243: C243 There Was No Way out

C243 There Was No Way out

The next day, a little earlier.

Inside the Green Mountain Manor, the stewards of the various powers were already ready to go, and were rushing to the various grain offices in Buping House.

Different from the first test, each of them ordered a large amount of food this time. Whether or not the Buping House could take out these food directly determined whether their grain distribution strategy would work smoothly.

In the manor, many families and chambers of commerce, led by Liu Hanshan, had gathered early. On the surface, they were drinking tea and chatting casually, but in their hearts, they were not calm at all.

Not long after. . .

Carts loaded with food went up the mountain one after another.

The moment the news arrived, everyone present could no longer sit still. They all arrived at the small square at the entrance of the mountain. Seeing their own stewards rushing back with large quantities of food, everyone looked at each other in disbelief.

"They actually sold it?"

"Could it be a trick? This is a few million kilograms of food. If they sell it at once, what are they going to use to help the disaster victims with?"

"Check it immediately and carefully. Don't let any leaks come out!"

“. . . ”

All the family heads and guild leaders present spoke at the same time. Then, they all came to the front of their grain carts. Like yesterday, they carefully checked the hill-like piles of grain.

Because the quantity was too large, they checked for half a day before they finally finished checking every bag of food. The result was surprising.

"There's actually. . . No problem at all. . . It's not even some grain, the quality is pretty good. . . "

The scholarly middle-aged man muttered to himself.

"Taking out so much food at once, does Buping House still have food to help the disaster victims, and food to stabilize the grain price?"

The brawny man frowned and looked at the stewards who went down the mountain to Buping House.

"Everything is normal. "

The steward quickly said: "This subordinate specially made a trip to Porridge Providing Shack. Whether it is the good porridge to help the disaster victims or the two kilograms of food sold to ordinary civilians, they are all being sold normally. "

"This is really strange. . . "

The brawny man rubbed his bald head and revealed an incredulous expression. He said, "How much food did they prepare? Ten million jin or twenty million jin? It can't possibly be more than that, right? "

" Although it's not very likely according to common sense, but. . . The confidence they put forth, without ten million kilograms of food, it's impossible. "

The scholarly middle-aged man slowly shook his head and exhaled. He looked at Liu Hanshan and said, "Master of Liu Family, what should we do now? Should we continue?"

"Of course. "

Liu Hanshan's expression was calm as he said, "They can take out food to sell. It is a good thing that they are selling more now. When we raise the price of food in the future, we will earn more. One kilogram of grain is worth ten taels of silver from them, and we'll sell it. . . That is 25 taels of silver, a net profit of 15 taels of silver. Everyone should know how to calculate this business, right?"

"Of course. The prerequisite is that we can buy their food supplies until they run out of stock. . . In my opinion, if we buy a few million kilograms of food from him today, we should be able to see the bottom of the Buping House's granary!"

Someone gritted his teeth and said.

After he finished speaking, Liu Hanshan shook his head and said, "Give him ten million kilograms. Let's first look at the bottom and see how much stock there is in the Buping House. Each family will split it up and see how much each family will take out. "

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other.

Ten million kilograms of food and ten taels of silver per kilogram. In total, it was ten thousand taels of silver. This terrifying number was a huge burden to any family or power present.

However, if it was divided into a dozen or so clans, each clan wouldn't seem to have that much. Everyone merely pondered for a moment before nodding their heads in succession.

This ten million kilograms of food could be said to be the last test they had made.

If Buping House was willing to sell it, Everyone present would rather give this ten million taels of silver to them in exchange for the subsequent profitable grain sale space.

And if Buping House did not sell it, it meant that the stored food in Buping House was less than ten million kilograms. According to their daily consumption these days, about two million kilograms of food a day. This amount of less than ten million kilograms of food could at most allow them to last for three to four days.

Therefore, everyone present accepted this test. They were hoping that the Buping House wouldn't be able to take it out, because if that was the case, then the Buping House wouldn't be able to take it out. In four days at most, they would be able to make a huge profit by selling the food in their hands at an extremely high price.

After that. . .

The managers of the various families and chambers of commerce all went down the mountain and headed to the grain office in Buping House to make this request.

Many important figures were waiting on the Green Mountain Manor. This time, they did not even have the mood to drink tea and chat. Everyone looked at the mountain of grain carts and thought about it.

Finally. . .

All the managers rushed back to the Green Mountain Manor.

"How is it? Did you agree?"

Everyone immediately asked.

The managers looked at each other, then nodded one after another, and said, "Buping House accepted the money, or did they come to collect food at this time tomorrow. . . "

"Damn it!"

The brawny man could not help but curse, he frowned and rubbed his scalp angrily, and said, "How can there be ten million kilograms left? Can they really take it out? "

The scholarly middle-aged man took a deep breath and said, "Brother Sun, calm down. Even if they can, with the foundation of the Princess Qi Mansion. . . At most, that's all. After all, in these three to four days, The food they sold, as well as the food for the disaster relief victims. . . It's almost 10 million kilograms, so sell us another 10 million kilograms. A total of 20 million kilograms of food, at most. That's all we have. It's impossible to have even more. "

"Brother Tang is right. Brother Sun, don't be too anxious. "

The few middle-aged family heads looked at each other and also calmed down. He said, "When we sell these grains tomorrow, we will definitely see the bottom of the stockpile in Buping House. Now I understand, Buping House also wants to make money here. However, he still cherished his good reputation. He didn't want to take money from commoners, but from merchants like us. Heh. . . Isn't this the same as setting up a memorial arch after becoming a whore? "

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present nodded in agreement.

No matter what the Buping House was planning, In any case, the Buping House was already in their hands, and they had earned enough silver.

The food was usually worth about one tael of silver and 30 catties of silver. But now, they had bought nearly 20 million catties of food at the price of 10 taels of silver per jin. Just thinking about the huge profit made one's scalp tingle.

But. . .

Since Buping House could earn it, they would definitely be able to make it in the future.

When the Buping House closes, The disaster victims could go to the government's Porridge Providing Shack to eat porridge. If those civilians did not want to be reduced to the same level as the disaster victims, they could only buy their food at a high price.

Furthermore, how long could the government's Porridge Providing Shack last?

The food provided by the Jinxia City was only about three to four million kilograms. The ten million jin of food that the Imperial Court had approved was still on the way. Even if they arrived, it would only be enough for the disaster victims to eat for half a month. After half a month, they would still be completely out of food.

At that time, the only person in Cangnan Domain who could hold the grain would be. . . Only the people in the Green Mountain Manor set the price to twenty-five taels of silver per kilogram. They all felt that it was too cheap.

After experiencing a friendly meal and sleep scolding Buping House, another day passed. Almost all the leaders of the various powers in the Green Mountain Manor did not sleep for the entire night.

Early the next morning, when they saw the managers pulling the carts of food down the mountain, they stared in the direction of the Cangnan Giant City and were suddenly speechless.

Although they knew that the Princess Qi Mansion was behind the Buping House, and with Prince Cheng De's endorsement, they would not go back on their word, they could not help but feel nervous.

After all. . .

That was ten million silver. Even if it was divided into more than ten families, each family would still be worth nearly ten million silver.

Although this number could be taken out by any family, if they were to lose it in an instant, it would be enough to make one's flesh ache.

After the difficult time slowly passed by. . .

Finally, the familiar large group appeared on the mountain path with the creaking sound of the wheels as they walked. This time, the managers brought back a mountain of food. It was almost the same scene as yesterday, and it appeared in front of everyone again.

"I really got it back. . . 10 million kilograms of food!"

Everyone took a deep breath.

The food was removed from the car. Without saying anything else, everyone immediately began to check.

The workload of this inspection was undoubtedly huge. It was more than twice the workload of the previous day. However, perhaps because they were already familiar with the method, it took them about half a day to finish checking all the food. Each bag was carefully packed.

"Still. . . There is no problem at all. "

The scholarly middle-aged man took a deep breath and looked at his manager. He said, "Is the situation at the foot of the mountain still as usual? Has the Buping House released any announcements, such as reducing the supply of the Porridge Providing Shack, or reducing the amount of food purchased every day by half? "

"My Lord, everything is normal. "

The steward hurriedly nodded and said, "The Porridge Providing Shack still provides unlimited amounts of porridge. Anyone who is hungry can go and get some porridge. The grain office also provides food for ordinary civilians, which is two catties per person per day. The price and supply will not change. "

“. . . ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

"They. . . Still have food. "

The scholarly middle-aged man's voice was incomparably deep as he said, "They have already spent nearly 20 million kilograms of food, can they still take it out. . . Is this reality?"

Everyone did not speak, but the answer in their hearts was certain. Of course, this was not realistic.

Even a force like the Princess Qi Mansion could not possibly have more than 20 million kilograms of food. After all, they did not raise an army, so why would they need so much food?

Furthermore, through their inspection, the grain that Buping House sold to them was not like the grain that had been piled up in the barn for many years. Instead, it was the new grain that they had just obtained this year.

20 million kilograms of new grain. . .

In his dreams?

Where can I get this?

After a long silence, someone finally coughed and said:. . . "We, are we still buying?"

Once this question left his mouth, another wave of silence responded to him.

In fact, with everyone's thoughts and courage, this question should not have been asked, because since they had already boarded this ship, there was no such thing as jumping down.

Each family had millions or even tens of millions of kilograms of food in their hands. They were just waiting for the price of the food to be raised, and then they would sell it again to make a big profit.

And now, Buping House was right in front of them, maintaining the price of the grain. Their high price of grain had no space to be sold. If they didn't buy all the stored grain in Buping House, all their investment and cost would be thrown in.

Under such circumstances, there was no possibility that they would shrink back. They had to do their best to buy all the food in the Buping House.

But. . .

Could they really buy all the food?2

Looking at the situation in Buping House, They seemed to have a lot of food left. They didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

"Of course we have to buy it. It's still ten million kilograms of food. We want to completely sell all the remaining food in Buping House. Otherwise, where can we find shelter in Cangnan Domain?! "

Liu Hanshan took a deep breath. His expression was no longer calm. There was a faint trace of blood in his eyes. He looked like a lion that had entered a state of battle.

"Yes, the master of Liu Family is right!"

When these words came out of his mouth, everyone present nodded their heads. As if they had found their backbone, they once again united as one.

Then, they took out another ten thousand silver taels and had the managers bring them down the mountain. They simply did not return to the manor and waited on the plaza at the entrance of the mountain.

Not long after. . .

The stewards returned empty-handed. When they saw the earnest and anxious gazes of many important figures, they hurriedly replied, "I accept it. Buping House accepted it again. I will still go and collect the goods at tomorrow's time. "

As soon as they finished speaking, the hearts of the great figures present sank one after another. The fact that they could still agree to it today meant that. . . There were at least ten million kilograms of food stored in the Buping House. . .

How much was this?

Including the food sold to them a few days ago, as well as the food distributed to the disaster victims for free, the food was sold to the civilians normally. . .

This was already more than 30 million kilos!

More than 30 million!

It was enough to fill the entire Cangnan Domain! It had already taken them half a month to drink!

Where did the Buping House start to prepare so much food? When they were collecting food in the entire Daming Mansion, The Buping House didn't manage to snatch too much food. . . The food reserves in the entire Daming Mansion were limited, and the ones that could be sold were even more limited. The Buping House didn't even have a source of food, so what could they do even if they had money?

"Not good, could it be our granary?"

Someone's expression changed.

The place with the most grain in Cangnan Domain was undoubtedly their granary.

With their thinking, the biggest possibility they could think of was that their granary had been stolen. Buping House stole the grain from their granary and then sold it to them at the price of 10 taels of silver per catty. Their left hand was upside down and their right hand was empty handed. No wonder they needed a day's time to deal with it. . .

Liu Hanshan frowned. Although his rationality told him that under the tight defense of the granary, it was impossible for someone to sneak in and steal so much food, but at this moment, this seemed to be the only reasonable explanation.

Thus, everyone was anxious and rushed to their granary. Once they entered, they looked carefully from inside to outside and checked every part of the granary.

There was no problem.

There was not even a mouse. It was pure and clean.

After seeing that there were no problems with their own food, the many family heads and guild leaders' nervous mood eased up a little.

But then, they fell into a deep silence.

Their food was not stolen. It was worth celebrating, but they had also successfully missed the last answer that might be the correct answer. It was a brand new question that they could not figure out even if they wracked their brains for it. Once again, it jumped onto the paper.

If they did not steal it from them, then where did Buping House find the grain?

This was the closest possibility that they could imagine. And now, it was proven that it was wrong. This meant one thing! . . .

The means of collecting food in Buping House was beyond their imagination. How much food in the Buping House could be sold was beyond their imagination.

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