It has been a few days since leaving Mrs. Cai's mansion. In the past few days, Liu Mang has another talent, that is, Mi Zhu, a big businessman from the Mi family. After Sun Gan covered Wei Yan and the others with his cover, Wei Yan parted ways with Mi Zhu. Wei Yan returned to his Yiyang, where Wei Yan still needed to command his Yiyang martial soldiers.

Mi Zhu went directly to Xinye with the help of Xinye prefect Liu Qi, and took a boat from Xinye to Xiangyang in Jingzhou.

"You are Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong?" Liu Mang had never seen Mi Zhu. He had only heard of this person. This person was a famous person in the world and a real billionaire. The money left by his ancestors. In addition, Mi Zhu was good at business, so he became the richest man in Xuzhou. He had a child servant and nearly 10,000 diners. He was also recruited by the late Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian for Xuzhou. He wanted to use Mi Zhu to make money for him. However, Mi Zhu looked down on Tao Qian and finally defected to Liu Da'er. After Liu Bei took over Yizhou, he appointed Mi Zhu as the general of Anhan, with a status above Zhuge Liang and the most ministers under Liu Bei.

This shows the role of Mi Zhu. With Mi Zhu, you can say that you are basically not short of money.

"A small country, Mi Zhu has seen His Highness the King of Shu!" Mi Zhu saw Liu Mang respectfully at Liu Mang and said to him. Although Mi Zhu lowered his head, he looked at Liu Mang up and down with the light of his eyes. Liu Mang was too young. Liu Bei was in his forties and entered middle age. Liu Mang was still a young man in his twenties. Tao Qian was following Mi Zhu, and Cao Cao and others were also in his forties. Liu Biao in Jingzhou was also in his fifties. It can be said that this young lord in the world is not without, you see, Yuan Shao's two sons, Sun Ce of Jiangdong.

But it is really rare to be as young as Liu Mang. Sun Ce and Yuan Tan are already thirty years old. Although Yuan Shang is young, he is still twenty-seven or eight. Only Liu Mang is only twenty-two or three.

The younger the lord, the more potential he has. Mi Zhu would not know, an older lord, you can see, Tao Qian, who was once in Xuzhou in Jingzhou. They are old and basically no longer enterprising. Such lords follow him in the end and have to change their families, and may even be pulled together to be buried with him, so Mi Zhu abandoned Tao Qian and joined Liu Bei's army.

Now Mi Zhu followed another younger than Liu Bei, and Mi Zhu was naturally a little happy.

Liu Mang is only stronger than Liu Bei. There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Yangzhou, including the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, the Urban Management Army, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, the Clan and Black Chess Army. None of them are brave and good at fighting. There are also many military generals. There are also the civil officials who are just emerging. Xu Shu, Liu Ye, and the old fox Jia Xu and others. Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei's siege to Yangzhou were not captured before they could know the potential of Yangzhou.

Mi Zhu was observing Liu Mang, and he didn't know what kind of person this new lord was.

"Rural minority?!" Liu Mang could not help laughing when he heard Mi Zhu's claim. If this former Xu Banzhou was a rural minority, then what would they be?

"Mr. Zizhong. Get up quickly! You are not a rural citizen now. You are the general business office of Yangzhou and also the Marquis of Guangzhou. Can't Guanghou get up yet?!" Liu Mang showed enough respect to Mi Zhu because he knew that at this time the status of a merchant was very embarrassing. The best reward for a merchant was respect for him. But Liu Mang didn't care. Is the merchant? In his previous life, merchants could make a country and had a high status. There was no businessman, and there was no prosperous world without a merchant, right? Liu Mang even went forward to help Mi Zhu up.

As soon as he heard Liu Mang's respect, Mi Zhu finally let go of his heart. This new lord doesn't look like a person with a bad temper, and he looks like a wise master.

"Thank you lord!" Mi Zhu is also a person who observes words and expressions. When Liu Mang called him Mr. Zizhong, he immediately called Liu Mang the lord, in order to bring him closer to Liu Mang.

"I won't blame me for being poached by Zizhong from Liu Da'er!" Liu Mang and Mi Zhu won over their relationship.

"Mi Zhu doesn't!" Mi Zhu shook his head and said, if Mi Zhu would have blamed Liu Mang before, but now Mi Zhu doesn't. He has seen through Liu Bei's appearance, and the merchants value interests. Where can Liu Bei get it, they can also get it from Liu Mang and even get more. What does Mi Zhu have any opinions?

"Just Zizhong understands it!" Liu Mang said with a smile. Mi Zhu did not receive respect from Liu Bei, but Liu Mang could get official positions and titles from Liu Mang, but it was just a piece of paper.

"Zi Zhong is short. This time, I asked Zi Zhong to come to Jingzhou directly because there is a serious matter to be handed over to Zi Zhong!" Liu Mang originally planned to let Mi Zhu go to Yangzhou to reunite with Mi Fang and Mrs. Mi before arranging Mi Zhu to do things so that he could better win Mi Zhu's heart. However, now Liu Mang could only urgently ask Mi Zhu to come to Jingzhou first because of the things in Jingzhou.

"Is there something important?!" A glimmer of light flashed in Mi Zhu's eyes. Mi Zhu was not afraid of something, but was afraid that there was nothing to do. Only doing things can reflect his value and make his status more stable. "Lord, please tell me!" Mi Zhu knelt down again and clasped his fists at Liu Mang.

"This matter is of great importance. Zi Zhong must be careful to do it. If there is any mistake, come and see you!" Liu Mang gave Mi Zhu respect and status, but he cannot be neglected in matters.

"Jingzhou's grain and grass may be transported to Yangzhou in the past few days. Zi Zhong, you are responsible for negotiations with Jingzhou to allow this batch of grain and grass to arrive in Yangzhou smoothly. In addition, Jingzhou merchants asked them to set up camp in Yangzhou and attract them to Yangzhou!" These are two things, and both things are indeed equally important. With the help of Mrs. Cai and Kuai Yue, you can definitely buy the grain and grass from Jingzhou. Inviting those merchants to go to Yangzhou to do business is not an easy task, because Yangzhou is now in a mess, and these merchants cannot move if they do not see the benefits.

"These are the conditions that I can take out in Yangzhou!" Liu Mang took a piece of paper from the coffee table on the left. He knew that a business without a foundation could not be done, so he showed Yangzhou's sincerity.

Mi Zhu took it over and read it. The rules and regulations on it, officials and businessmen! Reading, titles! Everything made Mi Zhu raise his head and look at the Yangzhou Lord sitting on the chair, and he couldn't help but take a breath, his hands were so big.

If everything on this piece of paper will be implemented, then that sentence will change with the rule of the gentry, and at least a businessman must be added, because Liu Mang raised the status of the merchant high.

"Lord, will everything be implemented?!" Mi Zhu asked worriedly.

"Don't you Mi Zizhong understand the words in black and white?!" Liu Mang looked at Mi Zhu and said.

"In this case, Mi Zhu will definitely make money for the lord every day, so that I will never be short of money in Yangzhou!" Mi Zhu is not boasting about Haikou, but truly has this confidence. If all the above are true, at least half of the businessmen in the world will gather in Yangzhou. With these businessmen, will Yangzhou still be short of money?

"I'll give it to Zi Zhong for everything!" Liu Mang nodded, and was still very relieved about this great local tyrant Liu Mang in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

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In the residence of the prefecture of Jingzhou Prefecture, Kuai Yue walked out with a smile. Although Cai Mao next to him felt a little uncomfortable, he still left with Kuai Yue.

"Master!" Kuai Yue walked out of the palace of the prefecture of Jingzhou, and naturally a groom came to pick him up. This groom was not from the Kuai Mansion, but from Liu Mang. This person was not used by Liu Mang to supervise Kuai Yue, because there was no need for him to form an alliance with Kuai Yue, because Kuai Yue had only one son, he was a good friend of Liu Mang, and even married Liu Mang's sister. If these two families had nothing to do with each other, there would be a ghost.

"Go back and tell your highness. The food and grass matter has been completed!" Kuai Yue was happy because of this. Today, in the palace of the prefecture of Jingzhou, the first person to sell food and grass was not someone else, but an official from Xiangyang Guard. This official spoke about the importance of Yangzhou to Jingzhou as soon as he came up. This eloquence was so good that it was amazing. It was almost like saying that without Yangzhou and Jingzhou would be destroyed.

Such a word could not have been thought of by this person himself, but the person behind him, the official who came out of Lumen Academy. The person behind him was naturally the founder of Lumen Academy, the Pang family, who was beyond Jingzhou.

Pang Degong's help naturally happened soon.

Jingzhou Xiangyang City

There are very few discussions in Jingzhou's palaces. Apart from major events, Liu Biao will not be here, because one is Liu Biao, who is older and has no concerns about government affairs. Secondly, Jingzhou has few enemies besides an enemy like Jiangdong, so the conference hall is basically empty. But today, all the civil and military officials in Jingzhou can be visited. Because there are major events in Jingzhou today.

"The battle situation of lord Jiangxia has been fast in the past few days. Sun Ce from Jiangdong has frequently attacked. Our army has lost more than a thousand warships, and several warships. Zhuge Military Advisor and General Wenpin are all avoiding the war!" An official came up and reported to Liu Biao on the main position.

"The Jiangdong Army has been in a hurry in the past few days!" Liu Biao frowned. Liu Biao's biggest enemy was Sun Ce. Others, such as Cao Cao, or Liu Bei, would not let Liu Biao die even if he took Jingzhou. Because he was afraid of losing his reputation, Sun Ce was different. He killed Sun Ce's father himself, but he had a terrible hatred of killing his father. If Sun Ce took Jingzhou, no one would say anything more to the whole family. Therefore, in the battle situation in Jiangxia, Liu Biao asked people to ask people for ships.

The battle situation in Jiangdong's recent days was urgent. After all, it was the contribution of Liu Mang's army. Because of the ransom of Sun Quan, the second son of Jiangdong, Liu Mang asked for 10,000 gold, but Sun Ce blackmailed the Jiangdong gentry more than 20,000 gold. Sun Ce waved his hand and rewarded half of the soldiers fighting in front and threw them into the shipyard to continue forging warships for the craftsmen.

With money, this little overlord of Jiangdong will naturally be willful. Therefore, with the encouragement of rewards in the past few days, the Jiangdong army won a lot, which made Zhuge Liang stunned and lost thousands of people to avoid the battle.

"What's wrong with Xiakou?!" Cai Mao, who was next to him, continued to ask. The Jingzhou army has lost most of Jiangxia now. Wuchang in the Sanjiangkou is in the hands of the enemy. The only ones in the Jingzhou navy are Xiakou and Chibi. If Xiakou is lost, Jiangxia will be handed over, so Cai Mao directly hit the point and asked.

"Xiakou is safe!" The official replied to Cai Mao, "Because of the fact that our army lost more than a thousand losses, Jiangdong was not easy, and there were more than hundreds of casualties! Three warships!"

After hearing that Xiakou was fine, Cai Mao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he held on to Xiakou, Jingzhou would be safe, and it had nothing to do with him, Cai Mao.

"General Wen Pin also sent a letter, wanting his lord to send another batch of food and grass!" The official continued to speak.

"I want food and grass again!" Cai Mao is the one who is in charge of Jingzhou's food and grass. It can be said that Cai Mao was so painful to release food and grass. Although these food and grass belong to Liu Biao, he looked at the white and flowery food and grass. How could Cai Mao not feel sorry for it?

"Didn't you just sent a batch last time? Why are you using it now?!" The food and grass sent by Cai Mao last time should be able to last until the end of the year, but the time has not yet come, so these people are asking for food and grass again.

"General Wen Pin said in the letter, the battle situation in Xiakou was intertwined, the soldiers were exhausted, their bodies were consumed too much, and many soldiers were tired. For the sake of the soldiers' bodies, two meals a day turned into three meals a day. This made the food and grass consumed a little more!"

"Three meals a day, you!" Cai Mao was about to refute. What does this fatigue have to do with you eating more? But before Cai Mao refuted the Jingzhou boss Liu Biao next to him, he spoke, "It's accurate!"

When he heard that his boss had spoken, Cai Mao would not say much. For Liu Biao, being safe in Jingzhou was what he needed. As long as the Jiangdong Army could not cross Jiangxia, what was the point of some food and grass? This year is another bumper year for Jingzhou.

"Report to the lord that a dam in Jiangling has broken down. Rain has been rapid in the past few days, and thousands of acres of fertile land along the river have been destroyed!" Another official reported.

"The fertile fields beside the dam?" Liu Biao said in a heavy tone. The fertile fields beside some water conservancy measures are all good fields. Such a thousand acres of land can bring a lot of food and grass to Jingzhou. If such fertile fields are destroyed, Liu Biao will naturally frown.

When Liu Biao frowned, some of the gentry in Jiangling next to him lowered their heads. The fertile fields were destroyed and the dam was cracked. How could they not know? Because the dam was cracked and they did it. They introduced the river water into their mansions to form artificial lakes. This way, it would be fine if the river water was blocked. Once it rained heavily, it would be a disaster. The dam could not bear the excessive river water. In addition, the water canal overflowed there, and the river water would naturally overflow, destroying the dam and destroying the fertile fields.

"The lord's embankment was destroyed. When troops were sent to repair it immediately, the taxes on the edge of Jiangling were exempted for one year so that the people could recuperate!" Kuai Yue was worthy of being Liu Biao's right-hand man, and he solved the problem for Liu Biao when he came up.

Liu Biao wanted to agree, and Kuai Yue's younger brother Kuai Liang stood up again, "Lord, I missed a little, that is, to thoroughly investigate why the embankment was destroyed and why it was the reason!" As he said that, Kuai Liang also looked at the gentry in Jiangling next to him with his eyes. He must severely punish those who destroyed the embankment! To serve as a warning to others!"

"How can the embankment be destroyed? It is naturally the impact of the river!" Before Kuai Liang finished speaking, the gentry in Jiangling could not help but refute it when they came up. It was obvious that they were guilty of being a thief.

"Is this Jiangling embankment, built during the reign of Emperor Huan, has been repaired for decades, and has been destroyed today because of countless repairs!"

"That's it, that's because it's been a long time!"

"Enough!" Liu Biao rubbed his head. He wouldn't know that the gentry dug the Yangtze River embankment and surrounded the water to build gardens! If he really had to worry about this, none of the geniuses in Jiangling could escape, so Liu Biao didn't want to talk nonsense.

"The taxes in Jiangling can be exempted, and the embankment will be repaired by the Jiangling government. Zirou, you are responsible for supervising! If there is any violation, you are allowed to take action first and then report." Liu Biao named Kuai Liang. If Kuai Liang is not added, it may be even more disaster for the people of Jiangling who were destroyed by the river. If Liu Biao does not collect taxes, it does not mean that the gentry will not collect them. At that time, it will be Liu Biao who has not received the money. Liu Biao is still the one who bears the infamous, and it will be different if Kuai Liang is added. Who knows that Kuai Liang is famous for being selfless. If Kuai Liang is attracted by this, this stupid guy will really report you to Liu Biao, and even kill you with one knife.

"Yes!" He pushed down with the Jiangling gentry with bitter face and Kuai Liang's smile.

"Is there anything else to do?" Liu Biao was a little tired. If there was nothing to do, he would have to go back to the backyard. The disadvantage of riding a war horse a few days ago was still there, and now he is not very comfortable.

Kuai Yue didn't say anything, and Cai Mao didn't say anything. Seeing that everyone was fine, Liu Biao was about to let his guards help him leave. Just as Liu Biao was about to get up, an official knelt down.

"Report to the lord, Your Highness of Shu in Yangzhou once again wanted to pay a visit to the lord and discuss food and grass with the lord!" As soon as the official came forward, the people below knew who was talking. Isn't this official a child of the Kuai family? As soon as he spoke, it means that it was the Kuai family's opinion.

After hearing the words Liu Mang, King Shu of Yangzhou, Liu Biao had to sit down.

"I have said about food and grass. If there is one, I will issue it. If there is one, I will issue it later and supply the army in Jiangxia ahead first!" Liu Biao said as he turned his attention to Kuai Yue next to him.

Kuai Yue didn't say anything, but Kuai Liang stepped forward, "Lord, our army only lacks tens of thousands of stones of grain in Jiangxia! But what the King of Shu of Yangzhou needs is hundreds of thousands of stones. With the ability of Jingzhou, the two cannot be confused!" Kuai Liang looked at Liu Biao, meaning that Yangzhou needs hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. Jiangxia only needs less than one tenth, and Jingzhou has more than 500,000 stones of grain, so why not sell it! It is not easy to perfunctory to use Jiangxia's lack of grain and grass to perfunctory Yangzhou.

Liu Biao frowned, not knowing how to speak. Half a month ago, he still remembered what Pang Tong said. There was nothing to do with him, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, and Liu Biao, so he would be beaten to death. Liu Biao didn't want to cause trouble. If he sold food and grass to Yangzhou, he would definitely offend Liu Bei from Yuzhou. It would be better not to sell his family.

"Mr. Zirou, are you trying to force the palace?!" Liu Biao didn't say anything, so someone told him. The official stood up, and everyone saw a person behind him, that was the Pang family, because this person was from Lumen Academy. Lumen Academy subconsciously was rewarded with the label of the Pang family, and the Pang family who did not want Yangzhou to get food and grass was Pang Shiyuan, the second son of the Pang family.

"I dare not!" Kuai Liang lowered his head and said.

"If you don't dare, why do you say this to your lord? The lord said that Jingzhou has insufficient food and grass, and if there is, it will slow down. It's not that my lord is not kind and righteous, but that my Jingzhou cannot help you!"

"Wang is engaged in it. Although I, Kuai Liang, don't read much, don't come to deceive me!" Kuai Liang used the words Liu Mang often said. This king is engaged in it, the governor of Jingzhou. It's a coincidence that he is responsible for it. It is the harvest of Jingzhou's grain and grass. It can be said that how much grain and grass are collected in Jingzhou a year. This person understands the most.

Kuai Liang read less? Everyone around him had his mouth twitched. Kuai Liang was almost as good as a great scholar. He was a famous scholar in Jingzhou and could be considered a master of learning. If he read less, what should others do? They are all illiterate.

"Wang Wang, let me ask you, what is the grain and grass harvest in Jingzhou last year?!" Kuai Liang made preparations. Even though he didn't know the whole grain and grass harvest in Jingzhou, he could naturally know it with Cai Mao and his brother Kuai Yue.

"Although it is a good harvest, it is only enough for one state to use!" This king is also good at speaking. He does not say specific numbers, but directly summarizes it in one sentence. It is only enough for one state to use and cannot be sold.

"Five seventy thousand stones!" Kuai Liang took out the specific number "Fifty seventy thousand stones, Jiangxia's military food consumed 140,000 yuan, and the guards in various places cost 120,000 yuan, and the food and wages were distributed 110,000 yuan, and the remaining 200,000 yuan!" In addition to the army's need of food and grass, there are also the food and wages needed by these officials. For example, Cai Mao, a military advisor, is an official of 2,000 yuan, and there are countless officials from all over Jingzhou, so the cost is naturally high.

"More than 200,000 yuan a year. In the past few decades, even if there is food consumption, there should be more than 500,000 stones of grain stored! Is the king engaged in such insufficient food and grass? Or is your king engaged in filling his private bags and stealing the grain from the grain warehouse, which makes it impossible for me to sell it to friendly forces now!"

"You, you!" Wang Guanshi couldn't say that he had gained his own pockets.

"Kuai Zirou, who can't know that you have a personal relationship with King Liu Mang of Shu? Your Kuai family has a marriage with King Liu Mang of Shu. What's your intention to help King Shu talk? Do you want your lord to give in to the entire Jingzhou?" As soon as the king spoke, the civil and military officials in Jingzhou below were talking.

This is originally a matter of borrowing in-laws. Even if everyone understands it, you can't tell it directly. This king has broken the rules. What is the most feared thing for the superiors is that their subordinates are alliances with others.

"It is human nature to love men and women, so what's strange about it? As for letting the lord give up to Jingzhou? Haha! Your king is right! Pang Shiyuan of the Pang family gave you so much benefits, you have to obstruct the King of Shu in Yangzhou from buying food and grass! Far and near attack, this is the way to govern the country. Although Yangzhou is close, it is separated by natural dangers from the Yangtze River, while Nanyang County is above my Jingzhou, going downstream. After a half day, Liu Bei in Yuzhou is even more ambitious and annexed his ally Zhang Xiu. Once he gets food and grass, he may be my Jingzhou again. The next one is probably my Jingzhou! Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan even sow discord in Jingzhou, making me suspicious of each other. This is the way to troubled times! "Kuai Liang's words did not name but reminded Liu Biao. Who released the news of Liu Biao's arrest of the traitor? It was naturally Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan.

"Selling food and grass in Yangzhou can shock Xiao Xiao, and secondly, prevent Xudu Cao Cao from the Yangzhou Alliance from the Yangzhou League!" Kuai Liang's Xudu Cao Cao was a kind of thought in the civil and military in Jingzhou. Xudu Cao Cao was the one who was worried about these Jingzhou gentry. Some wanted to hold Xudu Cao Cao's thighs, but some wanted to resist Cao Cao. Because Cao Cao's reputation was not good, and Jingzhou was at the hands of Cao Cao, wouldn't the gentry under Cao Cao want to divide the pie into Jingzhou? If you want to get a pie, you will naturally have to take the matter from them. What is the end of the Deng family in Nanyang?

"Can't Liu Envoy of Yuzhou be Cao Cao in Xudu? As long as you give enough food and grass to Liu Envoy of Yuzhou, Liu Envoy will definitely strengthen the army to resist Cao Cao in Xudu!" The king spoke again, and this opening immediately revealed his IQ. Kuai Liang glanced at the king. Before, Kuai Liang said that no matter how strong Yangzhou is, as long as there is natural danger of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou is not worth worrying, but Liu Bei is different. Nanyang County is now in Liu Bei's hands. As long as Liu Bei goes down the river, he can reach Xiangyang. Liu Bei is able to reach Liu Bei.

Once the army is strengthened, then Liu Bei's threat will be even greater. It would be fine if Liu Bei obediently resisted Cao Cao. If Liu Bei had ambitions, who could resist it? Where is Liu Bei's reputation for annexing his allies? In order to give our Uncle Liu a better reputation, Liu Mang almost divided the matter of how Liu Bei's annexing his allies in such annexing his allies into 180 times and went to various places to sing. Even in Yuzhou, if Liu Bei had not banned it quickly, I'm afraid that a group of people in Yuzhou would have questioned Liu Bei.

"Lord, I think we should sell food and grass in Yangzhou!" As soon as Kuai Liang spoke, officials supported him there.

The food and grass sold to Yangzhou are not unpaid, and they even have a few times the price. If Liu Biao was unwilling to open the granary to sell food and grass, they would be happy to sell it, but it would be different to Liu Bei in Yuzhou. He was a poor man and didn't want to pay for food and grass. Where can I find such a business? So the officials immediately started to speak.

"Lord, I also think that you should sell food and grass to His Highness the King of Shu!" Another official stood up and spoke. This person was supported by the Cai family and could be regarded as a person from Cai Mao.

When he saw this person standing up, it means that Cai Mao was also unified. The fence-bearing grass all stood up and told his lord Liu Biao that he should sell food and grass to Yangzhou. In fact, Cai Mao was unfair, and Cai Mao was unwilling to sell food and grass to Yangzhou from the bottom of his heart, but what should he do! His sister had asked him for her, and he could only help.

The only strong person on the scene was the people from Lumen Academy. Liu Biao was still not going to sell food and grass. It was better to have less than more things. The children of Lumen Academy over there were also ready to fight with the officials of the Kuai family and the Cai family to the death.
To be continued...