235: C235 Twenty-five Taels

C235 Twenty-five Taels

Jinxia City, inner city.

Tianguang Restaurant.

This was the most high-end restaurant in the Jinxia City, and also the most high-end restaurant in the Daming Mansion. The cost of a meal was easily calculated by ten thousand silver taels. Ordinary people would not be able to earn enough money to eat a big meal here even if they did not eat or drink for the rest of their lives.

At this moment, in the private room on the top floor, the major trading companies and the local families of the Jinxia City were all gathered here.

"Everyone, I'm sure you all know why we have gathered all of you here today, right?"

An old man slowly raised his teacup and took a sip. A faint smile appeared on his face, and his muddy eyes flickered with a brilliant glow.

After saying that, Everyone present looked at each other with the same expression. They all had the same confidence and a hint of mockery, as if they were going to talk about something and play with it in their hands.

"Master of Liu Family, your Liu Family is the biggest family in Daming Mansion. We have gathered here because we trust you. We don't need to talk about those useless things anymore. Let's get straight to the point. "

A brawny man with a rough face said with a smile.

"Alright. "

The old man, Qi Hanshan, the patriarch of the Liu Family, nodded slowly. He looked around the crowd and said, "Have you all grasped the situation in Cangnan Domain? They did not have much stored food. In a few days, they would be used up completely. The money and food that the Imperial Court needed to send over for the disaster relief would need at least ten days to arrive.

However, all of you are well aware that even if the Imperial Court sends in the funds for the disaster relief, more than 70% of them will still not be able to eat. As for these people, we have to come up with a plan. "

"What do you think, Liu Family Master?"

A scholarly middle-aged man smiled and spoke slowly.

"One catty of food and twenty taels of silver, how about it?"

The Liu Family Master smiled faintly.

"Twenty taels?"

The brawny man rubbed his chin and looked at the Liu Family Master with a smile that was not a smile. He said, "Recently, you have been eating vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures. Your heart has softened a lot. It's only twenty taels?"

Under normal circumstances, one tael of silver could buy thirty catties of food.

The price of this Liu Family Master was twenty taels of silver. The price of one catty of food had increased by six hundred times!

Such an increase in price was actually called mercy by the burly man. . . If the conversation here were to be heard by outsiders, it would definitely cause them to be dumbfounded.

"Twenty taels is not low. "

The Liu Family Master slowly picked up the teacup, took a sip and said: "Three years ago, when Lingyun Prefecture was in famine, the highest price of food was only twenty six taels of silver per jin. They were all villagers from the same prefecture. If we earn some money, we can earn some money. It's not like we can cause too much trouble. "

The scholarly middle-aged man nodded and said, "Liu Family Master is very polite. But. . . Brother Sun, I agree with you. Twenty taels of silver is the price we expected. There are indeed some discrepancies. Why don't we follow the market price of the Ling Yun Residence and stabilize the final price at around twenty-five taels of silver? How about it?"

"Alright. "

"I agree. Twenty-five taels of silver is about the same. "

"Master of Liu Family, please consider carefully. It's rare to have such a good opportunity. Wouldn't it be a waste if you don't earn more?"

“. . . ”

When everyone heard this, they all voiced their agreement. When they heard that the profiteers of Ling Yun Prefecture could earn twenty-six silvers, it would be a huge loss for them if they only earned twenty silvers.

All of them wanted money but did not care about their lives. They all wanted money and were shameless. Why should they earn less than others by five taels of silver?

It had to be known that the chambers of commerce and families that could sit here today had amassed at least a few million kilograms of grain. One kilogram of grain was five taels of silver. How much was a few million kilograms of grain different?

"Good, good, good, good. . . "

The Liu Family Master stretched out his hand and pressed it, indicating for everyone to calm down. Then, he gently sighed and said, "This man is old. He always wanted to accumulate some virtue for his descendants. Since everyone wanted to sell it for twenty-five taels of silver, Then I'll do as you wish, but I'll say the ugly things first. Since everyone has decided on this final price, then we will follow it. If anyone steals it at a low price, you'll know the consequences. "

We can only rely on raising the price of grain. It's useless to just rely on one family. It's also very easy to be targeted and controlled by the government. Therefore, if they wanted to make a profit from this disaster, they had to unite together to control the trend of the price of grain. Only by united as a whole could they earn big money peacefully.

"We naturally know what the master of Liu Family means. "

The scholarly middle-aged man smiled and said, "Then, how about we use the three days after the Imperial Court's food supply arrives as the final time limit?"

"Sure. "

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

The meaning of the final time limit was that on this day, the overall price of the grain would be pushed to the highest point. Previously, when they were selling the grain, they would definitely not be able to sell it for a high price of 25 taels of silver per catty of grain. That would be too ugly.

Only by raising the price bit by bit would it double today, tomorrow, and the day after. Only then would it be like boiling a frog in warm water, constantly lowering the mental defenses of the disaster victims. When the Imperial Court's relief grain arrived and the price of the grain did not drop at all, it would be the time for them to reveal their fangs.

They believed that at that time, the disaster victims would be in despair. No matter how high the price of food was, for the sake of the food in their mouths, they would not hesitate to pay any price.

After all. . .

Hunger was the cruelest thing in this world to humans.

Almost no one could bear it. He became hungry little by little. The feeling of being starved to death bit by bit was meaningless when one was hungry to a certain extent. Survival instincts and wildness would gain the upper hand. At that time, in order to fill one's stomach, no matter what one did, it was not impossible.

In comparison, Yi Zi eating was something that could only be done when one was not so hungry. If one was really hungry to a certain extent, when people started to eat people, why would they care about their children?

Of course. . .

The rascals present would not let things go that way. Their goal was only to earn money. As long as the refugees forgot about the price of food in front of hunger, it would be the best.

Then, they discussed for a while and finally decided on the price of food on the first day, as well as how it would increase every day. They even roughly estimated how many people would starve to death every day. Finally, they would take a balance that everyone could accept and raise the price of food step by step to a point where it was worth more than gold.

Finally, after confirming all the rules, everyone relaxed and started to chat. "Other than us, who else is collecting food? Does everyone know?"

"It's just a few small clans that are not worth mentioning. They are just following us to pick up some scraps. There is nothing to worry about. "

The brawny man sneered and said.

Next to him, the scholarly middle-aged man took a sip of tea and said: "I heard that the young lady of the Xu Family, the Minister of War of the Ministry of War, is also collecting food from various places. She has also joined forces with the Second Crown Prince of the Princess Qi Mansion. It seems like she is going to help the Cangnan Domain in rescuing the disaster victims. . . "

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone present couldn't help but laugh and shake their heads.

"Some idiots born with gold keys. They don't earn money but use food to save those mud legs. They are truly incomparably stupid. It doesn't matter. If they want to help, then let them help. When the food in their hands is all gone, The disaster victims of Cangnan Domain still have to listen to us obediently. "

The brawny man still had a cold smile on his face.

"Do you know how much food they have saved?"

The Liu Family Master asked slowly.

"I don't know. . . "

A scholarly middle-aged man. The man shook his head and said: "However, Xu Binglei is on duty in Unitive Controlling Mansion, and she is one of the first group of people to know that there will be famine in Cangnan Domain. With Xu Family's financial resources, if they want to collect food, after eight days, they should be able to collect more than one million jin of food, right?"

The burly man at the side also nodded his head. He said, "This number is about the same. After all. . . We have almost bought all the food in the Daming Mansion. Even if she had the money, she could only go to the nearby Qing Yun Manor and Shao Yang Palace to buy. But this trip will take an unknown amount of time. Furthermore, if we increase the price here, the neighboring residences will also increase the price. Adding the cost of transportation. . . Xu Family won't be able to hold on much longer. "

" The Xu Family won't be able to hold on much longer. What about the Princess Qi Mansion? It's not a secret that Second Crown Prince likes the young lady of the Xu Family. If the Princess Qi Mansion is willing to support us, we will be in trouble. "2

One of them frowned and looked worried.

"There's nothing to worry about. "

At this moment, the Liu Family Master shook his head and said, "Even if that Prince Cheng De in the Princess Qi Mansion really lost his mind and wants his son to go crazy, we still have the upper hand. The food in his hand could be sold at a high price at any time. At most, it could be delayed for a longer period of time. "

After he finished speaking, everyone present nodded their heads and praised, "What the Liu Family Master said is right. This is the truth. As long as we work together, what does the Princess Qi Mansion count as?"

"Hahaha. . . "

A burst of laughter was heard, and all the guests and masters were happy.

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