Guan Yu is very arrogant. Although he is just an ordinary boy, he looks down on merchants. This is a common problem of people in this era, especially the hierarchy of scholars, farmers, businessmen, which has not changed for thousands of years. Everyone likes money, but everyone is unwilling to be a businessman. A businessman is a top class. In the eyes of the ancients, the people worked hard, and they were bought by the merchants at a small price, but sold at a high price. The ancients did not see the hard work of earning the price difference, but what they saw was the profit, and they were very upset. .
But we can’t blame the ancients for profit-seeking, because there are indeed many merchants who are rich and unkind. They will do anything for profit. They drive up the price of goods. Take the opportunity to make a lot of ill-gotten wealth, so naturally there will be no good evaluation in the eyes of the people, and some businessmen even make money for the country. They don't care about the life and death of the people on the border, and they sell strategic materials such as rice, iron, oil and salt. Sell everything to the foreigners, so that the foreigners have oil and salt, and have iron in their hands to make weapons. The foreigners were very strong in riding and shooting, but now they have sharp weapons in their hands. Naturally, there will be no peace in the frontier. There is a kind of person who stayed in Bingzhou for a generation. Because of the merchant, there were constant wars, and countless frontier soldiers were killed and injured. Naturally, Guan Yu would not have a good impression of the merchant. The Mi family is the most wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, and the businessmen are after profit. The Mi family found a way out when Tao Qian was still alive.
And Liu Bei came to Xuzhou with the help of the Mi family. You must know that when Tao Qian was besieged by Cao Cao in Pengcheng, the only reinforcements he called were Tian Kai from Qingzhou and Kong Rong from Beihai, but no one knew Liu Bei. Uncle Liu Huang’s belonged to Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, who went to bring Liu Bei into Xuzhou. At first, Guan Yu was out of sight. It really made Guan Yu frown, because he wanted to drag nepotism, and the two brothers of the Mi family, the eldest brother Mi Zhu was a good businessman, but he was not good at strategy. Soldiers are no good, and Liu Bei was kicked out of Xuzhou by Lu Bu in a short while, and lost all his belongings. Naturally, the two brothers of the Mi family were in Liu Bei's army like useless people. How could Mi Zhu be allowed to do business? At that time, Liu Bei only had 3,000 white-eared soldiers in his hands, and his brothers were not enough to divide the troops. How could Mi Fang command the troops
Therefore, Guan Yu has always been really disdainful of the Mi family. The merchant family still relies on nepotism, so that Guan Yu, an arrogant person, does not want to have any intersection with the Mi family, but he is under the same roof and the same master Liu Bei , how could there be no intersection? Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to deal with the Mi family. Although Guan Yu tried his best to restrain himself, he couldn't hide his dead face at all, and he couldn't help showing disdain and contempt in his eyes. Do you think Mi Fang can bear it? ! Mi Zhu is fine, after all, he is the head of the family. He carried the entire Mi family by himself. When the world was peaceful, he took the Mi family caravan to travel all over the world. Who has never seen anyone who can treat Guan Yu with a smile, but Mi Fang can't help it. Oh, a young man with a strong blood, who looks at people's faces and does things every day, how can Mi Fang bear it, but he can't beat Guan Yu, and his low position is not as high as Guan Yu, so Mi Fang told her sister, Mrs. Mi, that Mrs. Mi is here Liu Bei's bedside blew in his ears, Liu Bei naturally agreed to let Guan Yu's attitude be better, but Liu Bei didn't remind him, it's okay, once reminded, Guan Yu looked down on the Mi family even more, a family of merchants, relying on nepotism, and now they are still beating children Reported to be a villain, Guan Yu didn't restrain himself directly, and he didn't go to perfunctory. His disgust and disdain were directly expressed, which made the relationship between the Mi family and Guan Yu very stiff, and Mi Fang just couldn't stand Guan Yu's disdain. Let Guan Yu sit in Runan, and Mi Fang took the opportunity to transfer out to Yingshang as a garrison general, otherwise he would not be able to resist seeing Guan Yu.
"Hehe!" Liu Mang looked at Mi Fang who was panting heavily on the city wall and was about to erupt. He really guessed right. On the original track, Mi Fang and Guan Yu were at odds, but because of his brother's persuasion, And after Mrs. Mi died in Changbanpo, the Mi family’s low position in front of Liu Bei was obviously no longer Guan Yu’s opponent, so Mi Fang endured it for so many years, from the initial resentment towards Guan Yu to a kind of fear later, until Guan Yu was stationed in Jingzhou, Mi Fang was slow to deliver the army rations once, and he was afraid that Guan Yu would punish him, so he asked Guan Yu to change his surname and left Jingzhou instead.
"How about it, General Mi, surrender! I believe that General Mi is not ignorant of the character of this king. Instead of being angry with Liu Bei, it is better to surrender to this king with a city wall. This king is a man of merit. Absolutely. I won't have any personal feelings towards my subordinates!" Liu Mang is desperately persuading Mi Fang to surrender, this Yingshang Liu Mang will not fight if he can, because of time, if Mi Fang goes down to the city and surrenders, it will not only save time , and although Mi Fang is not liked by Guan Yu, the Mi family is still somewhat important under Liu Paopao's command, and is one of Liu Paopao's core figures.
It would be great if Mi Fang learned about the entire city defense of Yuzhou and Liu Bei's information. It would allow Liu Mang to capture Yuzhou one step faster and return to Yangzhou in time. Also, if Mi Fang surrendered, Liu Mang would Now I can fight for Mi Fang's elder brother Mi Zhu.
Don't tell me that Mi Zhu's younger sister is married to Liu Bei, how could he follow Liu Mang? In this troubled world, what can't be sacrificed? Mi Zhu marrying his younger sister to Liu Bei is a kind of sacrifice. Liu Bei's age can be Mrs. Mi's Dad, Mrs. Mi is at most about the same age as Miss Lu. If Mi Zhu loves her sister, how can she take advantage of her happiness? And according to Liu Paopao's life of wanting a career and not a wife, does Mrs. Mi have or not? There is no difference, but what Liu Mang likes is Mi Zhu's businessman temperament.
Compared with scholars, farmers, businessmen and businessmen in this era, Liu Mang disagrees with people's misunderstanding and contempt for businessmen. Some businessmen destroy the country and make money from death, but some businessmen are still very good. One side is strong, in addition to having a huge industrial system and agricultural system, the business community is also an indispensable and important component. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were only a few big merchants, the Zhen family in Hebei, the Cai family in Jingzhou, and one is The Mi family from Xuzhou is here. They are all business geniuses, they are old foxes. If they are put into modern times, as long as they have enough knowledge, they will definitely be able to make a name for themselves in the midst of harm.
"Surrender?!" Mi Fang is lying if she is not moved. Who is Liu Mang? He is the holy king of a big man. The Mi family is still a family of merchants after all their hard work, so what if the wealth is incomparable to the country, and they are not just a lowly businessman, why did the Mi family want to disperse all their wealth, marry a younger sister, three thousand servants, and countless jewels? When the Mi family money has nowhere to spend it! Even Sun Quan’s marriage to his younger sister has never been so luxurious. In this era, a woman is his life to some people, such as Lu Bu, but to some people she is just a testimony of his hegemony. The Mi family spends most of the family property , and even finally contributed almost all of the Mi family in order to make Liu Bei come back with soldiers and horses. For what? Isn't it for a future, a future that can allow their Mi family to get rid of the humble low position of a merchant and become a nobleman's future? In fact, Liu Mang's recruitment order is not only for the children of poor families, these merchant families are also very excited, because now officials are given priority to the children of the gentry, so what is talent, even if you are a little waste, as long as your family affairs Well, naturally there will be high-ranking officials, and no matter how talented you are, you can’t get ahead if you can’t do family affairs. If it weren’t for troubled times, you can see that Guan Yu is just a jujube seller, Zhang Fei is a butcher, and Liu Bei is just a seller. On the contrary, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Tao Qian, and Wang Lang may occupy the high positions of the Han Dynasty and become a generation of famous officials, or a generation of famous generals, instead of the dead bones turned into graves like now.
"Yes, abandon the city and surrender! As you can see, I have already captured more than a dozen county towns after Anfengjin, even a mere Yingshang! Surrender to me, not only will I not dismantle your troops Qu, if your ability is outstanding, you will definitely shine by my side. Even if you are mediocre, as long as you do your best, you will have a place in the Hall of Heroes. Impossible!" Liu Mang is really cheating on Mi Fang, don't you want to ask for your identity as a merchant, don't you want to become a nobleman! Down town surrender! As long as you open the city gate and hang out with Boss Liu Mang, the boss will give you a chance, isn't it just a small gentry! To be honest, Liu Mang is not Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei is called the emperor's uncle of the great man, his title has not reached the level that can be rewarded, but Liu Mang is different. Liu Mang was the king of Shu before, and now he has a The title of holy king, as a king, has the ability to establish a mansion and establish teeth, and also has the ability to reward nobles.
Although the Han Dynasty changed the enfeoffment system into a county system and followed the system of the Qin Dynasty, the shadow of the enfeoffment system is still there. For example, many places are called a certain country instead of a certain county, and among them are the various roads of enfeoffment The prince surnamed Liu, although those small prefectures are small and some are only the size of a city, they can still entrust some noble families.
"Open the city gate!" Mi Fang's heart was really moved, especially when Liu Mang said about the Hall of Heroes, Su Fei inside is really a model in the world. Who is Su Fei? Zu is just the prefect of Jiangxia, and Su Fei is only a school lieutenant at most, but such a school lieutenant has been made a Marquis, which makes people have no idea.
Mi Fang hesitated, tangled up, the eyebrows on her forehead were shaking uncontrollably, the soldiers beside her didn't want to fight, it would be best if they could surrender, they all looked at their leader Mi Fang.
Although Mi Fang hesitated, and was also suppressed by Liu Mang, he still had a plan in his heart. A figure appeared in his heart, and this figure is now in the city, and he has his elder brother, so Mi Fang bit Gritting his teeth, "Your Highness, don't waste your efforts in vain, Mi Fang will not surrender!"
"The whole army passes on our military order, and the whole army is on alert to defend the city to the death!" Mi Fang roared loudly.
"My lord treats you like this, if you still don't surrender, you really are courting death!" As he said that, Huang Zhong wanted to shoot Mi Fang with a longbow again, even if he couldn't kill him, it could still hurt him, but he was stopped by Liu Mang.
"Han Shengxiu will be angry, our goal has been achieved!" Liu Mang looked at the same young man on the city wall with a smile, what young people lack most is a kind of vigor, and another kind of ambition, Liu Mang Mang knew in his heart that although he was very comfortable around Lu Bu, what Liu Mang wanted was to study alone, not like Lu Bu was taking care of him everywhere. The same was true for Mi Fang. Didn't he want to ask his brother for help? take care of you? Don't want to get rid of being laughed at because of nepotism to achieve the position of a county garrison? Of course he thought about it, he wanted to rely on his own strength to get rid of his elder brother's care, and he wanted to be recognized by others, but Liu Mang just wanted to draw out Mi Fang's ambition.
But now it seems to be successful, don't you see, although Mi Fang did not surrender! But the tone of his speech has obviously changed. He used to call Liu Mang a family slave of four surnames and a false king, but now he calls His Highness the Holy King. His attitude has changed too much. Mi Fang's refusal to surrender this time should be due to Mi Fang's scruples.
"Since you don't surrender, don't blame me! Life and death depend on fate and wealth. If you can survive, I will still use you. If you can't survive, then you can only die!" Liu Mang whispered Ran Ran said to himself.
"Where is Huang Zhong!"
"The end is here!"
"Pass down my military order, the trebuchet is ready, the target is the Yingshang city tower, I want to capture Yingshang before sunset, if I can't take it down, come and see me!"
"The last general takes orders!" Huang Zhong was still a little hesitant, because there were people on the city wall helping Liu Bei's army deliver things.
"Since we are on the city wall, there is no distinction between civilians and soldiers. The only thing standing in front of my Liu Mang army is death!" Liu Mang did not hesitate, because he wasted so much time because he was too kind. Now he's going to hurry up.
"Boom, boom. Boom!" Catapults were assembled one after another, and boulders began to be loaded on the trebuchets. The war is imminent and there is no delay. (To be continued.)