"Master is back!" Mi Zhu returned home, the housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward to help Mi Zhu take off his coat, the house was already burning with charcoal, and it was very warm.
Seeing the butler stepping forward, Mi Zhu nodded, "Lao Guan has worked hard!" The butler's face had turned cold, which meant that he had been waiting outside for Mi Zhu to come back.
"It's not hard work, it's not hard work, it's what the old man deserves!" Lao Guan said hurriedly, waving his hands.
"Master, is he going to eat directly?" Lao Guan asked, it was already noon after the discussion, ordinary people eat two meals a day, but for these wealthy people, they eat three meals a day, so lunch is still available.
"No, I'll go to the study first!" Mi Zhu originally wanted to eat directly, but after thinking about it, it's okay, because the news Mi Zhu got from Jian Yong today really made Mi Zhu excited, the title, as long as their Mi family gets this title After that, the Mi family was no longer a lowly merchant family, but a noble family. Mi Zhu was a little excited and didn't want to eat at first.
"That's right, the second master and miss are not here!" Lao Guan's words directly made Mi Zhu's heart sink.
Mi Zhu's original happy mood also disappeared, the family has become deserted, and the two important people have disappeared. Seeing his master's gloomy eyes, Lao Guan immediately knew that he had said something wrong, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mi Fang, saying, "Master, forgive me, forgive me!"
"Old Guan, get up, it's not your fault!" Mi Fang shook her head and said, in the Battle of Yangzhou, Liu Bei's army invaded Yangzhou and wanted to merge Jiangdong Sun Ce, Wancheng and Zhang Xiu wiped out the Lu Bu army in Yangzhou in one fell swoop, but they never Thinking that Liu Mang's army also invaded Yuzhou, and his younger brother was the general guarding the city of Yingshang at that time, the city of Yingshang was destroyed. There is no news of his younger brother, nor is there any news of his sister who went to visit his brother.
Mi Zhu didn't know whether he was alive or dead, if he had been beheaded by Liu Mang's army. Then at least there must be a corpse for Mi Zhu to bury him. Mi Zhu has put all his abilities on finding his brother's whereabouts. How much he now hopes that his younger brother and younger sister will be captured by Liu Mang. This way they are still alive.
"Come on, Laoguan, let's go to eat!" Mi Zhu sighed deeply and stopped thinking about it, it would only be sad.
"No, no, no! My lord, aren't you entertaining me, Lao Guan!" Lao Guan was terrified, because Mi Zhu actually asked him to close the table all the time. He is a housekeeper, even if he is the head of the servants in the family, but he is just Just a butler. It can't change the nature of a servant. How can a servant get on the table? This will make people laugh. "What's the big deal! Do you want the Elder Master and I to eat so many dishes by ourselves!" Mi Zhu said very nonchalantly. There are dozens of dishes on the table.
"No, no, this is unreasonable!" Lao Guan still shook his head, if the master couldn't eat dozens of dishes, these servants could take them and reheat them before eating, but they definitely couldn't serve them on the table.
"Ceremony?" Mi Zhu sneered, "Who decides these rituals? Those gentry!" Mi Zhu asked himself and replied, "And who am I, Mi Zhu? I'm just a humble businessman, don't worry about it These etiquettes, come to the table!" Mi Zhu couldn't help but dragged Lao Guan to the table.
"My lord. Me!" Lao Guan still wanted to decline, but seeing Mi Zhu's staring eyes, he sat on the edge of the table, reluctantly picked up the chopsticks, and carefully set up the dishes, choosing those vegetables.
Mi Zhu didn't care about this, and finally he was no longer alone at the table after having one more person at the table.
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"It's time for Xinye's business to have a person in charge!" These were Liu Mang's words in Jingzhou a few days ago. With the help of Liu Qi in Xinye, a steady stream of supplies from Jingzhou were sent to Yangzhou. Fatty Liang He and Slender Wu are also actively persuading those merchants in Jingzhou to go to Yangzhou to start business. But these are too messy, and sooner or later there will be trouble. It's time for someone in charge to be in charge of the entire Jingzhou-Yangzhou business relationship. Whether it's Xu Shu or Liu Ye, Jia Xu really doesn't know much about business.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen. Merchants are lowly and humble, so there is really no merchant among the martial arts sold by the emperor's family.
So in the past few days, a group of rare visitors came to Nanyang County. This group of rare visitors was divided into two groups. One group went to Wancheng, the county seat of Nanyang County. Although the other group also went to Wancheng, the two groups obviously went to different mansions.
"What!" Just as Liu Bei was about to take a rest, there was a big news that Yangzhou Yangzhou Liu Wei sent an envoy. This made Liu Bei stunned on the spot.
Yangzhou is Yangzhou, it's not the key that both sides are enemy troops! The key is that Liu Mang's 3,000 light cavalrymen are still watching in Nanyang County, and Yangzhou actually photographed an envoy coming to Nanyang, isn't he afraid that Liu Bei will kill his envoy!
"Why on earth did this Liu Mang send an envoy to persuade him to surrender?" Liu Bei sneered. But the sarcasm was all sarcasm, Liu Bei still waved his hand, "Bring Liu Mang's son's envoy up!"
"The chief envoy of His Majesty the King of Shu, Yang Jie, has seen General Zuo!" Liu Mang's envoy was not someone else, but a descendant of Yang Hong. Yang Hong was in charge of Liu Mang's intelligence, and the mission of this kind of envoy was entrusted to his subordinates. up. Yang Jie stepped forward on his own initiative.
Yang Jie deserved to be Yang Hong's nephew. The etiquette of this mission was not bad at all. Although Liu Bei was Yangzhou's mortal enemy and the two sides had fought to the death so many times, Yang Jie still respected Liu Bei's official position and called him General Zuo.
As for Liu Huangshu Yang Jie is impossible to say, if Liu Bei is recognized as Liu Huangshu, then his lord Shu Wang Liu Mang will become Liu Bei's nephew, and he is a generation younger than Liu Bei for no reason.
"Exemption!" Liu Bei nodded, and Liu Wei's emissary, Liu Bei, nodded not too much, as he acknowledged Yang Jie's address for him.
"I don't know why your lord sent you here under my lordship." Yang Jie is just an emissary of Liu Mang. Naturally, this kind of question does not require Liu Bei to appear in person. Naturally, someone will answer, and Jian Yong can come forward immediately. Asked to Yang Jie.
"My lord sent me here to return General Zuo's wife and brother-in-law!" Yang Jie stepped forward and replied without saying a word.
"Huh?!" Liu Bei on the stage frowned on the spot, his wife and brother-in-law.
"It's Madam Mi and General Mi Fang!" Yang Jie explained.
"Aren't they dead?!" Liu Beixiang said this without even thinking about it.
Seeing Liu Bei's reaction on the stage, Yang Jie below smiled inwardly. Uncle Yang Hong told himself about Liu Bei's reaction before he came, and he was surprised at first.
"Although my lord captured General Zuo's Yingshang, he never killed General Mi Fang. General Mi Fang never died on the battlefield. Mrs. Mi is visiting Yangzhou with General Mi Fang!" Yang Jie stepped forward. He clasped his fists and said.
"A guest?" It's almost like being a prisoner.
"Tell me! What does your master want!" Liu Bei was born in the market. In the market, there is no comparison with the gentry, but the intrigue is the same, everyone is not greedy for profit, Liu Mang will be so kind to send back his wife and brother-in-law!
"General Zuo is refreshing!" Yang Jie said with a smile, "Mrs. Mi and General Mi Fang are in my Yangzhou these days. Although my lord is not here, the military adviser Xu Shu is entertaining General Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi. All needs are met, but General Zuo also knows that I have been fighting in Yangzhou for years, and the former general Yuan Shu and Cao Sikong have constant disputes, so Yangzhou is poor, and it is really miserable to entertain Mrs. Mi and General Mi Fang. This time, General Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi will be sent back to Yuzhou , there is really no travel expenses, so my lord hopes that General Zuo can pay a sum of travel expenses so that our army can send General Mi Fang and Madam Mi back to Yuzhou! Send them to General Zuo's mansion!"...
"How many?!"
"Not much, just one hundred thousand shi of food and grass!" Yang Jie broke out a figure.
"Pfft!" Yang Jie's number made everyone present spit out a mouthful of old blood. One hundred thousand stones is not much, just pay it back! Robbery can't be done like this. This is already tens of thousands of gold, and now who can not know that you Yangzhou is short of food and grass, which makes your lord Liu Mang go to Jingzhou in person regardless of the danger in order to get Jingzhou's food and grass. Liu Bei is waiting for you to run out of food and grass after Yangzhou has no food, and the people riot and finally go to pick up cheap! Where will you get food.
The most important thing is that now Liu Bei's entire net worth can add up to 100,000 shi. If you give him Liu Bei and Northwest Wind, Liu Bei not only has soldiers and horses in Nanyang, but also soldiers and horses in Yuzhou. Expanding the army to 100,000, Liu Bei himself will not live if this is given.
"It's really cheap travel expenses!" Liu Bei sneered. There was an angry look on his face.
"My lord's request is simply impossible!" Jian Yong on the side also saw his lord's anger, Liu Bei couldn't get angry at Yang Jie directly, it would be embarrassing. But Jian Yong didn't care anymore! As a courtier, it is to solve the master's worries and problems.
"One hundred thousand shi is too much!" Yang Jie deliberately pretended to be surprised, "Of course, my lord also knows that General Zuo started from a young age and knows how to be diligent and thrifty. So my lord also understands General Zuo, and deliberately halved it to only 50,000 shi for food and grass! "
"Yang Jie, you are really not afraid of death!" Yang Jie's words were provocative. What does it mean to start from the bottom, and what does it mean to be thrifty? To put it bluntly, I look down on you Liu Bei, but you are just a poor ghost selling straw sandals. After Liu Bei was recognized by Emperor Han as Uncle Liu Huang, Liu Bei had a lot of taboos about his experience of selling straw sandals, but now he was directly pulled out by Yang Jie.
"General Zuo wants to be killed!" Yang Jie smiled indifferently, "No, Li Jue and Guo Si are first-rate, and even if they know that the two armies are fighting, how can they be beheaded in the name of General Zuo's benevolence!"
Yang Jie blocked Liu Bei's words. Who is Li Jue and Guo Si? He is almost defined as a national traitor. Even such a person knows not to kill the envoy. If you Liu Bei kill me, then Even Li Jue and Guo Si are not as good, not to mention you, Liu Bei, have always been known for your benevolence and righteousness! Yang Jie said that he was taking a risk, because no one knew whether Liu Bei would kill himself in a fit of anger. This mission was already very risky, but Yang Jie still came without hesitation. He is betting!
"Hmph, Yang Jie open the door and tell the truth! Fifty thousand shi is impossible, Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe should be in your Yangzhou, they must know about the fire in Nanyang!" It was obvious that Yang Jie made the right bet, and Jian Yong snorted coldly. He stepped forward and said to Yang Jie, if there is no matter about Jia Xu, Liu Bei may still be able to get 50,000 shi of food and grass now, but Jia Xu burned the entire savings of Wancheng, and now Liu Bei can afford it. The food and grass are still living with the remaining food and grass in the cities of Deng, and they are still counting on Yuzhou's support. Otherwise, Pang Tong would not be sent to Jingzhou. He also went for food and grass.
Liu Bei didn't pay attention to Jia Xu at first, but after Jia Xu burned down the granary in Wancheng, he paid attention to him. Later, I learned that this person is a great talent, and it was this person who planned Li Jue and Guo Si's counterattack on Chang'an. Liu Bei was ruined on the spot.
"Thirty thousand shi, no bargaining!" Yang Jie revealed another price.
"Thirty thousand shi?!" The price is not bad. Although 30,000 shi is a lot, it is not impossible to get it together. Mi Fang is worthless at first, but Mi Fang is following a Mrs. Mi, and this Mrs. Mi is Liu Bei's wife, no matter how ruthless Liu Bei is. . But for his wife, he still has to redeem it.
"Okay, our army will send food and grass in exchange for General Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi's safe return!" Jian Yong looked into Liu Bei's eyes and knew that the thirty thousand stones were still in Liu Bei's mind.
"No problem, the total is 60,000 shi, just send it to Xinye! General Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi will also be sent to Xinye!" Yang Jie nodded and was very satisfied with the price.
"Sixty thousand stones?!" Jian Yong below was stunned again, it wasn't thirty thousand stones that was agreed just now, how could it become sixty thousand stones again.
"That's right, 30,000 shi for one person, and 60,000 shi for two!" Yang Jie looked at Jian Yong innocently, "What's the matter, Jian Jijiu, you won't be reluctant to part with the 30,000 shi for food and grass! It's only a thousand gold That's all! It's only two thousand gold!"
Two thousand gold? Jian Yong wanted to go up and tear Yang Jie apart. It is true that two thousand gold can buy 60,000 shi of grain and grass, but how many fucking years ago, the current price is at least four or five times higher, and it may not be possible to buy 60,000 shi of grain and grass. If Liu Mang could be bought with money, he would not go to Jingzhou. Food is now prohibited from being sold indiscriminately.
"Changshi Yang. If you say that, there is nothing to talk about! You don't want to send General Mi Fang and Madam Mi back!" Jian Yong said to Yang Jie with a cold face.
"How could it be!" Yang Jie exaggeratedly said, "My lord is very sincere. Back then, the dowry given by General Mi Fang's family to General Zuo was three thousand servants, countless carriages, and over ten thousand gold and silver. My lord just wanted to Just a small part of it!"
Yang Jie's words made Liu Bei vomit blood. It is true that the dowry given by the Mi family was huge, even the largest in the whole world, but you have to know that these things have been consumed over the years. If it weren't for your Lu Bu, Liu Bei wouldn't be so miserable! With the wealth of the Mi family and a Xuzhou. He, Liu Bei, has long turned himself over to be the master of the house, so why is he like this now.
Let's be honest. When Yang Jie came, the task he received was really to try not to talk about it, maybe Yangzhou didn't want to talk about it at all.
If Liu Mang wants to send Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi back, why is it necessary? Mi Fang is a second-rate general who is confident but not capable. At best, she is better than Huang She, Mrs. Mi! Liu Mang admits that this white jade beauty is very beautiful, and there is also a kind of temptation from a wife, but don't forget that Liu Mang's family has two tigresses, big and small. Coupled with a Mrs. Mi who is at a hungry age, Liu Mang will stop fighting for world hegemony.
Liu Mang wanted to change these two people for ten thousand shi if they could, Lu Su and Liu Mang only sold for one thousand gold, let alone these two! And Liu Mang slammed a hundred thousand for the sake of disgusting Liu Bei.
He knew that Liu Bei would counter-offer until he paid 30,000 shi. This was Liu Bei's psychological price, so Yang Jie offered him another 30,000 shi.
Will Liu Bei give it or not? If Liu Bei does, Liu Mang will not break his promise and send it back. With the 60,000 shi of food and grass, Liu Mang will be able to live comfortably for a long time. Based on Liu Mang's army's estimate of Liu Bei's food and grass, he gave it. Although the 60,000 shi will not starve to death, it must be stretched, and the army will be expanded by 100,000. It is already thrifty to maintain the normal establishment.
If Liu Bei doesn't give it, then Liu Mang's goal has also been achieved. As I said before, there is no shortage of counselors in Liu Mang's army. Old man Gong Chen, inside the general! The cheap father-in-law is a top military general, the first-class generals in Liu Wei's hands, Zhao Yun, Xu Sheng, Wei Yan, and Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, who are not counted in it, the commander of the army training! Not bad.
What is Liu Mang lacking now, one is food, and the other is a top businessman.
A person who can manage the entire business in Yangzhou, among the top businessmen in the world, one is the Zhen family from Hebei, and the other is the Mi family from Xuzhou. The Zhen family is too far away, in Hebei, not to mention that Hebei old Cao is fighting fiercely with the Yuan family brothers there, even if there is no war, how can this Zhen family come as soon as Liu Mang talks about it? Take the family with you! It's not that you just leave.
And Mi Fang used to have a great family and great business, but now he has dissipated all his wealth. This is not what the poet Li Da said. The Mi family's wealth is incomparable to a country's wealth. How can I come back after I'm gone! Even if you want to make a comeback, you have to pay for it.
What Liu Mang fell in love with was the head of the Mi family, that is, Mi Zhu, the number one businessman in the Han Dynasty.
The twenty-first world lacks talents, and the big men also lack talents, and Liu Mang lacks even more.
But Mi Zhu has already fallen into Liu Bei's arms, how can Mi Zhu be able to take refuge in Liu Mang? The Mi family brothers and sisters alone cannot threaten Mi Zhu. From the original track here, Mi Fang betrayed Liu Bei and joined Jiangdong, and Mrs. Mi also He died a long time ago, but Mi Zhu is still resolutely by Liu Bei's side, you know. This person is just like Kuai Yue, the old fox of the Kuai family in Jingzhou, who puts his family first. Only when you push him to the extreme will he truly wake up.
Liu Mang used Kuai Ran and Kuai Liang to force Kuai Yue to stand in line, and Liu Mang also used Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi to force Mi Zhu.
If Liu Bei doesn't pay Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi the ransom, guess what Mi Zhu will think. He has worked so hard for you all his life and put all his savings into it. He even married his younger sister to you. Now let you spend a little It's not too much money to redeem my younger sister and younger brother (this small amount of money is compared with the wealth of Mi's family).
Once you don't give it, this Mi Zhu will really be chilled. Once the heart dies, Liu Mang's chance will come.
"Impossible!" Sixty thousand shi, it's better to grab it, Liu Bei immediately decided that it was impossible.
"Chang Yang ordered you to go to the post station to rest earlier. Once there is news, my lord will definitely inform you!" Jian Yong didn't ask his master to reject Yang Jie directly, but slowly figured it out.
"If this is the case, Yang Jie will resign first! I hope General Zuo will hurry up. General Zuo also knows that I have insufficient food and grass in Yangzhou! It will be bad if General Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi are hungry!" Yang Jie was taking precautions. Needle, if Liu Bei practiced Tai Chi, then Liu Mang's plan would be gone. Didn't Liu Bei say he won't give it, he will give it later, he will give it later! It has been delayed until the end of time, what can you do. So Yang Jie is vaccinating or threatening Liu Bei. Either give it, then stop talking nonsense. If it takes a long time, they Yangzhou will not be responsible for safety.
"Hmph!" Liu Bei suppressed his anger. Originally, Liu Daer was a red-faced person, but now he became even more rosy, almost comparable to Guan Erye. Yang Jie smiled and said goodbye.