Two Hundred and Forty First: The Battle for Grain Shops (2)

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241: The Grain Store Controversy (2)

When Jiang Pengji started to take measures, the price of food had soared to more than nine times that of peacetime,

The aristocratic family has its own granary, which stores a lot of grain, so they don't have to worry about food and drink. Instead, they can take this opportunity to sell the old grain hoarded in the granary at a high price. I can't open the pot anymore.

But at this time, food prices are rising fiercely, and many people are worried about it.

Many women wandered in front of various grain shops, eagerly waiting for the food to be cheaper, but they didn't want the price to increase every time.

"Oh, if I don't buy it again, I'm afraid I can't even afford a bucket of rice with my little savings at home..."

"...You can still afford rice. Our man broke his leg a while ago, and he spent all his family's money to get medicine for him. Today, he slaughtered the only hen that can only lay eggs. Make soup for him...I really don't know how to live this day..."

"I don't know what happened. Why is the food so expensive? If this happens, the cubs in the family will be hungry..."

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if they are hardworking and capable, they have no money in their hands, no food in their homes, and several members of the family will go hungry.

The grain store is not a good hall, so how can the price drop just because they are poor?

"This world is getting more and more difficult every day!" A woman sighed and said, "A few days ago, I was helping wash dishes in a teahouse in Chengkou to earn some change. I heard some military masters talk about it. It seems that some county in Cangzhou There was a big commotion in this place, and it was so close to us..."

The short distance means that the flames of war may burn here, and it also means that countless refugees who have left their homes will flee here.

War or something, which household does not tremble with fright?

If the young and strong man of his family was conscripted into the army, he might never return.

As for the refugees... If people reach that level, burning, killing and looting, what can't be done?

Perhaps it is even more ruthless than bandits robbing houses. Many women feel trembling just thinking about it.

At any rate, they have silver deposits at home, and they can still go to the grain shop to buy grain at this time.

Other poorer families can only go to the mountains to dig weeds and peel bark to send, and the food is not as good as the old sow in the pigpen at home.

"Do you want to go to other grain shops? Maybe there are cheaper ones..."

A woman in dark linen held a vegetable basket hesitantly, and looked hesitantly at the grain store not far away.

There are quite a few grain shops in the city, so when you shop around, there is always one that is cheaper.

"If I knew this, I would have bought it early... At that time, I thought it was expensive, but who knew that the price of food was getting higher day by day..."

"Isn't it? Before, my family thought that my hair was long and my knowledge was short. This year, the weather will be good and the food will be cheaper than before. Wait for a few days... Now it will be better. It's so expensive, I don't know what the day will be." How should I pass..."

Several women walked together, talking without saying a word.

At this time, a child in patched rough clothes came running from the street corner laughing, shouting loudly.

A woman raised her hand to stop the child, and asked carefully, "Hey, what did you just say?"

It seemed that this was not the first time that the child had been stopped by someone, so he answered very naturally and loudly.

"The grain store in Gouwei Alley on Zhuque Street is the cheapest, 20% cheaper than other stores."

"How much cheaper is 20% cheaper?"

The child shook his head, "I don't know, the owner of the grain shop said so, it's 20% cheaper!"

After all, they were just urchins. Xu Ke knew that those children could not remember the price of food, so he simply asked them to remember the shortest "advertisement".

Several women looked at each other.

"Would you like to take a look?"

A penny that can be saved now is a penny, even if it takes more than half of the city.

"Go and have a look, that place is not far from here."

In a few words, several women have already decided where to go.

In order to attract these customers more, Jiang Pengji specially divided the area where the three grain shops were located into three parts.

Radiating around the area where the grain shop is located, the "mobile advertisement" employed in this area will focus on calling this grain shop.

When the women arrived, there was already a long queue in front of the grain shop.

After hearing the comments from the people nearby, the price of grain is still high, but it is indeed much cheaper than the few grain shops I have seen before.

"This... is cheap but not good. Could it be that the food they sell has worms... or something else..."

With sharp ears, you can still hear the discussion from the crowd.

Immediately someone jumped out and said, "Someone bought two buckets before, and I've seen it, and it's white, it's good."

There is more than one commoner who is worried about the quality of the grain sold by the grain shop, and now he is even more worried after hearing this.

"This is so strange... Everyone else is going up, but they are going down... Don't they all say that businessmen are black-hearted..."

A man queuing up to buy grain quit and yelled, "What do you know? Don't you know who the owner of this grain shop is? But the famous Sheriff of Hu County, I heard that there is so much food in Hu County that it can rot. On the ground, what’s wrong with selling cheap, don’t buy if you don’t like it.”

"Hey, why do you speak so aggressively? How did I know that the owner of this grain store would be Governor Liu..."

Ordinary people may not have heard who Liu She is, but when it comes to Hujun Sheriff, the first impression is that he has money and food, and his heart is good.

With the promotion of "advertising", the long line in front of the grain shop became longer and longer, and many people who came late were worried that they would not be able to buy grain. At this time, the shopkeeper of the grain shop stood up and bowed to the crowd, It is definitely enough to store grain in the grain shop!

Outside the crowd, Jiang Pengji and Xu Ke were sitting in the carriage.

The latter looked at the crowd with worry in his heart.

With so many people buying grain, he was really worried that there would not be enough grain in reserve.

The power of advertising has also exceeded his expectations, and the crowd queuing up to buy food is still growing.

Jiang Pengji could see his worry at a glance.

Plain and authentic, "For the common people, the current grain price is still too high. Most of them just wait and see and won't buy in large quantities, so our grain reserves can definitely last. By the way, I asked you to prepare People, are you ready?"

Xu Ke cupped his hands, "Report to Lord Lang, Ke has already made arrangements."

"Well, wait for more and more people to watch at the grain store, and then let those people go out."

Jiang Pengji's purpose this time is to curb the price of grain, not to sell the thousands of shi of grain in her hand at the current high price.

Not only did she ask Xu Ke to hire children and hooligans to make "mobile advertisements" for the grain store, shouting in the streets, but she also asked him to prepare a few entrustments. Of course, these entrustments are not to fool the people who buy grain, but to shake other people. The shopkeeper of the grain shop.

Jiang Pengji staged a price war, creating the illusion that there was no bottom line for grain storage on the first day, and other grain stores would naturally be nervous.

Without the patronage of the common people, who are the high-priced grains in their shops sold to?