Danyang County, located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has always had fertile fields and more grain production than other places, and has always been a granary in Jiangdong.

Before Jiangdong reclaimed overseas wasteland and tuntian, among the six counties of Jiangdong, the land of Danyang has always been the granary of Jiangdong, and the powerful forces of Danyang, which controls Danyang's grain, are also the most influential local powerful class in Jiangdong.

The Li family of Yuanling, the leader of the local strong family in Danyang, has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and more than 5,000 tenants.

"The head of the family, it's not good, the grain store of the Hong family in the Yuanling market has begun to sell a large amount of grain at a low price, and the new rice and Chen Gu are all sold at a price of three hundred yuan a stone, and the worst corn has also dropped to one hundred and fifty yuan a stone, and now the market is starting to go crazy."

A middle-aged housekeeper of the Li family looked a little hasty, walked into the Li family's mansion, and reported the situation of the market to the head of the Li family, who was over sixty years old.

At this time, above the lobby of the Li family, more than a dozen local heroes led by Yuanling City have been concentrated, and they are discussing the price of grain in Danyang, and the price of grain in various parts of Danyang is unpredictable these days, which makes them feel uneasy, so the atmosphere here has become a little depressing.

"The Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce is so bold!"

The head of the Li family had white hair, and some of his small bodies knelt quietly on the bamboo mat in the lobby, and when he heard the housekeeper's report, his calm face raised his head, his eyes burst out with a cold light, and he coldly spit out four words: "This hurts people!" ”

"Master Li, you keep saying, what does the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce mean?"

The head of a Yuanling Haoqiang family stared at the old head of the Li family, a little puzzled, and asked: "If this continues, the grain market in Danyang will become worthless, not only will we lose money, but they will also cause great damage." ”

"Before, we joined forces to boycott Moling, and we thought that we could teach the so-called Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce a lesson, but when the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce went all out to purchase grain, we didn't wake up in time, and we didn't expect to give us such a hand."

The head of another Haoqiang family's face was a little heavy, and he asked in a low voice.

"Master Li, if the price of grain collapses, with the current confidence of the Eastern General's Mansion, we don't need Danyang's grain, then if we want to restore the original price of our entire Danyang grain, it will take at least a few years, and our losses will be great."

In the lobby, a middle-aged man, with a long-term vision, seemed to see the intention of the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce to suppress grain prices, and his expression was extremely worried, and said: "Once we lose the advantage of grain, in the eyes of the General's Mansion, I am afraid that the status of these merchants will be equal to ours, and this case cannot be opened." ”

"Merchant? Just their lowly people, they want to be on an equal footing with us? "Someone was indignant.

"Don't think!"

There are several families sneering.

"Otherwise, we will directly put pressure on the county guard, and let the county guard come forward and sink the arrogance of these lowly merchants!" Someone showed a touch of essence in his eyes and mentioned yì's way.

"If it was before, there would still be this possibility, but now, don't forget jì, behind the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce is sitting a big man like Gongzi Quan."

A calm family head shook his head, his eyes swept over the powerful families, and reminded: "Although Gongzi Quan is young, he is not an ordinary person, he is a family of his own in the General's Mansion, and he can compete with the rebellious general, and now he is behind the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, whether it is the General's Mansion or the County Guard's Mansion, he will not come forward for us and offend Gongzi Quan." ”

"Could it be that we just watched these lowly merchants get out of our control and run to us!" An obese head of the house sarcastically said.

"Hmph, it's just a bunch of remnants, you want to compare with us, so bold?"

"But Gongzi Quan doesn't know how to love himself, and he actually mixes with a group of lowly people, which is really unseemly."

In the lobby, the faces of the powerful local family heads in Yuanling all appeared with sky-high anger, you said, I said, the lobby was noisy.

"Master Li, the Li family is the most powerful in Danyang, and we all respect the Li family, I don't know what the Li family thinks?" The head of the Chen family in Yuanling looked at the chaotic scene in the lobby, and was a little helpless, so he could only focus on the old head of the Li family, who was still as calm as a mountain.

The old head of the Li family knelt on top of the first place safely, his face was peaceful, his eyes were closed, as if he was as stable as a bodhisattva, as soon as the head of the Chen family spoke, all the heads of the family in the hall also stopped and looked at the old head of the Li family.

"If you come, you will be safe!"

The old head of the Li family slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were as deep as the sea, staring at the heads of the family, a cold light crossed it, and said coldly: "Since he wants to sell, we will take it, no matter what, we must keep the price of grain, keep the price of grain, in order to make our position in Danyang stable!" ”

The two major advantages of the powerful class, population and land, the advantage of population has been dismantled by the general's mansion, and the local Haoqiang only has land, land is food, and the advantage of grain is the lifeblood of Danyang, because of the control of food, they have a sense of superiority in Danyang, and can even be compared with several major family classes in Danyang.

"However, we don't know how much grain the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce has in hand now, and there are too many grains released in the markets around the country, if we carry all of them and the grain accumulates at home, we will go bankrupt."

At this time, there was a family head who looked at the old head of the Li family and said worriedly.

The so-called local Haoqiang is a group of big landlords, although there are still a lot of businesses in the family, but the grain business is their foundation, if the grain cannot be sold, they will not be able to turn around at all.

Now there is no war in the hinterland of Jiangdong, it is a peaceful world, they are in Danyang, the grain is either sold in Danyang, or sold in various parts of Jiangdong, or sold to the government, they do not have the courage to let the grain out of the Jiangdong regional sales.

So once the government doesn't care about it, and the food is in their own hands, they will be dumbfounded.

"Old Master Li, if in the past, all the food was in our own hands, we would not be afraid, after all, at that time, the princes were fighting chaotically, and food was the top priority, but now it is different from the past, although the Zhengdong General's Mansion is currently at war on both sides, but with the grain produced by their Yizhou Tuntian, there will be no shortage of food at all!"

Someone sighed and said: "We take the grain, and if we can't sell it, we will be miserable!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is no way back for us, since the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce is going to declare war, we can only face it at present, Li Mu!" Old Master Li pondered for a moment, his eyes revealing a hint of determination.

"In!" The housekeeper of the Li family walked up and arched his hand.

"The order goes down, the Li family immediately buys the grain in the Yuanling Market, and must not let everyone in Danyang feel that the price of food is still falling, if the price drops again, the whole Danyang will go crazy, even if we have more resources, we can't bear this price!"

Old Master Li stood up, stared at the direction of Moling, his face was as cold as a knife, and muttered: "Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, I want to see how much capital you have!" ”

"No!"

The middle-aged housekeeper of the Li family nodded respectfully and strode down.

"Are you too superior all these years to even dare a group of lowly merchants declare war?" The old head of the Li family looked like a cold knife, swept over the family masters, and asked in a cold voice.

"Since the head of the Li family said so, let's fight with them!"

At this time, the heads of the families had already felt a murderous aura approaching them, making them nervous, and the merchants who had never looked up to them in the past now had the courage to declare war on them, which made them angry and a little afraid.

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Starting from Yuanling, Danyang, Shicheng, Jurong, Jiangcheng...... The Haoqiang family in Danyang began to fight back against grain prices in an all-round way, buying grain from merchants on a large scale, while gradually raising grain prices in their own grain stores.

However, this did not dampen the fall in food prices.

They underestimated the amount of grain controlled by the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce from the beginning, and the strong selling power made them a little unable to catch it, and the price of grain in Danyang has caused agitation in several neighboring counties, and many grain stores have begun to intervene in the battle for grain prices in Danyang.

"What's going on?"

"We have jointly purchased nearly 20,000 stone of grain, this amount of grain supports the current war in Jiaozhou, how can they still have grain in their hands?"

"Oh no, we can't bear it!"

The Haoqiang families in all parts of Danyang couldn't suppress the market price again and again, and began to panic a little, and at this time, the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce attacked again, punching hard, and hitting the price of grain to a low price that has never been seen in history.

"Two hundred and ninety dollars a stone, the price of the grain in the Hong family's grain store has dropped again, everyone go and grab it!" The bazaar in Yuanling City began to go wild.

"The grain in the Bai family's grain store has also dropped in price, and it has reached two hundred and eighty-five yuan a stone, and the hand is fast, but the hand is slow." The market in Danyang City also began to stir.

"The Zhao family's shop, the grain starts today, two hundred and ninety yuan a stone, welcome to buy!" The market in Jiangcheng County also began to liven up.

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In Yuanling City, the Li family's mansion, Old Man Li's face was gloomy and ugly, and he was in a trance, he was already old, and now the two bad news hit him a little badly.

"Family master, at present, there is only a backlog of more than 20,000 stones of grain in our hands, if we can't let it go, the coins in the Li family's hands will be exhausted." The middle-aged housekeeper was a little apprehensive in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "Now that the grain in the counties is still being sold cheaply, do we still want to buy grain?" ”

"What is Wu Junshou's attitude?" Old Man Li took a deep breath before frowning and asking, "If the old man is at ninety percent of the grain price, can the county guard mansion accept it?" ”

"The head of the family, the county guard said that the food on the front line is sufficient at present, and there is no shortage of food in the general's mansion, so the county guard has no plan to purchase grain." The middle-aged butler shook his head, and after a long moment of silence, he sighed.

"Bastard!"

Old Man Li understood, his eyes were gloomy, and he said coldly: "The county guard wants to take advantage of the fire to rob!" ”

Although Jiangdong has the granary of Yizhou, but Jiangdong has a lot of territory, and there are wars everywhere, according to the news he got in the eyes of the Zhengdong General's Mansion, the current Zhengdong General's Mansion is not only a fierce battle in Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, but also the conquest of Danyang Shanyue, in Liaodong, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are also sweeping to Karasuma, Xianbei.

So food is definitely still needed.

But this time, the county guard took a clear attitude and stood by and watched.

"The head of the family, if we don't recover the capital, we will definitely not be able to bear it, if all the food is smashed in our hands, the Li family's business will collapse completely!" The middle-aged housekeeper persuaded him.

"Li Mu, after the order, the Li family's grain store also began to reduce the price, first for three hundred dollars and one stone, and sell it!" A trace of ruthlessness appeared on the wrinkled face of the old master of Li, and he said coldly: "Gongzi Quan, since you want to hurt people with this, let's see who is ruthless!" ”

"No!"

When the middle-aged housekeeper heard this, he nodded respectfully, and began to walk down, arranging for the Li family grain store to sell at a reduced price.

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In July, Jiangdong began to enter the rainy season, and the grain price war in Danyang also entered the most intense stage.

"Hahaha, Childe, these local powerful families in Danyang can't bear it, since yesterday, the price of grain sold in grain stores everywhere has begun to fall."

Moling, Mi Zhu received the news from the Quartet, and there was a touch of irrepressible excitement in his expression, and he laughed loudly.

"Fell?"

Sun Quan squinted his amber crystal eyes, a glimmer of light flashed in them, and said, "If the intelligence is not wrong, the Danyang Haoqiang leadership family should be the Yuanling Li family?" ”

"Hmm!"

Mi Zhu nodded and said, "It is because of the Li family's price reduction that all the local Haoqiang families have begun to reduce their prices, which is a weather vane family of local Haoqiang." ”

"The old master of the Li family is so courageous!"

Sun Quan looked a little stern, and said: "I know that I can't suppress the price of grain, so I don't hesitate to cut the meat and exchange the price for customers, this price war is the most exciting time, he wants to fight with us to see who can control the grain signboard of Danyang in the future." ”

"So what do we do now?" Mi Zhu smelled it, his eyes became a little serious, and he asked.

"Since the fight has already started, how can you carry it on, you can't let them regain the source of customers in Danyang!" Sun Quan said coldly: "If we want to take the control of the grain, we will continue to reduce the price, the richest businessmen in Jiangdong gathered by the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, if they can't even fight them with financial resources, we don't have to want to stand firm in Jiangdong!" ”

"Got it!"

Mi Zhu's eyes lit up, nodded, and said.

On July 8, the price of the best grain in Danyang had fallen to 270 yuan, on July 10, 260 yuan, and on July 13, 250 yuan.

On July 15, in the markets of various parts of Danyang, a few good grains had fallen for 250 yuan and a stone.

On the morning of 16 July, Sun Quan ordered all the merchants in Danyang of the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce: "Immediately let all the merchants who control the grain sell all the grain in their hands, and the price of grain must be reduced to 230 yuan a stone." ”

Sun Quan's order, in less than three days, the final price of grain was reduced, and the price of about 220 yuan fluctuated.

Sun Quan's last blow completely confused all the local powerful families, making them feel uneasy in their hearts, and they felt that the food in the hands of the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce was endless.

At this price, they can't hold it.

"Zizhong, starting tomorrow, all merchants will start to collect and collect grain with all their might!"

When the price of grain in Danyang was miserable, Sun Quan began to take the second step of the price war.

"Receive?" Mi Zhu was a little confused.

"We have to raise the price of grain, Danyang can't be chaotic, otherwise the county guard will have a bad attitude towards us." Sun Quan sneered and said analytically: "And at this time, the acquisition, which is equal to the acquisition at a low price, should also be recovered for the money we lost." ”

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Danyang County Guard, Wu Jing's body knelt quietly in the position, he has been in Danyang for several years, and he has developed a great official authority, and his every move makes the people below seem a little oppressive.

"Ziling, how is the price of grain in various places?" Wu Jing looked at the jun Cheng beside him and asked.

"The two hundred and twenty dollars that have been pressed, and the corn is even more than one hundred dollars, Lord County Shou, I have been in Jiangdong for decades, and the grain in Jiangdong has never been so worthless." Danyang Juncheng is a young man in his thirties, who was put down from the General's Mansion last year, a scholar from a poor family, Chen Pu, he sighed and said.

"Zhongmou is really ruthless!"

There was a hint of horror in Wu Jing's eyes.

"Lord County Shou, a few days ago, Gongzi Quan sent a letter and said that we can do it." Juncheng Chen Pu reported in a low voice.

"Then let's get started!" Wu Jingjing nodded and said: "Such a big one is cheap, if you don't pick it up, you don't pick it up, and now the soldiers on the front line also want food, such a great opportunity, we must seize it, the three million money transferred by the general's mansion, plus the current coins of the county guard's mansion, began to buy the grain in Haoqiang's hands with all its might." ”

This time the grain price war, the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce did not complete it alone, and the county guard not only stood by at a critical time, but also added firewood to the fire.

That's because the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce once promised that they could use the lowest price to buy the grain in the hands of Danyang Haoqiang, and the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce would send 10,000 stone of grain to the county guard for free.

The county guard is the biggest winner.

"Subordinates understood!"

Juncheng Chen Pu's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded and said respectfully.

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With the large amount of money from the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce and the county guard government to counter the purchase of grain, the wind direction of the markets in various parts of Danyang began to change, and no one suppressed the price of grain, but let the price of grain continue to rise.

The local Haoqiang family, who was beaten before, was too sensitive to the market to react at all, and they had too much grain in their hands and had to cash out.

"Two hundred and thirty dollars a stone!"

"Two hundred and forty dollars a stone!"

"Two hundred and sixty dollars and one stone!"

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It wasn't until the end of July that Danyang's Haoqiang reacted, and it was the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce and the County Shoufu that bought the grain in their hands with a large amount of money, and the price of grain in Danyang increased to 300 yuan a stone.

This battle has come to an end.

The Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce and the Danyang County Shoufu won a big victory, and the local heroes in Danyang suffered a big loss, from the beginning of the strong acquisition, the last cheap price sales, the difference in the price, let them lose a lot.

They lost, not only money, but an influence, this battle made the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce stand up prestige in terms of food, and the grain in Danyang is no longer something that they can control as a local powerful family.