Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 2539: Chapter 61: It’s All In!

Isn’t this saying that Beigong Bohong hasn’t done anything in the past decade, yet still made a profit instead of suffering a loss?

“Store Manager, Store Manager.” Beigong Bohong looked at the situation, but instead of being pleased, he was shocked, hurriedly made a round bow to everyone and said apologetically, “My shop is small and can only sell slowly, I’m really sorry to you two.”

Now, he dared not sell the grain in bulk. Selling to one family might offend another.

Furthermore, judging by this trend, the grain price will continue to surge, and he is unwilling to cash out and leave the position just yet.

Selling slowly, the profit is guaranteed to be more than selling directly in bulk.

The two Store Managers, upon hearing this, although somewhat regrettable, realized that if the person truly did not want to sell, they couldn’t force a purchase, so they stopped their efforts and moved swiftly to find another supplier.

Nowadays, as long as grains are obtained, it’s considered a gain; grains have suddenly become hard currency.

Dongye Fantian recalled his previous sneers and felt as if his face was being slapped harshly.

He staggered back to his shop, hung his head, and felt extremely regretful.

Had he known earlier, he would have persisted like Beigong Bohong.

Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world; no matter how regretful he is, it is already too late.

Similar scenes are happening all over Sacred City, and likewise, this wave of grain price increase will swiftly spread throughout the Sacred Dynasty and surrounding Immortal Dynasties.

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As this wave of price increase ferments, some people can’t sit still.

Inside the gatehouse of Wen Yu Prince’s Mansion.

He Lian Duo Cai was pacing back and forth anxiously.

These days, he had already sensed something was amiss and was planning to discuss countermeasures with Wen Yu Prince, even inviting Yao Xingshu for a drink to drop hints.

Unexpectedly, before he could act on it, the sky suddenly fell down.

This morning, as soon as he noticed something was wrong, he rushed to report to Wen Yu Prince.

Unfortunately, among Wen Yu Prince’s staff officers, he was just a peripheral figure and did not have the privilege of entering the Prince’s Mansion directly to see the Prince without notice.

Whenever he wanted to meet Wen Yu Prince, he had to make an appointment in advance, which sometimes couldn’t be scheduled due to Wen Yu Prince’s numerous affairs.

A moment later, Yao Xingshu hurriedly arrived, leading He Lian Duo Cai to see Wen Yu Prince.

Inside the study.

Wen Yu Prince, who had already understood the current situation, had an uncertain expression. Upon seeing He Lian Duo Cai, he coldly reprimanded, “What’s going on? Why has the grain price suddenly soared?”

“Your Highness,” He Lian Duo Cai hurriedly replied, “In fact, in the past three to four years, there’s been a warming trend in grain prices, but we’ve maintained the previous strategy of selling and suppressing grain prices to keep them down.”

“However, this price increase is quite suspicious; it’s likely that someone is fanning the flames behind the scenes. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, we could have suppressed the grain price for at least seven or eight more years.”

Wen Yu Prince’s face turned icy as he pondered, “Does this mean it’s Jiang’s and Wang Shouzhe who’s causing trouble in secret?”

“We can’t rule out that possibility,” He Lian Duo Cai’s eyelid twitched as he said with difficulty, “But there should also be other factors involved. Some time ago, I investigated some situations and discovered that many families’ Third Grade Spirit Fields were planted with Purple Leaf Dioscorea about a decade ago. Now they’re just reaching the ’fifty-year’ medicinal property, which can be harvested as the main material for ’Little Pei Yuan Dan’.

“Because the price of Purple Leaf Dioscorea has been rising annually, many families have replanted most of their Third Grade Spirit Fields with Purple Leaf Dioscorea… This means that in the next decade, Third Grade Spirit Rice will become increasingly scarce!”

“Under such inducement, as long as someone deliberately stirs the market, grain prices will naturally climb rapidly.”

As He Lian Duo Cai explained, Wen Yu Prince roughly understood the situation.

He said in a deep voice, “Wang Shouzhe’s grain has been held back by various obstacles and couldn’t be sold for the past decade, while Jiang’s continued to build warehouses to store grain. Once the grain price surges, it might allow them to unravel~~ The substantial funds we invested and over a decade of efforts will be wasted.”

“However, since Jiang’s and Wang Shouzhe finally can’t hold back and take action, they likely can’t withstand the pressure anymore. As long as we suppress this wave of operations, Wang Shouzhe will surely have no choice but to cooperate with us!”

He Lian Duo Cai quickly said, “Your Highness, over the years, we’ve finished utilizing our original inventory to suppress grain prices and even borrowed a lot from various relevant Immortal King Mansions and Immortal Clans. Now, everyone has little remaining grain, and it’s difficult to suppress this momentum.”

In this situation, wanting to suppress grain prices definitely requires selling grain at a low price, which is impossible without sufficient Spirit Rice inventory.

Wen Yu Prince’s expression became as dark as iron, “There are still storage warehouses one, two, and three in Sacred City; each one equals the annual output of the entire Sacred Dynasty and various Immortal Dynasties. Take my hand order and open the warehouses for sale, we must crush Wang Shouzhe.”

As long as Wang Shouzhe is forced to compromise, everything is worth it.

As Profound Martial Cultivators, their life span isn’t calculated in hundreds or thousands of years, for the long term, the benefits definitely outweigh the immediate disadvantages.

The foundation of a Sacred Dynasty is indeed strong; besides all the families storing grain, Sacred City has also built several large granary warehouses to deal with years of calamity, war, and other special situations. Each granary contains grain that, at normal market rates, is worth about three Chaos Spirit Stones.

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