Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 376: Sell it however you want

Qin Yang and Ma Shan both felt nervous at the same time. They were both experienced in society for many years. How could they not hear Zhao Kang's subtext?

Qin Yang immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, our Qin family is willing to donate a thousand dan of food to the court for disaster relief!"

If you stop talking first, it will be difficult for the other party to rip you off again.

No matter how senior you are, you still have to be reasonable, right?Is it possible that you want me to donate the entire Qin family?

Mashan is worthy of being an old fox who has known Qin Yang for many years. He immediately said, "Mr. Zhao, our Ma family is also willing to donate a thousand dan of food to help the court in disaster relief!"

After saying that, both of them looked at Zhao Kang cautiously. They didn't expect Zhao Kang to directly applaud and applaud: "Okay! Brother Qin and brother Ma are indeed my good friends with Zhao. Come and let's have a drink!"

Two thousand dan, which is 12 kilograms, is quite a lot according to one's conscience.

Especially now that food prices are so high.

But for the disaster situation in Qingzhou as a whole, it is still a drop in the bucket.

But Zhao Kang was not unhappy, after all, he was prostituted for free.

Seeing him laughing heartily, Ma Shan and Qin Yang's hearts dropped. Mr. Zhou quickly picked up his wine glass and drank with Zhao Kang.

Only Xiao Xuance was a little unhappy, secretly scolding Ma Shan and Qin Yang for being stingy.

After all, with the Wu family in front of them, who had emptied their wealth, these two thousand shi of food seemed a bit out of reach.

After finishing the glass of wine, Qin Yang cautiously asked tentatively: "Mr. Zhao, now that the disaster relief minister is here, does that mean that our Qingzhou grain merchants must follow government regulations when selling grain?"

Mashan seemed unconcerned, but in fact his ears pricked up. If Zhao Kang said yes, the court would forcibly suppress food prices this time.

Then they businessmen can go back and think about countermeasures.

Food shortages are not uncommon in the history of the Qian Kingdom. The government and the court only provided disaster relief in a few ways.

Open warehouses to release grain and distribute relief money.

If that doesn't work, then issue a decree to suppress grain prices, and then the government and the court will come forward to purchase grain from a large number of stock merchants for disaster relief.

But there will definitely be a lot of wrangling during this period.

The government wants to buy at a low price, and the merchants want to sell at a high price. With this in mind, there is no way to get food without starving some victims to death.

Some officials with evil intentions colluded with profiteers, asking merchants to raise prices and then refused to buy food.

When the disaster spreads and many people die, they will report to the court for additional disaster relief funds, and then buy grain at the agreed price with the merchants.

In this way, he can put the money of the imperial court into his own pocket. It is not an exaggeration to say that this kind of person is a moth.

Qin Yang asked this question because he wanted to test Zhao Kang's attitude. After all, the Wu family where Zhao Kang was now distributed food relief for free.

It is enough to show that Zhao Kang is different from those worms who are greedy for the court's money. This needs to be dealt with carefully.

Hearing what he said, Zhao Kang's eyes were filled with curiosity: "Brother Qin, what are you talking about! As long as you businessmen do business, it's none of the government's business as long as it doesn't break the law?"

"The laws of the Qian Kingdom do not stipulate what the price of food must be. You can sell it however you want."

"If you have the ability to sell a pound of rice for one tael of silver, that is also your ability. I guarantee that the Minister of Disaster Relief will not interfere with it!"

Hearing this, both Ma Shan and Qin Yang were stunned and said in disbelief: "Is this true?" "Trying you to get candy?" Zhao Kang asked with a smile.

"No, Mr. Zhao? Can we really sell as much as we want?" Mashan said stupidly.

Zhao Kang hummed and nodded: "The Minister of Disaster Relief is here. He only cares about disaster relief and does not care about other matters. Selling food is your own business. You can sell it how you like. We will not interfere."

"Of course, Brother Qin and Brother Ma, don't interrupt our disaster relief, otherwise I, Zhao, will be angry. If I get angry, the consequences will be serious!"

"Don't worry... Don't worry, we will definitely not live and die!"

Qin Yang and Mashan were both happy. They didn't expect Zhao Kang to be so easy to talk to.

This made them somewhat incapable of dealing with it. Qin Yang said subconsciously: "Mr. Zhao, do you think the price of food is a bit high now?"

"Hey, it's not high. Food is very valuable now. Qingzhou has been hit by the disaster. It's normal for food prices to be higher. Just sell them with confidence. Hey, how much does it cost per kilogram now?" Zhao Kang chuckled. .

Mashan said smoothly: "Old rice costs 25 cents per catty, and new rice costs 35 cents."

Xiao Xuance on the side almost hit someone after hearing this.

Zhao Kang smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, anyway, it's still the same sentence. How you sell it is your business. Oh my, a pound of new rice costs 35 Wen. How about I go buy rice with you? What a damn thing." Make money."

"But after selling for so many days, you two, your family probably doesn't have much food left, right?"

Qin Yang said cheerfully: "Mr. Zhao, please don't worry about this. Even if there is no rice in the whole Daqian, we can still come up with food."

"Oh, that's all my worries are unfounded."

Zhao Kang pretended to be surprised, and then said: "But you still can't do it. The price of food is so high now. If I were you, I would go and collect the rice from those small grain merchants. Wouldn't I make a damn profit by selling it myself?" A lot of money?"

Qin Yang and Ma Shan's eyes lit up when they heard this. They had never thought about this before, but they had been worried about the disaster relief minister coming.

After all, it would be bad if the court's efforts in disaster relief this time were very strong and they brought a lot of money to buy low-priced food from them.

After talking to Zhao Kang now, I feel confident that since the court doesn't care about the price of food this time, we can sell it however we want.

Thinking that these two people were getting ready to make a move, Zhao Kang stood up at this time: "Okay, two brothers, we are almost drunk. I have something to do and I won't accompany you. Tiedan, let's go."

His Highness the Prince stood up glumly, and Qin Yang and the other three quickly stood up to see each other off.

Waiting until Zhao Kang and the two left their sight, Ma Shan smiled and said: "The wait this night was not in vain!"

"No, what do you think?" Qin Yang said.

Ma Shan narrowed his eyes: "Since the court doesn't care this time, it's time for us to get rich!"

"You two, don't forget me." Mr. Zhou suddenly joined in.

Qin Yang smiled slightly: "What did Mr. Zhou say? How could I forget you? Let's start collecting grain today, Mr. Zhou. In addition, Mr. Zhou's small grain merchants will be left to you to lobby."

"There is no problem with this matter, but afterwards..."

Qin Yang secretly cursed the corrupt officials, but said with a smile on his face: "Of course, Lao Ma and I will give you a [-]% profit when the time comes."

The three of them looked at each other and smiled like old foxes.

(End of this chapter)