498 After hearing this, everyone spoke in unison and continued to hold the price and refused to sell the grain.
As long as they don't sell grain, the price of grain will continue to rise.
At the same time, the price of grain on the black market was also reported by carrier pigeons to Shen Wansan's Suzhou caravan which was heading towards the Mian River.
Plop...
A carrier pigeon flew to a huge ship. A servant wearing clothes with the word "Shen" on his name caught the pigeon and got the message inside.
Soon the note came into Shen Wansan's hands.
The Suzhou merchants who got the news quickly gathered around and looked at Shen Wansan and asked, "How is Brother Shen?"
Hearing this, Shen Wansan raised his hand and said, "Achang, read it aloud."
Ah Chang took the note and immediately read aloud: "Today, the black market price of grain in Mianshui has increased by five cents to thirty cents per catty."
"Thirty cents!"
After hearing this, the merchants in Suzhou looked at each other excitedly, and then began to calculate. When they collected this batch of grain from Suzhou and Hangzhou, it was only eight cents per pound.
When it was transported to Hubei, the price per pound was about ten cents.
This is the capital, and it has grown to thirty cents, which means it has tripled!
Oh my God!
This is a fortune.
Everyone clenched their fists excitedly.
Shen Wansan said with his hands behind his back: "Haha... this is just the beginning. Don't worry, from today on, the price of grain will change every day!"
After hearing this, everyone was excited. Someone asked, "Brother Shen, what do you think the final price will be?"
Shen Wansan said: "Sixty cents."
"Sixty, sixty cents!"
Everyone's eyes widened. This meant that the assets increased sixfold in an instant. Oh my God!
It's sent, it's sent!
Everyone shouted excitedly to each other: "Master Shen, let's hurry to the Mian River and speed up the voyage."
Shen Wansan heard this and said, "Haha, no hurry, no hurry, there's still time, there's still time."
Shen Wansan's eyes were full of light. He was going to make a lot of money this time.
The Suzhou merchants behind them looked at each other, then found excuses to leave.
Soon, someone secretly released the pigeon in the cover of night so that no one could notice.
The huge profit of sixty cents is enough for them to use some tricks.
What Das Kapital says: When there is one times the profit, the capitalists will take risks; when there is two times the profit, the capitalists will defy the law; when there is three times the profit, the capitalists will trample on everything in the world, even at the cost of their lives!
That's right, he is not afraid of being beheaded, let alone using tricks.
That's right, they used some tricks. These people felt that their share was not enough, so they secretly sent pigeons back to ask their family's caravans to transport more food. This time they were going to make a fortune.
In this way, they flew back and brought back the news that Mianshui was going to make a fortune.
For a moment, the remaining caravans all had ideas.
They began to transport grain to the Mian River frantically.
At this time, the Mian River was like a tempting oil lamp, tempting this group of people to rush to the Mian River to die.
Another day passed.
Shen Wansan received another report from his subordinates via carrier pigeon.
"read."
Shen Wansan said to Achang, who immediately took the note and said, "The price of grain in Mianshui has increased by five cents today, to thirty-five cents per catty."
"profound!"
After hearing this, the Suzhou merchants looked at each other excitedly and danced with joy. They seemed to see the white silver waving at them, and they were so excited that they wanted to sing and dance.
"Brother Wansan, let's get drunk today!"
"Yes, Brother Wansan, we can celebrate today!"
"Haha, I really made a lot of money this time, a lot of money!"
…
The merchants were delighted, but Shen Wansan said calmly, "It can still go up!"
After hearing this, the merchants in Suzhou immediately said, "We will all listen to Brother Wan San."
Another day.
Carrier pigeon delivers message.
"Today, the price of grain in Mianshui has increased by five cents, to forty cents per catty."
"well!"
Hearing Achang's words, the merchants in Suzhou cheered again. At this time, a merchant stood up and said, "After this transaction is completed, I will treat you all to a month of flower boats on the Huaiyang River."
"You are so petty. This time it works. I will book Manchunlou and be your groom for a month."
"Then I'll provide you with a month's supply of fine wine. Hahaha..."
…
Another day!
Carrier pigeon delivers message.
"Today, the price of grain in Mianshui has risen by another five cents, to forty-five cents per pound!"
"Hahaha, good, good. We can make money this time thanks to Brother Wan San. We thank Brother Wan San."
"We would like to thank Brother Wan San."
The merchants in Suzhou already felt that they were going to get rich, and with their sailing speed, they would reach the Mian River in two days at most. By then, the price of grain in the Mian River would be just 60 wen, so everyone could make a fortune.
At this time, it was Yelu Mansion on the Mian River.
Yelu looked at Zhou Chu who was in a rather embarrassed state in front of him and said, "Brother Zhou Chu, what happened to you?"
"Lord Yelu, you have to take care of me. Chen Jiusi found out that I set fire to the granary, and now he's sending people all over the world to catch me!"
"Master Yelu, I am only following your orders. You can't just ignore me!"
Zhou Chu said with a crying voice.
Yelu immediately comforted him, "Okay, okay, Zhou Chu, you have done a great service for me, how can I ignore you? Don't worry, your affairs are the affairs of my Yelu Mansion."
"You can stay in Yelu Mansion for a few days. After a few days, the Mian River will be turned upside down. I will definitely help you."
Zhou Chu looked at Yelu with tears in his eyes and said, "Sir, then you promised me that you would be the leader of the fishing gang!"
Yelu said: "Don't worry, I won't lie to you. He is just the leader of a fishing gang. I will definitely snatch him away for you."
"Thank you, sir."
Zhou Chu wiped his tears and said, "By the way, Lord Yelu, do I need to avoid anything while living with you these days?"
Yelu was stunned and said, "Oh, you ask like this as if I don't believe you. You are a great contributor. Don't worry, you can go to any part of the Yelu Mansion except the courtyard where my concubine lives."
Zhou Chu immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord Yelu."
"Well, then you can go down." Yelu said to Zhou Chu, and then said to his subordinates: "Arrange a place for Mr. Zhou to live."
"yes."
Zhou Chu followed the others down. At this time, the housekeeper came to Yelu and said, "Sir, your batch of grain will be delivered in about four days, and it will take the old route."
After hearing this, Yelu said, "Well, in the next two days, select some people to go to our secret warehouse outside the city to clean up the food. This batch of food cannot be transported into the city."
The housekeeper was stunned when he heard this and said, "Sir, what do you mean?"
"Target smaller and sell slowly."
"clear."
The housekeeper immediately said, "I'll arrange this."
…
Another day passed.
The price of grain in Mianshui officially rose to fifty wen per catty.
In the fishing gang, Xiaohu rushed in and said, "Boss, the price of grain on the black market has risen to fifty cents per pound."
"Fifty cents?"
Chen Jie narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "When will the grain merchant's fleet arrive?"
Xiaohu said: "Tomorrow."
"What about Yelu's batch of grain?"
Chen Jie asked Xiao Hu, who frowned and said, "Yelü's grain transportation was very secretive, and many of our people died. Later, we didn't dare to get close, but it will probably take three or four days."
Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "Then the grain price cannot rise too fast. Give the order to sell 10,000 dan of grain and keep the grain price stable at 50 wen."
After hearing this, Xiaohu said, "Yes."
Now, since there is no food to buy in the market and people are in a state of hunger, the price of food is rising rapidly. However, if large-scale food is sold to the market, it is very likely that the market will temporarily suspend price increases and maintain the price of fifty cents.
When food appears in large quantities and exceeds demand, it will fall massively. This logic is somewhat similar to the stock market in later generations.
Thinking of this, Xiaohu immediately went out to prepare to crash the market to keep the price stable for a day.
So the price did not rise that day.
…
Yelu Mansion.
"Fuck, who is selling the grain? Fifty cents, fifty cents for nothing!"
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