and said loudly, "I would like to report to you another good news, the latest rice price in Yinjiang has risen to two cents per catty!" ”

Hearing this, the dozen or so grain merchants gathered in the living room suddenly cheered.

The price of rice has risen by two points, which means that their profit has increased by two percent!

Originally, the base was already large enough, and the profit of two percent more would be extremely considerable!

Even, the current 20% profit is far more than the profit of previous years!

In addition to being happy, these grain merchants were a little annoyed, they knew that the grain hegemony was so profitable, what did they do when they sold so much cheap grain before? This is long overdue.

"Everyone, listen to the old man." At this time, Chen Dasan suddenly said, "The price of grain has risen almost now, go back and tell your buddies that you can put grain appropriately, and let the price of grain be maintained at about two corners and two, because if the price of grain rises again, the money of those mud legs will also have a certain amount of ......money."

Before the words fell, Chen Dasan's second son, Chen Qiyun, suddenly walked in with a black face.

Chen Qiyun walked up to Chen Dasan and whispered a few words in his ear.

Chen Dasan's face changed slightly, and the grain merchant who was talking loudly immediately fell silent.

Calming down, Chen Dasan said in a deep voice: "Everyone, let me tell you another news, the Xiaogang Zhao family, the camel Qin family, the Zhuangshi Lin family and the Shiqi Xiao family have begun to release grain!" ”

A grain merchant immediately snorted and said, "What is the matter, isn't it just that the four families are releasing grain?" Although the four of them have money, they don't have as much food as us, even if they release all the food in the family, more than a dozen of us here can easily eat it, for fear that he will have a grandmother's leg. ”

The remaining dozen or so grain merchants also echoed each other.

"I'm afraid it's still a bit difficult." Chen Dasan said, "Because the four of them did not release grain at a low price, but put grain out at the current market price!" If we want to eat, we have to pay ten times the cost! ”