Sometimes when the house is leaking and raining overnight, drinking cold water can also cause teeth to be stuffed.

Chang closed the warehouse and released grain, and the price of grain plummeted, which made Zhang Chao feel very bad. As a result, when he arrived at the pharmacy, he got worse news. Zhang Chao told Zhang Chao that the stock of medicinal materials that Zhang Chao had to purchase was insufficient and the price had to be increased.

The several materials needed by Zhang Chao, such as acetic stone, Glauber's salt, are all medicinal materials that are not commonly used in pharmacies. The pharmacies have very little stock, and even if you need to increase the purchase volume now, you will not be able to enter too much at the moment. However, Zhang Chao needs a large amount. If Zhang's pharmacies have to transfer goods from other channels, the cost will undoubtedly increase a lot.

"Risk? How much?"

The food price fell there, Zhang Chao was worried. Now the medicine price is rising here, he was even more worried. He was thinking just now that the profits of yellow steamed buns will fall in the future, so he is counting on selling noodles to make money. But now the medicine shop is still rising. Isn’t this not letting people live?

"If we use the amount you want now, it will be difficult for us to supply it. If you want this amount for a long time, there is no pharmacy in Chang'an City that can sell you at this price." Zhang Jianguan was still very polite. Although he wanted to raise the price, he expressed his regret.

But the price increase means the price increase, and it has risen very significantly, and the original price has doubled directly.

Zhang Chao almost wanted to leave, but Zhang Manager said sincerely that all the pharmacies in the entire Chang'an City and the east and west cities, no matter which pharmacies he changed, these medicinal materials were not easy to get. They had to be so large, and they could only be at this price.

Although Qi returns to Qi, Zhang Chao has no choice but to do so.

He settled the score in his mind. He sold him a liter of dough alkali to Fatty Cui now for two liters of money, and the cost is not low, and it costs about 500 cents. Not to mention his labor and his technical value, he extracted a liter of baking soda and could earn 1,500 cents. He provided Cui Fatty Cui five liters a day, which could earn 7 and a half cents.

Now Zhang Manager Zhang has opened his mouth and the raw materials are doubled. In this way, the cost of a liter of noodles has increased to 1,000 yuan, and his profit is only 1,000 yuan.

Although the profit has been reduced a lot, it is still acceptable as long as the material supply is supplied. What Zhang Chao couldn't accept the most was that the shopkeeper doubled the price and even said that the supply cannot be guaranteed to be fully supplied.

He was very slandered with Zhang Manager Zhang, but Zhang Manager Zhang still had the same attitude. The medicinal materials that Zhang Chao wanted were not commonly used. Even if he organized the transfer, it would be difficult to ensure such a large supply.

I was in a bad mood, and Zhang Chao didn't want to stay in Chang'an any longer.

"go home."

After leaving Xicheng City, I went to Qin Mansion to say goodbye to Qin Qiong and others. Qin Shubao tried to keep them for dinner, but Mr. Zhang did not agree. They were not from Chang'an, and Chang'an implemented a curfew at night. If they stayed for dinner, they would not think of leaving the city today.

Today, Zhang Chao was in a mess. When he thought that there was a grain collection team at home that was collecting grain everywhere, he still used a dou 300-yuan rice dumpling to collect grain at the original high price, his heart was bleeding.

I have to go back early and stop collecting grains early. I can only pay the high price of the collected food by gritting my teeth, but I have to follow the market in the future.

Qin Qiong asked Qin to call a few cars and sent Zhang Chao and his five-member family back to Bashang.

On the way back, Zhang Chao kept thinking that he didn't know how much food his family had collected. He would lose 900 yuan if he collected a stone of millet.

Now all his belongings are only fifteen taels of gold in his hand and ten taels of gold in his family. The twenty-five taels of gold and ten taels of gold in his family are the eight-day deposit for Fatty Cui.

Along the way, Zhang Chao kept urging him to speed up.

After rushing, he quickly returned to Zhangjiagou.

As soon as Zhang Chao arrived home, he hurriedly found Uncle Zhao who was responsible for collecting grain.

"Uncle Zhao, how much food has the family collected?"

Uncle Zhao looked excited, "Sanlang, the villagers are all very righteous. It doesn't matter if they say it's a month of marriage, and they are willing to sell the grain to us. Today, we collected more than 500 stone grains, which is enough for us to make two or three month steamed buns."

Zhang Chao's face suddenly froze and he felt dizzy.

"Why are you collecting so much food?"

"The villagers in nearby villages heard that the grain we collected was 100 cents higher than the market price per bullion, and they were rushing to come."

Zhang Chao felt distressed and he dripped blood. He didn't remember that there was such a thing. Originally, he added 100 cents per stone. In this way, he would have to pay 3,000 yuan per stone.

Now in Chang'an City, the millet has dropped to 2,000 per stone, which means that every stone you collect will lose all your money.

Damn it, after collecting more than 500 stones, wouldn’t he lose more than 500 coins in a day?

According to his estimate, the millet will still be reduced, and it will probably be reduced to half of the original price. So the more than 500 stone grain he bought will have to lose thousands of guan?

Holding the grass is going to go bankrupt.

"Uncle Zhao, stop collecting grain immediately. You can't collect it anymore, and you can't collect it even if you have a bucket."

"What's wrong? The food from all the distance has been sent. Can't we let someone take it back?"

"I really can't collect it anymore. Chang'an City often closes the warehouse and releases grain. Uncle Zhao, do you know how much the price of grain has fallen? A dou of rice has dropped from 500 coins to 350 yuan, and a dou of millet has fallen from 300 to 21. We will lose as much as we collect. More than 500 stones, and we will lose more than 500 guan today."

Uncle Zhao was shocked when he heard this.

"Sanlang, don't scare me, is this really the case?"

Dad nodded beside him.

Uncle Zhao's face turned pale. He was just an ordinary soldier, and was sent by the Cheqi Mansion to be a entourage to his father. The father and father were very nice to them. They had a warm bed to sleep at night and had a good meal. They could do some work for their father and get another salary, two liters of noodles a day.

I was also grateful and tried my best to collect grain for Mr. Zhang Chao and Mr. Zhang, and helped collect more than 500 stones of grain all day long. I was thinking about waiting for Mr. Zhang Chao and Mr. Zhang to come back to perform their achievements, but I did not expect to cause a disaster.

More than 500 guan of money is more than 500,000 yuan. Even if the price of millet is falling now, you can still buy more than 200 stone millet, more than 20,000 jin.

Uncle Zhao was at a loss and couldn't even speak.

"Oh, I...I..." Uncle Zhao rolled his eyelids and fell backwards after he said a few words.

The father and the others hurriedly supported him, pinched the man and rubbed his chest. Finally, Uncle Zhao woke up.

"Brother Tie Gun, I, I'm sorry for you. I really don't know that the food price has dropped."

"Uncle Zhao, don't worry, you won't blame you for this matter. Just accept it, and just don't accept it next. There are always risks in doing business. If you lose, you will lose a little. It's no big deal." Zhang Chao hurriedly comforted Uncle Zhao.

Uncle Zhao's face turned pale, "Sanlang, why don't I go and tell the villagers that we will return the grain?"

"How can I do such a thing be done? The grain has been collected, and it has been agreed that it will be paid by the end of the month. Now that the price of grain has fallen, we will have to return the grain. Isn't this a must for the villagers to poke the backbone of our fathers and men? You have to be trustworthy and do business more trustworthy. We have agreed to collect the price before, so we can't change it, let alone refund it."

"No matter what, it's just a few hundred stale coins, I can still afford it." Zhang Chao could only pretend to be fat at this time. Although the farmers are simple, the people also like to take advantage of the little ones.

It was precisely because Zhang Chao was willing to increase the price of ten cents per bucket before that these people sent food. Now, if Zhang Chao really dares to say that he will return the food and say he doesn't want it, it will be a big threat to thousands of people. The Zhang family will not want to hang out in this village in the future.

Not to mention five hundred stakes, even a thousand stakes will not be able to buy a good reputation by then.

Besides, for others, five hundred guan may be enough to completely crush them, let alone thousands of guan. But for Zhang Chao, a thousand guan money is really not a big problem. Although he was cheated, he was sure to make it back.

"Okay, please inform everyone that they will not collect grain anymore, and also tell everyone the reason. It is that the warehouses in Beijing are often closed and the grain prices have fallen. In addition, tell the villagers who have already sold us grain. No matter whether the price of grain falls or rises, we will tell them what the price is when we collect, and we will use the price to settle the money at the end of the month."

Zhang Chao's words made my father feel both relieved and worried. What was gratifying was that this son showed excellent character at the critical moment, but what was worried was that in this way, the grain collected by the Zhang family had been more than 500 chunks. I still don't know if it would continue to fall in the future.

Uncle Zhao hurried to the village entrance to announce the new news.

As soon as the news came out, it really shocked those who came to sell the grain. Those who had already sold the grain to the Zhang family and got the food coupon note were naturally full of joy. They kept saying that the Zhang family's father and son were all in harmony.

And those who had not yet had time to sell the grain to the Zhang family were both shocked and anxious.

"Zhao Da, we rushed over ten miles early in the morning to bring the grain here, and we still lined up here for a long time. Now it's our turn to collect our grain. You said you won't collect it anymore. This is unreasonable."

"Oh, this guy, there's really nothing I can do. You have heard that the price of the capital's millet fell by 30% in a day. How can we still charge it? You are forcing us to lose as much as you collect. By the end of the month, we can't afford to pay you money. Isn't that in vain."

But Uncle Zhao's words could not soothe these angry villagers.

They all wanted the Zhang family to collect the grain, and at the original price, so that their grain could be sold for a lot of more money.

Seeing that the more noisy he became, Zhang Chao appeared at the right time.

"Dear fellow villagers, uncles and brothers, we did not expect this incident. Our Zhang family really cannot accept the food. I am very sorry for this. I am sorry to everyone!"

But those villagers refused to accept Zhang Chao's rejection at all.

"Let's do this. Now the villagers who have been brought here and have not yet collected the grain. I can't collect the grain anymore, but as I had agreed to add ten cents to the pound of grain, I will give you a compensation. After taking the compensation, the villagers will take the grain home. How about it?"

There were still about a hundred stone grains in the drying yard that had not been collected, which were sent by dozens of households. Zhang Chao could not have collected these again, and he would have to lose 100 or 200 stags of money again.

Zhang Chao was willing to take a step back and give them some compensation, so as to calm their mood. One stone was enough to make up for 100 cigarettes. Zhang Chao took out a total of more than ten guan of money to compensate them for the remaining grain, which was considered very conscientious.

Although those people were still very unhappy, this is a rare sincerity of the Zhang family. In the end, everyone accepted Zhang Chao's proposal, received compensation, and then took the food home.

After scattering more than a dozen chunks of money, those people began to take the food home one after another.

Those villagers who had already sold the grain to the Zhang family only left with satisfaction after Zhang Chao promised over and over again that he would definitely settle the settlement at the original agreed price at the end of the month.
Chapter completed!