Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 308 Scarcity makes things valuable. Once they become commonplace, they are worthless. Don’t

The change in the price of goods in Zhangjiazhuang market attracted the attention of many merchants. Except for the merchants selling salt, the other merchants were all beaming with joy. They never dreamed that the price of grain, instead of falling, had increased by 50%. This made them see the huge profits and they were all ready to go for a big fight.

The moment Cao Yuansheng saw the price change, he felt Ding Wei's deep malice. He knew that Ding Wei would not agree to his conditions, and he could only rely on his ability to fight for that 10% share. Right now there was a best opportunity. As long as he could provide a stable supply of food to the market, there would be absolutely no problem in grabbing the city's share of medicines.

"Everyone, I believe you have noticed the price changes. From today on, transactions will be conducted according to the current prices. We will no longer charge salt and copper for our two miraculous medicines. If you want to buy them, you can only exchange them for grain. No one will be exempted. If you want to exchange for more things, then find a way to transport more grain!"

"In addition, I have another good news to tell you. We have a large amount of banknotes in our hands. We are willing to use 90% of the market price to buy the things you have. The quantity is limited, so it's first come first served. This is a timely concession from us to everyone, as a thank you for your support!"

After Ding Wei finished speaking, today's trading officially began, which also meant that another busy day was about to begin. Compared to Cao Yuansheng's excitement, Fan Yunfeng's expression was very bad, and he even glared at Ding Wei, but he couldn't change the situation in front of him. After all, everyone looked jubilant, and even he could get more profits from it, but he felt that this was a trap, a trap set specifically for him.

Now he has a large amount of salt in his hands. The grain in Ping'an County is controlled by the landlords. Seeing this price, they will definitely bring their own grain to trade. If he wants to keep his previous share, he has to buy grain from other places. But once he misses the best time, the share of medicine he can get every day will be reduced. A day's delay will reduce it by 10%. Both parties have signed a contract on this matter. He is really like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, with no way to express his pain.

"Wendou, go sell all the salt we brought today, even if the price is lower. Find a way to purchase some food from around Ping'an County. We must keep our current share no matter what. I will rush back to Ping'an County now and contact the managers of the surrounding counties through the radio station, asking them to find a way to purchase some food and ship it over."

"I have to hurry up and meet with Mitsui Taro to see if I can seek his help and use the Mitsui family's connections to transfer a batch of food to us to solve our urgent needs!"

Fan Yunfeng rushed to Ping'an County overnight and showed the token given by Mitsui Taro before entering the county. After that, he did not rest, but came to Mitsui Taro's residence and reported the matter in person.

After hearing the news brought by Fan Yunfeng, Taro Mitsui immediately concluded that someone was playing tricks, otherwise Zhangjiazhuang Market would not have been able to raise the purchase price of materials.

"It seems that someone has found the Zhangjiazhuang market and wants to take some of our share. The Independent Group does not want to be the bad guy at this time, so we came up with this solution. It can not only get out of this matter, but also take into account the interests of all parties. After all, everyone can make more money from it. No one will make trouble at this time. If someone really dares to make trouble, he will become the enemy of everyone. Even I can't make an enemy of everyone just to vent my anger!"

"I just thought about it. The only one who had conflicts with us recently was Nakamura Ichiro. This might be his doing. I didn't expect that there was also a master in the independent group who directly used an open conspiracy to solve the problem. If we want to keep our share, we can only find a way to transport more food over for trading. But we don't have that much food. Even if I use my family's connections, it will be difficult to transfer the food in a short time."

"It seems that Ichiro Nakamura has already calculated this step. No wonder he has been frantically purchasing food these days. It seems that I have to meet with Colonel Matsumoto tonight to see if he can allocate a batch of military rations to me first, and then I will fill this gap."

Fan Yunfeng immediately understood and hurried back to prepare gifts. Half an hour later, they visited Colonel Matsuda and talked for more than an hour before they finally settled the matter. Colonel Matsuda had long coveted the Zhangjiazhuang market, but had never had the opportunity to get involved. This time he could get a piece of the pie and got a 10% share from Mitsui Taro. Both parties were happy.

In fact, Mitsui Taro was not happy in his heart. No matter what the final result was, he had lost 10% of the share. But with the protection of Colonel Matsumoto, the local tyrant, he could increase the grain trading volume and grab other shares. In this way, overall, he would not suffer any loss. At the same time, he and Colonel Matsumoto formed a community of interests, which would be more conducive to his next actions!

The next day, Fan Yunfeng took the note approved by Colonel Matsuda, transported a large amount of military rations from the warehouse, and rushed to Zhangjiazhuang market to trade, thus saving Mitsui Taro's 40% share.

Ding Wei didn't expect that Fan Yunfeng could transport so much food. What was even more incredible to him was that Fan Yunfeng did not use a horse-drawn carriage, but a Japanese military truck. However, the paint on the outside had long been removed. It took a total of ten large trucks to transport 30,000 kilograms of food.

"Manager Ding, I have transported 100,000 kilograms of grain, and there are hundreds of carriages on the way here. Exchange all these 30,000 kilograms of grain for medicine. It's better to do it sooner rather than later. I want to see who can beat me to the task."

Ding Wei had never expected to meet a wealthy dog ​​owner this time. He immediately helped to complete the formalities and handed the note to Fan Yunfeng, complimenting him with a happy face: "Mr. Fan, no one is as generous as you? You are the biggest customer in our market. We will never forget you if there is any benefit! You can also exchange food for military bills. The profit in between is not small. It's a pity to miss it!"

Fan Yunfeng certainly knew how huge the benefits were. After exchanging a few words with Ding Wei, he went to exchange the grain for some military notes. He could definitely make more money by transferring these notes, not to mention that there was the support of the Mitsui family behind it. He could spend as many military notes as he wanted.

Cao Yuansheng had been sending people to keep a close eye on Fan Yunfeng. When he learned that Fan Yunfeng had transported a large amount of grain to the Zhangjiazhuang market, his face wrinkled into a bitter gourd, and he quickly notified Nakamura Ichiro about the matter. After Nakamura Ichiro knew about it, he immediately investigated. When he learned that Colonel Matsumoto was involved, he had no choice but to give up. Even if he wanted to compete, he could only do it through legitimate means, otherwise Colonel Matsumoto would definitely make him trouble.

Ding Wei did not expect that Lin Zhenhua's trick would be so effective. The market purchased more than 20 kilograms of grain today. According to the current purchasing progress, even if there is still a huge gap in grain, with the combination of wild vegetables and sweet potatoes, hundreds of thousands of people can survive this winter.

Ding Wei immediately informed Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong of the good news, and they were very excited. In order to exchange for more food, the three pharmaceutical production lines were fully opened and produced at full capacity. For this reason, some of the raw material supply to the new factory was even stopped to ensure that there would be no problems in the production of drugs.

As for the raw materials of the Chinese medicine pills, there is no need to worry too much. Lin Zhenhua had consciously started to stockpile medicinal materials long before, and the market has not stopped purchasing Chinese medicine materials. This has made the production capacity of the two Chinese medicine pill production lines very stable, and there has been no shortage of raw materials so far.

"Old Zhao, the reason why some medicines are valuable is because of their scarcity. We should maintain the current quantity of our two miracle drugs and absolutely cannot increase it. Scarcity makes things valuable. Once they are everywhere, they will be worthless. We can't let this ruin our reputation!"

"I have people keep ten bottles of sulfa every day, and now we have accumulated quite a bit. For the sake of safety, we will take half of the money and the other half of the sulfa and go ahead first to test Chen Minggeng's reaction. If he can fully accept payment with medicines, it will save us a lot of trouble. At least we can bring more supplies when we go. After all, although gold and silver do not take up space, they are too heavy. In comparison, medicines are much lighter. This air transport line is really costly. If everything were not produced by us and the cost was not reduced to the lowest, I'm afraid we really couldn't afford it!" Li Yunlong sighed in a low voice.

Zhao Gang had the same feeling. When college students wanted to purchase a batch of compressed biscuits and canned food through Chen Minggeng, he did not agree because the cost was too high and beyond the current affordability of the independent regiment. If it were not for the fact that most of the coal mines in the base were open-air and very easy to mine, if they really needed to go down the mountain to mine, the high cost would definitely not be something the independent regiment could afford.

"Lao Li, we need 20,000 dollars every month just for mining. You said before that we only need tens of thousands of dollars to maintain the turnover of our independent regiment. That is based on the premise that we have sufficient food. By distributing food and cotton cloth, we can solve the problem of hiring workers. After all, we can't let the soldiers go to mine. If that's the case, who will guard the base?"

"As more and more people pour into the base in the future, our defense pressure will become greater. Fortunately, we have taken back the small base that was occupied by the devils before, and now it is all connected, which gives us more places to accommodate the population. Otherwise, our previous base would not be able to accommodate so many people!"

Li Yunlong didn't care much about this matter. As for the current base of the independent regiment, even if a million people moved in, there would not be any problem at all. There was nothing to worry about.

"Old Ding, don't just be busy with business these days. We must not relax the security of Zhangjiazhuang Market. I have already called Old Xing. Tomorrow, a battalion of new soldiers will go to strengthen the security of the market. Money can attract people's attention. We must not only ensure the safety of the market, but also the safety of those merchants. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the current good situation that we have worked so hard to build may be ruined!"