Chapter 636    Each has its own plans (47)

The Mi family's business has been smooth sailing and the speed of accumulating wealth is very fast.

A few years later, although he did not reach the level of wealth that Fan Li could rival the country, the Mi family was the indisputable richest man in Xuzhou.

But the good times did not last long. Shortly after the rise of the Mi family, the Yellow Turban Rebellion occurred, and the Mi family's business almost stopped.

The war caused many people to be displaced, and there were many hungry people coming to Xuzhou.

Mi Zhu, who has always been kind and generous, has sent food to help these hungry people, and his property has shrunk a lot.

At that time, the court was shocked and mobilized all forces to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebel Army.

Zhu Jun, the general of the Central Army, was one of the chief generals to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising. He asked Sun Jian to serve as his assistant army Sima.

After Sun Jian accepted the order, he recruited soldiers in Huai and Si areas, and the Mi family also sponsored a lot of money and food, which became related to the Sun family.

As a general who led the army alone in Xuzhou, Mi Fang also participated in the operation to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army.

Although they are brothers, the contrast between Mi Fang and Mi Zhu is very obvious in terms of personality.

Unlike Mi Zhu who is humble and honest, Mi Fang is a typical rich second generation and a general in the army. She is used to being arrogant and domineering. Most of the people she interacts with are friends of wine and meat, with almost no close friends, and many people offended.

Although Mi Fang's martial arts skills are good, she is a rich second generation who has never been on the battlefield. In the battle to eliminate the Yellow Turbans, she spent most of her time waving flags and shouting.

Therefore, Mi Fang did not make any decent contributions, but instead often had conflicts with her colleagues because of the competition for spoils.

The bold Mi Fang even pulled out his teeth and snatched a batch of tens of thousands of stones of military rations from the Tai bandits led by Tibetan Ba.

After the Yellow Turban Army was wiped out, with Mi Zhu's efforts, the Mi family's business quickly recovered.

Because of the army led by Mi Fang as the backing, Mi Zhu focused on making money.

Xuzhou is a famous and prosperous place, and Mi Zhu is even more famous. The Mi family hoarded a lot of money and food, and became the target of many forces.

For this reason, Mi Zhu can only actively protect himself.

He spent a lot of money and grain, recruited thousands of refugees, and formed a private soldier of tens of thousands of people with his original servants as the backbone, and reached an agreement with the noble families in Xuzhou to help each other.

Although he has a certain amount of self-protection, Mi Zhu is not just a dime and adheres to the principle of "disrupting money and avoiding disasters, and harmony brings wealth."

As long as the major forces in Qing and Xu states opened their mouths, they donated a certain amount of money and grain in exchange for the safety of their family business.

The strong Taishan bandits, led by Tibetan Ba, have long been salivating about the Mi family's property, but there was no suitable reason for the moment.

Although the more than a thousand county soldiers led by Mi Fang were the backbone of the Mi family's private soldiers and had good combat effectiveness, they were not on the same level as those of the Taishan bandits.

The reason why Mi Fang was able to kill the small leader and successfully seize the military resources of the bandits of Mount Tai was completely a routine set by the Tibetan Ba ​​and others.

They deliberately let the water go to find a suitable excuse and find an opportunity to seize the Mi family's property.

Not long after, the Tibetan Ba ​​made public statements, asking the Mi family to return the military supplies and grass that they had robbed ten times, up to more than 100,000 stones. He also demanded that the murderer Mi Fang, who killed his generals, be handed over.

After hearing this news, Mi Zhu was shocked and immediately asked Mi Fang to find out the situation.

After learning that this was true, Mi Zhu scolded Mi Fang and sought countermeasures.

One hundred thousand stones of grain are not a small amount for the Mi family, but Mi Zhu is still preparing to lose money and avoid disasters, so he asks someone to go and talk about it.

Who knew that the Tibetan king had no sincerity in making peace, insisted on the common rules of "killing people to pay for their lives" and refused to let Mi Fang go.

Mi Zhu could not agree to this condition, and both sides could only fight each other.

Just so happened that the Yellow Turbans in Qing and Xu provinces resurrected and attacked the counties and counties. Mi Zhu took advantage of the situation to suspend business and strictly guarded the city.

The court appointed Tao Qian as the governor of Xuzhou and attacked the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou.

In order to protect himself, Mi Zhu donated a lot of money and grain after careful consideration and defected to Tao Qian.

Tao Qian came to Xuzhou to pacify the Yellow Turbans this time, and prepared very well, bringing more than 20,000 elite Danyang soldiers.

Tao Qian is not simply pacifying the Yellow Turbans. He needs to control the entire Xuzhou and maintain himself with enough deterrence and must not fight against the Yellow Turbans.

Therefore, he first integrated all forces in Xuzhou, and the Taishan bandits were the forces he had long wanted to regain.

Tao Qian came forward as the provincial governor and successfully incorporated Zangba and others, and the crisis of the Mi family was also resolved.

The war was in chaos and the family business could not be carried out normally. This time Mi Zhu spent a lot of money to take office in person and work as a foreign official in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian integrated all major forces in Xuzhou and defeated the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in one battle.

After Xuzhou settled down, the Mi family's business resumed again.

But soon, Cao Cao's father was killed in Xuzhou. Cao Cao led his troops to take revenge, and Xuzhou was once again in war.

The Mi family has been bound to Tao Qian and can only defend Xuzhou together.

Later, Mi Zhu saw the Cao soldiers who were besieging the city retreating one after another. He thought that Cao Cao had withdrew his troops. He recognized Liu Bei's ability in his heart and waited for the final result.

Compared with Mi Zhu's optimism, Tao Qian was a little worried.

Although he supported Liu Bei's approach of being polite first and then being soldier, he did not think that Cao Cao would give Liu Bei the county magistrate.

The envoy sent was slow to return. Seeing Cao's army retreating, Tao Qian was afraid of being trapped by Cao Cao and did not dare to go out of the city to pursue him. He also led the army to strengthen the city defense.

In the evening, the envoy returned to the city and brought news of Cao Cao's withdrawal and presented Cao Cao's letter.

Although Cao Cao had withdrawn his troops, Tao Qian still didn't believe it. He was afraid that Cao's soldiers would come back and thought about how to keep Liu Bei legitimately.

Tao Qian immediately sent someone to invite Kong Rong, Tian Kai, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and other generals to the city to hold a celebration meeting overnight.

After the banquet began, Liu Bei, as a hero who persuaded Cao's army to retreat, was invited to the seat by Tao Qian.

When the banquet was about to end, Tao Qian bowed and said to everyone:

"I am old and my two sons are not talented, so I cannot bear the heavy responsibility of the country. Mr. Liu is the young man of the imperial family, with great virtue and talent, and can lead Xuzhou. I am willing to beg for leisure and recuperate."

Liu Bei was in Pingyuan County. Although Zhang and his two brave generals were involved, Pingyuan was only a county and the army could be maintained was very limited.

Liu Bei was able to save food and could only provide for more than a thousand soldiers. He was sandwiched between two major forces, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and was in danger of peace.

This time he raised all the soldiers from the plains and brought all his belongings. He even asked Gongsun Zan to borrow Zhao Yun and three thousand soldiers to rescue Tao Qian. In fact, he wanted to abandon the plains and find a place to settle down after repelling Cao Cao.

Liu Bei's requirements are not high, just need to get a place to stay.

He expected that after he led his troops, Pingyuan County would be occupied by Yuan Shao.

At that time, both Kong Rong and Tao Qian will find ways to arrange a place for themselves to settle down, at least one county, and their situation will definitely be better than resisting the two major forces in Pingyuan County.

(End of this chapter)
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