Era: My backyard is the garbage dump of the universe

Chapter 471 Some are happy and some are sad

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The call was connected quickly.

The person who answered the phone was not Tao Yu, but Tao Yu's wife Bai Yuzhen: "Hello, who is this?"

Liu Qingsong: "I'm Liu Qingsong. Is Director Tao in the office?"

Bai Yuzhen: "No, he went to Songmu Police Station to deal with your parents' fight."

Liu Qingsong: "What's going on?"

Bai Yuzhen: "Alas! It's hard to describe the details in a few words. Anyway, the grain harvest was good this year, and the people who collected the public grain were choking your parents and uncles, so they ended up arguing and fighting."

Liu Qingsong: "Is that so? Is this a serious matter?"

Bai Yuzhen: "It's not serious. Your parents and uncles will be released soon, but there is a problem that is giving your Uncle Tao a headache."

Liu Qingsong: "What's the problem?"

Bai Yuzhen: "This year, Dayu City has a bumper grain harvest. Grain merchants from all over the country are trying to lower the price of grain. Your uncle Tao has talked to them many times and asked them to stabilize the grain price, but they just won't listen!"

Liu Qingsong: "These profiteers are so shameless. How long have they just had enough food? They actually dare to lower the price of grain."

Bai Yuzhen: "Who said it wasn't true? I won't tell you anymore. I have other things to do. If you want to find your Uncle Tao, you can go to Songmu Police Station."

"Okay! Okay!" Liu Qingsong hung up the phone.

After thinking about it, he walked to the backyard and rode his sidecar to Songmu Police Station.

Songmu Police Station is just 50 meters diagonally opposite the Red Star Fertilizer Factory. When Liu Qingsong arrived at the gate on his sidecar tricycle, he happened to see Li Fenfen coming out with her parents, eldest sister and others.

"Qingsong, why are you here?" Liu Hualei asked with a wry smile, covering his forehead.

"Can you come out if you don't come?" Liu Qingsong shook his head: "Dad, you take big sister and Fenfen back first, I'm going to discuss something with Director Tao."

"Okay, by the way, tell Director Tao that the price of rice must be stabilized at around 1.2 cents. No one will be willing to sell it at 5 or 6 cents per pound," Liu Hualei reminded.

"I understand." Liu Qingsong turned around and walked into the gate of Songmu Police Station.

In the office, Tao Yu was chatting with Chief Wang of the police station. When he saw Liu Qingsong appear, he smiled and greeted him: "Your parents have just been released. It's not a big deal."

"I know. I called my aunt before." Liu Qingsong looked around and said, "Uncle, can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Yes." Tao Yu greeted Director Wang and walked out of the office with Liu Qingsong.

In the corridor, Tao Yu saw that there was no one else around, so he said, "Tell me! What do you want to talk to me about?"

"How do you plan to deal with the issue of grain merchants lowering prices?" Liu Qingsong asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet!" Tao Yu replied with a headache.

In previous years, most of the food would be stored for emergencies, and there would not be much to sell.

This may seem insignificant, but it can stabilize grain prices and leave no loopholes for grain traders to exploit.

But this year is different. There is a bumper harvest of grain everywhere. In addition to paying the public grain, many villagers can sell grain.

This led to grain merchants having bad intentions and wanting to buy grain at a low price.

If it was only a little bit lower, he could just turn a blind eye to it. After all, he knew most of these grain merchants and would see them every day. There was no need to make things too awkward.

But the problem now is that the price that grain merchants pay for grain is three or four cents lower than in previous years. Who can accept this?
If it weren't for the reform and opening up, and if these grain merchants could no longer be accused of speculating, he would have wanted to arrest a few of them to make an example of them.

Liu Qingsong saw through Tao Yu's thoughts and said, "Uncle, to be honest, Deadpool called me yesterday and said that Hong Kong Island is buying grain at a high price, and they want as much as they can get."

"If you are willing to help with the relevant procedures, I can help you reach a cooperation."

"Are you sure you are not kidding me?" Tao Yu became excited.

The procedures were not difficult for him at all. The difficulty lay in the reliability of the matter. If something went wrong, it would be troublesome if he did not receive the money after selling the grain.

"Of course I am sure." Liu Qingsong lowered his voice: "But I have to tell you in advance, the one who bought the grain at a high price is the Russian bear. They are fighting with the Eagle for grain, so they are in urgent need of buying grain to tide over the difficulties."

"Is that so?" Tao Yu suddenly realized. He put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth on the spot. After thinking for a while, he said, "How about this! Go back and wait for my news. I will discuss it with the superiors and then give you a reply."

no way.

No relevant leaders agreed.

It is definitely impossible to sell grain from Dayu City to Hong Kong Island.

"Okay! But I have to remind you." Liu Qingsong whispered, "The relationship between the Russian bear and us is very tense. When you talk to the leaders, pay attention to your tone, or get straight to the point and tell them that the grain transaction amount this time can reach hundreds of millions of US dollars."

"I understand." Tao Yu nodded and kept it in mind.

Liu Qingsong glanced at the time on his watch, turned around and rode away on his sidecar.

……

When I got home, it was already dark.

Liu Qingsong couldn't help laughing when he saw that the children had finished their dinner and were hiding in their rooms chatting with relish about completing the game and the rewards they had won.

Wu, who was drinking tea, also had a smile on his face and looked relaxed: "Little Nuomi hasn't been naughty all day today. I can spare more time to help you in the future."

"But there is one thing you have to pay attention to."

"What's the matter?" Liu Qingsong moved a chair and sat down and started eating his food.

Wu looked around cautiously, and when he saw that there was no one else around, he spoke up, "Little Nuomi is amazing. This afternoon, she cleared the game that was rebuilt from the Bagua maze to the tenth level. If nothing goes wrong, she should have no problem clearing the fifteenth level the day after tomorrow."

"We can't go on like this. We have to increase the difficulty of the levels, otherwise Xiao Nuomi will get tired of playing sooner or later."

"I definitely won't get tired of playing." Liu Qingsong replied confidently, "Because the difficulty after level 15 will increase exponentially, and there may even be certain dangers. It won't be that easy for Little Nuomi to pass it."

"That's good." Wu breathed a sigh of relief: "No more talking, I'll go take care of my own things first."

"Okay!" Liu Qingsong nodded, finished the food in the bowl, rested for a while, and then followed into the garbage dump of all worlds.

……

One night.

Liu Qingsong created thirty more levels to complete the game.

Exclusive mazes have also been created specifically for Ye Xiaoxiao, Liu Qinglong, Liu Qingshi and Yamei.

In order to prevent his parents from finding out, he set the alarm before going to bed after returning to his room.

At around eight o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock rang and Liu Qingsong got up on time.

Although he was still a little sleepy, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and went to the kitchen to wash up. After he was done, he was about to eat the roasted glutinous rice cake handed to him by Fenfen when Tao Yu called out from outside: "Qingsong, are you up?"

"Get up." Liu Qingsong walked out.

At the gate, Tao Yu was not the only one there. Ye Qingmei, Jiang Lao and other leaders were also standing beside him.

Liu Qingsong saw this and guessed Tao Yu's intention after a moment's hesitation: "Are you here for food?"

"Yeah." Tao Yu nodded.

"Then come in and let's chat slowly." Liu Qingsong even extended his hand as an invitation.

"No need to go into the room and talk." Director Tao lowered his voice and said, "To make it short, the leaders above have agreed to the proposal you told me last night, but you must be one of the responsible persons."

"That's easy." Liu Qingsong said.

If he doesn't take responsibility, he will be implicated if something goes wrong.

Therefore, we must be responsible and we must be responsible to the end.

That's fine." Tao Yu pulled Liu Qingsong under the pomelo tree and said, "Then you should contact Deadpool right away to get the relevant matters in Hong Kong Island sorted out. I will go with Qingmei and other leaders to issue a notice to collect food."

"As for the price, we will charge according to the price in previous years."

"That won't work." Liu Qingsong shook his head.

"No?" Tao Yu asked in confusion.

The price in previous years was around ten cents, how could it not be possible?
Liu Qingsong replied: "We can't hide the fact that we are buying grain and selling it in Hong Kong Island. In order to avoid gossip, the price of grain must be around 1.5 cents."

"This way, we can shut up the grain sellers and also give us a good reputation."

"If you don't want to, then I won't be the person in charge."

"What can I not be willing to do, kid?" Tao Yu laughed angrily. "It's just that you need to tell me what the lowest grain price in Hong Kong Island can be, so that I can make relevant preparations."

"This number." Liu Qingsong gestured with his hands.

"Fifty cents?" Tao Yu was shocked.

"Yes, fifty cents." Liu Qingsong confirmed.

"Then don't say anything. I'll take Qingmei to issue the notice for collecting grain." Tao Yu excitedly took Ye Qingmei and other leaders away.

Fifty cents a pound of rice was almost the same price as a pound of pork for him, so he had to seize this opportunity to make money.

Liu Qingsong watched Tao Yu and the others disappear. Just as he was about to call Deadpool, Old Jiang came over and said, "Qingsong, is the Russian bear really going to take as much food as possible this time?"

"Yes." Liu Qingsong nodded.

"Then I'll call the Ye family, the Lei family, and the Dong family and ask them to prepare hundreds of thousands of tons of food to be shipped to Hong Kong Island." Jiang Lao said what he was thinking: "Everyone is short of money now, so we can't miss this opportunity to make money."

"But..." Liu Qingsong hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry, they don't represent an individual, but Guo Jia," Old Jiang reminded.

"I understand. Then you go and make the call! I'll ask Deadpool to make the necessary preparations." Liu Qingsong said softly.

"Okay!" Old Jiang turned and left.

Liu Qingsong did not stay there and walked quickly towards the study.

……

The news that Dayu City officials were purchasing rice at 1.5 cents per pound quickly spread throughout every town and village in Dayu City.

But many people were skeptical about this news, especially the grain merchants, who gathered together and couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahaha... Have these leaders not woken up yet? They dare to buy grain at 1.5 cents per pound. Aren't they afraid of losing everything?"

"That's right. We didn't even dare to charge 10 cents per pound, but they actually dared to charge. Their heads must have been caught in the door."

"You are wrong. Tao Yu has approached us many times before, asking us to raise the price of grain, but we didn't listen to them at all. Instead, we lowered the price by one cent. Now they have officially raised the purchase price of grain. This is clearly digging a hole for them to fall into, instead of having their heads caught in the door."

"So what should we do now? Damn, we won't be able to harvest any food if this happens?"

"Humph! It's impossible that we can't get any grain. This year, our Dayu City has a bumper grain harvest, and every household has plenty of surplus grain! Just wait and see! As long as we don't get fooled and buy grain at 1.5 cents, then the official announcement of Dayu City to buy grain at a high price is a joke."

"What are you waiting for? Let's go close the door."

"Yes! Let's close the door and let Tao Yu know how powerful we are."

……

Tao Yu couldn't help laughing after learning about the tricks of these grain merchants. In order to completely suppress the arrogance of these grain merchants, he personally took the lead in purchasing rice at the gate of Songmu Commune.

And it's the kind that pays in cash.

As for the price, we agreed on 1.5 cents per pound, so of course we won’t go back on our word.

The people who received the money were happy and they spread the good news, telling their relatives and friends to come and sell their grain.

The news spread like wildfire, and in just half a day, the entire Songmu Commune was surrounded by people, and the people selling grain lined up hundreds of meters away.

Upon seeing this, Tao Yu quickly arranged for his men to set up grain purchasing stations in the headquarters of each production brigade, and assigned special personnel to supervise, striving to ensure fair and just grain collection.

In just two or three days, all the surplus grain in Dayu City was purchased, neatly loaded onto trucks and sent to the port on Hong Kong Island.

The grain merchants only then realized that Tao Yu and other leaders were really purchasing grain at high prices this time, and were not setting a trap to bury them.

In order not to miss such a good opportunity to make money, grain merchants shamelessly approached Tao Yu, hoping to sell the hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain they had stockpiled to the government.

Tao Yu laughed out of anger when he heard this: "What were you all doing before? Let me tell you, the price of grain has dropped now, it's only 8 cents a pound, if you want to sell it I'll sell it at this price."

"How can it be 8 cents per pound? Our purchase price is even higher than that!" A grain merchant was immediately unhappy when he heard this: "Director Tao, how about this! We will sell all of them to you for 1.3 cents, no less."

"Sorry, I don't want it." Tao Yu suddenly became serious: "And none of you can leave today."

"What do you mean?" All the grain merchants were frightened.

"Humph! What do you mean? Don't you know what's going on?" Tao Yu sneered, "I asked the relevant departments to issue you the qualification to purchase grain and the business license, not to let you disrupt the order of the grain market."

"Someone, arrest them all and send them to Red Star Farm."

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(End of this chapter)