Chapter 178 - 173: Preventing the Future
Zhao Hanzhang bought a large amount of grain using gold and silver, and glass, at a price ten percent higher than the market rate. Upon hearing the news, County Magistrate Chai was stunned, "Why is she buying so much grain? Wait, she’s... brought troops here, why pay a high price? Shouldn’t she be lowering the price?"
Chang Ning: "Isn’t it unlikely anyone would want to sell grain at that higher price?"
Indeed, it was already winter, and Yingchuan beside Ru Nan had been hit by a disaster. Plus, the Xiongnu Army was fighting in Luoyang and Yu State, causing grain prices outside to skyrocket madly.
Although grain prices in Ru Nan County were still stable, it was only because the autumn harvest had just ended. Given some time, influenced by the outside market, Ru Nan’s grain prices would certainly soar.
If they combined to form a trade caravan and transported the grain out, they could earn quite a bit. That wouldn’t just be an increase of ten or twenty percent, but double or triple!
However, Zhao Hanzhang’s three thousand troops were right outside the city, and no one dared not to sell.
Fortunately, she showed some conscience by evenly distributing the grain purchase among several families. Although it still pained them, it didn’t empty their granaries, leaving them opportunities to earn later.
So they gritted their teeth and sold.
To the gentlemen and wealthy merchants, Zhao Hanzhang’s seemingly generous offer of a price ten percent above the market left a "ha-ha" feeling in their hearts, thinking it wasn’t appealing to them.
Especially the grain merchants in Shangcai County, who were currently controlling the daily sale amounts, intending to save more grain for later. They weren’t interested in the price ten percent higher than the market.