Chapter 800 Collapse (5)
Cai Zhiyi and others were shocked by Boss Jin's words and were unable to come back to their senses for a long time. From their hearts, they really couldn't believe that this would be the truth. This was not only because the ratio of copper coins to silver was related to their wealth, but also because they had spent a lot of effort on this. They thought there were not many copper coins outside, so they naturally had to follow their wishes.
Boss Jin saw what they were thinking at a glance, and sneered again: "Do you think I'm making a fool of you? Then let those who know how to do it and tell you."
As he spoke, a familiar figure walked out from behind several bank owners. It was Sun Rang. He looked at everyone with a smile and said, "I really thank you everyone. If you didn't deliberately raise the price of copper coins, I, Sun Rang, wouldn't have made tens of thousands of taels of silver in just a short time."
When they saw Sun Rang, their hearts suddenly became sank. This man had a large number of copper coins on hand before. Although he had exchanged a lot for his family, it was hard to guarantee that he did not leave a part of them. When he saw the expressions of the people changed, he smiled even more happily: "I don't hide it from you. Just a few days ago, when you spent silver to exchange copper coins, I took out all the remaining copper coins in my hand to exchange. Not only that, a friend also gave me a coin, which was quite a lot. The few stores you opened in the city that exchanged silver coins were not enough. After yesterday, they stopped collecting copper coins, which led to the price comparison between silver and copper coins. Now it has risen to more than 700 cents. In two days, everything will return to its original appearance, and even silver can be exchanged for more copper coins."
"What? This is impossible!" A businessman finally couldn't help but scream, and it was really hard to accept the all-round defeat. However, Cai Zhiyi had a gloomy face at this time, but he had accepted the result in his heart, because just yesterday afternoon, he had indeed heard people mention the shopkeepers who asked for a visit, but the fall in the food price at that time had already made them tired of dealing with it. He also felt that there would be no change in the copper coins, so he ignored it and delayed it.
But who would have thought that the basket sold was no less than the price of grain, which actually caused them to lose a lot again. Now they have lost tens of thousands of coins of copper...
This time, the major blows made the little businessmen cry and cry. They were all sitting there in a daze like their souls being pulled away, not knowing what to do. As for the wealthy businessmen such as Cai Huliang, although their wealth was solid and they could not have really destroyed their families because of these two failures, they also suffered a deep blow and were full of anger. Such a crushing defeat in the market was something they had never encountered, or even thought about.
Now that things have come to this point, they are indeed unable to fight back and can only accept it bitterly. After a long silence, Cai Zhili stared at everyone in front of him with hatred: "Okay, okay, you have given me a big lesson. I am convinced this time. Since that's the case, then use copper coins to pay off the debt at the current market price..." At this time, in Suizhou, there was no other way except to admit defeat.
But as a result, the owners of the money shops on the opposite side shook their heads at the same time: "No, we don't have the time to collect such trivial and difficult-to-identify copper coins. We only have silver!"
"You..." Cai Zhiyi was furious, but he didn't know what to say. Hu Guanjue could no longer hold back and shouted loudly: "What do you want to do? Do you still want our lives? Do you think there is no king here?"
"We have misunderstood. We have no intention of forcing you. As a businessman, just make money with kindness." Boss Jin smiled, "What we mean is that we don't want to collect copper coins and have no interest in food, but it doesn't mean that no one wants it."
"Who else?" Cai Zhiyi realized at this time, and his eyes quickly fell behind everyone. This is how Sun Rang walked out just now, and there must be someone hidden.
Sure enough, soon, a man in his thirty years old who was only in ordinary clothes, but still had extraordinary demeanor slowly walked out. There was also a warm smile on his face, and he bowed to everyone, and then he said, "Ling Li has seen you all!"
"It's you..." Some businessmen gritted their teeth and said, wishing they could pounce on him and bite off a piece of his flesh to vent their anger. However, those businessmen in Guang'an were not only hatred and fearful when they saw Li Ling, but also regretted.
They had already figured out that today's defeat was probably a game set by Ling Li and others, which led to their own big defeat and loss this time and lost all their money. I really regret it. If I had not changed my course and made a move to this side, I would have won... I really regretted it for a while, and I was full of resentment.
Li Ling was not at all uneasy when facing many complicated gazes. In his eyes, these guys were nothing. In this business war, he was just a small test, especially when he knew that the other party had a very big appetite and wanted to raise the price of copper coins, he was even more confident that they would suffer a big loss.
Because compared to grain, after the previous few transactions, the copper coins in his hand were very abundant. Although some of them had been sold to the merchants through Sun Rang, thus making a big profit and using it to make the Fan family submit, the remaining ones were still enough to stabilize the price comparison between copper coins and silver in the city.
More importantly, copper coins are different from food and are not indispensable materials, so Li Ling became more and more bold in his actions. He killed his opponent in just a few days.
In this way, not only did they collapse their opponents in terms of food, but they also made them lose and bleed in the trading of copper coins. Then, through the angry pressure of the people, the merchants of the money shop collecting debts naturally forced these opponents into the Jedi. Now, it is time to finally harvest a handful.
"You... are so despicable!" Cai Zhili couldn't help but blame him after being stunned for a moment.
Li Ling just smiled indifferently in response to this statement: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and naturally the soldiers will never get tired of deceit. Since you will ignore the lives and deaths of ordinary people in order to make money, you are not qualified to say that I have used extraordinary means. Now, the outcome is decided by whether you are willing to accept the facts and how much price you are willing to pay."
"Hmph, what do you want?" Cai Zhiyi glared at him and asked in a cold voice.
"Of course I'm here to help you solve the problem. You have also heard that not only these bank bosses are asking you to repay the debt, but there are also hundreds of angry people waiting to repay their property. If you can't give everyone a satisfactory explanation, and not talk about money, I'm afraid you can even save your life."
"We are..." Hu Guanjue was about to resist his identity, but he was quickly cut off by Li Ling: "No matter what your identity and origin are, they can only be used to fool people in Wuchang and Xiangfan, but this is Suizhou, and the anger of the people has been aroused. Even the government office dares not face such anger. Now that there is no yamen outside, it is the best proof.
"Also, I have checked it. You have bribed the government office before and asked them to remain neutral when you confront the Shen family. Now the winner is not decided, so they naturally have to continue to remain neutral. So now it is useless to say anything now. You have lost. Apart from cede land and paying money, there are no more choices, or you really sacrifice your life and money..."
"You draw the bottom of the way, let's go." Cai Zhiyi was very bachelor at this time and immediately expressed his opinion.
"Happy, I'm not interested in your copper coins. I can pay the silver to buy the food you have, and then you can return the silver to various money houses." Li Ling said it quite relaxed and simple.
There was no surprise to everyone. The focus of the two sides' confrontation was on food, and it was reasonable for Li Ling to collect their food now. At this point, he could only compromise. Fortunately, they had enough food to pay off some of the debts and there was still surplus. Next, they could go elsewhere to exchange grain for land.
"Then you offer a price. As long as it is suitable, we will sell it." This situation is so we can only compromise. After seeing the others, Cai Zhili made a decision a little stiffly.
Li Ling nodded, then stretched out a finger: "I am the most fair person in business, so I will collect grain at the market price, and I will buy every ten coins!"
As he reported this number, everyone was stunned on the spot, and everyone showed an incredible look. Even the owners of the money shop, including Sun Rang, who had some friendship with Li Ling, thought he was crazy. The price of grain he shouted could not be considered a robbery by fire, but was just going to eat people.
"You dream!"
"Sir Ling, do you think we really don't have the power to resist?"
The merchants of all sizes shouted almost at the same time, and no one could accept such a price. Ten cents per bucket was the price that only in the good year, when was the cost of a large amount of grain trading, but now it was when Huguang was hit by disaster and there was no grain harvest in a year. The price of grain was so high that they could take risks. They set the price of grain to fifty cents before, and he was better, and the knife was directly slashed on his ankle.
Faced with the scolding of the crowd, Li Ling was quite calm. Until they were almost scolded, he said again: "Just ten cents, do you like to sell or not. Anyway, the food I have in my hands is enough to supply to the people of Suizhou. You should never mention the price of food anyway.
"Oh by the way, have you ever felt a little strange? Why did the Shen family, which had obviously no food before, suddenly took out a large amount of food recently, which ruined your good things?"
This is indeed what they care about the most. Hu Guanjue immediately asked, "Where does the food in your hands come from?"
Chapter completed!