2,000 dans of grain was being used as 20,00 dans. What else could he expect?
Liu She asked, "It is not a bad idea… to have a purchase limit everyday… However, what if there are some civilians who purchase several days in a row repeatedly?"
The gist of Jiang Pengji's movement was to suppress the grain price––which meant that when the other grain stores marked up the price of their grain, as long as she maintained the usual price or even a bit higher, it would still be way lower than her competitors. Naturally, the civilians would choose to purchase from her.
Most civilians would save every penny they could and they were meticulously particular about their budgets with their daily life expenses. Nobody was a reckless spendthrift in the current era.
They were not going to starve to death. Most of the people were willing to wait a couple more days if postponing could help them buy cheaper food.