Two Hundred and Twenty-Three: Born Profiteers

223: A born profiteer

"Father and son" have already talked, and the relationship between the two has been drawn closer invisibly.

For some things, naturally there is no need to avoid each other.

After listening to Jiang Pengji's plan, Liu She pondered for a while, then said dumbly, "Meng Zhan is known to his father, he is extremely proud and conceited by nature. If you ask him for rice grains with Meng Ting as a hostage, he will not only give it to you, maybe he will give it to you." Lots of extras."

"Couldn't it be cheating? For example, real rice mixed with fake rice to confuse the public? Or set up an ambush in the grain transportation team?"

Jiang Pengji was a little dazed at the moment, she felt that Meng Zhan's thinking was beyond the understanding of normal people.

Liu She shook her head and said, "Two thousand shi of grain is a huge sum of money for the common people, and ordinary squires don't have that much. But for a family like the Meng family, it may not even count as a drop in the bucket. The Meng family has occupied Cangzhou for many years. , the background is beyond what you can imagine?"

Seeing Jiang Pengji pondering, Liu She took the opportunity to say, "Cangzhou has a large land and a lot of people, not to mention the Meng family in the Xia Dynasty, but after the establishment of Dongqing, the Meng family has been entrenched in Cangzhou for decades, spending money and rice every year. The grain is enough to support a hundred thousand troops marching and fighting.”

Therefore, Meng Zhan would not take two thousand shi of grain at all.

According to Liu She's understanding of him, maybe he would "generously" add a thousand shi of grain, and send a full three thousand shi.

"You kidnapped Meng Ji in the name of Meng Hun. The possibility of Meng Zhan tampering with the rice grain is almost zero. Maybe what you sent was a good new grain." Liu She snorted, and Meng Zhan It is not clear about private affairs, but it should not be underestimated in official affairs.

After Liu She said this, Jiang Pengji had already fully understood.

"Father means... Not only will Meng Zhan not mess with the food, but he will send it over in a fair manner, so as to show that he, Meng Zhan, is the ultimate benevolent, while Meng Hun can ignore the tragic death of his wife and daughter just for a little food. hypocrite?"

"Well, according to my father's understanding of him, there are eight or nine out of ten people who would do this. His ability to disgust people is not weak."

The person who knows you best may be your opponent.

Liu She and Meng Zhan had already cut off their relationship, the two families had no contact with each other, and there were many frictions in private, Liu She knew that person thoroughly.

Meng Zhan was extremely proud, and he would not easily condescend to fight against inferior people like "Meng Hun".

In other words, I don't bother to care about it.

Jiang Pengji sneered secretly, and said, "If that's the case, it's really disgusting. If Meng Hun is still alive, and the Meng family can exchange him safely with two thousand shi or more grain, Meng Hun will definitely become the object of the world's ridicule. , reputation discredited."

However, Meng Yi is already dead, if Meng Shi really dares to use this method to disgust her, she will let the other party know what it means to be truly disgusting!

But having said that, I didn't expect the Meng family to be so rich, with a wealth of savings that makes people jealous.

"If I had known that he was so rich, I would have asked for 30,000 to 50,000 shi. A mere 2,000 shi would make people laugh secretly."

Jiang Pengji added with some displeasure, "The Meng family is so generous, it is estimated that tens of thousands of shi of grain, they can also take out without frowning."

Liu She almost choked on her own saliva. Wasn't his daughter a bandit in her previous life?

"Two thousand stones is about the same, no matter how much more, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep it." Liu She said dumbly, "Don't take Meng Shi as a fool, they don't care about such small profits, and they don't care about them, but if you want to get it Very much, I am afraid I will really get angry."

Can the concept of two thousand stones and twenty thousand stones be the same?

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, in Liu She's view, this statement is very suitable for her daughter.

Who would go to trouble with Meng Shi?

Not only did she find her, but she also slaughtered Meng Ji, and kidnapped Meng Hun, who had a hatred for the Meng family, by the way.

How much hatred?

However, thinking about what Amin once said, he can understand it.

Maybe this is fate, my daughter and the Meng family are born with incompatibility.

Jiang Pengji thought for a while and asked, "Two thousand shi of grain is just a small profit for the Meng family... What about for other families?"

Liu She was puzzled and asked her, "What?"

She said, "I originally wanted to use this batch of grain to temporarily suppress the rising grain prices...Father should also know that the incident in Mengjun County, Cangzhou has not been publicized yet, and only a few people know about it. I was afraid that Hejian would be affected."

From Hejian County to Cangzhou Meng County, it takes only half a month to travel quickly!

Once the civil unrest in Meng County is publicized, the people will naturally panic, and it is normal for food prices to rise accordingly.

"It will be affected for sure, but it's only two thousand shi... If you want to make a profit from it, it's a good opportunity. You can easily double it by three or five times. After all, it was sent by the Meng family for nothing, so it's all money... ...But if you want to bring down food prices, it’s definitely not enough.”

After all, he is the sheriff of Hu County and a person of this era, so the prediction is naturally more accurate than Xu Ke and Jiang Pengji.

Not enough?

Jiang Pengji was slightly taken aback. One stone weighed fifty kilograms, or one hundred catties, which was enough for a normal family of four to feed for forty or fifty days. Can last longer.

Hejian County is not big, excluding those gentry, the number of ordinary people is only about 20,000 to 30,000.

Most of the people's families still have surplus food saved from the previous year, so it's not enough?

After thinking about it for a while, Liu She realized that Jiang Pengji made a mistake.

"Most of the common people follow blindly. To put it bluntly, they listen to the wind and the rain." Liu She explained to her in detail, "The reason why my father said that two thousand stones are not enough is because the wealthy households with spare money bought them all at once. The food that was taken away may be a year or even longer. But your calculations are based on the amount that each person can eat for a month or even half a month... If you calculate carefully, two thousand shi is indeed enough."

Liu She sighed, and said, "You know that each household only needs to buy grain for another month or two, and the food shortage will be eased until the autumn harvest. They don't think about it."

If Jiang Pengji wanted to make a fortune with two thousand shi of grain, it would be absolutely easy.

But if you want to keep down the price of grain, let alone two thousand shi, even 10,000 shi is probably not enough.

Jiang Pengji frowned, thinking seriously about Liu She's words.

Knowing her shame and then being brave, Jiang Pengji didn't feel any embarrassment at being denied her plan by Liu She. The other party understood this era better than her. many.

"What if... a purchase restriction is implemented?"

Liu She was puzzled, "Restricted purchase?"

Jiang Pengji thought for a while and explained, "A few days before the rumors of civil unrest, the people were panic-stricken, and they would definitely loot. Then the grain store will suddenly release five hundred shi or one thousand shi of stored grain to create the illusion of abundant grain. , so that the people will feel at ease. After that, the daily purchase limit of one hundred shi and the weight limit of each buyer's grain is enough to delay for one month!"

Jiang Pengji thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with this method, so she asked Liu She for her opinion.

"What does father think?"

Liu She: "..."

His daughter, a born profiteer!

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