Chapter 403: The Merchant of the North and the South
After taking away this guy, Cao Xing's side was also Ergen Liujin, and Cao Xing immediately held a meeting, first of all, to ask Fa Zheng to count the list of fallen soldiers, these people are all martyrs of his Qin State.
The list of these dead was sent to Fengyun of Qin, and he asked him to immediately organize the matter of the pension, this time the pension should be doubled, and another point is to build a cemetery to commemorate them.
Jia Xu also made a preliminary count, this battle destroyed nearly 70,000 soldiers in Karasuma, and these 70,000 soldiers are all Karasuma soldiers who have been on the battlefield, and they are very experienced, and the complete elimination of these 70,000 people can be exchanged for the border, about ten years of stability, in addition, Zuoxian Wang Xi has also signed an alliance, although this alliance does not dare to say what is permanently effective, but at least it will work for a period of time or steady, so as to win ten years, so the preliminary estimate is that this war can be exchanged for twenty years of border tranquility.
Cao Xing felt that it was almost the same, and let his subordinates deal with the aftermath here, and then he also walked up to this Bailang Mountain.
Fa Zheng Jia Xu followed behind, looking at the scenery on Bailang Mountain, Cao Xuan was also extremely emotional, because of the agreement, so Cao Xing's territory has expanded a lot to the north, but it has not yet reached Bailang Mountain, maybe after a month, Cao Xuan must take the Qin army to evacuate here, after all, now we still have to abide by the agreement.
Just when Cao Xing, Jia Xu and others were wandering around, they suddenly heard a cry from a certain camp, Cao Xuan couldn't help but look at it, and the place where the sound came was in the direction of the prisoner camp.
Prisoner of war camps are available in every military camp, although Cao Xing has repeatedly ordered his soldiers to treat prisoners of war preferentially, but then again, his soldiers fought bloodily below, and personally saw their companions die by their side, and there was inevitably resentment in their hearts, coupled with the killing these days, the killing aura on his body has not completely subsided.
Even if there is Cao Xing's order, it only has a little restraining effect on them, and it is impossible for them to fully obey it, Cao Xuan also turns a blind eye to this, as long as his subordinates don't do too much, Cao Xuan doesn't bother to care.
However, what made Cao Xuan a little surprised was why there was a woman's cry in the captive cloud, Cao Xuan couldn't help but walk towards the prisoner camp, and his subordinates saw Cao Xuan coming, and they all gave up one after another, and suddenly became a lot more disciplined.
Cao Xuan looked at a large group of female dependents gathered in a certain place, and he couldn't help but ask the soldiers in the prisoner camp, what is going on?
The soldiers in the prisoner camp replied directly to Cao Xing: "These people are all the families of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, but when these people were caught by the soldiers of the Qin State, they actually tried to resist and wanted to escape, so the soldiers of the Qin State had some great victories, what are you kidding, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang These two guys will die, after all, because of their identity, these family members who follow them still want to run for their lives, it is simply a big joke in the world!" ”
Cao Xuan did not deny this, maybe he would have to deal with Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang afterwards, after all, these two guys staying by his side is always a dangerous signal, as long as these two people are killed, it is estimated that no one will mention anything about the Zhao State established by Yuan Shao in the future, and Cao Xuan can also stay in the north safely.
For Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang's family, it is indeed a problem, and just as Cao Xing was thinking, suddenly a shout sounded in Cao Xingli's ears, and he saw a woman, even crying, and suddenly came to Cao Xing's side, directly grabbed the corner of Cao Xing's clothes, crying and making trouble.
Seeing this, the surrounding Qin Jun hurriedly went up and pulled the woman away, and Cao Xuan also looked at the woman with some boredom.
"Qin, King Qin, I am Yuan Xi's wife Liu, and I hope you will spare the lives of our whole family!"
Hearing this, Cao Xuan sighed, it turned out to be Yuan Xi's wife, and it is estimated that he also expected Yuan Xi's fate, so he came to beg Cao Xuan at this moment.
However, it is basically impossible to get Cao Xing to spare Yuan Xi.
It's just that this Liu's desire to survive is also extremely strong, he looked at Cao Xing's appearance, and seemed to know that it was impossible, so he made a gesture to the people behind, and Yuan Xi's family immediately came up, knelt in front of Cao Xing, and begged Cao Xing to spare them.
Looking at the appearance of these people, Cao Xuan was about to wave his hand and let the soldiers drag them all down, but at this moment, when Cao Xing's eyes swept over someone's face, he was stunned.
Liu and the other big families were all crying and begging for mercy from Cao Xuan at the moment, but only this woman knelt on the ground, but her expression was calm, and there was no trace of panic on her face, not because he was too calm, but because he seemed to have seen through death and was not afraid of death, so he behaved so calmly.
More importantly, his face that captivated the country and the city really attracted Cao Xing, who looked at this woman and lost his mind for a while.
When Liu saw this, he seemed to have seized the opportunity and knelt directly in front of Cao Xuan again, only knowing that the woman said.
"King Qin, this cheap maid is a concubine of my husband, I am willing to sacrifice this daughter, ask King Qin to be gracious, and let our family go!"
Hearing Liu's words, Cao Xing's thoughts were also pulled back, he directly ignored Liu, looked at the woman and asked, "What's your name!" ”
The woman also looked at Cao Xing, and said to Cao Xuan with a calm gaze: "Cheap maid Zhen! ”
When Cao Xuan heard this, his head buzzed a little, and suddenly he remembered that Yuan Xi did have a beautiful wife in history, and that wife was also Queen Wenzhao in the back.
Cao Xuan had to sigh, this Zhen Mi really looks like a country and a city, the moon is shy of flowers, looking at Zhen Mi's appearance, Cao Xuan can't help but think of someone, that person he may not have seen for a long time, the legend in history is that the moon is shy of flowers, the country is fragrant, but Cao Xuan involuntarily used it to compare it with Zhen Mi in his mind, and he didn't compare a high or low for a long time, the two of them have their own fragrance, but in general, they are comparable, they are all beautiful scenery.
"King, King! Ahem, King! ”
"Oh, what's the matter!" Cao Xuan lost his mind for a while because he was too engrossed, and it wasn't until Fa Zheng shouted a few words there that Cao Xuan reacted.
Cao Xuan glanced at Zhen Mi, and then left with Fa Zheng and Jia Xu, just out of the prisoner camp, Fa Zheng showed a smiling face, looked at Cao Xuan and asked.
"King, do you want to send that Zhen Mi to you today!"
Looking at Fa Zheng's evil smile there, Cao Xing couldn't help but shake his head, what was going on in Fa Zheng's heart, he knew very well, he could only say that this Zhen Mi was indeed very attractive.
Cao Xuan thought for a moment, nodded, and then Cao Xuan said to Fa Zheng: "First settle Zhen Mi in the same place, and then send it to me in a few days, I have something important to discuss with him!" ”
After saying this, Cao Xuan left here with his own soldiers, and Fa Zheng was smiling in the back, but he didn't expect Cao Xuan to be so reserved.
A few days later, Zhen Mi went to Cao Xing's military tent with apprehension, and Zhen Mi was a little nervous along the way, and he still didn't understand what Cao Xuan meant.
Liu is Yuan Xi's wife, but this Liu's usual personality is quite pungent and unreasonable, because it is the wife, so it is suppressed by Zhen Mi everywhere.
At home, Zhen Mi was left to do all the rough and heavy work alone, and now he is ready to sacrifice Zhen Mi in exchange for the lives of his whole family, Zhen Mi's heart was originally desperate.
He felt that he was afraid that he really had to show up this time in order to satisfy the desires of the Liu family and others, but it made him have some incomprehensible things.
Only two days later, Liu and the others left under the leadership of the Qin army guards, and when they left, Liu was still there, crying for his father and calling for his mother, saying that he was obviously willing to sacrifice Zhen Mi, why did Cao Xing exile him, this is unreasonable, where is the reason.
Now Cao Xing called Zhen Mi to his military tent again, which really doesn't make sense, is Cao Xuan such a person who doesn't pay attention to faith.
With such a mood, Zhen Mi finally arrived at Cao Xing's military tent, but when he arrived here, Zhen Mi found that there was not only Cao Xing present, but also a middle-aged man about forty.
The middle-aged man was smiling and drinking tea with Cao Xuan all the time, his expression was quite relaxed, and Cao Xuan saw Zhen Mi coming, and he also smiled at him, and then stretched out his hand and gestured to Zhen Mi, sit down.
Zhen Mi pulled the corners of his clothes with both hands, and in this way he did Cao Xing's side, and Cao Xing looked at Zhen Mi, with a smile in his eyes, he directly patted Zhen Mi's shoulder without hesitation, asking Zhen Mi not to be too nervous, but he did this Zhen Mi was even more nervous, looking at Zhen Mi's somewhat shy appearance, Cao Mi's heart was already happy.
But to get back to the point, Cao Xuan also knew that the time was not the time to say this, he coughed twice, and then pointed to Zhen Mi The middle-aged man next to him and then said.
"Let me introduce you, this is Liu Wan, a merchant from my Qin State! You've probably heard of him! ”
Zhen Mi raised his head, looked at Liu Wan and nodded, he had indeed heard of Liu Wan's name, Liu Wan was a famous businessman in the Qin State, it is said that the establishment of Cao Xing's Qin State also received a lot of support from him, and he didn't know the specific situation, and he didn't know that it was because of Cao Xing's recruitment that Liu Wan was there today.
This is not an important secret among the major princes, in this era of focusing on urban agriculture and industry, the status of merchants is low, even if they have a lot of money, but they are looked down upon, and they are not a fart in front of the major princes, but it is an exception in the Qin State.
Cao Xing gave great convenience to the merchants, especially the merchants led by Liu Wan and in return, Liu Wan also paid high taxes to the Qin State on a regular basis, which was not forced by Cao Xing, but he voluntarily, because he knew that without Cao Xing's approval, he would not have been able to do business so smoothly.
And it is said that Liu Wan's business is very large, and all the restaurants and other entertainment venues throughout the Central Plains have Liu Wan's footprints, but what makes people a little puzzled is that such a shrewd businessman is often not in the Qin State.
As for where he usually lives, I'm afraid that only a few people such as Cao Xing know about this matter.
Cao Xuan looked at Zhen Mi, and then said to Zhen Mi: "Zhen Mi, don't be nervous, the reason why I invited you to come this time is also because of your family affairs, your Zhen family is a big businessman in Hebei, and your family has a lot of money!" ”
Speaking of this, Cao Xuan didn't go on, and Liu Wan hurriedly said: "Miss Zhen, the most important thing for Liu Wan to do business is cooperation, and then mutual benefit and win-win!" I don't know who is in charge of your family's property now! ”
"Yes, yes......" Hearing the question, Zhen Mi wanted to say the person's name, but he couldn't open his mouth for a while, and Cao Xuan smiled indifferently when he saw this, and then said to Zhen Mi again.
"Liu Wan has indeed not been in Qin State these years, because the restaurant he opened in Qin State, as well as various businesses, have basically spread all over the entire Qin State, and there is no need to move forward, the market of Qin State is basically saturated, and now Liu Wan is often in the south, such as Shu, Jingzhou, Dongwu and other places!"
Pushing the market to other countries is indeed a clever move, Zhen Mi couldn't help but nod secretly when he heard this, but although Zhen Mi was a little timid, his heart was like a mirror, after all, he was a merchant family, so his mind was also turning very fast, and the reason why Liu Wan went to the south to do business was probably not only because of money.
Zhen Mi's heart was suddenly shocked, there are basically few people in this world who know Liu Wan's traces, but Cao Xuan told Zhen Mi without reservation, doesn't it mean that at this moment, the Zhen family represented by Zhen Mi has already had some kind of connection with Cao Xing.
And when Zhen Mi raised his head again, he also saw Cao Xing's smiling look, Cao Xuan came over again and patted Zhen Mi's shoulder.
"Zhen Mi, you can rest assured, please write a letter back to tell your eldest brother, or the principal, has been subservient to others, it is never a way, only out of your own way, in order to meet a broader world, you can rest assured to come to me, all the treatment is the same as Liu Wan, Liu Wan manages the south, and your family manages the Hebei area, I believe that under the joint efforts of the two of you, the trade routes between the north and the south will be more frequent, and the business will be more trade, and it is not only my Qin State that will benefit, It's the people of the world! ”
When Zhen Mi saw this, there was some emotion in his eyes, he was obviously born in a big businessman, why could he only be a concubine in Yuan Xi's mansion, it was not because of the low status of the businessman, but Cao Xing's words not only said what he thought in his heart, but also said what their family thought in their heart.