244: C244 An Arrow at the End of Its Flight

C244 An Arrow at the End of Its Flight

It was a very difficult night for everyone in the Green Mountain Manor.

The next day, early in the morning.

Seeing the managers set off once again, the expressions of the various family heads and presidents were all silent, not saying a word for a long time.

After a long time, the long grain carts came from the distant horizon and drove up the mountain path one by one.

Seeing this scene, the heads of the various families all blacked out.

"There's actually. . . And. . . "

When the managers brought the food up the mountain, before they had time to check anything, the brawny man immediately asked: "They still have food?! Porridge Providing Shack and the grain sales office are still running normally?!"

"Yes, yes. . . "

The steward swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Although he knew that this answer was not good news for his boss, he still had to tell him the truth.

After a pause, the steward hesitated and said, "When we handed over the food today, the people from Buping House said. . . Say. . . "

"What did they say? Hurry up and say it!"

The brawny man widened his eyes, grabbed the steward's collar, and lifted him up.

The steward swallowed his saliva and said, "The people from Buping House said that they have prepared 20 million kilograms of food for us tomorrow. If they want more, they can bring the money over later. . . "

As soon as he finished speaking, the brawny man knitted his brows and threw the man onto the ground. He suddenly turned his head to look at the rest of the people and said in a deep voice, "They are provoking us!"

"They are indeed provoking us. "

The scholarly middle-aged man took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "There is still 20 million kilograms of food. . . For the famine this time, they actually prepared 50 million kilograms of food. . . This is already more than all of our food reserves combined. It can be used for almost a month. "

" Do you really believe it? How is this possible? There is no such thing as a free food supply in Daming Mansion, unless the official granary is moved, but if anyone dares to touch it, the land will immediately fall into famine. That will be a matter of losing their heads, no one will dare to do it! "

Another family head gritted his teeth and said.

"Believe it or not, we will know once we try. 20 million jin, after buying this wave, we will find out. There's no way there's any more food left in Buping House!"

The scholarly middle-aged man said.

On the other side, the steward hesitated for a moment and said: "However, the people from Buping House said that if you want to buy more, you have to pay more. . . "

As soon as he finished speaking, the hesitant crowd looked shocked, like sharks that had smelled the scent of blood. They looked at him and said, "How much?"

"Five taels of silver. "

The steward replied, "One jin of grain, fifteen taels of silver. "

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, their eyes flashing with a bright light.

It had been so long. After waiting for so long and probing for so long, they finally saw the reaction of the Buping House.

Previously, no matter how much food they wanted to buy, as long as they paid, the Buping House would be able to send out half a kilogram of food on the second day. They would give as much as they bought. This made them feel a quiet force, as if they were throwing stones into an ocean. They did not know when they would be able to fill up the trench.

But now. . .

Buping House finally had a reaction to their purchase of food.

They had bought twenty million catties at once, and the price had increased by five taels of silver.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this might be because the Buping House had become tough, but in the eyes of everyone, this was a sign that the Buping House was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

"This 20 million jin of food is definitely the last of the food stored in the Buping House. They raised the price because they want to take the opportunity to scare us and make us give up. What a good plan. . . "

The brawny man laughed loudly. His laughter was very cold as he said: This is the last grain in the Buping House. The reason why they raised the price is to scare us and make us give up. " If you think that this mere 300 million silver is enough to stop all of us here, then you are too naive! The Sun Family will pay five million jin of this twenty million jin of food!"

" Brother Sun, aren't you being a bit too greedy? There are so many families here, and each of you wants five million. Isn't it a little too unfair to give us the remaining fifteen million? "

The scholarly middle-aged man sneered and said, "In my opinion, it's better to divide it equally. "

"Yes, Brother Tang is right. "

"Since we are standing here, we should split it equally. On the same boat, we should naturally unite. It's better if we divide it equally among ourselves. "

“. . . ”

All the Patriarchs had smiles on their faces. They all expressed that they wanted to split the spoils equally.

After the brawny man made this suggestion, he naturally did not say anything when he saw that everyone was requesting to split the spoils equally. In the end, they split the spoils equally, and everyone's expression was one of delight.

The reason was very simple. In their opinion, the hope of the Buping House had arrived. There was no more food in the Buping House. After buying 20 million kilograms of food, the Buping House would run out of food. They could finally see the clear sky through the clouds.

At that time, Whoever had the most food would naturally be able to earn it. At this time, splitting it equally was the best choice. Otherwise, whoever took the most would not be able to satisfy the other families.

And to be honest. . .

If they did not split it equally, if they wanted to take more, their own wallets would not be able to hold on.

Although everyone present was a top merchant guild and a local family in Daming Mansion, and had a huge amount of wealth, they had a few liquidity funds that they could take out at any time. It was considered not bad for each family to have tens of millions of silver taels.

This time, to buy the 20 million kilograms of food in the Buping House, they would need to spend a total of thirty million taels of silver. If they were to split it among a dozen or so families, each family would need tens of millions of taels of silver.

It could be said that after this wave of purchases, they would need to spend a total of 30 million silver. The cash pool of each family would basically be at its bottom. Apart from some wealthy forces such as the Liu Family that Liu Hanshan represented, the rugged Sun Zhipeng represented the Sun Family, and the scholarly middle-aged man, Tang Chen represented the three families of the Tang Family, the rest of them didn't have much money left.

After confirming the plan for the purchase of food tomorrow, all the family heads sent their managers to the Buping House to pay the money while checking the food on the mountain path.

It was already a matter of practice. Even if it was ten million kilograms of grain, it was still checked by everyone very quickly. As usual, there were no problems.

However, this time, when they saw that there was no problem with the grain, their expressions were not as complicated as before. Instead, they were filled with joy because they knew that Buping House was already at the end of its flight. After earning twenty million kilograms of grain, they would have to close their doors dejectedly.

When the managers returned and sent back the news that the Buping House had already received the money, the expressions of everyone present did not change at all. They had an interesting picnic together. It was as if the Buddha statue had returned to the time when they had just arrived in Cangnan Domain and were planning to have a grand show.

The happy night passed very quickly, and the next day arrived.

This time, when faced with the last wave of food in the Buping House, everyone treated it very carefully. They had already sent the managers to transport the food back.

At noon, the stewards pulled the long motorcade back to the Green Mountain Manor. Looking at the mountain of food that was bigger than the previous ones, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

"To be able to gather so much food, there is a total of 50 million jin. That Princess Qi Mansion's ability is really unfathomable. . . As expected of the younger brother of the current emperor. "

"Who says so? In front of the famine, he wanted both fame and money, reputation from those disaster victims, money from us, and then when we go to sell food, the bad reputation will be borne by us. Prince Cheng De was high and mighty, sitting in the Princess Qi Mansion without getting a single bit of smoke or anger, what a brilliant man. . . "

Everyone was talking and sighing with mixed feelings. They looked at the pile of food that was piled up into a small hill, and their hearts were filled with complicated feelings.

The Princess Qi Mansion had such a large amount of food reserves, which was more than 50 million kilograms. If they wanted to save the refugees, they could hold on until the end of the famine during the autumn harvest.

If that was the case, although they could not make much money, they could still keep it until the end of the famine. It was a good reputation. Unfortunately, Prince Cheng De was still an ordinary person. He had so much food in his hand, and he still wanted to make some money.

"Let's see. After Buping House closes down, I will spread the news of Buping House selling a large amount of food. Don't you want your reputation? Let's see what the civilians and disaster victims will think of you then, hehe! "

Sun Zhipeng sneered in his heart. Previously, he had sent people to Buping House to spread the rumors among the disaster victims. He had been holding a grudge in his heart. Now that he had this new opportunity, he naturally wouldn't let it go.2

In any case, with so many people here, even if he spread the news, That Prince Cheng De wouldn't be happy if he knew about it, but he wouldn't know who did it. It wouldn't be easy to find someone who wanted revenge.

"Tell me, what's the situation down there? Did Buping House send out a notice?"

Sun Zhipeng looked at the steward and asked.

The steward of Sun Family did not have a good expression on his face. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Master, the Buping House did not issue any notice. The Porridge Providing Shack and the food sales office are still running normally. . . "

As soon as he finished speaking, the smiles on the faces of the surrounding people froze. Sun Zhipeng's neck stiffened as he looked at the Sun Family's steward and said, "What. . . Did you just say?"

The steward wanted to cry but had no tears. He said, "Master, this is what I saw with my own eyes. Buping House is still the same as usual. There are no signs of a lack of food. . . "

“. . . ”

Sun Zhipeng's face twitched twice and his breathing became heavier. He looked again and saw that the patriarch of the Liu family, Liu Hanshan, had already closed his eyes and was breathing deeply. The Tang family's patriarch, Tang Chen, who had always been refined, also had a solemn expression on his face and did not say a word.

"The people from Buping House also said that the people moving the food are a little tired. If they want to buy more tomorrow, they can just buy ten million kilograms of food and give them a vacation. . . "

As the Manager spoke, his voice became softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.

However, when this tiny voice landed in everyone's ears, it sounded like thunder.

"He can still take out 10 million jins. . . "

"10 million. . . "

"How is this possible. . . On what basis. . . "

Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamation. Everyone turned their heads and saw an old Chamber of Commerce's chairman rolling his eyes. He was so angry that he fainted and heavily fell to the ground.

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