Jiang Ji's shops are all over Beijing. Jiang's father gave an order, and within a day, the news that Jiang Ji Winery purchased fruits at last year's price became known to everyone.
Moreover, Jiang’s father also released the news that Jiang Ji will purchase the fruit at this price, and the fruit farmers can take the lead in delivering the fruits to Jiang Ji Winery.
The fruit growers who heard the news were overjoyed. As if they had grasped a life-saving straw, they all brought their fruits to Jiangji Winery and lined up to sell them.
The winery shopkeeper followed Father Jiang's instructions and accepted all fruits that were qualified.
As a result, those wine merchants who maliciously lowered prices would not be able to receive the fruit, unable to make wine, and they would be as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
Also affected was Wen Xiang Zui.
Although there is a mountain orchard in Jing'an Marquis Mansion, it has only been planted for two years. The fruit trees are too small and the yield is extremely low. The first batch of brewing has already been picked, so it can only be purchased from fruit farmers.
Although Cheng Jinchu and Shen Changze did not desperately lower the price like profiteers, they still purchased it at a price lower than last year. After all, the demand is too great and the Marquis Mansion is not wealthy.
In the past few days, due to Jiang Ji's intervention, they were unable to receive any fruit.
Cheng Jinchu was very angry: "This must be Jiang Shu's idea. What on earth does she want to do? What good does it do her to drive up fruit prices?"
Cheng Jinchu couldn't understand why someone would increase the price to buy it, and couldn't make ends meet.
Shen Changze remembered what Yu Zheng said in the court and murmured: "Because from the beginning, she was for the people."
"What?" Cheng Jinchu was confused.
She and Jiang Shu were not on the same level at all.
Shen Changze glanced at her and didn't want to talk to her. He turned to the topic and said, "It's just a normal price. It can't be regarded as a price gouging. Let's purchase at this price in the future."
"But the cost will be much higher." Thinking of the extra money spent, Cheng Jinchu felt angrily.
Shen Changze looked at her face that only showed interests, frowned and said in disappointment: "You were not like this when we were at the border."
Cheng Jinchu, who was at the border, would feel sympathy for the poor people, share food with them, and use his own money to buy them cotton-padded clothes and medicine.
I don’t know since when, Cheng Jinchu changed. It was obviously the same face, but Shen Changze could no longer look the same as before.
Cheng Jinchu was stunned and wanted to ask, but Shen Changze got up and left.
They have long been separated from each other, and only responsibilities and family ties remain to maintain them.
Jiang Ji's price increase was a big deal. That evening, a group of wine merchants gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
"Jiang Ji's move is clearly to take the lead and not leave us a way to survive."
"He has to eat such a large piece of meat all by himself. In my opinion, there is no need to worry. There are so many fruits in Shangjing, I don't believe he can harvest them all."
"Aren't you in a hurry? The time for brewing fruit wine is short. In about ten days, Jiang Ji will be selling wine on a large scale. By then, all the money will be in Jiang Ji's bag. If you hurry, it will be too late. "
"What Boss Li said makes sense, we have to think of a countermeasure quickly."
"Jiang Ji has such a big industry and still insists on competing with us for this piece of meat. If he is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust."
The wine merchants gathered together and finally reached an agreement.
"Okay, let's do it this way. I don't believe that Jiang Ji can cover up the sky with one hand."
"I think it's better not to go too far. After all, the Jiang family relies on King Jing."
"This is because Jiang Ji didn't follow the rules first. King Jing can't cover it up blatantly."
"That's right, we are here to reason, not looking for trouble. King Jing can't do anything to us."
The next day, wine merchants picked fruit farmers to deliver the goods to Jiang Ji Winery. When there were the most people on the street, they surrounded Jiang Ji's largest winery in Nancheng.
"Bosses, what are you doing?" The shopkeeper responded calmly and sent a waiter to report the news to Jiang's father, Jiang Shu.
The wine merchants blocked the door and said, "Where's Boss Jiang? Please come out. We have something to talk to him."
The shopkeeper said: "My boss is not here. I have sent someone to invite him. Please sit inside and wait."
The wine merchants didn’t buy it: “We’ll wait here.”
What a joke, they deliberately chose a time when there were the most people to make trouble. How could they go in? Naturally, they had to be outside to make things happen, so that Jiang Ji would not be able to do business.
The shopkeeper knew their purpose and did not force them. He turned to appease the fruit farmers and asked them to calm down.
The whole family picked fruits, and the fruit farmers who set off before dawn were all hoping to sell the fruits to Jiang Ji in exchange for money to buy grain back. Seeing this formation at this time, I couldn't help but feel worried.
With so many people making trouble, can Jiang Ji still take advantage of them?
Jiang Ji is their only savior, so nothing can happen to him.
The fruit farmers were in panic, and the wine merchants were so arrogant that they confounded right and wrong and smeared Jiang Ji, which attracted people passing by to stop and watch. In a short time, the wide street was blocked with water, making it difficult for cars and horses to move.
Jiang's father, who was patrolling nearby shops, received the news and came over. As Jiang Ji's boss, he assured the fruit farmers: "Don't worry, everyone, we will accept as much fruit as you can."
"Boss Jiang, what you are doing is unethical. There are rules and regulations in the industry. You are so blatantly breaking the rules of the business world and cutting off the path of your peers. Do you want to dominate the Beijing Business Road and rewrite the rules of the Chamber of Commerce?"
As soon as Jiang's father showed up, he was surrounded by wine merchants and questioned.
Jiang's father was well prepared and said calmly: "Jiang Ji has been rooted in Shangjing for many years. After thinking about it, it is the most disciplined company. You are all respectable people. You must think clearly before speaking out. Slandering and slandering is also against the rules of the Chamber of Commerce."
"Slander and slander? Boss Jiang has raised the price of fruit and cut off the fruit source. The whole city knows it. Do you still want to deny it?"
"Today we have invited the president, please tell me, what do you want?"
The wine merchants stepped aside and invited Wan Jian, the president of the Shangjing Chamber of Commerce, to come out.
Wan Jian is over sixty years old, with half-white beard and hair, wearing a brown brocade robe. He is slightly stout and has a kind smile on his face, making him look approachable.
"President Wan." Father Jiang held his hands in hand with a bit of respect.
Although Wan Jian is not a good person, he is not a bad person either. We have always adhered to the golden mean and maintained the balance of business ethics.
After saying hello, Wan Jian said with a smile: "Everyone knows what Boss Jiang is like. There must be some misunderstanding. I just need to explain it clearly."
Jiang's father frowned and glanced at the wine merchants with unkind expressions, then at the people who were talking about it, and finally turned his attention to Wan Jian.
"What President Wan said is that they did misunderstand. In business, I just purchased it at last year's price and did not raise the price."
After a pause, Father Jiang looked at the wine merchants and said, "If you buy them at regular prices, I believe the fruit farmers will be happy to sell the fruits to you."
"You!" The wine merchants were furious, holding a breath of bad breath in their chests, and their faces turned red.
"Hmph!" Someone shook his sleeves and said angrily: "This year's fruit production has been sluggish, so it is normal for prices to fall. How can we judge last year's prices?"
It is indeed common sense for prices to fall and rise, but there must be a limit to leave a way for fruit farmers to survive.
Father Jiang sneered in his heart and said with a stern face: "But this year's grain production has been reduced, so we can't make wine. Now we can only make and sell fruit wine."
"Everyone knows very well that fruit wine is the rule, and no matter how much fruit there is, there will be no leftovers. Deliberately lowering the price is just to deceive the fruit into not being able to survive for a long time, and to maliciously force the fruit farmers!"
