Chapter 272: Buying Grain with a Desperate Gamble

In the following period, Qi Sansheng could be said to have used silver to buy grain without leaving any room. All the carriages were divided into several batches to purchase in a cycle, so that his own caravan came to transport grain every day.

And in order to prevent the secret of the system from being exposed, Li Xinyue had to run around for days, traveling back and forth between the various cities under Guangwu Jun, disguising herself as if she were mobilizing grain.

The continuous "running around" looked exhausted to outsiders. Only Li Xinyue herself knew how much "water" was in it.

She only needed to stay in the granary of the city she arrived at for a period of time to exchange full granaries of grain from the system, and then transport it from other cities to Guangwu City.

This didn't consume any energy at all, but in order to get the big fish on the hook, Li Xinyue had to pretend to be exhausted.

When she saw Qi Sansheng in front of the granary again, the fatigue on Li Xinyue's face and the anxiety in the bottom of her eyes were impeccably acted.

"President Li! Tomorrow, just like today, I, Qi Sansheng, want as much as you have!!" Qi Sansheng's expression was very proud. Even though most of his and Liu Heng's silver had been spent, he had analyzed from Li Xinyue's expression that the other side couldn't last much longer.

"Why does the fat shopkeeper buy so much grain?" Li Xinyue pretended to squeeze out a bitter smile.

Qi Sansheng was naturally even more proud. "President Li opens the door to do business, why do you have to care about what others buy it for?"

"However..." Qi Sansheng changed the subject. "I won't speak in riddles. My move, Qi Sansheng, is naturally to sell it to those common people. Guangwu Jun is very far away, and not all common people can come to buy this life-saving grain!"

Qi Sansheng said this naturally to prevent Li Xinyue from suddenly not selling him grain, so he had to occupy the moral high ground first.

I buy grain for the sake of the people; if you don't sell grain to me, you are harming the people, which would have no small impact on the Ming Army's reputation.

Qi Sansheng thought so himself, but the Ming Army's reputation wouldn't be affected by this at all. On the contrary, he himself stored grain at a low price and sold it at a high price. Only when that time came would he know what it meant to be attacked by public opinion.

Li Xinyue didn't let Qi Sansheng alone. The grain he transported away these days hadn't been sold on the market, but was constantly being stored, and its purpose was very intriguing.

Although Li Xinyue wished for more such 'local tyrants' to come, she still had the necessary vigilance.

Because she had to find out whether the other side's move was just for profit or aimed at the Ming Army. The difference between the two was still very large.

"Fat shopkeeper! Today's grain has been loaded!"

"Good! Since that's the case, I'll come again tomorrow!" Qi Sansheng had already become immune to Li Xinyue calling him 'fat'. Anyway, he would definitely vent this breath in the end.

His gaze swept over the carriages of grain, and he was extremely happy.

This grain was full and plump, top-quality good grain. In Beijiang, which had suffered a severe drought for three years, it looked even more eye-catching and tempting.

He could now be completely sure that this grain was transported from the Central Plains. The soil and rain in Beijiang couldn't grow such quality grain.

Even if you look at the Central Plains by region, the quality of many regions couldn't even compare to this!

And what the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce sold was all new grain, not the old grain from previous years. He could still distinguish this point.

The price of new grain would only be higher. He racked his brains and wouldn't think that the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce could make money on this.

So the Ming Army was doomed this time. He seemed to see himself making a huge profit by selling the mountain of grain at several or even ten times the price in the near future.

After Qi Sansheng left, Wang Hou came to Li Xinyue's side. "Big Sister-in-law, the things you asked me to check are clear."

"Speak!"

"The grain this Qi Sansheng bought from us was all stored up, not a single shi flowed into the market!" Wang Hou paused and continued: "The person behind him might be Shuo Fang County Magistrate Liu Heng!"

"Is there any evidence for this?" Li Xinyue narrowed her eyes, her expression extremely unkind.

"According to the brothers below, the first time this Qi Sansheng transported grain back from us, the Ming Army's victory report from the front lines just happened to come out. This Qi Sansheng ran to the County Magistrate's office in a panic, not knowing what they discussed. After coming out, he collected grain even more crazily!" Wang Hou spoke the truth.

"Oh? Such a victory report from the front lines didn't scare them? Interesting!" Li Xinyue didn't expect that there would still be people in Beijiang today who dared to touch the tiger's head. Was this testing the bottom line of their Ming Army?

"Big Sister-in-law, do you need to send someone..." Wang Hou made a throat-slitting gesture with his hand.

Li Xinyue sat in the chair, playing with a silver ingot Qi Sansheng had paid today, her expression relaxed. "No need! If he wants to play, then play with him for a while!"

Since they came with ill intent, she wouldn't show mercy. The silver "earned" from Qi Sansheng was exchanged for timber to exchange for system points, and then exchanged for grain, and the grain was sold to Qi Sansheng again. She could earn a lot of silver and system points.

Qi Sansheng and Liu Heng were using real gold and silver to crazily "subsidize" her Li Xinyue's money bag, and they thought they were pinching someone else's neck.

Wait for them to jump around for a while, and after looting all their gold and silver, these two wouldn't be of any use anymore.

In order not to make the two suspicious, the play had to continue.

Li Xinyue secretly collected a batch of old grain, preparing to mix in about ten percent of old grain that was slightly inferior in appearance but absolutely edible when the time was right, packed in separate sacks, and mixed in at the bottom.

Then when checking the goods, she 'accidentally' let his people see it.

A chamber of commerce that was forced to use old grain and had been losing money to maintain supply was the 'tool' that was qualified and about to be squeezed dry in their eyes.

Only then would they feel more at ease to invest more silver and make a final gamble.

After a period of time, Qi Sansheng and Liu Heng's money bags shrank a lot again. Both of them were muttering, worried that the Ming Army's grain reserves far exceeded their imagination. Just when they were hesitating, they suddenly got another piece of good news.

Today, about ten percent of the grain sold by the Ming Army was old grain. This behavior made them believe that the Ming Army was already exhausted, and they immediately chose to bet all their family property.

And Qi Sansheng even started to sell the shops and other goods in his hands, sparing no effort to start the final 'game' with the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce.

Originally, he learned that this matter had the court as a pusher behind it, so he didn't intend to sell his family business, but now he was forced to such a situation by the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce, but he believed that the final winner would definitely be him.

Li Xinyue didn't know how much current silver Qi Sansheng had, but when Wang Hou reported that the other side started to sell his family business, she knew that there wasn't much silver to earn in a few days, and immediately performed even more vigorously. ===== CHAPTER 273 =====