The rest of the people listened, feeling itchy.
Mei Zhiyan quietly ran over and asked curiously.
"Since the gap is so big, can they not sell food?"
Yang Yiyi turned her head to look at her, and a piece of information suddenly appeared in her mind.
Mei Zhiyan, gifted with the God of Spring, has the surface ability to improve the relationship between husband and wife, but in fact, it is like the medicine of spring that can make people applaud love.
Feeling confident, she smiled slightly and explained.
"As I said just now, life is not easy. No matter food, clothing, housing, transportation, firewood, rice, oil, and salt, money is needed. If a family has no money, it will be difficult to survive."
Mei Zhiyan opened her mouth wide and then asked.
"If we don't sell grain at this time, we will wait until the leaner harvest to sell grain. Isn't this also okay?"
Sun Caixia stood up from her seat and said with a smile.
"Sister Mei, you really don't know the sufferings of the world. When that time comes, who will buy it
In order to make money, the grain shop will never collect grain at that time. His family has already saved enough for a year, and they don't know how to buy food.
Even if someone has not saved enough food, their first target is the food store, instead of asking each house who has surplus food to sell. "
"ah?"
Mei Zhiyan was taken aback and opened her eyes a little wider.
Yang Yiyi pursed her lips and continued.
"Also, taxes have to be collected after the autumn harvest. At this time, families without money can only sell grain. If they don't sell grain, they won't be able to pay taxes, and the consequences will be disastrous."
Mei Zhiyan understood somewhat and asked.
"What you mean is that farmers will only sell a part of their grain. This part is to pay taxes and expenses incurred in the next year, and the rest will be kept at home to eat by themselves."
Zhou Baoer, Sun Caixia and Yang Yiyi nodded at the same time.
Mei Zhiyan showed a smile and then asked.
"Didn't Bao'er just say that her family has opened a grain shop? Should we collect grain now, or at what price? What do you think?"
Yang Yiyi thought for a while and shook her head slightly.
Mei Zhiyan asked, confused.
"What do you mean? Do you not know?"
Yang Yiyi smiled and replied: "I haven't carefully studied this year's grain market prices, so I can't answer."
Mei Zhiyan nodded in understanding and asked.
"Since the price of grain is relatively low now, is it okay if the grain shop sells grain at a higher price than others?"
Yang Yiyi squinted her eyes, covered her mouth and smiled, fearing that she would say something stupid to someone.
"Your idea looks good on the surface, but in reality it couldn't be worse."
Mei Zhiyan was stunned and asked: "Why? Isn't it good for me to do this? If the price is higher, it will attract more people to sell food, and it will also allow them to have more money to support their lives."
Yang Yiyi smiled again and asked several questions in succession.
“Purchasing food requires money. If there are too many people, where will the remaining money come from
Grain shops are not philanthropists, they always want to make money. If they don’t have enough connections, where will the purchased grain be sold
And what if people from other grain shops sell grain to Classmate Zhou’s grain shop to earn the price difference? "
"Earn the difference?"
Mei Zhiyan murmured in a low voice, having an ominous premonition in her heart.
Yang Yiyi explained in more detail:
"It's like this. People in the surrounding grain shops must know the news about the grain purchasing prices of each household faster than ordinary farmers.
If they take this opportunity to sell the food in their own food shop to classmate Zhou's family's food shop, not only can they earn a certain amount of money during this time, but they can also consume the food of classmate Zhou's family. Money in the shop.
Classmate Zhou’s family doesn’t have a lot of money, so he won’t be able to compete with other food stores in a short period of time.
In this case, the farmers who did not know the grain price information in the last step had nothing to sell and could only sell it to other grain stores, and things were back to the original point. "
Mei Zhiyan frowned unhappily and muttered.
"How can those people in the grain stores do this?"
Yang Yiyi's mouth twitched as she replied.
"Sister Mei, there is no business without treachery! Moreover, if one family's grain purchase price is higher than that of other families, it will undoubtedly offend other families. Since you have already offended others, don't blame others for using petty tactics."
Mei Zhiyan pouted her mouth in frustration and asked this question for an unknown number of times.
"so what should I do now?"
Yang Yiyi touched her chin and said confidently.
"This has to wait until I investigate the current situation before I can come up with a specific solution."
Zhou Baoer looked over with a smile and said happily.
"I remember to take a rest tomorrow, so I'll ask Sister Yang to come to my house to give me some guidance."
Yang Yiyi nodded and said.
"Yes, yes, but I have a condition."
Zhou Baoer accepted this well and just asked: "What are the conditions?"
Yang Yiyi smiled meaningfully and said.
"As a merchant, you always need to make money. Although your starting point is better and you hope to purchase grain at a higher price. However, this does not mean that you need to lose money.
If I help you do this and sell the grain you purchase at a good price, your family will allow me to have a hand in it and participate in the management. "
Zhou Baoer blinked slightly, nodded without hesitation, and said.
"Sister Yang, okay, I agree to this."
Yang Yiyi asked with a faint smile on her face.
"Do you need to ask your parents and then give me an answer?"
Zhou Baoer said without any doubt: "No need, I can make the decision on this matter."
Yang Yiyi touched her chin again and thought to herself: Zhou Baoer can make the decision at such a young age. She is so powerful. She is truly a born witch. Unlike the fake like her, some things require the consent of her parents.
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In the imperial palace in the capital, the emperor looked at the secret message that had been sent to him, with a sarcastic smile on his face.
A witch with magical spring water and a portable dimension appeared in Huai'an Academy. He knew the news faster than more people.
They even sent people to conduct a thorough study of the spring water and came to the conclusion that it was not a big deal.
The spring water is said to be magical, but it is not irreplaceable.
Cure all diseases and detoxify all poisons. Although it sounds nice, it is not a panacea.
Moreover, the imperial doctors and imperial doctors in the imperial hospital are much more powerful than this spring water in some aspects.
Improve plant quality and reduce growing time, which is a better alternative.
Just a few witches with the talents of Nuwa and Spring God can do better than that kind of spring water.
Mrs. Luo wanted to take Luo Haoran to seek medical treatment, which was not important to the emperor himself at all.
It didn’t work out, so it’s business as usual. If it works, keep going. There are thousands of ways to destroy someone, but this is not the only way.
Putting down the secret letter in his hand, the emperor continued to deal with the memorials on the desk.
After just a cup of tea, a eunuch came in from outside and said respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine has sent someone here."
The emperor immediately raised his head, happily put down the ink pen in his hand, and said with a smile.
"Quick announcement."
After a while, a plain-looking palace maid came in and presented a plate of exquisite pastries, which she said were made by the imperial concubine herself.
Regardless of whether others believed it or not, the emperor believed it. Let the plain-looking palace maid stand next to you and ask the imperial concubine thoughtfully about her daily life.
The palace maid said everything one by one, clearly hinting at the imperial concubine's longing for and love for the emperor.
The emperor was very happy to hear this and immediately said that he would go to the imperial concubine in the evening.
Upon hearing this, the palace maid also smiled happily and left the study with satisfaction.
That night, the Queen sat in front of a glass mirror and quietly looked at her somewhat old face.
"The emperor went to the imperial concubine again today?"
The mother-in-law who was combing the Queen's hair paused for a moment and then continued her actions.
She said while combing her hair.
"Yes, concubine."
The queen touched her face, with a strange smile on her face.
Hahahaha, emperor, emperor, if you want a child, it is better to have a child with your beloved, just go ahead and dream!
The queen's surname is Chen, and she is the daughter of the Chen family. There was a father who held the title of Grand Marshal of the Army and went to teach in a small college in the south.
That college is called Huai'an Academy, and the Queen's father is called Chen Chen. Her brother and sister-in-law were guarding the border, and most of her nieces and nephews were with her father.
If Zhou Baoer knew about this, he would definitely be surprised. Because if you really think about it, the Queen and her are junior sisters, so their relationship is naturally relatively close.
After washing up, the Queen Empress lay on the soft big bed, feeling the coldness around her, but her heart felt like the twelfth lunar month in winter, unable to feel any warmth.
Many years ago, the emperor was still an unpopular little prince. She met the former emperor in an accident. After getting along with him for a period of time, her heart fell in love with him.
Perhaps first love never ends well. Although the empress married the former emperor as she wished, she became the prince's concubine. However, she has not been able to live the life she wanted over the years.
On the contrary, the emperor successfully stood out from the various princes and became the new emperor with the help of his wife's family.
The emperor did it very neatly when it came to demolishing bridges across rivers, unloading mills and killing donkeys.
After successfully consolidating his position, the emperor wanted to depose the queen and make Bai Yueguang, the concubine in his heart, his queen.
The Queen didn't know about this at first, but when the Queen had her third unexplained miscarriage and was no longer able to have children, the culprit was finally found.
The person who killed the Queen's child was no one else, but the child's biological father, the Queen's pillowcase.
When more information was obtained, the Queen was completely confused. She cried and hated it, but in the end she pretended it had not happened and silently fought with the emperor.
The emperor wanted to depose the queen, but she wanted to remain the queen forever. The Chen family's daughter can't be bullied just by bullying her.
The emperor lost the queen's trust in him, and the emperor had nothing to do with the queen. The emperor didn't know how many conspiracies he used, but he could only let the queen continue to be the mother of the country.
Day after day, the emperor had no choice but to welcome the one he loved most into the palace with half a queen's guard of honor and made her a noble concubine. His level of pampering cannot be matched by anyone else.
How could the queen tolerate the emperor's behavior? She thought of her three children who would never have a chance to appear, and secretly gave the emperor a witchcraft medicine.
It doesn't matter whether others call her cruel or selfish. Since she can't give birth to a child, the emperor will never be able to have a biological child.
Haha, after taking that witch medicine, the chance of the concubine becoming pregnant is infinitely reduced. Even if she becomes pregnant, she will have a miscarriage within three months, and she will never be able to give birth to the child properly.
The empress did not know the principle of this medicine. She only knew that this medicine repels the soul. Without the soul to live in the body, even if the concubines could persist for ten months, they would only give birth to stillbirths in the end.
——
Some time passed, and Zhou Baoer curiously asked his mother one night.
"Sister Yang has been helping for so long, how is the food issue going now?"
When Zheng Hehua heard such words, her face showed excitement and she said with a smile.
"Very good, very good. That witch is simply a god. Now the price of food has increased a lot, and the people in the village are very happy. However, we don't have much money in hand, so we didn't receive much."
Zhou Baoer was very curious about this and asked next.
"Mom, how did Sister Yang do it?"
Zheng Hehua thought for a while and explained everything in detail.
It turned out that after a period of investigation, Yang Yiyi decisively let people spread a rumor.
It is said that a disaster has occurred somewhere, and now is the time when there is a shortage of food. If you sell the grain in your hands to that place, you will definitely make a lot of money.
When ordinary people got the news, they immediately grabbed the food in their hands. After all, there are some smart people who want to sell the things in their hands for a price.
It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, and the amount of food purchased every day is getting less and less. They had no choice but to increase the purchase price and seize the time to purchase a large amount of grain.
The market is a big cake, and if you go there late, it will be gone. If you don’t work hard now, you will only get what others eat.
The purchase price of grain in a grain store increased, but no one thought to suppress it. Because not only do we not have the time and energy, but we also need more food to deal with the disaster areas.
As a result, other grain stores also increased their prices, and as time went by, the price of grain became higher and higher.
After hearing the news, the farmers were happy and slowly sold the grain in their hands. Except for keeping food for the next year, the rest was sold.
Almost all the grain nearby has been harvested, and people from several grain shops have agreed to send the collected grain to the disaster area and sell it to the affected people.
I don’t know if it was a coincidence or something, but a piece of land in the north was really affected by the disaster. I heard that God was angry and it didn’t rain for a month. So the food did not grow well, resulting in a food shortage.
Yang Yiyi, yes, it’s Yang Yiyi. Now she took some money to join the grain store and became a manager.
After discussing with Zheng Hehua and Lin Luya, she sent people to visit the disaster area and sell all the food Zhou Baoer had accumulated over the past year.
Now, the teams from several food shops have set off, and they will surely come back soon with a large amount of silver.
In the spring of the next year, when Zhou Baoer was seven years old, the team came back unscathed. However, they did not bring silver coins, but various goods.
After hearing what the people in the motorcade said, it turned out that Yang Yiyi made the explanation before they left. Every time you pass a place, you will sell a batch of goods, or buy a batch of goods. Over and over again, you will have more and more things in your hands.
When the last batch of goods was sold out, Zhou Baoer looked at the real money in front of him in surprise, and cast an admiring look at Yang Yiyi. After such a trip, after excluding various expenses, there was actually a 100% profit.
Yang Yiyi raised her head slightly and tried to pretend to be unfazed. However, the slight curve of the corners of her mouth revealed all her thoughts.
A few days later, Zheng Hehua said to Zhou Baoer. Now the shop has changed its business model and handed over all business to Yang Yiyi.
Even though Yang Yiyi is still studying in Huai'an Academy, she doesn't have much free time all day long.
However, even so, his business talent is much higher than that of Zheng Hehua, which makes people admire him.
Yang Yiyi hugged Zhou Baoer with a smile and said excitedly.
"We will be a team from now on, please take good care of us in the future!"
As an urban white-collar worker and a well-known strong woman, she previously studied economic management. Rather than farming with a portable space, I prefer to use my skills in the business world.
Zhou Baoer smiled and expressed welcome. Someone was helping her make money, and she was happy before it was too late. How could she think of objecting
——
In early March, two sedan chairs passed through the long mountain road and stopped in front of the academy of Huai'an Academy.
Mrs. Luo stepped out of the sedan and carefully had Luo Haonan taken out of the sedan and placed on a wheelchair.
Luo Haonan didn't say anything or make any unnecessary movements. He just looked helpless and let his mother do whatever he wanted.
Mrs. Luo wiped the corners of her eyes quietly, walked behind Luo Haonan with a forced smile, and pushed the wheelchair forward.
Because a greeting card had been sent before, a master soon came forward and led the mother and son into Huai'an Academy.
After walking on the long road for a long time, Mrs. Luo met Pei Xuanli, the dean of Huai'an Academy, and hurriedly expressed her wish.
Pei Xuanli lightly knocked on the table, glanced at Zhou Baoer who was sitting obediently, and gave instructions.
"Go and call Yang Yiyi over and say that a lady is here to find her."
Zhou Baoer nodded seriously and ran out quickly with his short legs.
Back in the classroom, she said hello to her classmates, walked directly to Yang Yiyi's seat, and said.
"Sister Yang, come with me to the dean's house quickly?"
Yang Yiyi asked in confusion as she stood up from her seat.
"What does the dean want from me?"
Zhou Baoer put his hands behind his back, jumped forward and answered.
"What else can happen? Someone needs to buy your spring water! There is a little brother there who seems to have some health problems. He is probably looking for your spring water to save his life."
"Although my spring water is good, it is not omnipotent."
Yang Yiyi whispered, and then continued.
"Otherwise, why would I stay here? I would have left early."
Zhou Baoer has always had a good ear, and he heard all these words accurately, but said nothing and continued to lead the way.
As soon as Yang Yiyi walked into the dean's office, a beautiful but haggard woman rushed up to her and asked anxiously.
"You are the girl of the Yang family. You have a magical spring water, right? Come on, give me some."
Yang Yiyi was not afraid that someone would default on her debt, so she took out a bowl of crystal clear spring water from her pocket and handed it to Mrs. Luo's hand.
Mrs. Luo took the spring water with great hope, forced it directly into Luo Haonan's hand, and said.
"Kid, drink it quickly and see if it has any effect."
Luo Haonan glanced at Mrs. Luo and drank the entire bowl of water without saying a word.
Mrs. Luo asked again: "My child, what do you think?"
Luo Haonan replied: "Mom, I feel that my body is warm and I should feel much better."
Mrs. Luo was overjoyed when she heard this and enthusiastically handed Yang Yiyi a banknote. Then, he turned around and presented Pei Xuanli with a lot of banknotes with a grateful look on his face.
Just then, an old man with a white beard walked in from the door. First, he smiled and touched the heads of the two girls, and stuffed each of them with a small snack. Then, he walked up to Luo Haonan and took his pulse.
Mrs. Luo looked at Mr. Bai, a famous imperial doctor, very nervously, looking forward to his final diagnosis.
After a few breaths, the old man of the Bai family shook his head in disappointment and said.
"Although the spring water in the miko's portable space has an effect, it is not very effective. Without decades of care, it will not be cured anyway."
Mrs. Luo gritted her teeth and lowered her head tremblingly.