Kong Ling knew that he had refuted Shen Zechuan's face, and in the next few days, he didn't get close to him very much. Shen Zechuan, as always, called him Mr. Cheng Feng when he met people. Kong Ling became more and more frightened, and everything was dominated by Shen Zechuan.
Cai Yu's cheap food was as expected, and it didn't impress the little bandits. With Luo Mu building a bridge, several parties gradually approached, and they were all dissatisfied with Cai Yu. Cai Yu has been fond of extravagance in recent years, and every time he passes his birthday, he will receive rare gifts. At the same time, rumors of Cai Yu distributing cheap food suddenly broke out outside the city, and the price became lower and lower, causing the anger of the hungry ordinary people outside the city gate.
Cai Yu used to call himself the elder of the tea state, but now he closes the city gate and ignores him. Shen Zechuan was right, it wasn't that he didn't understand, but that it was difficult to ride a tiger.
Today, the food in Chazhou is provided by Hezhou, that is, the Yan family. Cai Yu took these grains to repay the Yan family, and he had to pay for the unpaid part. The price cut was to embarrass himself. He was unwilling to do this kind of loss-making business, so he could only support it. I sent a few private messages to Hezhou in a row to find out.
What Shen Zechuan is waiting for is now.
How could Cai Yu think about it? He woke up one night and the whole city was talking about the price of rice.
"Where did they come from?" Cai Yu asked the maid to dress him, and asked his cronies, "How come the grain trucks from Cizhou entered, I didn't hear the slightest rumor!"
The close friend said: "It was the official road, and the news was blocked outside the city, and it has not been sent in."
Cai Yu put on his boots, took a few steps, and said, "When Kong Ling entered the city, I felt strange, why did Izuku come to us all the time, it turned out to be to grab business! With such sufficient preparation, I just wanted to follow up with us. I, Cai Yu, are in the ring! What do they say?"
The cronies picked up a robe for Cai Yu behind and said, "I sent someone to inquire in the morning. The price from Cizhou people outside the city is one tael or seven dou."
After hearing this, Cai Yu sneered and said, "I thought they were going to be a living Bodhisattva, but I didn't expect to take advantage of the fire. Did the Hezhou side reply?"
The trusted friend counted the time and said, "It hasn't been delivered to the place yet."
Cai Yu stood by the door, silent in thought. The stream in the courtyard murmured, and the birds hanging under the veranda were chirping crisply. He spent a lot of money to get this yard, and he planned to pass it on as a writer’s house. Taking over the family business, more than a thousand people depended on him to sell food for a living, and he did not dare to throw away this business.
"One, two, seven bucks," Cai Yu murmured, "One, two, seven bucks... Cizhou wants to take this price to grab business, but I look down on me. They are lower, we are lower, you go and tell the rice shop below. , I pity the people inside and outside the city, and want to reduce the price of rice to one tael or eight bucks."
The trusted confidant said hesitantly, "But the young master hasn't replied yet. If this is..."
"Jiang," Cai Yu's face gradually became solemn, "Young Master even called me 'Grandpa'. Even if I can't make a profit this time, I can spare my old face to go to Hezhou to ask for a favor. With a Young Master in charge of the Yan family, Others don't dare to do anything to me! Izuku is aggressive this time, if they can't let them turn back in spite of difficulties, they will be in trouble in the future."
As soon as Cai Yu's cronies left the house, Shen Zechuan knew it.
Fei Sheng's internet was everywhere. When he whispered the news to Shen Zechuan, Shen Zechuan was cooking porridge outside the city.
Today the sky is clear and the air is clear, Shen Zechuan went out of the city at Mao Shi, and started cooking porridge in the porridge shed from Chen Shi, and stood there until Shen Shi. The sun was scorching hot at the moment, the mud was cracking, and the refugees were hiding in the shade. After listening to Fei Sheng's statement, Shen Zechuan nodded slightly and said, "Since he bites the hook, he won't be able to run away. Go and tell Luo Mu and ask him to tell the little bandit, don't worry, Cai Yu's price is still 1-2-8. Can go down again."
Fei Sheng was like a mirror in his heart, but he wanted to pretend to be stupid in front of Shen Zechuan and asked eagerly, "Then master, should we surrender? We can't let Cai Yu succeed."
Shen Zechuan threw the handkerchief to Qiao Tianya and said, "Of course we have to drop it too, but we have to wait until the evening."
Because he has something to do during the day.
A young man in white suddenly appeared outside Chazhou City, with only three or two attendants by his side, wearing a white jade bead, who stayed in the porridge shed from morning to night and distributed it in person. The refugees who received the porridge made some inquiries and found out that the food was originally used by Ibaraki to sell, but Cai Yu did not let them enter the city, and they took pity on the people outside the city, so they used it to distribute it.
Shen Zechuan has a friendly attitude, is good-looking, and speaks modestly and politely. Whoever has orphans, widows, mothers, old, weak, sick and disabled, he will not only provide food, but also send a doctor to auscultate, and he will bear all the consultation fees and medicinal materials. In less than an hour, the refugees who came here for their fame gathered together. When others inquired about Shen Zechuan's name, Qiao Tianya and Fei Sheng both responded with "Master Zhou's staff" and "Mr. Cheng Feng's colleague".
However, at a young age, Shen Zechuan had an extraordinary bearing, which caused a lot of speculation for a while. Ordinary people didn't know who this young master was, so he seemed more mysterious and eye-catching.
* * *
Cai Yu didn't dare to close his eyes until he was ugly. He was restless at home, and when he heard someone's report, he got up quickly, let his cronies come in, and asked, "How? Is there any news from Kong Ling?"
The cronies were running errands back and forth today. Even if they were sitting in a sedan chair halfway, they couldn’t stand the toss. At the moment, sweating profusely, they wiped their sleeves and panted, and replied, “It’s down, it’s down! As expected, Izuku is down too!”
Cai Yu asked anxiously, "How much did it drop?"
The close friend said: "It's down to one, two, and one bucks!"
Cai Yu's expression was calm, the price was within his expectations, he paced and said, "We drop a buck, they also drop a buck, it can be seen that they are also lacking in confidence."
The cronies followed Cai Yu and said, "Master, shall we still drop? If we drop again, it will be a stone!"
From two buckets to one stone, Cai Yu had already thought about what kind of punishment he would face when he went to Hezhou after this disaster. But now he can only continue to hold on, he gritted his teeth and said, "Fall down again! It will drop to one or two stone!"
* * *
When Luo Mu heard the news in the mansion, he said to Kong Ling, "Cai Yu has kept the price down, and it will be difficult to mention it in the future. He was hooked and caught."
Kong Ling looked at the window and saw that there was no one in front of him before he said, "It's accurate to know both."
Luo Mu thought of Shen Zechuan, and sighed: "If it were me, I would have to be trapped. How could Cai Yu know that Cizhou is going to rely on the price of Qudu? This is a hugely profitable business. silver."
"Silver is something that can't be brought with you in life, how long can Zhongbo's hard money be made? You're an idiot! If Cai Yu had some foresight, he should have restrained himself this year. Six years ago, Cizhou had no confidence, but six years ago. We are all recuperating here. Last year, the army rations from the North left from Ibaraki, which was designated by Haige Lao and Hou Ye. If you think about it, Idu already knew that Ibaraki could afford it. Once Ibaraki was restored, the states would People with lofty ideals will also compete for each other. When the grain fields are restored in various places, the price of grain in Zhongbo will definitely fall. This way of making money will not last long, it is just the difference of who is destroyed." Kong Ling said here. , paused for a while, "The right time and place are all available, and I know that I want to do a career in Zhongbo."
Seeing Kong Ling's dazed expression, Luo Mu asked, "I think Tongzhi intends to use you, but you avoid it many times. Chengfeng, isn't Tongzhi inferior to Zhou Gui?"
Kong Ling looked at the shade of the trees behind the window, and said after a while, "I learned to be mediocre, and I was able to support Zhou Gui because Zhou Gui could only be the capital of Cizhou in this life. How easy it is to pacify a corner of the world, even a mediocre person like me can do the job. , but the only people who can stabilize the country can only be the pillars. Tongzhi is by no means a thing in the pool, I can't climb high."
Luo Mu was dumbfounded.
* * *
That night, both inside and outside of Chazhou didn't sleep well. Cai Yu drank the tea cup after cup, and didn't dare to close his eyes, for fear that he would just lie down, and there would be a price drop without knowing it. He was not a business material at first, but acted as a front for the Yan family by virtue of his identity as a bandit. Now he is so anxious that his mouth is bubbling.
The people in Ibaraki remained silent for a long time, only the porridge shed outside the city continued. Cai Yu heard that more than a thousand people had gathered outside the city, but he was sure that what he had in his hands was the armed forces, and the outside of the city was just a mob, and even if they gathered together, it would not be a climate.
Time passed, and at noon, Cai Yu and Yi took a nap. He just closed his eyes when he heard the sound of the announcement, and hurriedly sat up and walked out with the help of the maid. When he saw the look of his cronies, his heart sank, and he said, "How much have they fallen?"
The cronies hurriedly said: "Master, this time has fallen sharply! It's down to one, two, one stone and three buckets. The people who were still watching the wind yesterday have begun to leave the city one after another, and they all went straight to the grain truck in Cizhou to buy grain!"
Cai Yu's heart was half cold, and he said, "The pressure is so low!"
The cronies said: "It's already close to the price of food in Juexi, and if it goes down, the dividends after the beginning of this year's spring will have to be filled in to supply Hezhou!"
Cai Yu supported the person and said incredulously, "Didn't Cizhou send military rations to Libei? Now that Libei has turned against them, they will have to ask them for future military rations. Zhou Gui sold all the food, so how can I tell Libei? The King of the North explained? Besides, the pressure is so low, what is the profit!"
The cronies followed behind Cai Yu, and they turned around in a hurry.
Cai Yu was getting old and had not slept all night. He couldn't stand still. He was helped by someone to sit on a chair and said, "They are determined to grab business..." He immediately became angry, "They also Dare! You go and gather your people, and you will lift their grain carts tonight, arrest Kong Ling, and kill everyone who goes with you! I have gangsters at hand, so I'm afraid they won't succeed? Zhou Gui's Huangkou Child, I think he dares to be hard on me!"
The cronies clapped their knees and were overjoyed: "That's the reason, my lord, it's time to do it, and waste all that effort on them! I'll go now!"