After receiving the task from Liu Yu and returning to his residence that day, Li Su immediately began to make preparations.

"Boya, is this finally the time to go out on an errand for the imperial court?"

Seeing Li Su packing up his things, Guan Yu, who has been making guest appearances as bodyguards and hanging out and drinking in Luoyang these days, finally came to his senses, and he was counting on Li Su, a little brother with official status, to take him out of the house together.

Li Su explained while packing the package: "On the orders of Liu Youzhou Jun, he went south with Yuyang Commander Wuqiu Yi to recruit Danyang soldiers on the same day, and then returned to Youzhou to collect Qi Division. ”

Liu Yu is still a great sect, but the recruitment order was indeed issued in the capacity of "the incoming Youzhou Mu", so Li Su called Liu Yu his future official position.

Guan Yu: "What about me?" Just be an escort. ”

Li Su said with a smile: "How can I wronged the second brother, fortunately, I have been trusted by Liu Youzhou recently, and recommended the second brother's ability to lead the army, Liu Youzhou promised to temporarily serve as a military attaché. ”

Guan Yu was actually a little embarrassed: "No merit, how can there be anything to do, first prepare a cousin, just try to be diligent this time, and repay Liu Youzhou's kindness." ”

Li Su instructed Guan Yu a few more words, and first took him to the Zhen family's business to discuss with the chief steward Zhang Quan, and take out all the dividends and money that Li Su had not yet withdrawn.

Except for the copper coins, which must be used immediately, the rest of the money is also carried in the form of gold cakes, which is easy to store. Naturally, this gold was handed over to Guan Yu for personal protection, Li Su was so weak, but he didn't have the physical strength to carry hundreds of catties of gold at every turn.

In addition, he also brought several cars of engraving and printing books that had not yet been sold, and asked Guan Yu to escort them, ready to take them along the road.

Li Su's trip is not to say that he wants to sell books along the way to make this little money - the Zhen family does not have a business name in the south, and it is impossible to rely on Li Su to sell all the way, not only the sales are small, but the way is too profitable.

The reason why I bring so many books is also to make it easier to make a name for myself and recruit talents. In this era, books are rare, and if you sell them half at a low price and give them away to make friends, it is easy to seduce readers, and you can also open cooperation channels with local wealthy businessmen.

Moreover, before the Zhen family's business mainly sold books in the capital and Yecheng, Liu Bei's "filial piety" deeds were still relatively low in the south. Books that come with books that record glorious deeds used to be half sold and half given away, so that they could become famous faster.

Li Su knew that in history, Liu Bei relied on the trip with Wuqiu Yi to the south to recruit Danyang soldiers, and traveled between Qingxu and Xu, and later made friends with many early talents. According to the trajectory that has changed after the butterfly effect now, Liu Bei is estimated to have no chance to develop in the south in his life.

Since Li Su has replaced Liu Bei, the messenger, he always has to find a way to seduce some sages in the south as much as possible along the way.

It doesn't have to be the same as those friends that Liu Bei hooked up with in history, anyway, when you meet Daxian, you will follow fate.

……

After receiving the money from the Zhen family's business, Li Su asked Guan Yu to send all the copper coins and several carts to Xiyuan and Liu Yu's mansion respectively.

The money sent to Xiyuan was for Guan Yu to buy an official.

The money sent to Liu Yu's mansion was through Liu Yu's "secret channel", which Liu Yu directly and secretly stuffed to the emperor and bought officials for Li Su himself - after all, Liu Yu's channel should be kept secret as much as possible, and too many people should not know about it, lest the trick of "edict pardoning Naxiu Palace money" be seen through by the world, so so far Liu Yu has only used it for Liu Bei.

But Li Su is already a handler and an insider, so whether Li Su is licensed or not, Li Su knows, Liu Yu thought about it, and pushed the boat down the river to do a personal favor, so that Li Su would be promoted in the future, and he would not go to Xiyuan to pay the money, but secretly give it through his channels, spend more money, but not lose face.

This time, Liu Yu "watched" their officials, and they would not be promoted until the task was successfully completed, but when the time came, they would go straight to Youzhou after recruiting troops, and they would not return to Luoyang.

Therefore, they had to pay the price of the official they were about to be promoted before they set off.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, official positions were also divided into those that had been "granted" and those who "showed" you, which must have a higher gold content of the actual award, but the table could also be used as a way for the parties to brag about their status. For example, Li Su is obviously only a petty official with 300 stones, but when he goes out to make friends this time, he can brag that he is "already a great Zongzheng and Youzhou pastor I am 600 stones", so that others look up to him.

Now that Emperor Ling is not dead, the difference between "table" and "actual teaching" is not too obvious, and after three years of complete chaos in the world, the gold content of the table has plummeted.

For example, in history, it can often be seen that Yuan Shu also expressed a Yuzhou pastor, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Tao Qian all appeared, but the Son of Heaven was controlled by Dong Zhuo and Li Dao in Chang'an, and none of them approved it, and those who approved it had no credibility.

On the way to buy an official, Li Su was worried at first, "what if he didn't make a meritorious service and didn't get promoted in the end?" but the eunuch who received the money told him that he could keep accounts, which was understood to be "stored in the bank for buying officials".

I have to say that other governance systems in the era of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty may not be good, but the system of selling officials is really perfect.

Advance payments, mortgages, and various financial derivative models are available to suit all situations. There will also be temporary price discrimination, a knife or a mid-year promotion.

As for the balance on your account, it will be deducted from the bookkeeping when you are promoted again the next time you make meritorious service. Or if the current official position expires for one year, and the current official position is renewed, the same will be deducted.

The eunuch shook it in front of Li Su with a thick account book at that time: the hundred officials of the imperial court, whether each person has paid off the official purchase, how many people have a balance in the account, how many people still owe on credit, and they have to wait for the mortgage to be repaid after taking office.

Li Su also caught up with a promotional activity at that time: if you feel that you may not be promoted for several years, you can pay a few more years of rent for your current official position at one time, and give one year for those who pay three years of rent at one time! That is, to spend three years of money and be an official for four years.

However, Li Su immediately rejected those promotional eunuchs, because he knew that Emperor Han Ling didn't have four years to live, wouldn't participating in this kind of promotion throw money into a puddle?

Could it be that the emperor himself felt that his physical condition was not good, and he wanted to pre-sell the money after his death?

……

"The princess's family order of 600 stones, the theoretical price is 6 million. There was a princess with 300 stones before, and she had been in office for less than three months, so the unused term could be recovered and discounted by 1.5 million, and 4.5 million should be paid. Because of the merit in persuading Qiang Qu Shan to send troops, he discounted it with 'outstanding performance', plus His Majesty's amnesty edict old service fee, and finally paid 4 million yuan.

5 million other Sima, starting from scratch to pay in full, Liu Yu said that he was 'brave and knowledgeable', belonging to the appointment of talent, not all buying officials, six discounts, 3 million yuan.

Alas, before he left Luoyang, another 7 million money was gone. In this world, both making money and making meritorious service must be hard, otherwise there will not be enough money to redeem the task reward after making meritorious service. ”

Before leaving Luoyang, Li Suxin calculated his balance and couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, the user experience of Emperor Han Ling's official sale is not bad, and the previous official was promoted after his remaining term was too long, and the old official can be recycled at a discount - similar to the Apple mobile phone that has not been used for a year, and it is replaced with a new generation, and the old machine can be recycled at a discount. Otherwise, Li Su would have to pay more.

After buying an official for Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, there was still 18 million left, and another 5 million military expenses were remitted to Liu Bei, plus another 7 million was burned today, and there was only 6 million balance left in the previous money.

Fortunately, for most of April, the dividends from the Zhen family's firm selling books and paper to Li Su were more than 3 million, and there were barely 10 million left.

This trip south to Danyang to recruit troops, Guan Yu originally planned to pay out of his own pocket, in addition to the task of the imperial court, recruit some warriors as Liu Bei's private soldiers, it seems that the money is not enough.