Li Ji Grain Store is a time-honored brand established by Jiangdonghui.

But the old man is old, but the size of Li Ji Grain Store has never been large. It has been a shop for decades and only operates a single local rice dish.

Early that morning, Manager Li came to the He family on Qianbaimen Street.

They are also grain merchants, but there are still differences between Manager Li and the Chen family and the dozen large grain merchants.

The Chen family and the dozen big grain merchants were the initiators and leaders of this grain dominance, while small grain merchants like Zhanggui Li were passive followers.

On the one hand, it was because of the secret intimidation of the Chen family and Daqiu, and on the other hand, they also had greed, so they half-swered and hoarded food.

It is also because of the participation of these small grain traders that the grain shortage in Yinjiang market has become even more serious.

Until yesterday, the worst brown rice has risen to 500 cents per kilogram, and good rice is even more expensive and there is no market price. None of the good rice can be found on the market.

But for some reason, the higher the grain price rises, the more panicked the Manager Li felt.

Manager Li always felt that something would happen if he continued to fry like this, and something big would happen.

So every morning, the first thing he did was to find the shopkeepers of several nearby grain stores. First, to gather together to keep warm, and second, to find out the market news.

When Manager Li arrived, several managers of the He family had gathered.

After saying hello to each other, Manager Li said, "Old He, what's the market today?"

"I've said hello over there." Old He, the shopkeeper of the He family, said with a bitter face, "I'm saying there will be another wave of increase!"

"What? Will it still rise?" Manager Li shouted immediately, "Now the price can no longer be sold. If it rises again, who will we sell the food in our hands?"

"If you can't sell it, you can't sell it." Another shopkeeper said, "It's a big deal that falls back to the beginning. We won't lose anyway, right? But what if it succeeds? Then you'll make a big profit."

Manager Li said with a frown: "But I always feel panic."

"What are we going to panic?" The shopkeeper just now said, "The sky fell and they were tall. If King Zhong Yan really wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, then we were just monkeys. The Chen family in Mazhu also had more than a dozen chickens. Why are you panic? Why are you panic? Dear shopkeepers, today it's still the same rule, play eight circles of mahjong first!"

However, today's eight rounds of mahjong are destined to be unable to play.

As soon as he finished speaking, a guy suddenly ran in and shouted: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, shopkeeper!"

"What are you yelling, what are you yelling?" Manager He said angrily, "My ears are not deaf again, I can hear them! What's wrong?"

"Shopkeeper, something big happened!" The servant replied panting, "There are rumors everywhere on the street that King Zhong Yan ordered 200,000 tons of corn from the United States and had been transported to Zhenhai Port. It is now being transported from the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway to Jiangbei. It is said that after transporting it to Jiangbei, it will be sold publicly, only half a cent per catty!"

"What did you say?" Manager He said in a daze.

Manager Wang and others also looked at each other: "A half a cent per catty?"

After a while, Manager He finally came to his senses and shouted: "A Kuan, are you coaxing the ghost? Half a pound per catty. How could there be such cheap food in the world?"

A Kuan scratched his head and said, "But the master, the neighbors are all rumoring it."

At this time, Manager Wang suddenly said, "Is it true or false? You can tell if you go to Jiangbei Railway Station to check it out?"

"Yes, yes, you'll know when you go and take a look." Manager He patted his forehead and turned around and walked out. Manager Wang and several small grain merchants quickly followed.

...

A Kuan's news is already behind.

In fact, the first car of corn has been shipped to Jiangbei Railway Station and is on sale.

In the station, thousands of citizens have already lined up a long snake-shaped row, and more citizens are coming from various districts under the rule of Yinjiang.

The General Police Officer of Jiangbei Police Officer Lu Rengui was facing a great enemy and summoned all the police to maintain order.

However, after less than half an hour of order, Yinjiang Police Chief Cao Ziying arrived with the brigade of patrol officers, and then bombarded Lu Rengui and the others without saying a word.

After coming out of the train station in shame, Lu Rengui's tears flowed down.

Oh my God, this is in Jiangbei. Is Jiangbei his territory OK?

But no matter how much tears are, it is useless. Without the foreign master to support him, Lu Rengui is not a big deal.

Not to mention the heartbroken President Lu, the citizens who had already bought the food were so smiling that they couldn't even close their mouths.

"Brother, are you here to buy food too? There is really food, but there is really food, but it's cheap, half a cent per pound. When the rice price was the cheapest, it was two cent per pound, but now corn only costs half a pound, really!"

"I have to say that it's a blessing to Mayor Zhong. If Mayor Zhong hadn't, how could we eat such cheap food?"

"That's right, I've told you a long time ago that Mayor Zhong is a good person, and he will never refuse to save him."

"If anyone dares to scold Mayor Zhong again in the future, I will use the soles of the old man to beat him. I can't beat him to death, hum."

"Uncle, don't squeeze, don't worry, there is too much food. Mayor Zhong bought 200,000 tons of corn from the United States. How many kilograms are there in the 200,000 tons?"

"It's enough for us 300,000 Yinjiang people to be divided into 1,300 kilograms!"

"Oh, we Yinjiang people are enjoying the blessings of Mayor Zhong."

Carrying bags of more or less corn, the citizens who were smiling began to praise Mayor Zhong in a variety of ways. These people had forgotten that just now, they were still calling Zhong Yi the King of Yan Zhong, and even more, cursing Zhong Yi for having a son without a **.

When Manager He and Manager Li arrived, they heard fancy praises to Zhong Yi.

Seeing the citizens walking out of the station with a smile, and then looking at the bulging grain bags on their backs, the faces of the shopkeepers immediately collapsed and they were finished.

However, these shopkeepers still did not give up and immediately squeezed into the train station.

After entering the train station, several shopkeepers looked up and saw a row of box-type train sheds parked on the platform. The side doors of these box-type train sheds were already open. Several military and police were standing inside the door and rake out the corn with wooden rakes. The golden corn kernels flowed out of the door like running water, making several shopkeepers dizzy.

At this point, the shopkeepers finally gave up completely. It was over, and their dream of getting rich had been shattered!
Chapter completed!