Chapter 175: The Profligate Merchants
After the lackey finished shouting, Cheng Xianghua still said with a smile,
"Let's start now, let's start now!"

When Cheng Xianghua said he was selling supplies, the first neighbor in line immediately shouted,
"Manager Cheng, hurry up and give me 100 kilograms of corn flour.

Hurry up and install it.
I will send the food back first, then call my wife and children out to grab food and oil."

"Okay, then I'll install it for you now."

Soon, the news that major state-owned stores had increased their food supplies spread rapidly throughout the city of Beiping, and ordinary people who did not have enough food at home rushed out to buy supplies.

But those profiteers were faster than them.

After receiving the news, they directly sent more convoys to the state-owned stores to buy food.

Soon, as truckloads of supplies were bought up by profiteers, the neighbors who were still queuing became increasingly anxious.
An accident was about to happen.
Cheng Xianghua had to stand up and say,
"Comrades, don't worry. The State Council is doing its best to raise food. Our grain store will still have food for sale tomorrow. Don't worry."

When the neighbors heard the shopkeeper say that there would be more food for sale tomorrow, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment,
The lackey who was still here sneered.
"The State Council has been making such a fuss these days, with trains and trucks coming every night, but in the end they have only collected this little.

Even if I give you one more day, what good will it do? How much food can your state-owned stores get?
We will collect as much food as you can get.

Once you have sold all your food and have no more supplies, you will no longer be qualified to fight us. By then, Beiping City will be ours.

You can sell it at any price you want, the money you spend now will be earned back sooner or later."

Seeing this lackey of a profiteer being so arrogant, although he had received orders from above, Cheng Xianghua did not treat him well this time.

He retorted pointedly,

"Haha, don't worry, our Government Affairs Council has collected plenty of food, enough to feed the people of the entire city through the winter!"

Although Cheng Xianghua was telling the truth, his lackeys did not believe him.
Instead, he sneered with a sneer on his face.
"Everyone can talk big,
At this time last year, wasn't the Executive Yuan in Jinling doing the same thing as you?
The results of it,
He just downloaded three files in a row and publicly admitted that he was not good enough.

I think your Government Affairs Council is no different from them. You have been making a fuss for so long and this is all you have.
hurry up,
If you have food, take it out immediately, don’t hide it.”

The grain store's warehouse was almost sold out, and He Yuzhu and his team had not yet received the order to start transporting supplies to replenish the inventory. Naturally, Cheng Xianghua could not take out the grain at this time.

But he still assured the neighbors that their store would still have food for sale tomorrow.

It took a lot of persuasion to persuade the neighbors to go back.

Watching the neighbors queuing up gradually disperse, He Yuzhu went home and started preparing lunch.

As unscrupulous merchants took action, the stocks of state-owned stores in the city ran out one after another, and they had to hang up signs to announce that they were temporarily closed.

The prices of food, cloth and other supplies in private stores also increased again!

This caused some people to panic and rush to buy the products.

And on the other side,
After learning that the state-owned stores began to increase their supply, the speculators in Peking thought that things would be very difficult, so they all gathered at the Six Nations Hotel to discuss countermeasures.
Be prepared to meet this wave of impact in the strongest condition.

As a result, just as they were preparing for battle, they received news from their servants not long after.

The state-owned stores have been cleared out by them.
The store has also been closed.

Upon receiving this news, the head of the Peking Chamber of Commerce burst into laughter.
"it is good!

The State Council has been busy for so many days, and I thought they were so powerful, but it turns out they are just a lot of noise but little action, just bluffing!

It really gave me a big scare.

So, the news from the Secret Service is true.
It seems that the Administrative Council in Beiping is no different from the former Administrative Council in Jinling in terms of economy. They are both incompetent! "After the president of the Chamber of Commerce finished speaking, the other profiteers also laughed.

"President, the news from the Bureau of Secrets must be true.

Just think about it, two or three years ago they were still running around in the mountains and had never managed a big city, so how could they understand economic affairs?

In other words, the bald guy is too weak, and he can't beat them even with such a big advantage.

We need to help!"

"Yes, didn't you see that in June in Songhu, they could only violently block the securities building and steal the gold and silver inside?

It’s only been less than half a year, how could they possibly learn anything about economics?”

"Yeah,

Think about it, we all went through decades of ups and downs in the business world to achieve our current success.
Half a year ago, they only knew how to use guns. It is impossible for them to learn how to do business in just half a year.

It is impossible to win a fair business battle against us!"

……

Hearing the flattery of these businessmen below, the president of the Chamber of Commerce was also very pleased. He laughed and picked up the foreign wine on the table and poured himself a small glass.

Then he raised it up and said to those speculators,

"Come, I wish us great fortune!"

Then the speculators raised their glasses and echoed crazily,

"Make a fortune!"

……

Siheyuan,
At the dinner table, the deaf old lady looked at He Yuzhu seriously and asked,
"Zhuzi, tell me what you were busy doing the other night, and how much grain did the State Council transfer to Peking?

The state-owned stores just announced that they would increase their supply, but how come they were out of stock before noon?

Do you know what the plan is?"

Seeing that the deaf old lady was actually concerned about this, He Yuzhu looked at her in surprise and asked,
"Old lady, our family's food and coal were purchased in October, and you won't starve. Why do you care about this issue?
Could it be that Mr. Lou is also involved in the speculation? "

When He Yuzhu mentioned Lou Zhenhua, the deaf old lady quickly shook her head.
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid!

Before liberation, Xiao Lou was transporting food and money to the People's Liberation Army. At this critical juncture, he naturally still stands on the side of the State Council.

I saw those lackeys who bought food were so arrogant.
If the State Council miscalculates, Xiao Lou will definitely lose a lot of money, so I'm asking you.

It’s not because Xiao Lou also participated in this grain speculation.”

The TV series did mention that before liberation, Lou Zhenhua delivered grain and money to the People's Liberation Army. Now I heard the deaf old lady say that he stood on the side of the State Council in this rice and cotton war.

He Yuzhu thought to himself that it was no wonder that nothing happened to the Lou family for the next 10 years.

It turns out that not only did we place the bet long ago,
The investment is continuing to increase later.

(End of this chapter)