Chapter 3314 On the Road (Update)

Bai Shan and Yin said: "We will stay here for three days. One is to worship our ancestors, and the other is to visit relatives, so you can go and have fun by yourself first. We will meet each other in the city in three days and then leave."

Yin agreed and took Changshou to visit the gods and Buddhas in the mountains.

After another day's journey by land from Longzhou, they arrived at the waterside.

Bai Shan made a reservation for the ship half a year in advance, and the carriages, horses, people, and goods all boarded the ship and left.

Apart from the higher shipping charges, there are no other problems.

Zhou Man prepared seasickness medicine and patches in advance. Those who were seasick should take medicine and patches. They went south along the Jialing River. The ship stopped three times to replenish supplies. Each time, Bai Shan and the others disembarked with their children.

, let them take a look at the outside world.

When they arrived at Longzhou, the carriages and horses disembarked from the ship. Liu Gui and the Zhou brothers watched the ship unloading the goods. Bai Shan and the others took their children into the city to go shopping.

Mrs. Liu didn't have that much energy and didn't want to go to other places, so she waved her hand and said: "We will wait for you at the inn next to you. You can go, but don't go too far. Come back early. We will go there early tomorrow morning."

I’m going back to Mianzhou.”

Bai Shan agreed, hugged the child and left happily.

"Longzhou, I've passed by it a few times, but I haven't had a good tour yet," Bai Shan asked Yin You, "Do you want to stay and visit the famous scholars?"

Yin You shook his head, "I'll go with you to Mianzhou first."

He smiled and said: "I also want to see what Qili Village is like."

A few people took their children to a restaurant to eat delicious food, and then started walking around in the street.

After being on the boat for a long time, they always felt that people walking on the street were shaking, but the children seemed to accept it well. Not only did they eat well on the boat, they also slept well, and were in better condition than adults.

Zhou Man bought a candy figure for each of them. He turned around and saw a lot of people gathered in front of a grain store, so he took a second look curiously.

Seeing this, Bai Shan asked a person passing by, "Excuse me, brother, what is this grain store doing?"

The man raised his head and glanced at Bai Shan. Seeing that he was holding a pink and jade-carved child, he smiled and said, "Mr. Lang is from out of town. These days, our grain stores in Longzhou have been clearing the shelves."

Rice costs four cents a liter, and many people came to buy it."

"Chen Mi?" Bai Shan was curious, "How long ago?"

"I think it's from the year before last. There are some that are a little bit worse than the year before, but they are all freshly ground, so the taste is not the same."

Bai Shan glanced at Daji.

Daji squeezed in and bought three cloth bags, each of which contained several kilograms of rice.

Bai Shan and the others found a teahouse nearby to sit and wait. Bai Jingxing and Bai Ruoyu were just at the time when the cats and dogs were disgusted and couldn't rest for a moment. As soon as they sat down, they started to turn their buttocks and look around.

Mingda glanced at the two of them, called the waiter and said, "Can I have some snacks? Give the children some sweet-scented osmanthus cake."

Trying to use delicious food to stop their chattering mouths and hands that are ready to move.

Daji came over with a cloth bag and opened it to show them, "There are three types of old rice, and the prices are three Wen, four Wen and five Wen respectively."

Zhou Man grabbed a handful and looked at it, rubbed it and then smelled it, "It has a bit of a smell, but it's not heavy. It hasn't been soaked in sulfur. It should have been released after grinding. Well, there are still pebbles in it.

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Bai Shan also looked at the other two bags of rice. One bag was relatively broken. He chewed a few mouthfuls and found that the taste was indeed not good. "This should be three cents per dou. Although the taste is not good, the price is indeed very cheap."

Yin You called a waiter and asked curiously: "Why is your grain store suddenly selling old rice at a low price? Could it be that this old rice..."

"Please don't get me wrong, sir, you are from out of town, right?"

Several people nodded.

The clerk smiled and said: "This year's new grain is coming out, and it's a bumper harvest, so I put out the old grain in advance to free up the warehouse. If you ask me, this old grain is not bad, but the taste is a bit different, but it is so cheap.

Even a poor family can eat a few dry meals, is it no better than drinking gruel? If it were me, I would be happy to buy it."

Bai Shan and others nodded, and just as they were about to continue asking, the people at the next table sneered and said, "It's just a show."

Bai Shan and others looked over and saw that they were all dressed as scribes, obviously scholars, so they stopped the waiter and said: "Give two plates of snacks and a plate of meat on the table next door, and charge them to our account."

The waiter who was originally unhappy and wanted to retort immediately became happy when he heard this.

The three people at the next table also heard it and turned to look over with the same curiosity.

Bai Shan stood up and held hands with them and said, "Brother, did you just say that there is something hidden behind the rice sales in the grain store?"

The three of them looked at them doubtfully. Seeing that they were also gentle and elegant, and seemed to be scholars, they asked, "How many of them are there?"

"Oh, we are scholars returning home from other places. We just passed by Longzhou and stayed for a day." Bai Shan said with a smile: "We passed many places along the way south, but it is rare to see a grain shop selling old rice with such fanfare.

, looking at the price, they are kind-hearted, but I think the three brothers don’t really agree with it.”

"You can't judge people by their superficial appearance, and the same goes for things," one person said, "It doesn't matter that he sells old rice at a low price. He seems to be benefiting the people, but you can tell otherwise by looking at the consequences."

"Oh?" Bai Shan turned the chair in one direction and sat directly facing them, "I would like to hear the details."

"Our harvest in Longzhou has been good in the past few years. Although there was a bit of drought in the beginning of spring this year, it rained later. Judging from the situation in the fields this year, it is time for a good harvest again," one person said: "It's a good year for a good harvest.

In addition, new rice seeds are planted and the yield is high, so the price of food becomes cheaper year by year."

He smiled and said: "To be honest, this is the first time I have seen a bucket of rice cost ten cents when I grew up. You know, when there was a flood in Yizhou, the price of rice in our Jiannan Road area has been high for several years."

It was above fifteen cents, but later it fell back and still lingered between twelve cents and a bucket."

"Since the new rice seeds were spread four years ago, the price of food has been getting lower year by year. Last year, the price of rice in the grain shop fluctuated between eight and nine cents. This year, the price is probably even lower," the man said.

At this point, I sighed, "This is a good thing, but it's not all a good thing. The price of grain is low, and grain merchants make less, so they try to keep the purchase price down."

"They rush to sell the old rice before the new grain arrives. They can not only clear the warehouse, but also suppress the price of the new grain."

Bai Erlang: "You are overthinking, right? You can't let the old grain go bad in the warehouse, right?"

Bai Shan stopped Bai Erlang and said to him: "Chen grain has many uses. General grain merchants have ways to deal with it, and they will not lose too much. Selling it directly to the people like this is actually ruining their own business. If

That they did this shows that they have other intentions."

Bai Erlang is currently writing a storybook about businessmen and famous people, and he has incorporated a bit of his father's image, so he said: "Maybe they just want to do good things? Don't think of people so bad."

Bai Shan shook his head and said: "Fourth brother would not do such a thing. Businessmen pursue profit. This is not to belittle them. This is their... nature, or duty, to find ways to earn more within the law."

Isn’t it the nature of a businessman to make too much money?”

A scribe slammed the table hard and said happily: "That's what it means."

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