Therefore, Zhang Cheng didn't say anything when those officials came forward to accuse Mu Yangling of fighting for the benefit of the people. To him, it was just a small piece of interest. If it could be reused by Qi Xiuyuan, everything would be worth it.
But it is impossible to make him stand on Mu Yangling's side, it will offend many people, so Qi Haoran and Zhang Cheng's reply is to shirk, Lumi has signed a contract with other grain shops, and he can't change it.
Qi Haoran sneered in his heart when he heard the words. If he wanted to please both sides, it also depends on whether he and his eldest brother were willing. Qi Haoran simply shut up and just lowered his head to drink tea.
Zhang Cheng's face gradually stiffened, how could he forget that brother Qi Haoran is notoriously tough.
The scene suddenly became rigid, Fei Bai came in from the outside, and saluted: "Fourth Master, Fourth Grandma, please go back." Feibai looked up at Zhang Cheng and whispered: "Fourth Grandma said that you don't need to ask for help, our family's food is provided. The most important thing for a shop is food, and there is no need to fight with people. The status of the Qi family outside is there, and no one will come to smash our Qi family's place."
Qi Haoran raised his eyebrows, put down the tea cup, and got up and said, "Since Mr. Zhang is busy with something, then someone Qi will leave first."
Fei Bai's voice was low, but Zhang Cheng still heard it, his expression stiffened, and seeing Qi Haoran about to go out, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "General Qi stay, since the fourth grandma wants to open a grain store, I naturally You have to express something, so don’t worry, in the future our Zhang family’s Lumi will be handed over to the fourth grandma’s grain shop.”
"Since that's the case, Master Zhang will ask someone to send Lu Mi to the shop."
Zhang Cheng's face twitched. After a while, the treatment actually dropped, but he couldn't do anything about it. He had already spoken, and he couldn't change it.
Mrs. Zhang came out from behind the screen and asked inexplicably, "Master, didn't you say you won't mix, why did you agree?"
Zhang Cheng sighed: "Is there any way, Qi Haoran's attitude is so strong, if he doesn't express his position, I will really have to go to work in two years."
Zhang Cheng has always been a little scared, because he was a member of Qin Xiang before, at least according to the label, although Qin Xiang and the second prince had rebelled before, he stayed behind because of illness, but it did not mean that his previous crimes could Qingqing, now that Daqi has just been established, and the people who are in urgent need will use him. After two years, Daqi is on the right track, I am afraid it is time to liquidate their former officials.
Otherwise, why would he work so hard for the Qi family?
Originally wanted to play stupid to fool this matter, at least not to offend both sides, but obviously the reckless Qi Haoran is not easy to fool.
Qi Haoran, who had just left the house, sank his face, Feibai followed him back to the Qi Mansion tremblingly, and he was relieved to see Qi Haoran's smile on his face again.
Qi Haoran went to the backyard to meet Mu Yangling.
Mu Yangling is taking Xiaobao and Xiaoxiong to dig a hole in the yard to plant flowers. This is the hobby of the two children extending from treasure digging. When Qi Haoran came back, he handed the two children to their wet nurse, stepped forward and twisted them. He wiped his face with the veil and asked, "Why did you think of going to Zhang's house?"
"That old man Zhang Cheng is still thinking about stepping on two boats," Qi Haoran wiped his hands, touched Mu Yangling's face, and said, "I wanted to help you win more officials, and let those people Be a little more restrained, but since you said no, then forget it."
"You don't need to suffer that grievance," Mu Yangling said with a smile: "Anyway, our shop is open, no one dares to smash the place, and they can't do anything about our source of goods, and the people in the shop are even more loyal. You need to worry too much."
This is the benefit of the crushing power. Mu Yangling finally knows why so many people love power.
If this is not Daqi, but Dazhou, Mu Yangling dares to do this kind of thing, then he must face all kinds of difficulties, but because this is Daqi, Qi Haoran and even Qi Xiuyuan are standing behind her, so Even if those people are so popular, they still can't do anything about her.
Mu Yangling originally wanted to wait for the corn seeds to arrive before opening, but now it seems that there is no need to wait until then, and Mu Yangling does not mind intervening in advance.
Therefore, the "Harvest Grain Shop" opened soon.
Liangpu mainly sells coarse grains, fine millet and flour are also available, but they are much smaller than the important ones. The main audience of the grain shop is the broad middle and lower classes.
The price of food in Mu Yanglingding is not low. It is two or three cents higher than that in the harvest year, but it is nearly twice as cheap as other food stores. This price difference makes other food stores hate it, but she can't help her. .
is too disrespectful to industry ethics, the price is so low, don't you want to monopolize their business?
Someone was waiting to cause a looting, and then the Harvest Grain Shop closed.
But Mu Yangling set a limit from the beginning, only selling 5,000 jin a day, and one person could only buy 10 jin a day.
She didn’t do any propaganda, and the location of the grain shop was not obvious. It was just at the corner of an alley. The only thing that caught people’s attention was that it was big enough. One grain shop occupied four facades, so you could see how big it was.
As soon as the Harvest Grain Store opened, there were many people watching it, but they found that it did not advertise it, nor did it have the expected looting, but it was a chore.
It was also the first business where the nearby neighbors discovered that the grain of the grain shop was much cheaper than other grain shops.
For three days in a row, although the Harvest Grain Shop had business, it was completely different from what the grain merchants had imagined. They did not expect that Mu Yangling would not do any publicity.
Of course, Mu Yangling can't do publicity anymore. She has a lot of food, but she can't stand the looting, so she can only do business quietly and wait for the caravan to return.
She doesn't think there is anything wrong with this, at least the business volume is increasing every day, right?
Because the Harvest Grain Shop limited the number of purchases per person, the neighbors thought that this was a promotion they did, and the price would rise in two or three days. Therefore, within one day, the whole family went to the Harvest Grain Shop for a day. On the trip, one person brought back ten kilograms of coarse grains.
But on the fourth and fifth day, the Harvest Grain Shop was still at the same price. The neighbors couldn’t help but ask curiously. Only then did they know that this price was their official price. Everyone was excited.
Who has few poor relatives?
Besides, they were not very wealthy themselves, and the news spread to the villages below and some slums in Lin'an City that day.
There was a long queue in front of the harvest store the next morning.
Wang Quan asked someone to stand at the door and read the sign in front of the door every once in a while, and then said: "I also ask you folks to forgive me. Although our fourth grandmother has the heart to help everyone, the allocation of food also takes time, so it is stipulated. The amount that each person can buy per day is also stipulated that only 5,000 catties can be sold per day, and once this number is exceeded, then we will pay the spread.”
Although the people below regretted it, they did not complain. At this time, it was a big favor for them to be willing to sell food at this price.