In the backyard of the county office.
Du Qi was still drinking tea and basking in the sun. His days were rather pleasant. The entire Jiangyin County was now under his control. In particular, there were Embroidered Uniform Guards in Jiangyin County. Because he could mobilize the Embroidered Uniform Guards, it wasn't difficult for Du Qi to take action.
The grain merchants led by Mai Hong had already started to buy grain, but because of the sudden rise in grain prices, they didn't take action for the time being. Because of this, Du Qi made another adjustment and the price of grain increased again.
The price of grain was now rising rapidly.
In fact, Du Qi didn't inform them one by one.
Among the grain merchants, there were some who belonged to the county office, but they were more secretive and not known by others. Du Qi only gave them a brief order to raise the price, and also said that there were merchants from Jinling County coming to buy grain. Just this news alone caused all the merchants in Jiangyin County to move on the slightest bit.
Everyone knew that the rising price of grain could make money, so they kept raising the price.
The rising price made it so that there was demand but no supply.
If your price is too low, I won't sell.
Therefore, after the news spread, the price of grain in Jiangyin County rose rapidly in a short time. The most important thing was that the government didn't say anything. Even the grain merchants affiliated with the government were increasing their prices. They were increasing their prices rapidly and didn't care about anything else.
When Liu Xi and the others came to buy grain again, they found that the price of grain had more than doubled. When they saw the situation, they knew that they couldn't delay any longer. If they continued to delay, they might not be able to complete Jiang Yu's mission in the end, so they started to buy grain in large quantities.
The price of grain was now more than four or five times higher than before.
It was already extremely expensive.
While these grain merchants were buying grain in large quantities, the grain merchants in Jiangyin County were selling grain in large quantities. Some people even had extra grain and followed them when they saw it.
After all, grain was expensive now.
They could now sell it to make money.
Therefore, large quantities of grain were bought by Liu Xi and the others.
For four consecutive days, the merchants brought by Mai Hong kept buying grain. More and more grain was piled up in the granary they built. Large amounts of money had already been spent.
Especially on the last day, the price of grain had reached a sky-high price. All the grain in Jiangyin County had been sold out. Even the grain of many commoners was sold out.
All the food was gathered in Mai Hong's hands.
On this day, in the courtyard.
Everyone gathered in Mai Hong's courtyard.
There was no expression of worry on Mai Hong's old face. Instead, he was in a leisurely and carefree mood. He looked around at the people in the hall and said with a smile, "Everyone, today, all the food is in our hands. The next step was to make money. We will immediately sell the grain. Using today's grain price as the standard, we will double the price and sell it. Those who were willing to buy were free to do so. We won't force those who don't want to buy. In any case, we have the initiative now. "
Everyone burst into laughter.
Now, all of Jiangyin County's grain was in their hands. If they said it was worth a catty, then it was worth a catty.
The power to set the price of the grain was in their hands.
After receiving the order, everyone went off to carry out Mai Hong's arrangements.
Everyone went to make their own arrangements. In a short time, they began to sell food. The new grain price had caused the price of grain in Jiangyin County to reach a sky-high level. It was daunting.
When Du Qi received the news in the county government, Xu Yinhe also came to pay a visit. In fact, when the grain price was in full swing and the merchants of Jinling County, led by Mai Hong, were purchasing grain on a large scale, he had already come to the city and stayed in the city so that he could respond at any time.
Xu Yinhe was surprised by the high grain price and even more surprised by the ambition of Mai Hong and the others. The grain price that had been raised to a sky-high price had now suddenly doubled again. It was really terrifying.
When Xu Yinhe saw Du Qi, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty!"
Du Qi said, "Lord Xu, you came today for the news that Mai Hong and the others have started to sell the grain, right?"
Xu Yinhe said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Du Qi said, "Make the arrangements and inform the granary of the government to open the granary and sell the grain at the old price. In addition, spread the news that the grain purchased from Jiangdu County is being sent in a steady stream. Jiangyin County will not be short of grain. Third, announce in the name of the government that the grain in Jiangyin County is now only allowed in and not allowed out. "
"Yes!"
Xu Yinhe immediately responded.
He was full of praise in his heart.
Du Qi's plan was simply taking the firewood from under the cauldron. The grain from Jiangdu was continuously transported to Jiangyin County, so the merchants couldn't sell their grain. As for the grain that couldn't be transported, the merchants led by Mai Hong couldn't take it away. All the grain had to be placed in Jiangyin County.
This meant that the people led by Mai Hong had taken the money to come to Jiangyin County, but in the end, they went for wool and came home shorn.
Xu Yinhe was so excited that he left. He quickly spread the news and made the arrangements.
The government had been prepared for this for a long time.
The grain stores that belonged to the government had already begun to sell grain, and the price of grain was extremely cheap. This matter didn't cause too much of a stir. At most, the people were very excited. However, when countless grains were sent in from Jiangdu and the merchants were not allowed to leave Jiangyin County in large quantities, it was a fatal blow to Mai Hong and the others.
When the news came out, there were no more people buying grain from the merchants in Jinling County.
When the merchants heard the news, they all panicked.
Jiangyin County had tricked them. They didn't dare to delay and quickly came to the mansion. They all gathered in front of Mai Hong and told him about the changes in the market in Jiangyin County.
Mai Hong's expression was cold and solemn.
His heart sank.
Mai Hong said in a low voice, "County Magistrate Du Ye of Jiangyin County has already left. Jiangyin County now has no leader and no one to preside over the situation. Under this premise, how could Jiangyin County possibly respond? "
Liu Xi said, "Sir Mai, now is not the time to discuss whether the Jiangyin County can make such arrangements. The Jiangyin County has already made a move against us. The current situation is quite unfavorable. "
The others agreed.
Their expressions were incomparably solemn.
They were all very worried.
Mai Hong shouted in a low voice for silence. Then, everyone quieted down.
Pairs of eyes fell on Mai Hong again. Mai Hong said, "In the current situation, do we have any other choice? No, we don't have any other choice. Right now, we can't transport the grain away, and the government has issued a rule to restrict us from leaving. Therefore, right now, we can only take countermeasures and fight back strongly. "
Liu Xi asked, "Sir Mai, how should we fight back?"
The rest of the people nodded in agreement.
They all agreed with Mai Hong's analysis. The government's arrangement was really unfathomable. It was obvious that Jiangyin County had long been prepared to deal with them.
Therefore, this was a trap.
What they had to do now was to break the trap.
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