On the road leading from Zhongshan Province to Zhuo County.

There were two merchants walking in front of them on small donkeys... Behind was a huge convoy.

These two people, one named Zhang Shiping and the other named Su Shuang, traveled back and forth between Zhongshan and Zhuo County, and were originally engaged in the business of selling horses.

Zhongshan is in Jizhou, Zhuo County is in Youzhou, the two places are separated by more than 200 miles, and on the long road, you can only rely on chatting to pass the boring time.

Zhang Shiping spoke. "It's better to be rich, if you have money, you are called a man, and if you don't have money, you are called a man."

Su Shuang listened beside him and nodded.

"That's right, but this year, it's a little strange in the business, you say that we just sold the horse on the front foot, and the price of the horse on the back foot is swishing up... Let's follow the trend and hoard a donkey, and the price of this donkey will go down... Oh, it seems that Qian has an enmity with our brothers! Seeing that the two of us are going to be 'difficult to be a man'. ”

"This world is already chaotic, there are people who hoard horses, and there are also hoarders who hoard donkeys... The price of horses has been rising, and the price of donkeys has been falling, hehe, our brothers should also be happy to throw this donkey out in advance, otherwise they will only lose more. ”

Businessmen are very keen.

The short-term skyrocketing price of horses made his brothers red-eyed, and when they came back to their senses, there were no horses to buy in the market, and they felt that they were wrong by tens of millions!

Then, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were thinking about doing something else, and they couldn't go hungry, so they followed the big businessmen in Fengyouzhou and hoarded some donkeys.

But hoarding, after all, it can't bear the daily plunge in donkey prices, just a few days ago, I threw the donkey to the big businessman, leaving only two mounts!

Now, this trip back and forth, there is not much money, but a lot less.

The horse seller has lost a fortune, and this single business of hoarding donkeys has lost another fortune, and the time is not good!

"Oops... The world is in chaos! I can't do business! ”

Zhang Shiping complained again and again...

"Tell me, these big businessmen are really strange now... Horse prices are popular, don't follow the trend of hoarding horses, donkey prices will fall to the end, stunned to insist on hoarding donkeys, I don't understand them completely! ”

"If you don't understand, it's right, don't talk about this group of big businessmen, it's the current official master, which one is not very strange? Fish and meat don't eat wild vegetables, mansions don't live in the wild, the next generation is in his arms, and he sings belated love in his mouth... All in all, our brothers can't figure out the market. ”

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As the two were talking, the convoy had entered Zhuo County, and the two little donkeys and a number of mules pulling carts were particularly conspicuous.

But at the gate of Zhuoxian County, I saw a thief tall, with big ears and long arms, and a good-faced man selling straw mats and straw sandals.

"Straw sandals, fifty dollars a pair, straw mats, one hundred dollars a piece! The workmanship is fine and strong, come and see, come and buy a pair (sheets)! ”

The voice is not loud, but it contains vicissitudes, but there is still a loss of introvertedness in this vicissitudes, and there is still a little rebellion and stubbornness towards fate in the introverted.

This straw sandals seller, Zhuoxian people know him, his name is Liu Bei, the word Xuande, a descendant of the royal family.

However, in Zhuo County, the title of this royal descendant is mediocre and mediocre!

A single stick on the street can kill three or five royal descendants...

The reason for this is because of a history of 300 years ago.

Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty had a son, Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan.

Speaking of which, this Liu Sheng is an otaku, and he usually likes to drink a little wine when he has nothing to do, and in addition, his biggest interest in life is a group of wives and concubines. And the biggest achievement in his life is to keep giving birth to children, giving birth to children, giving birth to children... In the end, more than 120 sons were born.

Among them, twenty were made marquis, and one was named Liu Zhen... was named the Marquis of Lucheng, as for the place of Lucheng? It's in Zhuoxian!

So Liu Zhen settled down in Zhuo County, and in terms of giving birth to a son, he inherited the fine tradition of his father Liu Sheng, and he continued to give birth to a child...

And just like that, three hundred years passed.

Liu Zhen's incense has continued in Zhuo County, and the more it continues, the stronger it becomes, it snowballs, rolling to this stage, an insignificant snowflake appeared in the snowball, this person is Liu Bei, Liu Xuande.

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"Look at the people." Zhang Shiping looked at Liu Bei with envy. "People weaving mats and selling shoes, it is the craft money they make, at least they won't lose, which is like us, and they make money, and they make efforts, and finally lose their money."

Su Shuangshen nodded approvingly. "Yes, a donkey seller is not as good as a horse seller, and a horse seller is not as good as a straw sandals..."

Speaking of which, the two of them turned over and got off the donkey...

"Here, buy a pair of straw sandals!" Zhang Shiping said.

"Okay." Liu Bei looked at Zhang Shiping's feet, and immediately took out a pair of bags from the luggage behind him, blew a breath, blew away the dust and dirt on them, and then cautiously handed over the straw sandals.

Zhang Shiping took out a few five-baht coins and handed them to him, and planned to put on straw sandals and try them out...

"Brother, it's morning, the size of the straw shoes is not accurate, you need to buy a bigger one." Liu Bei reminded him, but he seemed very sincere.

"Oh?" Zhang Shiping was stunned for a moment, a little confused. "How?"

"Man, your feet are small in the morning, and your feet are big at night!" Liu Bei explained...

Hahaha... Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang glanced at each other, and they both laughed out loud, it was really like a mountain across the line! There are so many exquisite...

But at this moment...

"Xuande, donkey, Xuande, donkey...", a voice came from afar.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were confused? Is it called Xuande? Or is it called a donkey? The two of them are still a little stupid and can't tell the difference.

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"Brother Deran? What are you doing here? Liu Bei asked...

When he was fifteen years old, Liu Bei and Liu Deran, the same sect of Liaoxi, and Gongsun Zan of Liaoxi all went to study in the school opened by Lu Zhi, and Liu Bei's tuition fee was still paid by Liu Deran's family...

Call... Call...

With a long pant, Liu Deran rushed all the way... White smoke came from his nostrils, like a tired, half-dead calf.

"Donkey... Donkey..."

Even so, Liu Deran was still busy shouting the word "donkey"!

The eyes were staring at the two donkeys behind Zhang Weiping and Su Shuang...

Zhang Weiping and Su Shuang trembled, what is the situation with this special meow? He's here to buy a pair of straw sandals? The new arrival... What is the name of Deran's brother, do you have thoughts about donkeys? Is it so heavy?

"Brother Deran? What's going on? You slow down... Don't panic! ”

Liu Bei slapped Liu Deran on the back, trying to calm his breath a little...

Call... Call...

Two long gasps again, and with a "whoosh", Liu Deran straightened his back and faced Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang.

"Two brothers, these two donkeys, I bought... In this way, I will pay 200,000 dollars! Now, let's pay the money with one hand and the donkey with the other! ”

Belch... What?

Two hundred thousand dollars? Buying two donkeys?

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang's faces were shocked, if it weren't for the sincere eyes of the Deran brother in front of them.

They're afraid they're going to think... He must be a psychopath.

You must know that the 100 donkeys they sold before were not sold for a total of 200,000!

Don't? Is this meeting a fool?

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang exchanged a look...

That's it...

At the gate of Zhuo County, a black man shouted with disdain: "Who are you pitting? 200,000 want to buy two donkeys? You're talking about yesterday's price, right? Make your spring and autumn dreams! Come on, come on, I'll give 400,000! ”

Yes... Two hundred thousand? Yesterday's price?

Today? Four hundred thousand! What the situation.

In an instant, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang fell into an indescribable bewilderment!

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