The sudden news shocked the three old men. Why did they suddenly lower the price?
"Catch up with Governor Zhang's carriage." Old Man Pi could not figure out how the Tubo people operated. He could only chase after Zhang Zhong and ask him. Xiao Bao had not sent any news for many days, and he did not know if Zhang Zhong could handle it. Did they need to mobilize the experts of the Zhang family?
After a while, the two carriages joined together. Zhang Zhong asked them to stop and opened the curtains. He looked through the glass window.
The three old men walked down one after another. Old Man Chang knocked on the door of Zhang Zhong's carriage, "Yongcheng, open the door."
"Uncle Zhang, Official Bi, Official Yao, please come in." Zhang Zhong did not know what was going on, so he opened the door and let them in.
When the three old men entered, they started to sniff. There was a very faint fragrance in Zhang Zhong's carriage. It was not the fragrance of sandalwood, nor was it the fragrance of agarwood. It was the fragrance of flowers, but they did not know what flowers they were.
When they looked at Zhang Zhong's carriage, they found that it was changed. It was not the original one. It was more spacious than the original one, and the layout inside was slightly different.
Old Man Pi looked around and was not in a hurry to talk. He asked, "Yongcheng, your carriage?"
"It was changed. The original carriage was taken away by my father. My father also has an official position. He needs a good carriage when he goes out. I wanted to make a new one for my father, but he did not agree. He took away my carriage and asked me to make a new one. All fathers in the world are like this. They give good things to their children.
When Xiao Bao and Cuckoo come back, I will ask them to help me decorate the carriage. They have a lot of ideas and know what to do. An old man can be comfortable. Official Bi, are you smelling the ink? Here, the ink made by my family was just made not long ago. Xiao Bao and Cuckoo said that the fragrance of lotus flowers was good, so Hua Jing suggested it.
The cuckoo is said to be pure and clear, to be seen from afar but not to be touched. It is the flower of a gentleman, so I added it to the ink. Between the lines of painting and calligraphy, the ink contains a fragrance, faint but not dissipating, not disappearing for a long time. It lingers around a gentleman, why should I fear enchanting? I used it. Although I am not a gentleman, I have a pure and clear heart. "
Zhang Zhong explained the reaction of the carriage and the three old men.
"Ah! There is such a good thing? Yongcheng, if you have good things in the future, you have to think about the poor old man first. The things in your family are not stained with gold or silver, nor are they inlaid with jade, but any one of them is not simple. I just ran out of ink. Last night, I was worried about where to find more ink. You have some, give me a few pieces. I will use them first. "
Old Man Pi's eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Zhong's words. Good things, really good things. He was really good at hiding. If he didn't come here today, he didn't know how long he would be kept in the dark. The things in the Zhang family were really good. They were grand but not extravagant. They really had the style of a big family.
Zhang Zhong had long been used to being robbed. He nodded. "I haven't done any packaging yet. When I go back, I will use good wood to make an ink box and send it to the three of you."
"No need. If you make the packaging beautiful, what if I am reluctant to use it? It will be fine if it is scattered. Ten pieces, not too many. Yuanzhi, how many pieces do you want? "
Old Man Pi couldn't wait. They were family, so there was no need for packaging. He asked for ten pieces right away. He didn't know how long he was going to use it, so he turned to ask Yao Chong.
Yao Chong also liked the ink used by Zhang Zhong. He nodded embarrassedly and whispered, "Same."
Old Man Chang saw that Old Man Pi didn't mention him, so he hurriedly said, "Same for me."
He wanted to send it to Zhang Jiuling. Others saw Zhang Jiuling as a master, but he saw him as his own son. Zhang Zhong's father knew how to think for his son, so he had to think for his son.
Zhang Zhong couldn't say anything. Just give it to him. Thirty pieces of ink, and it was gone. Fortunately, his family made a lot of ink. Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough to send.
After talking about trivial matters, Old Man Yao began to talk about business.
"Yongcheng, your family has enough food to make wine this time. You don't need to spend too much money. It's cheap, so the price has been lowered. But in the future, it will be expensive to use chicken soup, so the price has been raised."
Zhang Zhong suddenly understood why the three old men came. It turned out that it was because of this matter. He took out a piece of paper from the drawer in the car, spread it on the small table, and said to the three old men, "I just heard about it.
Xiao Bao has already informed me in advance. There is a way to deal with it. Let's see. "
The three old men didn't expect that the news that just came today would be expected by Xiao Bao, who had disappeared for many days. They gathered together to look at it. It was indeed Xiao Bao's handwriting. Xiao Bao's handwriting was different from other people's handwriting. The middle part of the handwriting was straight and rigid, while the surrounding parts were erratic and unpredictable.
It wasn't like Cuckoo's handwriting, which was guarded and didn't stop, but looked for the edges. It was soft and firm, and the tip of the pen hid the tip of the blade. It looked like it was written by a woman, but it was impossible to guess the woman's temperament. Not bad, or it could be considered a small achievement.
But Xiao Bao's handwriting had been practiced for a long time, but it was still very confusing. If one looked carefully, one could see the knife light and sword shadows, and there were loopholes everywhere, which made people not dare to enter. After staring at it for a long time, they felt like they had entered a trap, which was very uncomfortable.
That's right, the handwriting now was like that.
Maybe it was a letter from home, but it didn't pay attention to the structure of the writing, so it was very simple.
'Father, I reckon that they will use another method. That is, when purchasing food at a high price, they will suddenly lower the price and raise the price of other goods. I thought about it, and with that little trick of theirs, the biggest possibility is that they will raise the price of poultry and livestock to a very high price.
'It's not a big deal. If it's someone who knows a little about economics, they will think that the other party is trying to change the target of their attack. But what I think is that the other party doesn't have enough funds, so they will release a small amount of goods in anticipation of the next step of raising the price. We can first release the news that there is a large amount of food coming to Jiannan, but we can't really release the food that our family is transporting from other places.
Our goal is to give others, other than the other party, the impression that the price reduction was due to our family behind the scenes. Let's not worry about the price increase of poultry and livestock for now. We must stabilize the price of salt and oil first. Especially the price of salt, let them do whatever they want with meat.
'If the price of food is low and the price of meat is high, then it's fake. If they raise the price of food again after a short period of time, then our family will focus on the transportation of goods. Originally, I didn't want to take it out now, because that would make it seem like I'm using other means in this economic war. Although this is a very normal matter, I don't like it.
It's just that the road is being repaired, so it won't be good if we don't take it out. As long as the price of food rises again, returning to the price before the price reduction or even higher, we will take out our three-wheeled truck and directly attack the transportation industry. They will be fools. Just like in normal military warfare, they are playing with unconventional moves.
If he wants to build a plank road, we will take drastic measures to deal with him. We will catch him off guard and attack him when he is unprepared. We must not accept the grain they release. It is easy for them to fall into a trap. Son, Xiao Bao. "
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