Chapter 244

This night was very difficult for everyone in Castle Peak manor.

The next day, early in the morning.

Watching the stewards set out again, the expressions of the owners and presidents were silent and didn't say a word for a long time.

A long time later, the long grain trucks came from the distant horizon and drove up the mountain road one by one.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of all the house owners darkened one after another.

"Incredibly... And..."

When the stewards went up the mountain with food and had no time to check anything, the rough man asked, "do they still have food?! The congee shed and grain sales office are still in normal operation! "

"Yes, yes..."

The steward swallowed a mouthful of water. Although knowing this answer is not good news for the owner, he still needs to tell it honestly.

After a pause, the steward hesitated and said, "when I handed in the food today, the people in the uneven building said... Say..."

"What did you say? Say it! "

As soon as the rough man stared and grabbed the skirt of the steward, he lifted the man up.

The steward swallowed his mouth and said, "the people in the uneven building said that they prepared 20 million kilograms of grain for us tomorrow. If they want more, they can take the money later..."

The voice fell, the rough man's eyebrows twisted into a ball, threw people on the ground, suddenly turned his head to the rest of the people, and said in a deep voice, "they're provoking!"

"It's really provocative."

The refined middle-aged man took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "there are 20 million kilograms of grain... They have prepared 50 million kilograms of grain for this famine... This is more than all of us have combined, and can cope with nearly a month."

"Do you really believe it? How is this possible? There are not so many idle grain reserves in the Daming mansion at all, unless the official grain depots in various places are moved, but if anyone dares to move, the place will immediately fall into famine. It's a matter of losing his head and no one dares to do it! "

Another homeowner clenched his teeth and said.

"Believe it or not, just give it a try. 20 million kilograms. After buying this wave, there can be no grain in the uneven building!"

Elegant, middle-aged and humane.

On the other side, the steward hesitated and said, "however, the uneven building said that if you still want to buy, you have to add money..."

The voice fell. The people who were still hesitant looked shocked one after another, like sharks smelling blood. They looked at him and said, "how much?"

"Add five Liang silver."

The steward replied, "one kilogram of grain, fifteen liang of silver."

When they heard the speech, they looked at each other one after another, and their eyes glittered with pure light.

After waiting and testing for so long, they finally saw that the uneven building had a response.

Previously, no matter how much food they wanted to buy, as long as they paid the money, the uneven building could send out as much as a kilo of food the next day, and send as much as they bought, which made them feel a quiet force, like throwing stones into a sea. I don't know when they can fill the trench.

And now

The uneven building finally reacted to their grain purchase.

Let them buy 20 million jin at a time, but also increased the price, raising the price of five Liang silver per Jin.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it may be that the uneven building has become tough, but in the eyes of people, it is the performance that the uneven building has become strong outside and weak in the middle.

"This 20 million kg of grain is definitely the last grain stored in the uneven building. They raise the price to scare us and let us give up. They are really good at calculating..."

The rough man laughed with cold laughter and said, "it would be naive to think that we can hardly live here with only 30000 liang of silver! My grandson's family pays five million kilograms of this 20 million kilograms of grain! "

"Brother sun, it's too greedy to say this. Your family wants $5 million for so many families here, and it's too unkind to give us $15 million for the rest."

The refined middle-aged man sneered and said, "in my opinion, it's better to divide equally."

"Yes, brother Tang is right."

"Since we are standing in the same boat, we naturally need a united front. It's better for each family to share equally."

“……”

The faces of many homeowners were full of smiles and expressed their equal share.

After the rough man put forward this proposal, seeing that everyone asked for equal distribution, he naturally had nothing to say. In the end, it was divided one by one, and everyone's expression was beautiful.

The reason is also very simple. In their view, the dawn of hope has come. The uneven building has no food. After buying 20 million kilograms of food, the uneven building will run out of food. They can finally get rid of the clouds and see the blue sky.

At that time, whoever has the most food in his hand can naturally earn the most. At this time, sharing equally is the best choice. Otherwise, if anyone takes more, other families can't be satisfied.

And to be honest

If you don't share equally, if you want to take more, your wallet is a little unsustainable.

Although all of you here are the top chambers of Commerce and local families in the Daming government, with huge property, there are several working capital that can be taken out at any time. It's good for a family to have tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This time, to buy 20 million kilograms of grain from the uneven building, it will cost a total of 30000 liang of silver, which will be shared among more than a dozen families, each of which will cost tens of millions.

It can be said that after this wave of buying, their cash pool is basically about to reach the bottom. Except for some wealthy forces, such as the Liu family represented by Liu Hanshan, the sun family represented by the rough and strong man sun Zhipeng, and the Tang family represented by the elegant middle-aged Tang Chen, the rest can't get much money.

After determining the grain purchase plan for tomorrow, the owners sent the steward to pay the money in the uneven building and began to check the grain on the mountain road.

Practice makes perfect. Even ten million kilograms of grain was quickly checked by the public. As usual, there was no problem.

However, this time, when they saw that there was no problem with food, their expressions were not as complex as before, but they were elated, because they all knew that the uneven building was at the end of a powerful crossbow. After earning 20 million kilograms of food, they should close down in dismay.

When the steward came back and sent back the news that the uneven building had received the money, the expression of the people present did not change at all. They had a picnic together with great interest. It was as if they had returned to the time when they had just come to Cangnan and planned to make a big plan.

The happy night passed quickly, and then ushered in the next day.

This time, in the face of the last wave of grain in the uneven building, they were also very careful. They sent the steward early to transport the grain back.

At noon, the stewards pulled a long motorcade back to the Castle Peak manor and looked at the food mountain bigger than ever before. Everyone couldn't help sighing.

"You can gather so much grain, a total of 50 million jin. The ability of the prince Qi's residence is really unfathomable... It is worthy of being the close brother of the emperor's majesty today."

"Who said no? In the face of famine, he wants both fame and money. Fame is earned from those victims and money is taken from us. Then when we go to sell grain, we bear the bad reputation ourselves. He is superior to Prince Chengde. He sits in Prince Qi's house without any smoke and fire. He is really smart... "

Everyone said something to me. They were filled with emotion. Looking at the hill made of grain, their hearts were very complicated.

Prince Qi's residence has so many grain reserves, which is more than 50 million jin. If you want to relieve the victims, how can you last until the autumn harvest when the famine ends.

In that case, although he can't make much money, he can leave a good reputation... Unfortunately, the prince of Chengde is still a layman who can't avoid vulgarity after all. With so much food in his hand, he still plans to earn some blood.

"Let's see. After the injustice building closes down, I will spread the news that the injustice building sells a large amount of food... Don't you want fame? See what the people and victims would think of you at that time, ha ha! "

Sun Zhipeng sneered in his heart. Before he sent people to spread rumors among the victims of uneven buildings, he had been bitter in his heart. Now with this new opportunity, he will not let go.

Anyway, there are so many people here. Even if he spread the news, the prince of Chengde will not know who did it. It's hard to find anyone who wants revenge.

"Tell me, what's going on now? Has the building posted a notice? "

Sun Zhipeng looked at his steward and asked.

The expression on the sun steward's face was not good-looking. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Lord, the uneven building did not issue any notices. The good porridge shed and grain sales office are still running normally..."

The voice fell. The people around were still smiling on their faces. They soon froze. Sun Zhipeng's neck was a little stiff. He looked at the manager of the sun family and said, "what did you just... Say?"

The steward wanted to cry without tears and said, "my Lord, this is what my subordinates saw with their own eyes. The uneven building is still as usual, and there is no sign of food shortage..."

“……”

On Sun Zhipeng's face, the flesh on his face trembled twice, and his breathing was much heavier. Looking again, Liu Hanshan, the head of the Liu family, had closed his eyes and breathed deeply, while Tang Chen, the always elegant head of the Tang family, was also deep and silent at the moment.

"The people in the uneven building also said that the people who move food are a little tired. If they want to buy food tomorrow, just buy 10 million kilograms of food and give them a holiday..."

The steward said, his voice getting smaller and smaller, and finally he almost couldn't hear.

However, this small voice fell into the ears of the people, but it was like a thunder.

"Can you take out ten million jin..."

"Ten million..."

"How is this possible... Why..."

Suddenly there was a cry of surprise. The people turned their heads and saw that an elderly president of the chamber of Commerce turned his eyes white. He fainted and fell heavily to the ground.