Chapter 23 Food prices plummet, amazing profits
Five or six days passed in the blink of an eye, and the news that the emperor, hundreds of officials, relatives of the emperor, and many celebrities were eating potatoes together had spread throughout the Tianyan Dynasty.
On the outskirts of Tianyan Emperor's Palace, countless people gathered together.
“Can potatoes really achieve a yield of fifty shi per mu?”
"That's what Your Majesty said. His Majesty's golden words should not be false, but this is too surprising!"
"The food is only four or five stones, this is ten times more!"
Many people were talking about it.
The potatoes are ripe, and today the government will try to dig a few acres of land. These people came to watch the excitement.
"The auspicious time has come, let's dig the first acre of potatoes!"
Someone from the government said in a loud and authentic voice.
The tens of thousands of people gathered here quickly fell silent.
"Wei Zongfeng, please!"
Jiang Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs, cupped his hands and said nervously. He had been so worried that he often couldn't sleep in the past few months.
Natural disasters reduce food supplies sharply.
There was another flood later!
If Luo Hongyan hadn't borrowed all the grain from several major grain merchants and released it, many people would have starved to death in the past month!
"Boom!"
Wei Gongfeng took action, and his powerful power poured into the earth, causing the ground to roll immediately.
A large number of round potatoes quickly emerged from the ground.
"Hiss, so many!"
“This looks like it’s really worth fifty stones!”
A large number of people around were excited. Although the people behind could not see it, they could also hear the discussions of the people in front.
"Gather!"
Wei Gongfeng is a master invited by Jiang Wen. He has a god-king level of cultivation and is good at controlling earth-attribute power!
His mighty power enveloped all the potatoes that emerged.
All the potatoes in an acre of field were gathered together.
A bunch of bosses!
No need to clean all the potatoes to get them all clean!
"Weigh yourself now!"
Jiang Wen said excitedly. He made a rough estimate and found that these potatoes should exceed sixty dan!
In ten minutes, the yield of the first acre of field came out.
Sixty-four stones!
"hiss!"
"Such a high output!"
The people around were excited, and many people burst into tears.
Even if the harvest in their own fields is less than half, they will be very satisfied!
"Wei Gongfeng, please continue."
Jiang Wen took a deep breath and said.
The output of the second, third, and fourth acres will all come out in half an hour.
They are sixty-seven stones, sixty-two stones, and sixty-five stones!
All exceeded sixty stones!
This kind of output is scary!
"Jiang Shangshu, is this fraud? Are these acres of land used for spiritual water or something?"
Someone in the crowd questioned that this person came from the Chai family, one of the major grain merchants.
The Chai family did not borrow food this time.
There are still a lot of grains in granaries everywhere.
Today, food prices are still very high, but it is foreseeable that if there is a bumper potato harvest in various places, food prices will inevitably plummet!
Jiang Wen looked over coldly and said calmly: "The potatoes are ripe, there is no need for the court to cheat!"
Many people nodded.
They know whether spiritual water is used in their fields, and they will know the yield when they dig it out!
"I can't wait, get back to digging now!"
"Let's go together!"
The people left one after another, and many people ran back. They wanted to dig out the potatoes they grew at home to see the yield.
The government sent many people to each village to conduct statistics.
After half a day, Jiang Wen obtained information on many villages around the Tianyan Dynasty.
The average output exceeds sixty stones!
"Your Majesty, good news, great news!"
Jiang Wen immediately entered the palace to meet the saint, and he looked extremely excited.
"How many?"
Luo Hongyan said slightly nervously. Although she knew it would definitely be good, she still couldn't help being nervous.
Grain production is related to the lives of countless people!
Jiang Wen took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, the yield of a large number of fields around the imperial city has been calculated, and the average yield per mu is sixty-one stones!"
Luo Hongyan let out a long breath.
This yield is better than she expected!
"Okay, good!"
"Announce the good news immediately!"
Luo Hongyan said happily.
Jiang Wen left quickly, and it didn't take long for the official to make a report. The average yield of sixty-one stones per unit of land blinded countless people.
"Is this food output going to plummet?"
"That's for sure!"
Many people in the city were talking about it.
About 10% of the grain borrowed by the government had not been sold out, and some people immediately discovered that the price of government grain had dropped.
Break the waist directly!
But even so, no one buys food!
"Down by half again!"
When the news reached Luo Hongyan, Luo Hongyan smiled lightly and said that she must bring down the price of food!
The price of twelve cents per catty suddenly dropped to only six cents per catty!
"Master, it's bad, the price of food has dropped by half again!"
Several major grain merchants were trembling.
The plummeting food prices cannot be stabilized even if they want to.
Even if they pay to buy the grain owned by the government, it is impossible for the people who have a good potato harvest to buy their high-priced grain.
New grains will be on the market after a while!
Six articles, four articles, three articles!
The next day, the price of grain continued to decrease, and potato harvests were achieved everywhere in the Tianyan Dynasty.
In some places with fertile soil, potato yields can reach 70 to 80 shi per acre!
The Chai family and the Xu family want to cry but have no tears.
They are the two major grain merchants in the Tianyan Dynasty who have not borrowed grain. In order to stabilize the grain price during this period, they actually secretly bought a lot of official grain!
The normal price of grain is only two cents.
They invested a lot in grain speculation before, and the comprehensive cost of a large amount of grain in the warehouse reached seven or eight cents.
Now it has dropped to three cents, which is a huge loss!
And judging from the current trend, the grain price will definitely fall, and it may even fall below the previous price.
"Sell it!"
"Sell it as fast as possible, sell as much as you can."
The head of the Chai family said with an extremely ugly face that the country has added a new grain with high yield, and it is very likely that the grain price will drop by half again.
Rush to sell it now, and you can lose less money at that time.
The Xu family did the same thing!
Originally, the Chai family and the Xu family communicated with each other, and no one would lower the price. They could make a lot of money if the grain price was stabilized. Now they don't care about each other's life or death!
With the Chai family and the Xu family selling, the grain price continued to fall, and finally stabilized at about 1.5 cents per catty.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I will lend you your grains. I will settle with you in cash in advance."
Luo Hongyan gathered several grain merchants together again. Originally, there were five families, but now the Liang family is missing!
The four grain merchants were in tears.
Their combined cost was also seven or eight wen. Now Luo Hongyan paid back the money at 1.3 times the market price, less than two wen!
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The four grain merchants said in unison. What can they do?
Luo Hongyan harvested them by normal business means. They can only blame themselves for being too greedy!
"How much did you earn?"
The four grain merchants left, and Luo Hongyan hurriedly asked the Minister of Revenue Jiang Wendao.
Jiang Wen trembled and said, "Your Majesty, the price we sell is about twenty wen in total, and it only costs two wen per catty in exchange, so the profit margin is huge."
"Plus, the Liang family does not need to pay back the grain, and the total profit should be 150 million taels!"
"Hiss!"
Luo Hongyan was extremely shocked.
In the past few years since she ascended the throne, she has spent a lot of money. The treasury was less than 50 million taels at its peak, but now it has made a profit of 150 million taels!
"What reward should I give to Ye Chen?"
Luo Hongyan thought to herself, if it weren't for Ye Chen's advice, how could she make so much money!
