Super Mom System

Chapter 52 Food
In the morning, Lu Yuan came to Luji Silk and Satin Village.Recently, silk and satin houses have been severely run on.The treasurer Wang of the Wang Family Silk and Satin Village next door also used the trick of hurting people with his own self.The original price of one piece of brocade was one hundred taels of silver, but Wang's silk and satin shop sold it for 70 taels a piece.Moreover, the purchase channels of Luji Silk and Satin Village are getting narrower and narrower, and almost none of them can get the goods, and those who are willing to supply are also eager to open their mouths.Zhou Hong simply stopped buying.

The wealthy households in Zhenhai City originally wanted to use food as a breakthrough point to crowd out the Lu Family Grain Store, thus destroying the Lu Family East Branch's industry.Unexpectedly, the Lu Family East Branch did the opposite and actually collected grain at a high price.So the rich families joined hands and turned their target to Luji Silk and Satin Village.In the past few days, the Luji silk and satin village has been deserted, and the business is indeed extremely bleak.

Lu Yuan came to the silk and satin shop early in the morning carrying the birdcage. While Zhou Hong was relatively free, Lu Yuan could ask him about business issues.As soon as he walked to the door of the silk shop, Zhou Hong stood at the door to greet him, and Wang Wendong, the shopkeeper of the Wang family silk shop next door, shouted.

"Hey! Isn't this little Lu Yuanwai, playing with birds early in the morning?" Wang Wendong laughed and said, "You really look like a father, exactly like your father, hahaha."

Lu Yuan and Zhou Hong ignored him, but Wang Wendong was still excited.

"I really envy Lu Yuanwai and shopkeeper Zhou. They are so free that they have nothing to do during the day and nothing to do at night. It's not like me. I'm born to work hard, and I can't finish my business every day, ah ha ha ha. You say it's all silk, why? Why do all those suppliers sell to me, and the common people all come to me to buy? Look at the pile of silk in my store, so that I don’t even have a place to rest, it’s really annoying!"

Lu Yuan rolled his eyes and followed Zhou Hong into the silk shop.

The two of them entered a secret room where no one was disturbed, and Zhou Hong said: "My boss, you are a person who does big things. Shopkeeper Wang is just a rat, so don't pay attention to him."

Lu Yuan chuckled and said, "How do you know that I am someone who does big things?"

Zhou Hong said respectfully: "People who do big things don't care about trivial matters. Although the master is unrestrained, he actually has a lot of ideas. Within a few days, he twisted the Lu family's east courtyard into a rope. Even the master has never done such a thing. .”

"System: Forgive the goose thief, duck ginseng, and indulgence of the eight chickens and gay friends~"

Lu Yuan rubbed his nose and said, "Don't shopkeeper Zhou think I'm too cowardly?"

Zhou Hongdao: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary things should be done."

Lu Yuan was surprised: "An emergency?"

Zhou Hong lowered his voice: "Boss, if my predictions are correct, there must be disasters in the surrounding counties and counties, and Dong's stockpiling grain is intentional."

Lu Yuan was amazed, what a talent!

But Zhou Hong said: "Master, there are dragons and crouching tigers hidden in Zhenhai City. A stupid person like Zhou Hong can see through it. There must be smart people who have already seen through it. If Master can trust me, please tell the whole plan, so I can help Master."

"Very good!" Lu Yuan nodded, "According to reliable news, the Lianghuai area suffered a once-in-a-century flood, which destroyed countless houses in good farmland and displaced people."

No wonder the owner raised funds to buy grain. Zhou Hong's expression changed: "Master, how many days have you received the news?" "

"Four days."

Zhou Hong counted with his fingers and said solemnly: "My boss, although the two Huaihe Rivers are hundreds of miles away, after these few days, the news must have reached the East China Sea. I wonder how much food my boss has received. What is the next step?"

"Nearly [-] shi of grain have been collected. In addition, the Logistics Department and the Grain Bureau have sent convoys to Nanyue County and other places to purchase grain. It is expected to receive tens of thousands of shi of grain. The next step is naturally to stockpile grain and wait and see what happens."

"Master Gao Ming, in every disaster year, the price of grain is dozens of times higher than usual. What's more, Lianghuai is the granary of our Great Xia Kingdom. After this catastrophe, grain prices will inevitably skyrocket. As long as we have a good relationship with the government, we will be able to Make a fortune."

Lu Yuanxin said that I am not here to make a fortune, and he was about to explain.Suddenly someone called outside the door.

"Master, the rent collection team is back and has entered the south gate!"

Lu Yuan was overjoyed and asked Zhou Hong to go out to greet him.

The two hurried to the Lu family's food store in the south of Zhenhai City, just in time to see the Lu family's food convoy arriving at the gate.Lu Ping and his colleagues walked in the front of the team, while behind them was a continuous stream of convoys.

There are hundreds of acres of paddy fields in the East Hospital of the Lu Family, and the best ones can only produce 4 shi of grain per mu, which is equivalent to 200 kilograms of grain.Regardless of the harvest of the year, the land rent is three-tenths, so Lu Ping and the others received a total of more than 600 shi of rice, plus a few hundred shi of miscellaneous grains, which filled more than 100 carts.Then there are the rent-collecting teams of the South Court and the North Court. According to the usual practice, if they bring back grain, they will also be sold at the Lujia Grain Store.But the combination of the North and the South is only a large cart, and it is only loaded with a few boxes of copper plates.

Shopkeeper Jiang of the Lu Family Grain Bank led all the fellows of the grain bank to go up to help push the cart together.

Lu Yuan also mobilized all the clerks from the silk and satin shop to greet the rent collection team in a grand manner.When he saw Zhang Mazi and others, he greeted them cordially from afar.

The people in the city watched all the way, including the eyes of the rich businessmen.Some of them were secretly laughing at Lu Yuan.

"I heard that the owner of the Lu family's east courtyard is mentally handicapped. He didn't even start the business of the silk and satin shop and the grain store for a mere few hundred shi of rice."

"Which family collects rent and rice now, isn't it all converted into money and silk?"

"The East Court of the Lu family did this to show off that his family has a lot of rice? Hahaha, it's ridiculous. So many carts are only a few hundred taels of silver, and they can only be exchanged for a few pieces of Shu brocade."

Boss Chen of the Chen Family Rice Shop saw Lu Yuan and also jumped out of the shop.

"Haha, Master Lu. I thought you brought back tens of thousands of shimi for such a big battle." Boss Chen laughed loudly in a silk dress, "You're ashamed of that, don't you mean that you want to buy the land from Donghai County?" Have you bought all the rice? How about it, you have no money, hahaha. The rice that cost 300 a stone was abruptly carried by you to 500 a stone. Hahaha."

The rice in his family has risen to 52 ren a bucket, and there are only a dozen shi left in stock, and there are not many people who come to buy rice.But Boss Chen doesn't care, he was pushed out by various wealthy businessmen to fight Lu Yuan, and he originally made up his mind to lose both sides with Lu Yuan.Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan would collect grain at a high price.Boss Chen made a full 500 taels of silver through a series of showy operations of buying low and selling high.You must know that more than half of them are Chen Mi from previous years. In the past few days, Boss Chen has to wake up from his dreams with laughter.

"It's really mentally retarded!" Boss Chen smiled at Lu Yuan, thinking that since the land rent has been collected, it means that rice will be on the market on a large scale, and grain prices will soon drop again!
What is Lu Yuan doing with so much food?

At this time, people from the south and north courtyards also arrived to welcome the rental team.Lu Shuang came over in person. When he saw Lu Yuan, he hurriedly pulled him aside: "Nephew, what are you doing? I heard that you left a few prosperous shops and collected grain everywhere, and the price of grain in the entire Zhenhai City They were all carried up. This year’s harvest is bumper, and it’s the time when grain is cheap, so why on earth are you doing this?”

At this time, a boy ran from the north, his whole body soaked with sweat. He entered Chen's rice store and whispered a few words to Boss Chen.

Boss Chen's expression changed drastically immediately: "Quickly, remove all the rice buckets outside!"

(End of this chapter)