DAY 1815 A riot at the grain store(2/2)
"What's going on, what's going on? Shopkeeper Wu, is someone trying to cause trouble here? Tell them, there are many prison cells in our city's yamen. If these people don't want to live a good life, say something.
That's it." Several city guards said loudly. There were some troublemaking gangsters here a few days ago. They obviously regarded Li Cong as a troublemaking gangster. If he was really a gangster, what would they say to each other?
The sound is still very effective, but unfortunately this is not a gangster today, so your two shouts have no effect at all.
"Both of you, have you seen it clearly? The military commander of the city guard made it very clear. If you really feel that it is too boring outside, you can really go in and give it a try. You don't have to worry about food inside.
There is no problem with the food supply inside. I just don’t know if your two brothers have the courage to go in and eat." The shopkeeper said with a smile. In his opinion, the two guys in front of him must have been captured by the city.
The guard was so frightened that he couldn't speak even if he didn't see this. If he was really capable, how could he be frightened even if he said two words?
"Haha, this is really collusion between government and businessmen. I only heard about it in the past, but now I have seen it for real. My friends, today I want to ask you, how can you still tolerate such high food prices?
Go on, today I encountered something, so I simply got rid of the harm for the people. This food is theirs, but food is also the basis for our survival. These things cannot be treated as profitable things, and the court has already
I have issued an edict to reprimand these unscrupulous businessmen. If you don’t care about the life and death of the people, the people will naturally have no reason to care about your life and death. I have robbed the food today." After Li Cong said this, he kicked the shopkeeper at the door.
He was kicked away, and then Zheng Qing took action. Almost a dozen city guards fell to the ground immediately. The common people behind Li Cong saw Li Cong walking away with a sack of grain and wine, and then looked at
It seems that there are indeed no city guards around. Their money can only buy a few kilograms of food at most. Several members of this family are waiting to eat. This is not a trivial matter, and none of them are stupid.
, if you don’t take action at this time, it will be invalid. And just like what these profiteers said, there will be more and more people in the city. If you don’t buy it, someone will buy it. By then, I’m afraid you will have it.
It is impossible to buy food with money. What these guys say may come true. Beheading is also something that will happen in the future. I will follow this young man and do it today.
As soon as the first one took action, the second one would appear. Soon a dozen people came in, and each person came out with a bag. Li Cong saw that it was too slow to come in and out like this. There were at least some people inside.
There was no way they could finish hundreds of tons of grain even at night. The city guards had already arrived by then, so Li Cong hit the door with his palm and the whole house collapsed. Although there were many
The food was mixed with the garbage, but the remaining people took away these things more conveniently than before. It was really good that everyone was happy. Many people took the food and looked around.
He carried it home directly. The chaos began to spread from the Wu's Grain Store where Li Cong was to the surrounding grain stores. When the owners of many grain stores saw that things were not going well, they closed their doors immediately, but they had just
After closing the door, the door was opened immediately, and then a refugee came in. When he saw that there was food here, he immediately shouted. The situation was similar after that. There were many food merchants who came in and ran out with food and wine.
Now, I don’t even care about the guys who are blocking me. If there are only a few of them, they can still be effective, but now there are dozens or hundreds of people. Even if they have the ability, they will not go out. This is the easiest time.
It's time to kill people. Unless there are high-level warriors coming out, ordinary people will naturally have no one to care about them. Even some people passing by have joined the looting group.
"Master, you are really talented. If this happens, every grain merchant on this street will lose a lot. Although it is not a big proportion compared to their huge grain reserves, these people can still understand.
At this moment, these losses will be too boring to remember. When we go to buy food again, those who are timid may not dare to continue to store so much food in the city." Zheng Qing has already walked around twice.
.Whenever you see the guys at two o'clock gaining the upper hand, you immediately go over and teach these guys who are pretending to be powerful, and the fight is really exciting right now.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. Anyone with the skills can probably play it. We'll stop here today. Tomorrow, I will use this young master Dongfeng to meet with the owners of these grain stores. Look.
Let’s see if they are willing to sell at a loss, or if they want to be robbed by these people in their own hands,” Li Cong said while looking at the chaotic street. Those who had just seen him probably would never know how to make prescriptions in their lives.
Right. I am also someone who can cause trouble, and it will be a big deal when I get there.
Half an hour later, the city guards arrived as quickly as possible, but what they saw was a mess all over the yard. Many people had already gone home with their food, and no one wanted to stay.
Here we are waiting for people from the government to come and arrest us. We are not fools. Of course everyone knows how to do things. It takes a long time to learn how to do good things. This bad thing is something you are born with.
Zheng Qing glanced at his master with some surprise. This young master is also a magician, a first-class earl of the imperial court. This is not someone who would do such a thing. Seeing how happy this guy is, this matter is probably
It had not been planned for a day or two. Although Zheng Qing was a bit clumsy, he could still see that after today's incident, the owners of these grain stores would definitely be shaken. The grain in their hands was not just a little bit.
, if these grains are not taken out quickly, they will definitely be a time bomb in their hands. It can bring them profits now, but if there is a riot, these things can kill them. These ordinary people will not
No matter what, they only have food in their eyes.
Li never wants to become the one who is taken advantage of. Although it is possible to obtain certain profits from buying and selling grain, you must also know that this matter is not just what you want. You want to get something like grain.
How is it possible to double the profit? If this is the case, ordinary people will no longer live. Li Cong looked back at the chaotic grain street behind him. These losses today may not bring any losses to these grain merchants. In the recent period,
They have already made a lot of money, but the psychological impact on them is very serious. I will go to their homes tomorrow to talk to them about this food problem. I believe they will give me a reasonable price one by one.
, Li Cong took Zheng Qing back like that.
He had just returned to the Magician's Guild and before Li Cong could sit down, the branch president came. This guy was a local snake. The Wu's Grain Company also had shares in this guy. Naturally, he knew what Li Cong's weight was.
Man, this small grain store wants to go against the magician. Don’t you want this head? The major shareholder doesn’t want it, but he still wants it. If he doesn’t want it, he will withdraw his shares directly. This guy will also withdraw from it.
Wu Liu knew that Li Cong was in need of food recently and hurriedly came to talk to Li Cong. The implication of this was that he could sell the food to Li Cong or even give it away. When he withdrew his shares
But he didn't ask for money, he just wanted grain. The boss of Wu's Grain Store also knew this guy's background, so of course he wouldn't dare to give it to him at the current grain price. This guy only had 10% of the shares.
According to the original grain prices, it wasn't a large amount of money to give this guy.
"Haha, this is really a matter where one family doesn't know the other. The flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. If I had known that Wu's Grain Store was related to you, the president, I would never have gone to do anything with him."
Li Cong's smile was a bit embarrassing. The president of the association was busy with you, but he didn't expect that it would be like this in the end. This matter was not handled very well, even though Li Cong was very thick-skinned.
, but I always feel uncomfortable when facing others. If I don’t withdraw my shares, I can make a lot of money at once, but now it will be gone.
"What Mr. Cao said is wrong. In fact, I can't stand the behavior of those profiteers. If I don't, I will withdraw my shares from them. These things are not for me to manage. If I had known that there would be
I would definitely not be willing to do that. These people also fell out with me. They didn’t give me any money at all, and directly gave me 300,000 tons of rice. What year did this guy make it?
I can only eat these things. I know Master Cao’s mother is going to open a porridge shed recently. I also support this kind of charity, so I will donate the rice in my own name. What do you think?" Branch president
He said with a smile, this guy actually wants to donate the rice in his hand. Three hundred thousand tons is definitely not a small number. According to the current calculation of twenty-five cents per catty, one kilogram is fifty cents. This 2,000 catties
It's only one ton, one hundred thousand Wen is equivalent to one hundred taels of silver, and three hundred thousand tons is equivalent to 30 million taels of silver. On the one hand, Li Cong was surprised by the generosity of the branch president. On the other hand, this Wu's grain
The business can actually be so big. These 300,000 tons of rice are quite a lot. The total number of refugees inside and outside the city is only six to seven million. On average, each person has several hundred kilograms of grain. They absolutely
They can survive this year. Wu's Grain Store and other grain stores have hoarded so much food. It seems that they are not looking at these people outside the city. Also, how many hundreds of millions of people from the southern provinces have come here? What will happen later?
There are still many.
"This is not good. Although I don't know how much the president is worth, I also know that the money should be a small amount. President, I can't ask you to pay for this money. You can just donate part of it.
I don’t know how many banknotes are in this box, but you must have subordinates, otherwise I won’t be able to use your food at all. And I also hope that the president can help me find some people. After all, this porridge shed is not
Maybe I will come out just by talking. What do you think of this? How about I jointly set up a charity foundation with the president and let the wealthy businessmen in the city contribute a little. From then on, more and more refugees will come to Jiangningcheng.
Yes, their resettlement is not something that these 300,000 tons of rice can solve. It will still take a long time in the future. This is a long-term matter and cannot be done by the two of us." Li Cong thought for a while and said.
, there should be more than 20 million taels in this box. I can't let others suffer such a big loss. I can do this, but they have no intention of doing charity. If I really accept it, this
The president must be feeling pricked in his heart. He may not know why this matter will come up in the future.
In fact, the president felt very uncomfortable when he said this. These three hundred thousand tons of rice cost thirty million taels of silver, not three hundred thousand or three million. Although this guy's family is also very wealthy, but
This is the only amount of funds he can control. This Wu's Grain Store is not a small business of his, but actually a big business of this guy. It can be said that it is the foundation of this guy. Withdrawing this time is already
The loss was not small, but seeing how determined Li Cong was, he agreed. Li Cong was still very satisfied with this person's choice. Li Cong has always been a person you respect me.
I respect you. The sacrifices this guy has made will be rewarded soon. Li Cong will not be in debt to others like that.
"It's like this, President, if you lose the business of this grain store, I also know that you will lose some, but don't worry, I will give you another batch of those pills I gave you last time, and the price will still be higher.
The price per time." Before leaving the house, Li Cong said, this guy was so happy. Are you kidding? His efforts are rewarded so quickly? It is simply a big surprise. Last time he stopped bleeding.
That kind of thing cost only a hundred thousand taels of silver, but now it costs 200,000. His profit has been huge. Although he lost millions of taels of silver by withdrawing his shares of 30,000 taels, in the blink of an eye, Li Cong gave him these
You can earn a lot from elixirs by yourself, maybe even more than your future net worth. This guy said a few more words, and he will go out to discuss with Wu Liu about organizing manpower to open a porridge shed.
"Bai Er, go talk to Boss Cui and ask her to be the supervisor. It will take some time for the Cao family business to be established. During this time, ask her to manage the porridge shed. You pick a few guards to follow him. Let me see.
This guy's ability." Li Cong suddenly thought of Boss Cui. He promised to give this guy a chance. He must not break his promise, but he also has to see if this guy has real ability. If he doesn't have real ability,
, even if you say this, you must take it back. The Cao Family Trading Company will be a very important thing in the future, and it must not be messed up.
The inner city, the base of the south city wall, used to be a bunch of slums when there was no beast tide, so no one came here. At that time, all the people who lived here owned were the sky and the land. The land here was basically
No one wants it. You can live wherever you want. Unfortunately, this land is now considered great. Ever since a large number of refugees came in from outside the city, the residents here have felt uncomfortable. The original
It will always be empty when you wake up, and you can always fill your stomach by going to intersections or other places to beg for food. But now, what is there? There is nothing at all, and no one will give you money, because you have to pay for it.
The amount given was really too much. There are now hundreds of thousands of refugees. The government officials have done nothing but send a large number of officials to watch them. They don't care about these people at all.
Whether they are alive or dead, all they want is to keep these people from causing trouble.
This morning is the same as before, the weather is not good, but everyone here is already up. They are all looking at a large row of sheds in front of them near the junction area. It is said that they are some kind of weaving house in the city.
The master is going to open a porridge shack. I haven’t had a serious meal in the past few days. Oh my god, I couldn’t even think of days like this before. Now there are still people opening porridge shacks. The old man who lives here
I often see people opening porridge shacks, but after a large number of outsiders came here, there are no more porridge shacks. We are not fools. In the past, there were only a few thousand people. How to do it?
That is to say, the issue of ten taels of silver is different now than before. It is not that simple for someone who runs a porridge shop. Spending money is not a matter. The most important thing is safety. (Unfinished)
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