Pick up a princess to be your wife

"What's wrong?"

"Jubaoxuan is selling rice today, priced at one hundred coins per catty."

Zhou Wanfu, who was sitting leisurely in the recliner, opened his eyes wide, slowly stood up, and said incredulously, "What did you say?"

“I told them they were selling rice for 100 wen per jin,” Zhou Feng repeated.

"One hundred coins? That... is absolutely impossible."

Food supplies are almost exhausted outside; where can you find such cheap food now?

"It's true! The whole city is going crazy for it! The market is so crowded you can barely squeeze in!" Zhou Feng exclaimed urgently.

"Let's go and have a look!"

Although Zhou Wanfu knew his son wouldn't lie to him, he still found it hard to believe.

When he arrived at the market gate, he saw that it was indeed packed with people, but not to the point where people couldn't squeeze in.

Once you enter the market, it becomes very difficult to reach the entrance of Jubao Xuan.

That open space was indeed packed with people.

"Haha, I got it! It really is rice!"

People who had bought grain squeezed out, holding up their sacks of grain and shouting excitedly.

"I bought some too! Rice for 100 coins a pound! Where can you find rice that cheap these days?"

"My family had run out of food, but luckily I managed to buy rice at Jubao Pavilion. We're saved! My wife and children won't starve to death!"

"Manager He of Jubaoge is definitely the greatest philanthropist in the world!"

……

seeing is believing.

Now that Zhou Wanfu has seen the situation on the ground, it feels as if a huge boulder has been lifted from his heart.

One million catties of grain, priced at one hundred coins per catty, is definitely doing a good deed.

"Father, what should we do?" Zhou Feng said anxiously.

"Such cheap rice! If we buy it all, we'll make a fortune! Let's go talk to He Xianzhi!"

Zhou Wanfu and his son tried desperately to squeeze in, but they couldn't get in at all.

"I am Zhou Wanfu, get out of my way, I want to go in!"

Zhou Wanfu roared, but there were too many people present, and no one listened to him at all.

He squeezed in one step, and was immediately pushed back two steps by the crowd.

"Go back first."

Seeing that they couldn't squeeze in, Zhou Wanfu angrily left with Zhou Feng.

"Brother, that fatso is gone. Do you think he'll lower the price and dump his grain today?" Li Ertie asked, pointing to Zhou Wanfu's retreating figure.

"He was desperately trying to squeeze in; I reckon he wanted to buy up all the grain from He Xianzhi," Li Mu said casually.

"If he goes to see He Xianzhi, won't he be exposed?" Li Ertie asked.

"Do you think He Xianzhi lacks even this much courage? And don't you think He Xianzhi is the kind of person who has a million catties of grain?" Li Mu said with a faint smile.

"That's true."

One group of people after another bought up a lot of grain.

But no one realized that the people who kept coming back to buy grain were actually the same group of people.

Even after Jubaoge announced its closing time in the evening, the area outside remained bustling with people.

Those who couldn't buy food lingered for a long time, reluctant to leave.

Li Mu returned home with a bag of rice.

"Brother, sister-in-law, look, I bought ten catties of rice today."

Mr. and Mrs. Li were dejected because they had failed to grab any food that day.

Wang Xiulian also complained that Li Tian couldn't squeeze in no matter how hard he tried; if he were stronger, he could have bought cheaper grain.

Li Tian also felt somewhat guilty about this.

Without food, the family of four had to rely on cold water to stave off hunger.

When Li Mu returned with a bag of rice, Li Tian and his wife's eyes lit up.

"Wow, it's really rice! Erlang, your sister-in-law and I tried to squeeze in all day but couldn't. Did you manage to?" Li Tian asked.

"Yeah, there were so many people today, I only managed to squeeze in by sheer luck," Li Mu replied.

“I thought our family was going to go hungry. Your sister-in-law was even planning to borrow some grain from her parents’ home. I didn’t expect Erlang to come back with grain.”

“I told you, Erlang is our family’s lucky star. Look how many times our family has turned bad luck into good since Erlang came back!” Wang Xiulian quickly took the rice.

Wang Xiulian sniffed and smelled the aroma of meat.

She opened the rice bag and found a piece of cured meat inside, probably weighing more than half a pound.

"Where did the cured meat come from?" Wang Xiulian asked.

“Today, someone couldn’t buy rice, and he wanted to trade this piece of meat for five jin of rice. I thought it was a good deal, so I traded it,” Li Mu said.

"Let's cook a pot of rice and half a piece of meat tonight, and have a hearty meal," Wang Xiulian said.

"Sister-in-law, all the meat is cooked," Li Mu said with a faint smile.

"Why? This piece of meat is so big, it's enough for the four of us to eat for three meals," Wang Xiulian asked.

"What if it gets stolen again? Wouldn't it end up in someone else's stomach?" Li Mu laughed.

"Erlang is right!"

Li Mu wasn't afraid of others taking the meat, but if he didn't say so, his sister-in-law definitely wouldn't be willing to cook all the meat.

He checked the system store and found that rice was still priced at 1.5 points per kilogram.

The fake market prices he creates cannot affect the system prices.

Inside the Treasure Pavilion.

He Xianzhi instructed Xiao Lan to give the exhausted workers a hard-earned bonus.

At this moment, Zhou Wanfu arrived.

"Manager He, we meet again."

"Please have a seat, Mr. Zhou. What brings you here so late?" He Xianzhi greeted him and then asked.

Zhou Wanfu smiled with narrowed eyes, and it took him a while to speak.

“I have a business deal I’d like to discuss with Manager He,” Zhou Wanfu said.

He Xianzhi saw through Zhou Wanfu's scheme at a glance.

"explain."

"I'd like to buy this batch of grain from you at two hundred cash per catty. Manager He can make double the money, what do you say?" Zhou Wanfu asked.

"Then Master Zhou sold it to the people of Luyang County at a price of one tael and five mace per catty?" He Xianzhi's face was cold, and his tone was devoid of any emotion.

Hearing this, Zhou Wanfu felt somewhat displeased.

He Xianzhi was clearly saying, "You think you can get a bargain from me?"

“Manager He sells grain to make money. I’m willing to pay double the price to buy it. Doesn’t that achieve your goal of making money?” Zhou Wanfu said.

He Xianzhi thought to himself, "Do you think your ridiculous argument can convince me?"

“I used to buy grain from Zhou Ji for one tael per jin. Now the market price has risen to one tael and five mace per jin.”

As He Xianzhi spoke, he picked up his teacup and took a sip.

“Master Zhou is offering to buy it at a price of one tael per jin, so you can take all one million jin of grain,” He Xianzhi said.

"One ounce to one pound? That's way too expensive!"

Hearing this, He Xianzhi couldn't help but laugh inwardly.

You sell it for one and a half ounces per pound, and you don't think it's expensive.

You think an ounce or a pound is expensive here?

Did you forget to bring your brain with you when you went out?

Do you think you can have all the good things in the world by yourself?