Some people saw that there was enough food, and the county prince promised that there would be a second batch and a third batch of... cheap food, so they only bought enough food to feed their families for two months.
The Yu family still had a lot of grain, so Yu Hai and Liu Hu drove the donkey cart and horse-drawn cart to help the villagers transport grain to Dongshan Village.
Because of King Yang, the first few boats of food were close to Tanggu Town. However, three state capitals and nineteen townships were affected by the disaster. The people in these state capitals and townships had tightened their belts for more than two months, and by now most of the food had bottomed out. Villages and towns that are relatively close to Tang Ancient Town also rushed to the wharf and Tang Ancient Town to line up to buy grain.
A few days ago, there were long queues at more than 20 appraised grain shops in Tanggu Town and the wharf. Even when the food store is closed at night, these teams do not disband, but sleep in the open air, for fear that they will have to line up again if they come back the next day, and they are even more afraid that the supply of cheap food will not be available.
Master Zhao of the Tanggu County Yamen, leading the yamen, opened the shop to sell food at 6 o'clock every morning, and closed the shop at 8 o'clock in the evening. The same is true for the working hours on the dock. After working like this for five full days, the pressure on Tanggu Town and the wharf was greatly relieved after all the cheap food in all the prefectural capitals and towns were in place.
When the first batch of grain was about to be sold out, the second batch of fleet had already returned, and the first batch of fleet also set off for Jiangnan after unloading the grain. Seeing that the food supply is more timely, the people in the disaster area have no desire to rush to buy and hoard. As a result, the long queue in front of the parity grain store has become history.
In front of other grain shops that wanted to make a fortune in the past, it can be said that there are few people. The cheap grain stores opened by the government are all new grain purchased from the south, but what these grain stores stock up is old grain from last autumn. Coupled with the fact that the prices of cheap grain stores are fair, fools only go to buy their high-priced grain. These grain stores have also made a fortune from the locust plague. In order to prevent the old grain in the store from falling into their hands, the grain stores have cut prices one after another, and some are even cheaper than par grain.
In this way, the pressure on cheap grain stores is further reduced. Soon, the parity grain stores were reduced from more than 20 to one in the east and one in the west of Tanggu Town, and two at the wharf. Everything gradually returned to its pre-disaster state.
And the vegetables of Yu Xiaocao's family were finally known by the big households in Tanggu Town. They all expressed their willingness to pay high prices to order Yu's vegetables. The locust plague and the drought, these so-called rich people have not eaten fresh vegetables for a long time.
On this day, more than a dozen people dressed as housekeepers and servants gathered in front of the Yu family's courtyard, arguing fiercely. Butler Yao has been promoted to the chief steward, and he said confidently: "Our Yao family is the first in the town to buy vegetables from the Yu family, and it has never stopped in the past two years. Our old man said that no matter how expensive it is, we must Take the right to purchase vegetables."
The second steward of the farmer curled his lips and said: "Brother Yu, tell me, is our farmer the first to arrive, the first to buy vegetables from you? You can't favor one person over another!"
The housekeeper of the Wang family also said without showing any weakness: "Those who see it have a share. Since we are here, we can't let us go back empty-handed, right?"
The other servants of the housekeeper also expressed their desire to buy vegetables. Yu Hai didn't even know who to listen to, and his brain hurt from the noise all of a sudden.
"Quiet, please be quiet!" Yu Haigai yelled loudly until everyone stopped arguing, "You also know that all the vegetables in our yard have been reserved by Zhenxiulou! There are some vegetable fields beside the pond at the back of the courtyard, and some vegetables are planted. Only 200 catties of vegetables can be averaged out every day. There are few vegetables and many people, so everyone is definitely not happy. Therefore, the most important thing is that everyone discuss Come out with a charter!"
"Why are you negotiating? The one with the highest price gets it!" It was the banker's butler with deep pockets who spoke.
Steward Yao did not show any weakness: "Okay! The one with the highest price wins! Everyone participates in the price bidding, and whoever has the highest price will sell it to whoever! We will pay fifty yuan a catty!"
The dealer's second steward curled his lips in disdain and shouted, "Eighty Wen a catty!"
Who in Tanggu Town doesn't know that the Zhuang family and the Yao family are the two with the richest family besides the Zhou family. At first, there were other people who shouted the price, but as the price climbed, those housekeepers and servants who came couldn't decide what to do, they could only watch the dealer and the Yao family compete with each other. In the end, the price of vegetables unexpectedly rose to one tael of silver per catty.
Yu Hai felt extremely headache. It was sold to Zhenxiu Restaurant for more than 30 yuan a catty, but when he came to these two houses, he was called out for a price of one or two silver per catty. He was very disturbed!
It's not a problem for Yu Xiaocao to watch from the side, so she hurriedly said to the butlers of the two families: "Stop arguing! There's nothing wrong with fighting between spirits, go back and be careful that your master will cut you!"
Butler Yao said with a smile: "Miss Yu is kind-hearted! However, our old man said that no matter how expensive the vegetables are, we have to buy them back! Money is not a problem!"
The Zhuang family has grain shops in more than a dozen townships in three state capitals. At the beginning of the disaster year, they made a lot of money. Therefore, the second housekeeper of the Zhuang family straightened his back, looked at Butler Yao with disdain, and said: "Fight for the family fortune, our banker has never been afraid of others!"
Yu Xiaocao smiled wryly and said, "I know that your family is rich, but you can't put a pole on our house! This money, we are burning hands!"
Zhu Junyang watched from the sidelines for a long time. He listened to Yu Xiaocao's words, curled his lips and said, "If you have too much money, you insist on giving it to you. If you don't steal or grab it, there are even those who think they have too much money and burn their hands! You're really petty." !"
The two stewards knew the identity of King Yang, and when they saw him speak, they immediately calmed down. However, Butler Yao still bravely said: "Miss Yu, since our old man ate your vegetables, he can't eat other dishes anymore. In the past, the old man loved to eat meat, and he seldom dipped in vegetables. The problem of dizziness. The doctor advised him to eat more vegetables, but he didn’t listen. Since I bought vegetables from your home last spring, the old man can’t live without your vegetables. Especially tomatoes, our old man eats them as fruits Well! After the locust plague came, for more than two months, our grandpa’s appetite has seen a decline without fresh vegetables. That is to say, we can still eat some dried vegetables purchased from your home, or else... "
"Hey! The price can't be competed, this is to play the emotional card! Butler Yao, didn't you just agree that the one with the higher price will get it? Then continue!" This is an opportunity to show your master what you are capable of. Anyway, the master also said that it doesn't matter if the price is higher, as long as the old lady can eat vegetables.
The old lady of the Zhuang family suffers from constipation. Dr. Sun said that he should eat more whole grains and vegetables. Whole grains? That's what poor ghosts eat. If other people in the town know that the owner of the farmer gave his mother coarse grains to eat, they won't be surprised if their spines aren't broken. But in the year of the locust plague, where can we get fresh vegetables
Until one time, he went to the Zhenxiu restaurant for a banquet, and everyone was full of praise for the sky-high price of lettuce with oyster sauce and mushrooms and vegetables on the table. The lettuce and greens are absolutely fresh, it cannot be pre-disaster. The proprietor inquired many times, but Zhenxiu's mouth was as tight as iron. Later, it was he who sent someone to secretly follow the carriage purchased by Zhenxiulou, and then he knew that Yu's family in Dongshan Village had grown fresh vegetables. Only then did the second housekeeper come to buy.
I don't know who leaked the news. The whole Tanggu Town seems to know that Yu's family in Dongshan Village has fresh vegetables. After eating dried vegetables, pickled vegetables and meat for more than two months, who in a rich family would not want to eat some fresh vegetables to relieve greasy? Ever since, the scene just now appeared at the door of Yu's house.
When Yu Xiaocao saw that the two were fighting again, she hurriedly stopped her and said, "You two housekeepers, calm down and calm down! Look, there are more than two hundred catties of vegetables here every day. It's fine if the two of you can evenly distribute them." !In this year, vegetables are eaten fresh, and they can’t be eaten as a meal. Do you think this makes sense?”
The two stewards looked at each other, exchanged glances, and reluctantly reached an agreement, one hundred catties per day. Miss Yu is telling the truth, even though the two of them have more than a dozen masters and masters together, and a hundred catties of vegetables are enough, there may be some left over to reward their respectable servants.
As for the price, before the locust plague is completely wiped out, the price they just called is one tael of silver per catty. What Xiaojun Wang said was that the money delivered to the door should not be for nothing, nor should it be stolen or robbed. In this way, the Yu family gained another two hundred taels of silver every day.
Yu Xiaocao said to the other dozen or so families who returned disappointed: "Our family has few hands, so we can't take care of too many vegetable fields. However, I have a potion that can repel locusts. You can buy the potion back. Whether it is growing vegetables or growing food, spraying pesticides every morning and evening can prevent crops and vegetables from being ruined by locusts!"
When other people heard it, they thought that green leafy vegetables like lettuce would mature in at most a month. If they go back to plant now, they can still eat fresh vegetables before autumn comes. It is not too late to plant autumn vegetables at this time. Then they inquired about the price of the potion.
The potion is packed in wine jars that cost a catty and a jar. The cost of a jar alone costs more than one or two taels of silver, and with the hard-to-find spirit stone liquid, the price will not be too low. Yu Xiaocao decided to sell it at a price of five taels of silver per can, and one can of potion was enough to spray an acre of land for a month, which was more cost-effective than pre-ordering vegetables. It's just that eating fresh vegetables has to be delayed. Most of the other dozens of households who did not compete for vegetables bought potions and went back to do business. Calculated, the potion alone sold for eighty-five taels of silver.
Liu Hu said to his daughter-in-law in admiration in private: "Daughter-in-law, your younger brother is really good at making money, first watermelon, then vegetables, this money is rushing into your pocket!"
Yu Caifeng smiled and said: "Actually, it can't be said that Xiaohai has the ability to make money. Did you find out in the past six months? Most of the profitable business has something to do with Xiaocao. Xiaohai said that planting watermelons was Xiaocao's idea at the beginning, and it doesn't matter how you grow it and sell it. It was Xiaocao who told him to execute it. And the vegetables, if Xiaocao hadn’t pounded them to make the potion, how could they make so much money?”