On the first day of the Lunar New Year of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Shuang shuttled through the Cao family under the leadership of Cao Zhen to pay New Year's greetings, and it was inevitable for elders like Cao Cao to bow and kowtow. But when it comes to those who are of the same generation as Cao Zhen, like Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen does not kowtow, and the same generation is celebrating the New Year. This is bitter Cao Shuang, as long as he enters a family, he will kowtow three times without saying a word. At the end of the day, Cao Shuang's head was big.

finally survived to the end, Cao Shuang collapsed on his couch, and Xu Nu pinched Cao Shuang's leg on the side. Cao Shuang enjoyed it comfortably, this life was really too corrupt. When Cao Shuang was enjoying it, the window of the room suddenly had no wind and was automatic. Cao Shuang hurriedly sat up and waved his hand to let Xu Nu retreat.

"Come in!" Cao Shuang rubbed Ying Jingfa's purple knees and sat on the couch with his clothes on.

Wu Xi knelt in front of Cao Shuang and reported respectfully, "Sun Quan has agreed to Zhou Yu's attack on Yizhou, and after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhou Yu will return to Jiangling to complete the army." ”

Cao Shuang nodded, "Tell them to continue to lurk, and someone will come over to help them in a few days." ”

"No!" Nameless opens the window and disappears into the roof. A few days later, Cao Shuang went to Jia Xu's house in person, saying that he had paid a greeting to Jia Xu, and actually took Jia Xu to talk in the study all morning. Jia Wan's face was full of worry, "It's not impossible to do business in Jiangdong." But that is Sun Quan's territory, and I can't afford to be charged with fornicating with the enemy. ”

Cao Shuang waved his hand and comforted, "High risk and high return, I'll talk about it on the prime minister's side." Besides, the white paper business has always been taken care of by Brother Jia, how could I retreat you to the fire pit. After Cao Cao saw the blank paper, he was also full of praise and ordered to promote the use of white paper. With the use of white paper, Cao Shuang and Jia Wan made a lot of money. White paper is also famous, not only in Cao Cao's jurisdiction to sell well, in Jingzhou, Jiangdong, Yizhou, Jiaozhou is also a hot item, but due to supply and political reasons, white paper in several places is in short supply, the price is extremely high.

"Even if you pass the prime minister's pass, what about Sun Quan?" The look of worry on Jia Wan's face was reduced by a third, and he continued to ask.

"In Jiangdong, every piece of white paper has been fried with hardware, and at this time, the white paper entered Jiangdong at a price of thirty yuan, do you think Sun Quan will disagree?" Cao Shuang gestured with his fingers as he spoke, and said with his eyebrows fluttering.

Jia Wan thought about it for a long time, and smashed his left palm with his fist, "Wealth is in danger, this business is done." ”

"That's right, you also have to be prepared to make the preparation of the white paper business to Liu Bei and Liu Zhang's territory." After Cao Shuang finished saying this, he left Jiafu and hurried to Caofu.

Cao Shuang's plan to make the white paper business to Jiangdong was reported to Cao Cao in detail. Cao Cao had been listening carefully to Cao Shuang's plan until Cao Shuang finished speaking. Cao Cao asked out loud, "Why did you choose Jia Wan?" Don't you know Jia Xu's character? ”

"It is precisely because Mr. Jia Xu is Jia Wan's father that we can arrange eyeliner to the enemy through Jia Wan's business." Cao Shuang said what he thought in his heart, "If you are other businessmen, it is inevitable that the news will leak." Cao Shuang's implication was to use the entire Jia clan as a bargaining chip.

Cao Cao smiled with satisfaction, "Your idea is very good, in addition to forming an intelligence network, you should have other ideas, right?" ”

"The Red-Capped Merchant." Cao Shuang popped out four simple words in his mouth, but this made Cao Cao stunned for a moment.

The so-called red-top businessman is a special businessman with an official background, such as Hu Xueyan, who funded Zuo Zongtang to recover Xinjiang, received Zuo Zongtang's full support, and finally became the richest man at that time. The fortune of the red-topped merchants is inseparable from the support of the imperial court, and in turn, the red-topped merchants have also given the imperial court great help. If it weren't for Hu Xueyan borrowing debts everywhere, Zuo Zongdang would not have been able to form a foreign gun team, let alone have the feat of recovering Xinjiang.

Through the red-capped merchants, an intelligence network covering the entire Han Dynasty was established. When necessary, you can buy food from the people through the red-top merchants, and even buy food from the enemy, and it is more efficient to leave things like this to the merchants than to the officials. Merchants use their business to facilitate the imperial court, and the imperial court uses the power in their hands to open the door for the red-capped merchants, and each takes what it needs.

After Cao Cao listened to the red-capped merchant's explanation, his eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed to Cao Shuang's plan. When Cao Shuang came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he had another task, that is, to set up a reliable red-top merchant for the use of the imperial court.

Soon, Jia Wan began to prepare for the white paper business to enter Jiangdong. After spending a lot of money, Jia Wan communicated with Sun Quan through Sun Quan's close attendants, and after Sun Quan learned of this, he was happy and hurriedly summoned Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and other cadres to discuss in the conference hall.

At this time, the ministers in the council hall in Jingkou were already arguing. A group of people represented by Zhang Zhao believed that Jia Wan could not be allowed to bring the white paper business to Jiangdong, they believed that Cao Cao's spies would infiltrate Jiangdong, and if the white paper relied too much on foreign merchants, it would cause unimaginable consequences. A group of people represented by Zhang Hong believed that Jia Wan could bring the white paper business to Jiangdong, which would help balance prices, and now the price of white paper in Jiangdong had been speculated to hardware, while in Xuchang, a piece of white paper was only sold for ten yuan, and high-grade paper was only bought for twenty yuan. The reason why Jiangdong's white paper is so expensive is because all of this white paper is produced in Xuchang, and it is smuggled back by dealers at the risk of losing their heads.

The purple-haired and blue-eyed Sun Quan sat on the top seat, coaxing in his ears, watching the two groups of people debating in the hall. Sun Quan patted the table, "Okay, don't fight." Regarding Jia Wan's white paper business, Ben Hou decided to let him do it. How could Sun Quan not know what Zhang Zhao said, but the technology of making white paper was in the hands of Jia Wan, and it was the only one in the world, and there was no way.

Zhang Zhao is a well-known upright and daring admonition in Jiangdong, watching Zhang Zhao get up, Sun Quan hit his head, "Lord, the old man thinks this matter is inappropriate." Na Jia Wan is the second son of the poisoner Jia Xu, I am afraid that Cao Cao is behind the ghost in this matter, and we have to guard against it. ”

Zhang Honggang wanted to step forward to refute Zhang Zhao's point of view, but saw Sun Quan wave his hand, and the hall immediately fell silent, "White paper is only sold for ten yuan in Xuchang, but it is sold for hardware in Jiangdong." If this continues, it will not be conducive to the development of Jiangdong. Maybe it's really Cao Cao behind Jia Wan, but our Jiangdong is not something he can come to casually. Sun Quan arranged for Zhang Zhao to be in charge of Jia Wan's white paper business in Jiangdong, and he asked Zhang Zhao to send someone to monitor Jia Wan, and once Jia Wan did something unfavorable to Jiangdong, he immediately solved it by thunderous means.