Chen Tian showed a look of surprise. After watching the two of them for a while, he said slowly: "You want to cooperate with me to calm the price of grain and fight against the wealthy businessmen and wealthy families in the Huguang area with great hands and eyes and amazing wealth?"

Faced with this problem, Li Ling had no intention of dodging, and also looked back at him and nodded, "Not bad."

Chen Tian was silent again, and at the same time, there was a trace of doubt in his eyes. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Do you know what the outcome will be like to do this? Also, do you have the strength to compete with them? Boss Shu, I have heard of you. Although you have a wealthy fortune, it is only in Guang'an County. If it were placed in the entire Huguang area, if I didn't underestimate you, it would be worth mentioning."

Shu Wenqing also obviously hesitated for a moment, but after glimpsing Li Ling's serious look, he quickly stated: "It's important, how dare Shu say anything? As for what Boss Shen, you are worried about, I'm not qualified to bet on my net worth, you can rest assured. Because this time we are just representatives, and behind us, there are all grain merchants in Guang'an. They are like us, wanting to fight with those outsiders and control the grain prices in Suizhou!"

Chen Tian was stunned again: "Are you saying that all grain merchants in Guang'an want to calm the grain prices this time?"

“That’s right.”

"How much food is available on hand?"

This time, Li Ling gave the answer: "There should be more than one million stones, which is enough for the people of Suizhou to demand for more than half a year. I wonder if Boss Shen still thinks we are not qualified enough?"

As soon as this number comes out, he is moved by Shen Tian. Even in the good times, with the wealth of the Shen family, he would not be able to take out so much food at once. After experiencing last year's disaster, he could only use 200,000 stones of food. Recently, he is still having a headache about where to raise food.

For this reason, the Shen family has sent many people to purchase grain in various places in Huguang, but they have achieved nothing. The serious disaster is that even if there are grain stored, it has been taken over by those wealthy families, making it impossible for the Shen family to obtain a grain of food from the outside.

Because of this, he was anxious and angry. People were anxious and tired and sick, so they could only save money on the grain shop. As a result, someone brought millions of stones of grain to the door. This could no longer be considered a timely help, it was a real life-saving.

But while being surprised, Chen Tian also felt even more suspicious. With such a big deal and so much food, the other party really came to help him for free? Do you have any other plans? Or even just set up a situation there?

Suddenly, Chen Tian's face became more and more serious: "If what you said is true, what are you trying to do? Don't tell me that you are trying to save the people and help the villagers get rid of the disaster... After all, you are not from Suizhou City, especially this boss Ling. You are not even from me in Huguang. I am afraid that you will not think about helping our villagers, right?"

This question made Shu Wenqing feel guilty because in fact he was not really going to help Suizhou through this level, so he subconsciously lowered his eyes. However, Li Ling still looked at Chen Tian generously: "Then, Boss Shen, you do so much, you would rather offend someone than suppress the food price?"

"I..." If the family members asked him this question, or the government officials came to ask, Chen Tian could answer righteously and sternly that he was for the people of Suizhou and was absolutely selfless. But when facing Li Ling's question and meeting his eyes that could see through everything, he couldn't say this. He stumbled for a moment and could only say, "I naturally have my own ideas."

"It's not for profit, it's for fame!" Li Ling pointed out the key point without hesitation, "Boss Shen has always been famous in Suizhou. Over the years, you have relied on such a good reputation that your Shen family's business has become more and more prosperous. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is not an exaggeration to sink half of the city.

"But this reputation can certainly make you rich, but it also restricts you, making you able to do more good deeds in many cases, and not really from your own nature. For example, this time, Suizhou was hit by a disaster and the people were short of food, so you could not raise the price of food regardless of the people's lives and death like others, just to make profits for yourself. On the contrary, you have to make decisions for the people and do not hesitate to be head-on with those guys for this!"

"You..." Chen Tian's face turned pale. His thoughts were completely seen through by this foreigner who had just met the first time. This made him very uneasy. He was almost about to send a call to see the guests off.

Li Ling said again: "Boss Shen doesn't have to be ashamed. Even if you ask for something, you finally helped the people of Suizhou. You still live up to the name of a good person, which is enough to make us admire you."

Seeing him saying this, he looked solemn and had no sarcastic meaning. Chen Tian calmed down. Then he thought of one thing: "It was clearly me asking why you wanted to help me, why did you ask me the other way around?"

"Haha, I'm just a momentary feeling, and it's also to prove that it's not contradictory to have something to ask for and do good things. To be honest, we naturally came to Suizhou to get benefits and wanted to help you fight against those foreign businessmen. Of course, what we want is not a good reputation, but to take the opportunity to make a fortune." Li Ling immediately smiled calmly.

"If you want to make a profit, you just need to follow them and raise the price of food. Why take the risk?"

"After those people, we are afraid that we can't make money as we are now. Not to mention eating meat, even drinking soup, it depends on their expressions. It is possible that they may even be bitten by those wealthy families, not only will they lose their reputation, but also pay all their money.

"But it will be different for you to cooperate with Boss Shen. We both have mutual benefits. If there are benefits at that time, how could you, Boss Shen, treat us badly? Moreover, if it really happens, we Guang'an businessmen can still make a good reputation in Suizhou, and it will be easier to do business in the future.

"In this way, it is naturally more cost-effective to cooperate with you and fight with them. I wonder what Boss Shen, what do you think?"

Although Chen Tian still had doubts, he had to nod and admit that Li Ling's statement made some sense: "But have you ever thought about it? The strength of the two sides is very different, so you may lose all your money."

"As long as we make a decision, I believe that we will defeat them in this way, which will not only calm the price of food, but also make them lose some blood!"

"So you're serious?"

"I am at least 80% sure that as long as Boss Shen can follow my words next, we can keep the local food price!"

"The plan will come out?" Chen Tian suddenly became interested and asked again. Li Ling leaned a little, lowered his voice slightly, and expressed his strategy.

This was a strategy that Shu Wenqing didn't know. When he heard it, the other two showed surprise. Finally, they looked at Li Ling with admiration and a little fear. If this plan really works, even if they can't kill all the money, they can make them recover.

"Then I will believe you once!" Finally, after a while of contemplation, Chen Tian slapped the table, "Next I will do my best to buy and sell them food. By the way, when will your food be delivered?"

"It will be delivered within three to five days. Can you survive these days?"

"Yes!" Chen Tian's confidence increased greatly at this time, and his tired spirit improved greatly. He immediately called the mansion manager to arrange a banquet and entertain Li Ling and the others.

Shu Wenqing originally wanted to refuse, after all, it was only a matter of concealing the joint efforts of both sides. However, before he refused, Li Ling thanked and agreed. So the two of them had a raw wine with Shen Tianhao, and it was not until the sun was west that Shen Tian personally sent it out.

When Li Ling came to the gate of the Shen family, he remembered something again and suddenly turned around and said, "Boss Shen, there is a saying I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Since you and I have cooperated, there is nothing we can't say." Chen Tian smiled casually.

"It's Mr. Chen, it's better not to know some things. He usually has a wide range of friends and can't help but let it go after drinking, which may ruin our big business."

Chen Tian's smile suddenly stopped because of this sentence. After a moment of silence, he said: "Boss Ling, what you reminded me is that I have recorded it." He was really helpless with his incompetent son.

Li Ling did not continue to engage in entanglement, but just gave a reminder, and got on the carriage with Shu Wenqing and left slowly.

It was not until after a long journey that Shu Wenqing complained: "Brother Ling, you are too rude. After all, they are the relatives of father and son. You will only cause trouble if you say this. Moreover, even if Boss Shen really follows what you said, as the young master of the Shen family, it is not easy to know what you want. In addition, we are staying here for a long time today, but I am afraid that the news will reach those people soon, so why did you stay and drink just now?"

"Brother Shu, you are not wrong in your consideration, but there may be one thing that may be miscalculated." Li Ling said, rubbing his forehead. He just drank two more drinks, which made his head feel dizzy. "Do you think that if we want to cooperate with Chen Tian, ​​those people will not get the news in time? If you want to tell me, I'm afraid the news had already spread after we reached an agreement yesterday."

Shu Wenqing was stunned: "You...what do you mean? Are there any traitors among us?"

"You don't really think that everyone in Guang'an has the same heart, right?"

"Then you... still explain the matter so clearly?" Shu Wenqing quickly understood the truth. Compared to being a head-on enemy with those big families, he naturally has a better chance of winning by surrendering to them.
Chapter completed!