(Recommended reading: Dong Zhuo is vigorously expanding his strength, but at this time, the leader of the Qiang tribe suddenly rebelled, disrupting his plan and making him have to stop, but it is not without benefits, at least he was promoted, originally due to the extermination of the Yellow Turban, he was demoted, but now he has been promoted back, which is even higher than before.

When the rebellion occurred, Dong Zhuo immediately raised troops, but the enemy was strong, and he could only defend at present, Dong Zhuo was on the defensive, and his son-in-law Li Ru gave him an idea, which Li Ru married his daughter to him in order to win him over after the Yellow Turban.

What does Li Ru want him to do? Let him find Ye Chen.

As for why Li Ru asked Dong Zhuo to find Ye Chen, it was a little subtle, the cooperation between the two sides in the past few months was very pleasant, Ye Chen made a lot of money, and Dong Zhuo also made a lot of money.

After having money, Dong Zhuo can expand his troops and increase his ambitions.

In the end, Dong Zhuo sent Li Ru to meet with Ye Chen and discuss it face-to-face.

A few days later, Li Ru came to Luoyang to find Ye Chen.

"Wen You has seen the general, and General Ye's demeanor is still the same." Li Ru said with a smile.

"Hehe, Mr. Li, you, the newlywed Yan'er, are not at home with the lady, but you have come to Luoyang." Ye Chen said with a smile.

"General Ye said with a smile, the lord has something to do, even if I am in the cave room, I have to rush over."

"Wen Xiansheng has worked hard, and I have prepared a banquet for you."

The two walked into the private room prepared by Ye Chen.

After Li Ru entered, he looked at the luxurious private room and the fine wine and food on the table and said: "It's still Luoyang to enjoy, unlike our border, the conditions are harsh." ”

"Wen Xiansheng is wrong, Luoyang is like a tiger's den in Longtan, on the surface it is enjoyment, but in fact, you have to live a trembling life every day, where is it as carefree as you are outside." Ye Chen sat down and said while pouring wine for Li Ru.

Li Ru originally just wanted to cry and cry poor, to see if Ye Chen would sympathize with them and get more benefits for the next negotiations, since Ye Chen was not fooled, there was no need for him to be so clever.

"General Ye, I came to Luoyang to find you this time, firstly, to greet you on behalf of my father-in-law, and secondly, to deepen my cooperation with you." Li Ru saw that Ye Chen was an understanding person, so he didn't come to the void.

"Okay, thank you General Dong, and say hello to him on my behalf." Ye Chen arched his hand to Li Ru and said.

"Definitely, definitely."

Ye Chen raised his glass and toasted Li Ru, and then said, "Wen Xiansheng, I don't know how General Dong wants to deepen cooperation with my Ye family, and in what way to deepen cooperation. ”

"General Ye, the Northwest Rebellion, the already bad economy is even more difficult, and it is not easy for my lord to feed so many troops, so I wonder if the Ye family can transport more salt and Du Kang wine." Li Ru's eyes narrowed slightly on his emaciated face and said.

"Wen Xiansheng, everyone likes to earn money, but this also has to be able to make money, not to mention that my Ye family's output is limited, Du Kang wine wants to supply the entire Han, I can guarantee that the part of the goods you pay is sufficient, as for salt, our Ye family has organized more than 20,000 people to cook salt at the seaside, and the profit is very small, and it is not easy to increase production."

"Moreover, these goods have to travel far across the ocean, transported up through the Yellow River, the use efficiency of this ship is too low, you must know that we trade with Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and the ship can go back and forth once every two days at the earliest, and when the ship of our Ye family to Qingzhou and Xuzhou returns, it can also transport other goods to Liaodong for sale, but the trade with you can only return empty."

As soon as Ye Chen said, Li Ru began to secretly calculate, so that he also believed what Ye Chen said, although the Ye family made money by running their route, it was definitely not as much as Qingxu and Xuzhou, so it was understandable that the Ye family was unwilling to increase investment.

In this way, Li Ru made a difficulty, he came to ask for benefits, and he wanted the Ye family to increase supply. Although he understood the Ye family's approach, Li Ru would not give up, and he judged that since Ye Chen did not refuse him and told him this, then there must be room for negotiation.

"General Ye, now that we are at war with Beigong Boyu, we really need your support very much, and you also know that now the imperial court can give too little, and everything depends on our lord to raise it, so I also ask General Ye to help find a way.

Li Ru lowered his posture and planned to play the emotional card.

Ye Chen already had a plan in his heart, the salt in Liaodong is accumulating more and more, and there must be a market, but he doesn't dare to give too much, give too much, in case Dong Zhuo really wants to invade Sili and Yizhou, and take these two places, Dong Zhuo will have the ability to control half of the Han Dynasty, not to mention that the entire history will be very seriously damaged, not to mention, the Han will also lose its balance, and no one will be able to control Dong Zhuo at that time.

Is Ye Chen thinking too much, or is it really like this? If Ye Chen supplies unlimited salt, then Dong Zhuo is Sili when he goes east, and Yizhou when he goes south, both of which are populous and wealthy.

Dong Zhuo will definitely want to seize these two markets, then the local stakeholders will definitely resist, and if they resist, Dong Zhuo will raise the butcher's knife, and then it will be a big war, and after the knife soldiers are raised, they will not stop.

"Wen Xiansheng, I also understand, in this way, I will send one or two boats, let them transport you more Du Kang wine, you must know that in the Sili area now, Du Kang wine is in short supply."

Si Li is indeed run by the Wei family, but the Wei family suddenly turned against the Ye family and did not sell the Ye family's Du Kang wine, so this place will naturally vacate a big market, due to the rules formulated by the Ye family itself, the Wei family's agency has not expired, so the Ye family can't sell wine there, but Dong Zhuo can, although the Wei family will definitely have opinions, but Dong Zhuo will not be afraid of him.

Li Ru listened, frowned, there was no joy at all, although the two boats of Du Kang had a large amount of wine and a lot of profits, but for a big force, it was still a drop in the bucket.

"General Ye, we really need your help now, see if you can think of another way."

"Scholar Wen, you also know that this ship is difficult to build, and it costs a lot of money, it is very difficult for me to conjure it up in a short period of time, and my ship on the eastern route is very profitable, it is impossible to abandon them and run to your side." Ye Chen said in embarrassment.

Li Ru is a landlubber in the northwest, where he knows where to be specific, but he has also heard of it, but the information is asymmetrical, and he can't refute Ye Chen, so he can only make other compromises.

"General Ye, if we make up for the loss of the Ye family, the Ye family will help transport more goods over, and we can also provide fur horses and other things in the northwest, and the Ye family can sell them in the surrounding areas of Luoyang, so that the Ye family can also make a profit."

There is no shortage of fur horses in Liaodong, and the Ye family has been doing trade in this area, but it is impossible for the Ye family to transport them from Liaodong to Luoyang, which is not cost-effective, so Li Ru will make such a request.

"It would have been better if it had been done earlier." What Ye Chen was waiting for was for Li Ru to open his mouth and prepare to slaughter him, but of course he couldn't slaughter him too ruthlessly.

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