To improve competitiveness, one had to start with the products themselves, the service attitude, or the price.
Nowadays, people just wanted to survive. High-quality services were meaningless. What mattered most was to feed themselves with the least amount of money.
Therefore, if other grain stores wanted to compete with Jiang Pengji, they had to lower their prices.
Once they lowered their prices, Jiang Pengji would achieve her goal.
The price war was always a trap. The party who had the upper hand would fight harder and harder. Those who tried to imitate her could only be led by the nose.
Not to mention, her main goal was not to make money.
If they tried to compete with her, they would definitely be cheated.
The few pawns he had prepared were actually just pawns to confuse the grain shops.
"Yes," Xu Ke answered.
Jiang Pengji put down the curtain and looked serious. She suddenly asked him, "Who do you think is responsible for this mess?"
Xu Ke, "The blame?"
"Whose fault?"
Jiang Pengji asked again. It seemed that Xu Ke did not understand the meaning of the word "blame."
Xu Ke thought about it seriously and looked serious.
After all, it was a test given by his Langjun. If he performed poorly, it would affect his position in her heart.
The time they spent together was enough for Xu Ke to understand one thing: Langjun did not look at other people's conditions, only at their abilities.
If he was incompetent in her heart, he would not be put in an important position in the future.
However, Langjun's question was too broad. Xu Ke could not answer it.
"Is this question hard to answer?" Jiang Pengji asked.
Xu Ke quickly said, "I am incompetent, but I have some opinions about this question. On the surface, it should be the Meng's in Cangzhou that caused the people in Hejian to worry about their livelihood. But after thinking about it carefully, I think it should be more than that. "
Jiang Pengji did not agree or disagree. She continued to ask, "Anything else?"
Xu Ke gathered his courage and answered, "Maybe … it's the problem of the aristocratic families …"
Jiang Pengji's gaze drifted to Xu Ke's face. The audience in the streaming room could clearly see Xu Ke's stiff expression.
Zuizhan Baishegeng: "Haha, don't be like this. You are scaring the young Xu Ke."
Steak Shredded Pork Fine Noodles: "But Xu Ke is really digging his own grave. The streamer's current identity is that of an aristocratic family. To say that all of this is the fault of an aristocratic family in front of an aristocratic family … is simply asking for a beating.
Laosiji Lianmeng: "# propping chin. That's not right. The streamer doesn't like aristocratic families, okay?"
"This answer is too broad. It's a universal answer, but what I want to know is more detailed inside information. Jiang Pengji wasn't angry because of Xu Ke's offense. She was just not satisfied with his answer.
Xu Ke stood rooted to the ground in a daze.
"This question is indeed a bit difficult for you. Why don't you think about why the food supply is increasing so rapidly? Why couldn't the government take measures to protect the interests of the people? It had increased by nine times! The few grain shops seemed to have discussed this beforehand. They raised the prices as they pleased. Filling their money bags, but forcing countless people to starve? "
Xu Ke said embarrassedly, "Most of the grain shops are under the name of the aristocratic families. They have a lot of food, and the government doesn't have such laws …"
More importantly, most of the officials were from those aristocratic families. Would they deliberately make life difficult for their families?
Jiang Pengji didn't look happy. Even though she had achieved some results in suppressing the food price, she still wasn't in a good mood.
If she wasn't in a good mood, the others wouldn't either.
With that in mind, she was determined to occupy the grain market in Hejian County for the next two months.
"If you were the chief of Hejian County and you wanted to save the people, what would you do?"
Jiang Pengji threw another question to him. Xu Ke complained in his heart.
Who didn't know that the chief of Hejian County was just a mascot? He didn't have any power or influence. He only had a title, which couldn't suppress the rampant aristocratic families. Even if he had a Bodhisattva's heart, he could only be indifferent when he was in that position.
However, Xu Ke wasn't an ordinary person. After thinking hard, he came up with a very bold idea.
His Langjun always did not play by the rules. His thinking was even more unconstrained and unrestrained.
Since that was the case, why didn't he change his way of thinking? Maybe he could get a different answer.
Xu Ke had a flash of inspiration. He had an idea.
"If I am the chief of Hejian County, I have no power or influence. I only have the title of the chief. I can't stop the soaring food price … If that's the case, why don't I encourage the grain merchants to continue to raise the price? The higher the better."
Jiang Pengji's eyes lit up. She had a faint smile on her lips.
The audience in the live streaming room was confused.
"Didn't you say you wanted to suppress the food price? Why did the host agree with Xu Ke's answer?"
Laosiji Lianmeng: "I think I understand Xu Ke's idea. To encourage the price of food to skyrocket, he secretly sent people to the neighboring counties to promote the food and encourage the grain merchants there to transport the food to Hejian County to sell. When the supply increased and the demand remained the same, the price would naturally decrease. "
Merchants pursued profits. That was a common saying no matter what era it was.
"But this method can only be used once."
Jiang Pengji nodded. She was very satisfied with Xu Ke's answer.
After all, he was a talent that she thought highly of. Jiang Pengji hoped that Xu Ke could be more useful. After all … she was in dire need of manpower!
Before she could find suitable people, she could only make Xu Ke more useful.
At the same time, Xu Ke felt a chill down his spine. He had a vague premonition.
There were many customers wandering in front of the other grain stores. Even if they were not going to buy, they were all potential customers.
In less than half a day, all those people suddenly disappeared. It made the manager of the grain store, who was ready to make a big profit, very confused.
He sent a worker to find out what was going on. Soon, he got a reply.
"Who is so bold?"
The manager of the grain store was furious. It was like stealing food from a tiger's mouth!
The worker nervously told him the owner of the grain store and then he became silent.
It seemed to be a competition between grain stores, but if it was too embarrassing, the power behind each store would be involved.
The worker hesitantly asked, "Manager, what should we do?"
"Tut, what else can we do? Let's leave it at that. I will go to the manor and ask the head butler. "
At the same time, many managers of the grain stores in Hejian County made the same decision.
Grain stores could not make a lot of money, but it was difficult for them to lose money. The aristocratic families did not take it seriously at first and let the managers make the decisions.
The managers thought about it and decided that it was okay to make less money. Since it was a profit anyway, they might as well lower the price to the same.
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