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Chapter 178 - Chapter 173: Preventing the Future

Zhao Hanzhang bought a large amount of grain using gold and silver, and glass, at a price ten percent higher than the market rate. Upon hearing the news, County Magistrate Chai was stunned, "Why is she buying so much grain? Wait, she's... brought troops here, why pay a high price? Shouldn't she be lowering the price?"

Chang Ning: "Isn't it unlikely anyone would want to sell grain at that higher price?"

Indeed, it was already winter, and Yingchuan beside Ru Nan had been hit by a disaster. Plus, the Xiongnu Army was fighting in Luoyang and Yu State, causing grain prices outside to skyrocket madly.

Although grain prices in Ru Nan County were still stable, it was only because the autumn harvest had just ended. Given some time, influenced by the outside market, Ru Nan's grain prices would certainly soar.

If they combined to form a trade caravan and transported the grain out, they could earn quite a bit. That wouldn't just be an increase of ten or twenty percent, but double or triple!

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