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Chapter 386: The rise in rice prices is a good thing

No, no one objected at all!

Since the spring drought, people have long been thinking about price increases, but their expectations for the impact of spring drought on summer grains have been different, so they have not made up their minds. Of course, everyone's expectations for price increases are not as exaggerated as 30%, at least half a percent, and at most one percent. The most beautiful one is just trying to increase by 10 percent.

However, as soon as the county magistrate Cao opened his mouth, the saliva of the owners of the grain shop owners flowed to the ground. Everyone had a large amount of rice stored in their hands, the least of which was nearly a thousand stone, and the most were thousands or even tens of thousands of stones. The rice price increased by 30%, which meant that the value of these rice stored in them also increased by 30%.

Even if the final transaction price does not rise by 30%, it should have an increase of at least 10%. If you buy it, you should not buy it. As long as you put the news of the rise in rice prices on the market, there will definitely be a wave of buying buying at that time. Even if the business in your own rice shop does not double, it will be 40% or 50% more than usual.

But at this time, Manager Di asked everyone: "What should I do if someone lets the money down and reduces the price without authorization!"

"Kill if you should kill, kill if you should kill, kill if you should kill, let us work together in Dengzhou!" Yuwen Ba had already put aside the fact that Liu Peng and Gu Mengyu were fighting: "Magistrate Cao said it too well. We are fighting for the chance of life for the farmers in the countryside. We cannot be ruthless. Even if we kill and set fire, we must continue to do it!"

"That's right, even if you kill someone and set fire!" Someone immediately responded: "Magistrate Cao, you are really making the decision for the people, and your kindness is of great importance!"

Everyone talked, but there was only one statement, that is, price increase is the bottom line. Now it is time to not increase. If the price increases are not raised, the rice industry peers will have no way to survive, and the countryside farmers will have no way to survive. However, County Magistrate Cao had an idea: "Give everyone ten days. During these ten days, the price of rice beans will increase at least 20% compared to now. After ten days, whoever dares to increase by 30% less than now will be fined 30,000 taels first."

Someone asked again: "What should I do if some rice shops and grain shops are not included in our fellow guild?"

Yuwen Ba was very active: "Let them rise 30%, and now it will rise. If they dare to keep a lot of money and don't make money, they must be careful of being reacted, and the rice warehouse suddenly burned!"

Although the Rice Industry Peer Association is a unified organization of the grain industry in Dengzhou, many small grain stores and some strong large grain shops have not joined the Rice Industry Peer Association in the past. County Magistrate Cao has been determined by Liu Peng to take charge of the Rice Industry Peer Association, so he is particularly active: "No, tell them that if you don't join our Rice Industry Peer Association, you don't have to open a grain store in our Dengzhou. If you don't listen to our good words and dissuade you, you will be responsible for all your own responsibilities. Our Rice Industry Club is not responsible for any accidents."

Magistrate Cao was too straightforward, and everyone couldn't help but think that this was not a juren, but a robber was simply a robber, but Magistrate Cao was not a rough word, and everyone's butt was sitting in a crooked manner. Yuwen Ba's eyes were green on the other side: "We should have done this long ago. Those uninteresting unruly people don't know how to live or die. Without our Rice Industry Association sheltering them from the wind and rain, can they survive until now?"

County Magistrate Cao immediately agreed: "That's right, if they want to join the membership, they have to pay more membership fees."

"Well, Magistrate Cao said it well. When they came in, they could only send representatives to the guild hall to discuss matters."

"After they come in, they will wait a few more years before they can work in the guild!"

Although everyone agreed to absorb these large and small grain and rice shops into the peer guild, while new members had to bear more obligations, they were not prepared to give them equal power. County Magistrate Cao was very kind and agreed immediately.

Liu Peng could see that magistrate Cao was too low-key in Huang County, so he had to start a massacre when he arrived at the Rice Industry Association. But this would be good, and he could save his worries and effort. However, before that, Liu Peng still had a big thing to do: "Dear colleagues, I have another suggestion. Our Rice Industry Association still lacks a sufficiently important person. I now recommend magistrate Cao Suicao as the president of our Dengzhou Rice Industry Association. Does anyone object?

Magistrate Cao is a seventh-rank magistrate who is a juren. Anyone who dares to oppose this proposal is naturally unanimously agreed. The entire Rice Industry colleagues will mobilize them in the future. Even Liu Peng did not expect that the Rice Industry colleagues will have such energy and mobilization efficiency.

In a few days, there was a rush to buy rice shops and rice shops in Dengzhou. There was a price per day, and people lined up to buy rice every day. However, not only were each allowed to purchase only 20 kilograms, but the door was opened until noon. The sun closed early before the mountain. Many people could not buy low-priced grain even if they had money.

The supply of grain has begun to be tightened. In the past, there were some millet shops outside the Rice Industry Guild, and small grain shops would sell at a low price. However, in this wave of rice price trend, these small grain shops and millet shops rose the fastest, and they directly increased by 30%. They also revealed the news that the price in Dengzhou is this price, and you will be at this price wherever you go, and others are also restricted to purchasing, so they can buy at least as much as you want.

Of course, after a good talk with the shop, the purchase quantity is enough, and the price can still be reduced appropriately, but it has increased by at least 20% compared with the past. The grain prices in the countryside have risen sharply, and everyone is cursing, especially the small citizens in the city have scolded County Magistrate Cao, who first proposed to raise prices.

Magistrate Cao is now a leader in Dengzhou, but he doesn't care about these scoldings at all. Instead, he eats and drinks when he should. He also spends his main time at the Rice Industry Association, spending at least one-third of his time in the Rice Industry Association within a month, and making every effort to grasp the Rice Industry Association.

Although the focus of the Rice Industry Guild is rice prices, County Magistrate Cao is a person who is interested and soon found the feeling. Not only did he play the trick of playing one thing, but he also borrowed a group of patrol team members from Liu Peng to specifically suppress any rice shops that dare to move away from the Rice Industry Guild, and began to develop upstream and downstream, hoping to monopolize the entire Dengzhou rice market.

Now the Dengzhou market is full of complaints about Cao County, and even the governments of many prefectures and counties have interfered and have had conflicts with Cao County. However, when Tao Gongfu wanted to deal with Cao County, he was in trouble.

Although Huang County is not the head of the magistrate Cao, everything is peaceful now. Even though Cao magistrate rarely makes major decisions, Huang County's political achievements are among the best in Dengzhou Prefecture, and Cao magistrate Cao is also among the best in Dengzhou Prefecture. There is no reason to deal with Cao magistrate Cao.

Therefore, the Prime Minister Tao could only ask Liu Peng over and ask: "There is now the price of grain on the market soaring, and complaining everywhere. If the price of rice continues like this, I am afraid that things will cause trouble to the province."

Liu Peng said wisely: "Master Tao, it is a good thing to rise in rice prices. Don't forget that when the rice prices rise, the big people will be happy, and the big people will be happy, everything will be easy to do!"

This is indeed the truth. The big households have a lot of rice beans in their hands. Although Tao Gong himself is nominally honest, he also has thousands of stones of rice beans stored in his hands. However, Tao Gong Gong asked: "But the people below are not feeling good!"

Liu Peng naturally had a reason: "So when you prefect Tao open the warehouse and release the grain, you will naturally be filled with joy. Now the rice price does not rise, how can these people who are promoting the fight to understand the kindness of the prefect!"

This is a good sentence. Master Tao could only say: "But...but...but...but, the rice price in Dengzhou has risen too much, and I'm afraid it's not very decent!"

"It's very decent, very decent!" Liu Peng said: "The rice price has risen. The rice beans stored in Hefengku last year are valuable, and the prefect can do a great career."

Tao Zhifu was a person with "excellent reputation, excellent money and excellent achievements", especially liked to do political achievements, but Dengzhou was a poor place with no extra resources for him to do political achievements. Therefore, when Liu Peng said this, he was moved.

The Hefeng Warehouse and the reserve warehouse have always had many colors but few colors. The increase in the price of rice beans also means that the financial resources that the mansion can use have increased a lot at once, and it can do several political achievements projects. Therefore, Master Tao was finally convinced: "I heard that the price of grain will rise in the future!"

For farmers, the plan for the year is spring, but this year's spring drought is particularly severe. Since the late winter last year, almost no rain has occurred in Shandong. Winter wheat in many places has been confirmed to be reduced or even eliminated. Therefore, farmers feel that this spring is particularly sad.

Fortunately, it is March now, and it is finally time for rainy weather.

However, this wave of expected precipitation also brought about severe spring cold, with heavy snow everywhere, and no scenes of peach and apricot blossoms blooming. The winter wheat in many places suffered heavy damage again in the late spring cold this time.

Fortunately, the late spring cold this time has not had a great impact on autumn grain. Farmers plant cuckoo with confidence, which is full of hope for a bumper grain harvest. However, the panic in the entire market is getting worse and worse. Summer grain must have severely reduced production, so we can only look forward to autumn grain, but now there are still five or six months before autumn grain is listed!

People are iron and rice and steel, and there are still five or six months left before autumn grain!

Dengzhou is the first place where rice prices rose sharply, but now the prices of grain in Shandong Province are rising, and even if the government intervenes, it will be a drop in the bucket. At this time, the new city is still snowing heavily. Zhuangzhi was so cold that he only knew how to rub his hands, but he did not dare to move.

When he went out, he brought a spring outfit. He never thought that he would encounter such an inched spring cold in Xincheng. When he wanted to go out to buy winter outfits, the Wang family's slaves had already rushed over to report the good news.

He was shocked by this good news. He was just a teenager of fifteen or sixteen years old. He just came to the new city to see him for a long time. He didn't expect that there would be such an opportunity, so he kept waiting in the cold wind.

"Master Zhuang, Master Zhuang, please come in, please come in quickly!"

Zhuang Diaozhi quickly stepped into the door, and as soon as he entered the door, he gave a big gift: "Junan Dadian Village Dizhi met the King of Xincheng Dasima!"
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