Chapter 83 The whole city is boiling
Although it is not as cheap as Wang An’s affordable grain, Wang An is not a professional grain merchant after all, and the supply of affordable grain can only be maintained within a small range, otherwise it would be open.

Not to mention whether Prince Fu's grain bank can afford the supply, even if it has the ability to supply, it is impossible for them to give you all the grain at a low price rather than making any profit.

Therefore, the grain supply of Jizhou will eventually depend on the managers of these grain shops.

Instead of taking advantage of their panic or gratitude to lower the price of the grain to one or two taels of silver, it is better to take this opportunity to negotiate a price that both parties can accept.

After all, even if these grain shop owners were truly willing to sell grain for one or two taels of silver, it would not last long.

After all, as Wang An said, no one would do a unprofitable and losing business.

Chen He obviously knew this truth. After happily sending the shopkeepers away, he said to Wang An with a happy face: "Your Majesty, you have done a great thing for the people of Jizhou!"

Chen He said, and knelt on the ground with a plop, "Please allow me to kowtow to the prince on behalf of the people of Jizhou!"

As he said this, he kowtowed three times.

Wang An quickly stood up and helped Chen He up, saying sincerely: "I just did what I could. If you want to remember who the people should thank, it should be Master Chen!"

Chen He was stunned when he heard this, and for a moment he thought Wang An was trying to trick him.

After all, he had been an official in Jizhou for more than ten years, but he had few outstanding political achievements.

However, Wang An said righteously: "It is precisely because of countless loyal and patriotic people like Mr. Chen that our Daliang Dynasty has been able to continue to this day."

"And those who truly care about the people are officials like Lord Chen who are honest and dedicated to their duties!"

Wang An's words really touched Chen He's heart. He had been watching Jizhou for more than ten years. How could he not want the people of Jizhou to live a good life?
However, his influence is not influential and there are many things he cannot do with his position.

But it is precisely because of countless people like Chen He that the Daliang Dynasty has been able to reach this point today.

Chen He's eyes were red and he was choking with sobs and unable to speak.

Wang An patted his shoulder and said solemnly: "On behalf of the people of Jizhou, I thank Master Chen!"

“Your Majesty…”

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After several grain shop managers went back, new price tags were quickly hung in front of each grain shop.

Some passers-by didn't take it seriously, and even cursed angrily: "You cunning businessman, are you going to raise the price again?"

However, the next moment, passers-by saw the numbers on the price tag and immediately opened their mouths wide and stood still without confidence.

"One tael... two coins?"

Several passers-by rubbed their eyes vigorously, suspecting that there was something wrong with their eyes.

However, if you look at the price tag again, it is still one tael and two cents.

"Oh my god, is this a ghost?"

"So you all saw it. Am I not the only one with a problem in my brain?"

"When did these profiteers finally develop a conscience?"

"No matter if they have a change of heart or not, everyone should hurry up and buy it before they change their minds!"

As a result, these passers-by who were just passing by immediately rushed into the grain store, took out all the silver they had, and bought as much as they could. However, some people who did not have any money on them unwillingly grabbed the grain store clerks and confirmed everything.

"Little brother, is this price real?"

"Is it because the shopkeeper is celebrating his birthday today that he is selling it at this price?"

"Young man, can you leave me a hundred pounds and I'll go back to get the money now?"

However, everyone was talking at the same time, which made the waiter feel overwhelmed.

The waiter jumped out of the crowd and said, "Fellow villagers, there is no need to be so unreasonable. My boss has said that the price of grain will be one ounce and two cents of silver in the future. It is not because of my boss' birthday."

"If you don't have any money on you, don't worry, go back and get it. The price will still be the same when you come back!"

Everyone still refused to believe it. You have to know that when Lu Guancheng was still alive, the grain shops in the entire Jizhou were all insisting on a price of at least one tael and five cents of silver.

It can only go up, not down. Now the clerk in the grain shop suddenly says that from now on, the price of grain will be one tael and two cents. How can people believe it?

The clerk was so annoyed that he simply told the truth: "I'm going to tell you the truth, not only our grain store, but all grain stores in Baicheng will charge the same price of one ounce and two cents from now on."

"If you want to know why, everyone should go and thank our Prince Xin! Because our prince has wiped out the White Tiger Mountain bandit camp, and has discussed with the shopkeepers of each grain store, from now on, the price of grain in each of our grain stores will be uniformly set at one tael and two coins of silver."

I was unwilling to believe it at first, but now after hearing what the waiter said, I began to doubt it.

After all, although Wang An had only been in Jizhou for a short time, he was just a clerk in a grain store and he probably didn't have the guts to use the prince's name to make fun of others.

As a result, passers-by quickly cheered.

The good news of the reduction in grain prices in the city quickly spread throughout Baicheng like a whirlwind, and gradually spread to the entire Jizhou.

I believe that it won’t be long before the grain prices in even the towns scattered across Jizhou will soon catch up with those in Baicheng.

Although Wang An sold grain at a low price, his target customers were only those who were willing to work for the government office.

At first, the people of Baicheng thought it was a lie from the government office and were unwilling to come.

Therefore, the laborers used to build the city wall were basically returned civilians from Yueya Mountain.

But when the government really started selling grain at affordable prices, the people of Baicheng realized that there was another benefit to working for the government, and they all wanted to work for it.

However, at this time, Wang An was not short of manpower.

Although some people have been recruited for mining and kiln firing, the number of people needed is not large.

Therefore, most of the people in Baicheng ate the expensive grain which cost only 1.5 liang.

However, at this time, the news that Wang An had negotiated with various grain companies to lower the price of grain to one tael and two cents of silver immediately caused an uproar throughout Baicheng.

Because not everyone can afford the government's affordable grain, but the price reduction of grain is celebrated by everyone, and everyone can benefit from it.

Although it was still two cents more expensive than the regular-priced grain, those who ate the regular-priced grain were actually working as laborers on the construction sites, so there was nothing to be jealous of.

Moreover, in the past two hundred years, when has the price of grain in Jizhou ever been lower than one tael and five cents?
Even though it is only a saving of three taels of silver, these three taels of silver are already half a month's wages for an ordinary person.

This means that people who could only eat two meals a day can now eat three meals a day.

(End of this chapter)