"Excluding the three grain stores of the Liu's, there are still 28 grain stores in Hejian County. After lowering their prices yesterday, all of them are looking forward to buying grain. It seems that they are suspicious of our grain storage.
If so, why don't we tempt them to buy grain? "
For one grain store, a few thousand dans of grain was a lot, but for 28 grain stores, it was nothing.
Jiang Pengji had carefully made a budget. She set aside a part of it for the limited purchase, and sold the rest to those suckers at a high price.
Xu Ke was speechless.
Suddenly, he felt lonely, like a hero who had no place to show his skills.
His Langjun was too capable, and he, who was her right-hand man, felt sad.
"But … Will they really do that?"
Xu Ke did not know much about business, so he was a little nervous.
In fact, Jiang Pengji did not know much either. After all, she was a genetic warrior, and fighting was the mainstream of her life. Most of the skills and knowledge she learned were related to practical fighting. But she lived in an era where information was extremely advanced, so she could always learn something.
She was not an expert, but she could still imitate others. Not to mention the suppression of business in ancient times. Of course, she could handle it.
"Of course they will. Even if we don't spread the news that we don't have enough grain, they will secretly test us. "
Jiang Pengji was a layman when it came to business, but when it came to cheating people and maximizing profits, she was the master of it!
Whether it was in ancient times or in her previous era, as a general, she was not a reckless or brainless person.
On the contrary, most of those people were smart. They looked crude, but they had a lot of tricks up their sleeves.
Jiang Pengji was chosen by her old boss, stood out from many candidates, and became the commander of an army. Of course, she was not ordinary.
"Ask the shopkeepers of the grain stores to pay attention and record the appearance of every person who buys grain and the grain they buy," Jiang Pengji said. "If I'm not wrong, those grain stores will send people to secretly buy grain from our grain stores to test us."
She continued, "What you need to do is to let your people spread the rumor, and at the same time, have the shopkeepers and workers put on a show."
Put on a show?
What kind of show?
Of course, they would secretly say that there was not enough grain in the granary, and let the shopkeepers ask their master what they should do next.
As long as the people who came to buy grain "accidentally" overheard it and brought it back, Jiang Pengji's goal would be achieved.
Xu Ke sighed in his heart and said, "Okay, I'll go and do it now."
"Alright, go ahead."
Although Xu Ke was young, he was thorough and steady in his work. Jiang Pengji had always been at ease when she handed things over to him.
Jiang Pengji's prediction was accurate. After noon, there were indeed a few people who bought a large amount of grain. One of them even bought a whole stone!
If it was any other time, any commoner with a little extra money would be able to afford one stone.
But now that the price of grain had skyrocketed, a single stone was a huge deal.
When the sun was about to set, the clerk of the Liu's grain store hurriedly ran into the store from the side door. He was so anxious that he didn't even have time to wipe his sweat. He looked at the shopkeeper in panic, as if he had something important to report but couldn't say it directly in front of the other commoners.
Seeing that, the shopkeeper put down the customer he was serving and went to a corner to talk with the clerk. One could vaguely hear words like "1,900 dans" and "not enough". The inside of the grain store was very noisy. There were many people buying grain everywhere. It was hard to hear their conversation unless one was paying attention.
However, among this batch of people who were buying grain, many of them were spies from other grain stores.
"Is what you said true?"
The spy answered, "It's true. I heard them say that they have less than 1,900 dans of grain. If they continue to sell like this, it won't last more than a few days."
After hearing that, the spy pondered for a while and made a decision in his heart.
Apart from the three grain stores of the Liu's, the other 28 grain stores were hoping to make a fortune this time. Seeing that the people who were buying grain had gone to their competitors' stores, they were anxious. Two of the stores even decided to lower their prices the next day.
When they heard the news, they were all excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
1,900 dans was not much even if it was divided among the 28 grain stores.
If they could buy this batch of grain from the Liu's, they could naturally continue to raise the price and still make a profit.
Now the news of the civil unrest in Cangzhou was getting more and more intense. The refugees not only affected Zisang County, but also spread to Hejian County. It was a good opportunity to make a fortune. If they missed this opportunity, they would not get another one. How could they let the Liu's ruin it?
In a word, buy, buy!
Therefore, on the third day, the three grain stores of the Liu's welcomed a large number of "people" who were buying grain. It also drove the real buyers to make up their minds to buy grain … They had all heard the rumor that the cheap grain of the Liu's was running out!
If they did not buy now, they would have to buy grain with sky-high prices in the future. If they could not afford it, they would starve to death.
On the third day, the business of the grain stores reached its peak.
Even when the grain stores were closed, there were still many people who did not buy grain wandering in front of the doors. The shopkeeper and the clerk could only persuade them to leave in a gentle voice, "Today's grain is sold out. If you want to buy more, come back tomorrow. The grain stores are closing now."
The people looked at each other. In their hearts, they thought that the shopkeeper was just saying perfunctorily. They were very disappointed.
On the fourth day, the business of the grain stores was still good, but they closed before noon, which further confirmed the rumor that the grain stores were running out of grain.
"Humph, the Liu County Chief has made great achievements in governing the region, but he knows nothing about business. He is so stupid to give up a watermelon and throw away a sesame seed."
Many people laughed in their hearts. The Liu's did make a lot of money, but that was all.
If they had been patient, they could have made five or six times the money, or even more!
On the fifth day, the grain stores in Hejian County seemed to have reached an agreement. They all adjusted the prices of their grain stores.
The prices were set. If they did not want to buy, they could wait for their whole family to starve to death.
However, the expected customers did not come. After asking carefully, the shopkeepers of several grain stores almost had a heart attack.
They thought that the grain stores of the Liu's would not open today, but the people found that they opened earlier than usual.
"Hey, what is this?"
The people looked at the sign outside the grain stores and did not understand it.
"This is a limited purchase."
At this time, a man in a green scholar's robe was standing in the crowd with a feather fan in his hand. Who else could it be but Qiguan Rang?
"What is a limited purchase?"
Out of 100 people, 99 were illiterate. How could they understand a limited purchase?
The people respected the scholar. They all made way for Qiguan Rang so that he could read the sign.
He calmly walked forward and read the content of the sign clearly. Then he explained in a way that the people could understand.
"The grain stores are still open, but each person can only buy two days' worth of grain for a family of four. We will not sell more than that."
Limited purchase?
They had never seen or heard of such a way of selling. Many people found it hard to get used to it.
If this was the case, didn't it mean that they had to go to the grain stores every two or three days?
Why couldn't they sell it all at once?
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