502 Yelu was not stupid, on the contrary he was very smart. He understood Chen Jie's plan immediately. The only person who could get his top-secret plan was definitely Zhou Chu.
So Zhou Chu and Chen Jie were deliberately playing a trick to deceive him. Thinking about it this way, Yelu was so angry that his teeth were itching. How could he fall into such a bad trap? He was so angry that he wanted to die!
However, at this time he could only be furious and could not get angry at all, not to mention that Chen Jie's current strength was not inferior to his own.
Besides, the princess was right beside him, so he could only swallow his anger and forced an ugly smile on his face, saying, "Chen Jiusi, ha ha, okay, we'll see."
Thinking about this, Yelu said, "What else do you want to tell me?"
Chen Jie heard this and said, "Master Yelu, why are you so angry? Things have come to this point today. Master Yelu has only two options to choose from."
"The first one is to insist that this batch of grain is the private property of your Yelu family. Then, if you call on the imperial black cavalry to transport private grain for you and the princess finds out, she will have the right to kill you first and report later."
"And this batch of grain still has to fall into the hands of the princess."
"As for the other way, the princess has also arranged it for you. Didn't the princess hold a rally a few days ago? At that time, all of you expressed your willingness to find a way to share the princess's worries and find a way to gather food to solve the problem of food shortage in the Mian River!"
"Now it's all right. This batch of grain was raised by Lord Yelu to help the princess relieve her worries. Lord Yelu is a loyal minister and a good man remembered by the princess and the people of the whole city."
"In this case, this batch of grain is public grain, and it is only natural that it should be escorted and transported by the Black Cavalry."
"So, sir, the choice is up to you."
"If you want to be respectable, we will make you respectable. If you don't want to be respectable, we will make you respectable."
Chen Jie said this into Yelu's ear. After hearing this, Yelu looked at Chen Jie with murderous intent in his eyes.
Chen Jie seemed unaware and kept smiling.
Yelu looked at Chen Jie and said, "Very good, Chen Jiusi, we are not done yet."
Chen Jie said: "Sir, calm down, we are all doing this for the princess and the people, please don't act on impulse!"
After saying this, Yelu said, "Okay, okay, I admit defeat this time."
After saying that, Yelu clasped his fists and said, "Princess."
Zhao Ya turned to look at Yelu and asked, "Master Yelu, is there anything?"
"My Lord, I see that you are worried about the people of Mianshui having no food. Today I am offering you 100,000 dan of grain to help alleviate the urgent need of the people of Mianshui!"
Zhao Ya smiled and said, "Okay, okay, thank you Lord Yelu for donating 200,000 dan of grain. I will be credited with the first merit!"
Um?
Yelu was confused. Wasn't it 100,000 shi?
How come it's only 200,000 stones?
But before he could react, he heard Chen Jie shouting from behind: "Thank you, Lord Yelu, for donating 200,000 dan of grain."
Xiaohu, Asan, and all the younger brothers of the fishing gang shouted loudly: "Thank you, Lord Yelu, for donating 200,000 dan of grain."
The sound quickly spread all over the place.
At this time, there were countless pairs of eyes watching all this. It was late at night, and there was such a big commotion here, which would have alarmed the common people. The common people were watching secretly around.
Then they heard: Donate 200,000 shi of grain!
The next moment everyone was excited. Two hundred thousand shi, that's great. The food problem in Mian River was solved. Haha, that's great.
The people went crazy and spread the news immediately. I believe that by tomorrow, the entire Mianshui County will know that Lord Yelu donated 200,000 shi of grain tonight.
And it wasn't just heard. Chen Jie also proposed to transport grain overnight and asked everyone to light long dragons of torches. He wanted the whole Mianshui to see a grand grain transportation scene tonight.
The grain carts stretched for ten miles, one row after another, transporting grain directly into Mianshui County.
It was pitch dark and no one could count how much grain there was. In the end, there was only a rumor that the grain transport team had filled the entire official road last night and had been transporting grain all night.
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"My dear brother Wan San, my dear brother Wan San..."
Shen Wansan had just fallen asleep tonight when he heard his companions from the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce calling him from outside. Shen Wansan was stunned and asked Achang to light a lamp.
"What's wrong?"
At this time, a Suzhou businessman rushed in and said, "Brother Wan San, something terrible has happened. Something terrible has happened."
"What happened?"
Shen Wansan asked again, and the Suzhou merchant said, "We just got the news that Yelu donated 200,000 dan of grain to Princess Ruyang tonight, and it's being transported to the city now!"
"What!"
Shen Wansan jumped up from the bed and said, "Two hundred thousand dan of grain, how is this possible? Was it sent by Yelu?"
"It's absolutely true, and the teams carrying grain have already entered the city."
After hearing this, Shen Wansan was confused. How, how is this possible?
Just when he was confused, he heard a cheer from outside; "Oh~"
Shen Wansan said at this time: "What's that sound!"
Ah Chang said, "It's the grain transport team. They passed by our inn. The cheers should be from the people in the city who knew that the princess was transporting grain to the city, so they cheered spontaneously."
Upon hearing this, Shen Wansan rushed to the window.
Then he was shocked by the scene before him. Thousands of people escorting food, food carts, and torches formed a long dragon, directly blocking the ten-mile-long street. The people around were all from the city, and they all cheered at this time, because they had food to eat.
Shen Wansan's eyes widened at this time, and then suddenly he saw a young man riding on a horse in the grain transport team, his eyes looking upstairs.
Just as Shen Wansan's eyes met, the man actually waved at him and pointed at the grain carts around him.
Shen Wansan sat down on the chair at the back, his face pale. He knew that he was being plotted against.
This time it's over.
Thinking of this, Shen Wansan asked: "Who is that person?"
Ah Chang took a look and said, "It looks like Chen Jiusi, the leader of the Fishing Gang."
"Chen Jiusi, Chen Jiusi!"
Shen Wansan murmured the name, and suddenly he jumped up from his chair and said, "Oh, it's bad, Ah Chang, hurry up and tell the other people in the Chamber of Commerce to come to me, it's too late!"
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Chapter 222 Shen Wansan: How is this possible?
The people from Suzhou Chamber of Commerce had just gone to bed and were dreaming of getting rich, but they didn't expect that the whole Mianshui was in an uproar.
Someone actually transported grain into the city overnight, and what was even more terrifying was that it was rumored that Yelu donated 200,000 shi of grain. 200,000 shi of grain, such a large amount of grain impacting the Mian River was enough to destroy the black market grain prices in the entire Mian River.
So the first reaction of the merchants of Suzhou Chamber of Commerce who had gotten up was to quickly sell the grain in their hands, otherwise they would not be able to sell it at a good price.
But just when they were hurriedly preparing to sell the grain.
Shen Wansan sent people to gather them urgently.
They didn't know why Shen Wansan called them to such an urgent situation, so they could only come to Shen Wansan's residence reluctantly.
"Brother Wan San!"
When everyone arrived, they saw Shen Wansan sitting in the main seat with a serious face, and the rest of the people came over to greet Shen Wansan.
Shen Wansan nodded in response one by one. When almost everyone arrived, Shen Wansan asked, "Are all the people here?"
Ah Chang replied: "Here we are, all of them are here."
After hearing this, Shen Wansan said, "Okay, since everyone is here, let me say a few words. I'm sure you have all seen what happened tonight."
"This batch of food really caught us off guard, but everyone, at this moment, we must stay calm and not panic, otherwise the loss will be huge, and you will regret it."
After Shen Wansan finished speaking, someone in the audience said, "Brother Wansan, this time we are bringing in 200,000 dan of grain. If this much grain flows into the market, the price on the black market will surely plummet. How can we sell this grain at a high price?"
"Yes, Brother Wan San, we'd better sell the food we have, exchange it for money, and leave Mianshui as soon as possible before the people of Mianshui react."
Shen Wansan said: "Sell it. How to sell it? Now the whole city knows that we have received 200,000 dan of grain. If we sell it frantically at this time, the price on the black market will drop to the bottom at an unbelievable speed. By then, we won't even have time to cry."
"At this time, the most taboo thing is that we lose our composure and sell recklessly. As long as we can hold on, there will definitely be room for profit from the grain price, but it may not be 60 cents."
After hearing this, a merchant said, "Don't even mention 60 cents. Even if it's 50 cents now, I'll accept it even if it's less than 40 cents."
Shen Wansan thought for a moment and said, "It may be even lower."
Everyone was shocked and asked, "You can't even sell it for 40 cents?"
Shen Wansan said: "I'm afraid the trader won't allow this price, but as long as we can hold on, we will definitely make a profit at the final price."
"But if we can't handle it ourselves, it will be difficult."
After hearing this, everyone in the field was stunned and looked at Shen Wansan and said, "Brother Wansan, the 200,000 dan of grain entering the Mian River is enough for their minimum needs. How can this grain be profitable?"
Shen Wansan said, "He said it was 200,000 dan, but who knows if there is 200,000 dan? Let's go ask Lord Yelu tomorrow and we'll know."
"In short, whoever panics first will lose first. Although the enemy has us in check now, as long as we hold our ground, the enemy won't be able to do anything to us. Now is the time to test our endurance."
"So everyone, I hope everyone can hold on, and no one should start selling food first, otherwise we will be in danger."
After hearing this, everyone in the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce looked at each other, and after a while someone said, "Brother Wan San, you said that we should not sell grain, and we listened to you, but you have to know that we collected this grain with great difficulty. We came here because you said that we can make money here."
"What if this is a loss?"
After hearing this, everyone in the field looked at Shen Wansan, who said, "In business, there are bound to be losses and gains, but believe me, I will definitely not let you lose all your money. As long as you hold on and don't sell the grain, there will be a turnaround."
"Besides, the entire Hubei province is suffering from severe flooding this year. If we can't sell the Mianshui, we can still sell it elsewhere. We can definitely make money."
Many merchants looked at each other and said, "Then let's listen to Brother Wan San. We will wait."
Shen Wansan stood up and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you all for trusting me. As long as we can hold on, the manipulators behind the scenes won't be able to do anything to us."
After hearing this, everyone nodded and then retreated.
Only Shen Wansan was left in the house. He opened the window and looked at the fire dragon outside. His eyes condensed slightly, and the figure of Chen Jiusi, the leader of the fishing gang, appeared in his mind.
"Achang."
"I am here."
At this time, the young man came up immediately, and Shen Wansan said: "I need all the information about Chen Jiusi, hurry up and collect it for me."