Immortal Cultivation Stars From Earthly Fiend 72 Arts

Immortal Cultivation Stars From Earthly Fiend 72 Arts Chapter 264

2022-01-19

Chapter 264 Grain Merchants
"Heavenly Venerables in the ten directions are as numerous as sand and dust, transforming into the realm of the ten directions, and they are universal. Heaven and man,

consecrate the merits, and save sinners at the same time, sinners are really sad, I will tell the wonderful scriptures”

With the sound of the Salvation Scripture, the dead souls on the hundreds of corpses in front of them gradually recovered. The color of peace is then slowly disappeared.

After completing the transition, Lu Fan couldn't take a rest, turned around and was about to leave. At this time, a man hurried over.

"Lu daoist, Lu daoist, something happened." The man gasped as he ran.

Lu Fan's body flashed, a jump came to him, stretched out his hand to support his arm and asked, "What happened?"

"Food, food" This man hurried He was gasping for breath, but couldn't speak. Lu Fan complexion changed slightly, and hurriedly asked: "What happened to the grain?"

"Several grain merchants in the city are guarding the granary and are unwilling to open the warehouse to release grain!" The man took a breath and hurriedly said: "They have brought a lot of family members and have surrounded the granary. If you want food, you have to spend money to buy it."

Lu Fan was slightly frowned, and then asked: "How much do they charge? "

"One stone of grain costs ten silver tael!" said the man quickly.

Lu Fan was impatient and said with a smile: "Ten silver tael, they really opened their mouths!"

The price of food is not stable. Controlled by grain merchants and big households in various counties and prefectures, these people usually deliberately lower the price of grain when the grain is harvested, and buy it at a price of about 300 yuan per stone.

And when the green and yellow are no longer available, they will be sold at a price of about one stone of grain and two taels of silver. With this in and one out, the big grain merchants earn more than triple the profit. Since ancient times, those landlords and gentry grain merchants used this method to exploit the people.

In the beginning, Qi Taizu was born humble and was a refugee uprising. Naturally, he knew the tricks of these gentry grain merchants. When the Great Qi was established, in order to prevent the people from being exploited by those people, according to the Changping system Made some improvements.

When the grain harvest season comes, the government will buy a large amount of grain at a higher price. To prevent the low price of grain from hurting farmers, wait until the season when the grain is green and yellow, and then sell the grain to the people at a lower price. Prevent high food prices from harming the people.

This system is of course good, but since Qi Taizu left, this Changping system has gradually deteriorated, and it is now In name only. The main reason is that the local officials and the gentry businessmen colluded to make a ghost.

Now these people are actually ready to sharpen their knives hoho just after the flood.

A chill flashed in Lu Fan's eyes, said solemnly: "Those grain merchants? Take me to see them?"

"daoist please come with me!" The man said immediately, Then he stepped out first.

Lu Fan followed the man to the granary, and soon saw the grain merchants who were a little embarrassed. These grain merchants were obviously also affected, and they were lucky enough to escape. After seeing Lu Fan, they all saluted Lu Fan.

"Lu daoist is here!"

Before Lu Fan could ask questions, these people began to complain first: "The daoist also knows that the Jingyang mansion has suffered a flood, and my house is even worse. Being directly submerged by the flood is a huge loss. The daoist organizes people to comfort the people, help the injured, and maintain order. I admire it very much.”

“However, the state has state laws and families have family rules, and daoist allows these People who come to carry food also need to pay, otherwise, what is the difference between them and those robbers and bandits?" The businessman in front of him said before Lu Fan could speak, wanting to use words to run on Lu Fan.

Lu Fan sneered in his heart but kept his face calm: "This is natural. Since three chapters have been agreed, Poor Daoist will naturally not destroy it."

"Daoist is really righteous." Several other grain merchants complimented one after another, but secretly laughed in their hearts, this person is a fool to be a Taoist priest, so easy to deceive, but a few words will put him on the shelf.

“daoist, there is a shortage of food all over the city now, I am willing to donate a hundred stones of food to help the victims.”

“daoist, I am also willing to donate a hundred stones of food!”

Several grain merchants around said that they were willing to donate food. It's just that the amount of food donated together is no more than four or five hundred stone. For thousands of disaster victims, this amount of food is really enough to drink porridge for two days.

"It's natural that you are willing to donate food." Lu Fan said with a smile: "However, these few hundred stone grains are only enough for a few days. Please donate more food."

"Daoist, the whole city is short of food now, and I don't have much in my hands."

"Yeah, yes, the previous flood caused me a lot of losses. I'm waiting for my hands. There's not much food left."

"No food? Didn't you just sell ten silver tael a stone of grain?" Lu Fan said.

"Isn't this not enough food? Anything that is rare is expensive, and if there is not enough, the price will naturally be high."

"Yes, this is the law of the market."

Several businessmen next to you said one word to another.

"Since this is the case, let's also say that your life is naturally different from that of the common people. You all have a wealth of wealth and a thousand hectares of fertile land, so your life is naturally different from that of ordinary people."

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"How much do you think your life is worth?" Lu Fan said with a smile, but the hearts of the people who looked at him were trembling.

Not waiting for these people to recover, Lu Fan continued: "Your family is rich, and your life is naturally worth a lot, so let's count our lives as one hundred thousand silver tael."

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"In the previous flood, Poor Daoist took action to calm down and you were rescued. This should have saved your life."

"One life is a hundred thousand silver tael, According to your price, it is exactly 10,000 shi of grain. Now each of you will pay 10,000 shi." Lu Fan said with a smile.

"How could there be 100,000 taels? Besides, I was not rescued by a daoist, but climbed up by myself!" Other businessmen said dissatisfiedly.

Lu Fan glanced at them and said calmly: "Why, do you want to renege on a debt?"

"Don't dare." Several businessmen saw With a gloomy expression on Lu Fan's face, he immediately said with a sigh of relief.

"We are in the aftermath of a major disaster, and we need a lot of food to resettle the victims. The food in your hands is just enough." Almost, if there is not enough, you can continue to add." Lu Fan said solemnly.

"Ten thousand stone per person? Daoist, that's too much! The food in our hands can save lives, so it can't be counted."

Lu Fan's eyes were cold light flashed: " How many of you are not willing? Are you ready to take the opportunity to make a fortune in this tribulation?”

Several businessmen dodged their eyes and did not dare to look at them. Although they thought so, they did not dare to say it clearly.

"Everyone, the people outside are waiting for food to eat, why don't Poor Daoist ask them to come and discuss with you?" Lu Fan said with a sneer.

"No, no." Several businessmen broke out in cold sweat instantly and quickly refused.

(end of this chapter)