There were many people standing outside the city, including cattle sellers, fur merchants, servants sent by merchants to inquire about the market and news, and some melon eaters who had nothing to do.

Among this group of people, there are Li Siyuan, Wang Guiyuan, Hong Fugui, livestock merchants in the east of the city, as well as Lu Kuang, Tang Mi, leather merchants in the west of the city, Wei Zhi, Yu Ce, a large group of people and other people, and more than half of the merchants related to the animal husbandry industry.

Although the weather was still very hot, these people had servants who held parasols for them and were not afraid of the sun.

Li Siyuan held a puff fan and kept fanning the wind, and asked the others: "I said, did you send someone to check the details on the other side?" Who set the table? We sell a sheep for 400 yuan, but we only buy it here for 21 yuan and 200 yuan, isn't it clear that we will fight in the ring? ”

Hong Fugui wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with a silk handkerchief, turned his head and said, "Checked, it's from Huajiabao!" ”

Wang Guiyuan said angrily: "Why didn't you let Mulan be beheaded last time?" Let him pick up a life and go back, now it's okay, he came out to make waves again! ”

Hong Fugui sighed: "How many people do I say, what's the use of saying this?" Now we have to find a way to raise the price, otherwise we can't afford to lose the money for forage and beans every day, and these animals can eat again, and if we don't eat enough and lose fat, if we continue like this, it won't be long before we will be eaten by these livestock and ruined! ”

Although Hong Fugui's words are a bit exaggerated, they are not all alarmist, if the number of livestock is large, the amount of food eaten in this season is amazing, although the forage is not valuable, but the amount is large, the amount of money will be more.

Li Siyuan comforted everyone: "Don't be impatient! I just can't understand, isn't this Huajiabao always raising livestock and selling livestock and furs? How did you buy it from the market in turn? ”

"We're not roundworms in his stomach, how do you know what he thinks? I think we should stick with it, the price can't be this low all the time. I also watched it in the past two days, and the people in Huajiabao didn't receive much at all, and very few came to sell cattle, sheep, and furs! The fur merchant Tommy said to the crowd.

While everyone was talking, there were a few people who looked like merchants driving a large number of cattle and sheep from the north, and the estimated number was probably more than a thousand.

The man in charge of the purchase in Huajiabao immediately greeted him, helped to drive the cattle into a makeshift sheepfold, and asked for the animals to be fed with fodder and water.

The businessmen who were waiting outside to see the joke were all heartbroken when they saw this scene, and Li Siyuan gave Wang Guiyuan a color and motioned him to inquire about the news.

Wang Guiyuan nodded, braving the scorching sun, walked quickly to one of the livestock merchants, grabbed one of the Hu merchants in short clothes and asked, "Dare to ask where the merchants are from?" ”

Hu Shang smiled: "We are from Yanmen County!" ”

Wang Guiyuan was surprised: "Yanmen County? How did you come from so far away to drive cattle to Suiyang to sell? ”

Hu Shang smiled bitterly and spread his hands and said: "The Khan's army returned to the dynasty to bring back a large number of livestock, and now the price of cattle, sheep and horses is not as good as that of Yi (pigs), and it has reached the point where no one cares, even if it is killed and sold meat, it can't be sold, and it can't be digested in the northern market." If you look at this kind of weather, the meat that can't be sold will spoil in less than a day! Our group was the first to arrive, and then more people came with their livestock, and now only the south can digest so many livestock! Needless to say, I have to sell these animals quickly, look at me, I haven't washed and changed my clothes for more than half a month! After speaking, he turned around and left, ignoring Wang Guiyuan.

Wang Guiyuan returned to the businessmen with a heavy heart, Li Siyuan and others asked one after another: "What's the situation, tell me quickly!" ”

Wang Guiyuan told everyone the news he had heard, and when they learned that there were still a large number of merchants behind them who were driving cattle and carrying furs in horse-drawn carts, their faces were extremely solemn, and their hearts were clouded.

Lu Kuang, a leather merchant, couldn't resist the pressure, he said hesitantly: "Let's sell it at our own price, no one will buy it, which shows that today's market price is no longer good, and the price must be reduced. Or ······ Why don't we sell it to them at the purchase price of Huajiabao? ”

Li Siyuan said with a cold face: "What's the hurry? Whether these people will accept the price offered by Huajiabao is not certain! Even if they make a deal, we can't mess around! ”

The transaction went quickly and smoothly, and the merchants accepted the price offered by Huajiabao, and the two sides immediately counted the types and quantities of livestock, as well as the skins and wool brought in by the accompanying carts.

Less than half an hour later, the transaction between the two sides was completed, and the people of Huajiabao drove the cattle and sheep to the large sheepfold and cowshed in the rear, and loaded the leather goods and wool into the yurt for storage.

The merchants immediately asked the accompanying guards to load the money they had now loaded into the wagon, and then drove the wagon north.

The merchants of Suiyang City felt even heavier when they saw this scene.

It was not long before two more groups of merchants came from the north with large herds of cattle and sheep and wagons laden with furs and wool, and the trade was completed before it got dark.

"What should I do?" Wei Zhi, a wool merchant, asked worriedly, he was already a little unbearable and impatient.

Li Siyuan frowned and said, "Don't be impatient, these are only three groups of businessmen here, and you can't hold your breath?" ”

Yu Ce, a wool merchant, stomped his feet and said: "It's not that we can't hold our breath, you can also see that three groups of merchants who came in a row quickly reached a deal with Huajiabao, which shows that they recognized the price given by Huajiabao, which shows that the price in the north is much lower than the price given by Huajiabao, otherwise how could they sell livestock and furs to them?" What I'm worried about now is that after tonight passes, tomorrow Huajiabao will buy it again at a reduced price, and no one will buy our livestock and fur again, and then the hoarding in our hands will become stinky shit! ”

These words made the mood of other businessmen even worse.

Wang Guiyuan looked at everyone and asked, "Everyone, do you want to ······ Shall we also set up a point in front to buy the livestock and furs of the merchants from the north? ”

Someone immediately asked, "Do you still have liquidity?" Even if you had, what were you going to do if you collected more livestock and fur? Sell to whom? Who wants it? ”

Wang Guiyuan immediately fell silent.

"Listen to my advice, hold on for two days and wait, if it is still the same situation today on the third day, let's take action!"