nashuaworldcup Chapter 130: Forced Purchase and Sale! Another Cut
Chapter 130: Forced Purchase and Sale! Another Cut
Loud shouts came one after another.
The merchants were frightened and huddled together.
This is not an invitation, this is a force!
The merchants could imagine that if they were not offered water, they would probably just riot, steal the money and buy it themselves.
The merchants gathered together to discuss the matter exchanged glances. Chamber of Commerce President Wei Liangping understood and stood up to respond:
"Be quiet!"
"Wait two more hours. If the team we sent out to buy water doesn't come back with any water after two hours, I'll take the initiative and buy water for everyone!"
After receiving the affirmative answer, the guards visibly quieted down.
Lie down quietly.
Waiting for time to pass.
......
"My lord, let's continue heading north. I saw a stream with very clean water." The returning scout stood in front of Shen Qian's carriage and said respectfully.
After hearing this, Shen Qian's eyes lit up.
Stream, that should be a big river!
A large river that runs across the entire Plain County.
Even if we arrive half a month later, the river will not dry up, it will just become much shallower.
Moreover, from here, it is only more than 600 kilometers away from Pingyuan County.
A journey of more than ten days.
After replenishing the water source, they left Pingyuan County in one go.
"What's going on over there?" Shen Qian asked the scout as she heard shouts coming from the merchant group behind her.
The scout replied respectfully:
"My Lord, they are the merchants' guards."
"They want to ask the merchant and the master to buy water, but the merchant asked them to wait for two hours. The time should be up now."
After receiving the scout's reply, Shen Qian finally remembered.
There is such a thing.
I had specifically told the village chief not to sell water to the other party no matter what price they offered.
But now, they were about to reach the stream. Even if the population of their village increased tenfold, they would still not be able to drink all the water from that river.
So... Sell!
We need to sell more!
Thinking of this, Shen Qian said to the scout:
"Call the village chief over."
"promise!"
The scout responded and immediately called over Wang Dakuo, the village chief of Wangjia Village.
"Ms. Wang Shen, what do you want to call me for?" Wang Dakuo asked Shen Qian in the carriage.
"Tell the villagers that no one is allowed to sell water privately to those merchants. Let them buy directly from me."
"Didn't I say I won't sell it..." Wang Dakuo's brain reacted a little slowly, but he soon realized something. When he looked at the carriage, his expression was strange:
"I understand, but I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to take all the money."
“Help sell some in the village as well.”
"Don't worry, Uncle Dakuo, please help me count how many jars of water are left in the village that can be traded." Shen Qian nodded in response.
No matter how much water she has left, can it be as much as the total water left by all 185 households in the village?
Obviously, it was impossible, after all, the number of people she had to supply water to was there.
In no time.
The group of wealthy businessmen ran towards the Wangjia Village camp together.
As Shen Qian expected, they went to ask the villagers.
Buy water.
But after a long time, they asked more than forty households, but the answer they got was that they would not sell a jar of water even for ten thousand taels of silver.
This really made Wei Liangping and others very unpopular.
Helplessly, he could only walk towards Shen Qian's luxurious carriage.
"Excuse me, are you Wang Shen?" Wei Liangping bowed towards the carriage with a very sincere attitude.
But Shen Qian in the car frowned after hearing this.
Wang Shenshi?
When did I introduce myself like this?
From the time he met the steward Liang while fleeing famine, to the time he met Princess Chi Yu, he claimed to the outside world that they were all from the Shen family.
No longer taking the husband's surname.
Who did he hear that from?
"What's the matter?" Shen Qian became wary of the merchant who spoke and asked in a cold voice.
"Please ask Mrs. Wang Shen to allow the villagers to sell some water to us." Wei Liangping showed a typical businessman's smile on his face, but in his heart he looked down on Shen Qian:
"Otherwise, if those guards riot, it will be troublesome."
The second half of the sentence is a complete threat.
Seeing this, Shen Qian couldn't help but sneer:
"Ah!"
"You seem to have forgotten how your guards escaped before?"
"Do you think they have the guts to attack my heavy armored infantry?"
Facing Shen Qian's undisguised sarcasm.
Wei Liangping, president of the Northern Chamber of Commerce, had a dark face.
Before he met this woman's heavily armored infantry, he had been bragging about how powerful his guards were, but when he saw them, he ran away without even fighting.
This is simply a shame!
"But don't forget that these heavily armored infantrymen of yours are not from a legitimate background. If you really want to offend us to death, I will report this matter to the authorities in the county, and you won't have an easy time!" Wei Liangping had a gloomy face and directly handed over his trump card.
Because he felt that it would be difficult to get water from Wang Shen through normal purchase today.
"Illegal origin?" Shen Qian immediately understood when she heard this:
"Did that old lady Lin tell you that?"
"She and I have quite a connection. In that case, please send her away!"
As soon as the words fell, several heavily armored infantrymen around Shen Qian immediately stood up and walked towards Wei Liangping and others.
Wei Liangping was so frightened when he saw this that he stepped back repeatedly:
"Think carefully, I will really report it to the police!"
"It's up to you." Shen Qian still had that calm tone.
Now Wei Liangping was very anxious.
Begging for mercy:
"Shen, I was wrong."
"Please sell me some water today."
"The price is negotiable, otherwise those guards will really riot."
"For you and me, staying alive is not a good thing for the people in this village. I will give in and the price can be higher."
Wei Liangping had been pushed back more than ten meters by the soldiers and could only compromise and shout loudly.
After shouting, I felt pain again.
Whatever price you ask for, it can be even higher!
I really forgot that I was ripped off before.
But once the words are out, they can't be taken back.
"Okay, let them come over." Shen Qian's voice came from the sedan again.
Village chief Wang Dakuo also ran over at this moment.
Standing outside Shen Qian's carriage, he whispered:
"Just now I counted and found that there are a total of 228 complete water jars that can be produced in our village."
"I should be able to sell two hundred jars, and I'll have some left over for myself."
"I understand." Shen Qian replied, and the Chamber of Commerce President Wei Liangping also returned to the front of the carriage.
He smiled humbly and said:
"You name the price. As long as it's reasonable, I won't bargain."
This was said with perfect accuracy.
The price is reasonable, what does reasonable mean? It all depends on his own justification.
"One hundred taels of silver for a jar of water. Three hundred jars of water. You just need to pay thirty thousand taels of silver in the Southern Territory's general silver notes." Shen Qian spoke and directly set the price and number.
After hearing this, Wei Liangping was shocked.
A jar of water costs one hundred taels?
Why not grab it!
Is this filled with nectar?
How dare you sell it at such a high price? Even the famous and expensive wine in Beijing cannot compare to this jar of water.
Thinking of this, Wei Liangping felt depressed.
But he still nodded in agreement. He was in a worse position than the other party, and if he really bargained, he wouldn't be able to give up much.
After all, didn't the village say that there were only 300 jars left?
Thinking of this, Wei Liangping said:
"Give us a hundred jars, and I'll give you ten thousand taels of silver."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Liangping turned around and stretched out his hands to ask for money from several merchants behind him!
Seeing this, everyone took out one thousand taels of silver and handed it to Wei Liangping.
Wei Liangping took the banknote and was about to hand it to Shen Qian when he heard a cold voice from inside the carriage:
"It's not a choice for you."
"If you want to buy, buy all three hundred jars at once, for a total price of thirty thousand silver."
"If you don't buy it, then...show me!"