Chapter VII Rolling Money

Genius remembered for a second, "Love โ™‚ รท small? Say โ†’', provide you with wonderful novels to read. The higher the status of a person, the more restrained the style of work, which may have something to do with the big moves. The current Liu Bei is just a small county lieutenant, far from the overlords of the Three Kingdoms in later generations, so he doesn't have to worry too much about interests. The county lieutenant in Youzhou who dared to argue with the Yellow Turban Party head-on, but he really couldn't find anyone else. With the courage to fight and kill, as well as the might of the righteous brother Guan Yu, he is full of power in the surrounding counties.

He and Guan Yu rode in front on tall horses, followed by a group of eighty soldiers. A huge Liuzi military flag fluttered in the wind, very arrogant.

A small group of yellow turban thieves got the news that there would be a team transporting grain from Anxi County to Fanyang County today, but when they saw Liu Bei's military flag from a distance, they immediately dispelled their thoughts.

When the team marched to the bottom of the city, Liu Bei grabbed the reins of his horse, raised his head and shouted at Li Si, who was standing on the tower of the city gate: "Liu Bei, the county lieutenant of Anxi, pays a visit to Brother Bolai." โ€

Li Si glanced down at the grain cart: "But a thousand stones?" โ€

"Kill no stone with one stone."

"Open the gates!"

Liu Bei and Guan Yu entered with grain trucks, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were stationed in place outside the city. After unloading all the grain, under the leadership of Li Si, the two went straight to the county jail. Through the cage, seeing Zhang Fei's head resting on the barrel, his arms clasped to his chest, and the snoring sound shook the sky, Liu Bei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and joked: "The third brother's heart is too big, and he can still sleep so peacefully after such a big disaster." โ€

A faint smile appeared on Guan Yu's face, and he reached out and knocked on the fence: "Third brother, don't sleep, big brother is here!" โ€

Zhang Fei chirped, his eyes opened a slit very reluctantly, and when he saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu standing outside the prison, a spirit suddenly got up from the ground: "Big brother and second brother, why did you come?" It's not good to eat or sleep well in prison these days, I don't even have to drink wine, and a bird has long faded out of my mouth, but I got wine? โ€

Guan Yu sighed with hatred, and told Zhang Fei about the transaction between Liu Bei and Zhao Yi, and wanted to scold a few words, but this thick man must have had more left ear in and out of his right ear, so he simply didn't say anything more.

Hearing that Liu Bei used a thousand stones of grain to protect himself, Zhang Fei's eyes were as angry as cowbells: "Then Zhao Yi'er is really dark, and he asked for a thousand stones of grain when he opened his mouth." And you, big brother, are too easy to talk to, will he give it to you if he wants it? To say, you went directly with the second brother, led people into the house, and slaughtered this son of a bitch, and it was a hundred! โ€

Lao Zhang, the cell boss guarding next to him, pouted when he heard this. Liu Bei took out five baht money from his sleeve and stuffed it into Lao Zhang's hand, and sent him out for some reason.

When there are no eyes and ears in prison, I dare to let go of my mind and speak.

"Third brother, Hugh is talking nonsense. I have seen Zhao Yi, he is young, but he is very sophisticated, and he is by no means as unbearable as rumored. Liu Kui, who attacked Fanyang County a while ago, was defeated, and I think it was also from Zhao Yi, this kind of person would rather be a friend than an enemy. โ€

Guan Yu next to him nodded: "What the eldest brother said is very true, although Zhao Yi is full of copper smell, he also has some ability, otherwise you would not be locked up here." โ€

At the mention of this stubble, Zhang Fei was angry: "He was attacking me!" I don't know what the hell tricks he used, as soon as he touched it, it was like a dog day swing, and he couldn't lift any strength. If I had to do it again, I would never give him a chance to touch me! โ€

Liu Bei waved his hand: "Before coming, the county order told me that the Yellow Turban Xiaofang was going south, and our Anxi County, Fanyang County and Zhuo County were all in the place where the Yellow Turban Thieves were pointing. Instead of sending troops to suppress it, Guo Xun continued to recruit troops and horses, and he didn't intend to pay attention to us at all. In the future, we must join forces with Fanyang County to resist the Yellow Turban thieves and protect the Han world. Now is a good time to make friends with Zhao Yi, and the third brother must remember to take the overall situation into account. โ€

Zhang Fei scratched his messy hair: "What the eldest brother says is what it is, it's just that I'm not in a good mood, these days, Zhang Ru's dead girl doesn't know how to come to visit me." โ€

Hearing this, Guan Yu and Liu Bei glanced at each other, and a trace of doubt appeared in their eyes.

Zhang Ru's girl's temper is exactly the same as Zhang Fei's, Zhang Fei is arrested, and she will inevitably make trouble in Fanyang County, which is what Liu Bei is most afraid of. After all, Zhao Yi can even catch his brother, let alone a sister? When the time comes, Zhao Yi will take the opportunity to ask for another thousand stones of grain, and Liu Bei will not be able to take it out even if he smashes his bones and sells his spinal cord.

Seeing that the eyes of the two were wrong, Zhang Fei immediately noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Big brother, second brother, what are you two talking about, what's the matter, tell me quickly." Is Zhao Yi making trouble with my sister-in-law? If that's the case, I'll go out, and I won't let that Zhao Yi'er go around without eating! โ€

Guan Yu was puzzled: "That's not true, when I came, I passed by the county government, and my eldest brother and I saw my little sister." He said that he would help deliver the grain to the treasury, and then come to look for us. โ€

Zhang Fei frowned: "Send the grain to the treasury?" A thousand stones? Not good! โ€

"Third brother, what are you anxious about?"

Zhang Fei slapped his thigh violently: "Big brother, second brother, go find your little sister, this girl is going to get into trouble!" โ€

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the amateur life was very scarce, and it was better to be in Chang'an, so I made an appointment with a few high-ranking cadres, carried bows and arrows on my back, rode a good horse to ride and shoot outside the city, hunted wild boars and wild dogs, and directly started a fire and barbecued in the countryside, but I could also feel a little arrogant and chic. But since I came to Fanyang County, I can only play the game of 'out-of-hospital maids' with the four girls of Meilan Zhuju every day, and I feel bored after a long time. The only thing that can lift Zhao Yi's spirits now is probably the pleasure of watching the ticket go into his pocket.

Knowing that Liu Bei came with a thousand stones of grain as promised, Zhao Yi's recent erratic mind stabilized. I wanted to go to the treasury to see it in person, but I was stopped by Cheng Yin before I went out, accompanied by a man in his forties, with a sallow face and wearing good cloth clothes.

This man's Zhao Yi knows, and when he first took office, he held a 'mixed face meeting', and this man was among them. Called Zhou Ping, a well-known rich man in Fanyang County, his family has hundreds of hectares of fertile land, and there are two large weaving workshops, it is said that there are cousins who work on errands in Chang'an, which is a bit of a background, and no one dares to touch him easily in the successive county orders, and so far, it is hard to say how many assets there are, anyway, he must be richer than Zhao Yi.

"My lord, you have heard about Zhang Fei. has served as a county commander, and you can cure this black guy, and you admire it. โ€

"Where is it, what is the wind that blew Mr. Zhou here today?"

Zhou Ping turned his head to look at Cheng Yin, and when he saw Cheng Yin nodding, he took out a small pottery urn from his sleeve. Zhao Yi could see at a glance that this was used to pretend to be pure dew, and he had more or less eyebrows about the purpose of Zhou Ping's trip.

"My lord, how much more do you have of this pure dew? Can you give me some more? I don't ask for it in vain, give money. โ€

After waiting for so long, the business finally came to the door, Zhao Yi endured the relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "What, Mr. Zhou likes it?" โ€

"Hehe, the adults laughed, in the next coarse person, where can I use any hydrosol. Previously, the adults gave a jar, and after using it, his face was radiant, as if he had changed into a different person, and he exclaimed that any rouge gouache in the world could not be worth one-tenth of this hydrosol, and I am afraid that only the palace concubine could use it. Now, this hydrosol has spread in Fanyang County, and there are only two kinds of women, used and unused. Not to mention anything else, even those female musicians in the South Building advocate excellence, after using it, their business is booming. The adult is from Chang'an, and Ling Zun is the right servant of Shangshu, so naturally there is a way to get these, and money is not a problem. โ€

Zhao Yi laughed in his heart, not to mention the Eastern Han Palace, even if it was postponed for a few hundred years, the Tang Dynasty Palace would definitely not find this kind of skin care product.

Cheng Yin on the side chuckled: "Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid you don't know yet, this pure dew was developed by the adults themselves, and it is unique in our Fanyang County in the world, even if it is a palace concubine, it has never been used." โ€

Zhou Ping's shrewd eyes shot at Zhao Yi: "Really? โ€

Zhao Yi was noncommittal, and casually took out a pottery urn from his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Ping: "Mr. Zhou, as long as you want, let alone three bottles and five bottles, even if it is ten bottles and eight bottles, I can give it to you, and the money is not necessary." But I have a question for you, what do you think this pure dew is useful for other than to make a woman reborn? โ€

Zhou Ping's brows were tightly locked, and his eyes looked directly at the pure dew in his hand: "Is it possible, does the pure dew have other miraculous effects?" โ€

"In Fanyang County, there are more than 100 wealthy families who can afford to use pure dew, and there are also 100 female music advocates for excellence, which is 200 consumption potential. If a can of hydrosol sells for forty baht, which is the value of four meals, it is nothing to a large family. One can can last for a month, and there are 96,000 in a year. If the hydrosol is promoted to the whole Youzhou, and cheaper civilian clothing is launched, how much net income can be made in a year? โ€

Although Zhou Ping was born as a landlord, he had been working in the textile industry for so many years, and he was already a qualified businessman, and with his keen sense of smell, he immediately realized that the business opportunities contained in a small bottle of hydrosol were very amazing. The most critical point is that this is purely revealed from Zhao Yi's hands, which is the only one in the world, which can be regarded as a monopoly, and it has increased this profit to a terrible level.

Zhou Ping swallowed hard: "My lord, what do you mean by this?" โ€

Zhao Yi stretched out his hand and patted Zhou Ping's shoulder: "Since I told you these words, I naturally want to cooperate with you." โ€

"Cooperation?" Zhou Ping thought that he had heard it wrong, it was simply a big pie smashed on his head for no reason, and quickly picked up the conversation: "How much money do adults want to sell me the formula?" โ€

Zhao Yi chuckled: "Sir, how much do you think is the right way to buy the formula?" โ€

Although this is a business with Fanyang County, which one is not a tiger's mouth to do business in these years. Zhou Ping thought about it and stretched out a finger: "How about 100,000 baht?" This is equivalent to a year's sales in Youzhou. โ€

Hearing Zhou Ping's offer, Cheng Yin, who was originally just a 'recommendation' and had no interest, straightened his waist a little stiffly, and looked at Zhao Yi, who was smiling and silent, with his eyes hooked.

What is the concept of 100,000 baht, an ordinary family of five is only five baht for a meal, and the landlord who eats slightly better is at most ten baht. The entire population of Fanyang County together has 10,000 households, and there are no more than 1,000 households in the city. In the war era, the city gate was closed, and only the residents in the city were supplied, enough to eat for ten days! If the expenditure is reduced, the effect will be better, and this is definitely not a small amount for the treasury that is now unable to make ends meet.

The wild chrysanthemums casually harvested from outside the city turned into real money, which was tantamount to pie in the sky for Cheng Yin, and he couldn't wait to let Zhao Yi talk about this deal immediately. didn't know why, Zhao Yi never said a word, and the scene was quiet for a while.

"What, adults think it's less?" In the end, Zhou Ping broke the quiet atmosphere of the scene.

"Sir's family has been running a business in Fanyang County for three generations, right? The family has strong assets, and it's not bad for this little pure dew business, so if you want me to see it, forget it. I'm a little tired, so let's do it today, Cheng Yin will send Mr. Zhou back. After speaking, Zhao Yi walked to the inner mansion without looking back.

Seeing Zhao Yi go farther and farther, Cheng Yin was anxious, now that the treasury is in short supply, a great opportunity is in front of him but he doesn't know how to cherish it, is this Zhao Yi a talent or a stupid? Cheng Yin became more and more incomprehensible. But just when Cheng Yin thought that this good deal was blown, Zhou Ping suddenly took a big step forward.

"My lord, let's stay, I was wrong just now, please Haihan."

Cheng Yin has been a county magistrate since he became a county magistrate, and the entire Fanyang County has not said anything about his shortcomings, and it is not a problem to govern the huge county seat, but the two people in front of him have made him confused. Obviously, Zhao Yi's eyes are above the top, why did Zhou Ping admit his mistake first? Under Cheng Yin's gaze, Zhao Yi stopped and did not look back.

"Since Mr. is a businessman, he naturally understands that the most important thing for businessmen is sincerity, and so far, I haven't seen Mr. show any sincerity. Although this hydrosol is a gadget, as long as I open the door to attract investment, there will naturally be people from all over the world who will squeeze their heads and send money to me, and Mr. will give 100,000 yuan to buy my formula, do you think I am stupid, or do you deliberately humiliate me? โ€

Zhou Ping's face was red and white for a while, but he didn't expect that he was seen thoroughly by Zhao Yi, and he even underestimated this gentleman from the grassroots level in Chang'an.

"300,000, this is the highest price I can offer."

Cheng Yin chuckled in his heart, 300,000? All of them are bought into corn, which is enough for the people of Anyang County to eat for a month! If the Yellow Turbans come to attack and defend the city, these grains alone can consume those Yellow Turban thieves to death!

"My lord, this deal is done!" Cheng Yin trembled with excitement.

Zhao Yi ignored Cheng Yin, slowly turned around, looked at Zhou Ping, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the landlord's old wealth in this year is really rich, and he doesn't know how much water is in his stomach if he doesn't squeeze it. And people like them, the destruction of the city has nothing to do with their half a dime, once there is any trouble, they can always take the first step to roll up and run away. As long as you have money, you will be an uncle everywhere. So for this kind of person, Zhao Yi has never had any mercy.

"300,000 is enough."

Hearing this, Zhou Ping's tense face eased a little, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Zhao Yi's voice came into his ears again.

"But what I bought for 300,000 yuan was not the formula, but the right to sell in Youzhou. In the future, I will send someone to deliver the hydrosol to your house on time every month, and you can just sell it at the price we have agreed upon. Net profit, I'm seven and you're three. โ€

Zhou Ping's face turned pale, and he was about to speak, but Zhao Yi took the first step: "Mr. knows better than anyone else that our Fanyang County alone has an income of nearly 100,000 baht a year, as long as it is widely sold, you can return to your capital in less than a year for 300,000 yuan." After that, even a cent of profit will be earned for you, let alone a three-point profit? If Mr. Zhou can't accept it, I won't force it, I think Liu Dongjia, who is also in the cloth business, will be interested. โ€

Zhou Ping sighed and said with a wry smile: "Adults are too good at deceiving people, gentlemen, Taiping County Order, arrogant and lascivious, these titles have nothing to do with you." After giving in, I went home to raise cash and sent it to the adults as soon as possible. โ€

"By the way, there's one more thing to remind you of. You only need to worry about how many items you sell each month, and you don't have to worry about the rest. If there is the slightest insult to the reputation of pure exposure, I will not only abolish your title of general agent of Youzhou, but also punish you in the law, understand? โ€

Looking at Zhao Yi's serious face without the slightest hint of jokes, Zhou Ping realized what kind of person he was doing business with, and hurriedly gave up: "Don't worry, sir!" โ€

Cheng Yin, who witnessed the whole process from the sidelines, was completely frozen, and the things in front of him were beyond his bearing. He lives so big, he has seen all kinds of strange people and strange things, but he has never heard of something like Zhao Yi who can say a few words casually and get 300,000 baht. The original pure dew, in Cheng Yin's opinion, was just a gadget made by Zhao Yi to pass the time, but now it has been exchanged for gold and silver, which is not only unexpected.

"Adult, a small bottle of hydrosol is just a gadget that my daughter's family wipes on her face and shows people, why is it so valuable?"

Cheng Yin is not a businessman, so he can't understand it, Zhao Yi doesn't blame him: "Now in this year, there is gold everywhere, it depends on whether you have the ability to pick it up." Not to mention hydrosol, even if the most common millet is sold well, it can still earn gold and silver. Things like monopoly, promotion, and propaganda are things that you don't understand when I tell you. โ€

In terms of business, Cheng Yin is indeed not a strong point, but in terms of reading people, he thinks he is sure, Zhao Yi in front of him, he will never believe that it is just the son of a high-ranking cadre who came down from Chang'an to 'gild'. The defeat of the Yellow Turban in World War I, the understatement of the capture of Zhang Fei, who gave the previous county commanders a headache, and the current pure dew, everything is by no means something that ordinary people can do.

In addition to not being able to understand it, Cheng Yin felt that Zhao Yi was terrible, fortunately he was not an enemy, otherwise the consequences would not be imaginable.

And just when Cheng Yin was amazed, Li Si's shout suddenly came from behind him: "My lord, it's not good, the grain truck has been robbed!" โ€

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